159: Chapter 157 Li Dajiang’s Suggestion 159: Chapter 157 Li Dajiang’s Suggestion After hanging up on Ye Qingqing’s call, Chen Hai took out a cigarette and lit it for himself again.
Should he go to Ye Qingqing’s room to fix the water heater?
He was struggling internally and was still undecided.
If it were any other woman, calling him at this time to say something about a broken water heater or a clogged drain, he would definitely have gone without a second thought.
But Ye Qingqing was different; she had a very strong background.
Just the mention of her parents’ names was enough to scare a boss like Li Dajiang, who would directly call him Young Master Chen.
What would he do after fixing the water heater this time?
If he dared to take advantage of the situation and then deny it, not mentioning others, her brother Ye Cheng alone could probably lead his men to hunt Chen Hai down all over the world.
Should he resign himself to fate and be with Ye Qingqing?
Recalling his experience from the afternoon, Chen Hai felt a chill.
If he had to live days like that every day, he would rather remain single for life.
“No, I definitely won’t go.”
“Young people, when you are out and about, you must remember to protect yourselves.”
“I am vowed to become a true practitioner of Tao Cultivation, all temptations for me are but illusory bubbles…”
His head shaking like a bobblehead, Chen Hai muttered to himself.
With a decision in mind, he picked up the phone from the bedside table and started dialing.
“Hello, is this guest services?
Room 1807 here, there’s no hot water, the water heater might be broken, can you send someone to take a look?”
After hanging up the phone for room service, Chen Hai sat cross-legged on the bed and began his Cultivation.
But with this Cultivation he couldn’t find the right feeling, unable to calm his mind at all.
His mind was full of images of Ye Qingqing, floating around incessantly.
“No thoughts of women, Cultivation naturally becomes divine; no wonder those martial arts novels say, to practice such arts, one must first be castrated.”
“Women, especially beautiful women like Ye Qingqing, are the biggest mental barriers on my path of Cultivation…”
Unable to enter Meditation, Chen Hai sighed helplessly.
Since he couldn’t Cultivate, he simply stopped trying and lay down on the bed.
“One sheep, two sheep, three sheep…”
Counting sheep while staring at the ceiling, he eventually drifted off to sleep.
…
In Haizhu City, West District, inside a detention room of a certain police station.
A small space of several square meters was crammed with more than twenty people.
These people were the unlucky ones caught in tonight’s anti-prostitution operation.
“Li, you introduced me to such a great place; I hadn’t even taken off my pants when I was directly caught and brought here!”
“Zhang, how was I supposed to know that they would raid the place suddenly.
Last time I entertained a client there, we really had a wild time, right?
It’s just bad luck for us!”
“Stop talking nonsense, I’ve only come to the Mainland twice, I’m not familiar with it.
You have a factory here, you should have some connections, right?”
“I just want to ask one thing, when can we get out?
If this news gets back to Tai Island, my Zhang Family’s reputation will be thoroughly ruined…”
Li Dajiang and Zhang Zhongxiao, both with faces full of misery, huddled in a corner of the detention room.
Although they were not young, they knew how to have a good time—just the two of them in a room, yet surrounded by five or six girls.
Hearing Zhang Zhongxiao ask when they could get out, Li Dajiang fell silent and stopped talking.
He had some connections here, but they were all introduced to him by Ms.
Lin from Adidas.
If Li Dajiang had to ask someone for help, undoubtedly, news of tonight’s events would reach Ms.
Lin’s ears.
What would Li Dajiang do then?
If because of this incident Ms.
Lin decided to sever ties with him, his Huangxin Shoes might just collapse.
You should know, almost all current orders in his factory were arranged by Ms.
Lin!
“Both of you, you were at the White Horse Club like me when you were caught?”
The detention room was crowded, and though Li Dajiang and Zhang Zhongxiao spoke quietly, their conversation inevitably reached others’ ears.
The one speaking to them now was a man in his forties with a beer belly sitting next to them.
“I’m telling you, without strong connections, don’t expect to be released within two or three days.
Just accept your fate and don’t fantasize about getting out.”
“Places like White Horse Club are normally not targeted.”
“The reason for this raid, I heard from a friend when I called for help, is that the club’s owner offended some big shot.”
“My friend told me to just accept my fate and stay here for a couple of days…”
The chubby man heaved a sigh and then leaned in closer to Li Dajiang and Zhang Zhongxiao, lowering his voice to add one more thing.
“What?
We have to stay for two to three days?”
Zhang Zhongxiao’s expression changed drastically, and he gritted his teeth, glaring at Li Dajiang, “Li, you truly screwed me over this time!”
“Three days from now, over at Tai Island, I have a very important contract to sign.”
“That contract is tied to the ownership of stocks in several companies of our family.”
“If I can’t be there as scheduled, the losses…”
At that point, Zhang Zhongxiao’s face contorted in pain, his expression suggesting that he might just devour Li Dajiang’s heart.
Hearing the severity in his voice, Li Dajiang looked guilt-stricken.
He bowed his head and squatted on the ground, silently.
If what that fat man just said was indeed true, even if Li Dajiang risked falling out with Ms.
Lin, by tapping into his connections, it likely wouldn’t be very effective.
After all, the people he knew were influential only around his factory located in Xiang State, quite a distance from the West District where the White Horse Club was located.
“Right, Chen Hai…”
Speechless from Zhang Zhongxiao’s scolding, and his head almost between his legs, suddenly, something occurred to him and he felt as if a light bulb turned on.
“Zhang, I know someone, and he has solid connections.
If we ask for his help, we might be able to leave here quickly!” Li Dajiang whispered close to Zhang Zhongxiao’s ear.
“Who?”
“That Chen Hai, the guy you bought the nose snuff bottle from!”
“Him?
I could tell by looking at him that he’s just a peasant from the countryside.
Does he really have that much influence to get us out?
He must be bluffing you!”
Zhang Zhongxiao scoffed disdainfully, utterly disbelieving Li Dajiang’s words.
“Zhang, don’t underestimate him; the man truly has capabilities.”
“To be honest, my business thrives in large part due to his advice.”
“According to him, there’s a big shot who owes him a huge favor.
If he uses that favor, getting us out would be just a matter of speaking a word.”
Li Dajiang quickly explained, then shrugged his shoulders and added, “For me, being locked up for two or three days really isn’t a big deal.”
“Those managers and supervisors are there in the factory; it operates just fine without me being there.”
“Really, the one in a hurry here is you, Zhang!”
“If you don’t want to miss the contract signing three days from now, asking Chen Hai for help might be a solution.”
At this, Li Dajiang paused his speech, waiting for Zhang Zhongxiao to respond.
“If there really is no other option, then I’ll have to follow your suggestion and give that Chen Hai a try!”
Upon mentioning the contract due in three days, Zhang Zhongxiao’s face registered resignation, and he sighed deeply.
Of course, his action was merely grasping at straws, not actually believing Li Dajiang’s words entirely.
Seeing Zhang Zhongxiao nodding in agreement to his suggestion, Li Dajiang moved closer and continued, “Asking Chen Hai for help will require using that big shot’s favor he’s owed.”
“We can’t just ask him to help us out without offering something in return!”
“The last time he gave me advice, I gave him 10 percent of the shares in Huangxin Shoes!”
“As far as I know, your Zhang Family owns quite a few businesses, and though you hold not a large portion of shares, the annual dividends are substantial!”
“When it comes to compensation, you can’t be stingy; otherwise, I can’t even bring myself to ask for his help!”
As a good brother, having given Chen Hai some shares himself made Li Dajiang feel somewhat more balanced if Zhang Zhongxiao also gave some shares to Chen Hai.
His words hinted at that intention, though not explicitly stated.
“Zhang, if it weren’t for our thirty-year friendship, knowing what kind of person you are,”
“I might actually suspect that you were trying to trick me, collaborating with that Chen fellow to target the shares in my hand!”
Zhang Zhongxiao rolled his eyes at Li Dajiang and sighed heavily.
If it weren’t for the criticality of the contract signing in three days, he’d have truly loved to kick Li Dajiang right then.
“Alright, let’s do as you say, as long as that Chen Hai really can use his connections to get me out!”
“I’ll pick a poorly performing company from my holdings and give him some of its shares!”
After mulling it over for quite a bit, Zhang Zhongxiao finally conceded.
Frowning and pondering for a moment, he continued, “My big brother, Zhang Zhongmo, abandoned the well-established family business five or six years ago to start his own.”
“The company he founded was not favored by anyone back then, but because we were close, I invested some money in it.”
“Over the years, his company has kept losing money.
Not seeing a dime in dividends was bearable, but each year I also had to inject a substantial amount of money.”
“You just want me to do the same as you, giving some shares to Chen Hai, right?”
“Fine, I’ll give him five percent of the shares I control in my brother’s company!”
“After all, being a Mainlander, he has no idea nor understanding of what that company is really like, so let him fill in the hole once the time comes!”
At this point, Zhang Zhongxiao even chuckled slyly a few times.
At the moment, he looked quite pleased with himself, throwing a challenging glance at Li Dajiang.
“You’re still as shrewd as ever!”
Rolling his eyes at Zhang Zhongxiao in annoyance, Li Dajiang added, “It’s still the middle of the night.
First thing tomorrow morning, I’ll have a good talk with the officers here, let them allow me to make a phone call!”