"Mr. Lu, this isn't fair!" Liu Zi, pinned to the ground, looked up and asked, "What did I do now?"
"Did you ever stay at the entertainment center in the western suburbs?" Lu Feng squatted down and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"You didn't pay for the prostitution," Lu Feng said, looking at him.
Liu Zi kept his eyes tightly closed. He knew that nothing he said now would make a difference; it was all just an excuse. A few minutes later, Liu Zi was hung from the tree again, in a way that the whole village could see.
At the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, there was a huge stone platform, which was said to be the place where criminals were beheaded during the Qing Dynasty. Lu Feng stood on it with a megaphone and shouted, "Villagers, don't be afraid. Heaven's justice is clear. Believe that good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. I am the chairman of Jiafeng Technology. You must believe me. From today onwards, as long as you tell me any information that is useful to me, I will reward you with 10,000 yuan in cash!"
Ten thousand yuan?
Someone poked their head out of the yard, glanced at Lu Feng, and then went back inside.
In less than ten minutes, Zhao Ergou arrived. Today he was even more decisive and didn't call the police at all. So what if he didn't pay for prostitution? He'll pay!
“President Lu, since you’re so eager to take over the electronics factory, you have to clean up its mess. Take Erquezi from our village, for example. Back then, all 25 mu of his land was taken by the electronics factory, and they didn’t pay him a single penny. He was so angry that he sued them in court, and the previous village chief broke his other leg. Erquezi was a bachelor, and his family’s ancestral graves were in that area. He didn’t even have a place to be buried after he died.”
Zhao Ergou stared at Lu Feng and said, "Since you speak of such great benevolence and righteousness, please resolve this matter first. I will compile the materials from the lawsuit back then in a few days. This is a sure thing."
Their eyes met, and Lu Feng's gaze sharpened as he stared at him with a sneer and asked, "Village Chief Zhao, then tell me, how much do I have to pay in compensation?"
"Ten thousand yuan per mu! Ancestral graves are a separate price!"
“Village Chief Zhao, I’m just curious, why don’t you sell? If you need money, just sign the contract to sell your shares in the electronics factory, and you’ll be rich.”
Zhao Ergou grinned, revealing a row of teeth stained with tobacco, and said, "President Lu, public matters are public matters, and private matters are private matters. When it comes to money, once there's a sum, there has to be a division of accounts. The people below need to be fed, but how much of the food for the people above actually ends up in my mouth? I understand the value of this electronics factory. Today you leave, President Lu, tomorrow President Zhao will come!"
"I understand, you're a banquet attendee."
"President Lu has already paid 100,000. Should you pay this 250,000? I think you should." Zhao Ergou was very cunning. The more Lu Feng wanted the electronics factory, the more obedient he would become. There were many such tricks in the future. Making a million or two a year was as easy as playing around.
Lu Feng looked back at the village and hung Liu Zi up for another hour. When he left, Lu Feng waited at the village entrance for more than an hour, but still no villager reported Zhao Ergou and Liu Zi.
As soon as I arrived at the hotel entrance, I saw Secretary Cui.
"Mr. Lu, I'd like to invite you to dinner tonight."
Lu Feng went straight to the restaurant without even getting out of the car. Huang Youwei was already waiting. Seeing Lu Feng's unhappy face, he greeted him, "Have a seat. Is it difficult to get things done?"
"It's not particularly difficult. What did you find out?" Lu Feng asked as he sat down.
“What am I supposed to investigate? I govern the city, and they’re just a village. We’re completely unrelated. Do you think I can investigate just because I have evidence? If you hear Zhang San talk about Li Si today, you’ll investigate Li Si. If you hear Li Si talk about Wang Wu tomorrow, you’ll investigate Wang Wu. Wouldn’t that make everyone feel insecure?” Huang Youwei stared at Lu Feng and said.
“I understand. We investigate from the bottom up, and if we don’t investigate, we don’t investigate.” Lu Feng poured himself a glass of beer and said, “That village is a monolithic entity.”
“The villagers must have concerns. If I tell you the truth, those people will turn around and target him if they don’t suffer a devastating blow. We must eliminate evil completely!” Huang Youwei said while eating his food. “There is another way.”
Lu Feng shook his head repeatedly. He knew the method Huang Youwei had suggested: submit to Xiaoli Village, support Zhao Ergou from behind the scenes, become part of those township enterprises, and share the profits together!
"I'll say it again, don't make things worse, I won't bail you out." Huang Youwei raised his glass and clinked it with Lu Feng's.
Lu Feng nodded and ate in silence.
That night, many families in Xiaoli Village were grumbling. Ten thousand yuan was an astronomical price for many people. As the saying goes, a great reward will surely bring forth brave men!
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