Reborn in the red age

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm not hurt. It's just a small incident. I've seen a lot of storms and waves. I'm not even scared."

"No need to come, no need to come, just go to work peacefully and take good care of the children at home."

"Yes, yes, yes, you don't have to come. You and dad should eat and drink at home. I'm not injured at all. It was just a fight. I have more than a dozen bodyguards around me. Each of them has an air rifle and they are all veterans. How could I be beaten down by a mob?"

"Okay, okay, that's it. I got another call."

Before the interview began, Li Qingfeng had already informed his family not to worry, as the news in the newspapers were all fake.

It was only after the next morning's morning paper, when all newspapers across the country reprinted the Special Zone News' news, that family members inevitably called again to inquire.

Every call was explained patiently, and the strong voice showed that Qingfeng Li was indeed not injured, so his family felt relieved.

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There was a knock on the ward door, and Qingfeng Li hung up the phone and let the person in.

He Guangqin walked into the ward and reported to Li Qingfeng: "Teacher Li, the leader of the Special Administrative Region is here. Do you want to meet him today?"

"Well, if I want to meet him, I have to wait for him to come. If I don't meet him when he comes, then who am I putting on this show for?" Li Qingfeng threw the phone on the table, lay back on the bed, and planned to meet the local leaders.

In an era when economic development had long been determined as the center, the shooting of a top entrepreneur like Li Qingfeng in the local area was undoubtedly a major event that shocked the whole country.

For the local area, it is a major event that is enough to cause a stir in the officialdom. If it is not handled properly, it will inevitably have a huge negative impact on the local investment environment.

If the incident continues to ferment and causes the public to question the local investment environment and public security conditions, it will seriously affect subsequent investment promotion work.

The local leaders of Pengcheng arrived as soon as the news spread, but the problem that Li Qingfeng wanted to solve was beyond the ability of the leaders of Pengcheng to solve.

Seeing that it was a waste of words, he politely declined their request for a meeting, saying that he was tired and needed to rest.

One night later, the leaders of the special zone rushed over from the provincial capital. The person Li Qingfeng was waiting for had arrived, so naturally he had to meet him.

When leader Wen Haoyu and his secretary walked into the ward, Li Qingfeng bowed slightly with a smile on his face: "Leader, I'm sorry to trouble you to come all the way here."

Wen Haoyu waved his hand, walked quickly to Li Qingfeng's bedside, and said apologetically: "Mr. Li, since I learned that you were shot, I have been worried all night. If I hadn't been unable to leave, I would have been here last night."

"Thank you for your concern, I was just a little frightened, nothing serious, sorry for the trouble."

"What's the point of bothering? This happened in broad daylight, and we have an unshirkable responsibility. Don't worry, we will investigate it thoroughly and give you a satisfactory explanation."

Li Qingfeng waved his hand and said with a smile: "What do you mean by thorough investigation or not? I'm not a big shot, and this is not an assassination. It's just a conflict caused by checking the temporary residence permit. But the location is wrong. It's in someone else's village, which led to the escalation of the conflict."

Since receiving the news from above, we have thoroughly investigated the reasons why Li Qingfeng and others had a conflict.

Wen Haoyu naturally knew what was going on. He investigated it thoroughly, but he just said it casually to comfort Li Qingfeng.

So many villagers were involved this time, we couldn't arrest them all just to vent our anger on Qingfeng Li, right? The so-called strict investigation meant dealing with the crew-head who fired the first shot, removing all the village leaders, and letting them go back to being farmers.

Wen Haoyu was confused by this. If he had no intention of making a big deal out of it, why did he take the initiative to call the reporters over? Couldn't he handle it privately?
Although he didn't understand, Wen Haoyu continued, "The nature of this matter is bad. We can't take it lightly no matter what. We also know that there may be some problems in the grassroots work. This is a good opportunity to rectify it."

Li Qingfeng did not continue with Wen Haoyu's words, but asked an irrelevant question: "Leader, do you know Zhangmutou?"

"Yes, that place existed when the country was first founded. It used to house disaster victims. In 82, it was changed into a shelter to send those homeless people in the city back to their registered places of residence."

"When I was threatened by the public security team, they said that once I went to Zhangmutou, I would be beaten for a few days. Several people would be beaten to death every month. If I didn't pay to redeem them, I would have to do hard labor for another three months. Is this true?"

Wen Haoyu was not in a position to answer this question, so his secretary Ma Tianbo immediately took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, these are just rumors heard from others, right? The Zhangmutou Shelter is a formal management organization. Although there may be some minor flaws in the management process, there will definitely be no such illegal and disorderly things happening."

"Really? Then let's go and see for ourselves. We'll know whether it's true or not at a glance," said Li Qingfeng with a smile.

Li Qingfeng's unconventional approach made Ma Tianbo stunned.

Damn, this is against the rules.

They've already said it's a rumor, but you still want to go and see it in person. Aren't you giving me any face at all?
What the secretary said, to a certain extent, represented Wen Haoyu's thoughts. Although he was unhappy that Li Qingfeng did not give him face, he would not directly refuse such a small matter as inspecting the shelter, and agreed to it on the spot.

Seeing that his boss was about to agree, he quickly interrupted and said, "Boss, Mr. Li just had a shock and hasn't recovered yet. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go and check it out now, right?"

(Boss was an early name for direct supervisors, and was not banned until 14)
"I'm fine, just a little frightened. Look at my rosy face, I don't look injured at all. Let's just go directly." While saying this, Li Qingfeng got off the bed and began to pack his clothes, as if he was going to leave immediately.

Ma Tianbo was secretly annoyed, but he had to force a smile on the surface: "Boss Li, you are too impatient. If you go to inspect the shelter, you should at least inform them in advance so that they can prepare and arrange a suitable process so that you can see it comprehensively and clearly, right?"

"Secretary Ma, I just want to see the real daily status of this shelter. If we notify and prepare in advance, will what we see be the real situation?" Li Qingfeng glanced at Ma Tianbo with a smile, then looked at Wen Haoyu and asked, "Leader, do you think I am right?"

Facing Li Qingfeng's gaze, Wen Haoyu secretly groaned.

How could Wen Haoyu not know about his secretary's reaction just now? There must be something fishy going on.

He wanted to refuse, but seeing that Li Qingfeng was determined to go, he had no choice but to agree. On the way there, he would find a way to have someone inform the shelter and ask them to cover it up as much as possible so as not to make it too embarrassing.

Seeing that his boss agreed, Ma Tianbo secretly groaned in his heart. Wen Haoyu was in a high position and had no idea what the normal nature of grassroots staff was like, but how could he, Ma Tianbo, not know?
In this day and age, no place is clean, let alone a department that has great power and faces the lower class. The shelter is a place with no opportunities for advancement, and the people who work there are basically unlucky people with no hope of a career.

This group of people have some mental problems to a greater or lesser extent. Faced with the lowest level of society, they are willing to do anything outrageous in order to satisfy their desire for power.

Who knows, as Qingfeng Li said, the shelter might really become a hell on earth.

Li Qingfeng quickly put on his clothes, tidied himself up briefly, and urged Wen Haoyu and others to set off.

Wen Haoyu sighed helplessly, and calmly winked at Ma Tianbo, asking him to find a way to notify the shelter.

The two of them exchanged glances, and were always within Li Qingfeng's sight.

How could Li Qingfeng give them the chance to notify him? He calmly glanced at He Guangqin who was standing beside him. He Guangqin nodded slightly, indicating that everything had been arranged.

As the group walked out of the hospital, the first thing they saw was a luxury bus.

Wen Haoyu and Ma Tianbo looked at each other and had no choice but to get on the luxury bus.

After getting on the car, Ma Tianbo was even more shocked. There were actually more than ten people sitting in the car. Looking at the press cards and cameras hanging around their necks, Ma Tianbo thought to himself that something was wrong.

This Li Qingfeng is really ruthless. He actually arranged reporters long ago. He is determined to expose the matter of the shelter completely without leaving any way out. Now we can only hope that the shelter will not go too far.

Wen Haoyu was not very happy in his heart, but due to the presence of reporters and Li Qingfeng's identity, he could not show anything.

Looking at the expressions of the two people, Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "I'm sorry, boss. These are all reporters who have been invited to do publicity for the upcoming launch of Ziyun Equipment. I don't have much time, so I just made an appointment with them on the way and did the interview along the way. The schedule is a bit tight, please don't mind."

Qingfeng Li had said so. Even if Wen Haoyu knew that he had arranged this on purpose, what could he say? He could only force a smile, nod and casually agree with a few words.

Seeing his look, Qingfeng Li didn't talk to him for long. He sat in the back row and began to formally accept interviews from reporters.

In order to go public and raise funds, Li Qingfeng plans to learn from Jia Yueting who will return to China next week and create some new words, such as empowerment, gripper, combination punch, vertical field, etc.

Unfortunately, these reporters had no interest in the listing of Ziyun Equipment. They were all asking about the attack on Li Qingfeng yesterday. They wasted the new words they had recalled after much thought. It seemed that they could only use them next time.

Zhangmutou is not far from Pengcheng, less than 50 kilometers away. At present, the transportation network of the main roads in the special zone has been completed, and the transportation is quite convenient. After a while, the bus and a row of convoys following behind it stopped steadily in front of the gate of the Zhangmutou shelter.

The door of the shelter was closed tightly, and a dull and oppressive atmosphere emanated from the rusty iron door.

Ma Tianbo got off the bus first, and quickly came to the security booth with his ID. Before the other party could react, he said in a low and rapid voice: "There are provincial leaders and reporters on the bus, and they want to go in for inspection. Stop them first, and then quickly report to your superiors and ask them to clean up the mess inside."

"Ah? The leader is here? And there are reporters too." When the security guard at the booth heard what Ma Tianbo said, his face turned pale and he trembled as he tried to grab the phone next to him.

Then, before the security guard's hand could touch the phone, it was held down by a strong hand.

The security guard looked up in horror, only to see that He Guangqin had been standing in front of the gate, looking at him seriously.

He Guangqin pushed his glasses and threatened, "Comrade, don't even think about notifying the leaders to clean up inside. You know how big the matter is. If you cooperate with us to inspect, the most you can do is lose your job. If you stop us from going in, you might become an accomplice."

"No, I don't dare. What happens inside has nothing to do with me. I'm just a gatekeeper." The security guard was so scared that his voice was shaking and he quickly took his hand away from the phone.

The security guard knows best how dark this shelter is, having worked here for so long. With such a big fuss, the affairs of the shelter are bound to be exposed.

If he is really convicted of being an accomplice, he might be shot.

Ma Tianbo was able to become the leader's secretary, so he must be a shrewd man. Just by looking at the expression on the security guard's face, he knew that this was no small matter and might even get outed.

If Li Qingfeng did not get involved, the matter could be suppressed, but would Li Qingfeng not get involved?

With the cooperation of the security guards, the gate of the shelter slowly opened and the convoy drove smoothly into the Zhangmutou shelter.

Inside the shelter, the director, who was urgently arranging the transfer of a body, saw the gate open and the convoy coming in. He immediately fell to the ground and muttered quietly, "It's over, it's over, everything is over."

Although Ma Tianbo failed to deliver the message successfully, the police car following behind, looking at the direction of the bus, roughly guessed where it was going and informed the shelter as soon as it was about to arrive.

Unfortunately, the time was too short. It was impossible to clear all the evidence within ten minutes, and there was no chance to move a body.

When I got off the bus, I saw a car in front of the building and a group of people seemed to be transporting something.

Li Qingfeng asked He Guangqin to go forward and take a look.

He Guangqin, who went to check with two bodyguards, had just opened the zipper of the bag on the ground when he was so frightened that his face turned pale as paper. He stepped back violently, and his stomach churned and he vomited.

The two bodyguards stepped forward and took a look. When they saw what was in the bag, their faces changed.

One of them shouted in the direction of Li Qingfeng: "Chairman, it's a dead body!"

As soon as these words came out, before Li Qingfeng could react, the reporters rushed over with their cameras and video cameras like sharks smelling blood. (End of this chapter)