"Where are you?" Before Lu Yiwei could reply, Zhang Zhiyuan spoke in a stern tone.
Lu Yiwei panicked and did not dare to lie. "I'm drinking with a friend."
"Come to the County party committee's backyard immediately." Zhang Zhiyuan hung up the phone without caring if Lu Yiwei could hear him.
Lu Yiwei guessed that this must be an emergency, so he quickly put on his clothes and ran downstairs. Niu Fuyong also wanted to follow him. But when Lu Yiwei told Niu Fuyong that the County Head was looking for him, Niu Fuyong gave up. He tossed the keys to his house to Lu Yiwei and returned to his bedroom to sleep.
Lu Yiwei rushed to the County party committee's backyard and saw Zhang Zhiyuan standing alone in the cold under the dim lights. Lu Yiwei immediately got out of his car and walked over to Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Zhiyuan could smell the alcohol on Lu Yiwei and was furious. "Didn't I tell you that I want you to go with me tonight? I want you to go down with me tonight. Why didn't you pick up my call? And you're still drunk like this? What a scandal! "
Lu Yiwei was baffled. He clearly remembered that it was tomorrow night. Why did it change to tonight? Did he remember wrongly? After being reprimanded by Zhang Zhiyuan, Lu Yiwei did not dare to say that Zhang Zhiyuan remembered wrongly and kept quiet.
Zhang Zhiyuan was still not satisfied and said, "How can I trust you with your work style? You've disappointed me. "
Lu Yiwei could not see Zhang Zhiyuan's expression, but he knew that Zhang Zhiyuan must be furious when he suddenly became agitated. Lu Yiwei immediately apologized. "County Head Zhang, I promise not to drink anymore."
"Alright!" Zhang Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "You have to understand this. I'm a punctual person. You'd better change your bad habit." After that, he walked straight ahead.
Lu Yiwei didn't argue and hurriedly drove the car to follow.
Zhang Zhiyuan got into the car lightly and said with a straight face, "Go down and cover the license plate!"
Lu Yiwei didn't dare to be negligent. He jumped out of the car and found a mask from the trunk to cover the front and back license plates. Based on Zhang Zhiyuan's tone and behavior, Lu Yiwei felt that there would be a good show tonight.
After Lu Yiwei got on the car, he asked, "County Zhang, where are we going now?"
Zhang Zhiyuan put his hands in his pockets and leaned back in his chair. Due to his small stature and the inappropriate windbreaker he was wearing, Lu Yiwei could only see half of his head from this angle. At this moment, a car drove by with its headlights on, and Zhang Zhiyuan subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands. Although the headlights were on for a few seconds, Lu Yiwei could clearly see Zhang Zhiyuan's expression. His fair skin exuded a trace of majesty, and his small but focused eyes refracted a powerful ray of light, causing people to shudder.
People say that this person has the appearance of an official, but what exactly is the official's prestige? According to ancient divination, an official should have a full forehead and a square earth. His eyes should be like copper bells, his nose should be like a hanging gall, his earlobes should be fat, his mouth should be square like a lion's mouth, and his body should be short. His upper body should be the same length as his lower body. According to this description, he should be neither. Although it's suitable for Liu Kecheng, it doesn't match with Zhang Zhiyuan. If he was thrown into the crowd, people would never think that he was the county chief of Nanyang County.
As for the prestige of an official, it wasn't something that was born with, unless one was born into a family of eunuchs and was influenced from a young age. After entering the officialdom, it was easy for one to integrate into the environment. However, the highest official that a farmer's child had seen since childhood was the village chief. After entering the officialdom, they began to imitate others and gradually adapted to the environment. If one became a person in power, the small figure who was bowing his head yesterday would be able to hold his head up high and look down on all the others.
The prestige of an official was not only shown in the way he dressed and talked, but also in his aura. Some people just stood there and didn't speak, giving people a sense of oppression. But some people, even if you gave orders with your hands on your waist, people would think that you were a staff member and wouldn't see you as a leader at all.
This kind of aura not only needed personal cultivation, but also needed flattery from the people below. Compliments after compliments were placed on your head. Naturally, you would feel that you were an ambitious and ruthless person of your generation. You would feel that you were a hero of your generation, someone who could command the world with a flourish of ink.
But Zhang Zhiyuan's aura wasn't created by flattery, but a unique charm that seeped out from within. Coupled with his self-cultivation, he was a typical scholarly general. These kinds of officials were usually gentle on the surface and gave people a sense of peace, but in fact, they were extremely shrewd and had great potential in their hearts. Once they were stimulated, they would definitely be an executioner who would kill without staining blood.
Zhang Zhiyuan shrugged and said in a muffled voice, "Walk along Liberation Road."
After receiving the order, Lu Yiwei stepped on the accelerator and the vehicle slowly moved forward.
Arriving near a bathing city, even though it was already the coldest winter, this place did not feel cold at all. The lights were brightly lit, and there was a hubbub of voices. Cars were lined up in a row, stretching for several hundred meters. Business was exceptionally good.
Signaling for Lu Yiwei to stop the vehicle, Zhang Zhiyuan pointed and asked, "What's the origin of this spa?"
"It's run by the Tang Brothers, and they have a certain background in Nanyang County." Lu Yiwei replied.
"The Tang Brothers? What does this have to do with Zhao Zhigang? "Zhang Zhiyuan pursued.
Lu Yiwei explained, "I'm not too sure about the relationship between them, but the Tang Brothers are one of the gangs in Nanyang. Although they're not as powerful as Zhao Zhigang, they still have some influence."
"What gang? It's just a motley crew. Are there many similar situations in Nanyang?" Zhang Zhiyuan pursued.
Looking at the crowd, Lu Yiwei replied, "There are, quite a lot of them. There's the Red Tassel Gang, Rose Gang, Four Vajras, Thirteen Wolves, Tang Family's Three Matriarchs, and so on. Among them, Zhao Zhigang's Red Tassel Gang is the most powerful, which Chief Xiao has already told you two nights ago. Let me talk about the other so-called gangs. The Tang Family's Third Matriarch is the Tang Family's Third Brother. The three brothers relied on illegal mining to make a fortune and are still doing it to this day. This Bathing City is opened by the Tang Family's Third Brother. On the surface, it's for bathing, but in reality, it's a shady business. "
"As for the Four Vajras, this gang is based in Wujiu Town, north of the county. They also have some influence and a deep background. One of them is even a representative of the city council. Their business is related to mining. It's said that they worked together to chase away a Southerner who contracted a coal mine and took over the mine with an annual output of 100,000 tons. They even built their own transport team and no one is allowed to interfere. They've become the local tyrant. "
"The Rose Gang is led by a woman, so it's called the Rose Gang. They're affiliated with Zhao Zhigang's Red Tassel Gang. This woman is really not simple. She started her business by cutting hair. Later, she felt that cutting hair was too slow to earn money. She met Zhao Zhigang by chance, and from then on, she embarked on a path of no return. The nature of her gang is mainly to organize prostitution. In other words, she's in charge of all the prostitutes in the county. She's in charge of them. "
"Finally, let's talk about the Thirteen Wolves. They're actually a motley crew formed by a group of local ruffians. They usually run amok in the county, fighting, stealing, looting, and collecting protection fees. The oldest member is only 25 or 26 years old, and the youngest is said to be a junior high school student. Some of the members are our law enforcement officers. They're scattered in the public security, traffic, traffic, and other key departments. Their leader is the son of the county's National People's Congress. "
After listening, Zhang Zhiyuan sucked in a breath of cold air. He knew that Nanyang County's public security was terrible, but he didn't expect it to be to this extent. He really didn't know what this Xiao Dingyuan usually did. In addition, when Xiao Dingyuan spoke to him that night, he was hesitating, as if he was hiding something. There must be an invisible network of interests behind it that extended to every corner. Zhang Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said, "There are so many evil forces. How could Secretary Liu not know?"
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