Skip to content
Novel Catalog
Chapter 710 Investments Avoid Jiebei
“Tong’an is quite alright, we should be able to take it down with our ability. We should have no
problems in both the legal and illegal circle. But Jiebei is a bit troublesome,” Li Dong had a stern
expression on his face as he pointed at the map. “The legal circle is very strict, and… extremely
greedy!”
He didn’t dare to think about the last two gantries, Linshan and Bei’an, for the moment. Just Jiebei
was already quite a headache.
“Why?” Number 5 asked with a frown.
If it was the illegal circle giving Li Dong trouble, Number 5 would help him to settle it immediately.
But they didn’t dare to do anything about the legal circle. Without any orders from Jiang Ning, they
had to respect the rules of other circles.
“They want 70%!” said Li Dong angrily through clenched teeth. “They said that as long as Lin Group
products go through them, we have to give them 70% of our profits!”
“Bloody bastards!” Number 5 cursed when he heard this.
70%!
They hadn’t done anything and Lin Group covered the cost of production. All they did was to let the
goods through and they wanted 70% of the profits?
“Did you think the sentiment about investments avoiding Jiebei was just a joke?” Li Dong shook his
head and sighed. “Without a huge amount of power and a strong standing in the legal circle, this
gantry will be very difficult to overcome. The last two, Linshan and Bei’an, are fiercely controlled by
both the legal and illegal circle.”
He felt a strong sense of helplessness for the first time.
Jiang Ning had already given him a lot of help and even let Number 5 and his men help him along
the way. Who else in Lin Group was given such special treatment?
But he couldn’t take this gantry down, and
he had disappointed the trust that Jiang Ning had in him.
Lin Group was producing massive amounts of their new product and they were due to ship out of
Donghai towards the north very soon. But now the gantries were not open to them, and they were
going to be stuck at a key stage of entering the north.
“It’s not your fault, this is beyond what you can do.” Number 5 could tell what Li Dong was thinking
about and consoled him, “Big Boss won’t blame you.”
“Brother Ning is a nice man and treats everyone well. He may not blame me, but I can’t forgive
myself.” Li Dong took a deep breath. “I’ll try again. I’ve already made an appointment with someone
in charge and I’ll see if there’s a chance later.”
Number 5 nodded. After remaining with Li Dong during this time, he knew that Li Dong was one
who went all out.
But Number 5 had also followed Jiang Ning for some time now. He had seen a lot and knew that
there were some people and some matters that couldn’t be settled just because you followed all the
rules.
noveldrama
Especially at a time when Lin Group was Linglong Group’s rival. What sort of existence was
Linglong Group to the north?
They were the biggest corporation in the north!
The powers and profits that this corporation contained were a big mess, and perhaps even the boss
of the group couldn’t say for sure what sort of company this was.
This huge conglomeration had all sorts of people hiding inside. They all had their own ulterior
motives and were fighting to protect their own interests, so it wasn’t going to be so easy to deal with
them.
Even Long Ling’er was probably having a headache over this.
‘Til go with you,” said Number 5. “Just to check things out.”
They made some preparations and drove out.
The illegal circle of Jiebei was not much different from Tianbei, but their legal circle was quite
powerful.
The main controllers of the governmental agencies came from six powerful families. They were
intertwined with one another to form a huge web. Any company that wanted to get through this web
had to leave something behind, otherwise they could forget about getting through the web.
The worst part was that these six families seemed to be pretty united. On the surface, they didn’t
seem to have any fights among each other.
Everyone’s aim was the same and they split everything evenly. Everyone took one mouthful each
and it was enough to fill their stomachs, so there was no need to fight.
Li Dong had tried for many days and used everything he had to finally contact just one of them. All
the high and mighty representatives of the six powerful families didn’t want to see him at all.
Li Dong was only a regional manager from Lin Group, so they didn’t have any regard for him unless
he could offer them something.
Li Dong and Number 5 waited outside the office for an hour before the door was open to them.
They walked in and there was nobody else besides a fairly large sized man. There was a gentle
smile on his face as he sat at his desk, and he was clearly not busy with anything.
There were tea dregs in the trashcan that were obviously just thrown in moments ago and were still
steaming.
This fellow had clearly preferred to leisurely make tea before attending to proper work matters. He
had really gone overboard!
