Zhao Chao closed the door, then pulled Zhou Bin and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
Zhao Laowu was very surprised: "Chao Wa, why are you going inside when you are fine?"
Zhao Chao didn't say anything, but pulled Zhou Bin into the house mysteriously.
When they got into the house, Zhao Chao asked Zhou Bin to sit on a stool, handed him a Meihou cigarette, and then asked, "Mr. Zhou, are you really planning to invest here?"
Zhou Bin nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"That's great! We've been looking forward to this day for a long time!" Zhao Chao looked excited.
Zhao Laowu walked in slowly from outside and said, "Chao Wa, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Chao waved his hand: "Nothing."
Then he turned to Zhou Bin and said, "Do you know what I do?"
Zhou Bin was a little curious: "I don't know, what do you do?"
Zhao Chao patted his chest and said, "I am the village chief of Tangchi Village, Zhao Chao."
"Oh? You are the village chief? I didn't realize it!" Zhou Bin said with a smile.
Suddenly he felt that what he said was not right, and hurriedly explained: "I mean, I didn't expect..."
Zhao Chao waved his hand and smiled, "I don't even think I am the village chief. My title of village chief is just an empty title. No one cares about me."
Zhao Laowu sighed: "They put you up there because you are young and don't know anything. You are nothing more than a clay Buddha!"
Zhao Chao smiled bitterly: "Dad, please don't laugh at me. I'm just an idler."
Zhou Bin saw the two of them and asked with a smile, "What are you two talking about? Since you are the village chief, that's great. I have found the right person."
Zhao Chao shook his head: "It's true that I am the village chief, but I don't keep my word. It's useless for you to look for me."
"Huh? You don't keep your word? Then whose word is trustworthy?" Zhou Bin asked.
Zhao Laowu said angrily: "It must be Zhao Dayong who has the final say! Our words are like farts."
"Zhao Dayong? Who is he?" Zhou Bin asked.
"Zhao Dayong is the villain in our village. He speaks with all his might and no one dares to mess with him." Zhao Chao said helplessly.
Zhou Bin now understood a little bit. Although Zhao Chao was the village chief, he was useless. The village tyrant was still the one who kept his word.
Zhou Bin nodded: "So that's how it is! No wonder you wanted to go into the house and talk about it, were you afraid that he would hear it?"
Zhao Chao nodded with a depressed look on his face: "Yes!"
Zhao Laowu interrupted and said, "You guys, go ask somewhere else. It probably won't work here. At least Zhao Dayong won't agree."
"Why? Why doesn't he agree?" Zhou Bin asked.
Zhao Chao said angrily: "It's all for the sake of making money!"
Then Zhao Chao told Zhou Bin about Zhao Dayong's situation. It turned out that Zhao Dayong was a bully among them.
His father used to be a bully in the village, but later on, somehow the father and son ended up setting up a lime factory.
The lime factory itself is very polluting and produces a lot of dust and harmful gases. Villagers have to endure this hazard all year round.
This is nothing. The key point is that their lime factory was built right next to the spring, so the spring water was greatly polluted.
The spring water that used to be sweet and refreshing is now completely undrinkable. If you drink the spring water now, you may even lose your life.
For the sake of convenience, Zhao Dayong simply piled the waste around the spring without taking any measures at all.
Several companies have come here to inspect before, and they all hope to make use of the abundant spring water resources here.
However, when they visited the place, they were immediately shocked by the pollution from the lime factory.
Therefore, some companies gave up directly, while other companies were really unwilling to give up and tried to negotiate with Zhao Dayong to ask him to shut down the lime factory and compensate them.
But Zhao Dayong asked for a huge amount, wanting 100 million!
When they heard this, of course they were unwilling to do so, and they even went to the town leaders for this matter. However, Zhao Dayong insisted that he was there first and refused to leave.
In the end, he even used various means to drive away anyone who wanted to invest in developing the springs.
Half a year ago, a person from a company came for inspection and was beaten up by Zhao Dayong's men, causing him to leave with injuries.
From then on, few people dared to come and discuss investment matters.
Zhou Bin was a little angry after hearing this. This Zhao Dayong is really awesome! He is so lawless. He makes money for himself and makes everyone suffer. He is really not a good person.
Thinking of this, Zhou Bin asked: "Uncle, didn't you just say that the spring water here cannot be developed because Prince Zhou doesn't allow it?"
Zhao Laowu smiled helplessly and said, "That's just a joke among us villagers. Who dares to tell the truth?"
Zhou Bin couldn't help but say, "What a bully, so arrogant."
Zhao Chao hurriedly advised: "Keep your voice down, if someone hears you, you're done!"
Zhou Bin smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'm not afraid."
Zhao Chao fell into silence and stopped talking.
Zhou Bin asked: "Besides where you are, are there any other springs around here?"
Zhao Chao was stunned: "There shouldn't be any other places. The spring water here and in the town is the best. The spring water in other places is not very good."
Zhou Bin thought about it and decided that he couldn't just listen to what they said.
Since there is a local tyrant here, they don't have to confront him head-on for the time being.
It would be better to visit a few surrounding villages and then decide what to do.
So Zhou Bin stood up to say goodbye. When Zhao Chao heard this, he was stunned: "You're leaving? Didn't you say you were planning to invest?"
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