Chapter 1413: Ergouzi is Defeated

"Bastard, you thief, this is what we were going to do..."

Ergouzi was furious again; these were all his boss's concepts, still top secret, so how did Gu Zhihao find out?

But he had only just begun when the villagers covered his mouth and dragged him out.

No one wanted to listen to Ergouzi blathering, even though half of what he said was true—the Resort was indeed what they were going to do.

It was just that no one believed him; if you were going to do it, why didn't you say so when you were campaigning?

Ergouzi was dragged away; his subordinates originally wanted to intervene, but they were helpless, fearing they would suffer for being outnumbered, so they didn't interfere.

"Village Chief, continue; no one will disturb you this time, please continue."

"Don't talk, listen to the Village Chief."

Before the voting had even begun, the villagers had unconsciously changed how they addressed him.

Gu Zhihao continued speaking, explaining every step in great detail, from the project to where it would be approved, how to start, investment channels... not only was it detailed and easy to understand, but it was all for the benefit of the villagers.

The villagers hardly needed to invest any money; as long as they put in the effort, they could get returns in a short time!

This return was not just future dividends and shares, but also a corresponding salary for every month they put in the work.

The villagers' eyes were filled with little stars, captivated by the blueprint he painted; could they get so many benefits with Gu Zhihao as Village Chief?

That was something Ergouzi's promise of a thousand or eight hundred yuan couldn't compare to.

Everyone has a scale in their heart; no matter how they calculated it, the balance in their hearts began to tilt toward Gu Zhihao!

Ergouzi's boss sat restlessly, cursing Ergouzi countless times in his heart.

He was convinced that Ergouzi had betrayed him and leaked his secrets.

Watching the opportunity to make a fortune slip away before his eyes, he was unwilling to give up and wanted to struggle a bit more.

The boss whispered a few words in the leader's ear, and the leader nodded, indicating he understood.

The voting session began.

If there were no surprises, Gu Zhihao's election would be a foregone conclusion, but at this moment, the leader signaled the Old Village Chief to come over and gave him a few instructions.

The Old Village Chief conveyed the leader's intention to Gu Zhihao: "A-Hao, the gentleman who came with the leader has a few questions for you; please answer them."

"Alright."

Gu Zhihao originally thought the questions would be asked here, but the gentleman beside the leader stood up and walked outside; was he going to talk in private?

Just as he prepared to follow, his wife came to his side and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Record it, and if necessary, try to get more out of him."

Record it?

Although he didn't understand why he should do this, he still pretended to check the time, took out his phone, and quickly switched to the recording function.

The two went to a quiet office, and Ergouzi's boss closed the door and got straight to the point: "Withdraw from the election, and I'll give you one million."

Gu Zhihao:...

This person came with the leader; he originally thought he was some kind of leader too, or if not a leader, then at least a staff member beside the leader, but looking at this posture, it didn't seem like it.

He was dressed plainly but was throwing money around.

He seemed like a businessman, but he was different from his brother-in-law.

"No, I don't want your money." Gu Zhihao refused flatly.

"Not satisfied with the price? That's okay, we can talk if you're not satisfied with the price; how about two million? This is quite a lot of money; don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

Gu Zhihao was just about to refuse again when he remembered what his wife said: "If necessary, try to get more out of him."

So he changed his tone and asked: "Why do you want to give me money?"

The other party thought he was wavering and smiled: "We're all friends in the business world, let's all make money together. I don't care how you found out I wanted to buy the village land to build a Resort, and I won't ask, but since you want to do it too, we are like-minded people."

"Brother, let me tell you the truth, this piece of meat is too fat for you to eat alone; why don't you work with me? Besides the two million I promised you, there will be dividends after the Resort is built; what do you think?"

Gu Zhihao really wanted to spit in his face.

Learned the Resort from him?

This person was truly thick-skinned; it was clearly the direction his brother-in-law gave him, and he had thought of it himself, yet now the person in front of him was lying through his teeth, and with a light sentence, it became his.

Shameless.

No, wait, Ergouzi had also said this.

He immediately asked: "Ergouzi is with you, right? Are you two running a company together in the city?"

"Him? Running a company with me?"

"Hahahaha..."

The man laughed for a while and corrected him: "It's true that Ergouzi is my man, but he works for me; I'm the one who calls the shots in the company. If you can come to our company, I guarantee your position will be higher than Ergouzi's, and you'll earn more money than him..."

Gu Zhihao's speech was quite high-level; he changed his mind and felt that recruiting this person would be very useful.

"Then what about the people in our village? Can they all work at your company? Will they have dividends and shares?" Gu Zhihao's silliness came out again; he naively thought that since this person took a fancy to their village and to him, it meant everyone in the village would have a share!

The boss scoffed: "They don't deserve it; a bunch of rabble, old farmers, what do I need them for?"

"After you become Village Chief, give each family a little money to make them sell the land to me, and the rest of the matter will have nothing to do with them at all..."

Now, even if Gu Zhihao were any stupider, he would have understood.

So this person's "generosity" wasn't for everyone; he just wanted to bribe him, while plotting against the interests of the entire village.

"Hmph! You're dreaming!"

He slammed the door and left.

The boss didn't expect him to turn hostile so suddenly and hurriedly chased after him.

Returning to the large conference room, Gu Zhihao didn't say a word, directly took out his phone, and aimed it at the microphone; everything they had just said was exposed.

Seeing that things were going wrong, the boss immediately tried to slip away.

Was it that easy to leave?

He didn't even make it out of the village committee building before he was caught and brought back by the villagers who had rushed over.

If it hadn't been for the Old Village Chief holding them back, the enraged villagers would have beaten Ergouzi and his boss into pulp right then and there!

The leader, who had not expressed a stance until now, stepped forward to make a statement.

He stated that although the boss of this real estate development company had come with him, he had absolutely no connection to him; he had met him halfway, the man said his car had broken down and he wanted a ride, and he also claimed to be from this village, which was why he had brought him along.

The leader declared that the voting process would officially begin, and that they shouldn't let irrelevant people delay the real business!

The villagers began to vote, and everyone cast their ballots for Gu Zhihao; Gu Zhihao was elected as the village chief for this term with the outstanding result of unanimous approval and zero votes against!

After the villagers finished voting, when they wanted to settle scores with Ergouzi and his boss, they discovered that their group had snuck away!

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The leader's attitude toward Gu Zhihao immediately did a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn; the leader grabbed Gu Zhihao's hand very affectionately and praised him for being sincere, upright, and incorruptible.

He hoped that after being elected village chief, he would fulfill his promise to seek welfare for the villagers and lead everyone onto the path of common prosperity!