Chapter 201: I want your work performance

'Mr. Zhou Ming, are you okay?'

Mayor Chai Li came to Zhou Ming's side and asked with concern. Not far away on the ground was Ye Jianlin, who was being held down by the hotel security guard. He had just rushed at Zhou Ming in anger, but Zhou Ming, who was protected by the soldier king bodyguard, was no match for him. He was quickly subdued, and then the hotel security guards came over and over, and Ye Jianlin was basically pinned to the ground without any resistance.

It was only after Ye Jianlin was pinned to the ground by the security guards that he still didn't stop, and he was still cursing Zhou Ming, 'Zhou Ming, you scum, I'm really pissed off, you fucking want to frame me like this, I really should have not arrested Li Qingyuan and arrested you, and thrown you in jail...'

Ye Jianlin couldn't say any more, because the hotel manager couldn't bear to listen any longer. He told the security guard to find a cloth somewhere and gag him, and then took him aside to wait for the public security bureau to come and take him away.

'Mayor, you can see that Ye Jianlin still hasn't repented at this point, and is still thinking of seeking revenge against me. He's still doing this in front of you, the mayor. How can we do justice to the people who have been hurt by Ye Jianlin if we don't give him a severe punishment? How can we do justice to the dignity of the law?'

Zhou Ming's words were very forceful, like the leader of the old society calling on the people to resist tyranny. Not to mention the security guard and the hotel manager next to him, even the mayor Chai Li was stunned by what he said, and then nodded on the spot, saying that he would instruct the public security bureau to handle the case seriously.

It seemed as if it was Zhou Ming's momentum that had infected Chai Li, but in fact Zhou Ming understood that there was another reason. First of all, not to mention the fact that Ye Jianlin and Solny's joint embezzlement of the Doll Laugh company was made public like this, which in itself made him a little embarrassed, and then Ye Jianlin came up in public and threatened to retaliate against Zhou Ming, which was even more of a slap in the face to the mayor.

Especially when Ye Jianlin charged over at the end, and in the process of King of Soldiers** subduing him, he accidentally touched Chai Li, which made him even more angry.

In fact, this touch was just an unintentional mistake, but Chai Li felt that his dignity as mayor had been completely destroyed at that moment. Since he couldn't say anything bad about Zhou Ming or **, he could only vent all his anger on Ye Jianlin.

Since it was the mayor himself who called the police, the police arrived at the hotel in no time at all. The police chief himself led the team. When he saw the police officers approaching, Chai Li immediately gave instructions: 'Severe punishment. Ye Jianlin must be severely punished in this case. All those involved must be arrested. This is a serious incident that damages the overall situation of reform and opening up. We must make this case a benchmark for the times!'

At first, Chai Li's instructions didn't sound like a problem, but in Zhou Ming's ears, they sounded like deliberate venting of anger.

'Mayor Chai is truly worthy of being the parent official of our Hang City, truly serving the people wholeheartedly. Under Mayor Chai's leadership, any criminal will receive the harshest punishment under the law!'

Zhou Ming praised Chai Li's instructions just now, but this praise made Chai Li very uncomfortable.

Chai Li is not stupid enough to become the mayor of Hangzhou. He felt something was wrong just by thinking about it today. He didn't believe it was all just a coincidence. Someone must have arranged it, with the aim of getting him to solve the problem as quickly as possible. And the only person who could have set up the situation was the highly skilled Zhou Ming in front of him.

What was hateful was that Zhou Ming had obviously done all this, yet he was acting so innocent. His praise sounded like nothing more than sarcasm to Chai Li.

However, even so, Chai Li still couldn't do anything to Zhou Ming, and that was what annoyed him the most. There was nothing he could do, so he could only vent his anger on Ye Jianlin, who had brought this on himself: it was conceivable that Ye Jianlin and Suo Erni had not committed any actual crimes, and according to legal principles they would be dealt with but not too harshly. However, now with the mayor's angry intervention, I'm afraid that as long as the mayor's anger doesn't subside, Ye Jianlin will have to stay in prison.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, you are too kind. I think that if this happened to anyone, no responsible cadre would just stand by and do nothing.' Chai Li Xian bit his teeth and said humbly, then continued, 'Mr. Dai, Mr. Zhou Ming, let's go up to the VIP room and not let this ruin our mood.'

Zhou Ming understood that Chai Li was still thinking about the investment, and he readily agreed on the principle of repaying kindness with kindness.

Chai Li then took Zhou Ming and Dai Tingwei to the top-level box prepared by the hotel manager. After everyone sat down, Chai Li first took the initiative to ask Li Qingyuan, the other party in this matter, and then raised his glass to toast everyone. After the first toast, Chai Li's secretary came out to liven up the atmosphere and propose a toast.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhou Ming stood up and said: Siming Investment Company will definitely invest in many enterprises in Hangzhou in the future, including food and beverage companies, and will also negotiate a joint venture with Dollface Company.

These words made Chai Li very happy. After all, once these investments are implemented in the future, they will be his achievements. Although he is young now, as long as he doesn't make any major mistakes in the future, he will always take over as the secretary of the municipal party committee and become a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. But with these achievements, not only will he look better, but more importantly, if he operates properly, he will be able to help himself cross the hurdle from the city to the province more quickly.

Chai Li was happy, but Dai Tingwei was very depressed. He had to know that he was the general manager of Siming Investment Company in China, but now Zhou Ming was talking to Chai Li about the company's investment plans in Hangzhou City, and he was talking about it as if it was only natural. How could this not make him depressed? Even if it might just be because Zhou Ming had drunk too much.

If it were anyone else, Dai Tingwei would have long since smashed his glass and left. If you're so damn smart, just go sign the investment agreement with Chai Li, and don't come looking for me in the future if you're not up to it!

But with Zhou Ming, Dai Tingwei was at his wit's end. Because he didn't agree with him, he could have just gone to Lin Muqing directly. Given Lin Muqing's relationship with Zhou Ming, Dai Tingwei didn't think it would do any good to lose his temper. On the contrary, if things went badly, he would lose his job.

It was for these reasons that Dai Tingwei was depressed to the point of madness, but he still had to keep his butt in his chair. Without going into the atmosphere of the dinner, it at least did not spoil it, and the whole dinner ended in a warm and enthusiastic atmosphere.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, I had a very pleasant chat with you today. On behalf of the Hangzhou City Government, I welcome you to invest here at any time, and I will definitely give you the most preferential policy support,' Chai Li said to Zhou Ming as they were leaving at the end of the dinner.

Zhou Ming was also polite: 'On behalf of Siming Investment Company, I would also like to thank Mayor Chai for his support for our company. With the mayor's promise, I believe that the investment plan to come to Hangzhou City will definitely be put on the agenda soon in the future, and I will find Mayor Chai to honour it.'

After seeing Chai Li off, Dai Tingwei didn't want to stay here for a moment: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, since things have been taken care of, there is still a lot of work to do at the company, so I'll go back first.'

'Yes, thank you very much for your cooperation this time, Mr. Dai.' Zhou Ming shook hands with Dai Tingwei to say thank you.

'You're welcome, Mr. Zhou. I'm just following the arrangements of the head office,' Dai Tingwei left with these words, unhappy.

'Boss Zhou, this is unbelievable, it's like the most amazing magic in the world!'

As soon as Dai Tingwei left, Li Qingyuan shouted excitedly. In fact, Li Qingyuan had been very excited since he met the mayor Chai Li before the dinner. Later, he was invited to the dinner to have dinner and drinks with the mayor, and was also served several drinks by the mayor's secretary. He discussed the joint venture between Doll Laugh and Si Ming Investment Company with the mayor, and he was already very excited at that time.

At that time, there were other people around, so Li Qingyuan was able to suppress his emotions. But now that both the mayor Chai Li and Dai Tingwei have left, he can no longer hold back his emotions.

'Boss Zhou, you had the district police chief come and get me today. Do you have someone on the district police force? Or do you have someone in the city? You also arranged for me to meet Mr Dai Tingwei and Mayor Chai Li at the Westlake Hotel today, didn't you? It was a stroke of genius to expose Ye Jianlin and Solny's plot in front of so many reporters, so that no matter how hard Ye Jianlin tried to protect them, there was no way they could escape punishment!' Li Qingyuan said.

Zhou Ming smiled and explained in response to Li Qingyuan's words: 'It was actually nothing. It just so happened that Chen Yunfei, the secretary of the Nanjiang Municipal Party Committee, had an old classmate in Hangzhou City. I was previously a development consultant in Nanjiang and had a good relationship with Secretary Chen, so I asked him to help make the contact. Although his old classmate was not in an absolute position of power like the secretary or the mayor, it was still no problem for him to ask the district's public security chief to go to the police station to get someone out.'

'As for running into Dai Tingwei and Mayor Chai at the West Lake Hotel, honestly, that was just luck. Because I contacted Siming Investment Company, their China manager, Dai Tingwei, also agreed to come and help with this favour. His arrival was also qualified to make Mayor Chai come out to greet him, but I didn't expect to be in the same hotel. In their positions, Dai Tingwei and Mayor Chai would definitely choose the best place, but Ye Jianlin's side might not necessarily do the same.'

Zhou Ming said this and then spread his hands and continued, 'But I didn't realise that Ye Jianlin was so clever. He took advantage of the presence of so many reporters and invited them to dinner at the Westlake Hotel, just to show off his status. This gave me the opportunity, and I couldn't refuse.'

If anyone else had said such boastful things, Zhou Ming would have been disgusted, but since it was Zhou Ming saying it, Li Qingyuan was very pleased: 'Because only Boss Zhou can do this!'

Zhou Ming waved his hand and said, 'Okay, Comrade Li Qingyuan, whether you mean it or you're just sucking up, don't say any more of those words. Because after we've settled Ye Jianlin and Solny's affairs, the brand of Baby Smile is going to be merged into the Eight Treasures Congee Factory in the future, and you're going to come in and start again from scratch. Although with your seniority at Baby Smile you won't have to start from the most basic position of salesman, even if you were a small manager, you'd still need to produce results.'

Li Qingyuan immediately stood up straight and said, 'Please rest assured, Mr. Zhou. I will definitely achieve the greatest results in the shortest possible time. I am very confident about that!'

'Then I will be waiting for your good news,' Zhou Ming said.

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