Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Du Dongliang was terrified when he received the news.

Those people over there are all over eighty years old; if anything happens to any of them...

He'll be in deep trouble.

Du Dongliang didn't dare to delay and led the people from the street office to No. 95 courtyard.

"Stop it, all of you."

When Yi Zhonghai saw Du Dongliang, it was as if he had seen a savior.

"Director Du, you must stand up for us. He Guoqiang is clearly trying to prevent us from building a nursing home."

Du Dongliang already harbored resentment towards He Guoqiang, and upon hearing this, he immediately seized the opportunity to make a fuss.

"He Guoqiang, what exactly do you want?"

He Guoqiang said matter-of-factly, "I didn't do anything. It was just that Director Du said it wasn't good for my house to be idle."

When I thought about it, I realized that made sense.

Houses that are left unoccupied for extended periods are indeed prone to deterioration.

"Aren't I arranging for people to move in right now?"

Yi Zhonghai said with dissatisfaction, "You clearly didn't want to sell the house, so you deliberately arranged for this person to do so."

"Look at what you're saying. I never even considered selling the house."

"I won't sell the house whether anyone lives in it or not," He Guoqiang said.

Du Dongliang also believes that He Guoqiang deliberately arranged for people to obstruct the sale of the house.

If He Guoqiang really sends someone in, the nursing home won't get this achievement.

Du Dongliang did not want He Guoqiang's people to move in.

However, Du Dongliang had no way to stop it.

Even resorting to methods like contacting superiors, Du Dongliang had run out of options.

After thinking it over, Du Dongliang concluded that He Guoqiang was just trying to extort money from this incident.

People like He Guoqiang, with his background, love doing this kind of thing.

Du Dongliang called Yi Zhonghai aside to discuss matters.

"Uncle Yi, you've seen it too. He Guoqiang is completely unreasonable and refuses to sell the house."

I think he probably thought the price was too low and wanted to take the opportunity to charge more.

Yi Zhonghai said very firmly, "He just wants to extort money from people."

"Director Du, please have the police station arrest him."

Du Dongliang thought to himself, if he had that ability, he would have arranged to deal with He Guoqiang long ago.

"Uncle Yi, the police need evidence to arrest people. We don't have any evidence, so we can't arrest them."

Yi Zhonghai was well aware of this.

The world is different now. Young people are quick to shout for the rule of law and to call the police.

"What should we do then? We can't let him bring people in."

"It's easy to get in, but it'll be troublesome to get rid of you later."

Du Dongliang felt much more at ease knowing that Yi Zhonghai knew all this.

"Uncle Yi, this is what I think. He doesn't want to sell the house because he thinks the price is too low."

We can just raise the price a bit, won't that solve the problem?

Don't you have Taiwanese businessmen behind you?
They have money, they don't care about this little bit.

Yi Zhonghai instinctively didn't want to.

The money wasn't actually his, but he was reluctant to give it to outsiders.

"Director Du, no, that won't do. He Guoqiang is just a thug and a scoundrel."

No matter how much money you give him, he will never be satisfied.

If I give too much, I won't know how to explain it to Qi Hao.

Du Dongliang patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, with me here, I definitely won't let him ask for an exorbitant amount."

“Then I have no way to explain this to Qi Hao.” Yi Zhonghai was still unhappy.

Du Dongliang said, "How about this, I'll go with you to find Mr. Jin."

Yi Zhonghai tilted his head and looked at Du Dongliang.

Du Dongliang explained, "That's how it is. Our subdistrict office also wants to attract investment."

I'd like to discuss investment attraction with Mr. Jin.

"What can our subdistrict office possibly have?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

"Our subdistrict office has a lot of resources. Our subdistrict is so big, with a large population and many opportunities. We can talk about that later. Tell me about the housing situation first."

If this isn't resolved quickly, He Guoqiang will send someone down.

If that were the case, things would be even more complicated. Since this wasn't the time to discuss investment, Du Dongliang didn't elaborate.

Yi Zhonghai also knew that the most urgent task was to stop He Guoqiang from arranging for people.

Inviting a god is easy, but sending him away is difficult.

If we were to let someone move in and then make them leave, it would definitely cost a lot of extra money.

That would be even less cost-effective.

"Director Du, I can agree, but the price can't be too high."

“It certainly won’t be too high. Let’s raise it by another 10%.” Du Dongliang thought for a moment: “If he agrees, then everyone will be happy.”

If he doesn't agree, I'll charge him with extortion and have the police arrest him.

Yi Zhonghai did the math silently for a moment, then agreed.

Du Dongliang then approached He Guoqing and said, "Isn't all you want money?"
Grandpa Yi has already agreed to raise the price by another 10%. He Guoqing, I'm warning you, know when to stop.

"Ha ha……"

He Guoqiang laughed so hard he bent over, and his underlings all joined in the laughter.

Du Dongliang was annoyed by their expressions: "What are you laughing at?"

"Who told you I wanted money? Director Du, let me tell you plainly, no matter how much money you offer, I won't sell it."

"I have plenty of money."

Du Dongliang angrily pointed at He Guoqiang: "Do you know that Yi Zhonghai and his group bought the house to build a nursing home?"

That's doing a good deed.

Even if you don't support him, you shouldn't stop him.

One shouldn't be too selfish.

He Guoqiang chuckled: "Well, Director Du, you're becoming more and more like that hypocrite Yi Zhonghai."

Do you know who's going to live in my house?

"Who are they for?" Du Dongliang did see quite a few elderly people, but he assumed they were Yi Zhonghai's men.

It's perfectly normal for Yi Zhonghai to want to run a nursing home and have elderly people there.

Du Dongliang never imagined that these elderly people would be He Guoqiang's men.

He Guoqiang said, "These houses of mine are for my workers' parents to live in free of charge."

If you don't believe me, you can ask them.

Du Dongliang looked at Yi Zhonghai with a puzzled expression.

He Guoqiang said, "Why are you looking at him? Isn't he going to open a nursing home?"
I was thinking that since those workers were working outside and their parents had no one to take care of them, I let them stay here.

That way, we can look out for each other.

Yi Zhonghai said, "Director Du, don't listen to his nonsense. He's just using these people as a cover."

Just as He Guoqiang was about to say something, Zheng Qiang walked in with his wife and luggage.

"Yi Zhonghai, you're talking nonsense. It's okay for you to do good deeds, but not for President He to do good deeds?"

Zheng Qiang is a long-time resident of Jiaodaokou Subdistrict and has visited the subdistrict office many times.

Du Dongliang had met him a few times.

"Uncle Zheng, what's going on?"

Zheng Qiang said loudly, "When President He learned about my family's difficulties, he asked us to move into his house."

Not only did they not charge me money, they also gave me 100 yuan every month.

Director Du, President He is a good person.

You mustn't listen to that hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, who twists the truth.

“Zheng Qiang, you’re the one who’s twisting the truth. If He Guoqiang is a good person, then there are no bad people in this world,” Yi Zhonghai retorted, dissatisfied.

Zheng Qiang said matter-of-factly, "Of course there are. Aren't you, Yi Zhonghai, one of them?"
You keep talking about running a nursing home, but you don't want us, your struggling neighbors, to stay.

What kind of nursing home are you running?

For the sake of money, Zheng Qiang didn't care about offending Yi Zhonghai.

That's right. Yi Zhonghai is an orphan; what right does he have to stand above everyone and act arrogantly?

This means we tried other courtyards instead of the one in courtyard number 95.

Zheng Qiang already looked down on people like Yi Zhonghai, and after the conflict, he looked down on Yi Zhonghai even more.

Seeing that Zheng Qiang didn't seem to be lying, Du Dongliang immediately felt a headache coming on. (End of Chapter)