Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 168 The local bully in Jinghai, he's got some nerve!

Zhou Weihong was extremely embarrassed.

Zhao Ruilong's question was like adding fuel to the fire.

This made him, who was already seething with anger, almost explode with rage.

But as the mayor of Jinghai, he couldn't afford to lash out in public.

"The temporary shortage of funds may be causing dissatisfaction among some residents affected by the relocation."

At this point, Zhou Weihong turned his head and glanced at his secretary.

"Go tell District Chief Tang that if Haifu Group doesn't resolve the issues for the relocated residents by this week, I want to see his resignation letter by next Monday!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

The secretary quickly walked out of the pavilion.

District Chief Tang and others were waiting nearby.

But Zhou Weihong simply refused to call him over for a face-to-face reprimand.

And this is the way it is handled.

Naturalness is more effective in intimidating than verbally abusing someone to their face!

Where were we?

Zhao Ruilong broke the awkward silence with a smile.

"You said that we should take the project construction as an opportunity to attract enterprises to settle in and drive industrial development."

Zhao Lidong quickly offered a 'kind' reminder.

"Yes, when it comes to the development of the wind power industry, we must proceed step by step and start from small to large."

“We can first build small wind farms on land or islands adjacent to the sea, with a single unit capacity of less than 6 megawatts.”

"This makes the surveying, design, construction, research and development, manufacturing, operation and maintenance of various system equipment much easier."

"We explore and improve continuously, from easy to difficult, from small to large, from land to sea. As technology and experience continue to accumulate, the talent pool and industry scale will also continue to expand."

"At that time, in addition to the wind power industry itself, we will inevitably develop a series of industries such as special materials, advanced manufacturing, marine equipment, and marine engineering..."

Looking at his nephew Zhao Ruilong, who was talking eloquently.

Then look at Zhou Weihong, who is completely absorbed and listening intently.

Zhao Lidong was genuinely happy!

A few days ago.

Because Zhong Zhengguo took advantage of the education rectification campaign to make things difficult for him at every turn, he felt particularly distressed and that every day felt like an eternity.

It was Zhao Ruilong who brought down Zhong Zhengguo, leading to his investigation for allegedly colluding with Cai Chenggong in corruption and bribery.

With Zhong Zhengguo's incident, Zhao Lidong no longer needs to be anxious and fearful of losing his official position.

And now.

Having helped himself out of his predicament, Zhao Ruilong is also trying to help himself improve.

We're all family, yet you're so considerate of me...

Zhao Lidong truly wished he could fight on the front lines and go through thick and thin for his nephew.

It's approaching noon.

The convoy arrived at the Jinghai Hotel.

The topics of conversation between Zhao Ruilong and Zhou Weihong have long since shifted from wind power generation to electric vehicles and the energy storage industry.

Such a development in the topic is inevitable.

Wind power generation is unstable and is essentially dependent on the weather.

There is electricity when there is wind, and there is no power when there is no wind.

Such a power supply is clearly insufficient to meet the needs of production and daily life.

Therefore, developing the energy storage industry is a necessity.

When the supply of wind power exceeds demand, the electricity is stored.

The electricity will be released during peak electricity demand periods when wind power supply cannot meet demand.

The energy storage industry is essentially a giant power bank.

Once it's set up, you can make a lot of money just by profiting from the price difference in electricity.

And everyone in the energy storage industry wants to get involved.

Electric vehicles, how could they be left behind?

Originally, developing wind power generation required research on motors and electronic controls, while developing energy storage inevitably involves batteries.

The three main components of an electric vehicle are, in fact, the battery, the motor, and the electronic control system.

Therefore, if Jinghai really does a good job in wind power and energy storage, then developing electric vehicles will naturally follow and be a piece of cake.

Inspired by Zhao Ruilong.

Zhou Weihong's thinking was completely opened.

I didn't know before that I should develop any high-tech industries in Jinghai.

After talking with Zhao Ruilong, I felt enlightened and suddenly understood!

"A single conversation with you is worth more than ten years of study!"

Zhou Weihong was very excited and picked up his teacup.

"We can't drink alcohol during lunch!"

"But please allow me to offer you a toast with tea instead of wine!"

Zhao Ruilong quickly held the cup with both hands and gently clinked it against Zhou Weihong's.

"You're welcome."

"No, no, no, this isn't just politeness; I'm truly grateful for your advice!"

After finishing his tea in one gulp, Zhou Weihong put down his teacup and glanced at Zhao Lidong.

"I didn't drink any alcohol at noon, so I really didn't have a good time."

"Bring Ruilong to my house tonight, let's have a good drink!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lidong couldn't help but gasp.

Having dinner at Mayor Zhou's house...

Well known.

A family dinner is the highest-level banquet.

Unless you have an extraordinary relationship, who would invite you to their home for dinner?

Especially within the system.

Having a meal at a leader's home is even more significant.

It's basically equivalent to recognizing someone as one of our own.

What are you standing there for? Don't you want me to eat?

Zhou Weihong asked with a smile.

"Of course I'd love to, but I'm afraid my uncle and I might cause you trouble."

The quick-witted Zhao Lidong uses words with exquisite precision.

The simple phrase "uncle and nephew" highlights the special relationship between him and Zhao Ruilong.

So his words, seemingly just polite, were actually an attempt to establish a relationship and get closer to him.

"What trouble would I cause?"

Zhou Weihong smiled and turned to look at Zhao Ruilong.

"As long as you don't mind the poor quality of my food!"

Zhao Ruilong shook his head and said, "How could that be? I'm afraid you'll think I eat too much!"

Zhou Weihong burst into laughter.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll have my partner cook a few more dishes, there'll be plenty!"

After some laughter and conversation, everyone got up and left their seats.

After a while.

Zhao Ruilong and Zhao Lidong stood at the main entrance of the hotel to see off Zhou Weihong, who had a meeting that afternoon.

When the Audi's taillights were no longer visible, the two stopped waving and smiled at each other.

What are your work plans for this afternoon?

"I have a meeting at three o'clock, but we still have some time. Let me come upstairs with you and sit for a while!"

Upon entering the house upstairs, Secretary Wang quickly inspected the room.

After confirming that everything was okay, I logged out.

"What exactly is going on with those residents in the development zone who are protesting against the demolition?"

Zhao Ruilong offered him a cigarette and asked curiously.

"Let me state upfront that I did not arrange this intentionally."

Zhao Lidong took the cigarette from Zhao Ruilong and naturally took out a lighter to light it for Zhao Ruilong.

"Of course I know it wasn't your arrangement. Mayor Zhou suggested it on a whim today, taking me to the development zone. How could you possibly have the ability to predict the future?"

After taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Zhao Ruilong frowned and asked:

"I'm curious, since Haifu Group is quite powerful in Jinghai, why can't they handle those residents being relocated?"

Zhao Lidong chuckled.

"It all boils down to one thing: we don't have money!"

"To be precise, the development zone has been hollowed out and is out of money."

Zhao Ruilong chuckled to himself.

"Really? Such a large development zone, they don't have the money for land acquisition and demolition?"

"The district used to be wealthy!"

After taking a puff of his cigarette, Zhao Lidong began to speak in a slow and deliberate manner:

"Before the development zone plan was released, Haifu Group rented idle wasteland and farmhouses, and quickly built so-called factories using fiberglass shingles and steel structures."

"Then they quickly provided these factories with all the legal documents such as business licenses and tax registration certificates, and brought in a lot of old and unusable equipment to make them look legitimate."

"In order to deal with the demolition inspection, they hired a large number of workers from other places and pretended to be processing feed, handling frozen products, making meat products, etc., and the factory was in normal production."

"In this case, with permits, factory buildings, equipment, and workers, and operating normally, shouldn't we be compensated for losses and given subsidies for production stoppage according to land acquisition and demolition regulations?"

"The compensation for a single factory can easily reach tens of millions of yuan, so what about a dozen factories? This method of defrauding land expropriation and demolition compensation is obviously more profitable and relatively safer than falsely reporting the number of people, area, and crops."

Zhao Ruilong nodded slightly.

"This way of handling land acquisition and demolition compensation is quite ingenious!"

“Once construction and demolition begin, all kinds of construction machinery will be brought in and all the factory buildings and machines will be destroyed.”

"Now that there's no way to verify the facts, there's no way to investigate whether Haifu Group is suspected of defrauding demolition compensation."

Zhao Lidong chuckled and said, "They're still not satisfied after taking away a large sum of compensation for the demolition."

"We have undertaken not only various municipal projects such as infrastructure development, site preparation, medical and educational facilities, but also other related projects."

"They also bought the best land in the development zone at extremely low prices and hoarded it, waiting for it to appreciate in value."

"Therefore, many people jokingly say that the Jinghai High-tech Development Zone is actually the development zone of Haifu Group!"

Zhao Ruilong understood.

Haifu Group is truly amazing!

On the one hand, they defrauded the development zone of a large amount of demolition compensation, and on the other hand, they wanted to sell prime land to their own group at a low price.

Their group is responsible for the construction of a large number of municipal engineering projects.

It's like they're putting the revenue from selling land in the development zone back into their own pockets.

This way.

The development zone has become their ATM!

Where is the money to promptly pay the relocated households?

Before they even received the money, their house had already been demolished and their land occupied.

It would be strange if those old men and women didn't gather together to protest.

"Tsk tsk, to make money like this, they've got some nerve!"

Zhao Lidong let out a soft sigh.

"Many people don't know that Haifu Group is a business owned by the Jinghai Tang family."

"The Tang family is no longer just a local tyrant."

"Over the decades, they have built up deep-rooted relationships in many departments."

“Apart from not engaging in gray industries, their family has a presence in almost every other profitable industry.”

“Even Gao Qiqiang, whom you met last night, works for the Jinghai Construction Group, which is an employee of the Haifu Group. You can imagine how powerful the Tang family is in Jinghai.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ruilong naturally understood.

It turns out that Chen Tai, known as the underground godfather of Jinghai, was just working for the Tang family.

And isn't Gao Qiqiang, the adopted son he took in, essentially the younger brother of the Tang family's younger brother?

I remember the original series of Crazy.

Gao Qiqiang used underhanded methods to secure the Mangcun project, which angered Chen Tai.

Chen Tai said that Gao Qiqiang had become a gang leader, which caused negative public opinion and upset his friends.

They also said that if a friend is unhappy, they will ignore him, and he might even become an enemy.

obviously.

The "friends" Chen Tai referred to are most likely the Tang family.

This little-known, low-profile family has been quietly making a fortune!

Later, even though Gao Qiqiang's Qiangsheng Group acquired Jinghai Construction, causing Chen Tai to resign in disgrace.

He himself became a notorious underground boss in Jinghai.

But after his glory days, Gao Qiqiang could not escape the crackdown on organized crime.

Ultimately, the Gao family was destroyed by the guidance group, and they ceased to exist.

The Tang family, living in seclusion, remained unharmed throughout.

Just like this time.

The residents protested, angering Zhou Weihong, but what could he do?

As long as we unleash our financial power and spend heavily, the situation will quickly calm down.

"I'm using Mayor Zhou's hand today to give them a warning, so they won't go too far in their profiteering."

"If things are taken too far and a mass incident is caused, affecting my progress as Zhao Lidong, I will not show any mercy!"

Zhao Lidong made his point clear.

He didn't want to clash with the Tang family, but that didn't mean he could let them do whatever they wanted.

He is the clerk of the Jinghai Political and Legal Affairs Bureau. If a major case occurs, he will inevitably be held accountable.

After taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Zhao Ruilong frowned and asked:

"If it's just a tap, it won't make much of a difference, will it?"

"They have acquired a large number of prime plots of land in the development zone."

"If high-tech companies come to buy land and build factories, won't they make a huge profit first?"

"You'll be in charge of Jinghai sooner or later, but they're pocketing a huge portion of the land sales revenue. How are you going to subsidize and support high-tech companies?"

Zhao Lidong was jolted awake by those words.

"What you say makes sense, but it's not that easy to bring down the deeply entrenched Tang family!"

"Have you forgotten that we have a vice mayor in Jinghai whose surname is Tang?"

Zhao Ruilong smiled coldly.

How will you know if you don't try?