This was also the reason why Baldy Li's Game Hall could survive and stand out at that time. It must be known that the Game Hall was the most chaotic place where accidents were most likely to happen. The owner of the Game Hall must be famous in both the underworld and the underworld. Without any one of them, the Game Hall would not be able to hold up the scene. Baldy Li himself started as a gangster and made a resounding reputation. He was able to suppress those troublemakers. In addition, he was good at building relationships with the people in the police station and the Public Security Bureau. He was willing to spend money and had a good relationship with the people in charge of the relevant law enforcement departments. This was also the reason why Baldy Li's Game Hall was usually not investigated and could become big.
Later, Baldy Li invested in sauna rooms and KTV. He was also a person with a bit of wealth. He met Wang Dongchen by chance. Baldy Li was clever and good at flattering people. He quickly fawned on Wang Dongchen. At that time, Wang Dongchen was only a county magistrate. Later, he became the secretary of the county committee and became the big boss of Ximen.
As Wang Dongchen's official position became higher and higher, Baldy Li's thoughts became more and more active. He wanted to use this network that could not be sought to make his own business bigger. Baldy Li thought about opening an Entertainment City. However, at that time, his net worth was only two or three million yuan. Building an Entertainment City, even in a poor place like Ximen, would cost at least ten million yuan. This did not include the land price of the Entertainment City.
Baldy Li did not have enough funds. Naturally, he turned his attention to Wang Dongchen. It must be said that Baldy Li could get to where he was today. It was not an accidental factor. Baldy Li dared to take risks. He was willing to spend money to build an Entertainment City.
Moreover, he only wanted 35% of the shares. The rest belonged to Wang Dongchen. However, Wang Dongchen had to help him solve the problems of land and bank loans when necessary.
Baldy Li's proposal immediately moved Wang Dongchen. It had to be said that Baldy Li had given Wang Dongchen a big gift. What Wang Dongchen did not lack was power. Ximen County was not a big city with a developed economy. It would not be a problem to approve a piece of land. In those big cities, an inch of land might be worth an inch of gold, but the land in Ximen County was not worth much. Moreover, it was five or six years ago. The land price was really not high at all. Wang Dongchen felt that it was a good deal to do this business. According to the drawings provided by Baldy Li, the Entertainment City needed to be built with six floors. In addition to the high-end interior decoration, it would not cost even ten million yuan. However, Baldy Li was only willing to take 35% of the shares. This made Wang Dongchen feel that it was a good deal.
He looked at Baldy Li with admiration, thinking that this person was really tactful, because for him, he could get a gift of several million yuan just by opening his mouth. At that time, Wang Dongchen also thought that he could not climb up to the position of the county's Party Secretary. He had to start thinking about his life after retirement. If he did not find some money for himself, how could he live after retirement? Moreover, he also had to think about his children. If his children did not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives, he would need a lot of money. Due to various factors, Wang Dongchen quickly agreed to Baldy Li's request and made this deal with him.
Wang Dongchen agreed to make a deal with Baldy Li, but he was still very cautious. He was cautious by nature and did not show up in person. In terms of land and bank loans, Wang Dongchen hid behind the scenes and let his secretary handle it. This made people unable to guess that this matter was really related to him. Those who knew about it also thought that this was a personal relationship between Chen Jun and Baldy Li.
After so many years, Baldy Li had already earned back his investment with interest. As the largest and earliest comprehensive Entertainment City in Ximen County, Entertainment City could be said to have made a lot of money in the past few years. With Wang Dongchen hiding behind the scenes and secretly escorting it, Entertainment City did not have any problems.
Of course, the reason why Wang Dongchen could hide so deeply was mainly because Baldy Li was good at behaving. Baldy Li would still bribe those departments that needed to be bribed, and he was still generous. He did not stingy with those departments and leaders that needed to be filial piety just because he had Wang Dongchen to rely on. Wang Dongchen was also very appreciative of Baldy Li's approach, but he did not say anything. After a few years, it gave people an illusion that Baldy Li knew people from all walks of life, and he did not lack connections in society and officialdom, which made Entertainment City what it was today. Who would have thought that the Secretary of the County Party Committee was the real big boss of Entertainment City?
Now the profit of Entertainment City was getting better year by year, and last year it reached tens of millions. Wang Dongchen's secret bank card could get millions of more money every year, so Wang Dongchen let Baldy Li run Entertainment City alone. He was not afraid that Baldy Li would tamper with the account books. In the past few years, he had not once proposed to check the accounts. He believed that Baldy Li did not have the courage to do so. As long as Baldy Li was a little smart, he would know who was supporting him from behind. He could make Baldy Li rich, but he could also make Baldy Li go to jail.
At this time, Wang Dongchen's eyes were fixed on Baldy Li. After a while, he smiled and said, "You have run Entertainment City very well in recent years. I believe that no one is more suitable to run Entertainment City than you."
Hearing Wang Dongchen's words, Baldy Li's tense nerves relaxed, and his eyes narrowed into a line. He did not forget to modestly say, "Secretary Wang is overpraising me. I just tried my best, and I am not worthy of such high praise from Secretary Wang. I have always held the idea of not letting Secretary Wang lose money. If I lose all my money, I won't even blink. The most important thing is that I am afraid that Secretary Wang will be disappointed."
Baldy Li did not forget to flatter Wang Dongchen from time to time.
Wang Dongchen smiled. It was unknown if Baldy Li's flattery was very effective, but the next moment, Wang Dongchen's words made Baldy Li's smiling face freeze. I heard that Entertainment City is involved in drugs?
Baldy Li hesitated and did not know how to answer Wang Dongchen's sudden question. At the beginning of Entertainment City's opening, Wang Dongchen had warned him that drugs must not be involved, and Baldy Li also kept it in mind. However, as Entertainment City operated for a long time, some rich people liked to play thrills. Since Entertainment City did not provide drugs, some people got ecstasy, K powder, and so on from unknown sources. Baldy Li discovered this phenomenon and began to think about drugs. The profit of drugs was so high that Baldy Li could not control himself from being tempted. Baldy Li, who was interested in this thing, easily found a superior through people in the underworld and started to deal with drugs in Entertainment City. It turned out that it was really the right thing to do in Entertainment City. Because Entertainment City was a big tree with deep roots, no police would come here to investigate. This also made everyone think that Entertainment City was the safest place. The business of Entertainment City was booming, and the annual profit of tens of millions of yuan came in this way. However, Baldy Li also remembered Wang Dongchen's warning. He did not dare to make it too big, or the profit would be more than ten million yuan.
Baldy Li felt that Wang Dongchen should have known about this long ago. Wang Dongchen usually did not ask about anything and had little contact with him, but Baldy Li was not stupid enough to think that Wang Dongchen did not know about Entertainment City. As the secretary of the county committee, Wang Dongchen always had eyes and ears around him. If Wang Dongchen wanted to know anything about Ximen County, it would not take him a long time to put it on the table. Baldy Li guessed that Wang Dongchen had not said anything because he acquiesced to his behavior. Seeing the unprecedented profit of last year exceed the ten million mark, Baldy Li originally planned to do it properly. But Wang Dongchen's sudden words made Baldy Li's heart cold.
Baldy Li could not figure out the meaning behind Wang Dongchen's question, so he did not dare to speak for a while. Looking at Wang Dongchen's expression, Baldy Li knew that Wang Dongchen must know about drugs, but he did not know why Wang Dongchen suddenly mentioned it until now.
"As for drugs, I told you from the beginning that you can't touch them. It seems that you turned a deaf ear to my words." Wang Dongchen stared at Baldy Li with a solemn face. His real thoughts could not be seen through.
"Secretary Wang, in fact, I didn't touch them much. It's just a small matter." Baldy Li forced a smile. Looking at Wang Dongchen's serious look, he could not help but criticize him inwardly. "Why didn't you say anything when you received the money? Why did you only say something now? Where did you go this morning?"
"A small matter?" Wang Dongchen frowned slightly on his plump face. "Can drugs be a small matter?"
Baldy Li did not say anything again. Since Wang Dongchen suddenly mentioned this, there must be something else. Baldy Li did not refute anything and quietly waited for Wang Dongchen's next words.
"Drugs will have big problems, and I can't bear the consequences. From today on, I don't want to hear anything about this." Wang Dongchen faintly looked at Baldy Li. Although his voice was light, it was unquestionable.
Baldy Li hesitated for a moment, but he could only nod with a bitter smile. He was powerless to resist Wang Dongchen's words. Otherwise, Wang Dongchen would be able to deal with him before others could deal with him. Although Baldy Li believed that he now had something that could restrain Wang Dongchen, it was used to save his life, not to fall out with Wang Dongchen.
In the hotel of the Success Building, Lin Mao, who had just gone to the Entertainment City in the morning to show off his power for a while, was obviously in a better mood. He sat together with Zhao Guoli and the others to have a meal. Lin Mao talked about what happened in the morning, and he couldn't help but express his gratitude to Zhao Guoli. Without Zhao Guoli greeting Wang Dongchen, Lin Mao could not vent his anger.
It was just that the only thing that made Lin Mao feel uncomfortable was that nothing was found in the Entertainment City. Therefore, at this moment, although Lin Mao had vented a lot of anger, he still had a lot of resentment. He said hatefully, "That Entertainment City must have a government background. If no one tipped them off, I don't believe that such a big Entertainment City has no tricks."
"How do you know that they are not clean? Maybe they are really good citizens who abide by the law." Sun Xiang shook his head half-jokingly.
Lin Mao looked disapproving. "Brother Sun, you know what kind of shady business there is in that kind of Entertainment City. Do you believe that there is an Entertainment City that is clean?"
"Hehe, no matter what tricks they have, you have vented your anger. What else do you want?" Sun Xiang glanced at Lin Mao and said with a smile.
Zhao Guoli, who was on the side, also interjected at the right time. "Xiao Lin, for your matter, I have opened my mouth to Wang Dongchen once. Even if you want to be unforgiving, I am too embarrassed to open my mouth again."
Lin Mao looked resentful. What Zhao Guoli said was reasonable, and he couldn't refute anything. It was just that Lin Mao thought that he couldn't really deal with the Entertainment City, so he was always unwilling.
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