Power and Wealth

Chapter 703: The God of Plagues is still the God of Plagues

Morning.

Health Wine Factory.

The bank loan application was put on hold, and Song Qingming was forced to a corner. He immediately calls for an emergency meeting with his staff to find a solution. But there’s no solution. His precious loan is from ICBC bank, and it’s not fully paid up. No other banks will issue any loans to his factory with this outstanding debt.

What should I do? I am going to be bankrupt.

Song Qingming turns pale. He had fallen from heaven to hell after one day, and he could not accept it.

What is going on?

When did I offend the City’s Bank Manager?

Suddenly, Song Qingming remembers what Dong Xuebing said over the phone yesterday.

“I will be waiting for you in my office to beg me to remove them.” This sentence is like a knife stabbing his heart. Song Qingming’s face changed. Director Tang had mentioned that the Branch Manager had brought up his advertisement boards. He doesn’t understand why a small advertisement board falling off has become a big issue. That advertisement board had not fallen off entirely from the hinges, and no one was killed. Why is the Bank’s Branch Manager so concerned about it? It must be Guang Ming Subdistrict Office’s Dong Xuebing!

Dong Xuebing! You are too evil!

You bastard! This is trying to cut off my funds and kill me!

Song Qingming was furious and called the bank, hoping to negotiate with them. But Director Tang did not answer his calls, and the bank’s attitude towards him changed. Without funding, the factory will be finished. All his hard work over the years will be in vain.

F**k! Dong Xuebing is ruthless! He didn’t even leave a leeway!

Song Qingming immediately drove to Guang Ming Subdistrict Office.

Guang Ming Subdistrict Office.

Dong Xuebing is at his desk reading reports and documents when Zhou Yanru knocked and entered his office.

“Director, there’s someone downstairs who wants to meet you.” Zhou Yanru said with a weird expression.

Dong Xuebing looked up and smiled. “Song Qingming?”

Zhou Yanru is surprised. How did Director Dong know it was him? “Yes.”

“Let him wait. Tell him I am busy and come back an hour later.” Compared to yesterday, Dong Xuebing is very patient today.

Zhou Yanru is afraid things might go wrong. “He might be here because of the advertisement boards. You….”

“Just tell him I am busy now.” Dong Xuebing replied emotionlessly.

Zhou Yanru is speechless. “Alright.”

Downstairs. 

Wang Yuling had just arrived for overtime work and saw Song Qingming standing outside the office building.

Zhou Yanru had returned downstairs. She looks at Song Qingming emotionlessly. “Director Dong is busy, and he asked you to wait.”

Song Qingming is furious and knows Dong Xuebing is making things difficult. But he has no choice. He had thought about it on his way to the Subdistrict Office. He did not expect Dong Xuebing to know the City’s ICBC Branch Manager so well to stop his loan application. Now, his factory’s life is in Dong Xuebing’s hands.

“Ok. I will wait here.” Song Qingming politely reply.

Zhou Yanru is puzzled by Song Qingming’s attitude and takes a second look at him.

Wang Yuling was also surprised. She quickly pulled Zhou Yanru into the building and asked. “Sister Zhou, what is going on? Why is he here?”

“I also don’t know what is going on.” Zhou Yanru looks out. “His attitude is strange too.”

“That’s right. This guy was very arrogant yesterday, and why did he change suddenly?”

“We will know in a while. Director Dong had purposely made him wait and will meet him an hour later.”

Half an hour past.

Song Qingming got impatient of waiting. He had wanted to meet Dong Xuebing to reason with him, but he calmed down after thirty minutes of waiting. Fine. Since you want me to take down that advertisement board, I will do as you wish.

Song Qingming called the District’s Urban Enforcement Unit’s Team Leader Xia. “Hello, Team Leader Xie. Something happened at my side, and I think I should follow the Subdistrict Office’s orders to take down that advertisement board.”

A while later.

Work Party Secretary Office.

Zhou Yanru brought Song Qingming to the office. Wang Yuling also ‘happens’ to come to the office with a document for Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing faked a smile. “Oh, Mr. Song. I’m sorry for letting you wait. I was busy with work earlier.”

“It’s alright.” Song Qingming did not sit. “Director Dong, I think there might be a misunderstanding between us. I had thought about it this morning and realized we were at fault. We had caused trouble for the Subdistrict Office, and we are sorry. I had called the District Urban Enforcement Unit to inform them about our advertisement board outside Liu Xiang Neighborhood and asked them to help us remove it. We have submitted the removal applications.”

Zhou Yanru and Wang Yuling were speechless. They did not expect Song Qingming had come to apologize. His attitude was very different from yesterday.

Dong Xuebing smiles as he looks at Song Qingming.

Fine. You are still trying to play tricks with me now. I had made myself clear yesterday, and it is not only about that advertisement board.

Dong Xuebing did not care about what Song Qingming thought. He had given him a chance yesterday, and that’s more than enough. “That advertisement board is not enough. Mr. Song, I don’t care about other Subdistricts. Still, all the advertisement boards, especially yours, in our Subdistrict must be checked.”

Ring… ring… ring…. Dong Xuebing’s office phone rings.

“Let me answer this first.” Dong Xuebing picks up the phone. “Hello, I’m Dong Xuebing.”

“Director Dong, I am Xia Yan from the Urban Enforcement Unit. Our men are reaching Liu Xiang Neighborhood, and we will be removing that illegal advertisement board.”

Dong Xuebing glanced at Song Qingming and laughed. “Why do you want to remove that advertisement board? How come we are not informed?”

Team Leader Xia frowned. “We confirmed that there are some issues with that advertisement board, and it was your Subdistrict Office who reported it yesterday.”

Dong Xuebing laughed. “We did contact the Urban Enforcement Unit yesterday. But that was yesterday, and it’s different today.”

“Director Dong, what do you mean?” Xia Yan is frustrated. You all are the ones who wanted us to remove it. Why are you changing your mind now?

Dong Xuebing is someone who bears grudges. He wanted the Urban Enforcement Unit to remove the advertisement boards, but they refused to cooperate. They are the ones who ignored what he said, and they want to remove it because Song Qingming asked them to do it. F**k you! “I think you all should go back since you all have not reached. Our Subdistrict Office can handle it ourselves.”

Team Leader Xia coldly replied. “We have arrived.”

“Ok.” Dong Xuebing laughed. “Our Subdistrict Office is closed today, and the cafeteria is not open. We cannot provide lodging and meals for you all. Please go back.”

Team Leader Xia is furious. Guang Ming Subdistrict Office’s Dong Xuebing is a troublemaker like the rumors.

Dong Xuebing puts down the phone and looks at Song Qingming with a smile.

Zhou Yanru and Wang Yuling exchanged looks.

Song Qingming finally saw Dong Xuebing’s way of working and was speechless.

“Mr. Song, is there anything else?” Dong Xuebing asked. “Please leave if you have nothing else. The advertisement board is not urgent. We can talk about it another time.”

It is not urgent for you, but it is an urgent matter for me!

My factory’s bank loan application is still on hold!

Song Qingming is finally scared when he sees Dong Xuebing’s attitude towards the District’s Urban Enforcement Unit. He is afraid Dong Xuebing might ask the bank to put his loan application on hold for one to two months. His factory will have to shut down. Without the factory, his advertisement boards will have to be taken down. He knows Dong Xuebing is capable of doing this. He remembers what Dong Xuebing said. “You beg me to remove them.”

I need to beg him to remove those advertisement boards.

The biggest troublemaker of Nan Shan District is not someone I can challenge.

Why did I provoke him in the first place?! I should have concentrated on my business.

After Song Qingming left, Zhou Yanru asked. “Director, should we ask the Urban Enforcement Unit to remove it? They….”

Dong Xuebing laughed. “Don’t worry. Someone will remove them.”

The advertisement board, which had fallen, was put up again. It might look small, but everyone in Nan Shan District is watching them.

Ignoring the Subdistrict Office’s orders and putting up the advertisement board again?!

This is a challenge and provocation to the Subdistrict Office.

Dong Xuebing’s enemies are watching and laughing at him.

But when everyone thought Dong Xuebing would be humiliated, the wine factory’s boss Song Qingming, took down the newly put-up advertisement board on the same day. He paid for a team of contractors to remove it and all five other advertisement boards in Guang Ming District. His actions had surprised everyone.

Is Song Qingming crazy?

Song Qingming was still aggressive and firm yesterday. Why did he give in today? He had removed all his advertisement boards himself. This is demeaning to himself.

Many people can guess what happened. Song Qingming was forced to remove those advertisement boards because of Dong Xuebing.

It only took Dong Xuebing one day to tame Song Qingming, which surprised many people.

Even without authority and being suppressed, the God of Plagues is still the God of Plagues!