Chapter 556

Looking from a distance, the Yuhe Leisure Resort was brightly lit. Entering the interior, one could see lights on in building after building. Several major sports venues, restaurants, cinemas, and simple playgrounds were all bustling with noise and excitement.

There were far more people inside the Yuhe Leisure Resort than outside. After several years of continuous construction, the Yuhe Leisure Resort couldn't claim to have perfect functions, but it basically satisfied the needs for food, clothing, housing, and entertainment.

As long as one was willing, one could stay in the Yuhe Leisure Resort for ten days or half a month without having to go out. Basically, all needs could be met inside, provided, of course, that one's pockets were full of money.

For couples, spending twenty yuan per person for a ticket to enter the Yuhe Leisure Resort, if they were just staying inside for the day, they would buy a ticket, eat a fast-food steak at the Starlight Western Restaurant inside, take a photo to check in, and leave a souvenir.

Then go watch a movie, and then go around the roller skating rink, table tennis, badminton, basketball, swimming, or fishing pond. Basically, a day would pass.

And if a family brought their children to experience it, they would basically wander around the newly installed children's entertainment facilities like go-karts, carousels, and trampolines. A day would cost several dozen yuan. Although it was expensive, the experience was considered worth more than the price.

As for those who wanted to stay in the three-star hotel inside, experience high-end Western food, Japanese cuisine, hot pot feasts, and purchase various souvenirs, the cost would be several times higher. Spending thousands of yuan like flowing water probably wouldn't even be felt.

Different people came to the Yuhe Leisure Resort and had different experiences. There were ways to play for dozens of yuan, and there were treatments for thousands of yuan. In this era where material goods were not yet so abundant and entertainment facilities were relatively scarce, the Yuhe Leisure Resort was likely a special existence for the entire Pingyang and the surrounding urban areas.

The car drove all the way to the only three-star hotel in Pingyang now, the Yuhe Leisure Resort Hotel. Li Dongling, Ren Yuefeng, and others walked all the way to the top floor of the hotel.

"Brother Li, do you want me to find someone now to deal with that group of people outside?"

After arriving at the private room of the hotel restaurant and sitting down, Gao Peng couldn't help but ask Li Dongling.

The Gao family was already a local bully in Pingyang, and coupled with Gao Peng's current status and influence in Dongling High-Tech, even if that group of people outside claimed to be "tough characters" who had seen blood, it would only be a matter of a phone call for Gao Peng to deal with them.

Shaking his head, Li Dongling looked at Gao Peng, as well as Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, and others who had cast their gazes over. "This matter cannot be handled by Dongling High-Tech. Just as Wang Hanning said, if flies and rats are not wiped out in their nests, if we don't plow the court and sweep the holes and dig three feet into the ground to clean up all the rats and cockroaches hiding in the sewers, if we don't cut the weeds and remove the roots, sooner or later, they will spring up again with the spring breeze and run out to disgust people!"

Since its establishment, Dongling High-Tech has followed the principle of being high-profile in doing things and low-profile in being a person. Countless people in Pingyang and even Hanxi know of Dongling High-Tech's existence, but they have no specific impression of how great Dongling High-Tech's influence is.

This year, Dongling High-Tech flexed its muscles in the tech industry and suppressed Lianxiang. Only then did the tech industry know the strength of Dongling High-Tech. After making Lianxiang pay a huge compensation, publicly apologize, and completely withdraw from the U-disk industry, the tech industry knew the strength of Dongling High-Tech.

Now in the tech industry, no company dares to easily stroke the tiger's whiskers of Dongling High-Tech or infringe on Dongling High-Tech's patents without permission.

Those copycat manufacturers also dare not unscrupulously copy and paste Dongling High-Tech's products because they know that Dongling High-Tech can really carry a watermelon knife and hack from the Southern Heaven Gate to Penglai East Road; it can really hack them to death!

Now, Li Dongling feels that Dongling High-Tech needs to flex its muscles again in Pingyang to tell those monsters and ghosts in Pingyang, Hanxi, and outside the province that some companies are not to be trifled with!

Now that group of people is just testing the waters at the entrance of the Yuhe Leisure Resort and testing the waters on the material supply for Dongling High-Tech's major projects. If we don't cut off the dog claws of those people, will they dare to run into Dongling High-Tech to collect management fees one day?

If the Yuhe Leisure Resort doesn't pay some "security" fees to certain people, will it not be able to open for business?

For the major projects launched by Dongling High-Tech, such as the Oriental Era Mall and Oriental Jiayuan, if we don't give the sand, cement, and steel supply orders to some sand bully, will the entrance of the project department be blocked by people holding steel pipes and watermelon knives?

Even one day, will there be scenes of Dongling High-Tech's product warehouses being robbed, cargo trucks being hijacked, and factory buildings being "accidentally" set on fire?

The courage of evil people is not practiced in a day or two; it is all tested bit by bit. If they act ruthlessly and unscrupulously without being punished, they will only become more arrogant and domineering.

Li Dongling doesn't want one day for those rats and flies, who have grown fat and oily by eating the dividends brought by Dongling High-Tech in Pingyang, to run in front of him and act tough. That would be too disgusting.

Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, and others also understood Li Dongling's meaning. As the head of Dongling High-Tech's marketing department, Zhang Ao has led his sales staff across the country over the years and fought many hard battles. This includes the physical aspect!

Sometimes, when Dongling High-Tech wants to sell products to a certain region, it's not just about finding an agent, opening a store, and putting things in to sell. If they encounter local bullies, they need to have a real fight with real knives and guns. Dongling High-Tech's marketing department and security department are not just for show!

If they don't defeat the local bullies, the stores won't be able to open locally, and Dongling High-Tech and its products won't be able to sell locally; no distributor will dare to sell them.

"If we want to completely solve that group of people, we need coordination from the Pingyang municipal government, or even the Hanxi provincial government.

It is indeed necessary to have a fight so that Dongling High-Tech's products can enter foreign markets more smoothly in the future!"

Zhang Ao knew exactly what kind of goods those local bullies who made a living through illicit means were. He was extremely supportive of Li Dongling's decision.

Zhang Ao knew the style of those goods; they were typical of those who fear power but not virtue. Reasoning with them was basically useless, and they had the character of dog-skin plasters. Relying on being unreasonable, a hoodlum who had been in prison for further studies could really bully a good family into breaking up and scattering.

For those monsters and ghosts, talking nicely to them is useless. Only when a knife is held to their neck and has already cut into their neck can those goods be made to fear. After all, moral judgment can never replace the judgment of weapons!

Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Gao Peng, and others looked at each other and nodded, clearly agreeing to have a "plow the court and sweep the holes" operation. At the very least, within thirty years, no more stinky fish and rotten shrimp would dare to climb onto Dongling High-Tech's head and run wild!

"Mayor Yao!"

"Chief Secretary Chen!"

"Principal Shen!"

While Li Dongling was talking with Zhang Ao and others, Yao Zhengru, his chief secretary Chen Linfeng, and the principal of Pingyang University, Shen Qingyuan, arrived together.

"What are you talking about that is so serious?"

The relationship between Yao Zhengru and Dongling High-Tech goes without saying. Whoever sits in the position of Pingyang's leader naturally becomes an ally with Dongling High-Tech. There is no estrangement between the two sides. After sitting down, he asked Li Dongling and the others.

From the tense expressions of Li Dongling, Zhang Ao, Ren Yuefeng, and others, Yao Zhengru could see that something seemed to have happened.

Li Dongling looked at Yao Zhengru, whom he hadn't seen for half a year and who had a lot more white hair on his head. Clearly, Yao Zhengru was under a lot of pressure now and was not as infinitely glorious as he appeared on the surface.

"There is indeed something. At the food city stalls outside the entrance of the Yuhe Leisure Resort, there is currently a group of people who are engaging in extortion and bullying the market in the name of collecting management fees!"

Hearing what Li Dongling said, Yao Zhengru, who still had a smile on his face, had the teacup he had just raised suspended in mid-air, his brows locked tightly. Chen Linfeng on the side also showed a look of astonishment.

"In recent years, a large number of migrant workers and permanent residents have flooded into Pingyang every year. It is inevitable that some people making a living through illicit means have flooded in, but Pingyang's dividends should not be snatched away by these people!"

What Li Dongling said was not heavy, but to Yao Zhengru and Chen Linfeng, it was a completely different matter.

Thinking deeper, if Dongling High-Tech moved away due to public security issues, what would that scene be like? Yao Zhengru and Chen Linfeng felt that if that really happened, the sky of the entire Pingyang would likely collapse.

The plans and projects made by the entire Pingyang, not to mention 100%, but most of the projects existed around Dongling High-Tech. If it moved away, let alone those monsters and ghosts, even the entire Pingyang would be in complete chaos!

Yao Zhengru's face turned ashen, and he drank the tea in his hand. No joy or anger could be seen, but as his secretary, Chen Linfeng knew Yao Zhengru's temper. Yao Zhengru rarely showed signs of rage and carried a style of gentleness and elegance, but that didn't mean Yao Zhengru wouldn't take thunderous measures!

Chen Linfeng felt that today, no, for the next month, or even half a year, the Pingyang municipal government, especially the police department, would likely not be able to rest.

"Since this year, is public security in Pingyang not very good?" Yao Zhengru turned his head and asked Chen Linfeng.

"There are some voices, mainly because there are too many outsiders, and some management is not in place!" Chen Linfeng said cautiously.

After hearing this, Yao Zhengru nodded gently. He felt that it was a case of "darkness under the lamp." Since taking office, Yao Zhengru's mind had been on Pingyang's major projects. These were major plans related to Pingyang's next ten or twenty years and had consumed too much energy from him and the Pingyang municipal government. He really hadn't paid much attention to the monsters and ghosts that had suddenly popped up.

Yao Zhengru turned his head and smiled at Li Dongling, his tone not heavy, but Chen Linfeng felt a murderous aura: "In terms of public security, Pingyang must deal with it. We will not let Dongling High-Tech, or any company that has come to Pingyang, or people living in Pingyang, be disturbed by those rats and cockroaches hiding in the sewers!

We must plow the court and sweep the holes and clean them up. If once is not enough, we will do it twice. If Pingyang doesn't have enough manpower, I will go to the provincial capital to move reinforcements!"

Chen Linfeng felt his scalp go numb. He couldn't imagine how much trouble one person could cause. He wondered how many people would be squatting in Pingyang's police stations in the future. If those people knew after going in that they were implicated and pitted in because the group of people collecting management fees at the entrance of the Yuhe Leisure Resort had provoked Dongling High-Tech, he wondered how they would treat those few people?