Sole decision

Pei Zhaoxue's sudden accident did not affect the progress of this project. The Zhou family first confirmed the content, and soon the other families also signed. In this way, it is not difficult to force Zhang Wenjie to agree.Even though Zhang Wenjie was full of dissatisfaction in his heart, the forces of all parties were currently entangled with each other. After weighing the pros and cons, he could only retreat.

Soon, he received a secret message. It turned out that Pei Zhaoxue was attacked by someone when he was abroad. He was quite shocked. No wonder Pei Zhaoxue never appeared again.But now, according to the information he has, the person who did the tricks should be one of the remaining families.

This matter is easy to reason about. The money is earned so smoothly, it is inevitable that they will be the first to seek more. If there is any accident to Pei Zhaoxue, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Zhou family.Zhou Ce trusted Pei Zhaoxue so much, and he was responsible for everything. If something happened to him, it would definitely disrupt the rhythm, which would be good for the Zhou family. At this time, they are taking advantage of the chaos, and it is not certain who will win in the end.

Zhang Wenjie decided to take a step back and wait for the results of their fight. Some losses are not relevant at the moment, and we need to think about the problem with a long-term perspective.

He planned well and executed according to his own plan.In terms of the division of the subsequent projects, he did not have any objection to Pei Zhaoxue's allocation. Instead, he found that there seemed to be a disagreement between the Jin and Bai families, and both Jin Rongda and Bai Zhengqing came to contact him in private and said some ambiguous words.

This made Zhang Wenjie feel that this seemingly majestic building had begun to show signs of loosening, and he could carry out the last and most critical step according to his plan.

The ban on guns in Lucheng was announced not long after Zhang Wenjie disclosed the information to Zhou Ce, and it will be automatically implemented at the beginning of the new year.

Previously, although guns were not allowed in Lucheng, it was definitely not chaos. Most of the gunshots that could be heard came from family or gang fights. Ordinary people were far away from the bloody world.So this move is aimed at these people who live in the underground kingdom. On the surface, they can't help but shoot, and Lucheng is harmonious.

As the biggest force in Lucheng at present, Zhou Ce did not express any public opinions on this, and other families could only slander.When the new year comes, everyone will acquiesce.

In Zhou Ce's view, the deterrent significance of the ban on guns is far greater than the actual significance.Now no one can break through the world with just a gun. The age of heroes that our parents were obsessed with is over.And he had expected it a long time ago, so he didn't care.

With the disappearance of gunshots, another change in Lucheng is the tax reform, and the one that has the most significant impact on these big families is the system merger.Previously, their operations in Lucheng and their operations in other regions were taxed in two systems. Lucheng's transportation was developed, and most of them were trade exchanges. Lucheng's local enterprises had considerable preferential policies for taxation of foreign capital.

But now it is unified into one line, which is not painful for small and medium-sized enterprises, but it is a lot of money for those behemoths.The most obvious pain is actually the joint project of the Zhou family.

And this is not only related to the Zhou family, but to the United Chamber of Commerce in Lucheng.

Liu Rui was negotiating as a representative, and the other party didn't lose face. We can talk about it, but there must be reasons and conditions.Taxation affects the whole body. Although their taxation has been increased, at the same time, Lucheng has also promulgated other infrastructure projects and people's livelihood construction projects. Where does the money come from?Someone must pay for it.

As the most ordinary citizens of Lucheng, they don't care about how much those families earn, they only care about whether their lives are good or not.So even if Liu Rui tried his best to fight for it, he couldn't fight against the general trend.

The current situation is quite embarrassing for Liu Rui. Although the United Chamber of Commerce is a collective covenant, the actual conditions of large and small families and companies within the chamber of commerce are different. When interests diverge, opinions cannot be unified.

Liu Rui felt that Zhou Ce was also reluctant. When he asked Zhou Ce directly, Zhou Ce just thought about it and said that he didn't really care.Liu Rui saw that his attitude and expression didn't seem to be perfunctory to himself, so he asked in detail, Zhou Ce got up from the sofa and walked to the window, looking at the clouds outside, his eyes were a little empty.Liu Rui didn't dare to disturb Zhou Ce. After waiting for a while, Zhou Ce suddenly smiled, and then put away his smile again, sighing as if he had something on his mind.

"What's wrong?" Liu Rui asked.

"It's nothing." Zhou Ce said, "It just suddenly occurred to me that there are no four seasons in Lucheng, so there are no words that hurt spring and autumn. I didn't understand it at first, but I didn't understand it until I saw the seasons after I left home. It is short, and when you are in it, you often don't notice it, don't know how to cherish it, and lose it, so you can only remember it out of thin air." He bowed his head and said to himself silently, "I can't keep it, I really... can't keep it."

Liu Rui only thought that Zhou Ce fell into sadness. Although he was deep in thought, he was still too young. He had never had many experiences in life, and he was a little confused, so he said with the attitude of someone who has experienced it: "You still have a wonderful life. , don’t be so sentimental, when you become an old man like me, you will find that life is just a passing cloud, and at the end of your life, you may not even remember the regrets when you were young, so it doesn’t matter what can be kept and what can be kept Can’t hold it anymore. In the end, everything will turn into a handful of loess.”

Zhou Ce turned his head to look at Liu Rui, thoughtful, and then slowly turned his head to look outside. There was his reflection on the glass. Liu Rui seemed to sneer when he saw him, and heard him say, "But I'm not reconciled."

It wasn't the first time Bai Zhengqing had received an invitation from Pei Zhaoxue, but he didn't realize the difference this time until he entered the room.

This time it was just him.

Pei Zhaoxue sat at the table, and when he saw Bai Zhengqing, he just nodded symbolically. Bai Zhengqing exchanged some greetings, but Pei Zhaoxue didn't speak, neither did Bai Zhengqing.After a while, he asked Pei Zhaoxue who else was coming, and Pei Zhaoxue said that this was a private meeting between the two of them.

Bai Zhengqing smiled and said, "Zhaoxue, you might as well speak up."

"You know all about the recent events." Pei Zhaoxue said, "The contract for the latest batch of goods will be signed next week. This is the largest investment and the most lucrative return."

"That's right." Bai Zhengqing nodded, "I didn't expect Zhang Wenjie to agree to sign. However, the new decree was promulgated this year, and we don't know how much money we can get. Now everything has not been determined, and it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of long nights and dreams. What, is there any news from you?"

Pei Zhaoxue shook his head, but did not speak.Ever since Bai Zhengqing came into contact with Pei Zhaoxue, he found that he was often like this, disconnected while chatting, and fell into a brief silence. He didn't know if he was thinking about something, or he was really in a daze, or he didn't want to care about others at all, so he always went to himself. in the world.

Bai Zhengqing was not in a hurry, he took a sip of tea, and when the teacup was put back on the table, Pei Zhaoxue opened his mouth.

"I want you...don't sign."

Bai Zhengqing was startled.