"Besides, there are already more than enough real estate agencies to serve Yunzhou, and the government has very strict controls over the land. All these things make it even harder to get the operating license. The company has been unable to open for so long because there's one last approval that we haven't been able to get."
"I got news that the head of the Industry and Commerce Bureau who's in charge of approving these things will be having lunch at Meinian Restaurant today. So whether we manage to get this final approval done and be able to start business proper or not will depend on today," explained Qiu Mu-Cheng worriedly to Ye Fan as they headed towards the restaurant.
But Ye Fan couldn't help frowning when he heard about this. "You haven't gotten the operating license yet? I thought the company was already preparing to open for business."
Qiu Mu-Cheng sighed again. "That's right. Mr Zhang said that the folks at the
Industry and Commerce Bureau are already on it and would be able to get it done in no time. But in the end they suddenly turned around and said that we don't meet the requirements and rejected our application."
"After that I kept trying to contact the head of the department but I couldn't get him at all and they completely ignored our calls. I've finally managed to track down where he would be today, so I quickly made arrangements to look for him."
Qiu Mu-Cheng's words were heavy. This matter had completely upset the company's plans to open for business.
Without an operating license, Mufan Real Estate would not be able to dabble in real estate and so the company couldn't open for business.
But Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't notice Ye Fan's darkened eyes as she said these things.
Ye Fan was the one who got Hongqi Group's CEO, Xu Lei, to start up Mufan Real Estate back then.
Given Xu Lei's power and influence, it was impossible for her to be unable to get a license for the company to operate.
Since something like that had suddenly happened, Ye Fan was sure of one thing -someone was sabotaging the company!
"Mu-Cheng, did the company offend anyone or any corporation lately?” asked Ye Fan in a low voice.
Qiu Mu-Cheng shook her head. "Nope. We just registered the business recently and we haven't even opened for business officially, so we couldn't have offended anybody."
There was silence in the car after that.
Ye Fan's brows were still furrowed as he was still puzzled.
If there was someone trying to sabotage the company, who would it be?
While Ye Fan was still thinking about this, an Audi A6L was cruising along a road not too far from them.
The eldest brother of the Qius, Qiu Guang, was driving the car, while Qiu Mu-Ying and Chu Wen-Fei were sitting behind.
Thanks to their project with Hongqi Group, the Qius had earned quite a tidy profit and they had even changed their car.
"Mu-Ying, Wen-Fei, you two are really big shots. I've been trying to ask this Wang Xing-Duo out for the longest time, but this Manager Wang refused to budge. But after you made a call, he agreed to come out."
"Looks like Qiushui Real Estate will have to count on both of you to get our operating license," said Qiu Guang in a placating voice.
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