Lu Feng sat there pondering for a while. The current situation seemed a bit delicate. At this time, Huang Youwei would definitely not be as proactive as before.
Originally intending to make a phone call, Lu Feng glanced at the time; it was around 5 PM. He stood up, grabbed a coat, and headed downstairs.
It was slightly chilly after the rain, and Lu Feng drove straight to the municipal government.
I knocked on the door of Huang Youwei's office, and Huang Youwei's voice came from inside: "Come in!"
Pushing open the door and walking in, Lu Feng looked at him with a smile and said, "Are you busy?"
"Yes!" Huang Youwei was clearly surprised that Lu Feng had come without calling, and asked, "Is there something you need?"
"Didn't we talk about the crackdown on organized crime in the logistics industry a while ago? Today, Hao Zhihai led a group of people and broke into Jiafeng Electronics." Lu Feng briefly explained the cause and effect of the incident.
Huang Youwei took a deep breath, his face showing some difficulty. He opened a drawer, took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and said, "The market economy has a lot of autonomy. For things like this, the police should be called to handle it. You can't make me handle everything, right?"
"So you mean I can retaliate in kind?" Lu Feng asked him.
Huang Youwei dared not say this. If he authorized Lu Feng to hire gangsters to fight, he might end up in serious trouble. He hesitated for a while, looking somewhat troubled.
"Lu Feng, you're such a big boss, you should be able to handle this kind of thing, right? You can't go to the local officials for everything. I'm not your father. Besides, you can just have someone chase him out. We're here to provide a good business environment for companies, and there's nothing else I can do."
"It's not easy for me to be in this position either. Don't think that I can make everything happen with just a word. If I had that ability, would I be sitting in this position?"
Huang Youwei phrased it rather tactfully, but Lu Feng only heard one sentence: "I don't care anymore, and don't bother me."
Since things had come to this point, there was no point in Lu Feng saying anything more. He simply nodded and said, "I'll handle it myself."
After exchanging a few polite words, Lu Feng stood up and went downstairs. Before he could even step out of the municipal gate, a man in his thirties ran out and called out to Lu Feng, "Mr. Lu, wait a moment."
Lu Feng turned to look at him, whom he didn't recognize, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I am Mayor Di's secretary. He would like to invite you to his office," the man said to Lu Feng.
"OK!"
Lu Feng followed him upstairs to another office, which was noticeably smaller than Huang Youwei's. Behind the desk hung a plaque with four large characters written in calligraphy: "Great Ambitions."
Seeing Lu Feng's smiling face, Di Mingde walked over, shook his hand, and said, "President Lu is a shining star among our local private entrepreneurs. He is young and promising. Please have a seat."
"You're too kind." Lu Feng sat down and asked, "May I ask what brings you here?"
"Oh? What kind of talk is that? In terms of jointly developing the economy, our municipal government's main task is to vigorously support private enterprises. This is our goal, and I am here to serve entrepreneurs like you." Di Mingde's words were extremely polite.
"It's mainly thanks to the tireless work of officials like you; I only did a small part of the work myself." Lu Feng's words were practically impeccable.
The two sat down, and a cup of tea was placed on the table. Di Mingde looked Lu Feng up and down and said, "I heard that Jiafeng Electronics and Yongchang Logistics are having some trouble?"
Lu Feng looked at him with some surprise and said, "Your news comes very quickly, better than some others. I told him, but he pretended not to know."
"Mr. Lu, doing business is all about harmony and making money. Why make things so tense? We're all contributing to the city's economy; we're all on the same side."
One of our own?
Lu Feng seemed to have caught something in his mind, and began to scrutinize Mayor Di. The Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist was so conspicuous, and even without the internet, he wore it without any hesitation.
The belt around his waist was from Goldlion, and he was dressed more expensively than Lu Feng.
Lu Feng has been here for several years and has dealt with the municipal government a lot. This mayor basically does nothing and is invisible in promoting anything.
There are many leaders like Di Mingde. They come to a place for three to five years, and by the time they leave, the local people don't even know that such a person ever existed.
Huang Youwei basically sets the plans, and then he hands them over to the deputy mayor to do. He himself is just a group leader, but he has a wide network of connections, enjoys banquets, and has many flatterers.
“It’s not just Yongchang Logistics, but Yongchang, Jinchang, and Tianchang. The three Hao brothers have been committing evil deeds in the city’s logistics industry for many years. They are the instigators of the chaos in the logistics industry, and now they are even directly employing idle people to make personal threats.” Lu Feng said to him, “Such companies are definitely a cancer in the industry and should be removed as soon as possible.”
Di Mingde looked somewhat displeased and said to Lu Feng, "President Lu, I can't block your path to wealth. You're just saying that. They're only arguing with you. Why be so harsh? We're all on the same side. I think it's completely unnecessary for you to establish Jinfeng Logistics. How about this, let's sit down for a meal another day, and Jiafeng Electronics and Yongchang Logistics can talk and reach a cooperation agreement. Wouldn't that be a win-win situation?"
Hearing this, Lu Feng understood everything and said, "If there were a possibility of cooperation, I wouldn't have built Jinfeng Logistics myself. It's because these three companies are completely incompatible that I don't need to protect them like this, or even try to get business for them. Putting you in this position is to stand up for us good people, not to act as a pimp."
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