It was getting dark, and the streets of the old city were crowded with people. Men had just returned home from get off work. Oil smoke was coming from the kitchens of every house, and the clear sound of cooking spatulas could be heard in the houses facing the street.
The little kids don't care whether they have done their homework or not, they run wildly in the street and play wildly. Occasionally, a few unlucky guys are grabbed by their parents' ears and taken back crying.
Zhou Qingfeng was dressed casually, carrying his pockets and walking around. Xiao Jinlang followed him half a step behind with a sullen face, thinking about how to deal with the situation at hand.
This is a bit like a 'king vs. king' showdown, but it shouldn't happen between an imperial reporter who reports on social underworld and a local tycoon from a small town.
It's too inconsistent.
When they met in a small hotel, Xiao Jinlang, who always boasted of being "iron and strong", suffered the biggest blow in his life.
What defeated him was not corrupt officials, evil forces, or rumors, but the old leaders who had always supported him.
After thinking for a day, Xiao Jinlang, who had experienced many things in the world, figured it out.
The old leader is about to retire and can't stand him tossing around outside. The other party must either help Lao Xiao to take over, or help someone who can protect his retirement life to take over.
Now it seems that the old leader has made a choice and kicked Xiao Jinlang out.
So Xiao Jinlang also had to face a choice.
After walking for a while, Zhou Qingfeng pointed to a row of low houses in front of him.
"It was originally the factory building of the city's match factory. I bought that land and several warehouses of the local specialty company next door. It cost 10 million Hong Kong dollars in land transfer fees."
Xiao Jinlang looked very bad and asked in a low tone: "Why are you telling me this?"
"Don't you want to investigate?" Zhou Qingfeng said jokingly: "Do you know how important 10 million Hong Kong dollars is to Tianyang City's finances?"
Xiao Jinlang sighed briefly, of course he knew it in his heart.
In terms of currency value, 10 million Hong Kong dollars is not much for a prefecture-level city.
Thirty years later, ordinary people feel that the country's foreign exchange reserves are too much, which is cheap for the United States. But now the country is really short of foreign exchange.
On January 1, 1991, rabbits and stuffed bears, who had long been bartering, launched a new foreign trade agreement. The commercial transactions between the two parties were settled in spot exchange.
Why?
Because Mao Xiong is currently in social turmoil and the ruble is depreciating crazily, he is in urgent need of foreign exchange to save his life, so he must seize every straw.
After all, they were comrades in the same trench. Rabbit saw the furry bear falling into the pit and was about to die. He was also scared to death.
The country is collecting foreign exchange from everywhere to prepare for the winter. This kind of frightening and chilling feeling will be difficult for future generations to understand.
The central government requires Tianyang City to hand over foreign exchange, but Tianyang City dare not refuse to pay. But the hard-earned foreign exchange can be exchanged for benefits.
In order to encourage localities to earn more foreign exchange, their superiors turned a blind eye to many things.
Isn't it just a bit of 'smuggling' just to make money?
Forget it, if you bring the foreign exchange, I will be grateful to you.
After all, foreign exchange is related to the overall economic situation and the life and death of the country.
If the RMB currency falls from 4 to 1 to 2000 to 1 against the U.S. dollar, the property of the country and the people will be wiped out in an instant. Who can bear it?
At this time, saving your life is important, why should you care about the trouble in your place?
"I can bring five million to ten million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange to Tianyang City every month. So the city knows very well that 'Shengguang Machinery' cannot fail.
Once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous. In fact, I don’t need to do anything, you will receive a transfer order in two days."
Xiao Jinlang responded solemnly, "I have received the transfer order."
Zhou Qingfeng suddenly glanced at the other party and said, "Old Xiao, I ask you, can you have sex with me?"
Such a request is unheard of.
Xiao Jinlang still had the pride of being a reporter for a major newspaper. He looked sideways at Zhou Qingfeng, who could only be regarded as his nephew, and teased: "Boy, where do you have the confidence to recruit me?"
"Your boss has talked to me a lot. It seems that you won't be able to stay at your original post when you return to the Imperial Capital."
Tsk..., Xiao Jinlang sneered half-heartedly, "What does it have to do with you?"
Zhou Qingfeng didn't care, "You have investigated me and you should know that I focus on industry and have no interest in politics.
I have abundant funds but the industrial system lacks talents. And you have connections and connections, so I hope you can help me recruit people and smoothen my connections."
Xiao Jinlang even sneered, "I have no interest."
Zhou Qingfeng changed the topic again, "I want to make more money, open more factories, and it's best to become famous all over the world.
Nowadays, only when you are well-known in China can you do big things. I can't say it's bad because I live in Tianyang, but it only benefits one place, and the pattern is too small."
Xiao Jinlang glanced at Zhou Qingfeng again, feeling that this guy had such a strong tone.
"You know Mou Zhongzhong, right?" Zhou Qingfeng asked, "How would you evaluate him?"
"Of course I know." Xiao Jinlang is a reporter after all. "The boss of Nande Group is a more troublesome person than you. But that guy is a daring traitor."
Hahaha......
Mou Zhongzhong is a creation of this era, but he has not been able to change this era.
This person's most famous joke is "Blow up the Himalayan Pass". Such a ridiculous thing has been recognized and discussed by many so-called experts and scholars.
From this we can know how impetuous the current society is.
Nowadays, there are many people like Mou Zhongzhi. They are good at running channels, relying on internal connections and cleverness to make money, and playing tricks to make money.
This has led to citizens learning to use the same means to make a fortune.
Zhou Qingfeng said in a deep voice: "We need industrialization, we need to carry out construction in a down-to-earth manner, and we cannot take the detour of selling goods to everyone.
Mou Zhongzhi can succeed by running around. If I am stronger than him, I should succeed more and surpass him.
But compared to Mou Zhongzhong, although I am richer, I also have more obvious shortcomings. Mou Zhongzhong is very good at building relationships, which is the biggest reason for his success.
But I am just the opposite, my network of contacts is limited to Tianyang. Without Tianyang, I am like a blind man, I can only bump around and fight.
So I need someone who can have connections with all religions, especially those with the government."
Speaking of this, Zhou Qingfeng stared at Xiao Jinlang with burning eyes.
Meeting Zhou Qingfeng was enough to make Xiao Jinlang very frustrated, and being stared at made his skin crawl all the more.
He felt deeply ridiculous and asked: "Boy, who do you think you are? Tianyang is not a place you can't tolerate enough?"
"Help me and you can realize the value of your life. Otherwise, you can only work in the tertiary industry for your newspaper?" Zhou Qingfeng shrugged, "What a waste of talent."
Xiao Jinlang was so angry that he cursed bitterly: "Stop mocking me. You are not a good person either."
Zhou Qingfeng spread his hands again, "Tianyang City has 14 counties under its jurisdiction. Currently, 'Shengguang's' small and low-interest loans have helped more than 3,000 poor families.
This will benefit at least 10,000 people and allow more than 4,000 children to return to school.
If you don't help me, my development will be slow. Maybe one day the Holy Light will run out of money, and three thousand families will soon be debt-collected and bankrupt. The children will have to drop out of school and go home.
You don’t understand the choice of the lesser of two evils?”
"You..." Xiao Jinlang cluttered his fingers angrily, "Whether you help others or not is your business, why do you have to involve me?"
Zhou Qingfeng became more reasonable after hearing this, "Who told you to come to Tianyang when you are full? I didn't provoke you, so what are you doing to investigate me?
In fact, you are a pretty good person, we should get along well. Besides, you can also supervise me to prevent me from going further down the road of breaking the law and committing crimes."
"I don't want to do it. I want to return to the imperial capital first."
Xiao Jinlang raised his eyebrows and stared. It was the first time he saw such a shameless guy like Zhou Qingfeng. He bought a train ticket and left Tianyang the next day, and vowed never to come back again.