super rich

In the luxurious box of the famous Radisson Hotel in Haidong District, Chen Mingyuan met the long-lost father and daughter of the Liu family.

"Mingyuan, this idiom is not what it used to be. It is most appropriate to apply to you. In just two years, you have been promoted to the ranks of department-level cadres. Come on, let me toast you first, and wish you the best in Haidong District." You can make a big splash!" Liu Ting raised her wine glass with a smile, she hasn't seen her for a few years, and Liu Ting has changed quite a lot, she lost some of the arrogance of a young lady, and more of a mature and stable charm.

Liu Ting's father, Liu Zhida also said with a smile on his face: "It is good news for our entrepreneurs to have District Chief Chen in Haidong District. District Chief Chen is well-known for his economics!"

Chen Mingyuan smiled modestly: "The two of you singing and singing together are trying to discourage me. I just came to Haidong District, and I will have to rely on the support of Mr. Liu and many entrepreneurs for many things in the future."

"You're welcome, District Chief Chen is useful, so just say it!" Liu Zhida's smile became more intense, and he said that there are people in the court who are easy to handle. Haze, since ancient times, the cooperation model between officials, businessmen and dignitaries has a long history, especially in Haidong District, an economically strong area, where the connections between many business owners and system officials are very popular.

Nowadays, a group of officials are sacked overnight. In addition to the uprooting of many relationship networks, many businessmen are also involved, causing turmoil and panic. The damage to commercial interests is certain, which is even more worrying. What's more, the complicated and confusing situation made the wealthy families in Yongcheng, including Liu Zhida, restless, fearing that the future changes would affect their own families!

In view of this, Liu Zhida was almost ecstatic when he learned that the new district chief was his daughter's college classmate and the No. [-] secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chen Mingyuan. I have experienced it before, and the most important thing is that if I can successfully connect, not only will I be able to protect my own business interests, but I will also be able to gain a strong umbrella in Haidong District in the future!

Chen Mingyuan took a sip of his drink, and suddenly said, "Looking at Liu Ting's appearance, it's time to get married, right?"

Liu Ting's face turned red, and she looked a little shy.

Liu Zhida laughed and said, "District Chief Chen is so accurate. To tell you the truth, I just got engaged a month ago, and I plan to get married at the end of the year. I hope District Chief Chen will come to support me."

"I'm sure I'll drink this glass of wedding wine!" Chen Mingyuan raised his glass and said with a smile, "Liu Ting, congratulations."

Liu Ting also raised her glass and thanked her. After drinking, she suddenly asked: "Then what about you and Xia Yuan?"

Chen Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have been separated from her for a long time..."

Liu Ting let out a cry of surprise, and Liu Zhida hurriedly kicked her daughter under the table. It's true that which pot is not opened and which pot is to be lifted, and this kind of private matter can be inquired casually? !

"Sorry, Mingyuan... I don't know." Liu Ting defended in a panic.

Chen Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, everyone went their separate ways after graduation, and we don't have much contact with each other on weekdays, so don't blame those who don't know... But, I'm going to get married soon, next Monday."

Liu Ting said oh, and hurriedly congratulated her father, but felt a little emotional in her heart.

Originally, she still thought that Chen Mingyuan and Yin Xiayuan were right, but she didn't expect that they could not stand the test of time and reality, and finally they were different from the world...

Chen Mingyuan didn't want to talk too much, so he said: "By the way, how is Mr. Liu's business in the past two years?"

"Very good, very good, especially the Mr. Ye introduced by District Chief Chen before, I really have nothing to say, he is so capable, he can be called a heroine in the business world!" Liu Zhida gave a thumbs up, full of praise: "Before Mr. Ye and I partnered to engage in luxury trade. We originally planned to give it a try. Unexpectedly, we opened up the market in just two years. Now the entire luxury goods field in Yongcheng, from bags, perfumes to jewelry, is just me and Mr. Ye's company is on top!"

"That's good." Chen Mingyuan smiled. In the case of exposing the fake officer, the Liu family's father and daughter owed Mu Jiayin a favor. Afterwards, Mu Jiayin brokered the business cooperation between Ye Qingxue and Liu Zhida. The Liu family's ocean-going advantage in Yongcheng has greatly developed the luxury trade.

The next moment, Liu Zhida sighed a little disinterestedly: "However, the market has not been very good recently. To be precise, everyone's market is not good..."

Chen Mingyuan's heart was like a mirror, and he said with a smile: "Could it be that Liu always felt that the turmoil in the officialdom affected the business of entrepreneurs?"

Liu Zhida sneered and remained silent.

Chen Mingyuan shook his head, and said: "This kind of thinking is unacceptable. Officials have official ways, and businesses have business opportunities. We are engaged in a market economy. The government is at best a supervisor and guide. The real development depends on your enterprise itself. If everything If they are all linked to officials, wouldn’t that become a bureaucratic economy?”

Liu Zhida's heart tensed up, and he hurriedly apologized: "District Chief Chen is right to criticize, I was confused."

Chen Mingyuan smiled openly, "It's okay, to get to the bottom of it, the chaos within the government will inevitably lead to negative attitudes in the market and the public. It is understandable, and I personally hope that the environment in Haidong District can calm down as soon as possible." After a pause, he asked Said: "What does Mr. Liu think of the recent chaos in Haidong District?"

With a flash of light in Liu Zhida's eyes, he knew that Chen Mingyuan was asking himself the specific reasons for this major corruption case in Haidong District.

Fortunately, he had expected this before he came, and he had a plan in mind, so he handed Chen Mingyuan a cigarette, lit one himself, took two puffs, and then slowly said: "It's still the same, it has something to do with smuggling Well, what I found out is that the branch of China Haitianyi Group in Haidong District has channeled some officials in the government and customs officers, and is suspected of tax evasion in the trade of diesel, iron ore, and vehicles. The amount is said to be quite large. huge."

Chen Mingyuan nodded, the situation was similar to what he had learned.

In fact, Ren Tianping's smuggling business has long been a half-open secret in East China. The eloquence turned to Yongcheng, which is relatively weak in the Zhonghai faction, where Hong Yuanshan can obviously be seen...

"What's Mr. Liu's impression of Secretary Cui?" Chen Mingyuan asked directly.

Liu Zhida's face froze, as if hesitant, but thinking that this was a key step to gaining Chen Mingyuan's trust, he said truthfully: "I don't have much contact with Secretary Cui, and I mostly know him from the side of the circle. Haidong District is still very good. During his tenure, he has done a lot of practical things, such as the construction of the Bonded Port and Qiantang Bay, the expansion of the Ring Expressway and the South Bus Station. I am also very considerate and tolerant towards the cadres, and I am very disgusted with the practice of forming cliques. This time, when something like this happened, everyone and I actually have complicated feelings, alas..."

Chen Mingyuan nodded slightly. This was the most objective evaluation so far.

It stands to reason that for a sacked cadre, the general mentality is to overthrow the wall and be pushed by everyone, but the sacking of Secretary Cui has caused many people to sigh and regret.

As for his economic problems, it can be roughly summed up in the argument of "Xu Jie Hai Rui Yan Song" discussed by Chen Mingyuan and Ning Lizhong. In a big country, it is tantamount to fantasy for all officials to be clean, upright and capable. Under such a premise, we can only choose the next best thing, and choose some "Xu Jie" officials who are capable although they have minor problems with their style of work. The ones who should be rejected the most are corrupt officials like Yan Song who are both greedy and useless!

Thinking of this, Chen Mingyuan asked again: "How is Secretary Jiang?" This time, the officialdom in Haidong District was in turmoil. Most of the cadres who fell were from the party committee side, and the government side only lost two deputy district chiefs of the special committee. , obviously somewhat intriguing.

Liu Zhida's expression was terrified, he buried his head in his cigarette, and seemed to be pondering his words for a while before he said, "Has District Chief Chen heard of the Yongcheng Merchant Gang?"

Chen Mingyuan nodded. The Yongcheng Merchant Gang is the largest merchant gang in modern China. It is one of the "Top Ten Merchants" in Chinese tradition. Its history and scale are even far above the Wenhai Merchant Gang. The business elites famous at home and abroad in history, such as the first Chinese-funded bank in the modern sense, the first Chinese-funded shipping company, the first Chinese-funded machine factory, etc., were all founded by businessmen in Yongcheng. Both the rise of Zhonghai and the prosperity of Xiangjiang after World War II have made important contributions.

Today, businessmen in Yongcheng are all over the world, and many of them are world-class industrial and commercial tycoons. They can be described as a group of elites. Even Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of Xiangjiang Special Zone, can only be regarded as a "younger generation"!

"Actually, most of the cadres in the current Haidong District and even the officialdom in Yongcheng have this kind of background." Liu Zhida said with a solemn face: "The biggest characteristic of these people is that they are quite united!"

Chen Mingyuan immediately understood. Liu Zhida didn't say it explicitly, but he expressed his meaning very clearly: Jiang Fangtan is one of the members of the Yongcheng Merchant Gang!

"It's not just him. Originally, here in Haidong District, the party committee and the government were almost completely separated. The party committee was Secretary Cui's hilltop, and the government was Secretary Jiang's original hilltop. Like Director Cheng of the Public Security Bureau, they were all Secretary Jiang's hard-core followers. Li Zhida gradually became more courageous, and since he was talking about this point, he might as well let it go, so as not to make Chen Mingyuan feel unreliable. But unable to withstand the influence of the Yongcheng Merchants Gang in the local area, they can only tolerate compromises, and Secretary Jiang knows how to advance and retreat, although there are occasional frictions between the two sides, most of the time they are peaceful."

Hearing this, Chen Mingyuan finally understood that the reason why the district government is relatively stable in this official turmoil does not mean how clean and honest people like Jiang Fangtan are, but that the power of the Yongcheng Gang is too large, which caused Hong Yuanshan and other high-level The big guy was so jealous, he had no choice but to take Secretary Cui's party committee out of his mouth!

Persimmons should be picked softly, this is the truth that the general public understands, how could Hong Yuanshan have a bad relationship with the Yongcheng Gang when his foothold is not stable? !

"When it comes to the surname Cheng, I get angry!" Liu Ting suddenly said sullenly: "Isn't it just that he has got married with Secretary Jiang? The whole family is pulling their nostrils to the sky, especially his bastard son, who is arrogant. It's almost gone, that girl Sisi is really fascinated by ghosts, she would actually fall in love with this kind of dude!"