Chapter 21: Cao Dapeng's Past
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Last night, the door of the main store was smashed, and it was a mess, and two little waiters who were on duty in the store in the middle of the night resigned early this morning.
I was scared and didn't say anything, and I was scolded, and I went out to eat with my friends, and when I said that I was working in the 'Sichuan flavor fragrant pot', the eyes of my friends at the same table were abnormal.
Many Sichuan and Shu restaurants in Hangzhou were also pitted.
Sichuan cuisine is already heavy on spicy and thick oil, especially hot pot, which is full of chili oil, and after the gutter oil of 'Sichuan flavor fragrant pot' bursts out, the business of other Sichuan and Shu hot pot restaurants is obviously deserted.
Fortunately, Cao Dapeng decisively disposed of the remaining gutter oil and replaced it with good oil. So the day after the news was broadcast, when the Health Bureau received a report from the TV station and conducted an on-site inspection, no problems were found and barely passed.
"Fortunately, I said Lao Cao, it's time for you, you still have a fluke mentality?!"
Deputy Director Zhang glanced at Cao Dapeng with an idiot's eyes, "The city has set up an investigation team, do you know about this?"
"Didn't I check it here?"
"The inspection of the Health Bureau is the business of the Health Bureau, and this investigation team is a direct instruction issued by the Provincial Party Committee, led by the executive vice mayor, and the four major departments of health, industry and commerce, public transportation, and urban management join forces!"
Deputy Director Zhang waved his hand: "Don't think that it's the same as last time, you can get away with a little trick and a few favors! Let me tell you, if you really want to investigate, you don't need to find gutter oil at all, so many of your employees know the inside story, can you still find out?"
Cao Dapeng's heart was cold, Deputy Director Zhang's words were definitely not alarmist, he had been making hot pot for so many years, and he didn't know how many tons of gutter oil he used, and how many people handled it, and the higher-level units really worked hard to investigate, and they couldn't hide it anyway.
"Lao Zhang, Deputy Director Zhang, you must give me a hand! Help me pass this level, I will definitely thank you!"
"Pass the customs, how do you want to pass?!Lao Cao, let me tell you the truth, this time, no one can protect you, and no one can find a relationship, no one dares to catch you. Do you know what the head of the investigation team, our executive deputy mayor, said when the city held a meeting?"
"How?"
"Our Hangzhou is a famous tourist life city in the country, and now, in less than half a month, it has become a dangerous and rotten place where violence, bikers, and gutter oil gather, and the reputation of Hangzhou has disappeared overnight, and the image of the city is extremely bad. Lao Cao, let me ask you, who is the person responsible for the Biker Party, and who is responsible for gutter oil?" said Deputy Director Zhang.
"This ......" Cao Dapeng was completely speechless.
There's nothing more to say.
The current situation is that he is standing on the cusp of the storm and has become a rafter who has come out, and his superiors have named him to severely punish him.
The Cao family, in Hangzhou and Southern Jiangsu Province, has a certain strength, and in the eyes of ordinary people, it belongs to the 'rich and powerful', but in the eyes of the real magnates, the Cao family does not have a solid foundation and influence.
It can make people's hearts happy, but it will not cause chaos.
The most terrible thing is that no one deliberately wants to wronged the Cao family, the Cao family is indeed the initiator of the two things, and he can't rely on it, and it is justified to dispose of him.
"Deputy Director Zhang......" Cao Dapeng's heart was twitching, and he didn't dare to call the other party 'Lao Zhang', so he respectfully addressed the official position, "Look, is there any other way?"
Deputy Director Zhang glanced at him, softened his tone, and said, "Old Cao, at this time, why don't you understand? ”
"You mean, this matter was done by Zhao Zejun?" Cao Dapeng was stunned, how could the other party have so much energy?!
"I don't know this, but now only he can minimize the impact, the blog is his, Baidu Tieba turned out to be his, I heard that Baidu has a very good relationship with him!
I told you a long time ago that you are not on the same level as others at all, and if you provoke him, you will not be happy to find it. I also want people to apologize for advertising at a loss, now it's okay, your store is well-known throughout the country, maybe even the people of the capital know that there is a Sichuan-flavored fragrant pot in Hangzhou. Deputy Director Zhang said.
Cao Dapeng cried with a sad face: "Let me beg him?"
"Lao Cao, we are also old friends, I really don't want to see you unlucky. Anyway, I'm talking about it, whether you want to ask him or not to do it yourself. In addition, you must know in your own heart that in this inspection team, there are not only the Health Bureau, but also industry and commerce, and public security films. Gutter oil is enough to seal your door, maybe you will have to arrest someone, and if you find out other problems, you can weigh ...... yourself."
As he was talking, suddenly the phone rang, Deputy Director Zhang answered the phone, and as soon as he said a word, his face changed slightly: "What?! It's not messy enough! Okay, I know, I'll come back now!"
"Zhang Ju, what's going on?" Cao Dapeng was now a soldier, so he hurriedly asked.
Deputy Director Zhang said angrily: "Qiao Xinlong came to surrender, saying that his son's leg was broken by him, and he had to go into the detention room to squat, and he couldn't stop it!"
"Huh?
"Lao Cao, how many times have I said it, you are not at the same level as others! Don't always use your level of thinking to guess what these people think! Your son's leg, I think it is broken, and it deserves it! Okay, as a friend, I can only help you go this far, and then you can do it yourself!"
After speaking, he strode out with his bag.
This time the online public opinion is very rare, and instead of attacking the government, it unanimously praised the decisive actions of the official media and the government, so the government and the people are on the same side, pointing the finger at the 'evildoers of food safety'.
But Deputy Director Zhang himself was anxious.
He was born in the army, and he is a relatively righteous person, and he has helped Cao Dapeng a lot, so the political commissar has explicitly and secretly ordered him two or three times.
Mother, affect the career!
Deputy Director Zhang decided that if Cao Dapeng insisted on going his own way again this time, he would fulfill his friendship and severance with him as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated by him.
As soon as he got downstairs and didn't get in the car, Cao Dapeng caught up from behind with his bag: "Zhang Ju, wait for me, wait for me, I'll go to the bureau with you." ”
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Precinct Detention Cell.
"If you don't do it, why did you run in?" Zhao Zejun smiled at Qiao Xinlong opposite.
"You didn't tell me a word, and I found out that you were caught too. His leg was obviously broken by me, so what does it have to do with you? Don't steal the limelight from me!"
Zhao Zejun smiled: "How do I remember that it was my people who interrupted?"
"Then let the police investigate, it will definitely come out, and the truth will be revealed!" Qiao Xinlong sat on the tightrope bed, sat and looked right, looked curious, and said, "I have grown so big, I haven't entered the detention room yet." ”
"That's easy to do, when the future Hangcheng Zeye Square is completed, I will leave a shop to make a game of cell escape, if you can't escape, just be trapped in the cell." ”
Zhao Zejun's so-called 'cell escape' is also the later 'escape room', and the game concept in China is slightly advanced.
However, Qiao Xinlong's focus is not on games.
He shook his head at Zhao Zejun and grinned: "Mr. Zhao, my dad is a little ruthless about the land." Now that everyone is behind bars, stop teasing your brother. ”
As he spoke, the large iron door outside the hallway was opened.
Deputy Director Zhang and Director Wang walked side by side from the aisle, and someone followed dejectedly.
Zhao Zejun had never seen this person, but Qiao Xinlong could see at a glance that it was Cao Dapeng.
"Mr. Zhao, it seems that we can't do this prison. Qiao Xinlong shrugged.
Qiao Xinlong's words reached Deputy Director Zhang's ears, and he glared: "If you stay in prison, it's time to collect your rent!"
"Mr. Zhao, this is Mr. Cao Dapeng, the father of the party Cao Tenghu, he asked to withdraw the case and agreed to mediation. Director Sun said.
It was the first time Zhao Zejun saw Cao Dapeng himself, and looked up and down a few times.
A middle-aged man who looks very shrewd, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are already full of wrinkles, his temples are slightly white, and his spine is slightly curved.
"You guys talk, we're waiting outside. Director Wang and Deputy Director Zhang looked at each other and turned away very tacitly.
"Hello Mr. Cao!" Zhao Zejun smiled.
So far, Cao Dapeng can't be hard if he wants to, between survival and gambling, a rational adult businessman knows very well how to choose.
To put it in more cheesy terms, if you dare to do it, you must dare to do it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright, and since you have provoked a war, he must also bear the bitter consequences of defeat.
Cao Dapeng looked tired, first nodded at Qiao Xinlong, said hello, and then whispered: "Mr. Zhao, I didn't do it properly before, and please raise your noble hand and let me go." ”
Lao Zhao originally wanted to ridicule the other party, saying something 'I don't have the money to accompany you under the conditions you mentioned before', but when the words came to his lips, think about it, since the other party has already admitted defeat, there is no need to say this kind of mean words again, just lower his value.
So he just nodded and mumbled.
Zhao Zejun did this, which was more embarrassing than sarcastic Cao Dapeng, and Cao Dapeng looked at Qiao Xinlong as if asking for help.
"Don't look at me, if your son really treats me as a big brother, listen to me, he won't end up like this. Qiao Xinlong hugged his arms and said leisurely while lying on the bed.
"Hey!" Cao Dapeng sighed deeply, only to feel the exhaustion of his body welling up in his heart, squatting on the edge of the iron fence, like an old farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables and was tired of squatting on the side of the road.
This is a pose he hasn't done in years.
The last time he squatted on the side of the road was on the day his wife gave birth.
Cao Dapeng remembers very well that on the winter solstice, it snowed, and he had more than 300 yuan left in his hand, and the newly opened small restaurant had no food, so he either went to the hospital to pay or went to buy vegetables.
He was crouching on the side of the road, as he is today, feeling hopeless and helpless.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and bought vegetables with the money.
In the late 80s, hospitals would not evict mothers for not paying them, but the vendors in the vegetable market would not give them pork and vegetables without seeing the money.
Since that day, Cao Dapeng has felt sorry for his wife and children, and he has been spoiled since he was a child, step by step to today.
He himself has changed, making money is more important than anything else, no money is more terrible than anything, no money, there is no home.
"Hey......" Cao Dapeng sighed deeply, recalling many, many things in his mind.
A cigarette came from behind the fence.
Cao Dapeng raised his head in surprise and looked at Zhao Zejun who handed him a cigarette.
was stunned for a few seconds before he hurriedly took the cigarette, then took out the lighter, and lit it for Zhao Zejun through the fence first.
"Mr. Cao, is the matter between us over?" Zhao Zejun asked lightly.
"It's over, it's over!" Cao Dapeng seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhao, it's okay if it's my godson, it's me who is dizzy! ”
"Even if the money is gone, I don't lack those few. Zhao Zejun waved his hand, "Mr. Cao, when things come to this point, I'm afraid your business won't be able to continue." ”
"Hey, Mr. Zhao, isn't there any room for redemption?" Cao Dapeng was almost pleading.
"Since it exploded, no one can save you. Zhao Zejun said lightly.
Cao Dapeng sighed again and nodded resignedly.
"But there is still a way, if you are willing to cooperate with the government investigation team and make meritorious contributions, I think you should not go to jail. ”
"How to treat the guilty and meritorious service?"
"Help the investigation team, follow the vine, and cut off the big den that makes gutter oil. Well, I can also ask Blog China to give you publicity. In addition, if you sell all of these stores, you should have a lot of money, so donate them. Zhao Zejun said.
"This ......," he looked back at Qiao Xinlong.
"I think it's a good idea. Cure the source, you took the initiative to cooperate with the investigation team, and the investigation team made meritorious contributions, so naturally everyone was happy. donated money to quell some public anger. Mr. Zhao pointed out a broad road for you. Qiao Xinlong nodded.
"Okay, I'll do it!" Cao Dapeng gritted his teeth and nodded: "Mr. Zhao, ...... from then on"
Zhao Zejun smiled and interrupted him.
Through the fence, he patted Cao Dapeng on the shoulder: "Mr. Cao, you have suffered a lot and harmed a lot of people, and the money is not less, just donate a few stores, and your family can still live a good life." Almost, you can retire, close the shop, take the rest of the money, leave Zhejiang Province, find another place, and spend your time educating your son, otherwise, the more money you have, the more you will harm yourself. You tell me. ”
Facing this young man who was less than half his age, speaking to himself in a 'serious' tone, Cao Dapeng couldn't raise the slightest emotion of confrontation or dissatisfaction, leaving only deep exhaustion and powerlessness.
What else can be said about it now.
"Ouch......" A long sigh echoed through the corridors of the detention cell.