Chapter 2320 - 2320

Liu Zhizhong smiled faintly, holding a briefcase, and sat down across from Zhang Xiaoyang, nodding, "County Head Zhang, long time no see! You seem to be in good spirits, but... you look a bit thinner?"

Zhang Xiaoyang slightly puffed out his belly, exuding the aura of a high-ranking leader, and said, "Thanks to you, turning the district and county party and government basketball games into a cultural tourism event, and a wild fishing survival contest didn't miss taking care of your hometown, Shunping County, exhausting me to the point of confusion. You're impressive, attracting all the attention while wearing out us involved leaders."

Liu Zhizhong smiled slightly and said, "County Head Zhang, you've worked hard; everyone has worked hard! That's not on me, it's all for Dongnan, for the people! Besides, I'm just a foot soldier in cultural tourism; the big directions are decided and controlled by the leaders! County Head Zhang, if you have complaints, feel free to vent them on me, haha..."

As he spoke, chuckling, Liu Zhizhong handed a cigarette to Zhang Xiaoyang.

"You..."

Zhang Xiaoyang was at a loss for words, choking with annoyance, waved his hand, and refused the cigarette offered by Liu Zhizhong.

"I have my own cigarettes, I won't smoke yours."

After speaking, Zhang Xiaoyang lit a rather exquisite cigarette, a He Tianxia.

And Liu Zhizhong, on the other hand, just had a slim Zhonghua.

After lighting his cigarette, Zhang Xiaoyang smoked it with great satisfaction.

Watching Liu Zhizhong smoke a slim Zhonghua, he felt a sense of satisfaction and vanity deep down, haha…

Some vanity looks at the bigger picture, some vanity really pays attention to details.

Liu Zhizhong wasn't embarrassed at all, smoking his cigarette quietly as if nothing happened.

Looking at his demeanor, Zhang Xiaoyang was genuinely irritated.

After all, Liu Zhizhong's appearance and demeanor were much more superior. Recently, in the Dongnan City officialdom, among the younger generation, Liu Zhizhong was quite the hot topic.

Liu Zhizhong often appeared in some live broadcasts, and his speeches were very professional and magnetic, garnering quite a few fans.

This is of course not important, what's important is that Liu Zhizhong and Yu Haiping's company once again made a fortune, the speed of making money is astonishingly fast.

Liu Zhizhong makes money faster than the officials from the Zhang family faction can embezzle; it's truly envy-inducing!

The key is, the money Liu Zhizhong makes is clean. My God… is it really this easy to make clean money if you ride the right trend?

Regarding this, people in the Zhang family faction had quite a few remarks!

Making money, is it good for one person to earn it all?

Zhang Xiaoyang thought for a moment and said: "I heard someone say you and Gu Yan have something going on?"

Liu Zhizhong was stunned, pretending not to know, "What? Who did you hear that from? How could there be anything between me and Gu Yan?"

Zhang Xiaoyang shook his head, with a subtle seriousness on his face, "Liu Zhizhong, stop pretending. I wouldn't know if you and Gu Yan have something? But I advise you to let it go, okay? Gu Yan is Gu Man's sister, that's first, you are mismatched; second, Gu Yan is considered part of the Zhang family system, you're still lacking in class, even more mismatched; third, ultimately, Gu Yan is my sister-in-law, and as her brother-in-law, for her happiness, I won't allow you two to engage."

Speaking, Zhang Xiaoyang crossed his legs, full of authority.

Liu Zhizhong, looking unfazed, "Say whatever you want, Gu Yan and I are innocent, that's the fact. No need for your advice or warnings."

"Haha... so at least you have self-awareness, haha..." Zhang Xiaoyang said, flicking his cigarette ash and taking a sip of tea, "You know, although you're hot and popular right now, politically optimistic; financially, calling it a daily windfall wouldn't be an exaggeration, but don't get too complacent or arrogant, this is Dongnan, it's still under the Zhang family's name, understand?"

Liu Zhizhong silently nodded, not bothered to respond to him.

These descendants of large families have a common problem, which is taking themselves too seriously, treating family power as the absolute trump card, meaning: overly superior, often having issues emerge from this."

But Liu Zhizhong remained silent, Zhang Xiaoyang was displeased, coldly saying, "What's the matter, not talking? Chickened out?"

Liu Zhizhong finally spoke, "No chickening out, Vice County Magistrate Zhang can't eat me, what's there to fear? I just don't want to speak, nothing in common with you."

Zhang Xiaoyang furrowed his brows, then sneered, "You want to have common ground with me?"

"No."

Liu Zhizhong answered very straightforwardly.

"You..."

Zhang Xiaoyang, a bit agitated, straightened his waist, pointed at Liu Zhizhong, "So, we'll never have common ground in this life, just remain political enemies?"

"In Vice County Magistrate Zhang's officialdom logic, is it just black and white?" Liu Zhizhong's response came quickly and with such clarity, hitting Zhang Xiaoyang's sore spot.

Zhang Xiaoyang gritted his teeth, "What else? Can I become friends with you? Didn't you say, no desire for common ground."

"Vice County Magistrate Zhang, your logic is flawed. We might be opposing each other, after all, the grievances between us aren't small; but within the party and government system, we are comrades, right? Comrades can oppose each other, but in opposition find unity and agree, all for work, for the place, for the people. Living in peace, leaving each other alone, isn't that also a way of getting along? Truly opposed means conflict, means enemies, is that really good?"

"You... you..." Zhang Xiaoyang pointed at Liu Zhizhong, choked and said: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Liu Zhizhong shrugged, discarded his cigarette butt, "I'm just expressing my viewpoint, not daring to be your mentor. If Vice County Magistrate Zhang understood, you wouldn't be so angry, right? A deputy division-level cadre should have appropriate self-cultivation."

Zhang Xiaoyang, more embarrassed, raised his hand to point at Liu Zhizhong again, nodding fiercely, "Fine, fine, fine… wait for it, wait for it! With you Liu Zhizhong, we are enemies!"

Liu Zhizhong remained silent, said nothing, took out another cigarette and lit it, then lowered his head to review his speech draft, hehe…

And Zhang Xiaoyang, not bothering with him either, was plotting his own schemes in his heart!

In today's City Committee meeting, all the bigwigs, they're from the Zhang family, if I Zhang Xiaoyang don't play a trick on you Liu Zhizhong, then I'm unworthy of the Zhang name!

If I don't make you Liu Zhizhong bleed today, damn it, then me being a Vice County Mayor is for nothing, and all the decades of the Zhang family's operations in Dongnan were for nothing, hmph hmph...

Of course, Liu Zhizhong doesn't know what nasty method Zhang Xiaoyang would use to deal with him, but he really isn't afraid of Zhang Xiaoyang, haha…