The man in that room just now was Xiong Bingwen!
Speaking of Xiong Bingwen, you readers may not remember him.
This person once served as the county magistrate of Huichuan County and was instrumental in the dissolution of all production teams in the county.
He came with a mission: to disband the Lijiapo production team.
As a result, Li Jin and his son Li Xiangdong engaged in a heated argument with him, directly hindering his plan to dismantle the Lijiapo brigade.
Later, with Liu Donglai's promotion, Xiong Bingwen's faction lost power and simply ceased operations.
Later, Xiong Bingwen surprisingly became the vice mayor of Dongfang City, specifically in charge of attracting investment.
As for the intricacies involved, that's beyond the comprehension of an ordinary citizen like Li Xiangdong.
Anyway, no matter what, Xiong Bingwen became the vice mayor, but he did not make things difficult for the businesses in Lijiapo.
On the contrary, they showed some favoritism to Baiyanghe Food Factory's branch in Dongfang City.
In this world, there are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies.
As long as it benefits both sides, even if they are at loggerheads one second, they can be drinking and chatting happily the next.
Therefore, Li Xiangdong had eaten with Xiong Bingwen several times.
That's why he could recognize her from behind.
Li Xiangdong's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. Men Shifang, observing his expression, laughed and then pulled him to the fourth floor.
The fourth floor was an unfinished, bare-bones house with gray walls and rows of neat iron racks.
On the iron rack were gold and silver ingots, each about the size of a child's palm!
Li Xiangdong reached out and picked up a gold ingot. Without even examining it closely, he could tell from the feel and weight that it was genuine.
Further inside, there are rows of small goldfish, five of them stacked together, like a small pagoda.
At the deepest part of the ground, there was a huge silver winter melon and a smaller golden winter melon.
In his previous life, Li Xiangdong had traveled to Shanxi and visited the underground banks of the Piaohao (traditional Chinese money exchange), where he encountered both silver and gold winter melons.
The tour guide said that the silver winter melon weighed 200 jin (100 kg) and the golden winter melon weighed 100 jin (50 kg), so heavy that they could not be moved or lifted. At that time, people called them "helpless".
Why is there so much gold and silver here?
"Is this all true?"
Li Xiangdong was asking a question he already knew the answer to.
However, no other words could express the shock he felt.
That much gold and silver is probably worth tens of millions.
Men Shifang squinted and turned off the light, the gold and silver emitting a faint glow.
He turned the light on again, and the gold and silver gleamed even more brightly.
He stared intently at the items on the shelf.
"Xiangdong, tell me, is there anything more precious than gold and silver in this world?"
Li Xiangdong shook his head, then nodded.
Ten directions bring joy.
Li Xiangdong had developed a great curiosity about the fifth underground level.
Judging from the layers of decorations we just entered, wine, elegance, lust, and wealth—these almost completely cover all of humanity's greatest desires.
So, what exactly is hidden in the fifth floor?
Men Shifang understood Li Xiangdong's meaning and shook his head with a smile, "The fifth floor, you don't need it for now."
"Really? Can't you take me to see it first?"
Men Shifang's eyes turned cold. "When the time comes, I will naturally take you there."
As she spoke, she grabbed his wrist and said, "Let's go to the first floor and talk!"
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A silver Volkswagen Santana was parked outside a nearby alley. A woman in high heels limped toward a two-story unfinished building.
Before she could even step into the unfinished building, four or five burly men suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Although they were dressed in rags, their faces were ruddy and their temples bulged outwards, clearly indicating that they were skilled in martial arts.
"Hey, hey, you ugly old woman, where are you going?"
A man shouted loudly, and when the men around him saw what the woman looked like, they immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha~ Oh my god! She's so ugly!"
"Wow, this woman is as tall as an eight-foot-tall adult!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, don't even mention it, it's terrifying!"
"No way, I think she's alright looking. Her face is quite fair, her lips are quite red, her breasts are quite big, and her butt, uh, it's just that her butt is a bit flat..."
"Then it's yours! Hurry up and take it inside!"
The man winked and nudged the man praising the woman.
The man muttered to himself, "It's not like decades ago, when you could just do whatever you wanted..."
The voice was too soft for the woman to hear clearly.
However, she understood what these men meant.
"You bunch of scoundrels! Who gave you permission to surround me? This is such a small place, even the people here have no manners! When my brother gets here, he'll definitely beat you all up!"
The woman's voice was a bit rough, and she pointed at the men, looking quite formidable.
However, these words revealed a lot of information.
In small places, people lack manners, which proves that the woman is not a local.
When her brother arrives, it means the woman is alone at this moment.
Since they've come to us so readily, we won't stand on ceremony.
"Hayato, it's your birthday tomorrow. Consider this woman our birthday present for you!"
As they spoke, the group of men slowly surrounded the woman.
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Zhang Lu, Park Young, and Li Jin first took Wang Zhenbo to the Baiyanghe Food Factory branch in Dongfang City, and then drove with driver Huang Dafa straight to the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The director of the Dongfang City Public Security Bureau was also a stranger; it was none other than Chen Yigan.
Chen Yi dared to order the captain of the criminal police team to lead his men straight to the Longxi Road branch of the Agricultural and Commercial Bank that Li Jin had mentioned.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived, people were dismantling the signboard of the so-called bank.
The bank was completely empty; there was nothing left inside.
"Dou Shifang is a fraudster!"
Li Jin roared angrily, his gaze fixed intently on Zhang Yifan, the captain of the criminal investigation team.
Zhang Yifan ignored Li Jin and wandered around the room with his hands behind his back.
Then he frowned and said, "This is just a dilapidated building, not a bank at all. I say, old comrade, are you sure you've got the location wrong?"
A sharp glint flashed in Li Jin's eyes, but his voice was calmer than before, "There's a sign saying 'bank' on the outside! Didn't Captain Zhang see that?"
Zhang Yifan slowly walked out, pointed to the things in the hands of the two men who were tearing down the storefront sign, and said, "You mean this?"
Li Jin looked again and realized that the sign in their hands no longer read "Rural Commercial Bank".
That's basically just the big sign "Zhang Ji Xiao Long Bao"!
Li Jin glanced at Zhang Yifan. "Just a moment ago it was a bank, and now it's a steamed bun? Are these two magicians?"
Zhang Yifan sneered, "Who knows? I'm telling you, comrade, you can't just make a false report and misuse police resources just because you have a good relationship with Director Chen!"
He sighed and spoke softly, but loud enough for those around him to hear.
"The brothers are exhausted from missions every day. When they finally get a day off, they still have to run errands for the bureau chief's relatives!"
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