206: Chapter 207: Return Every Penny 206: Chapter 207: Return Every Penny Yesterday afternoon, the report on Li Zhiguo’s related meeting was already covered by various major media outlets in Jinling.
Moreover, the reporters quickly got word that this restaurant, which was originally fined fifty thousand yuan for its renovation, was actually fined five hundred thousand yuan.
The remaining forty thousand were suspected to have entered private pockets.
If it were before, Ye Weidong definitely wouldn’t have dared to mess around in front of these reporters because he knew he was just an ordinary person and couldn’t afford to offend those officials.
But now he knew it was because of Li Zhiguo, so he directly spoke to Ye Fugui about the fine.
The reporters were very surprised; they didn’t expect that the fine was really forty-five thousand more, and it hadn’t been submitted to the financial department.
No one knew whose hands the money ended up in.
The reporters interviewed for a long time.
After they left, a representative from the city management came to talk to Ye Weidong, asking him to change his statement and say he didn’t receive that much money.
Ye Weidong naturally wasn’t afraid of this city management officer but looked at him and said, “Let me tell you, my son knows Li Zhiguo.”
This city management official, who originally intended to threaten and warn Ye Weidong not to say anything, suddenly realized that the owner of this restaurant knew Deputy Mayor Li.
No wonder Deputy Mayor Li had deliberately mentioned this matter in the meeting room.
Now, the other party knew they had offended someone they shouldn’t have.
As the official hurriedly left to find relevant personnel, Ye Weidong knew that if it weren’t for Ye Qiu knowing Li Zhiguo, this matter might have just gone unresolved and even caused more trouble.
After watching the city management official drive away, it didn’t take long before a section chief from the Safety Production Supervision Bureau came personally.
This time, the other party was very polite, asking Ye Weidong to deny in front of the media reporters that he had paid that fifty thousand yuan fine, and the previously paid fine would soon be returned to him.
Ye Weidong knew that once Li Zhiguo stepped in, these people were clearly scared.
Now, asking him to deny paying that money in front of media reporters would make things difficult for Ye Qiu.
He certainly couldn’t agree to this.
Zhang, I paid the amount stated on the fine; I even have the tickets and receipts.
This matter could implicate many people.”
Zhang still looked at Ye Weidong and spoke.
Although he hadn’t received that money, his superiors had.
He was here to speak for his superior, but now he realized Ye Weidong wouldn’t budge.
Since Ye Weidong knew Li Zhiguo, this chief didn’t dare to say anything more or make any threats.
Seeing that Ye Weidong remained steadfast, Mr.
Zhang could only leave somewhat disappointed.
He knew many people might be in trouble because of this.
Clearly, Li Zhiguo wanted to set an example, and this might just be the perfect case.
By lunchtime, another group of reporters came.
Ye Weidong and Ye Fugui talked about this matter again.
With so many renovation workers and the evidence of the bank message showing Ye Weidong paid the fine, those people would find it hard to deny.
Just as the reporters left, Ye Weidong discovered that several officials from the city management and the Safety Production Supervision Bureau came to talk to him, returning every cent of the fifty thousand yuan fine directly to his bank account.
When he received the money, Ye Weidong was delighted, thinking the matter was over.
But little did he know, it was just the beginning, though it no longer concerned him.
Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu returned to the classroom and sat at his seat, where he spotted Zhang Wei and his four followers chatting and laughing.
Ye Qiu felt a bit surprised.
Because just the day before yesterday, Ye Qiu had released acute bronchitis viruses onto Zhang Wei, causing him related symptoms.
In his estimation, even with medication, it would take Zhang Wei a week to recover.
But now, in just three days, Zhang Wei was almost better.
This indicated that when Ye Qiu released those viruses onto someone, he could only control it for a certain period.
Beyond that time, the viruses might lose their effect.
Another possibility was that medication helped in Zhang Wei’s treatment.
If Zhang Wei hadn’t gone for treatment, it meant his condition wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.
When Ye Qiu’s gaze moved to Zhang Wei, Su Luoluo noticed.
Now, she was very curious why Ye Qiu looked at Zhang Wei like that.
If it were before, Su Luoluo would still have some interest in Zhang Wei; after all, he was one of the top students in their class.
But ever since Zhang Wei used his family connections to get Qiu expelled from Jinling No.
3 High School, Su Luoluo’s impression of Zhang Wei worsened considerably.
She felt he was really petty.
Comparing him now with Ye Qiu, she felt the gap between the two was growing larger.
She initially had some interest, but now she had none at all, instead finding him very repulsive.
“What are you looking at?”
Su Luoluo deliberately leaned over and whispered.
Su Luoluo had no idea what Ye Qiu was thinking.
Ye Qiu didn’t look at Zhang Wei again.
He didn’t know if this experiment could confirm his thoughts, so he knew he needed to keep trying on Zhang Wei.
Who told this guy to be so reckless and provoke him?
However, now wasn’t the time.
He planned to test Zhang Wei again in the afternoon.
For now, he would let him have his fun.