Chapter 2316 - 2316: Rising Through the Ranks

Lu Liang was completely dumbfounded, couldn't believe his uncle was standing up for Liu Zhizhong like this?

Oh no, oh no, what the hell, what is Liu Zhizhong's relationship with my uncle?

This family, without my uncle, the future doesn't look too good!

He helplessly looked at his raging uncle, then at Liu Zhizhong's calm face, and it seemed like he understood something.

Xiong Wenwu continued his scolding outburst: "You bastard! Not managing the company well, not exercising with us, but doing pointless things all day long! If you can't win over a woman's heart, that's because you're inept. Why are you being so persistent? Slandering Zhizhong's reputation, are you asking for it? And what's with these useless people under you? Fire them right away! And these two!"

As he spoke, Xiong Wenwu pointed at Da Wu and Xiao Wu, scaring them both shivering. He continued, "Those two things in their hands, you figure out a way to destroy them for me. If something were to happen in society, especially here in Dongnan City, I couldn't protect you! I can't even protect myself. Let's see what you'll do then?!!!"

After finishing, he kicked Lu Liang in the leg again. As Lu Liang was getting up, he almost fell over again.

At this moment, Liu Zhizhong, being quite tactful, quickly said, "Bear Market, leave it, no need to be so angry. Lu Liang junior is just young and impulsive, he made a mistake. I can understand and forgive him. I hope that in the future, he behaves himself, follow Bear Market's guidance, handle the aftermath well, and everything will be fine. Young people are bound to make mistakes, as long as they learn from them, it's alright!"

Damn…

Liu Zhizhong fits the role of a good guy so perfectly, it's like he actually is one.

Xiong Wenwu cursed, "You beast! Look at your senior, how forgiving he is? And you're just standing there? Not going to apologize? Waiting for the new year?"

Lu Liang was utterly devastated, the superiority he once felt before Liu Zhizhong was completely gone, and his heart was trembling with shock.

Though he couldn't make sense of it, he knew it was serious, so he quickly bowed down to apologize to Liu Zhizhong, nodding like a pecking chicken, swearing and vowing with every ounce of sincerity, looking both ridiculous and amusing, yet more so, embarrassing.

Liu Zhizhong, knowing when to stop, said, "Alright, Lu Liang junior, taking the right path is the right way. Let bygones be bygones between us. With an uncle like yours, follow his path, learn well, and you'll have a bright future."

"Yes, yes, listen to the senior's teaching, thank you, senior, thank you, senior."

Whether sincere or not, Lu Liang managed to keep up appearances.

Liu Zhizhong nodded, "Alright then, go do what you need to do! Hey, Bear Market, let's find a place to eat, then go shoot some hoops?"

Xiong Wenwu nodded, "Sure! Zhizhong, thank you for being so generous!"

Hearing that his uncle was going to play basketball with Liu Zhizhong, Lu Liang felt their relationship was indeed extraordinary, and he regretted it deeply, damn, he was so blind, sigh… got beaten up for nothing!

At that moment, Xiong Wenwu shouted, "Lu Liang, why are you still standing here? Get lost!"

"Ah… I… yes, yes…"

Lu Liang truly hurried away in a fluster, dragging Da Wu and Xiao Wu with him, getting into the car to leave.

As for what to do next, he roughly knew, sigh~~~

Meanwhile, Xiong Wenwu went with Liu Zhizhong to get some food, and by the way, contacted Zhang Qidong to play basketball in the evening, haha…

In a blink, it was Monday, Liu Zhizhong reported to the City Culture and Tourism Bureau, officially taking up the position as Director of Development. The title Director Liu stuck right away.

On the day he reported, the Cultural and Tourism Bureau warmly welcomed him, with speeches from all the leaders. The City Committee's Minister of Publicity as well as Vice Mayor Zhang Qidong, were also present, making the occasion quite grand.

Liu Zhizhong, during the welcome event, delivered a speech himself, very appropriately, no mistake at all, and implicitly mentioned this year's Spring Festival cultural and tourism promotion activities. The Development Office must collaborate with all departments to strive for more national heat for Dongnan City in the cultural and tourism sector.

In fact, earlier Yu Sheng's fishing event had already created a buzz, but the ongoing effects were not enough! The cultural and tourism infrastructure here in the Southeast definitely couldn't keep pace.

Liu Zhizhong's assumption of office quickly spread.

Of course, it drew attention from all sides.

For instance, Gu Man, upon seeing her ex-boyfriend getting promoted again, felt a mixture of emotions!

Her husband Zhang Xiaoyang, still in the southern region for study and inspection, felt somewhat irritated upon hearing the news.

What the hell is this? Liu Zhizhong got promoted again?

Zhang Xiaoyang didn't want to see such a scenario, but it's already a done deal, raising his concerns.

In Zhang Xiaoyang's view, Liu Zhizhong's promotion is inseparable from Zhang Qidong.

After all, Liu Zhizhong is Zhang Qidong's prized student.

Seems like, it's time to teach Zhang Qidong a lesson, right?

As long as Zhang Qidong is affected, Liu Zhizhong is bound to be affected too, hmhm…

Alright, once Vice County Magistrate Zhang returns to the Southeast, let's consider it.

After Liu Zhizhong assumed duty, within a week, he rolled out two industry development plans consecutively, which were directly acknowledged by the upper leadership of Cultural and Tourism Bureau and submitted to the city. Both Zhang Qidong and Xiong Wenwu immediately signed off on them.

Now, the fun began.

With less than two months left until the Spring Festival, everything was still on track.

Liu Zhizhong's industry development plan, one is a sports event welcoming the New Year's cultural and tourism activities, with a city-level basketball invitational tournament; the other is Dongnan City's Wilderness Survival Fishing Competition, a massive main event indeed.

The basketball invitational needs no introduction, as state-level units in Dongnan City, including the mayor, formed basketball teams, extending invitations to other provincial peer municipal units for Spring Festival matches, which received enthusiastic responses.

People are keen to see what it's like for leaders to play basketball. Lower-level officials, civil servants, etc., will definitely be organized to watch the game, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

And Dongnan City's Wilderness Survival Fishing Competition, much larger in scale, saw participation from various sides, resources converging, with strict survival competition requirements, also welcoming anglers and the public from all around to supervise and authenticate.

With the officially held wilderness survival event, it's much more formalized, with well-structured rules, supply security, live broadcasts all well in place, thereby attracting a surge in traffic instantly.

Anglers from all over the country, especially bloggers fond of wilderness survival, signed up in large numbers. The registration fee alone, hehe, collected quite a bit. Even though it was just 400 bucks, the participation was high!

The prize fund in this competition was also very enticing, with the first prize winner receiving five million, hahaha… For some bloggers with a modest following, it also serves as a showdown opportunity against the big influencers, possibly gaining more followers and income, why not?