Phoenix International, formerly known as Phoenix Hotel, one of the time-honored hotels in the provincial capital, has been a four-star hotel in the eighties, as a reserve hotel of the provincial government hotel, mainly responsible for the reception of some high-end visiting groups. [Baidu search "crazy reading novels" to get more chapters] It is also the only four-star hotel standing near the provincial hotel. It is only because in recent years, the provincial government hotel has carried out large-scale renovation and expansion, and the accommodation rate has been greatly improved, and the reserve role of Phoenix International has become less and less obvious.

But after all, it is a time-honored hotel, and it is a high-grade time-honored hotel. In the provincial capital, where there are already many five-star hotels, this four-star hotel can still squeeze into the top ten, relying on the golden signboard of the word phoenix. Although the name of the hotel was changed to "Phoenix International" four years ago, in the minds of the people in the provincial capital, whether it is called Phoenix Hotel or Phoenix International, there is only one phoenix in the entire provincial capital.

At this time, it was the middle of winter in the provincial capital, and there had just been a snow two days ago, and the strong north wind blew on people, which was particularly biting. But as soon as I entered the private room on the second floor, the situation immediately changed dramatically. In the early years, the heating in the room had long been removed, and two high-power air conditioners were constantly spraying hot air outward, and when the door was opened, a wave of heat came to the face. In front of a wall with its back to a large round table, four tall marble screens occupy most of the wall. The lines of the screen are all naturally formed, without a trace of artificial modification, and at a glance, it is a vivid ink landscape painting.

Next to the screen, there are a few pots of bamboo, in this midwinter weather, those pots of bamboos are still verdant, the top of the branches is still sprouting new shoots, layer by layer of branches and leaves are stacked together, from a distance, like a green cloud. Two quaint humidifiers sit aside, spraying hot steam to keep the air moist.

Among the invited guests, Pang Liuzhi was the last to come to the private room. When he stepped into the private room, there were already six or seven people sitting at the round table in the private room. The thickness of Pang Liuzhi's face is famous on the entire provincial road "one thought thick", which means "how thick and thick you want", seeing this situation, I didn't feel embarrassed at all, I played a haha, and arched my hand: "Ouch, I'm really sorry, it's a little thing to delay temporarily, it's late, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He pulled over a chair and sat down, grabbed the teacup, poured a cup of hot tea, picked it up and drank it slowly. There was a cold war: ", this day is so cold, just now on the road, I almost didn't freeze Lao Tzu." ”

Someone next to him smiled: "Lao Pang, I heard that you haven't been good at tossing recently, and you almost didn't treat the bathing center opened by Wei Huandong as your home and live in it." Old arms and legs, can you stand up to the sucking of those little goblins? Beware of the bones. ”

Pang Liuzhi snorted, looked at the man, and looked surprised: "Ouch, isn't this Lao Jia, what day is it?" Why did you come out too? ”

The old man smiled and turned his head away. Pang Liuzhi was bored, laughed dryly, and stopped talking to this surnamed Jia. I greeted the first few guests.

After a while, I heard someone knock lightly on the door of the private room, and then the door of the private room was pushed open, and a beautiful waitress who looked like a foreman walked in, and her lips opened lightly: "A few gentlemen, can I serve food?" ”

Pang Liuzhi looked around, and finally fixed his eyes on the waiter's cherry mouth, half-squinting: "Miss, we are all guests invited by others, and the host has not arrived yet, how can we, the guests, decide not to serve the food?" ”

The waiter said "oh": "Sorry to disturb you." He nodded lightly to the audience and walked out again.

Pang Liuzhi stared at her swaying little buttocks, watched her go out of the door, closed the door, and then reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and sighed a few times: "I really can't see that there are such superb products among the waiters." ”

This sentence caused a burst of laughter from the people present, and Pang Liuzhi was really thick-skinned, not ashamed, but proud. I touched my chin with my left hand, which was born with an extra finger, and laughed a few times. After everyone had laughed enough, he lengthened his voice and said, "This is not a New Year's Day, what kind of meal does Zheng Huaizhu invite us to eat?" ”,

"The devil knows." One of the people next to him said disdainfully. This person is in his forties, his bones are not too big, he looks relatively thin, but his face is round and fat like a full moon, and he looks extremely disproportionate to his figure. Probably because of the heat in the house, this round face was covered with beads of sweat, and it was constantly wiping it with a handkerchief.

Lao Jia snorted: "What else can be good?" Recently, Zheng Huaizhu, this kid has been in the limelight. I remember when I first debuted, I saw everyone nodding and bowing like a grandson. What now? No matter who you see, you look like you're going to be someone else, and it's unpleasant to see it. ”

As soon as he said this, someone who had been friends with him hurriedly poked him and signaled him not to say any more.

It's better not to stab me, but after stabbing this time, Lao Jia's face became even more ugly, and he raised his voice steeply: "What are you stabbing me for?" Which one of you is not famous in the provincial capital? It stands to reason that he Zheng Huaizhu set up a wine to invite us, he should show some sincerity, even if he doesn't wait for us here in advance, but he can't leave us here for so long without seeing people, right? Isn't it obvious that we don't act anymore and want to give us a dismissal? Hmph, you are afraid of him, but my old Jia is not afraid. Originally, I also wanted to ask him what was going on with the person named Qin Chuan under my hand, but he took the initiative to send it to the door, which just saved Lao Tzu's trouble. ”

Qin Chuan was burdened by Zhang Cheng's subordinates, and it didn't take long for Zheng Huaizhu's people to join Cheng Zhichao and others to clean up the matter in the provincial capital, this old Jia was Qin Chuan's boss, and after hearing the news, he was furious, and he was going to ask Zheng Huaizhu for clarification at that time. But he was persuaded by the people around him, and they all said that with Lao Jia's current strength, going head-to-head with Zheng Huaizhu is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. It's best to get in touch with Zhang Cheng and see what he wants. Before he could contact Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng found him first, told him that the matter had been settled, and then asked, but Zhang Cheng refused to say a word.

There was no way to take Zheng Huaizhu by himself, Zhang Cheng refused to get involved again, Lao Jia was on fire, and he was in the hospital for six or seven days before he came out. Since then, he has held a grudge against Zheng Huaizhu, and he wants to find a chance to get back to this field, but Zheng Huaizhu didn't give him this opportunity at all, until today, he suddenly received a call from Zheng Huaizhu, saying that a table of wine was set up in Phoenix International, and the bosses of the provincial city were invited to contact and contact each other.

Needless to say, everyone else here was also invited by Zheng Huaizhu, although everyone has a different mentality, but everyone is not a fool, knowing that Zheng Huaizhu is banqueting everyone at this sensitive time, it is not as simple as contacting feelings, and eighty percent still fancy the territory in the east of the city.

When Zhang Cheng's territory was just knocked out, the bosses of all walks of life in the provincial capital still had scruples, not knowing if Zhang Cheng could make a comeback, and he didn't dare to take the idea of fighting that territory lightly. But with Zhang Cheng's arrest, the situation has gradually become clear, no matter from which point of view, the possibility of Zhang Cheng's comeback is very small. In an instant, the territory in the east of the city was like a piece of fragrant braised pork, attracting the attention of all kinds of immortals.

People are like this, in the face of interests, the overthrow of the previous car can never become a lesson for the future. Cheng Weiguo can defeat Zhang Cheng in one fell swoop in order to eliminate potential hidden dangers for his son, but there is no way to uproot the underground forces in the provincial capital. Not to mention that he doesn't have this ability at all, even if he has this ability, he can use his connections to join forces with the police to completely wipe out the large and small forces in the provincial capital, and it won't take much to replace the purged forces with emerging forces.

Interests always make some people dare to take risks.

Lao Jia's scolding of Zheng Huaizhu can only be just a vent of private fire, seeing that the people around him did not condemn Zheng Huaizhu with him, this guy also closed his mouth with interest. Fortunately, the people in this private room are all the old characters in the provincial city, and they have been quite connected with each other before, even if they scolded Zheng Huaizhu behind their backs, I believe that with the friendship of everyone, they will not say it.

After Lao Jia finished happily, Zheng Huaizhu still did not appear. After more than half an hour, the teapot on the table had been refilled for the fourth time, and a hearty laugh was heard outside the private room. With the sound of this laughter, Zheng Huaizhu's figure also appeared in front of everyone.

After waiting for such a long time, not only Lao Jia, but also the other bosses were dissatisfied with Zheng Huaizhu, but when Zheng Huaizhu's figure appeared, everyone seemed to have made an appointment, and they all put on a smiling face. Lao Jia was the most enthusiastic, the first to stand up and greet him, and shouted with a spring breeze on his face: "Ouch, Huai Shao has finally arrived, I really didn't expect that Huai Shao was so busy that he could still think of us old guys." Hehe, that's embarrassing. ”,

Zheng Huaizhu also smiled: "Where did Brother Jia come from, his subordinates praised me and called me 'Huai Shao'." If Brother Jia calls me like that, he is not praising me, but beguising me. ”

Lao Jia just wanted to say something more, but suddenly found that there were still a few people standing behind Zheng Huaizhu, and he couldn't help but be stunned. When I looked closely, a middle-aged man in his forties with a graceful body was very raw, and the other was in his fifties, thin and withered but an old acquaintance. Seeing this person, Lao Jia's heart couldn't help but tighten: "Wei Huandong? When did he get involved with Zheng Huaizhu? ”

There was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, and he pretended to be surprised with a smile: "Yo, Old Wei is also here, this is really a rare thing." ”

Wei Huandong's small eyes shot out two cold lights, slapped him up and down, and sneered: "It's not a rare thing for you to come, why is it a rare thing for me to come?" ”

Lao Jia was uncomfortable by the two cold lights, and laughed dryly: "Old Wei washed his hands many years ago, and he didn't ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, even if we wanted to invite Old Wei to drink, it was not easy for us to have a drink, but Huai Shao's face was big enough." ”

The invited are all time-honored big brothers in the provincial capital, and they have never paid attention to Zheng Huaizhu, a newly rising young boy, and have no respect at all. It's just that because of Zheng Huaizhu's strength, he had to go through the motions. Although everyone didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew very well in their hearts that once they didn't speculate with Zheng Huaizhu, the big brothers in the rivers and lakes would inevitably unite to squeeze out Zheng Huaizhu. No matter how strong Zheng Huaizhu's strength is, it is difficult to make a difference under the exclusion of so many people, not to mention that Zheng Huaizhu doesn't even have a territory now, all his strength can be regarded as virtual?

In the minds of everyone, territory is the foundation of a person and a force. If a person doesn't even have a foundation, then no matter how many soldiers this person has, he can only be regarded as a rabble, even if it is temporary, it is temporary, and when a storm comes, the tree will fall and scatter.

In just a few days after Zhang Cheng's complete downfall, the various forces in the provincial capital have already taken action one after another, using all their resources to obtain the greatest benefits in the battle for territory in the east of the city. It seems that the territory in the east of the city is still very calm, but the signs of a rush have loomed. In order to be able to share an extra piece of meat, these big brothers in the rivers and lakes have always been scruples and will bear a ruthless reputation.

Everyone knows in their hearts that if they want to eat the piece of meat in the east of the city, they must go through a series of battles to complete, the hard fist takes the big head, the soft fist takes the small head, each according to his ability, his own strength is there, and there will not be too much mess to clean up when the time comes. Originally, Zheng Huai was also in the scope of everyone's consideration, but for such a long time, Zheng Huaizhu did not take the initiative to join this battle, and many people thought that he was not interested in the place in the east of the city. Unexpectedly, when the turf battle was about to come to the stage, Zheng Huaizhu suddenly came to such a show.

What caught everyone off guard even more was that Zheng Huaizhu had obviously done his homework, knowing that he would definitely not be able to suppress these people alone, and even invited Wei Huandong, who had already withdrawn from the rivers and lakes, to come out. Although everyone doesn't know what the relationship between him and Wei Huandong is, they can also see from the appearance of the two of them, and the relationship between Wei Huandong and Zheng Huaizhu is definitely closer than with them.

All people can disdain Zheng Huaizhu in their hearts, but they can't ignore Wei Huandong, because the name of "the first knife in the provincial city" is too loud. Everyone present, Shi You had a fierce conflict with Wei Huandong when he was young, so many people together, they couldn't overturn this kid, but he made him jump and suffer heavy losses. Thinking of Wei Huandong's ruthlessness when he was hit by dozens of knives in his body and still rushed up with red eyes, including Lao Jia, they all secretly fought a cold war.

Unlike Pang Liuzhi and others who held Zheng Huaizhu on the surface and disdained them in their hearts, Wei Huandong treated these people with no good face inside and out. After listening to Lao Jia's words, he didn't say a word, walked straight to the table, moved Lao Jia's chair in front of him, and sat down.

poured a cup of tea casually, but Wei Huandong didn't drink it, two cold eyes looked around at everyone present, and sneered: "Zhang Cheng is down, my old friend who has been fighting with him openly and secretly for more than 20 years suddenly feels empty in my heart, and it is very unpleasant." I don't know what's going on, it's like grass grows in my heart, and I always want to come out and walk. I just heard that there is such a party today, so I came over to join in the fun, so I won't disturb everyone's interest, right? ”,

"Where, where." Everyone was smiling and raised their glasses to Wei Huandong. Wei Huandong did not refuse, the other party raised a glass, and he also raised a glass. Anyway, the cup is full of tea, even if you drink it, you won't be a little drunk.

Accompanied by Zheng Huaizhu, in addition to Wei Huandong, there were three other people, the middle-aged man in his forties, followed closely by two young people who did not look amazing, but their eyes were abnormal. After Zheng Huaizhu entered the door, he was busy greeting Lao Jia and others, and Wei Huandong was busy communicating with others with tea instead of wine, the middle-aged man was relatively calm, with an unfathomable smile on his face, and he didn't say a word. However, during this period of time, the two young men quickly observed the situation in the private room, remembered the positions where everyone was sitting one by one, and made a simple assessment.

This is an instinct of the bodyguard, after countless tests of blood and fire, this instinct has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, not to mention a strange place, even in their own home, after returning home every day, they will subconsciously observe the situation at home, some masters, even if there is an extra chopstick on the dining table, can be detected immediately.

But the people they wanted to protect, except for Zheng Huaizhu and Wei Huandong, didn't know anyone else, and they all looked at him curiously.

I saw that after Zheng Huaizhu finished greeting everyone, he turned his head and smiled at the middle-aged man: "Boss Fang, these are the best big brothers in the rivers and lakes on the provincial road, any one of them is pulled out alone, they are all big guys who stand alone, do we know each other?" The tone is extremely humble, and the usual arrogant and empty-eyed "Huai Shao" is completely different.

Fang Yueyuan nodded slightly: "I have long heard that the provincial city is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, Fang has been friends with you for a long time, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet so many powerful Jianghu brothers today, but it is really Fang someone's luck." ”

Although Zhang Cheng and Zheng Huaizhu both chose to deal with it in a low-key manner, and some things were not hyped up, there was no impermeable wall under the sky, and some people quickly knew that there was a slight festival between Zhang Cheng and Binhai's eldest brother Fang Yueyuan. Some people even found out that Fang Yueyuan's only daughter had a close relationship with the son of the chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region, and this Qiē Zhang Cheng fell so quickly, it was obvious that someone from above wanted to rectify him. These people have been crawling around the rivers and lakes for many years, and their noses are more intelligent than that of police dogs, and some people have begun to secretly collect relevant information about this coastal boss who has never paid attention to before.

When Zheng Huaizhu called him "Boss Fang" just now, some well-behaved people felt that something was wrong, as soon as Fang Yueyuan opened his mouth to speak, everyone immediately heard the authentic coastal accent, and they were all shocked, and suddenly felt that today's wine was probably not very good.

Leopard Hidden Chapter 291 The Knife Out of the Sheath (Text)