When he went to Yanjing with Lin Guodong, Zheng Jianhua didn't follow him, which made Li Xiaoning a little worried about whether it would be awkward for him and Lin Guodong alone.
Liu Qifeng and Xue Guoping came to see Lin Guodong off at the airport in person. Their cars had special passes and drove directly to the boarding apron. They watched Lin Guodong and Li Xiaoning get on the plane before the two big bosses from Binhai City left.
Lin Guodong closed his eyes and rested as soon as he got on the plane, probably because he hadn't slept all night. This made Li Xiaoning breathe a sigh of relief. He was still a little uncomfortable being alone with Lin Guodong, and he was also tired after a long night. As soon as I relaxed, I fell asleep unconsciously.
It took more than two hours to fly from Binhai to Yanjing. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed. Li Xiaoning walked in front with a simple luggage, and Lin Guodong followed empty-handed. As soon as he left the airport, the Jiangdong Provincial Office in Beijing Director Zhou immediately jogged up and shook hands with Lin Guodong. The driver took the luggage from Li Xiaoning and turned towards the Audi A6 parked aside.
After loading the luggage, Lin Guodong suddenly asked Li Xiaoning: "Xiaoning, can you drive?"
"Yes," Li Xiaoning replied subconsciously.
After hearing this, Lin Guodong said to Director Zhou: "You give the car to Xiaoning. I need to use the car these days. You have a lot of work, so you go ahead. If anything happens, I will ask Xiaoning to call you."
As the director of the Beijing Office, he is naturally a shrewd person. Director Zhou immediately heard that Lin Guodong did not want people from the Beijing Office to follow him and wanted to do things cheaply. Therefore, Director Zhou asked the driver to hand over the keys without saying a word. to Li Xiaoning, then opened the car door and asked Lin Guodong to get in the car.
Li Xiaoning originally wanted to open the door for Lin Guodong. Seeing that Director Zhou had taken the lead, he walked around to the front of the car and got into the cab.
After starting the car, Li Xiaoning did not ask Lin Guodong where he was going. He knew that Lin Guodong would definitely give him instructions after leaving the airport.
Sure enough, as soon as the car left the airport, Lin Guodong said: "Go to the Great Wall Hotel first, and follow me to meet someone in the evening."
Li Xiaoning went to university in Yanjing, and the Great Wall Hotel was his sad place. Naturally, he knew the way, so he immediately agreed and drove towards the Great Wall Hotel.
The room had been booked a long time ago. Lin Guodong was in a deluxe suite, and Li Xiaoning lived in a double room, which was not on the same floor. Li Xiaoning went to the front desk to go through the formalities, and did not go back to his room. Instead, he helped Lin Guodong settle down. Then we go down to eat together.
While eating, Lin Guodong asked: "Do you know why I brought you to Yanjing this time?"
"I think it's because of the Korean Wave," Li Xiaoning had already guessed it, but it was hard for him to tell because Lin Guodong didn't ask.
"That's right," Lin Guodong said while cutting the steak, "Korean Wave is not an ordinary businessman. The network of connections behind him is very large. It is easy to catch him, but it is not easy at all to bring him to justice."
"The backstage of Hallyu is so powerful." Li Xiaoning was a little surprised. He was really surprised. Lin Guodong was the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, but he still couldn't cure Hallyu, and he had to rely on Yanjing to help him. What exactly is the backstage of Hallyu? people.
"Do you know the three heroes of the Ye family?" Lin Guodong asked calmly.
"I've heard some," Li Xiaoning nodded and said, "It's about Mr. Ye's three sons, Ye Wangchun, Ye Chuxia and Ye Zhiqiu. They are leaders in the political, military and business circles respectively."
"Korean Wave belongs to Ye Zhiqiu," Lin Guodong said slowly as he took a sip of the red wine on the table.
Li Xiaoning was moved. He had not only heard the names of the three heroes of the Ye family, but also the behavior of the three heroes. They had always regarded themselves as the first princes of the party. Among the older generation of founding fathers, the Ye family was not the one with the greatest credit. , the status is not the highest, but in Ye Zhiqiu's generation, the Ye family is the most prosperous. Not only are there many people, but all three brothers are in high positions. One has power, one has a gun, and one is rich. It's impossible not to be domineering.
The three heroes of the Ye family are also famous as protectors. The three brothers all have a mantra: "When my people make mistakes, I have to deal with them. It is not the turn of others to make irresponsible remarks."
Although Lin Guodong holds a high position as Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, he actually does not have a strong backing in Yanjing. He comes from a poor family, and his current status depends on his own efforts and his relationship with his father-in-law. He is one of the founding fathers, but his family is not prosperous. Only one daughter is married to Lin Guodong. Now Lin Guodong's father-in-law has passed away long ago, and his wife has also passed away. His biggest backer is himself.
In Jiangdong Province, everyone may think that Lin Guodong is a being who stands high above the mountains, but compared with the Ye family, Lin Guodong may not even be considered a rival.
"Are we going to see Mr. Ye tonight?" Li Xiaoning asked, because he understood that if Ye Zhiqiu wanted to maintain the Korean Wave, no one except Mr. Ye might be able to stop this domineering fourth son of the Ye family.
"Mr. Ye no longer cares about worldly affairs, we can't disturb him," Lin Guodong had finished eating and wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "I will take you to see another person tonight, someone who can calm Ye Zhiqiu."
Now that Lin Guodong had betrayed him, Li Xiaoning couldn't ask any more questions. When he saw that Lin Guodong had finished eating, he quickly stood up. However, he still had a doubt in his heart. Lin Guodong came to Yanjing to find connections, so why did he bring him here? , is it because he is a party to the Hallyu incident? Don't be ridiculous, he is not that naive. It is not that he has never heard of the saying that big cases are about politics, medium cases are about impact, and small cases are about law. Han Since Liu's case has involved the Ye family, the key to the problem is not what crime Han Liu has committed, but whether the superiors should touch him.
Under the command of Lin Guodong, Li Xiaoning drove the car around and around Sijiu City, and finally came to the door of an old-fashioned Sihe compound.
This compound looks very old, but the people standing guard at the gate are armed policemen with internal guard signs.
Lin Guodong handed over his ID and said that he was looking for Mr. Ye and had made an appointment by phone. The armed policeman saluted him, took his ID to the guard box, made a call inside, and then came out and returned the ID. Lin Guodong, invite them in.
This compound is divided into three entrances. Li Xiaoning followed Lin Guodong into the innermost courtyard and entered a room. Only then did he understand why Lin Guodong brought him here, because a card game was going on in the room. Regarding the Texas Hold'em poker game, Lin Guodong had obviously already investigated himself and knew that he was very good at Texas Hold'em, but he still had some doubts as to whether playing poker could solve the Korean Wave problem.
There were six people sitting at the card table, and they all looked like extraordinary masters. But the person sitting at the very back attracted Li Xiaoning's attention the most. Compared with the other people at the table, he looked a little younger and looked just like that. Forty years old, his face is not ugly, but it is not handsome either. It should be said that he is ordinary, the kind that will be quickly forgotten after seeing him when walking on the street.
He was wearing a very decent Tang suit. His hair was very short but neatly combed, making him look very energetic. His hands were well maintained, slender and white, and they looked like pampered hands at first glance.
Although Lin Guodong hasn't introduced him yet, Li Xiaoning is sure that this person is Mr. Ye that Lin Guodong is looking for, but he doesn't know whether he is Ye Wangchun or Ye Chuxia.
"Guodong is here, let's sit down and play cards," Mr. Ye said with a smile.
"I brought a kid here today and asked him to play with Mr. Ye while I watched the battle," Lin Guodong also said with a smile.
"Oh," a hint of surprise flashed in Mr. Ye's eyes, "It seems you have brought a master with you. My kid, sit down and let me see how good you are."
Li Xiaoning had a slight objection to Mr. Ye calling him a child, so he didn't show any pretense at the moment. He sat down at the empty seat at the table gracefully. A service staff immediately took the chips for him. Li Xiaoning looked at the face value of the chips and immediately felt reassured. There is a question mark, because the largest face value of these chips is only one hundred yuan, so this game is too small.
"How much is the blind bet?" Li Xiaoning asked because he joined midway and needed to place a big blind bet.
"30/60, and an additional bet of 10 yuan per person," the dealer answered Li Xiaoning's question. Li Xiaoning nodded, picked up six chips worth 10 yuan and threw them into the pot.
The dealer shuffled the cards twice and quickly dealt the hole cards to everyone.
"Raise to 150," said a player who looked like he was a soldier.
The people behind all chose to follow the bet. In fact, Li Xiaoning was very doubtful. How could anyone choose to fold with such a large bet? Li Xiaoning had already placed a blind bet, and it was impossible for him to fold without even looking at a single community card. Anyway, It was only a few dozen yuan to win or lose, so after looking at the hole cards, he also chose to follow the bet.
The dealer deals three community cards, King of diamonds, 6 of hearts, and 2 of clubs.
Unfortunately, Li Xiaoning could not use any of these three community cards.
Li Xiaoning's boss frowned and lightly knocked on the card table.
Li Xiaoning calmly picked up the drink handed over by the waiter, took a sip, and knocked on the card table. He was ready. As long as someone placed a bet, no matter how small it was, he would not hesitate. Fold your cards, Texas Hold'em is all about skill, not luck.
What surprised Li Xiaoning was that the people behind him also chose to give up, and then it was Mr. Ye's turn.
Mr. Ye looked at everyone's faces one by one and said with a smile: "What conspiracy are you playing?" Then he picked up a few chips and played with them for twenty seconds, but still did not throw them into the pot. , but used the knuckles of his right hand to knock twice on the mahogany edge of the card table.
So the dealer dealt another community card, the 7 of Diamonds.
Li Xiaoning couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. He couldn't use this card, but looking at the cards, there was a possibility of a flush or a straight. Not to mention that he didn't have any cards in his hand, but he could make a pair of kings, or Even three of a kind was not safe, so he decided to fold immediately as soon as someone placed a bet.
However, Li Xiaoning's boss still did not place a bet, but chose to pass again.