Chapter 56: Embarrassed

  After watching Qi and Congye leave, Di Rong silently settled the bill and drove away. Back home, Di Rong locked himself in his study and began to carefully calculate.

  I currently have three teams under my hand, one of which is doing daily maintenance work in the iron-making division of a steel company. The monthly net income is not less than several hundred thousand, and if you also count the sales of high furnace slag

  Tens of millions, in a year, the profit brought by the iron-making branch to itself is around 30 million. The second team is in the rolling mill, mainly with two parts of income. One is to help the rolling workshop sweep away the oxide skin and then sell it to the washing machine factory for use as a counterweight block. This item has an annual profit of over 5 million yuan. The second is to undertake the maintenance work of the rolls. Although Di Rong was just a middleman, he could still bring in more than 10 million yuan in income per year.

  The third group was a gang of hoodlums secretly organized by Di Rong, who specialized in lurking around the steel company's perimeter and forcing merchants who came to buy leftover materials from the steel company's rolling mills to purchase them from themselves, thereby earning a hefty commission. Although many merchants were coerced into doing business with Di Rong's underlings due to their intimidating power, some later reported the incident to the factory's security department or even directly to the factory office, exposing Di Rong's gang for their extortionate practices. However, each time, Di Rong would use his money to settle the matter and continue to reap this ill-gotten wealth without any repercussions.

  In the study, Di Rong carefully calculated that these three teams bring in more than 5 million yuan, close to 6 million yuan in income every year. If he offends Qī Wǎn Lì, not only will the first two teams be fired by the steel factory, but also the business of earning processing fees from those merchants outside the stadium will likely come to an end. As long as Qī Wǎn Lì says a word, then within the steel factory, whether it's the security department or the office, no one will dare to continue collecting money for him or doing things for him.

  All this must rely on Qi Wanli, Di Rong is clearer than anyone in his heart. Without Qi Wanli's consent, how could he stand in such a prominent position and make so much money? The annual bidding meeting is about to arrive, if you don't get Qi Wanli's consent, the two teams of the iron smelting plant and the rolling mill will have to roll this year. That's an income of 40 million!

  Di Rong felt like crying, how could he be so unlucky, and coincidentally ran into Cong Ye today. If it were a few more days later, after the bidding meeting was over, there would still be at least a year's time for him to think of a solution. But now, there were less than ten days left.

  What about Yu Xiaopeng's place?

  Di Rong was still thinking about how to find someone to go to Guanhai City to deal with Cong Ye, in order to give Yu Xiao Peng an explanation, but he had been entangled by Ren Yusi's master Zhang Cheng and hadn't found a chance to do so. Now it's even better, not only can't continue to deal with Cong Ye, from the tone of Qi Wanli this afternoon, if he doesn't come up with a result that satisfies Cong Ye, let alone Cong Ye, even Qi Wanli won't let him off.

  "Yu Xiaopeng, Yu Xiaopeng, it's really as the old saying goes: 'Victory or defeat depends on Xiao He.' I recall that if it weren't for your help after Di Rong's incident, I wouldn't be where I am today. But now, walking to this awkward point is also entirely because of listening to your words and dealing with Cong Ye."

  How can this not make Di Rong embarrassed?

  "What should I do?"

  Completely different from Di Rong's embarrassment, Cong Ye followed Qi Wanli back to Qi Jiali's house. The whole family was surprised to see the two return together. After listening to Qi Wanli's explanation, everyone finally understood. Yan Qingcheng, who was the only one who knew about Cong Ye and Di Rong's past conflict, just glanced at Cong Ye and kept quiet among the Qi family members, of course she couldn't ask Cong Ye about the outcome of her meeting with Di Rong.

  "Little sister, didn't you say that you and Di Rong had lunch together at noon?"

  Zi Wanli nodded slightly.

  "In the future, try to have less dealings with that person. Last year, many people reacted to his problem of forcing purchases and sales. The city is very concerned about this. Especially since he actually used underworld forces to attack fellow merchants and intimidate foreign businessmen, causing a significant negative impact on society."

  "Some departments in the factory have also reacted to me, and it will be this year's bidding meeting in a few days. At that time, he will be driven out."

  Zi Jiali's elder brother stopped talking after hearing Zi Wanli say that.

  The old man, who had recovered well in both spirit and body, was quite interested in what they said about Di Rong.

  "Di Rong, there aren't many people with this surname around here. He probably isn't a local, is he?"

  "Dad, no, he's an outsider. But this person is quite capable and has made a name for himself in Four Square City in just a few years. Almost everyone of note in Four Square City knows him."

  Zi Wanli's words sparked the old man's interest, and he kept asking this and that. After circling around, they returned to the topic of the dog meat restaurant at noon again.

  "Xiao Lian, how come you still haven't forgotten about that?"

  "Dad, I almost forgot about it now, we only have it once or twice a year."

  "You are now different from ordinary people. Remember that a person who eats with others has a short temper, and one who takes things from others has a short hand. Never give up your principles for personal gain."

  The old man looked at Cong Ye and asked with a deep sigh of relief after scolding his children:

  "Cong Dafu, you also like eating dog meat?"

  "Grandpa, I've never had a bite of dog meat since I was little."

  "So you followed him too?"

  "Hehe, what a coincidence! Ran into Auntie on the street and we went together."

  "Oh, I thought you also liked eating dog meat and knew that Di Rong guy."

  "Nowhere, Cong Dafu not only didn't know Di Rong, but they also had a past grudge between them."

  Zi Wanli didn't think much and just blurted it out.

  "Oh, this is strange. One is in Guanhai and one is in Sifang City, how did you spend the holiday?"

  "Grandpa, someone asked Di Rong to look for me in Guanhai City and cause trouble, that's why we had a run-in. Today I went out for a stroll, originally wanted to find Di Rong to have a word with him, didn't expect it to be so coincidental."

  "Cong Daifu, isn't it? You just got discharged, when did you offend someone, and now they want to find trouble with you?"

  The more he spoke, the more curious Old Qi became, constantly asking questions and seeking clarification.

  No choice, old kid, old kid. The older people get, the more they become like children. Children are most curious, so Cong Ye told it like a story. Unexpectedly, after Old Master listened, he turned his head to look at his eldest son and asked in a slightly stern voice:

  "Are there still such people here? Is this any different from a black power organization? Do you have to wait until they become powerful, and the people are suffering financially before taking action against them?"

  Then he turned his head and looked at Qi Wanli, asking:

  "What's with Yu Xiaopeng? How can he be so arrogant?"

  "His grandfather and father knew him, he was Yu Lao, the vice minister, his father was the provincial secretary."

  "It's actually the descendant of an old acquaintance, really a high-ranking family with a rebellious son. You all listen to me, if before I take my last breath, you do something unprincipled and lawless, without using public security or the law, I will personally settle you, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the Qi family."

  The old man was clearly enraged, his chest heaving with anger, scaring Qi Jiali's uncle, aunt and uncle's wife to rush over together, wanting to pat the old man's chest, but unexpectedly they were all pushed away by the old man. He then glared at Qi Jiali and said:

  "You're not young anymore, but you still don't have a proper job. Are you planning to idle away for the rest of your life?"

  "Grandpa, I'll start work soon."

  "Where are you going to work?"

  "Great Uncle?"

  "Don't ask about your aunt."

  Aunt?

  This time, the old man didn't stop him.

  "Alright, go report to the steel factory tomorrow and start as a security guard."

  It wasn't until then that the old man's expression eased up.

  Cong Yeshi, who had always been a bystander, did not expect that his words would trigger the old man's anger. Seeing the angry old man still maintaining the dignity of a soldier, he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration from the bottom of his heart.

  Yan Qingcheng, on the other hand, was thinking that if Old Master could continue to intervene in the affairs between Cong Ye and Yu Xiaopeng, he might be able to get rid of the lingering Yu Xiaopeng.

  Not disappointing Yan Qing Cheng, after calming down, Old Master indeed opened his mouth and asked Cong Ye:

  "Tell me, how did you offend Peng?"

  "Grandpa, you've just recovered from your illness, let's talk about it in a couple of days. Besides, it's not a big deal."

  "It's nothing, with you as the doctor, I'm not afraid of any physical problem. Let's talk about it, if it's not yours, I'll take you to apologize to them later. As long as it's not a deep-seated grudge, I can still have a word with Old Yu."

  "It's like this..."

  Congye looked up at Qiji Li's uncle and aunt, seeing that neither of them showed any opposition, so he started to explain from the beginning. The more they listened, the bigger the old man's eyes became, and when Congye finished speaking, the old man stood up with a whoosh.