At 3 p.m., Shen Dong arrived at Luo Zhan’s office.
Luo Zhan is only thirty-six years old this year. He is tall, handsome, and has sharp eyes. He is at the peak of his life.
Without any polite formalities, Luo Zhan stated bluntly, "Mr. Shen, I am not the previous director. If you are simply trying to bribe me to buy a license plate at a low price, that's probably impossible."
Shen Dong smiled and said, "Director Luo, I have investigated your background and know about your family situation. To resort to bribery is an insult to an official like you who is likely to rise to a higher position."
Luo Zhan said, "From the day the news broke that a thousand license plates were to be auctioned, I received at least eighty, if not a hundred, businessmen calling to try and pull strings. What makes you think you can sway me?"
Shen Dong said, "I can present you with my political achievements."
Luo Zhan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What do you mean?"
Shen Dong said, “Director Luo, you are an official with ideals and ambitions. I believe you should know that the roads in the developed areas of Hong Kong Island are quite good, but in areas like Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan and Lantau Island, even the main roads are full of potholes.”
"As someone in the Transportation Department, there's no more important achievement than road construction. But the funding from above is limited; you can't possibly use your own money to build public roads, can you?"
“My idea is that you sell me the taxi license plate, and I will donate 30% of the future profits to the Transport Department as a special fund for road repairs.”
"As long as you repair the roads in those areas, you will have achieved political success; it's a classic win-win situation."
Luo Zhan asked, "What is 30% profit?"
Shen Dong said, "Seven to eight million is enough to repair the roads in these areas, since repairing is much cheaper than building."
Luo Zhan was silent for a moment, then said, "Why should I give you such a large profit? If I told other businessmen, I believe they might give me even more. I could even start a taxi company in my own home."
Shen Dong said, “Using power for personal gain is a very taboo thing. Doing this will only give your competitors a handle to use against you, and at a crucial moment, you might lose because of this. As for other businessmen, you can certainly choose to cooperate with them, but you must always be on guard against being bitten by them. After all, that’s hundreds of millions of yuan in profit a year. They only need to sue you in court for coercing and inducing them to donate money for road construction, and that money will return to their accounts, while you will probably be in a very difficult situation.”
Luo Zhan frowned and said, "They're unreliable, but you're reliable?"
Shen Dong laughed and said, "Of course. Director Luo, I donate three million to my girlfriend's charity foundation every month. Seven or eight million is really nothing to worry about."
Luo Zhan said, "Mr. Shen, you should go back first. I need to think about it carefully."
Shen Dong stood up and said, "I hope to hear good news from you."
As soon as Shen Dong left Luo Zhan's office, his face fell.
From the conversation just now, Shen Dong could tell that Luo Zhan wasn't very enthusiastic about him.
Even if he were willing to donate 30% of his profits to the Transport Department, his attitude remained unchanged.
Shen Dong suspected that this guy already had someone in mind, and the so-called auction was just a smokescreen.
Come to think of it, there are far too many people who would want to eat such a large piece of fat.
It's normal that Luo Zhan doesn't support me since we're not related.
Once in the car, Shen Dong said to Wei Jixiang, "The situation is not optimistic. Luo Zhan isn't very interested in my proposal."
Wei Jixiang said, "Then what should we do? The auction is tomorrow. Since everyone is bidding by sealed bid, there's a lot of room for manipulation."
Shen Dong snorted and sneered, "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. All one thousand taxi license plates must be mine, and no one can take them away from me."
After saying that, Shen Dong picked up his mobile phone and made a call to Tian Yangsheng.
At 8 p.m., Luo Zhan and a man in his forties came out of the hotel.
"Brother Lai, don't worry, these thousand license plates are definitely yours."
"Ah Zhan, thanks. I assure you, what Shen Dong can do, I can do too."
"Compared to that Hung Hing bastard Shen Dong, I certainly trust you more."
The two hugged and then went their separate ways.
Luo Zhan got into the car and was just about to start it when he suddenly felt someone behind him.
Before he could react, he was hit on the back of the head and passed out.
The one who made the move was Tian Yangsheng.
After getting Luo Zhan into the passenger seat, Tian Yangsheng drove his car to a nightclub owned by Shen Dong.
Little Ma was already waiting there with two pretty girls.
Tian Yangsheng got out of the car and said calmly, "The person is in the passenger seat."
Little Ma nodded and said to the two women, "He's in your hands now."
One of the girls smiled and said, "Brother Ma, don't worry, we will definitely take good care of him."
The two women helped Luo Zhan into a room, undressed him, and fed him medicine.
About half an hour later, the drug took effect, and the two girls splashed water on Luo Zhan to wake him up.
Who are you?
When Luo Zhan woke up, he felt hot all over and his head was dizzy.
A girl said, "Sir, we are your maids here to serve you. Now you can enjoy yourself."
Luo Zhan realized he had been tricked and wanted to leave quickly, but his clothes had already been thrown outside by the two girls.
An hour later, the two girls came out.
Little Ma and Wei Jixiang, who had been waiting outside, immediately went to greet them.
Little Ma gave each of them 100,000 yuan and said, "Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight, understand?"
The two girls put away the money and said in unison, "Understood."
Entering the room, Little Ma glanced at the video on the camera and said, "Damn, this guy's got some serious assets."
Wei Jixiang laughed and said, "The matter is settled. I'll go burn the CD."
Half an hour later, Wei Jixiang returned with the CD.
Little Ma stood up and said, "Ah Xiang, is there nothing more for me to do?"
Wei Jixiang nodded and said, "Thanks, Brother Ma."
Little Ma waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I'm just doing this for Brother Dong."
After Little Ma left, Wei Jixiang put the disc into the VCD player, and soon the TV showed the scene of Luo Zhan having a battle with two beautiful women.
After waking Luo Zhan, Wei Jixiang smiled broadly and asked, "Director Luo, are you alright?"
Luo Zhan rubbed his face with his hand, looked at Wei Jixiang, and angrily said, "So it was you."
Wei Jixiang laughed and said, "Director Luo, we had no other choice but to resort to this tactic."
Luo Zhan pointed at the screen on the TV and said, "Do you think you can get a thousand taxi license plates just by using that?"
Wei Jixiang shrugged and said, "It should be fine. Director Luo, I heard you have twin daughters who are very cute. What do you think would happen if I showed them this video?"
Luo Zhan said sternly, "You dare?"
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