Chapter 375: The President’s Request

Next was a peaceful day. Qi Jingru was training intensely and was preparing to participate in the national finals three months later. Rosa'er was indeed not criticized by Ke Yunlu. She had already flew to Japan to participate in a large Asian clothing exhibition. However, when she left, Zhang Haotian asked one thing in particular, that is, after she arrived in Japan, could she find a way to help him find the whereabouts of Tianye Saburo. He had never forgotten his master's wish. After returning from Bai Butterfly's hometown, he kept checking this clue, and even asked Japanese detectives to investigate through the Foreign Trade Department of the "Hongwang Group", but in the end there was no valuable news. Rosa'er's influence was different, and the people she knew were different. Maybe she could gain something.

At this time, Zhang Haotian was also quietly weaving his underground network. Xiaowei's performance was quite outstanding. Fengtang had grown from the initial dozens to more than 300. Among these people, they were no longer just entertainment venues. There were young actors, singers, company secretaries, housewives abandoned by men, etc. In short, they were basically some women who were at a disadvantage and wanted to seek protection. Xiaowei had already connected to some middle and low-level officials through these women, and there were all departments. Through these people, there was no problem to do ordinary things. The network that Zhang Haotian wanted can be said to have a preliminary context.

One day two months later, Zhang Haotian received a call, but it was Yan Kaijing, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, who invited him to his home for dinner.

Zhang Haotian actually always wanted to date people like Yan Kaijing, but the chamber of commerce did not have much time to hold meetings. Although Yan Kaijing was old, he liked to travel around and was often not in S City, so the two rarely contacted each other. Now Yan Kaijing took the initiative to invite him, so of course he was going to go.

In the evening, Zhang Haotian drove there. According to the address Yan Kaijing said, his home was in a place called Chaoyang Village 30 kilometers away from LH District.

In less than an hour, Zhang Haotian's car had reached the territory of Chaoyang Village. Although it was under the jurisdiction of LH District and was originally a territory of Wanhong Gang, Zhang Haotian had never been there because it was not near the main road.

Looking at the signs of the street sign, I turned right from the main road and entered a flat branch road that could be used for three cars to run parallel. I soon saw patches of farmland. At this time, it was the time when spring was blooming, and the crops were growing lushly, which was very pleasant. From time to time, you could see bushes of fruit forests, with pink peach blossoms as bright as the clouds and white pear blossoms as white as the snow, making people feel comfortable.

Zhang Haotian just saw a big sign and saw an advertisement for "national green vegetable production base". While driving, he was carefully observing the distribution of these crops and fruit forests. His "Tianhong Villa" also had a green base sign, but the infrastructure was still under construction. Once it was formed, he could come here to learn from the scriptures and see how others operated and managed it. I just didn't know if it was a Yankaijing industry.

As he drove along the road, a village appeared. When Zhang Haotian drove in, he was amazed again. It turned out that there were only two or three hundred houses in this village, but they were neatly built two-story small foreign buildings. In addition, all kinds of shops were available, even Jinzi Village could not compare. The streets were filled with satisfaction, without exception. It was obvious that life was extremely comfortable.

Yan Kaijing only said the name of Chaoyang Village and did not tell where he lived. Zhang Haotian got out of the car and asked the villagers on the street. Only then did he realize that this green production base was indeed an industry under Yan Kaijing's Jinding Trading Group Corporation. He was also the village chief and village party secretary of Chaoyang Village, and lived in a yellow villa five hundred meters away from the end of the village.

Thanks to the villagers, Zhang Haotian got on the bus again and admired Yan Kaijing very much. No matter what, being able to develop a village to this point and benefit the people is a rare act of kindness and worthy of his learning.

A few minutes later, the car left the end of the village and saw a large villa from afar. The villa is based on yellow and has four floors, carved beams and painted buildings, combining Chinese and Western styles, and is extremely grand.

After a while, I opened outside the villa, but saw a high wall surrounded by a large iron door in the middle, tightly closed.

Just as I was about to get off the car and ring the doorbell, the big iron door slowly opened from both sides, and then a middle-aged man with a smile on his face, white and fat, wearing a blue casual shirt, came.

The middle-aged man walked out the car window and bowed to Zhang Haotian inside the car with a smile and said, "You are Mr. Zhang, I am the butler of the Yan family, named Lao Yang. The old man asked me to welcome you. Please come in, the car is parked on the right side of the gate."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Haotian nodded and drove the car in. Sure enough, he saw a parking lot of about fifty square meters on the right side of the gate, so he stopped in the direction.

As soon as the car was parked, the old Yang had already come over and smiled and took him through the lawns with various flowers on both sides, and walked into the main building of the villa.

After entering, there was a large living room, all the furniture was made of wooden, and the whole style looked antique. Zhang Haotian saw Yan Kaijing sitting on a black painted sandalwood chair at a glance. He was wearing a light blue casual silk dress, cloth shoes, glasses, white beards, rosy face, and bright expression. His body looked very good.

Seeing Zhang Haotian, Yan Kaijing immediately stood up, smiled and stretched out his hand, "Haotian, I haven't seen you for a while, welcome to me."

Zhang Haotian quickly reached out and shook it with him, and said with a smile: "Old Yan, your place is really a paradise. I am very envious and am preparing to seek scriptures from you."

Yan Kaijing let go of his hand and patted him intimately and said, "Picking chrysanthemums under the east ridge, leisurely seeing the southern mountains. After living in the city for a long time, I like the pastoral flavor. Haotian, if you like this place, come often. I can arrange a building for you in the village. Come on, let's have a meal first, eat and talk while eating."

While talking, he took Zhang Haotian into the right side of the living room. This was a dining room, and some cold vegetables were already placed on a round wooden table.

He pulled Zhang Haotian to sit by the log table. Yan Kaijing waved to the old Yang who was following behind, signaling him to order the kitchen to serve hot dishes, and then smiled at Zhang Haotian and said, "I don't have any big meat here, it's all wild vegetables from my own vegetable and real estate. You can just eat some."

Zhang Haotian smiled and said, "I have eaten too much fish and meat in the city. I am just about to change my taste. I didn't expect that I would eat it here with you, Mr. Yan, and I couldn't even thank you."

While speaking, he saw two middle-aged maids serving some dishes one after another with dishes, and they were indeed mostly vegetables. Yan Kaijing introduced him to what is Jue, what is Mingya, what is Heqin, and some mushrooms, which are all health-preserving things.

Zhang Haotian tasted a little like this, and he felt it was fragrant and refreshing, without any bitterness of wild vegetables. Naturally, it was carefully prepared by the chef, and he couldn't help but praise him.

After eating for a while, Zhang Haotian looked around and saw that except Lao Yang standing next to him with his hands hanging down, the entire ground floor seemed empty and quiet. He looked at Yan Kaijing and said, "Old Yan, why are you the only one in the family?"

Yan Kaijing sighed and said, "My wife passed away ten years ago, and the children and grandchildren don't like it's too quiet here, so they all went to other places."

Zhang Haotian nodded and said, "Old Yan, you often go out to play. It wouldn't be too lonely to meet your children and grandchildren."

Yan Kaijing smiled and said nothing, but kept persuading Zhang Haotian to eat the dishes, and people served their own wine, which had no smell of wine, but the aroma was pleasant.

After dinner, Yan Kaijing took Zhang Haotian to the small reception room on the second floor, saying that it was a tea and chatting, but Zhang Haotian had a feeling that Yan Kaijing suddenly asked him to come to his house as a guest, which seemed not that simple.

The two sat down on the wooden chair in the small living room. After Lao Yang finished making tea, he left the house and gently closed the door.

While drinking tea, the two chatted. Yan Kaijing talked about something about the business district in S City to let Zhang Haotian understand. When Zhang Haotian listened, he suddenly thought of someone and said, "Old Yan, are you familiar with Ke Yunlu of Silk Road Model Company? His headquarters is located in S City. With his wealth and social status, why didn't he join the Chamber of Commerce?"

Listening to Zhang Haotian mention Ke Yunlu, Yan Kaijing kept shaking his head and said, "This old Ke, I started my hard work in S City with me, and I can meet at any time, and I am still a friend. However, later the superiors asked to establish the S City Chamber of Commerce. At that time, the two of them were the most popular. Originally, the government ordered Ke Yunlu to be the president of this Chamber of Commerce. However, Ke Yunlu was too proud and liked to deal with the superiors, but he was not very intimate with friends in the business circle of the city. Therefore, everyone

I wrote a letter to the government in a joint name, asking that the president be elected by everyone. Seeing that there were too many oppositions, the government had to agree. The final result was naturally that I became the president, and Ke Yunlu was defeated. I was originally going to let him be the vice president, but Ke Yunlu insisted on saying that the election was caused by me behind the scenes. Since then, I have broken up with me and have not participated in any activities of the Chamber of Commerce. I have always wanted to resolve this misunderstanding, but Ke Yunlu did not give me a chance. Of course, I would not beg him with a long face."

Zhang Haotian knew that Yan Kaijing was an ordinary middle school teacher twenty years ago. After S City established a special district, he resigned and started his career as a department store wholesale company. In the past twenty years, he had been involved in more than ten industries such as department stores, hardware, and home appliances. It is said that he is the richest man in S City, but no one can really know the specific assets. He smiled and said, "This is also the one Ke Yunlu is overestimating his abilities. With your status in S City's business district and the industries involved, you are indeed more suitable for being the president of the Chamber of Commerce than Ke Yunlu."

Yan Kaijing shook his head and said, "Haotian, don't underestimate Lao Ke. Lao Ke has only one 'Silk Road Model Company' on the surface, but his business is far more than that. I heard that he has developed very smoothly in recent years. There are more than ten coal mines alone, but it is not disclosed for various reasons. It is his industry. His foundation is definitely not lower than me, and definitely not lower than me."

Hearing Yan Kaijing say two consecutive words "absolutely no lower than me", he was convinced by Ke Yunlu, Zhang Haotian knew that what he said should be true. Ke Yunlu used the models in his hand to establish a deep relationship with the upper-level government. How could he not make any benefits? It is estimated that there are officials who have participated in the shares, so naturally they cannot be announced. This person may be the most powerful and terrifying figure in the business world in S. City.

Seeing Zhang Haotian silent, Yan Kaijing said, "Haotian, I have heard of the model company that your model company sent someone to participate in the competition, and I also heard that the super model Rosa's help you, right?"

Zhang Haotian understood that this person was well-informed and did not hide it. He nodded and said, "Yes, Rosa'er went over to know me, so he helped my people pass the test and could participate in the national finals."

Yan Kaijing said "Yeah" and said, "This is your luck, but Lao Ke is vengeful. That Rosa'er is of great use to him. He has forgotten this matter on the surface, but it is hard to guarantee that he will not make things difficult for you secretly. You must be careful. This person has a lot of energy, and even I have to be afraid of him."

Zhang Haotian nodded again and said, "I understand, Mr. Yan, thank you for your reminder."

Yan Kaijing no longer mentioned this matter, but suddenly turned around and said: "Haotian, how much do you know about the fishing business in S City?"

Zhang Haotian didn't know what he meant, so he thought for a while: "The land area of ​​S City is similar to that of the sea area, and the seafood is very rich. Many seafood in G Province are from here and have formed a considerable scale. However, I heard that the fishing industry has begun to decline over the years. The most common thing is to cultivate cages in shallow seas, with the output increased by two or three times compared to the past, but the price is much cheaper."

Yan Kaijing nodded and said, "Do you know about the Qinglong Gang and the Zhuhai Gang?"

Zhang Haotian's heart moved, and he was just pretending to be stupid, and said with a "hmm": "I have heard that these two gangs are gangs who rely on the sea to make a living, and it seems that they are mainly doing fishing business."

Yan Kaijing said: "Yes, the Qinglong Gang is a local gang. It was originally established by a group of fishermen who do seafood business. The Zhuhai Gang is another organization formed by outsiders to do seafood business. These two gangs can be said to be mortal enemies. In order to compete for the underground monopoly of fishery, the two gangs have been fighting in S City for more than ten years. It was not until a few years ago that an agreement was reached, which divided the four major aquatic product markets in S City to control each of them. In addition, the territory for purchasing aquatic products was divided into two. Therefore, they have been peaceful in recent years, but the situation of the two gangs getting along has changed."

Zhang Haotian said: "Oh, could it be that the two gangs tore up the agreement and started fighting again?"

Yan Kaijing shook his head and said, "On the contrary, these two gangs not only did not fight, but instead settled together to make a new agreement, that is, to jointly lower the purchase price for fishermen, and then raise the wholesale price and retail price through the controlled aquatic product market. This low and one high made fishermen and citizens cheat, but made them make huge profits. It was really unreasonable."

Zhang Haotian immediately said: "Then why doesn't the government intervene?"

Yan Kaijing said: "It's not that the government doesn't want to intervene, but there is no way, because once they investigate, no one dares to tell the truth, and no one dares to stand up and testify that the two gangs of people forced to buy. Now we can only let our Chamber of Commerce come forward to solve this matter, and I can't think of any good solution at the moment, so I will ask you to discuss it."

Zhang Haotian laughed and said, "Old Yan, you respect me so much. You have no choice but to do so. I can think of it."

Yan Kaijing smiled slightly and said, "Haotian, you don't have to hide it from me. I know that there are some people under you. When I asked you to join the Chamber of Commerce as a member of the Standing Committee, I actually had this consideration. Business people should deal with black and white. As long as the Baidao people get money, things will be easier. However, the underworld people are unstable. Not only do you need your money, but if you look at it, you may even eat your business in one bite. Therefore, the chamber of commerce in the old society generally has its own group members, equipped with weapons, and are supported by various businesses to prevent the need from happening in the future. The new society can't do that anymore, but the chamber of commerce has no brothers who can do it. I actually understand your background, and I am brave and resourceful, and there are also a group of good brothers who follow you. If you introduce it on the right track, it will be beneficial for you and the Chamber of commerce."

Only then did Zhang Haotian realize that he was obviously not qualified, but why Yan Kaijing recommended himself as a member of the Standing Committee? It seemed that he had already planned. He said immediately: "Old Yan, since you have pointed out the words, I don't need to hide them from you. I do have some brothers in my hands. What do you want, just say it?"

Yan Kaijing sighed and said, "Actually, it is a taboo to get too close to the underworld, but I know you are the young man Ah Hang admires the most, and now his daughter is following you. For Ah Hang's sake, I also want to show you a clear path. Whether you can grasp it depends on yourself."

When Zhang Haotian heard this, he immediately said, "Old Yan, it turns out that you and... know him."

Yan Kaijing said with a dim look: "Of course, Ah Hang is about ten years younger than me. Although he is the leader of the big gang, he respects me very much. He has always been called his brother. He never expected that he would suffer such a tragic disaster. It really makes people sigh. It's a pity that I can't do anything about his misfortune."

Yan Kaijing and Qi Yinghang are both top figures in G Province, and they are both business people, so they can’t avoid contact. It’s natural that they know each other. Zhang Haotian immediately said: “Old Yan, I wonder what kind of bright path you want to give me.”

Yan Kaijing said: "I know you have withdrawn from the Wanhong Gang and set up your own way, but the situation is not good. Not to mention G Province, there is no advantage among the various forces in S City. GM New District has no business to make, so you might as well think of another way to develop."

Zhang Haotian thought about it and immediately said: "You mean, the aquatic industry?"

Yan Kaijing nodded with certainty and said: "Yes, I have a fishery company. Since the Qinglong Gang and Zhuhai Gang are now working together to control the aquatic industry, they can no longer receive the goods and cannot operate. If you are interested, I can give it to you for free, and you can operate it, maybe you can do it."

Zhang Haotian stared at him and said, "Old Yan, why do you do this?"

Yan Kaijing said without hesitation: "Responsibility, the responsibility of society. Since I have become the president of the Chamber of Commerce, I must not allow such things to happen in S City. Although S City has influential leaders in all walks of life, fisheries are completely monopolized, and the interests of merchants, fishermen, and consumers are harmed. It is absolutely not allowed to not leave a way out for others."

Zhang Haotian knew that Yan Kaijing was a philanthropist and no longer doubted it. Instead, he said: "Actually, this is also very strange. The Qinglong Gang and Zhuhai Gang jointly lowered the purchase price, which will greatly impact the fishermen's enthusiasm for fishing and breeding aquatic products. The number of people who continue to do a group in the coming year will be reduced. This is a matter of fishing in the siege. I don't know why they should do this."

Yan Kaijing said: "At the beginning, I also felt something was strange, so I asked a friend of the Qinglong Gang to inquire about it quietly. Only then did I realize that the two leaders of the Qinglong Gang and the Zhuhai Gang were worried that after the Sanlian Gang would enfeoff the Wanhong Gang, they would sooner or later take the S City into their pockets. They would not be able to escape the fate of being driven away, so they wanted to make a fortune before occupying the S City territory before the Sanlian Gang could make a fortune in the future, so they could go to other places to develop, so they would do such a cruel and unscrupulous thing, harm others and benefit themselves."
Chapter completed!