Despite being incredibly wealthy, I want to be a prosecutor.

In the morning, just as Zhou Hong was about to board the "Little Bird" helicopter parked in the guesthouse courtyard, Deputy Director Sai Yasong rushed over and said that County Magistrate Hongfa had called and would be coming to the guesthouse soon.

The helicopter routes that Zhou Hong has been approved for in Laos are currently in a triangular pattern: from Dongwa County to the provincial capital Huixi County, from Dongwa County to Silver Cotton Trees, and from Silver Cotton Trees back to the provincial capital Huixi County.

In addition, the three helipads in Donghua County, Huixi County, and Yinmian can all be used to fly to Xiangguo Garden Ferry Terminal.

In Xiang, a flight route was granted from Garden Ferry to Sintha town and from Sintha town to the provincial capital Chiang Rai.

Of course, a registration is required before each flight. Elephant needs to register one day in advance, while Laos only needs to register two hours in advance.

Hearing what Deputy Director Sai Yasong said, Zhou Hong frowned slightly and glanced at his watch.

The report I'm submitting is that I'm flying from New Tower to Chiang Rai today, and then back to Bangkok from Chiang Rai. My movie is about to start filming, isn't it?

"I'll wait for him for ten minutes and give him five minutes for the meeting."

Deputy Director Sai Yasong smiled obsequiously, "Yes, Director Hong." He couldn't tell County Magistrate Hongfa exactly what he meant, but he had to subtly urge him to be punctual. Otherwise, Director Hong would really not take the county magistrate seriously and would definitely leave County Magistrate Hongfa standing aside.

Especially after County Magistrate Hung Fa seized 205 and drove away Chairman Hung from the water bar, the two, who had little contact before, seemed to have reached a freezing point in their relationship.

……

"Water bar," Zhou Hong said, lighting a cigarette as he looked at County Magistrate Hongfa, who had a forced smile on his face.

The water bar has been expanded to include three or four rooms, with a total area of ​​about 60 square meters.

The staff has also increased. Originally there was only a barista, a bartender and a waiter, but now there are two more waiters. Of course, unlike the first three who are Lao speakers from Xiangguo, these two waiters are local employees. Their wages are three times that of the guesthouse staff, which makes the other staff extremely envious. However, even though they are both in the guesthouse, they have two different salary systems. Some are paid by Chairman Hong, and some are paid by the provincial finance department.

It is said that Chairman Hong originally wanted to pay all the employees' salaries, but the province was unwilling and withheld that portion of the salaries and included it in the annual rent.

Their salaries remained unchanged, without any increase.

"Give me a drink, that colorful cocktail, right?" County Magistrate Hongfa pointed towards the bar counter.

But the beautiful bartender completely ignored him.

On the day the water bar was shut down, three employees of Xiangguo went to Yinmu Mian with Zhou Hong. When they came back, their tools and other equipment were missing. The professionals were all furious. The boss didn't say anything, so they completely ignored County Magistrate Hongfa.

County Magistrate Hongfa frowned.

Zhou Hong exhaled a smoke ring, "There are still such shameless people." He chuckled and shook his head.

Because the asset list doesn't match, Director Bray has been so worried that he hasn't been to work for several days. He can only drag it out like this, probably to comfort himself that as long as he can't see him, the deadline hasn't come yet.

As for the person in question, County Chief Hongfa, he didn't even make a single phone call to offer a brief explanation.

The mentality of prioritizing officialdom is still deeply ingrained. They didn't take this matter seriously at all, thinking that at most they could vent their anger by making things difficult for the people at the guesthouse, and in the end, the matter would just be left unresolved.

"You're exaggerating! She probably didn't hear me." County Magistrate Hongfa smiled slightly. Although he sensed that this young second-generation Xiangguo was using the criticism of the bartender to also mock him, he was already very displeased, but he didn't show it. You seem to be riding high right now, with some plan and some bigwigs in the province supporting you, but wait until your money comes in, then we'll see. I'll kill you then! For the sake of the bigger picture, what's wrong with me tolerating you a few times?

"I'm talking about you," Zhou Hong said with a smile.

Huh? County Magistrate Hongfa's smile froze. "What?" He couldn't believe his ears.

"I'm talking about you, you stole my things, when are you going to return them?" Zhou Hong slowly exhaled another smoke ring.

"Watch your mouth!" County Magistrate Hongfa stood up, his face full of anger. "Do you even know who you're slandering, and what crime you've committed?!"

"Who do you think you are!" Zhou Hong said this vulgar remark for some reason, and he couldn't help but blurt it out.

And it's quite obvious that the language translation system perfectly reproduced this swear word.

Not only County Magistrate Hung Fa and the two local waitresses, but even the employees of National Xiangguo were stunned. Their boss was always so polite and elegant, when had he ever sworn in such a vulgar way?

County Magistrate Hongfa pointed at Zhou Hong, "Fine, you wait, you wait!" He turned and walked out, taking out his phone to dial the county bureau's number as he walked. But then he paused, it was an unconscious habit. But upon closer reflection, putting aside the fact that this guy was involved in investments, just considering his status as a legal advisor to the National Working Group, it was impossible to just detain him like that. Besides, the person in charge of the county bureau was a close friend of his, wasn't he?

He said this while making a phone call gesture, then stormed out of the lobby, down the steps, and into his car, a green Jeep.

In the water bar, Zhou Hong also got up, walked to the helipad in the backyard, and dialed Director Ximing's number again.

"I just cursed at Hong Fa, which I don't care about, but please take care of my people here, including the people at the guesthouse, because I have to go back to Bangkok soon to take care of some things."

"Ah, well, that's beyond my control." Ximing sighed softly.

"Huh?" Zhou Hong was taken aback. Could it be that the two factions had clashed again without anyone noticing, and the conservative bigwigs had suffered a complete defeat?

His own affairs were not as County Chief Hongfa thought; they were only supported by some provincial leaders, but in reality, they had already affected the highest levels of Wanxiang.

After all, one-fifth of the foreign exchange was directly injected into the country, without any foreign exchange offset by machinery or equipment. It was ten million US dollars that came in directly. Moreover, Laos already had two million US dollars in its foreign exchange reserves.

Suddenly, Zhou Hong gritted his teeth, "Did you get promoted?!"

Director Ximing chuckled lightly, "The provincial party committee just made the announcement. I'm in Huixi right now, so from now on you'll have to call me Deputy Director Ximing."

Zhou Hong was speechless. So this is the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau of Boqiao Province?

However, she immediately remembered that Laos does not have prefecture-level cities as a division; she had only raised it by one level, but this level is very important in the military and police system.

Lao civil servants are currently ranked in five levels and 15 grades. The five levels are equivalent to staff member, section chief (director and deputy), county chief (director and deputy), and department chief (director and deputy). The next level, the fifth level, is the deputy provincial or ministerial level and above, which are high-ranking officials. There is no fixed rule for promotion; there is another set of rules.

The Lao military and police system is unique. For example, Director Ximing, even though she is the head of a county bureau, is actually on equal footing with County Magistrate Hongfa. County Magistrate Hongfa has no authority over her because she is a colonel.

Zhou Hong asked curiously, then added, "You must have a ton of positions, right? Let me hear it."

"In your understanding, the political commissar and first commander of the Qiaobo Provincial Armed Forces Command is equivalent to the political commissar and executive deputy director of the Public Security Department, and a member of the First Military Region Committee. These are the two positions you hold."

Zhou Hong was initially surprised that they would actually sign up for him. Then he was even more astonished. There were indeed only two positions, but their value was far greater than those with a bunch of part-time jobs. They were real positions with real authority.

It seems that he is in charge of the entire province's public security force, because the top leader of the provincial department is a military leader in name only.

"Oh? You're not a colonel, you're a brigadier general?!" Zhou Hong asked in disbelief. To lead the entire province's police force, one should usually be a major general, but being promoted to brigadier general is also in accordance with the rules.

"Well, they revoked a wrong assessment of me not long ago, which is a kind of compensation. In addition, I have served long enough as a colonel, so I was specially promoted."

"Ah, from now on, I'll have to call you General Ximing..." Zhou Hong coughed.

"That's right, if you dare to be rude to me again, watch out for your dog's head," General Ximing said with a smile, in a very good mood. He paused for a moment, then added, "Thank you!"

Zhou Hong dared not take credit for what others had done, fearing that the elders had already been working on it, and that his actions were merely a pretext.

Personally, I actually prefer reformers and dislike conservatives, but somehow in Laos, I seem to be getting more and more closely associated with the conservatives...

He pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head.