Chapter 609: Chapter 106: Flowers Bloom Again This Year
February 2nd.
On the highway outside of Xing City, over a dozen luxury cars were parked by the roadside.
Dozens of officials dressed in governnt attire stood alongside the road, waiting.
Li Lei was among them.
Lan Changqun, the Chief of Xing City, stood beside Li Lei, chatting and laughing with him.
After the forr Chief Gu Zhenhui stepped down, this new Chief once wanted to suppress the influence of Xing City led by Li Lei.
After all, as the Chief, he could not tolerate a power within Xing City that might even surpass his own authority.
The two sides had been in conflict for nearly a year, but Lan Changqun was never able to gain the upper hand.
It was not until news of Li Fei’s ennoblent reached them that this ambitious Chief completely lost his will to fight.
What’s the point in fighting anymore?
Now, Lan Changqun had completely adjusted his ntality and proactively sought to make ands with Li Lei, shifting away from his forr antagonism.
At this mont, the two of them stood by the roadside, chatting and laughing amiably as if they were in a harmonious relationship.
The surrounding officials all understood very well what they were witnessing: Li Lei would undoubtedly be the future Chief of Xing City!
“Here they co.”
Soone suddenly shouted.
Everyone turned their heads to look, and a convoy appeared on the distant road, invigorating the officials.
They had gathered specifically on the highway today to await the return of Marquis Jing’an Li Fei to his hotown.
Li Fei and his party first took a train departing from Datong Prefecture to Mingqi City, then transferred to automobiles to arrive in Xing City this afternoon.
As the convoy drew nearer, its speed gradually slowed until it ca to a stop.
People were getting out of the cars one after another.
“Brother Li, please.”
Lan Changqun stepped aside with a flourish, indicating respectfully for Li Lei to go ahead.
With a smile on his face and a touch of excitent, Li Lei stepped forward.
He spotted the figure in dark-golden attire through the crowd at first glance.
“Xiao….”
Almost subconsciously, Li Lei opened his mouth intending to call out ‘Xiao Fei’, but he imdiately restrained himself.
After all, this was a public setting, and his Xiao Fei had already beco a Marquis.
“Uncle Li!”
But Li Fei didn’t mind these formalities, and quickly approached with Li Tianyu following behind him.
“Uncle Li, why did you yourself co all the way to pick up?” Li Fei asked with a smile as he approached Li Lei.
“Ha ha ha, of course, I should!” Li Lei responded with a beaming smile.
Taking hold of Li Fei’s arm, he sized him up and down:
“You’ve grown taller, and your physique is more robust. That outfit looks good on you, very distinguished.”
“Dad!”
Next to them, Li Tianyu seed sowhat displeased.
She had been standing by for quite a while, and her own father hadn’t even noticed her.
Li Lei turned to her, his smiling expression unchanged:
“Tianyu has grown taller too, very nice.”
The family chatted for a while, and the crowd of officials watched them with smiles, not daring to interrupt.
Eventually, it was Li Lei who first stopped the reunion to give way to the officials from Xing City lined up behind him.
On the highway, led by Lan Changqun, everyone bowed respectfully to Li Fei:
“Your Excellency Marquis Jing’an!”
Li Lei, watching this scene, could not contain his grin, and at that mont, there was only one thought in his mind:
To have such a son is the greatest blessing!
Soon, the convoy hit the road again, heading back into Xing City.
Li Fei got into Li Lei’s car, sitting in the back seat with Li Lei, while Li Tianyu took the passenger seat.
“The Qingyuan City Managent Company has now beco the most well-reputed company in Xing City, with almost everyone singing its praises!” Li Lei said as he shared the changes in Xing City over the past year with Li Fei.
The greatest change had co from the Qingyuan City Managent Company.
The rules that Li Fei had set out, after fernting for over a year, had significantly transford the lower cityscape of Xing City:
There were no endless protection fees; rchants no longer had to worry about paying one group today and another tomorrow.
There were no forced sales or purchases. Whenever a profitable venture would appear, it would be imdiately taken over by the local powerful households, but such incidents had beco rare.
Streets were regularly cleaned and repaired, with the sanitation level of the ‘slum areas’ nearly matching that of the main city.
Whether it was large shops or small vendors, there was no longer any need to worry about disturbances, brawls, or custor disputes; the Qingyuan City Managent Company took care of it all.
In addition, they also managed fire prevention, theft, and drainage in the rainy season.
The Qingyuan City Managent Company also cooperated with the Inspection Bureau to maintain public order and assist in solving cases, which had significantly increased the case-solving rate in Xing City.
In just over a year, the situation in Xing City had beco well-known, and it had attracted many new rchants.
Several well-known companies and businesses from Datong Prefecture had chosen to open branches in Xing City.
“Now, many of our Xing City citizens are eager to send their children to work at the Qingyuan City Managent Company,” Li Lei continued with a smile.
Before the Qingyuan City Managent Company erged, being involved in gangs was not sothing that was looked upon favorably; in fact, it was loathed!
Because gangs were mostly involved in oppressing the citizens.
But things were different now.
As the reputation of Qingyuan City Managent Company grew better and better, the citizens of Xing City sincerely hoped that this largest local “gang” could grow bigger and stronger, and remain the leader of Xing City’s World forever!
Hearing this, Li Fei nodded in satisfaction.
When the local people took the initiative to send their children to Qingyuan City Managent Company, it indicated that the goals he had originally envisioned were beginning to be achieved.
Initially, when he set those nearly harsh rules for Qingyuan City Managent Company, everyone, including Shangguan Xiao, didn’t understand.
Such actions not only made the company earn less money but also required a great deal of manpower, material resources, and energy.
Fortunately, the current results satisfied Li Fei and proved that his original choices were correct.
Using force to suppress a region is easy, but to stand here for a long ti, the people’s hearts are the key.
Green-faced Manor had once unified the world of Datong Prefecture on the surface.
But without a solid foundation, Green-faced Manor couldn’t operate like Qingyuan City Managent Company.
Now that Li Fei had returned, after casually eliminating the Bai Family and the Chief of Mingqi City, he planned to truly take control of Datong Prefecture’s world using Green-faced Manor and then proceed to manage it following the model of Qingyuan City Managent Company.
As for the problem of lacking manpower, once his Marquis Mansion was established in Xing City, he wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to recruit people.
“Chen Family’s current situation is also very good, Lixin is doing well—everyone, including , underestimated him,”
Li Lei continued.
Initially, Li Fei, with the incident of Chen Family Village, had in one fell swoop brought down the Chen Family.
But he didn’t choose to annex Chen Family afterward, instead, he let his childhood friend Chen Lixin take charge of it.
After all, Chen Family had been entrenched in Xing City for many years, and if it was to be forcibly annexed, all that would be gained was a divided ‘carcass.’
And letting the Chen Family manage itself had a different effect.
Although Chen Lixin was from a collateral line and not the direct line, with the direct line all in prison, he quickly took over Chen Family with strong support from Li Lei and faced little resistance.
Chen Lixin, who was only one year older than Li Fei, becoming the 20-year-old Family Head of the Chen Family was indeed unexpected.
But over the past more than six months, Chen Lixin had truly managed the Chen Family well, not only reversing the decline but also making significant comrcial progress.
This Wuda business student displayed his extraordinary business talent!
Previously, he didn’t have a platform to demonstrate his skills; now, holding Chen Family in his hands, Chen Lixin had the opportunity to showcase his talents.
Li Fei showed a curious expression.
That night he and Chen Lixin talked in the inn, the latter guessed that he planned to take action against the Chen Family, and at that mont, he knew his childhood friend was no ordinary person.
“What has he done?”
Li Fei asked.
So Li Lei told him about the things Chen Lixin had done in the Chen Family in the past half year:
“He rode the montum of his new position and had set the stage for him; within a month, he had cleared up Chen Family’s accounts of the past thirty years, exposing dozens of people for embezzlent or falsifying accounts!
He didn’t send all these people to prison—ultimately, I arrested only half, while the other half, to protect themselves, handed over all their property.
After that, Chen Lixin used this newly acquired fund to shut down and renovate over a dozen Chen Family businesses, preparing to change their line of business.”
“What did he change these businesses to do?”
Li Fei asked curiously.
“Ha ha, you would never guess; this is Xing City’s newest feature—takeaway delivery!”
“Ah, this…”
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, Uncle Li, please continue.”
“Previously, we either had to go to a restaurant or cook at ho. Now, no need, we can have it delivered.
Chen Lixin first exploited my contacts and established cooperation with the Governnt to provide us with al delivery. Now, the daily als for the Six Institutes of Xing City are delivered by Chen Family’s delivery service.
Later he continued to expand, sending people out daily with nus to various businesses, asking what they’d like to eat and from which restaurant? After taking down their orders, Chen Family’s delivery service would schedule deliveries of food to these businesses.
Now all the food shops in Xing City are eager to cooperate with Chen Family, and I estimate that Chen Family’s delivery company’s profits are now enough to make up for the previous financial blows.”
Listening to Li Lei’s story, Li Fei felt as though he was reading a transmigration novel.
In fact, the idea of ‘takeaway’ was sothing he had casually ntioned during his conversation with Chen Lixin.
He didn’t expect the latter to actually implent this concept.
When Li Fei first arrived in this world, he had the arrogance of a transmigrator, always feeling that with the advanced concepts in his mind, he could easily beco the wealthiest man.
But he soon realized he was naive.
In such a world, creativity, talent, capital, and so on, were not the most important.
The most important was to have a powerful background!
Without a strong background, Li Fei’s delivery company would have been taken over by others the following month after its establishnt.
So, initially, Li Fei had no choice but to make money by fighting in underground matches.
But it was different for Chen Lixin.
He had the support of Li Lei, the most significant background in Xing City!
Together with the foundation and funding of the Chen Family, success was only natural.
Of course, in this era without the internet, mobile phones, and even telephones not being widespread, realizing the delivery concept Li Fei proposed required a lot of work and overcoming many difficulties.
Chen Lixin resolved all these problems one by one.
“Indeed, very well done.”
Li Fei said with a smile.
Whether it was Qingyuan City Managent Company or Chen Family, the seeds that were sown were now sprouting.
Li Fei looked out the window at the wildflowers blooming vividly by the roadside, the sa scene he saw when he left Xing City by bus a year ago.
Last year’s farewell amidst the flowers, today the blossoms flourish another year.
The Xing City that was once crushed by the powerful and gangs is now brimming with new life.
The once insignificant youth is now renowned throughout the world!
In the 47th year of Hong Guang, on the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head.
Marquis Li Fei has returned to his hotown.
….
Seeking monthly tickets
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