"Fan Hengan!"
Wen Liang looked at her in surprise. As a Qingzhou native, you may not know the mayor and the secretary, but there are two people that everyone knows. One is Gu Shitong from Qinghe Group, and the other is Fan Hengan.
Gu Shitong resigned from his job as a lecturer at Qingzhou Teachers College in the early 1980s and resolutely went south. He thrived in the first wave of reform and opening up, and accumulated tens of millions of wealth in just five years. Then he returned strongly and operated the entire province with Qingzhou as his base. In ten years, he developed into a behemoth. His Qinghe Group involves catering, real estate, clothing, hotels, daily chemicals, machinery manufacturing and other industries. It is the largest private enterprise and profit and tax contributor in Qingzhou, and plays an important role in the regional economy of Jiangdong Province. He is also a provincial people's congress representative and a member of the CPPCC. His relationship network radiates all fields in Jiangdong and is almost unshakable. When Qingzhou people mention Gu Shitong, whether they envy, worship, envy or disdain, they have to admit that he is a genius who creates miracles!
But Fan Heng'an is fundamentally different. His original name was Fan Hongxing. He graduated from elementary school and came from a gangster family. He was suspected of more than a dozen cases of rape, robbery and gang fighting. Although he was not actually convicted, his reputation in Qingzhou could stop children from crying and remarry widows. When the nationwide crackdown was launched in 1983, he fled Qingzhou and avoided the limelight for a few years. He made a fortune by trading materials on the Sino-Russian border. After returning to Qingzhou in the late 1980s, he changed his name to Fan Heng'an and quickly became a respectable person in Qingzhou society at an astonishing speed. The opportunity was so bizarre and he made his fortune so quickly that it would surely be a best-seller if it were written into a book.
Qingzhou has a population of more than 6 million, and there are only two such people. It would be hard for Wen Liang not to know about them.
"Fan Hengan?" Wen Liang was not surprised by this person's identity, but how could a businessman like him have such a great hatred for Zuo Yuxi, to the point of life and death? Since ancient times, people have never fought against officials. In the eyes of Zuo Jing, a high-ranking person, Fan Hengan was just a chicken and a dog. How could he have such courage
"The reason why he was able to quickly gain a foothold in Qingzhou was because of Fang Mingtang..."
Wen Liang suddenly realized that even if Fan Hengan had some money, it was a pipe dream for him to reach his current status in just a few years. Qingzhou had no nobles or aristocratic families, but for a well-known ruffian like Fan Hengan, it would be ten times more difficult to rise from the grassroots and soar to the sky without the support of powerful people than for Gu Shitong.
As the mayor of Qingzhou, Fang Mingtang was fighting fiercely with Zuo Jingzheng, the then secretary of the municipal party committee. The principle of the party leading everything made him inherently deficient in the general situation, so he had to build his own circle from the outside, foster power, place confidants, and buy people's hearts. It was at this opportunity that Fan Hengan met Fang Mingtang and quickly became his confidant. In the election a few years ago, Zuo Jing and Fang Mingtang fought for the position of Lingyang, stirring up huge waves at the provincial and municipal levels. As the economic pillar of Fang Mingtang, Fan Hengan was naturally hit ruthlessly by Zuo Jing. There were more than a dozen subsidiaries that were ordered to suspend production and rectify in the name of tax evasion alone, with direct losses of tens of millions and indirect losses of tens of millions. The company's capital chain was almost broken, and fifteen years of hard work almost disappeared.
If the battle situation had not become clear later and Zuo Jing had not been sure of victory and let him go, Fan Hengan, a wealthy man worth hundreds of millions, might have turned back into the uncultured gangster Fan Hongxing.
"That's right! This hatred is really huge!"
In a flash, Wen Liang figured out the whole story. As a child who grew up in the compound of the Municipal Party Committee, no matter how ignorant he was, he had extraordinary insight into these things in the circle. Moreover, he had lived two lives now, so it was easy for him to grasp the truth of the matter by combining the past and the present.
Zuo Yuxi knew he understood when she heard this, and she couldn't help but feel a little shocked. Wen Liang didn't disappoint her as he could figure out all this from just one sentence. She pounded the steering wheel and said angrily, "If you don't get rid of the roots, you will only leave trouble for the future!"
Wen Liang never thought of Zuo Yuxi as an innocent child, nor did he think that beautiful women should be weak. This was especially evident from the way she handled the pork kidneys. This woman was strong-minded, decisive, and ruthless, but he was still frightened by her expression at that moment.
He pondered for a moment and whispered, "This is not Secretary Zuo's fault! Since Fang Mingtang did not step down but went to the National People's Congress, it shows that the higher-ups are unwilling to go too far, and they let Zhou Yuanting from Fang Mingtang's faction take over as the mayor of Qingzhou. The intention of comforting and balancing is very obvious. Now that Secretary Zuo is in power, he can't hold on to the Qingzhou mess, otherwise people will think he is narrow-minded and uses public resources for personal revenge..."
"I understand!" Zuo Yuxi took a deep breath and tapped the steering wheel subconsciously. "The key now is..."
Wen Liang took over the conversation: "The key is that night, was Zhou Yuanting unintentional or intentional?"
Yes, this is the root of the problem!
The social gathering that night was originally a working meal after Zhou Yuanting inspected Qingyi Middle School, and it was also the first time Zuo Yuxi got drunk. Zhou Yuanting did not stop his subordinates from toasting Zuo Yuxi, and although he mentioned sending someone to deliver the wine afterwards, he did not insist after Zuo Yuxi refused. If it weren't for the pork kidney incident, Zuo Yuxi would naturally understand that this was just to pay back his arrogance for several years, but now, who dares to say that Zhou Yuanting did it unintentionally
Behind Zhou Yuanting, there is another Fang Mingtang! Although Fang Mingtang's political career has come to an end, the roots he has planted in Qingzhou are still deeply buried in this land. Especially since the superiors feel guilty about sacrificing him, sometimes their words are even more effective than when they were mayor.
This is a dead end!
If it was just Fan Hengan, he would be courting death. Although he looked glorious and well connected on the surface, if Zuo Jing really wanted to kill him, Fan Hengan would not even have a chance to struggle. But what if Zhou Yuanting and Fang Mingtang were there
No matter from which aspect, Zuo Jing couldn't make things difficult for Fang Mingtang. Once he left the impression of being indecisive and aggressive to his superiors, it would be a fatal blow to his future development. But the other party used such a vicious method. If he didn't fight back, what was the point of this power and this business
But all this is still speculation. Fan Hengan was born a gangster, so it is not surprising that he would do anything when he is desperate. But would Fang Mingtang agree with him to do so, or instruct him to do so
No one can be sure!
Wen Liang knew what Zuo Yuxi was hesitating about and what he was afraid of! But this matter was too serious, and if he was not careful, he would die and his family would be destroyed. He frowned and did not speak rashly.
"I kept it a secret from my father..."
Wen Liang was truly stunned this time. No matter how decisive Zuo Yuxi was, she was still a woman after all. After experiencing the tragedy that women feared the most, she might have been very scared and terrified when she woke up in the middle of the night. But she still endured it all by herself, unwilling to put Zuo Jing in a dangerous situation for her own safety. This thought was very respectable, but also made people sigh.
Above the high position, under the power and fame, how much glory and how much confusion are there
Zuo Yuxi suddenly collapsed on the backrest, as if her spirit had left her body in an instant. She became dim, and her former agility and charm disappeared. All that was left in Wen Liang's eyes was her pale face, slightly red lips, and that winding curve.
"This situation can actually be broken..."
Zuo Yuxi sat up suddenly, the surprise on his face seemed to be flying out from between his eyebrows, and he grabbed Wen Liang's arm and said, "Do you have a way?"
Wen Liang thought, in fact, it is not that difficult. Fang Mingtang, Zhou Yuanting, and Fan Hengan are all of one mind. As long as they can find a strong supporter in Qingzhou, with Zuo Jing's power, the overall situation in Qingzhou can be determined in a snap! (To be continued)