From early morning to dusk.
Wang Jingxin talked with Li Tianlan for a long time.
There is a viewing balcony with excellent views in the small living room of the villa.
Li Tianlan saw his grandfather boarding the helicopter surrounded by Dongcheng Wudi and others. The simple and old general uniform was majestic and dazzling, like the only remaining afterglow of the Li family.
He felt the sudden strong wind in Lin'an. The green leaves were swept high into the sky in the wind, and the entire lake was turbulent in the wind.
After Guang Feng fell behind, Li Tianlan didn't know what would happen to Li Shi.
It's like no one knows the result of Li Honghe's return to Youzhou.
The wind outside is howling and filling the sky.
The summer wind is equally hot.
But sitting in the villa, Li Tianlan suddenly felt a little cold.
Looking at Wang Jingxin in front of her, she listened to the conditions he mentioned one after another.
Three years after joining the WTO, it was only now that Li Tianlan truly felt the general trends and storms related to himself and the Li family.
This is completely different from three years ago.
The decisive battle in Tiandu three years ago was the general trend of the dark world. The gains and losses of Zhongzhou were all between advancement and retreat. It was related to Li Tianlan, but it was not personally related.
But this time, Li stood completely at the center of the storm.
Li Honghe, who had left Youzhou for many years, returned to Youzhou.
What will you get
This matter is related to Zhongzhou, but it is also not directly related. It is just Li's gain and loss.
How much Li gained from this incident can completely affect Li Tianlan's future progress and retreat.
In comparison, the negotiation with Wang Jingxin was completely insignificant.
So throughout the afternoon, Li Tianlan spoke very little.
His words were very cautious, but his thoughts had already followed Li Honghe to the plenary meeting of the decision-making bureau being held in Youzhou.
Qin Weibai has been accompanying Li Tianlan.
In this small, private living room, there wasn't even a fire.
Qin Weibai is both a waiter and Li Tianlan's representative.
She made tea herself, and then followed Li Tianlan's wishes to negotiate with Wang Jingxin. In one afternoon, Qin Weibai made more than 20 requests to Wang Jingxin.
The requests may be large or small.
Big and huge.
The small ones are small and all about the details.
Qin Weibai seemed to really attach great importance to this negotiation, so her attitude was extremely serious.
Li Tianlan was silent most of the time.
Thinking about the meeting in Youzhou and listening to the negotiations between Qin Weibai and Wang Jingxin.
In his previous world there was only martial arts.
Politics, intrigue, general trend...
These are still very unfamiliar to him.
Martial arts does not represent everything.
So Li Tianlan has now begun to consciously learn these things.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of such teachers around him. Both his grandfather Li Honghe and his wife Qin Weibai are excellent enough in this regard.
The dusk gradually passed.
The sun sets.
Night falls over Lin'an.
The wind outside the window became a breeze again.
Wang Jingxin, who had talked with Qin Weibai all afternoon, agreed to most of Qin Weibai's conditions, exchanged contact information with Li Tianlan, and left without hesitation.
Li Tianlan and Qin Weibai sent him out of the villa and watched his black Mercedes-Benz leave the villa area, the red taillights getting further and further away from their sight.
"He left in a hurry."
Li Tianlan said.
Indeed, Wang Jingxin remained calm and calm when he left, but the speed of the car revealed his actual mood. The speed when he left could be considered speeding in some areas of Lin'an city, not to mention the villa area.
"He is under a lot of pressure, and he talked a lot today. He wants to rush back to sort out his thoughts and report to Wang Tianzong. This is normal."
Qin Weibai stood beside Li Tianlan and naturally held his arm.
The lights in the villa shine into the night as the door opens, and Qin Weibai's shadow stretches very long. Her long, silky hair dances with the night breeze, looking peaceful and gentle.
"That's what's weird about me."
Li Tianlan was silent for a while and then said softly: "Don't you think he compromised too much?"
There are some things that he really hasn't touched.
Without contact, it is impossible to fully understand.
So he used the tone of asking for advice.
Qin Weibai spent most of the afternoon making demands. Although he smiled sweetly, his attitude was extremely tough.
For example, the future development of Donghuang Palace in Lin'an will require Wang Jingxin's full support.
For example, Lin'an wants to rebuild Gushan.
Another example is that Wang Jingxin wants to come forward to fight against the pressure from the Southeast Special Operations Headquarters on Donghuang Palace in Lin'an.
Li Tianlan really doesn't understand politics.
But he is not a fool. At least he knows that Qin Weibai is asking for help. If Wang Jingxin agrees to everything, the treatment Donghuang Palace will receive in Lin'an will not be inferior to that of the young forces cultivated by the Wang family in Beihai.
Wang Jingxin agreed to most of them.
The remaining small part did not explicitly reject it, but just said that they were considering it.
Is such a compromise just to avoid leaving Lin'an
What surprised Li Tianlan the most was Qin Weibai's attitude.
Her attitude was really too serious. Looking at the series of requests she made, even Li Tianlan himself felt that Qin Weibai wanted him to set up the headquarters of Donghuang Palace in Lin'an.
The Li family will occupy Gushan.
But the problem is that the future domain of Donghuang Palace is Tiannan.
"This is just the beginning."
Qin Weibai took Li Tianlan's arm and walked down the steps, almost leaning against him, softly: "In the future, we will have more and more requests. It will be difficult for Wang Jingxin to refuse our current requests. Once he agrees to this If he helps us this time, he may make more compromises with us in the future, and when he really doesn’t want to be entangled with us, we won’t need him anymore.”
She pulled Li Tianlan towards the West Lake, her voice soft and gentle: "Tianlan, it's hard for you to understand how important a base camp is to politicians, especially for Wang Jingxin, unless it is really a last resort, otherwise It is impossible for him to give up Lin'an. The Wang family of Beihai will not let him give up either."
"Wang Jingxin has a bright future. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, he will definitely enter the decision-making bureau. But where he will end up, whether he is a councilor or a director, and his ranking will not only depend on his ambition and skills, but also the necessary The right time, right place and right people. If he is forced to leave Lin'an without preparation, it will be difficult for him to reach the end in the future. This is not as simple as changing positions."
Qin Weibai's tone was calm and determined. This could hardly be regarded as speculation based on wisdom, but entirely out of confirmation after understanding.
"Why?"
Li Tianlan asked.
Qin Weibai obviously hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Because this is Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
"so?"
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows.
He really didn't know much about the specific forces before Li's, but these were things he wanted to get in touch with after all.
"The connection between the Li family and the Beihai Wang family has always been very close. For hundreds of years, the two families have been controlling the Southeast Group at the same time. Therefore, before the collapse of the Li family, the direct lineage of the two families was indistinguishable from each other on many occasions. They are our own people. In many places, the direct descendants of the Wang family and the Li family in Beihai huddle together and work together, but there are subtle differences. If you insist on distinguishing this slight difference, Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be said to be the Li family. The strongest base camp ever.”
Qin Weibai looked at Li Tianlan's quietly changing face and said softly: "Do you understand? Just like the Beihai Wang family in Beihai Province and Wuyue Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang used to be the strongest fortress of the Li family, and this is also the Li family's strongest fortress. In the place with the strongest power, even if the Li family collapsed that year, there has been little personnel adjustment over the years. Wu Zhengmin's nearly twenty years as the first secretary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the most obvious example."
"He has been elected to the Central Continent Central Committee four times in a row, once as governor, and three times as first secretary. I'm afraid even the Wang family in Beihai doesn't know how strong Wu Zhengmin's foundation is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Qin Weibai said quietly: "This is one of the most developed provinces in Central Continent. The Li family has collapsed, but the Southeast Group is still there. So although Jiangsu and Zhejiang do not belong to the Li family, they still belong to the Southeast Group. But in the final analysis, this place belongs to Wu Zhengmin Yes. Wu Zhengmin is in the Southeast Group, so Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the back garden of the Southeast Group. Wu Zhengmin is in the Li family, and this is the back garden of the Li family."
"He was the talent that Mr. Li valued most at the time. Over the years, he has never expressed any opinions on the collapse of the Li family, but he has always firmly guarded the last foundation of the Li family. Mr. Li is very accurate in judging people. In this life, I’m afraid he just misjudged two people.”
Li Tianlan was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.
He thought that Mr. Li had long been lonely.
He believed that the Li family had no foundation at all.
But only when he arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang did he understand what was going on.
"Why doesn't Wang Tianzong move Wu Zhengmin?"
Li Tianlan couldn't help but ask.
"How can it be so easy?"
Qin Weibai shook his head: "The collapse of the Li family was too sudden. The Beihai Wang family was poorly prepared and the initial stage was extremely chaotic. It was not that Wang Tianzong did not want to move Wu Zhengmin at the beginning, but that he could not move. The Beihai Wang family's stand-by and idly watching has already made many people dissatisfied. Li Rushing to deal with Mr. Li's most valued people just after the collapse of the clan is simply asking for trouble."
"After Wang Tianzong stabilized the situation, Wu Zhengmin had become the top leader in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it was difficult to act rashly. About ten years ago, there was news within the Southeast Group that he wanted Wu Zhengmin to go one step further. He was transferred out of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he refused, so Wang Jingxin came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Li Tianlan was silent, but he completely understood what Qin Weibai meant.
Wang Jingxin came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to run Lin'an with some kind of purge mission. He rose step by step in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If nothing unexpected happened, as the top leader of the provincial capital city, he would be able to become the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in two years. .
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the foundations that Wu Zhengmin looks after for Li.
If Wang Jingxin succeeds in replacing Wu Zhengmin, Xu Tuzhi can completely transform the power of the Li family into his own direct lineage, thereby almost completely eliminating the voice of the Li family in the Southeast Group. By then, with this power, he can completely With the support of the Southeast Group, he embarked on his own path to heaven.
If he leaves Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be tantamount to his failure. Not to mention that the aura of a strong political man will be dim, and other provinces may not have such opportunities.
"So... the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually still under the control of the Li family?"
Li Tianlan took a deep breath and asked, suppressing the exclamation in his heart.
With a province as the foundation, what kind of future will that be
"No. To be precise, it is under the control of Wu Zhengmin, and it only covers most of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Qin Weibai's tone was calm: "And as time goes by, his influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will gradually decrease. Many people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are related to the original Li family. Even if they are not confidants, they have at least received favors from Li family. . But people are all realistic. Over the years, Wu Zhengmin has been as stable as a mountain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so these people can naturally stay still. But as he gets older, those people will definitely have other thoughts."
Qin Weibai looked at Li Tianlan softly: "It is not easy for the Li family to take over Jiangsu and Zhejiang again. Even if Wu Zhengmin wants to hand over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be difficult for you to take over. It's not that you are not strong enough, but that they think No hope.”
If you are not strong enough, there will naturally be no hope.
This is actually the same thing.
"So, is this the hope that grandpa is striving for when he returns to Youzhou this time?"
Li Tianlan asked.
The two were strolling in the West Lake, cuddling each other like a couple in love, but what they were discussing was the entire pattern of Zhongzhou and the survival of the Li family.
"This hope is the price that the Beihai Wang family must pay this time."
Qin Weibai said softly: "I even suspect that this time Wang Tianzong and Gu Xingyun joined forces to come to Lin'an, it was an opportunity created by Mr. Li quietly. Even if Lin Fengting doesn't come, Mr. Li should be fine. He has been here all the time. Wait for this opportunity. Now that the opportunity has come, the Beihai Wang family will not let Wang Jingxin, who is responsible for cleaning up the Li family, leave Lin'an, but after this meeting, there will definitely be someone on your side, and regardless of qualifications or skills, there will be someone on your side. People who are inferior to Wang Jingxin come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the two of them will check and balance each other, so that those who are loyal to Wu Zhengmin will continue to retain hope and tentatively move closer to you."
A person who can compete with Wang Jingxin.
Li Tianlan immediately thought of Zou Yuanshan.
Both of them are the most popular figures who are most likely to become Zhongzhou giants in the next twenty years. At present, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang forces led by Wu Zhengmin seem to belong to the Southeast Group, but in fact they are outside the six major groups. Whether it is Wang Jingxin or Zou Yuanshan, Whichever of the two can gain the support of this power will rapidly expand their strength. This power, when the competition between the two is at its fiercest, can even determine who will eventually step onto the altar and become the leader of Central Continent.
Wu Zhengmin is old, so those who come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang after this meeting will become a new hope for those people.
"As for this meeting..."
Qin Weibai thought for a while and said slowly: "It's not that simple. At least Wu Zhengmin's stay or stay is very uncertain. That's why I negotiated with Wang Jingxin, and he agreed to our terms, plus the new arrival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang If you are the one, you will be very powerful in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the future, when you run Tiannan on the surface, you can also develop your own power in Jiangsu and Zhejiang secretly."
Li Tianlan looked at his watch.
It's already nine o'clock in the evening.
Eight of the policy bureau meetings that started at 1 noon have disappeared and have not ended yet.
"What will be the outcome of this meeting?"
Li Tianlan asked in a low voice.
"I am not sure."
Qin Weibai shook her head. She took a deep look at Li Tianlan and said softly: "I have a piece of top-secret information. Zhang Qi from the Southeast Special Operations Headquarters in Huating is probably the secret chess player left behind by Mr. Li back then."
"With the support of wealthy groups, Wu Zhengmin, Ning Zhiyuan, Zhang Qi... Tianlan, don't you understand what this means?"
Support from wealthy groups.
If the top leaders in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the commander of the Eastern Theater Command, and the director of the Southeast Special Operations Headquarters are all Li's power, what does it mean
Li Tianlan's expression suddenly changed.
"Mr. Li's return to Youzhou this time is entirely based on Jiangsu and Zhejiang to explore the southeast."
Qin Weibai whispered.
After more than twenty years of silence and low profile, I finally got the chance.
When the afterglow of the Li family was about to dissipate, Li Honghe had naturally regarded the entire southeastern part of Central Continent as his prey.
Based on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, explore the southeast.
How courageous is this