Just as Li Dong and Lan Xingguo were eating, someone was also eating at another hotel not far from them.
Liu Tang drank cup after cup, his expression frighteningly ugly.
Liu Long, who was sitting opposite him, looked even older than before he went to Pingchuan. Seeing him drink cup after cup, Liu Long said gloomily, "Second Brother, what do you say?"
"What do you mean?"
Liu Tang didn't have much respect for Liu Long.
Although Liu Long was his elder brother, he had a better relationship with his third brother, Liu Qing.
Ever since the eldest brother got married to Chang Yuanshan, he walked further and further away from the other brothers.
Back when Liu Long went to Pingchuan, he wanted to set up his own family.
However, no one expected that in the end, Liu Long would fail. Even his son was implicated. Chang Yuanshan, the in-law, became a thing of the past.
When he left, Liu Long was in high spirits. He didn't even care about Liu Tang.
Now that his son was in prison, Liu Long couldn't stay in Jiangbei anymore. Now that he was back, Liu Tang couldn't be bothered with him.
If it wasn't for the eldest brother, Third Brother wouldn't have gone to prison. Tang Long Corporation wouldn't have suffered such a heavy blow. Even he, Liu Tang, was almost implicated.
Liu Tang hated Liu Long a lot.
However, they were brothers after all. Liu Ke had gone to prison, so Liu Tang couldn't be bothered to settle the score with him.
Seeing that he didn't reply, Liu Long's eyes flashed with anger. He suppressed his anger and said, "That bastard Li Dong is in Sichuan!
We can't do anything to him in Jiangbei, but he's in Sichuan. This is our territory. Are we just going to let it go?
Third Brother and Ack are in prison. Third Brother was sentenced to 15 years, while Ack was sentenced to 12 years. If I hadn't asked someone to plead for him, it wouldn't have been so easy for more than ten years.
"Our Liu family has a deep grudge with Li Dong now!
Don't tell me you're just going to look on helplessly?
A few years ago when we were in Sichuan, who didn't bow and scrape when they saw us?
Look at them now. Do they still have any respect for us?
Even that damned fatty Wang Pengfei, who has connections with Li Dong, is arrogant when he sees me!
Second Brother, you can endure this, but I can't! "
Liu Tang's eyes flashed fiercely before he regained his composure and said, "Big Brother, you don't have to provoke me on this matter. Tang Long suffered a great loss last time, and I hate Li more than you do. But there are some things that can't be solved with hatred. What do you want me to do? Right now, Mr. Li is very famous in the country, and he has a few backers behind him … "
"Isn't he relying on Du Anmin? Now that Du Anmin has been transferred to the capital, there's nothing for us to be afraid of! "
Liu Tang glanced at him and snorted coldly. "Who told you that Li is relying on Du Anmin? There are some things that you don't understand. Li has eyes and ears everywhere, and he can reach the emperor. If something happens to this fellow in Sichuan, none of us will be able to escape. "
When Liu Long heard this, he immediately revealed a look of despair. "Then we're just going to let it go?"
"Let it go? How can it be so easy! "
Liu Tang spat and gritted his teeth. "We can't take his life. If he dies in Sichuan, we won't have a good life. But even if we can't take his life, I won't let him have a good life! Isn't this fellow a famous philanthropist? This time, I will make him lose all his face and scram out of Sichuan with his tail between his legs! "
Liu Long's eyes moved, and he asked in a low voice, "Second Brother, what's your plan?"
"Don't ask first, you'll know when the time comes!"
Liu Tang didn't say anything else and continued to drink.
After being tricked by Li Dong once, he suffered heavy losses, and had long hated Li Dong to the core.
This time, even if Liu Long didn't instigate him, he was also prepared to take revenge.
Originally, he thought that Li Dong would not come to Sichuan. He did not expect that Li Dong would come to Sichuan.
Li Dong is not here, and some things are not related to Li Dong, but Li Dong himself is here. This time, he must teach him a lesson!
… …
On the 5th of March, Li Dong began to inspect the schools.
The Provincial Education Department, the Provincial Government Office, and the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office sent people to accompany Li Dong to inspect the schools.
The first batch of schools to be inspected were all local schools. There were a total of 6 schools.
Shu Du is the provincial capital, and it is much wealthier than other places. 6 schools is not a small number.
In the morning, Li Dong and his team visited 3 schools. Among them, only one of the schools had moved in, and the other two schools were empty.
When Li Dong saw the empty school, he slightly frowned.
When the deputy director of the provincial government office saw this, he quickly said, "Director Li, is there anything wrong?"
"No, but the teaching building is built, and the school is empty …"
The deputy director was relieved and immediately said: "General Manager Li also knows that the semester has started. If we let the students move in, it will be a lot of trouble. The idea of the Education Department is that as long as they can make do, they will move in the next semester. There are only a few months left, and the students should be able to hold on. "
Li Dong rolled his eyes. The students can hold on, but I can't!
However, he had already expected this answer. He deliberately said this not to get this answer.
Li Dong deliberately showed a confused expression. He wanted to say something but stopped.
The deputy director had been in the government for many years, and he knew the ways of the world. He immediately said: "General Manager Li, if you have any suggestions, just say it. After all, this is a donation project Far Away. The Party Secretary and the Governor have mentioned Faraway Group at several meetings, and they have set an example for the enterprises in the country. The people of Sichuan are also grateful to General Manager Li for benefiting the whole society. Far Away is a very socially responsible enterprise, and it is also a model for the business world … "
The deputy director flattered for a while, and he couldn't be blamed for his flattery.
Although Li Dong was not in the government, as Li Dong became more and more famous, his wealth increased, and his social status increased.
The deputy director knew that there was someone who had a relationship with Li Dong, and that was Du Anmin.
This time, Du Anmin's daughter accompanied Li Dong to Sichuan. The deputy director knew that he even met Shen Qian.
Du Anmin was far away in Beijing, and he couldn't flatter him.
But Du Anmin had been in Sichuan for more than ten years, and he had some connections.
The current secretary general of the provincial party committee had a close relationship with Du Anmin, but Shen Qian didn't tell Li Dong in detail.
When Du Anmin was still in Sichuan, this secretary general served as a deputy secretary in the provincial party committee office.
These secretaries in the provincial party committee office were originally for the leaders of the provincial party committee.
Although the secretary general hadn't been Du Anmin's secretary, he had served Du Anmin for a period of time. At that time, Du Anmin was even ready to transfer this person to be his secretary.
But the timing was not right, and it didn't take long for Du Anmin to be transferred.
Even though he left, Du Anmin's old subordinates still took care of the current secretary general. Otherwise, the secretary general wouldn't have risen so quickly in just ten years.
There were many difficulties in going from a deputy to a deputy, and without someone to take care of him, how could he climb so quickly?
Since he couldn't flatter Du Anmin, and Shen Qian wasn't familiar with the latter, it's the same for him to flatter Li Dong.
If Li Dong spoke some good words to the secretary general, the latter might look at him in a higher light. Not to mention a promotion, but he might even be transferred to the provincial party committee office.
The provincial party committee and provincial government might have the same rank, but everyone knew that the provincial party committee was half a rank higher.
Li Dong accepted the deputy director's flattery. After the deputy director finished, Li Dong replied, "You should know that Far away has spent a lot of money in Sichuan, nearly ¥600 million. It's a business, and it's natural for us to do charity. But other than that … "
The deputy director tactfully asked, "What does General Manager Li mean?"
Li Dong swept a glance around. Seeing that everyone had left, he replied, "Since we've spent the money, we also hope to get the results. My idea is to take the opportunity of the completion of the teaching buildings to give Distance a large-scale publicity. As for the promotional video, I've already thought of it. We'll first film the situation of the students in the dilapidated buildings before showing the joy and gratitude of the students when they move into the new buildings. Think about it, sitting in a spacious and bright new school building, listening to the students reading loudly and clearly. Compare it with the past, and you will be able to see the effort that we've put into Far away. "
The deputy director nodded his head. "I understand. General Manager Li, don't worry about it. We will cooperate well. There are also a few schools that have moved into the new campus, and we will issue an order to get them to cooperate with Far away's promotion! "
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "That's not what I meant. After all, there aren't many schools that have moved into the new campus. My idea is for all 100 schools to move at the same time. Far away is going to do a large-scale promotion, and we need material for all 100 schools. In other words, we're going to take photos of the new and old campuses of all 100 schools as promotional material. "
The deputy director was stunned!
Damn, this guy was too hypocritical!
It wasn't that he had never seen hypocritical businessmen, but it was rare to see someone as ambitious as Li Dong.
Generally, a few templates were enough for this kind of promotion.
However, Li Dong actually wanted to take photos of all 100 schools. It was simply hypocritical.
If it was a few schools, the deputy director could still agree.
But if it was 100 schools, the deputy director immediately felt awkward. "General Manager Li, according to your idea, all the schools have to be relocated. That's a bit too much work. Why don't we do it next semester, and we can start preparing during the summer break. What do you think? "
Li Dong was unhappy when he heard that. "How long do we have to wait? Director Chen, it's 600 million!
Far away has spent so much money, and Sichuan can't even satisfy this small request of ours?
It's indeed a bit difficult to relocate now, but don't worry. Far away will cooperate.
The foundation has quite a number of people, and we can also pay for some of the relocation expenses. As long as you can cooperate with our promotion, everything else is negotiable.
You also know that Far away has been expanding recently, and there are many competitors.
At this time, the earlier we do the promotion, the better it is for us.
A few days ago, our organization had already contacted more than 10 media outlets to interview and promote us. It's not easy to invite all these major media outlets at once.
It's hard to say if they can come together next time. I just want to give everyone the impression of an overwhelming promotion.
Also, we've agreed to publicize it in Sichuan as well. "
The deputy director swallowed his saliva and said nervously, "General Manager Li, have you contacted the media outlets?"
"Yes, and they will be coming soon."
"That … That, General Manager Li, can you tell me which media outlets are coming?"
"There are many. The larger traditional media outlets are People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Hua Xia Education Daily, Hua Xia Economic Daily … New media outlets like NetEase, Sohu, and Far away's Weibo will conduct interviews and reports."
When Li Dong finished, the deputy director was completely dumbfounded.
So many well-known media outlets are coming?
This is a big event!
There are several party newspapers, and these newspapers are read by the top leaders.
Now, it's not just Faraway Group's promotion. If those media outlets come to Sichuan, any news reported will be closely related to Sichuan.
The deputy director was happy at first. This is a good opportunity to become famous.
He might even appear in the party newspaper. But soon, the deputy director was shocked and broke out in cold sweat.
This is not appropriate!
He also knows the news that others know.
He heard that some government agencies have occupied the teaching building.
If these well-known media outlets were to come and see this situation, the Sichuan government would lose all its face.
The deputy director was not a fool. When he thought of this, he could not help but look at Li Dong. Is he doing this on purpose?
Although Li Dong is a strong person, he has never heard of Li Dong being hypocritical.
Spending so much money for charity, publicity is necessary. After all, companies need money to do charity.
However, he had to film and interview all 100 schools, and he had even invited all the major well-known media outlets. This was not something that Li Dong could achieve with just a few words of publicity.
For example, the party newspaper organizations are more arrogant than the Sichuan government. Can ordinary people invite them?
Li Dong invited these media outlets at once, and he did not know how much it cost him. Is it just for publicity?
The more the deputy director thought about it, the more he felt that Li Dong is doing this on purpose.
He also knows that the government agencies are difficult to deal with. They will not listen to soft or hard tactics.
But this time, it is different. The major media outlets are here. They are the media organizations that have direct access to the government.
At this time, even if those people are not willing, the Sichuan government cannot watch them ruin the reputation of the Sichuan government. Even the province has to pay attention to it and help Faraway Group clean up those people who occupy the government's position.
Li Dong saw that the deputy director seemed to understand and smiled. "Director Chen, I can discuss with a few media outlets to highlight the difficulties of the Sichuan government.
Think about it, students live in spacious and bright classrooms, study, and attend classes.
Our civil servants live in dark, damp, and dilapidated old buildings.
Hang a banner on top of it, 'No matter how hard it is, don't let the children suffer. No matter how poor we are, don't let the education be poor.' How convincing, how influential, and how realistic it is!
At that time, everyone is a public servant, a public servant.
The township leaders can also understand. After all, what is the use of occupying a few schools? Other than a better office environment, what other benefits are there?
But it is different if it is on the party newspaper. Director Chen knows better than me how influential it is, don't you think so? "
The deputy director swallowed again and said dryly, "But … but the party newspaper will not interview one by one, and they will not specifically point out those townships …"
"The party newspaper naturally has to find a model. At most, there will be three to five. But in addition to the party newspaper, there is also the provincial newspaper. The media in Sichuan province can give some time to report one by one, and even do a special topic. This should not be a problem, right? "
"But the province …"
"I will discuss this with Minister Wang. I think Minister Wang should not refuse. After all, Chairman Shen of the foundation still calls Minister Wang uncle. The province doing this special topic is also to promote the hardworking spirit of the Sichuan cadres, right? No matter how bad their temper is, how tough their character is, they will not give up their reputation and future, right? There needs to be a few good models, but there also needs to be a few negative models. This way, there will be a comparison and it will be real. Director Chen, don't you think so? "
The deputy director nodded subconsciously. Li Dong's words were completely on point.
The village cadres under him were not really fools.
To be able to be on the provincial newspaper, or even the most famous party newspaper, even a fool would understand what it meant.
To say that it was related to the future was not false at all.
Since they entered the officialdom, who did not want to be promoted? They did not have the opportunity before, but now the opportunity was here.
Perhaps once the news spread, without the province mobilizing, those township and village committee members would obediently move out on their own.
There was no need for others to force them. When the time came, they would have to thank Faraway Group for giving them this opportunity.
Moreover, Faraway Group also benefited this time. Those people would definitely do their best to cooperate with Far Away's publicity.
Sometimes, the cooperation of the people below was very important.
And cooperation was divided into perfunctory cooperation and wholehearted cooperation. The difference between the two was also very big.
He did not dare to say anything else, but at least the school relocation would be much smoother. With the cooperation of the local government, these were not problems.
The more he thought about it, the more the deputy director was impressed. At this time, in fact, he was not clear whether Li Dong really wanted to promote Far Away or to let those township and village committee members leave willingly.
Just as he was in deep thought, Li Dong smiled and said, "Of course, when necessary, we can completely cooperate with Sichuan to make an example out of them! Some people below are disobedient. Don't tell me Chief Chen does not find them pleasing to the eye? "
The deputy director suddenly said awkwardly, "General Manager Li, what are you saying …"
"Hehe, it's just a joke. Chief Chen, do you think there is anything wrong with this publicity activity? "
"That … that, General Manager Li, I have to report this to the province." The Deputy Chief stuttered and looked around before saying softly, "But I think the province will definitely agree. After all, it's for Sichuan. But … "
"Chief Chen, please speak. It's a win-win situation. If I can help, I, Li Dong, will not hesitate to help others."
The deputy director dryly smiled as he lowered his voice, "General Manager Li, the incident this time mainly happened in Hanzhou City. Just as you have said, it's not realistic to only report on the good side. I feel that since we want to set an example, then we have to set both good and bad examples so that everyone in the country can see our determination. "
"I understand. Don't worry, Chief Chen. I will definitely make arrangements for it." Li Dong replied.
Li Dong knew what Chief Chen meant, but he wasn't lying. The incident this time really happened in Hanzhou City, and the province had also agreed to it.
He could find a few chickens to slaughter, and the province would also agree to it. He could also establish his prestige from afar. It was the best of both worlds, and he naturally had no objections.
As for Chief Chen's thoughts, he couldn't be bothered to guess. In any case, it's just a show of power.
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