Chapter 1034: Differentiation and Disintegration (2)
After Qiu Haoqun left Zhang Hongfu's office, Zhang Hongfu leaned back on his chair with a bitter smile on his face and murmured to himself: "Liu Haotian, Liu Haotian, you have made me miserable this time."
How could Zhang Hongfu, such a shrewd person, not know the inside story of Qiu Haoqunshi and Zeng Laosan?
He knew, but there was nothing he could do.
However, Zhang Hongfu never expected that Zeng Laosan's counterattack would be so sharp and vicious, catching him off guard.
Just that night, a large number of rumors suddenly appeared on the Internet. The core content of these news was that Zhang Hongfu's law firm used personal connections and illegal means to obtain unfair judgments in related cases of their company.
and thereby protect the illegal rights and interests of their agents.
In these rumors, many things were told clearly and clearly, and even the details such as time, place, and illegal means were all stated clearly and clearly, and some photos and videos were even provided.
Suddenly, Zhang Hongfu's Hongfu Law Firm was pushed to the forefront of public opinion, especially in Dongping City, which triggered extensive discussions.
At the Standing Committee of the Dongping Municipal Party Committee, after a routine work discussion, Liu Haotian suddenly said: "Secretary Zhou, have you noticed a public opinion incident that has occurred in our Dongping City in the past two days?"
Zhou Xiaoyong frowned slightly: "Are you talking about the incident at Hongfu Law Firm?"
Liu Haotian nodded: "Secretary Zhou, I think our Dongping City must form a joint investigation team by the Municipal Party Committee on this matter, and follow up the investigation by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Municipal Public Security Bureau. We must find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible and give the people a proper solution."
Please explain, otherwise, allowing public opinion to develop will be very detrimental to our Dongping City."
Zhou Xiaoyong acted very low-key this time and just nodded gently to express his agreement.
Zhou Xiaoyong already knew about the relationship between Liu Haotian and Li Jiang, and became more wary of Liu Haotian.
Moreover, this time it was Zeng Laosan and Zhang Hongfu who were dog-eat-dog. Zhou Xiaoyong was not interested in this, so since Liu Haotian was willing to go through the trouble, he let it go.
For Zhou Xiaoyong, he has realized that the current Dongping City is no longer the Dongping City when Zhu Guosheng was the mayor. Although Zhu Guosheng is very obedient and cooperative with him, his abilities are limited, and Dongping City's economy has never been able to develop.
Compared with Zhu Guosheng, Liu Haotian is better at developing the economy.
Especially in the recent period, under the leadership of Liu Haotian, Dongping City's economy has shown a booming trend. After the GDP data of the past few months came out, Zhou Xiaoyong felt a huge surprise.
Although he was very unhappy that Liu Haotian could compete with him on the Standing Committee, he was still very satisfied with the rapid economic growth created by Liu Haotian.
Therefore, Zhou Xiaoyong changed his strategy and instead of suppressing Liu Haotian as before, he chose a stance of acquiescence.
As long as Liu Haotian did not touch his principled interests, and as long as Liu Haotian did not reach out to the personnel field easily, Zhou Xiaoyong would let everything go.
During the recent period, Liu Haotian has focused almost all his energy on planning the economic development of Dongping City, and has almost never reached out at the personnel level. However, as long as important positions in the economic field are involved, Liu Haotian will fight for every inch of land.
However, Liu Haotian also acted very tactfully. He only took the core position, and at the same time, he also left enough room for Zhou Xiaoyong's personality.
The most important thing is that Liu Haotian didn't mind sharing political achievements with Zhou Xiaoyong. Liu Haotian even asked Zhou Xiaoyong to attend some important ribbon-cutting ceremonies so that he could gain political achievements.
Because of this, the relationship between them has eased a lot in recent times.
Therefore, Zhou Xiaoyong quickly agreed to Liu Haotian's suggestion this time, and the municipal party committee investigation team was formally established.
Led by the Discipline Inspection Commission and coordinated by the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government each sent a staff member to the investigation team.
Dongping City, Dongping Hotel.
Zeng Laosan and Zhang Hongfu sat face to face in the private room. They had been silent for five minutes. The room was filled with smoke, and there were already several cigarette butts in the ashtrays next to them.
Zhang Hongfu slowly raised his head, looked at Zeng Laosan and said: "Boss Zeng, what you did this time is not very authentic? You have revealed so much black material, do you want me to go to jail?"
Zeng Laosan sneered and said: "Zhang Hongfu, I, Zeng Laosan, have always been clear about grudges and grudges. I will repay kindness and never forgive hatred.
You initiated this incident on your own initiative. If you hadn't submitted so many supplementary materials to the Municipal Court, how could our Zeng Group have been overturned again in a case that we had already won, causing me a total loss?
It cost more than 80 million yuan! This is only a direct loss! If other indirect losses are included, it has reached one or two billion yuan.
Zhang Hongfu, don’t think that you can ignore me, Zeng Laosan, because you have an executive deputy minister brother. I, Zeng Laosan, have been in both black and white circles for so many years, and I have never been afraid of anyone. Since you did it in the first year of junior high school, I will do it in ten years.
five."
Zhang Hongfu's eyes gradually became colder: "Boss Zeng, have you ever thought about why I suddenly and abnormally took these measures?
Can't you see that Liu Haotian asked Hou Mingshan to send a banner to our company on purpose, which is an obvious plan to sow discord?"
Zeng Laosan sneered and said: "Of course I know this is Liu Haotian's plan to sow discord, but the problem is that what you have done has touched my interests, Zeng Laosan, and you have harmed my prestige. If I
If you don't fight back, who will take me, Zeng Laosan, seriously in the future?
Since you also knew that this was Liu Haotian's plan to sow discord, why didn't you tell me in advance? Why did you continue to do it firmly despite knowing that what you were doing would harm the interests of Zeng Laosan? "
Zhang Hongfu sighed: "If I could tell you, I would have told you long ago.
Originally, I thought that we should at least have a basis of mutual trust, and at least we should have a tacit understanding of the bottom line.
But I didn't expect that you, Zeng Laosan, were so ruthless and wanted to make me completely defeated.
This fully shows that you, Zeng Laosan, are a vengeful master.
I am disappointed."
Zeng Laosan smiled disdainfully: "I, Zeng Laosan, have always been like this.
It is my personality to retaliate against evil!
You already know this.
Tell me, how do you plan to solve this matter?"
Zhang Hongfu fell silent.
Now he faces two choices, either tell Zeng Laosan what Su Jialin and others said, but if he really tells the other party, Zeng Laosan will definitely take measures to retaliate against those people, and Su Jialin and the others are not just people, they
He must know that he betrayed them. By that time, his Hongfu Law Firm will be in a difficult position in the legal world.
If he didn't tell Zeng Laosan, even if Zeng Laosan knew about Liu Haotian's plan to sow discord, he would still choose to take revenge on himself.
Both parties can only hurt each other.
This is a pit! A pit that Liu Haotian made for them.
Both sides fell into silence again.
After a while, Zeng Laosan slowly raised his head, looked at Zhang Hongfu and said, "Brother Zhang Hongfu, actually you and I both know very well now that we fell into Liu Haotian's trick.
If we continue to hurt each other, then both of us will have a hard time. In this case, why can't we change our ways and make peace with each other?
Why do we have to fight like a snipe and a clam so that Liu Haotian, the fisherman, can benefit?"
Zhang Hongfu smiled bitterly and said: "Boss Zeng, I can tell you clearly that all the cases involving your company that our company has handled before, as long as they are unfair judgments, will gradually be reversed. Can you accept this result?"
Zeng Laosan shook his head: "Just these recent cases have already caused me heavy losses. If you continue to follow up, I will never tolerate it."
Zhang Hongfu sighed and said: "This is the crux of the problem.
Boss Zeng, do you know that if my law firm does not continue to operate, once Liu Haotian truly fully participates, will our law firm still have room to survive?
By that time, as a legal person of a law firm, do you think I can be on my own?
Do you think those in the court can spare me?
Do you think I want to slap myself in the face? Do you think I want to harm your interests, Zeng Laosan?
Wrong! Big mistake!
In fact, our interests were originally the same.
But the problem now is that if I cannot return to the normal business scope of the law firm and cannot uphold legal fairness and justice, then I will break the law and even go to jail.
Boss Zeng, this is my real situation.
You weigh it yourself, how should I weigh between your interests and mine?
If you put yourself in your shoes, can I put myself in jail for your benefit?
What's more, for you, Boss Zeng, even if we turn over all the cases, you have actually lost nothing at all, because those interests are not yours in the first place, they belong to you through the use of our law firm.
Master the personal connections and legal loopholes to forcefully obtain illegal benefits for you.
But I am different. I am a lawyer. If I lose my law firm and the trust of the court, I will have nothing.
Although you will lose so-called benefits because of me, the loss of these benefits will not cause any traumatic consequences for you, and it is something you can bear.
And once I step back, I will have nothing.
This is why I can't retreat when it comes to conflicts between the two of us, because I have no retreat."
After listening to Zhang Hongfu's words, Zeng Laosan's expression became extremely solemn.
He understood clearly, and he also understood Zhang Hongfu's mood and situation at this moment.
But he was unwilling to do so. He could not tolerate his own interests being continuously harmed.
The most important thing is that these interests are not his alone, and the people behind the scenes cannot tolerate Zhang Hongfu continuing to operate like this.
Zhang Hongfu thought that he was the real controller of the Zeng Group, but in fact, he was just an operator.
Although describing his situation as a puppet is a bit too exaggerated, when huge interests are really involved, he must obey the orders of the people behind the scenes.
Outsiders look at him as very handsome, and seem to accept both right and wrong. But who knows how much bitterness and helplessness there is behind his seemingly beautiful appearance?
Who knew that he could no longer control his own destiny?
Why is Zeng Laosan so low-key?
Don’t you just want to live longer? Don’t you just want the legal punishment to come later?
From the moment he became a white glove, Zeng Laosan had already predicted his fate.
At this moment, Zeng Laosan's face was full of bitterness.
He wanted to cry, but there were no tears.
He wanted to laugh, but he didn't want to.
He wanted to escape, but was unable.
He wanted to hide, but there was no way.
This is the cruel reality. The cruel reality.
Zhang Hongfu kept focusing on Zeng Laosan's face. He could feel the complex changes in Zeng Laosan's eyes. The helplessness, sadness, anger and coldness in Zeng Laosan's eyes made Zhang Hongfu
Hongfu was filled with doubts.
He couldn't figure out what was going on in Zeng Laosan's mind at this moment and why there were so many complicated expressions in such a short period of time.
Could it be that Zeng Laosan also had some last resort difficulties?
Zhang Hongfu was shocked by his bold inference.
This can't be true, can it?
After a full two minutes, Zeng Laosan stood up slowly, walked to Zhang Hongfu, gently patted Zhang Hongfu on the shoulder and said: "Brother Zhang Hongfu, thank you for your support over the years.
I have great support from my third son.
However, from now on, I'm afraid we can no longer call each other brothers.
Because you have your persistence, you have your persistence, and I also have my helplessness and my choice.
Good brothers, if we say goodbye today, I’m afraid it’s really going to be a farewell.
Please take it seriously!"
After finishing speaking, Zeng Laosan took big steps, straightened his back, and walked out.
Zhang Hongfu looked at Zeng Laosan's decisive departure and felt unable to calm down for a long time.
What Zeng Laosan just said made Zhang Hongfu see a Zeng Laosan he had never known before.
In the past, Zeng Laosan was a powerful figure in the three cities around Dongping and a powerful business tycoon. It was even an exaggeration to say that when Zeng Laosan farted, Dongping City would tremble.
But today, although Zeng Laosan left with his head held high, Zhang Hongfu could hear Zeng Laosan's inner weakness from Zeng Laosan's words just now.
Zhang Hongfu understood.
Everyone is in the arena and can't help themselves.
Zhang Hongfu stood up slowly and left Dongping Hotel with heavy steps.
He knew that from now on, there would no longer be any affection between it and Zeng Laosan, but only hurt each other.