Looking at his wife who only showed him the back of her head, Lu Ping sighed helplessly. He glanced around and said in a slightly displeased tone, "Zhao Rong, watch your words. This isn't your home. What if someone hears you?"
It was already ten o 'clock, who else would be there? Zhao Rong curled her lips. Although she said so, she still subconsciously looked around to see if there was anyone around. Zhao Rong herself also worked in a government agency, so it wasn't that she didn't know anything about the officialdom. It wasn't uncommon for someone to stab someone in the back. Her husband was the finance director, so many people were jealous of him. Zhao Rong was really afraid that her disrespectful words to Wang Dongchen would be overheard and secretly gossiped.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Rong heaved a sigh of relief and quickly walked upstairs. After the couple entered the house and closed the door, Zhao Rong said again, "I'm not wrong. Has Secretary Wang been to our house before? He doesn't care about you at all. Let me say something unpleasant, but don't be angry. He's just ordering you around like a slave. Even if it's just for show, he's too lazy to do it. If he comes to our house to visit, it'll make us feel better, won't it?
He's the County Party Secretary and I'm just a Bureau Chief. Why should he come to our house to visit us? I say, your mentality is wrong. " Lu Ping scolded his wife. "Also, you have to watch your words in the future. Fortunately, there was no one downstairs just now. If someone really passed by and heard you talking bad about Secretary Wang, what would he think if he heard it?"
Your head is full of Secretary Wang. I know that Secretary Wang has promoted you, and you can't forget your roots. But Secretary Wang doesn't really care about you at all. Who are you trying to show your stupid loyalty to?
What do you mean by loyalty? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. " Lu Ping glared at his daughter's room and lowered his voice slightly. Pingping is at home now, so don't talk about these things. It'll affect her studies.
It's fine if you don't talk about Pingping, but now that you mention Pingping, I have to say a few more words. At the mention of her daughter, Zhao Rong suddenly became excited. County Head Chen was able to help Pingping get into the city's No.1 Middle School to study, and he could also help Pingping when she was taking her university entrance exams. Even if it was for Pingping's sake, she had to seriously consider County Head Chen's good intentions.
It's not like I don't have a way to get Pingping to No.1 Middle School, and I don't need Mayor County Chen's help either. Do you think I'm just doing my job as the Director of Finance? I don't even have the ability to do this? Lu Ping shook his head and thought to himself, Zhao Rong, you shouldn't get involved in these things. Things in the government are not as simple as you think. County Head Chen came to visit me for no reason tonight, and he was so enthusiastic about helping me. Can't you tell that he's trying to rope me in?
As Lu Ping spoke, he pushed his wife into the bedroom, signaling her not to talk about these things in the living room. He was afraid that their daughter would hear them. It was clear how much he loved his daughter.
I don't want to care about other things. I just know that since Mayor County Head Chen can help Pingping, you should seriously consider it. Zhao Rong looked at her husband and thought, Not bad, you have the ability to get Pingping into No.1 Middle School. But at that time, Pingping's grades were a few dozen points lower than the repeaters. If she really wanted to get into No.1 Middle School, she would have to pay tens of thousands of yuan. You had to ask your friend to intercede for her, otherwise, the school would still think that Pingping's grades were too low. Look at you, as the Director of Finance, you can't even compare to the leaders of the key high schools in the city. Even if you could get Pingping into No.1 Middle School, would you be able to help her when she's taking her university entrance exams?
Would you even be able to talk to the leaders of Sea City University? Sigh, do you think I'm the Director of Finance of the city? As the Director of Finance of the county, my words still have some influence in Xi Men. But if I were to go to the city, my position would be too low. Lu Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head. Alright, let's not talk about this for now. If Mayor County Head Chen can really help Pingping, I won't refuse his help just because of my relationship with Secretary Wang. However, the school selection fee must be paid at the end of the day. Otherwise, the favor will only grow bigger and bigger.
It's good that you're truly concerned about Pingping's schooling. Zhao Rong's tone softened. In fact, since Mayor County Head Chen was able to hold a position that most people would never be able to reach in their entire lives, I'm sure his future will be bright. Secretary Wang, on the other hand, is nearing his end. I don't think you'll have a bright future if you follow Secretary Wang. In the future, Xi Men will still be ruled by Mayor County Head Chen. Secretary Wang will have to retire sooner or later, so you should think about your future as well. Every change brings his own subordinates. Mayor County Head Chen has extended an olive branch to you, and he's even offering his help so enthusiastically. This is already enough to show his sincerity. If you refuse this time, when Mayor County Head Chen becomes the real boss of Xi Men, your position as the Director will be over by then.
Will he allow you to manage his money bag for him? Alright, alright, I know what I'm doing. Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm going to check on Pingping's studies. Lu Ping waved his hand, obviously unwilling to talk about this matter any longer. He then walked to the room next door.
Chen Xing left Lu Ping's house. He didn't know that Lu Ping and his wife had almost gotten into an argument over his visit tonight. Tonight, he went to visit Lu Ping's house.
This was only Chen Xing's first visit. Chen Xing didn't think it would be so easy to win Lu Ping over to his side. Next up, there would be a second and third visit. As the saying goes, 'Liu Bei visits the thatched cottage three times'. Today, in order to sway Lu Ping's heart, Chen Xing was willing to visit Lu Ping a few more times.
As for Hai University, he would have to ask someone to pull some strings. Chen Xing pondered in his heart. If Lu Ping's daughter still didn't score high enough, then he would have to pull some strings. Although Chen Xing knew a teacher from Hai University, he wasn't confident that he could help Lu Ping's daughter enter Hai University. However, he had to do his best to make it happen. If he wanted to win Lu Ping over to his side, he could only look for a breakthrough through Lu Ping's daughter.
The shanty town renovation project was progressing in an orderly manner. The demolition work had already started. Because the residents were promised that they would be compensated according to the area of the new residential buildings, the relocation work went smoothly. According to the county's plan for Lot Eight, a four-star hotel would be built on it. In the end, the company that acquired Lot Eight was the Guo Li Group. Chen Xing specially asked someone to take a look at the design drawings submitted by the Guo Li Group and the Zhao Group. After comparing the two designs, Chen Xing was more inclined towards the Zhao Group's design. Unfortunately, it was the Guo Li Group that acquired the land. Chen Xing felt a little helpless. He knew that the Guo Li Group had used unscrupulous means, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Currently, there was no news about the Guo Li Group in the city, so Zhao Guoli was probably safe this time. Chen Xing frowned slightly. He hadn't seen Zhao Guoli in Xi Men for the past few days. Chen Xing was still secretly paying attention to the situation in the city. Lee Zheng was being investigated by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and it was very likely that he only confessed to his own matters. As for the matters that involved the Guo Li Group, he would definitely deny it. In addition, with the pressure from Zhao Yiping, they wouldn't even be able to touch a hair on Zhao Guoli's head.
Secretary He Qi walked into Chen Xing's office with an invitation card in his hand. "Mayor, this is an invitation from the Guo Li Group to attend the hotel's groundbreaking ceremony."
Chen Xing took the invitation card and flipped through it. His expression was gloomy. Whatever he wanted to do had come true. The invitation card from the Guo Li Group had arrived. Looking at the date on it, the groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled to be held in three days. From the invitation card, it was clear that Zhao Guoli wasn't affected by the incident at all.
Having a mayor as a wife was really different. Chen Xing sneered in his heart. Even if Zhao Yiping had really committed murder, arson, or something that angered both humans and gods, Zhao Yiping would probably be able to settle it for him.
Holding the invitation card in his hand, Chen Xing felt indignant, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't afford to offend Zhao Yiping, unless he relied on Zhou Mingfang's help. However, Zhao Yiping didn't have no one behind her. When Zhou Mingfang was still in Hai City, he only needed to knock some sense into Zhao Yiping's little tricks. From this, it could be seen that Zhao Yiping also had a backer behind her. Chen Xing didn't believe that Zhao Yiping could rely on her in-law, Sun Zhihe, who was the executive deputy minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, to help her become the mayor of Shanghai. If Sun Zhihe wanted to intervene in the appointment of department-level cadres, he still didn't have the qualifications to do so.
The figure of the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Lu Ming, appeared at the door of the office. Seeing that Chen Xing was in a daze, he specially lightened his footsteps and walked into the office. "Mayor, why are you in a daze?"
The sudden voice startled Chen Xing. He raised his head and saw that it was Lu Ming. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile. "I was wondering why you were walking like a ghost. You didn't make a sound at all."
"County Chen, it's not that I don't make a sound when I walk. It's just that I don't know what you're thinking about. You've been in a daze. You didn't even notice me when I walked in." Lu Ming smiled and sat on the chair opposite Chen Xing. Seeing that Chen Xing was holding an invitation card, Lu Ming looked at it curiously. Seeing this, Chen Xing smiled and passed the invitation card in his hand to him. "Take a look."
"An invitation card from the Guo Power Group?" Lu Ming glanced at the extremely exquisite cover and flipped it open. After a quick glance, Lu Ming shook his head and smiled. "The Guo Power Group is really a big tree with deep roots. Lee Zheng's matter didn't affect them at all." "County Chen, the reason I came to you today is because of the Guo Power Group. But it seems that it's useless."
"The Guo Power Group?" "What's the matter?" Chen Xing was startled. He signaled Lu Ming to quickly continue.
"County Chen, we've found the masked men who threatened the investors not to participate in the bidding for the eighth plot." As Lu Ming said this, he waved the invitation card in his hand. "Just as we expected, it's indeed related to the Guo Power Group. Those things were done by the Guo Power Group in the dark."
"Why? Do you have any concrete evidence?" Chen Xing's face tightened and he focused his attention. "We do have evidence.
The masked men who were ordered by the Guo Power Group were just street thugs that we found in our local area. The day before yesterday, because of a serious injury incident, we caught a few thugs and accidentally found out about this incident. One of the thugs was one of the masked men who participated in the incident. Following the clues he provided, we successfully caught a few other thugs who were disguised as the masked men. Only one of them escaped. We interrogated these people overnight. He said that the person who looked for them was a young man. They didn't know what that young man was doing and were just following his instructions. After the incident, that young man gave them a handsome reward. " Lu Ming told him the details of the case that he had unintentionally solved. "County Chen, do you still remember that someone planted a toy bomb in Zhao Guo Li's room?
Yes, I do. What about it? " Chen Xing nodded. At that time, we didn't know that it was a highly realistic toy bomb. We all thought it was real, which made us nervous. Chen Xing had a deep impression of it.
They were also the ones who had placed the toy bomb in Zhao Guo Li's room. According to them, the person who had ordered them not only gave them the key to Zhao Guo Li's room, but also told them clearly what time Zhao Guo Li's room would be empty. He also told them to go in at that time. It was possible that the person who had ordered them to do this was someone close to Zhao Guo Li. With this thought in mind, and the fact that only the Guo Power Group had received a threatening text message on the day of the land auction, Zhao Group didn't. After talking to Director Zhong of the Zhao Group, we suspected that it was the Guo Power Group's trick. Therefore, we combined these two clues and locked our suspicion on the Guo Power Group. "
Lu Ming paused for a while. The phone number that the thugs had provided to contact the person behind the scenes couldn't be reached. I asked my men to collect the photos of the senior members of the Guo Power Group. I wanted to give it a try, so I asked the thugs to identify the photos. It turned out that the young man who had ordered them was Zhao Guo Li's assistant, Kang Fu.
Kang Fu? Chen Xing furrowed his brows. It was the first time he had heard this name.
Yes, it's him. In the past two days, I've learned of his whereabouts in the Xi Men. He came to the Xi Men with Zhao Guoli, but other than the first day when he appeared by Zhao Guoli's side, Kang Fu didn't follow Zhao Guoli for the next few days. If I'm not mistaken, Kang Fu is hiding behind the scenes to do these things. Lu Ming said affirmatively.
"At that time, we speculated that the Guo Li Group might be behind this. We didn't expect it to be true. The Guo Li Group secretly plotted and played tricks. In the end, they even wanted to put the blame on the Zhao Group. How could Zhao Guo Li be so shameless? Chen Xing wore a disdainful face. Then, he sighed. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything to Zhao Guo Li.
Indeed, with Zhao Guoli's background and power, when the time comes, he could push all the blame onto Kang Fu, and he would still be fine. Naturally, there would be people who would help him get out of it. Lu Ming glanced at Chen Xing. County Chen, should we treat this case as an unsolved case and ignore it?
We can only do this for the time being. If we continue to investigate, we will be standing on the opposite side of the Guo Power Group. This is equivalent to offending Mayor Zhao Yiping. This is not worth it for us. Most importantly, this case isn't enough to deal a fatal blow to Zhao Guo Li. This time, the best choice is to turn a blind eye. Chen Xing pondered. In the end, he could only make this choice. To deal with someone like Zhao Guo Li, he must have the confidence to kill him in one blow. Otherwise, it would only cause more trouble for himself.
Lu Ming nodded. He knew that what Chen Xing said was true. Mayor Zhao Yiping was like a huge monster in front of them. They didn't have the ability to offend him now.
Oh yes, I transferred Zhao Yide to the county and made him the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team. At the thought of Zhao Yide, Lu Ming brought it up casually.
Is that so? Chen Xing smiled and waved his hand. You can make your own decisions in the Public Security Bureau. I won't give you orders blindly.
The two of them chatted for a while before Huang Ming unexpectedly called. Picking up the call, Huang Ming said, "Chen Xing, I'm in your county right now. How about it? Can I invite you, the county head, for lunch today?"
You're in Xi Men? Chen Xing was surprised. He looked at the time. It was already past 11 o 'clock. It was almost time for lunch. He said, Huang Ming, where are you now? I'll go over now.
After confirming Huang Ming's address, Chen Xing smiled and stood up. He turned to Lu Ming and said, Let's go out for lunch.
When the two of them arrived at the hotel in Cheng Gong Building, Huang Ming was already waiting for them. Chen Xing smiled and joked, "Today, I brought another mouth to freeload. Huang Ming, you have to prepare a few more RMB in your wallet." Chen Xing smiled and introduced Lu Ming to Huang Ming. This is the director of the Public Security Bureau, Lu Ming.
It's Director Lu. Nice to meet you. Huang Ming smiled and looked at Lu Ming. He quickly reached out to shake hands with him. He had already recognized him. That night, Chen Xing asked him to rent a few rooms in a hotel outside the city. Lu Ming and Chen Xing were together. Huang Ming had an impression of them, but he didn't know their identities. Now that Chen Xing introduced him, Huang Ming found out that he was the director of the Public Security Bureau. He was surprised and smiled warmly. I can afford it even if I eat everything in this hotel tonight.
Lu Ming, someone is going to be rich. Let's eat lobster and abalone tonight. Chen Xing smiled.
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