District 9

In the operating room, seeing that there was no hope of rescue, the military doctors removed Wen Beiliang's medical equipment, gave him an injection, and left quietly.

The relationship between Lao Li and Wen Beiliang was not as suspected by Qin Yu and others. They seemed to have been friends for many years in private. They have indeed known each other for a long time. Not long after District 9 was established, the two parties had contact, but it was just a casual acquaintance.

After Lao Li stepped down as the chief councilor of Jiangnan District, he lay dormant for more than two years. To outsiders, he seemed to be doing nothing during this period. He played chess and drank tea every day. He seemed to have no interest in returning to politics. He had no hope, but in fact he had been planning for the future for more than two years.

Lao Li also had some connections in the upper echelons of the academic community. He had known for a long time that the three major cities in the ninth district were all planning to expand into new districts. From then on, he had been thinking about how he could get back on his feet.

The expansion of the new district will inevitably lead to the issuance of permanent residence rights to outside the district, and this is an excellent opportunity for Lao Li. Because he has a dark history in Songjiang, if he wants to rely on the establishment of new districts and new departments to return to the political arena, it is tantamount to wishful thinking. Even if the academy gives him some support and proposes to re-enable him, the other two opposing factions are still struggling to tolerate him. Once someone digs out his previous affairs and labels him as a direct descendant of Lao Xu, and public opinion joins in, all efforts will be in vain.

However, it is difficult for the three major factions to control all the specific details of the city's issuance of permanent residence rights to outside the district. Because there are too many people who want to enter the district, if there is a strong person outside the district to support him, then Lao Li may still have a chance of survival. So he set his sights on the Wang family, which was in Longcheng, and also thought of Wen Beiliang, who he had been in contact with before.

When he first came into contact with Wen Beiliang, Lao Li originally had a cooperative attitude with the Wang family, but the latter vaguely told him that if the new district was expanded, the patriarch might be closer to the party and government. Because this old guy also has the idea of ​​​​entering the political arena, it is obvious that the party and government will give him more resources. Later facts also proved that as soon as the news of the expansion of the new district was made public, Ye Lin and the patriarch reached a consensus.

The Wang family couldn't win over it, so Lao Li originally wanted to give up this line, but he didn't expect that after Wen Beiliang had observed him for a long time, he vaguely suggested that he could help him. Both of them are extremely thoughtful people, and it was impossible for Lao Li to completely trust him at first. It was not until some of the things discussed by the two were gradually implemented that the trust foundation was completely established, and the specific strategy of using Zhang Qing and Wang Tiannan to divide the Wang family was developed.

In these matters, Lao Li was mainly responsible for planning, while Wen Beiliang provided him with a large amount of internal information about the Wang family, including the conflicts between the third house and the eldest house, as well as the positions of each house, and the role of the patriarch in the Wang family. The role it played, etc... Including talking to Zhang Qing, Wen Beiliang did not talk to her personally until he tried it for a long time. Otherwise, with Lao Li's understanding of the Wang family as an outsider, he would not have been able to strike at the vital points of the Wang family with a sharp and direct blow.

To be honest, although Lao Li and Wen Beiliang have not been in formal contact for a long time, they have had in-depth conversations countless times. Their various ideas and personalities are the same... It is difficult to find a confidant, and for Lao Li For this kind of person, there are not many people he can call friends, and Wen Beiliang is obviously one of them.

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Operating room.

Old Wen slowly turned his head, smiled at Old Li and said: "...It turns out...it was agreed as it was, and it's done. When you become a congressman...you want to get half of my country...I...I can't wait." That’s the day.”

Lao Li rubbed his cheeks vigorously with his hands: "You are not lucky."

"...I don't regret it. If I choose another hundred times, I will also kill the Wang family." Wen Beiliang replied with a trembling voice.

Lao Li looked at him blankly and did not answer.

"When the district was first established, Longcheng was much more chaotic than it is now, and the fighting was even more fierce than last night... At that time, resources were scarcer than now. When the disaster first came, people were distraught, and people could not see hope. They were so panicked. Very good." Wen Beiliang said softly: "So I suggested to the clan leader that if I want to take root in Dragon City, what I want to grab is not the land, but the public support and the people's hearts... When the people have room to survive, they will naturally be willing to listen to you. . You have solved the basic people's livelihood problems, and they can't do without you... For more than 20 years, the chess I played for the Wang family has been realized step by step... But the Wang family has stabilized, and the patriarch kicked me off the chess board. Kicked away."

Lao Li was silent and did not speak.

"Ten years ago, Wang Zonghan caused a backlash in several living villages because of his radical approach to work... I went to the district to do business that night, and something happened in Longcheng, and my wife and children died..." Wen Beiliang said palely. With a smile on his face and red eyes, he looked at Lao Li and said: "I have paid so much, and in the end... when the patriarch kicked me away from the center of power, he didn't hesitate at all. No matter what I did, I would always be in the Wang family. They all have a foreign surname, so I helped you out of selfish motives and wanted to take revenge...I don’t regret that I ended up like this, Lao Li."

"...!" Lao Li looked at him with red eyes. He wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Old Li, I've been living in poverty for most of my life. I have no children or a family... I'll just fucking leave if I leave. There's nothing to miss." Wen Beiliang grabbed Lao Li's wrist and said in a trembling voice : "The only thing that makes me uneasy... is the friends and brothers I made in the Wang family... I said I was against them, and they all turned against me... Alas, in this era, there is a group of people who are willing to believe in you... Yes It’s not easy. After I leave, you take good care of them.”

"Definitely!" Lao Li nodded.

"Old Li... I have stayed outside the district for a long time. It is not easy for people there. If the chief council member is not your end, you can still go up... and do some practical things for them." Wen Bei Liang sighed: "...just...that's it."

Lao Li looked at him and turned his head unbearably.

"...I've been...staying in the Wang family for decades...I didn't expect...you were the one who sent me away in the end...haha!" Wen Beiliang's voice became weaker and weaker as he spoke, until he finally closed his eyes and swallowed Angry.

Lao Li stood up slowly, looked down at him, and whispered softly: "I remember everything you said."

Later, someone said that if Wen Beiliang could live longer and complement Lao Li, the two and even Tiancheng Group might develop more smoothly and reach their ideal heights faster.

But many things just backfired. Before he came, people were gone.

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The entrance to another operating room.

The military doctor stepped out and said to Qin Yu: "Ding Guozhen's condition is temporarily stable, but... there is shrapnel under his ribs on the left side that has penetrated into the kidney, and the blood is compressing the nerves. We must completely remove it."