Hearing Shi Daqing's words, Li Minghua could hardly believe his ears.
Shi Daqing has been in Yishan for many years. He controls the public security system and has the final say. His connections in both the black and white worlds are unparalleled. Many of the most popular jokes in Yishan officialdom are related to this director. Any one of them is frightening. He is a scoundrel that no one dares to provoke. Except for the county party secretary Jiang Wanchao and the county magistrate Deng Xingwen, no one in Yishan is taken seriously by Shi Daqing. Even Yang Dingjun is polite when they meet and greet each other on weekdays, not to mention a small figure like Li Minghua. It is not easy to talk to him. How could he be so servile
Li Minghua's first reaction was to stay away from him. Seeing the face of the local tyrant in Yishan, how could he have a good life in the future? Shi Daqing was not famous for his arrogance, but for his narrow-mindedness. Li Minghua suppressed the urge to leave with an excuse. Leaving at this time would only leave traces and make people more jealous. He could only smile and stand aside, feeling anxious and unable to find a way to smooth things over.
Yishan is a very important base in Wenliang's plan, so he naturally doesn't want to offend anyone easily. Shi Daqing is certainly not a good person, and whether he needs to be dealt with depends on how the situation develops in the future. If necessary, it won't be too late to take action then.
Of course, it would be good for future development if he was given a warning today. Wen Liang had no intention or energy to deal with the various local gods in Yishan, so it would be best to kill a chicken to scare the monkey. When he asked Liu Tianlai to make that call yesterday, he expected that if Shi Daqing was not an idiot, he would come to apologize today. Judging from their appearance, they must have been waiting near the hotel before dawn.
Everything is under control.
"No, no, Director Shi may have misunderstood. We bumped into Shi Jie by chance at Baiou Lake and had a small conflict. As you know, we are new here and don't know the rules of Yishan. We may have offended Mr. Shi accidentally. If anyone really needs to apologize, it should be us."
"No, no. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Shi Jie waved his hands anxiously. He was severely beaten by Shi Daqing last night. It was the first time that he was beaten by his father. His face was black and blue. He suffered a lot. Now he was scared to death of Wen Liang, afraid that he would provoke his father's anger again. This sorry was much more sincere than the one in the restaurant in the evening.
Shi Daqing was able to get to this point, so he must be no bad guy. As if he didn't understand Wen Liang's sarcasm, he kicked Shi Jie in the knees, knocking him to his knees, and cursed: "Little beast, I warned you so many times to behave yourself and not hang out with those little hooligans all day. You just wouldn't listen. This time you offended our distinguished guest from Yishan, I'll beat you to death."
As he said this, he started to slap Shi Jie violently. Li Minghua was anxiously rubbing his hands beside him. He secretly glanced at Wen Liang, but saw that this always gentle and polite boy was leaning against the side of the car with an expressionless face, his cold eyes were full of mockery and ridicule, and he refused to say a word of dissuasion.
Li Minghua was shocked, and thought of the jokes he had just played on him, and he couldn't help feeling scared.
Who is this person? First, County Magistrate Yang came forward, and judging from his tone, if the Standing Committee members had not been in a meeting today and he really couldn't leave, he would have accompanied them in person. Then, Shi Daqing was willing to use a self-torture trick to please him. How could such a young boy have such great power
But Wen Liang could just watch the fun, but Old Li couldn't. He quickly walked up to Shi Daqing, grabbed his arm, and advised him, "Director Shi, calm down. Is it necessary to get so angry about the children's affairs? It's normal for boys to be naughty. Just give them a scolding. Don't beat them to the point of causing them to have problems. You feel bad for them, don't you?"
Shi Daqing only had this one precious son, and it was heartbreaking to beat him, but compared to his official position, this could be ignored. He had been waiting for Li Minghua to come and plead for mercy, so he stopped and said, "Old Li, you don't know how much I worry about this kid. He just won't listen no matter how much I discipline him. Look, he accidentally bumped into Young Master Wen yesterday, and I'm here to apologize..."
Li Minghua did not dare to be arrogant, and imitated Shi Daqing's address, saying: "Mr. Wen, look..."
At this point, if Wen Liang didn't respond, it would seem unreasonable. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Just call me Wen Liang. I'm not a young master at all! I'll give face to Director Li and Director Shi and forget about what happened yesterday. It's common for young people to quarrel and fight from time to time. It's no big deal."
"Yes, yes, Master Wen, you didn't argue with Shi Jie. It's a blessing for him." Shi Daqing bowed to Li Minghua again and said, "Thank you for your help in asking for mercy. I'll make a note of it."
Wen Liang had mentioned Li Minghua's name first, clearly wanting to do him a favor. Li Minghua was instantly grateful to Wen Liang and made up his mind to try his best to meet any requests he had at the water plant. Even if he had to dismantle the production line, they could still discuss it.
Anyway, the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy and the production line is almost rusting.
"Director Shi, Young Master Wen has something else to do later, how about you go ahead and do it first?"
Li Minghua winked, and Shi Daqing understood, and said politely: "Then I won't delay you. But I must host you tonight, and ask Young Master Wen to taste Yishan's special dishes. To me, the conditions of Yishan Hotel are good, but when it comes to special dishes, they are really not that good! Brother Li, you have to come too."
Wen Liang looked at the guy's face and felt annoyed. He wished he could get out of here right away. He frowned and said, "Don't bother Director Shi. I have to go back to Qingzhou after visiting the water plant." He pointed to the car and said with difficulty, "My classmates are with us. It won't be good if they go back late."
Shi Daqing was worried that he would not have a chance to bring this up, so he quickly took out an exquisite bag from a Santana on the side of the road and said, "I broke a classmate's backpack yesterday. I know that they are all valuable items in the city. Yishan is a small place, and I can't buy the same ones in a hurry. I can only suffer a loss and reluctantly accept this."
Wen Liang only took a glance and knew that it was the latest model of a domestic brand women's bag that Shi Daqing bought in Qingzhou overnight, which cost at least three or four hundred yuan. Compared with Ji Su's small backpack of twenty or thirty yuan, it was indeed ten times more expensive.
Such a small thing was accepted without hesitation. Wen Liang took it and threw it into the car, saying, "Then I would like to thank Director Shi. See you later."
After the van left, I could still see Shi Daqing waving his hands in the rearview mirror. This man is flexible and can't be ignored.
After the shock just now, Li Minghua was much more careful in his words, but he kept telling jokes, dialects, and stories, which made the journey full of fun and interesting, showing the customs and people of Yishan. The girls in the car kept laughing, and when they stopped at the gate of the water plant, they still felt a little reluctant to leave.
The mineral water factory is located in Xianbei Township, Yishan County. It is a township enterprise that emerged after the reform and opening up. It seized the opportunity of the national economic structure adjustment and once occupied a very important position in the county economy. But now it is facing the danger of bankruptcy, struggling to survive, which is a pity.
This is an inevitable result of the reform reaching a bottleneck and the general trend at home and abroad. Under the market economy framework of survival of the fittest, there are no new ideas or new developments. It is inevitable that these township enterprises, which lack technical, financial background and vision, will decline from prosperity.
Wen Liang was not qualified to do so without alerting the local township leaders. Of course, if Yang Dingjun accompanied him personally, it would be another matter. However, Wen Liang did not like publicity, so this arrangement was perfect.
Li Minghua greeted the factory director Fu Jinjing and asked him to accompany him and give the explanation. In the factory director's office, Wen Liang met the factory director Fu, who was about 40 years old, of medium build and slightly fat, with a loud voice. His speech and behavior were typical of a township entrepreneur in the 1990s. After a few pleasantries, they followed him to visit the various workshops of the water plant one by one.
The water plant is very large, covering hundreds of acres of land, with one or two hundred workers, three bottling water production lines, and one barreled water production line. The annual output is nearly 10,000 tons, with a profit of over one million yuan, but it mainly supplies Qingzhou and surrounding areas, and has relatively large limitations. Wen Liang mainly understands the problem of water resources. Yishan has always been known as the Jiangdong Water Town. According to measurements from seven representative rain gauges, from 1956 to 1994, the average annual precipitation was 366.7 mm, and the total water production was nearly 170 million cubic meters. Both surface water and groundwater resources ranked first in the city. What is more valuable is that due to natural conditions such as the site structure and stratum fractures, there are rich reserves of high-quality mineral water resources in the deep underground granite gaps, with aquicludes as natural barriers, and the daily water production can reach 250 cubic meters, and it is dynamically stable and has a superior environment.
Wen Liang was very satisfied and asked, "Has the water quality been verified by dynamic water quality monitoring to see if it meets the requirements of GB8537 naming?"
Fu Jinjing talked incessantly as he walked along. He had the wisdom of an entrepreneur but also the limitations of this class. However, he had not lost the simplicity of a farmer. He was relatively objective when he mentioned the past glory and the present difficulties. In the words of later generations, he was a kind man.
"What GB8537? What the hell is this?" Fu Jinjing was confused.
Wen Liang then realized that he had spoken hastily without thinking things through, and hurriedly explained, "Well, it's the Chinese drinking natural mineral water standard, which was just released this year. It's normal that Director Fu doesn't know about it."
Fu Jinjing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have the mood to care about those things. The factory is about to close down. Sales have stagnated since the end of last year, and this year is even worse. I don't know why mineral water has become a pariah. Everyone is shouting and beating it, saying that it is harmful to health and has a low quality pass rate. Look, it's even harder to sell." There are hundreds of mouths waiting to be fed in the homes of dozens of workers, and the leaders of the township and county are also looking forward to paying more taxes. Besides, there are not many companies in Yishan that can be used. Everyone is staring at me. The burden on my shoulders is so heavy that I can't breathe."