Film and Television: I, Xu Lei, won over Chen Shuting

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"Xiao Wu, why have you become even more handsome?"

Xiao Wu rolled his eyes at Xu Lei and said, "Don't be like that. I've been promoted. If you act like this, I'll lose my authority."

Xu Lei said, "Okay, I was just teasing you. Don't worry, it won't happen again. By the way, does Lin Yaodong want to see me?"

"Well, I didn't want to tell you originally. If I did, I was worried that others would find out that you were the one pulling the strings behind all this."

"It's okay, don't worry, no one will know."

"That's good. I was just worried."

After ordering some snacks and taking a drink, Xu Lei walked into the interrogation room. Cai Yongqiang saw Xu Lei, nodded, and asked him to sit down next to him.

"Why did you guess it was me?"

"Because the amount of money is wrong, there are too many goods for others to handle, only you can."

Xu Lei ate some peanuts, and then gave some to Lin Yaodong.

"Hmm, and then what?"

"I want to know where I went wrong in your plan."

Xu Lei sighed and said, "Let's sort this out. If you're curious about how you lost, then you should ask yourself how you succeeded."

Lin Yaodong didn't understand.

Xu Lei said, "The simple logic is that if Tazhai wants to gain a foothold, you must have some means, such as kidnapping, threats, and intimidation, to make others afraid of you, right? Only fear is the best tool for you to control your subordinates."

Lin Yaodong did not deny it.

Xu Lei said, "Your clues and evidence were actually clear a long time ago. The Qinglong Group had already obtained your clues, but I suppressed them."

"Purpose."

“I’m waiting, waiting for the publicity to be in place. Actually, you’re overthinking it. It’s quite simple. The informant isn’t Ma Yunbo, but the masses, or more accurately, a lot of the masses.”

"If Lin Shengwu has a video of bribery, then what about others? Your plan is very grand, but you can't control the thoughts of your subordinates. Many people will keep their own evidence."

Xu Lei took out the documents.

"On March 5th, an elderly woman brought her son to the hospital. Her son was addicted to drugs, and the old woman hoped that her son would be reformed and punished by law. At the same time, this young man contributed some evidence from your Tazhai area."

"On March 7th, a couple, the boyfriend brought his girlfriend here, and the evidence he provided included audio and video recordings of you guys cheating people and sleeping with their girlfriends."

"On March 15th, some young people came here, submitted evidence, and voluntarily surrendered themselves."

“On March 20th, an elderly man from Tazhai brought his child here. By the way, we didn’t arrest him or sentence him; we let him go home.”

Looking at the messages, Lin Yaodong said, "Is that all?"

"Yes, that's all. You rely on everyone's fear and apprehension of you, but I rely on everyone's trust and belief in our anti-drug efforts. It's that simple."

"If fear wins, then Dongshan loses completely, but if trust wins, then you are the loser."

"Where's Li Fei?"

Xu Lei said, "Li Fei is just a smokescreen, meant to get your attention. Zhao Jialiang is keeping an eye on He Ruilong. I knew this from the beginning, and I even knew that Zhao Jialiang had gotten his hands on Haoyu Group, but I didn't interfere or use that lead because I felt it was unnecessary..."

Lin Yaodong looked at Xu Lei in silence and said, "I knew something was going to happen when Liu Haoyu planned to connect to the mainland."

“I know, I was even looking forward to the day you would turn yourself in. Unfortunately, you found that you couldn’t stop.”

"Yes."

Xu Lei showed some photos and said, "You've tried your best to protect yourself and send things out. That's your idea. But there are always greedy people who don't want to wait for you to share the money. They crave to make some money for themselves."

"Was Lin Shengwen the first? Absolutely not. Tazhai is actually a collection of interests. And a collection of interests has a well-known drawback: the people who do the work feel that they have put in too much effort and received too little."

"The sales people will feel that without them, the production team is nothing."

"Then, those who help you with your funeral arrangements will feel that without you, none of them would have dared to be so bold."

"By using benefits to bind these people, you're actually also binding yourself with benefits."

Actually, the biggest bug in Operation Breaking the Ice is in this part.

Anyone familiar with history understands that collective interests are unsustainable and will inevitably lead to trouble sooner or later.

"Nobody knows you're in control of everything."

"No, that's right. You can also say it's okay."

Lin Yaodong suddenly laughed.

"There's no need. Your loss wasn't unjust. You chose a different path, a path I've never seen before. You've schemed and plotted, but you need to understand that in the end, you're just like me."

Xu Lei remained silent.

Lin Yaodong is right.

His own Tencent Group is also a source of mutual interest, which is why Xu Lei entrusts most of his business to his women.

Without the system, Xu Lei understood that sooner or later someone would betray him, but with the system, these people could use it with complete peace of mind.

"Having manipulated the entire Dongshan region, your target is now Jingzhou."

"More or less, that's all. What's wrong? Do you want to get involved?"

Do you think I have any chance of surviving?

“That’s it. You must die. But Lin Yaodong, guess why I didn’t touch your son or your daughter. No, your son knows about your affairs, so he will be in trouble, but your daughter knows nothing about it.”

Lin Yaodong suddenly stood up and stared intently at Xu Lei.

"Xu Lei, you're courting death."

Xu Lei said, "Calm down, what's the panic? I didn't say I was going to lay a hand on your daughter, why are you so nervous?"

"What do you mean."

Xu Lei said, "Just watching the show, please. I'm an outsider, don't you understand yet? It's precisely because I'm an outsider that I'm so good at chess. Whether your daughter becomes better or worse is none of my business, okay?"

Lin Yaodong did not speak.

"So what do you want?"

"A small person's dream: I don't like drugs, so when I saw them, I got involved. It's that simple. As for the reason? Just because I don't like them. There's no other reason. Does that count? 1.9"

Lin Yaodong nodded.

Xu Lei left the wine and food behind, saying, "Confess yourself. Confess as much as you want. If you don't confess, this stuff is enough for you to take advantage of."

"Aren't you worried that I won't confess?"

Xu Lei shook his head and said, "I've laid this groundwork for so long. Do you think it makes any difference whether you confess or not? I've been advocating that drug prohibition is useless if you're arrested; even if you're gone, someone else will. My goal is to make everyone hate it, or rather, for many people to start rejecting it, and to get them to voluntarily report it."

"The times, you've overlooked the word 'the times.' Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway. I'm outta here. In your next life, be a good person."

Xu Lei left the interrogation room.

Outside, many people were looking at Xu Lei.

"What are you looking at me for? Is it over yet?"

Li Weimin asked, "Is it over?"

"Yes, so what? Did he confess? If he didn't, would it affect the outcome?"

Li Weimin was stunned.

Xu Lei pulled Xiao Wu over and said, "See? Xiao Wu's work over the past two months can influence the next few decades, or even hundreds of years."

Xiao Wu gave an awkward laugh, then greeted the leaders and left with Xu Lei.

Xu Zhong patted Li Weimin on the shoulder and said, "Xu Lei eliminated the poison at its root."

"But we both know it's difficult."

"It's okay, just do your best. You'll be fine when you're no longer working."

Meanwhile, after hearing the news, Gao Qiqiang silently pondered whether or not he should eat Dongshan.

If he ate it, it would be too much, and his end would definitely be tragic. But if he didn't eat it, he was really tempted by all that meat.

I really can't bear to part with it.

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Chapter 102 Xu Jiang Slept with Qi Tongwei's Wife (Please Subscribe, Fifth Update)

Xu Lei only learned of Uncle Dong's death the next day, and he was completely stunned when he heard the news.

Uncle Dong died just like that. Who would have thought that, not only that, Uncle Dong killed himself by banging his head against the wall.

Go all out!

Upon learning this, Xu Lei immediately sat up, took a cigarette, and lit it.

Xiao Wu, who was beside Xu Lei, gently comforted him, brought him an ashtray, and said, "Don't worry."

In the dormitory, Xu Lei frowned, analyzing the whole matter.

It shouldn't have happened. Theoretically, Liu Haoyu should have been arrested as well, and Uncle Dong should have been arrested as well. So, it should have been a happy ending for everyone. But why did it turn out this way?

Why did this person die?

Xu Lei listed out each and every one of the people.

Xiao Wu put on his clothes, opened the refrigerator in the dormitory, and took out some food.

"Something's not right, something's still not right. Did I guess wrong?"

Xiao Wu said, "I think Lin Yaodong's death this time was actually for the sake of the villagers."

Xu Lei said quietly, "I know, I guessed it was for the villagers, but there's no need to be so ruthless."

“I have read some information about Tazhai Village. A long time ago, Tazhai Village was actually very poor and in a terrible state. They had no choice but to take this path.”

Xu Lei said, "And then?"

"Well, then, Tazhai promoted Lin Yaodong, and then Uncle Dong started working on other plans, such as selecting people's representatives. After that, as you know, there was the cooperation with Haoyu Group to build an iron-walled, poisonous empire."

Xu Lei said, "My son went in too. Was it for my daughter?"

“His daughter has been studying away from home and doesn’t know anything about her father.”

"Nonsense, bullshit, how could I not know? Wait, I think I've just realized something. Are there drug users in Tazhai?"

Xiao Wu said, "No, I got the information from the IT department, but nobody in Tazhai has touched these things."

Damn, that's really ruthless.

Xu Lei said quietly, "Okay, I understand."

Xiao Wu crawled back under the covers and said, "Don't think about it anymore, just rest. Are you going to his funeral?"

"Go where? The village is gone."

“You still have to go. If you don’t go, people will easily suspect you. You know that better than I do, don’t you? If you don’t go, it’s just that you feel like you’re missing someone to play chess with, so it’s not as fun.”

Xiao Wu was unusually calm.

Xu Lei nodded and lit another cigarette.

Xiao Wu leaned against Xu Lei, hugging him.

“Go ahead. Actually, whether you play chess or do anything else, I don’t know why, but I always feel that you are lonely. I don’t know how to comfort you. The best gift I can think of is myself.”

Xu Lei's eyes were glazed over as he said, "It's okay, don't worry, I know what to do."

"Okay, after we finish up here, I'll go back to Jinghai with you. I'll get back to my work. What about you?"

"Let's develop our business. Then, it's time for Jingzhou to take the stage. This play is just a prelude; the main show is in Jingzhou."

The next day, Xu Lei appeared in Tazhai.

Tazhai arrested many people, basically wiping out the entire village. The number of people left behind was actually small, mostly elderly people.

If someone breaks the law, everyone will be treated equally; there is never any reason why the law will not punish everyone.

A girl silently burned paper money, gazing at her father's body without uttering a word.

Xu Lei looked at the girl in white and walked up to her.