The two men who came up from the stairs sat down at the table beside Zhao Guoli and Lin Mao. They were no different from the guests who came to the hotel to eat. One of them picked up the menu and looked at it while chatting with the other with a smile. The one who didn't take the menu said with a bit of luck, "Wang Dan, have you heard that Jinyu Entertainment City is being inspected today? It's said that several departments are inspecting it together. Tsk tsk, fortunately, I haven't been there recently. If I'm unlucky enough to be involved in today's inspection, my wife at home will divorce me if she knows that I'm looking for a woman outside."
The man said a few words and looked a little regretful. It was said that Jinyu Entertainment City was the safest place, but he had never heard of anyone inspecting there. It seemed that even Jinyu Entertainment City was not safe now. He had to be careful when he went out to eat.
"Hey, Zhang Feng, you only know one thing but not the other. Jinyu Entertainment City can be so successful because it has a backer in the county. I just went to Entertainment City last night to have fun. At that time, I heard from the staff of Entertainment City that some people were going to be inspected this morning. They were preparing for today's inspection last night. I also heard about the inspection in the morning. It seems that dozens of people from several departments went there, but what's the result? They didn't find anything. I guess the inspection is just a formality. Maybe the relevant departments in the county are working together with the entertainment city to fool the common people. The man who ordered the dishes smiled and continued to look at the menu.
"That's right. I've long heard that this Entertainment City has a deep background in our county. It seems that the rumor is true. Just for such a big underground gambling place like Entertainment City, if those government departments conduct a surprise inspection, how could they not find it? Who would believe it unless those people are blind? "The man curled his lips. The man curled his lips and said, "Last time I went there to play, I also went to the underground gambling place and saw with my own eyes what was called big gambling. There was a rich man who bet ten or twenty thousand yuan at one go and lost more than a hundred thousand yuan in a row before stopping. At that time, I thought he was a big boss. Later, I heard the whispers of the people next to me that he was a county official. I don't know which department he was from, but he was really generous. I guess those county officials are clear about the tricks of Golden Jade Entertainment City."
"Hehe, playing in Entertainment City, you can often meet those agencies. We are not a big city. The county is not big, and there are only a few entertainment places. Entertainment City is the largest, so those officials in the county must have visited a lot. I don't believe that they are all honest officials. However, I also heard that this Entertainment City has announced that it will not provide those special services for a while. I don't know if it has anything to do with this inspection." The man who ordered the dishes smiled again and handed the menu to his companion opposite him. "Zhang Feng, you order a few. Tonight, we have agreed to drink until we are drunk.
OK, I'm not afraid of you. Recently, there is nothing fun in Entertainment City. Let's have a drink in the evening. Anyway, we have nothing to do at home. " The man smiled very heroically.
The two men seemed to be chatting casually. Their voices were not loud. Those sitting at the next table might not be able to hear their words. However, Lin Mao and others sitting at the next table happened to hear their words clearly. Lin Mao, who was a little resentful, suddenly brightened up as if he had taken a tonic.
Lin Mao, who suddenly became spirited, almost pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation at the next table. Unfortunately, the two people who claimed to be Wang Dan and Zhang Feng at the next table quickly talked about other topics. Lin Mao looked slightly disappointed, but the disappointment only lasted for a moment. The next moment, Lin Mao became spirited again and looked at Zhao Guoli. "Uncle Zhao, did you hear that? What I said was right, right? The eyes of the masses are clear. This is from the mouth of a local of Xi Men. I'm not trying to frame anyone."
Zhao Guoli's table had almost finished eating. Just now, because the conversation between Wang Dan and Zhang Feng at the next table attracted their attention, they sat for a while longer. At this moment, when he heard Lin Mao talk about Entertainment City again, Zhao Guoli also smiled and shook his head. "Xiao Lin, have you not vented your anger yet?"
Zhao Guoli stood up. Sun Xiang, Zhao Qing, and Lin Mao also stood up and walked to the suite upstairs. After eating, Zhao Guoli prepared to return to his room to drink some tea. Drinking tea after a meal had become his daily habit. Even when he went out, he would bring his own tea with him.
When Lin Mao saw that his words did not resonate much with Zhao Guoli, he felt a little helpless. It was not that Lin Mao could not understand Zhang Guoli's reaction. Zhao Guoli had already spoken for him once. Even if Zhao Guoli's wife was the mayor of Haicheng City, Zhao Guoli would still owe Wang Dongchen a favor by speaking up for him. At least, if Wang Dongchen asked Zhao Guoli for something next time, Zhao Guoli would not be able to completely reject him.
It was not that Lin Mao did not know the ways of officialdom. Therefore, Lin Mao did not expect Zhao Guoli to speak up for him again. For his own selfish desires, he asked a county party secretary to send people to check the local Entertainment City. This kind of thing was a trifling matter. He was treating the county party secretary as a non-official, and he could order him around at will, wasn't it?
Moreover, Zhao Guoli had spoken to Wang Dongchen for his trifling request. This was also the reason why Zhao Guoli could rely on his own strength to resist Wang Dongchen. But in any case, Wang Dongchen had already given him face, and he also sent a joint inspection team to check the Entertainment City with great fanfare. Therefore, Lin Mao's goal was considered to be achieved, and Zhao Guoli also met his request. From this point of view, Zhao Guoli had already given him a lot of face as a junior. To be exact, Zhao Guoli had given his father a lot of face. Lin Mao knew that his father still had room for promotion. Recently, the news that his father was likely to be transferred to the Provincial Public Security Department as the Deputy Director was circulating in the provincial capital. Of course, whether this news was true or false, only the parties involved knew, but Lin Mao was very clear that his father was very hopeful to be appointed as the Deputy Director of the Provincial Department.
And Zhao Guoli giving him face could also be regarded as an investment in his father.
At present, Lin Mao began to feel indignant in his heart again. It was nothing more than what he heard from the two people who came to the hotel for dinner just now. Yes, Lin Mao believed that what the two people said was absolutely true. Even Lin Mao's Entertainment City might be dirtier than what the two people said, and there might be more illegal activities. Lin Mao didn't know how many Entertainment Cities Lin Mao had fooled around in the provincial capital, and there was no lack of people who were friends with the bosses of some Entertainment Cities. They were all people who scrambled to flatter him. As long as it was an Entertainment City, Lin Mao knew very well what kind of business there would be in it. However, words without evidence were just words.
If he was willing to believe it, it depended on whether others were willing to believe it or not. This was just like how the testimony of the parties involved in the court could not be used as complete evidence. If he could produce substantial evidence of the crimes committed in the Entertainment City, it might be possible for Zhao Guoli to speak for him a second time. However, Lin Mao had no evidence. At this moment, the sudden anger in his heart was also because of what he heard just now. Lin Mao didn't really intend to ask Zhao Guoli to speak for him again, but he just hoped that Zhao Guoli and the others would agree with him.
What Lin Mao, Zhao Guoli, and the others didn't notice was that when their figures disappeared in the elevator, Wang Dan and Zhang Feng, who came to the hotel for dinner just now, looked at each other with a trace of a smile at the corner of their mouths. It was not wrong to say that these two people were guests who came to the hotel for dinner, but they also had another identity. They were policemen of the county public security bureau. In the afternoon, Lu Ming went to Chen Xing's office. Lu Ming was thinking about how to continue to lead the anger of Lin Mao, the Childe of the provincial capital, to the Entertainment City. Then he arranged Zhao Yide to make a plan.
When Lin Mao and the others returned to the room, Zhao Guoli picked up a new bag of tea and brewed it. Lin Mao, Sun Xiang, Zhao Qing, and the others also sat around. Lin Mao, of course, was still talking about the previous topic, and only Sun Xiang was responding to him.
"Xiao Lin, you suffered a loss because you had a conflict with someone, which has nothing to do with the Entertainment City. It's not reasonable for you to vent your anger on the Entertainment City. Don't keep thinking about this matter. Just let it go. The person who directly had a conflict with you probably can't be found, so don't keep staring at the Entertainment City. It's two different things." Zhao Guoli finally spoke. It was not that Zhao Guoli did not believe what those two people had said. Although Wang Dan and Zhang Feng were arranged by Zhao Yide under Lu Ming's instructions, Zhao Guoli was not in the know. However, he still believed what those two people had said. A person who could afford to open an Entertainment City had to at least be a local tyrant to be able to control the situation. He did not believe that he had no connection with the local officials of Ximen County.
However, Zhao Guoli came to Ximen County to make money. Even if the Entertainment City did many illegal things, it had nothing to do with him. How could Zhao Guoli be willing to find trouble with the Entertainment City just because of Lin Mao? For him, making money was the most important thing. If he attracted some unnecessary trouble because of this matter, it would not be worth it. Although he was not afraid of making trouble in Ximen County, it was not necessary for him to take the initiative to find trouble.
"Uncle Zhao, I didn't say that I would find trouble with the Entertainment City all the time. I just want to complain." Lin Mao smiled bitterly. Although he said so, his eyes were rolling. No one knew what he was thinking. Let alone whether Zhao Guoli was willing or not, even if Lin Mao was embarrassed to ask Zhao Guoli to speak for him, it did not mean that Zhao Guoli could not do something secretly.
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