Chapter 194: The Reason You Can't Lose (Monthly Ticket 6666)

"I'm an outsider?"

When Ailike heard this sentence, he laughed out loud. "My... uncle is the mayor, and I'm an outsider?"

The few small followers beside him were also laughing loudly, as if this was indeed a very funny matter.

But as he laughed, he stopped laughing.

Those small followers also awkwardly couldn't laugh out loud.

For characters like them, the most annoying and disliked thing was having a "master" who was moody; you never knew whether he was laughing or getting angry, just like now.

Everyone was very awkward.

How happily they had just laughed, that was how awkward they were now, fearing that Ailike would come out with a "What are you laughing at."

However, Ailike's focus wasn't on this now. The target of this "rumor" was him; he knew this point very clearly, and the rumor had now isolated him.

People said that if the opera flower of New Jincheng, Sai Lin Na, was picked by an outsider like him, this would be the shame of the young generation in New Jincheng!

This also made the local forces of New Jincheng rarely united in the matter of pursuing Sai Lin Na.

Originally, everyone pursued Sai Lin Na based on their own abilities, but now several young people had been pushed out to concentrate their strength to pick Sai Lin Na, this flower of New Jincheng opera, first.

He wanted to destroy something; his temper was very high now.

In the past few days, he could clearly feel that he was being targeted.

He sent one truck of flowers, and others sent two trucks.

He sent a pearl necklace, and others sent a set of pearl jewelry.

Don't say pearl jewelry isn't valuable; when pearls reach the "jewelry" level, they are also very precious and valuable.

These people made it clear that they wouldn't let him succeed, wanting to suppress him in everything, making him feel uncomfortable.

Sai Lin Na, who originally seemed to have a little interest in him, suddenly became reserved again, and even his invitation for her to have dinner together was refused. Previously, she would sometimes agree.

In short, clearly he had seen a little opportunity, but now it had been extinguished again. He hated these people who spread rumors very much!

As well as this group of people who followed along to make trouble.

He knew this was jealousy, at least that's what he thought, because he was the "little young master" of the mayor's house, while they were not.

They were jealous of his special status, jealous of Mayor Uncle's power, jealous of many things, so they targeted him.

Because he was too excellent.

But still so angry!

"The mayor wants you to go over, Young Master Ailike.", the old butler appeared silently outside Ailike's room. Ailike, who was sulking, glanced at him and hurriedly put away his temper.

This old butler was the mayor's clan uncle and could also be considered Ailike's clan grandfather. Regardless of the other party's status or his importance beside the mayor, he crushed Ailike.

"Okay, I'll go over right away..."

The old butler smiled and turned to leave.

Of course, he saw Ailike's incompetent rage, but he wouldn't say anything about such things.

Today, Mayor Uncle called him over. Actually, Ailike had also heard those rumors, saying that he was actually the product of his mother and the mayor after violating human ethics and morality.

But he didn't care about these rumors at all. So what if it was?

And he faintly hoped that this was true.

Because everything he possessed now was built on the foundation that he was the mayor's illegitimate son. If one day someone proved that he wasn't the mayor's illegitimate son, everything would end.

So he was more eager than anyone else that all this was true. Only if it was true could he forever enjoy everything brought by the mayor's power.

Wealth, status, privilege!

He soon arrived outside the mayor's office. The mayor also had an office in his manor. He stood at the door and knocked.

Before he was allowed to call out the title "Dad," he had to obey all the rules here.

"Come in."

He pushed the door and entered. The first thing he saw was the mayor's personal secretary, a very young person about his age. He was the mayor's uncle's very important assistant and was also pretty good to him.

The two looked at each other and smiled. The secretary gave him a positive look, which meant telling him that the mayor's mood was pretty good now, so don't worry.

This was a tacit understanding unique to people of their age.

Ailike gave an appropriate response to the secretary's kindness. He had some arrogance as a master, so he acted very reserved.

After the secretary left, he came to the middle of the office and stood, looking at his toes with lowered eyebrows and eyes. "Uncle, Butler Grandpa said you were looking for me."

The mayor rubbed his wrists. Several party representatives had already returned yesterday. He arranged for people to go and send them off, and by the way, there were also some local specialties of New Jincheng.

The government affairs that had piled up over the past two days suddenly erupted. He had been dealing with them from morning to night, including today, the weekend, working at home.

He picked up the black tea cup and took a sip. Ailike hurriedly went to bring the teapot that was kept warm on the alcohol stove, poured out the tea that wasn't too cold in the cup, and replaced it with hot tea.

Looking at Ailike's filial appearance, the mayor's mouth corners twitched upward, but he quickly restrained it.

This small action made Ailike's mood improve. Even if Sai Lin Na didn't become his wife in the end, so what?

When his Mayor Uncle became a big figure in the state government, there would be plenty of women wanting to climb into his bed.

"I heard recently that you and those young people have made some trouble?"

Ailike was stunned for a moment, then somewhat worried, and said cautiously, "Didn't expect it to disturb you. I'm pursuing a female opera actor named Sai Lin Na. Don't know who said that if I were to pursue her, it would be the shame of the young generation in New Jincheng."

"Now they are targeting me every day. I've already planned to give up competing with them."

"Give up?", the mayor asked in a very relaxed tone. "Why give up?"

This counter-question made Ailike stunned for a moment. "Because... because would this affect your work, Uncle?"

He was actually very sincere at this time. "I don't hope that because of some things in my private life, it affects your work, Uncle, and creates any misunderstanding."

The mayor's smiling appearance wasn't as serious as the rumors from outsiders at all. "This is no longer your own business, Ailike."

He stood up, a rare behavior. Many times, he wouldn't stand up when talking to Ailike, because a few sentences would finish it.

He wouldn't tell Ailike big principles, just let him do what, don't let him do what, so this was also a feeling Ailike hadn't experienced.

The mayor walked to the window. It wasn't far from March, and the temperature had already returned to above zero. He pushed open the window.

Although the outside was biting, the fresh cold air containing hidden vitality blew in, blowing away the laziness brought by the warmth, making people become spirited.

He took out a cigarette, and Ailike hurriedly took out his pure silver lighter to light it for the mayor.

"Now it's no longer a competition between you and those young people, Ailike. It's a competition between locals and outsiders. Do you understand what I mean?"

Ailike was originally immersed in the feeling of "Mayor Dad is better to me." He was dazed for a while before reacting to the meaning of this sentence. "You mean, they are demonstrating to you?"

This was the only thing he could think of.

The mayor nodded. "They actually opposed my proposition from the beginning, just forced by some pressure and had no way."

"Two years have passed, and they want to test it again."

The original city development plan didn't include the Xingang District.

Until now, the Xingang District hadn't truly been included in the "New Jincheng Administrative Planning Map." It didn't even have a "District" on the map.

It just used "Xingang Pier" to replace it.

Its location was at the westernmost end of the port area, adjacent to the industrial zone. There was a large piece of open space there, and it had a deep-water port not inferior to the New Jincheng Pier.

Those rich people in the Bay Area had invested too much in the New Jincheng Pier. If a new pier area were developed now, it would undoubtedly cause a certain impact on the New Jincheng Pier.

Not to mention anything else, just the utilization rate of the pier would drop, which would make the income of the rich people in the Bay Area drop a lot.

The "New Bay Area" of previous years was said to be a joke to the outside, but in reality, it was a test by the mayor. He wanted to know if anyone in the local upper class stood on his side.

However, he failed. The local upper class huddled very tightly and strongly rejected his ideas, so the development of the Xingang District became slow.

Up to now, the Xingang District only had four piers, one of which was still under construction, and the resistance was very great.

Actually, from the perspective of historical development, developing the Xingang District was the best choice. The seven piers of New Jincheng had already started to trend toward a saturated state, and the utilization rate had reached 80%.

With the rapid development of various levels of countries in the world, New Jincheng would definitely have to bear heavier central scheduling work in the future, and building new piers was imperative.

Moreover, building a new port that would definitely shine in the future would bring the mayor political returns and benefits far higher than the status quo he maintained, and the things he could get by developing the Beach District and Creek Valley District.

But for the rich people now, they were still enjoying the rich returns brought by past investments. Suddenly wanting them to take out a large amount of funds to invest in the Xingang Pier, they weren't very willing.

The old port wasn't even fully loaded, yet thinking about a new port; wasn't this just taking their own money to decorate his political achievements?

Even if they also knew very clearly that this matter might be something that must be done in the future, they didn't want to do it now.

Some contradictions, some conflicts, eventually became a kind of opposition. Once it entered ideological opposition, many things had nothing to do with whether it was reasonable, only with standing in line.

Some rumors targeting Ailike that had suddenly hung up recently, after the mayor knew, he felt it might not be a provocation and test toward himself.

After Party Representative Mike and the others had just left, if this wind blew up, it was hard to say whether those representatives would still recognize him as a capable person.

A capable person couldn't even handle the jurisdiction he governed; you call this capable?

He turned to look at Ailike. "Both are young people; you have to have some blood, go and compete."

"Winning is best, losing doesn't matter!"

Ailike was suddenly full of motivation. Dad is really good to me!

He hurriedly stated his position. "I know what to do!" ===== CHAPTER 195 =====