Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack-Chapter 396. Investment Rejected

"What?" Dai Weiguo stared, utterly incredulous, at Director Bi in front of him.

"Ahem." Director Bi coughed awkwardly a couple of times, but still had to say what needed to be said: "President Dai, we completely understand and are infinitely grateful for your eagerness to invest and your hope to make positive contributions to the development of your hometown.

But I’m sorry, it seems this shopping mall cooperation plan won’t work out."

The flattery over the phone had bordered on obsequiousness, with countless promises of concessions and preferential policies.

But when he arrived, all he attended was the welcome banquet.

Afterward, citing an overwhelmingly busy schedule, he continuously sent two deputy directors to accompany him in rotation.

Such a stark change in attitude, could it be that Shuzhen feared his permanent stay in the city might interfere with her family’s happiness, prompting her to intervene?

During those turbulent years, she genuinely aided several magnates, her connections were impressive!

In fact, for Director Bi, those big names didn’t even need to speak up. Just the Number One Scholar Village series, Good Taste, and Wan You combined with Ning Jianshe, the province’s largest electronics dealer, were enough to give him a headache.

After hearing his daughter’s account, he carefully inquired about the three Liu siblings.

Knowing which big guns were backing them, the last bit of his ambition vanished completely.

Not even considering pulling investments to solidify his position, why would he be eager to cozy up to Dai Weiguo?

It was still the haunted events around the Dai family’s grave passed from mouth to mouth, further tarnishing President Dai’s reputation to new heights.

Director Bi felt this was his chance to step on him and make amends with Lian and Liu, and the big shots backing their spouses.

Although Director Bi had been performing poorly for several consecutive years, with his position nearly on the line,

he was nevertheless a seasoned political veteran, with sharp instincts unerring.

Seeing Dai Weiguo obviously suspecting that the Liu family did something to mess up his supposedly foolproof investment,

he bluntly pointed out the poor reputation of the Dai family and Dai Weiguo himself, and the rumors surrounding their family grave had already spread throughout the city.

Although the influence of superstitions kept it off TV and newspapers, the citizens were already discussing it.

They all said...

"They all said that with such bad character, his establishment would certainly be a shady business.

Forget about twenty-one floors, even two hundred and ten floors, no one would patronize it!

Originally, this was just a small city focused primarily on agriculture without any strong key industries, naturally lacking purchasing power.

Ever since the Liu family’s commercial street was completed and opened, it has become the go-to place for shopping among urban and rural residents nearby.

Originally, they were thinking of investing in a more luxurious, grand, and upscale shopping venue to gather some popularity and stimulate consumption.

But the plan hadn’t even started when it faced such strong rejection.

If we don’t stop it now, what are we waiting for?

Wait any longer, and aren’t we afraid of losing everything?"

With blow after blow, even with Dai Weiguo’s iron constitution, it became a bit unbearable.

Especially since he suffered greatly both during his imprisonment and his following downfall.

Used to the subtropical climate of Hong Kong, when hit by the chilling northeast wind, getting a serious cold was only too natural.

With a high fever of nearly forty degrees, he became completely disoriented.

Without even the slightest resistance, he was sent to the hospital, sparing his assistant the trouble of persuasion.

You must know, he’s the one who loathes hospitals the most.

Back when he was injured and went through surgery, Bai Jing and her friend set him up, which set a precedent. From then on, Dai Weiguo harbored extreme hatred for hospitals.

After waking up, he vented angrily at the kind-hearted assistant, scolding the young man to tears, nearly making him unable to stay standing.

As soon as there were signs of the fever subsiding, he immediately checked out of the hospital in a hurry.

As if the place were filled with great dangers, he fled with astonishing decisiveness.

But what he didn’t know was that from the moment he got off the plane and arrived in the city, he was under total surveillance.

The moment he set foot in the hospital, the next moment a call was made to the clinic department.

Under the pretense of needing thorough examinations due to the severe fever.

Right under the assistant’s nose, Dai Weiguo underwent dozens of relevant and irrelevant checkups all over his body.

Before he even got discharged, the test results were faxed to Liu Shouren’s office.

So from a certain perspective, Dai Weiguo’s wariness towards hospitals isn’t without reason!

"Hey, I knew it, good people never last, but harmful ones last a thousand years. Someone as utterly wicked as this won’t easily be at death’s door, right?" Shouyi looked at Dai Weiguo’s test results with disdain, full of mockery.

Suggesting Shuzhen keep them well, and if that scoundrel shows up again, they should make thousands of copies of these diagnoses and publish them all over the major newspapers and magazines.

Let’s see if he dares to feign illness to garner sympathy!

Shuzhen sighed: "My dear brother, Jiandang was just trying to help; don’t harm him, okay? Doing unauthorized exams and leaking a patient’s privacy without consent could lead to legal consequences!"

"Exactly, doing something like that would make you no different from that kindhearted fool being seen as a fool by him," Liu Shouren said, shaking his head, face full of disbelief at this dumb sibling.

The fact is, they just wanted to further confirm Dai Zha’s health status, in case he tried to create another sob story drama, dragging their nephew into the public storm again. Why could the dumb brother only daydream so absurdly?

Being likened to Dai Zha by his own brother made Shouyi furious, causing him to jump up: "What kind of brother cursed his sibling this way, calling him worse than an animal? I’m just planning a big move, to settle the Dai guy down so he’d dare not act up again."

Before, he despised his nephew, considering him a liability, hindering his dreams of rising by cozying up to Bai Jing and the Bai family’s influence.

No second thoughts, he splashed money, directly making the little sister get an abortion.

Fearing something might go wrong, he even bribed Wu Xia, that treacherous woman.

Now that the Bai family has fallen, and he’s left childless, he’s seeing how good his nephew has been?

Really, dreaming of marrying off a bride, dreaming all pretty thoughts!

He thinks he’s the center of the universe?

Shouyi expressed that he absolutely loathed that disgusting thing, thoroughly detestable like a toad on one’s foot. He just wanted to dispatch him off once and for all, so he’d never come out to disgust people again.

"Soon, second brother, don’t worry, that Dai guy won’t be wreaking havoc for long!" Shuzhen confidently chimed in.

Then, under the focused gaze of her two brothers seeking explanation, Shuzhen gently swept her bangs and revealed Lian En’s true intent of his current visit to Beijing completely.

After all, the young man had already found suitable directors and actors and was soon to return to Liu village for filming.

Even if she wanted to hide it any longer, it would be difficult to conceal like trying to wrap fire in paper, right?