Chapter 21: The Unforgiving Reality

In a breakfast shop full of the smell of oil smoke, Su Rui pinched the fritters and pushed a bowl of soy milk in front of Peng Guoqiang, "Didn't you have breakfast, did you?"

At this time, it was past the peak time for breakfast, and there was only one table of guests in the small restaurant.

Peng Guoqiang was not pretentious at all, grabbed the buns on the dinner plate and took two bites, and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that a rich person like you would also nibble on fritters and drink soy milk in this kind of breakfast shop......

"Then what should a rich man eat for breakfast? Braised Siberian tiger in oil, stir-fried African elephant?" Su Rui made a joke casually, "Captain Peng's perception of rich people seems to be a little biased and prejudiced!"

"Haha......"

Peng Guoqiang was also happy.

The originally somewhat dignified atmosphere suddenly became relaxed under Su Rui's words.

"Do you hate Lin Jiatao?" Su Rui wiped the grease on his hands and went straight to the point, his time was running out, and he needed to arrive at the company before half past eight.

Until then, he wants to use the most concise way to reach an agreement with Peng Guoqiang.

"Standing in my position, it may be a little inappropriate to say this, but since you asked, then I will tell you well. At the mention of this, Peng Guoqiang took two sips of the bun in his hand, and subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette, but then he thought that he had even thrown the cigarette box at the door of Su Rui's house.

Su Rui smiled, took out the box of unopened Zhonghua directly from his arms and handed it over.

"You smoke too?" Peng Guoqiang was stunned for a moment, because he didn't smell the smell of tobacco that only he smoked often on Su Rui's body, and there was no sign of cigarette oil between his fingers.

Through the keen insight of an old criminal policeman, he judged that Su Rui should not smoke.

"I don't smoke, but I always have this stuff on me. Su Rui smiled.

This kind of situation is often encountered in life.

The old smoker is certainly no stranger to this scene, when people become addicted to smoking, but there is no goods in their hands, and at this time, when you take out a cigarette from your body and hand it over, he will feel that you are very thoughtful and thoughtful.

Although this act will not have much impact at the time, this small action can subtly affect your impression in the minds of others.

There are many decisive events, which are grinded little by little by such small means.

This is one of the many ways to communicate.

"Thank you......" After hesitating for a moment, Peng Guoqiang reached out and tore open the package and lit one with his hand, breathed a long sigh of relief, and his eyes became condensed: "I do hate Lin Jiatao, but I hate it, but it is not because he cut off my promotion path in the first place." ”

"What I hate is that it's not fair!"

Su Rui nodded flatly, he knew what happened to Peng Guoqiang.

For an old criminal policeman who has solved countless cases and worked diligently for more than ten years, this result is indeed unacceptable.

"Who is Lin Jiatao? When he asks random people on the streets of Tongzhou, eight out of ten must answer that he is a triad! Violently amassing wealth, gathering crowds to fight, and being unable to survive! In the past few years since he made his fortune, how many times have he injured and killed or disappeared people? At least 20 times!" Peng Guoqiang's voice was very low, but he could still hear the undisguised anger in his tone: "With this kind of goods, when he was in the 80s, he would have been shot a hundred times!"

But the fact is that instead of being locked up, he put on a suit, drove a luxury car and lived in a mansion, turning him into an excellent entrepreneur. Su Rui said immediately after Peng Guoqiang's words.

"That's right!" Peng Guoqiang took a puff of smoke, and his eyes were a little red: "Even for a person like him, an enterprise can become the target of support from the upper level; and I, a criminal policeman who has worked diligently for more than ten years, was found to be a leak and directly removed from the position of captain because I once offended him! You say, is this fair?"

Peng Guoqiang's words have been held in his heart for several years.

Since the position of captain was removed, his life has also undergone earth-shaking changes, his work has frequently made mistakes, his personality has become obedient, and he even quarreled with his wife many times because of this incident, and finally divorced.

"Officer Peng, let me ask you a question. Su Rui glanced at the time and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"Thirty-Seven ......"

"Thirty-seven...... Nearly forty years old, which means that you are no longer a babbling elementary school student, so ......" Su Rui suddenly paused and smiled very strangely: "Why do you still believe that there is so-called "fairness" in this world?"

In a word, Peng Guoqiang was asked.

He was silent, his throat squirming up and down.

Fairness and justice.

He once thought that there was indeed fairness in this world, but the reality gave him a hard slap in the face, saying to him, "Wake up, this world is not what you think it is!"

"Okay, then I'll ask you another question. Su Rui saw that Peng Guoqiang was silent, and continued to ask: "How much power do you think Lin Jiatao wants to use to rectify you?"

"I don't know. Peng Guoqiang's eyes were red and he looked very tired.

"It only takes a phone call," Su Rui stretched out a finger and said with a blank face.

"No way. Peng Guoqiang stubbornly shook his head, "I am the captain of the real power, and I have handled countless big cases, even if Lin Jiatao wants to move me, it is not so simple." ”

"Let's take an analogy...... Do you think that in the eyes of the upper echelons, who is more important to Tongzhou City, you or Lin Jiatao?" Su Rui's words became more and more straightforward, "Lin Jiatao's net worth is over 10 billion, and the annual taxes are astronomical, not to mention the investment and development of his enterprises in Tongzhou City, it is no exaggeration to say that with Lin Jiatao, he can create at least more than 2 billion financial revenue for Tongzhou City every year!"

Su Rui observed the change in Peng Guoqiang's expression: "Do you know what this means?"

"In the eyes of the upper echelons, with Lin Jiatao, the province's annual financial task indicators can be completed very easily, whoever is in power, this is whose political achievement!"

"If the upper echelons are preparing to develop in a barren area, but lack a lot of funds, and Lin Jiatao has said that he is willing to respond to the call for investment, and the only additional condition is to let you step down, do you think the upper echelons will protect you, or will they choose Lin Jiatao?"

There is no shortage of Peng Guoqiang who can catch thieves and solve cases, and there is only one capitalist who actively cooperates with the upper echelons, allows investment to be invested, and cooperates with cooperation, and also spends a large amount of money every year free of charge into the government's poverty alleviation fund. ”

Peng Guoqiang's hand trembled slightly.

"I know that you have Lin Jiatao's black material in your hands, and I also know that you have secretly investigated him for a long time and are ready to wrap up. Su Rui said, "But believe me, don't send those materials upwards for the time being, there will be no results." ”

Su Rui knew very well what would happen if Peng Guoqiang submitted the materials in his hand upwards.

The upper echelons will protect Lin Jiatao, and in order to prevent this matter from fermenting, they will use all their strength to minimize its impact, and even deal with Peng Guoqiang.

But this is not to say that the upper echelons have any fornication with Lin Jiatao, and there is any money and power relationship between the two sides, but that compared with Peng Guoqiang, Lin Jiatao's weight is heavier on Tongzhou City.

In the eyes of the upper echelons, the long-term development of Tongzhou City is far more important than solving a few cases.