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

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"It was part of a previous plan, but if he doesn't tell me, then it doesn't matter. By the way, your first love is coming."

Soon, Qi Tongwei appeared in the villa.

"Director Qi Tongwei, hello there."

"Xu Lei, you're here too?"

"Well, I just went out for a few drinks with Chen Yang, and then she received some leads and came to arrest people. I wasn't really enjoying myself, so I thought I'd wait a bit and have some more drinks with her later."

Qi Tongwei looked at Chen Yang, who nodded and said, "It's been a long time."

Qi Tongwei said, "It's been a long time. I didn't expect you to be in Jingzhou. What brings you here?"

"I just came here for a stroll. The higher-ups want to develop Jingzhou, so I came to learn about it beforehand and lay the groundwork for my future work."

"You're going to stay in Jingzhou?"

"More or less. If things go well in Jingzhou, I'll likely stay. But it's not really my problem; Xiao Ai sent me here to watch the show."

Qi Tongwei ordered his men to hold Zhao Dehan down. 3

Xu Lei asked, "Do you two know each other?"

Qi Tongwei said, "They're just college classmates, what's wrong with that?"

"It's nothing, you scared me to death! I still want to pursue Sister Chen Yang, Director Qi Tongwei, you can't be angry, can you?"

"Uh, no, those are all things of the past, why would I be angry about that?" (VII)

Qi Tongwei received information that Chen Yang was not married and was still single.

"If there's nothing else, we'll leave the person to you and head out."

Xu Lei reached out and put his arm around Chen Yang's shoulder.

Qi Tongwei nodded without changing his expression.

Once inside the car, Chen Yang broke free and said, "I believe one thing now: you really are boring."

"Hahahaha."

Xu Lei laughed heartily and said, "I've always been bored. Let me make a bold guess: if Qi Tongwei knew you were single, would he pursue you?"

"Why are you chasing me? What happened back then is all in the past, and there wasn't much affection between us to begin with."

"To be honest, you're conflicted. You don't care about relationships, you crave connections, status, power, and so on, but you don't really care about power. When I give you performance targets, you take it all in stride."

Chen Yang did not speak.

Xu Lei asked Yu Jingjing to drive to the airport. Once they arrived, Xu Lei found a seat and sat down.

Yu Jingjing made Xu Lei a bowl of instant noodles, which Xu Lei happily ate.

Chen Yang asked, "What are we waiting for?"

After finishing his instant noodles, Xu Lei got up, went to the front desk, and said, "Hello, beautiful lady."

"Mr. Xu?"

"Do you know me?"

"Yes, who doesn't know you? Are you taking a plane?"

"I don't fly, but I think I'll be flying in the future. Do you have any memberships or anything? Could you sign me up for some?"

"Okay, okay, I'll get it done for you."

Xu Lei signed up for some memberships, paid some money, and said, "How about you do me a favor?"

"You said."

"Could you check where Richard Jane's plane ticket is?"

The girl nodded and helped to look up the information. Soon, she found the boarding gate and other details.

Xu Lei said, "Thank you, beautiful lady. Here's a card. Use this card to buy Song Qian's luxury goods at a discount."

"Wow, thank you so much."

Xu Lei waved his hand, returned to his seat, and said, "Go squat over at Gate Three. By the way, can you fight?"

Chen Yang nodded.

Soon, Ding Yizhen appeared here wearing a hat.

Chen Yang spotted the person immediately, rushed forward, and pinned him to the ground.

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The men detained Ding Yizhen, and Xu Zhong said, "Chen Yang, well done."

Xu Lei said, "Let's keep him locked up somewhere else. Don't tell anyone that Ding Yizhen has been arrested. Just say that Ding Yizhen has already gone abroad and we didn't have time to deal with him here."

Ding Yizhen looked at Xu Lei and said, "You, are you the person behind this?"

"You have a chance to get a reduced sentence, it depends on your performance. I don't care, I've already given you a way out. If you accept it, then cooperate properly; if you don't, then forget it."

Ding Yizhen asked, "Can I choose?"

"It's up to you. The bait I threw out earlier seems to have broken. I'm not happy about it. I want to know what went wrong, so you'd better cooperate."

Xu Zhong agreed with Xu Lei's suggestion.

Ding Yizhen didn't arrest him, but instead locked him up and assigned someone to keep an eye on him.

The official message was that Ding Yizhen had already fled.

When Ding Yizhen was arrested, the first person they questioned was Secretary Dakang, because Ding Yizhen used Secretary Dakang's name for everything, whether he was drinking or doing other things.

Ding Yizhen's arrest left Li Dakang feeling helpless, because Ding Yizhen was usually very close to him.

After inquiring about the situation, Li Dakang returned home and saw Ouyang Jing, with whom he had been separated for many years.

In fact, over the years, Li Dakang has always been very careful in his actions, but Ouyang Jing is the only one who is like a steel needle in his heart that he can't kick away.

She kept pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

Hou Liangping was furious when he learned that Ding Yizhen had run away and was determined to confront him.

They asked why the person hadn't been caught, saying they had clues but hadn't caught the person, implying it was their dereliction of duty.

Meanwhile, Qi Tongwei reported on his work and then left.

In a small conference room, Xu Lei and Xu Zhong were drinking tea.

Ding Yizhen was sitting opposite him.

"The fewer people who know, the safer you are. To outsiders, you must say that you escaped back on your own. Then, the rest is easy to handle."

"I know, I will cooperate."

"You're so obedient. What, are you worried about something else?"

"whats the matter?"

Xu Lei tapped the table and said, "I do know someone here in America, I think she's your sister, isn't she?"

Ding Yizhen was instantly enraged and directly questioned Xu Lei, saying, "How do you know about her?"

"What are you nervous about? To be honest, I don't believe you at all if you cooperate. You know better than I do that you'll live much longer if you don't cooperate. No one will touch your sister's side, and I won't cause you any trouble. But what if I leak the information?"

"Please, I beg you, don't tell anyone."

Xu Lei nodded.

"That's good. Tell me, how exactly does the food court make its profits?"

Profit?

Ding Yizhen said, "The company that approached me to set up the food court was Zhao Ruilong's side. I gave them approval. The listed investment price was 1.2 billion yuan, but in reality, the investment for the food court was only a little over 100 million yuan."

That's really dark.

So much money was laundered as soon as it was in hand.

"How did Zhao Dehan get through?"

"It's very simple, I can just make a phone call to Zhao Dehan. Actually, what you want to know is about those merchants, right?"

Xu Lei nodded.

Ding Yizhen said, "Most of the vendors are relatives, and the raw materials they use are very unsanitary. Many people have reported them, but I've suppressed them all."

Xu Lei rubbed his temples and said, "They really did jump in. Sigh, what a terrible food court, they had to turn it into this."

"Relying on tourism during this period, most of it is targeted at outsiders..."

Xu Lei said, "I'm helping the province build its reputation, while you guys are responsible for helping me start smearing them in all sorts of ways, right?"

Ding Yizhen did not speak.

"Alright, I've finished asking my questions. You guys handle the rest. I'm not getting involved anymore. I'm going back."

Xu Zhong nodded.

Chen Yang saw Xu Zhong off.

"Why didn't you tell Hou Liangping?"

"Belief is one thing, but another is that he's too eager to make a name for himself. I don't like working with people who are eager to make a name for themselves; it's pointless."

"Uh, I didn't think of that."

"Do you know why An Xin was transferred to the supervisory team? It's because An Xin doesn't care about any of this. An Xin only cares about whether he can catch the bad guys. He doesn't want to get involved in anything else."

Chen Yang said, "No matter what, I still want to thank you. But you can't hide it for long, can you?"

"It's impossible to hide it now, but that doesn't mean we haven't had enough time to get things done. If I'm not mistaken, Hou Liangping will be going to Chen Hai's side next. Chen Hai will probably need to get a red pursuit order."

"My brother?"

Xu Lei nodded.

"Come home with me, I'll take you to Chen Hai to talk about this."

"That's not a good idea. We've only known each other for a short time, and it would be too much for her to go to your house. She'd be very nervous."

"Really, you sent Yu Jingjing back. Wasn't your purpose to get me to take you to see Chen Hai?"

"Really? You're so smart, you guessed that."

When they arrived at Chen Hai's house, Chen Hai was completely dumbfounded when he saw that his older sister had brought a man with her.

Xu Lei reeked of alcohol, which made Chen Hai start having inappropriate thoughts.

Xu Lei nodded and said, "I'm here to freeload a meal."

Chen Hai recognized Xu Lei and sighed. His older sister was quite shrewd; this was Boss Xu, a big tycoon.

Upon entering the house, it was found to be fairly clean and tidy.

Xu Lei looked around, then took some incense and offered it to Chen Hai's wife, which caught Chen Hai's attention.

"Um, what is this?"

"I must commend you; your loyalty to love is truly admirable."

Chen Hai said, "Sigh, that's all in the past. By the way, what do you want to eat?"

Chen Yang said, "You don't know how to cook, so I'll make it. You two can talk about your business."

Chen Hai nodded.

Xu Lei didn't hide anything and said, "There are two things I need you to do for me."

"Um, let me hear from the front end first."

"First, collect some evidence and clues about Ding Yizhen, and then apply for a red notice."

Chen Hai actually knew that Ding Yizhen had been arrested.

"Hmm, what about the second one?"

"You guessed right. Hou Liangping will be coming tomorrow. Remember, no matter what Hou Liangping says, don't agree to anything. Be vague and just focus on drinking and catching up."

Chen Hai was startled and said, "How did you know that Hou Liangping called me and asked me to have dinner with him tomorrow?"

"Just a guess, nothing serious."