Chapter 259 Yu Wenhua (1/2)

Yu Wenhua was supposed to meet Xiao Bing tonight and Xiao Bing didn’t want to miss it. After all, the final war was imminent, so he did not want to waste too much time on this vice secretary of the provincial party committee. Yet he could not refuse this big man, so the sooner he met him, the better.

On the way to Harbin, Xiao Bing was wondering what this man, who held great power in Hei Province, wanted from him. He had never met this man before. Actually, now he was the mogul of the underground world in Hei Province while Yu Wenhua was in charge of the public security in this area. All the police in Hei Province answered to him.

In other words, it was a meeting of the leaders of the government and the gangs in Hei Province. But Xiao Bing didn’t think that he could be on equal terms with this man. After all, no matter how high his position was in the underground, he still could not rival the government. Yu Wenhua was the representative of a government department that was dedicated to punishing those who did evil deeds.

As powerful as Master Hou was, he dared not to offend the government. After all, the government could destroy the underground world without much effort. Hence, the moguls in the underground world, no matter how powerful they were, would definitely feel nervous when they were about to meet a government official as big as Yu Wenhua.

But Xiao Bing was not nervous. Maybe it was because Xiao Bing had just taken Master Hou’s place and he had not been in that state of mind yet. Besides, Xiao Bing was once the captain of the Dragon Gate, so he was familiar with situations like this.

There was a five hours’ drive between Jiang City and Harbin, the capital of the province. Xiao Bing started driving at 10 a.m. and finally arrived at 3 p.m.

After he went downtown, he drove to a hotel and checked in, then he called Yu Wenhua in his room.

The phone beeped and then he got through. “Hello? Is this the vice secretary of the provincial party committee?” Xiao Bing asked softly.

Xiao Bing sounded neither deferential nor arrogant but very polite.

Yu Wenhua was seemingly smiling on the phone. “You’re good. I can tell that you are quite a decent man from the way you talk. You don’t sound nervous when talking to the vice secretary of the provincial party committee. Few young men of your age can be as calm as you. You just arrived, right? I will have a meeting later and it will be over at about 5. I assume you must be tired because of the driving. Tell me your address. Have some rest, and later, I’ll send my man to pick you up.”

Xiao Bing did not refuse Yu Wenhua’s offer. He told this man the address of the hotel and his room number. Then he hung up after they exchanged goodbyes.

One day’s driving might be tiring, but it was nothing to Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing did not lie on the bed, instead, he walked to the balcony. He could not help sighing when thinking that the nights of this city had belonged to the Long family one month ago. And now it fell on his hands.

In Harbin, some men that took control of the underground world took orders from Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing did not tell them about his arrival, since Xiao Bing could make it on time and he wanted to keep a low profile. After the meeting, Xiao Bing decided to take a stroll around this city, which had a certain Russian style.

When it was about half-past five, the landline in his room rang. Xiao Bing picked it up and heard the receptionist’s soft and sweet voice. “Good evening, Mr. Xiao. There’s someone at the front desk to pick you up.”

“All right, I know. Tell them to wait a minute. I’m coming.”

Xiao Bing didn’t dawdle. He went into the elevator and walked out when it descended to the first floor. He found a man in a suit standing next to the counter. Upon seeing Xiao Bing walk out of the elevator, the female receptionist instantly said, “Mr. Xiao, this man is here to pick you up.”

The man clad in the suit straightened his body hurriedly. Then he held out his hands and smiled amiably. “You’re Mr. Xiao, right? It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Mr. Yu’s driver. He’s waiting for you at the hotel. He asked me to pick you up.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Xiao Bing didn’t dare to show any disrespect to him, even though he was merely a driver. “May I know your name?”

It’s a courtesy to ask for people’s names. After all, it’s rude to call a driver “driver”. Xiao Bing knew that sometimes to impress someone’s driver was more important than to impress his junior officers. Because for a leader, his driver was often the one he trusted most. The driver knew the leader’s comings and goings. He would not have been put in such an important position if the leader didn’t put enough trust in him.

As he had expected, the driver seemed to like Xiao Bing. The smile on his face turned warmer, instead of being artificial as usual. He chuckled. “My name is Lu Zhe. I have been Mr. Yu’s driver for eight years.”

As he had expected, it seemed Mr. Yu did put absolute trust in his driver.

But Xiao Bing was not behaving saccharinely, which impressed Lu Zhe. Though he was merely a driver, many high-positioned officers wanted to curry favor with Mr. Yu by impressing him. So he had seen all kinds of people. Though he knew the fact that Xiao Bing was the one who took control of the underground world of Hei Province now, he did not seem nervous nor was he in awe of Xiao Bing. He didn’t even attach much importance to Xiao Bing. For him, Xiao Bing currently was merely someone who Mr. Yu wanted to meet. But Xiao Bing’s respect for Lu Zhi made him attach more and more importance to Xiao Bing.

The two walked out of the hotel while talking about the weather and the landscapes of Harbin. Then the two got into a car.