I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 197 Head Coach Zhang's Extreme Pressure
The Hou family had an absolutely solid foundation, but Hou Xiaojun ruined the entire Hou family's "Brahmin" status in Puzikou.

Personal issues are generally not a big deal; as long as they don't cause a huge uproar, they're minor matters.

However, if it's someone like Hou Xiaojun, then that's a different story.

The second day in Puzikou was bustling, and even on the university campus there, the focus wasn't on "winning the World Cup," but rather on "a woman from Longwang Mountain who was amazing yesterday; her husband brought over a thousand people and took down her family of over three hundred."

That's exciting!!

Various versions of rumors spread like wildfire, and people on the street said they saw security guards in "Zhang An Education" uniforms everywhere.

It caused complete chaos, and no one in Puzikou dared to make a decision. They were instead relying on higher authorities to hold a meeting to discuss how to handle the aftermath.

First, the basic principle is that eliminating the Hu family is the established course of action, and everyone needs to be in sync with that. Second, how to get "Comrade Zhang An" to make up for the losses is the main topic of the meeting.

Whether it has any social impact or not, those are things that can be resolved.

Another point is that Zhang Da'an helped various government departments see how internet public opinion could influence reality last time, which was all out of kindness.

There are plenty of excuses; it all depends on the need.

However, there were also those who came to question and punish, but those were not meetings in government offices, but negotiations at the Jinling Hotel in the city.

"Zhang An! You're rebelling! You're colluding with others! You're seizing power—"

There are quite a few who slam their fists on the table, curse, swear oaths, and make oaths; naturally, there are also many who label others.

There are quite a few people in Yuzhang Province who are qualified to bang on the table, and in terms of merit and reward, they are far more numerous than those in Jiangkou Province.

"Your Hu family doesn't need to do any business in Luzhou next month either, I'm telling you."

"You worthless piece of junk! Say it again—"

"Keep asking and keep adding, keep asking and keep adding, until you can't even keep up with the support services at the Nandu Sanatorium. You can try it if you don't believe me."

Zhang Da'an looked at the other person with disdain, "What's wrong? Why are you so angry? Old comrade, do you think you can find some violent authorities to arrest me? Do you think this is Poyang Lake? You shameless bastard."

"You are so lawless!"

"Make a note of it: the Hu family's branch office in Yuhang was completely destroyed before the Chinese New Year."

"Yes, boss."

"..."

Without yielding an inch, Zhang Da'an, munching on his "Little Scholar Smart Candy Hard Candy," stood up and paced back and forth, saying, "Challenge me? Do you have the strength? Let's say your Hu family has been in business for fifty years, how much cash can you come up with? I can pull out five billion to play with you anytime. In terms of assets, I can't beat you; in terms of cash, I can overwhelm you even without relying on banks."

Suddenly, Zhang Da'an sneered, "Don't think I don't know you hired a gunman to kill me? You can try firing the first shot."

While "professional killers" do exist in China, they are extremely rare due to the appalling job market.

If you risk your life to earn a few hundred thousand, you might as well kidnap a rich young master in Hong Kong – that would be more cost-effective.

That's a billion-dollar deal, isn't that better than being a hitman?

They're all risking their lives; they're not domesticated suicide squads. Who would be so bored as to engage in this kind of work in China?

The version has changed a long time ago.

However, just because the Hu family can't play this game doesn't mean Zhang Da'an can't.

Zhang Da'an has plenty of "AK-modified precision shooters" here, and they are very motivated and determined, especially those who are not in good physical condition. They also have professional demolition skills. They can't achieve complete elimination without taking any damage, but they can easily achieve complete annihilation without taking any damage.

Like "Pineapple Boy's" father, who felt he was no longer useful and hoped to make a fortune for his son. He didn't expect his son to have a government job and rise through the ranks, or to continue building big houses and having large bank deposits. That was enough for him.

However, Zhang Da'an's refusal to give in made these people feel a sense of frustration that time was running out.

However, Zhang Da'an didn't give a definitive answer, leaving behind incense and farewell wine, depending on the situation.

The situation has escalated to the point of direct confrontation with the Hu family, but it hasn't reached that stage yet. Zhang Da'an is merely employing a tactic of extreme suppression; the more allies he wins over, the more weaknesses the Hu family will expose.

Just like now, Hou Xiaojun's affair with Hu Xianru has been exposed. The Hou family has no intention of killing Zhao Chunsheng, the victim, nor do they have the courage to fight Zhang Da'an to the death. However, they not only have the courage to demand an explanation and compensation from the Hu family, but they also have a great deal of courage!
This is not just the Hou family; there are many "Brahmins" in the districts and counties with similar situations to the Hou family. In fact, in the entire Jiangkou Province, as long as the districts and counties have a decent population, they all have their protégés, former officials, and long-standing friends.

As for alumni and comrades-in-arms, they are countless, and friends and relatives with names are everywhere.

Of course, that was in the past.

Now the "three-time champion" has fallen out with your Hu family and has already squandered all of the Hu family's educational investments in Jiangkou Province. The ancient saying "surrender at the mere sight of the wind" and "sweep across the world" refers to this very situation.

There is no difference between eating meat and soup with the Hu family and eating meat and soup with the Zhang family.

It's all about who controls the resources.

Previously, the Hu family relied on their status in the old era to enjoy the existing resources; Zhang Da'an, on the other hand, created a completely new resource market by becoming a "three-time champion," which is an increase, a huge increase.

In other provinces or cities, there might not be so many "enlightened people," but Jiangkou Province happens to have many "academic cliques," with almost every district and county having academicians and prospective academicians, a surprisingly high density. It would be impossible to make a mistake in this regard.

Zhang Da'an's extreme pressure on the Hu family wasn't based on clever tricks, but on sheer strength.

Du Xiaoshuai's family is a typical example. Since ancient times, they have been a family that values ​​both farming and studying. How much resources Du Xiaoshuai has received that exceeded the Du family's expectations? Others may not know, but does he himself not know?

Du Xiaoshuai's older brother is currently at the Institute of Microelectronics at Peking University. He was about to retire when he signed an agreement with ASML in the Netherlands to conduct collaborative research in the field of lithography. The results will be enjoyed by those who follow.

Now, Du Xiaoshuai's older brother, Du Xiaoxiang, has gone to Luzhou. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to commend those who made contributions to the Shenzhou III mission, he established a mathematical modeling research institute with the fourth research department of the Luzhou Aerospace Technology Research Institute. The institute mainly focuses on using supercomputers to calculate the changes in overload parameters under special working conditions.

It can be used in photolithography machines, spacecraft, powder metallurgy, the automotive industry, precision machining, special materials and irregularly shaped parts, etc.

It just didn't work out before, but now, this mathematical modeling institute is essentially a company. Retired scientists starting a business are no pushovers.

Du Xiaoxiang can get the right to use a supercomputer for free from his younger brother. Others pay tens of thousands of yuan a day for the rental, but he doesn't have to pay a penny. Not only that, he can also get the doctoral students his younger brother is currently supervising for free. Once the research project starts, they can cooperate with his company.

Most importantly, they can also get funding for free.

Zhang An Electronics alone has a 200 million yuan fund in algorithms. It's not impossible for them to slack off, but they have to produce results first.

It just so happens that Du Xiaoxiang is truly capable. He not only negotiated cooperation with the Fourth Research Department of the Huzhou Aerospace Technology Research Institute, but also reached agreements with Huzhou Microelectronics and Jiaotong University. Furthermore, he applied for the OREET program, a special grant program established by the Dutch government, which provided some funding from the Dutch government.

The main purpose here is to jointly conduct research on hot technologies such as micro-mechanical manufacturing, III-V semiconductors and germanium-silicon devices, and SOC system integration. Relying solely on domestic research institutions would result in too much overlap in project proposals, and there would be insufficient manpower.

The shortage of manpower is exactly what it sounds like. There isn't a sufficient number of researchers in related fields in China. In the past two decades, a large number of people have studied in Europe, but the treatment and research environment upon returning to China do not meet the standards, so they don't have many good opportunities.

Things are different now. Du Xiaoxiang has established two companies in Luzhou: one is called "Mingxiang Integrated Circuit Design Co., Ltd." and the other is called "Mingjiang Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd."

The institute is called the "Luzhou Civil Engineering Microelectronics Development Mathematical Model Research Institute".

The Du family could be described as an academic clique, though on a smaller scale, and was considered a "powerful faction" within a local university.

But things are different now. After the introduction of capital from the "Zhang An Group," it has definitely become a faction.

Most importantly, although the money was received from the "Zhang An faction," the person cannot be said to be entirely "Zhang An's faction."

The reason is simple: both "Mingxiang Integrated Circuit Design Co., Ltd." and "Mingjiang Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd." have the shadow of local state-owned investment companies. Among them is even the state-owned investment company of Xinzheng City, the capital of Central China Province. The amount of money is not much, only 20 million yuan, and the 20 million yuan is borrowed, but the attitude has already been made.

Despite the Du family not owning a single lithography machine, the confirmed financing amount has already reached 660 million.

It directly became one of the top three chip manufacturing giants in China.

This "giant" doesn't even have a head.

It's quite alarming that an empty shell can make such a big fuss. However, with the backing of a "three-time champion," the financial fanatics in Taihu City who like to play this game are going all in, just waiting for a signal to hype up the concept.

As for what constitutes a signal, everyone has a tacit understanding.

This applies to the Du family, and not just the Du family.

Just like the Hou family, and there is more than one Hou family.

This ebb and flow makes it highly feasible to exert extreme pressure on the Hu family's living space.

Inside the Jinling Grand Hotel, the Hu family members were completely putting on a brave front but showing signs of weakness; the forces they could mobilize were subject to risk.

What good are many disciples and former subordinates?

Even ordinary people know that a local official is more powerful than a distant one, let alone someone like Zhang Da'an who's now playing such a big game.

It's not just the Hu family that's suffering setbacks in the education industry. You should know that Yuzhang Province is a major labor-exporting province, and Hou Xiaojun's lover, Hu Xianru, works in human resources.

At that time, there were five major human resources companies in Luzhou. The largest one was owned by the boss of Yandu, which specialized in Yandu city. The other four companies were basically responsible for one province or region. One of them was called "Rusheng Human Resources". Its main business, in addition to regular labor intermediary services, was to sign contracts with various local vocational schools and send young men to front-line factories.

At that time, in Zhabei, Luzhou, the "Yandu Hometown Association", "Northeast Hometown Association" and "Yuzhang Hometown Association" were the main groups. The "Central Plains Hometown Association", which rose to prominence later, was still a scattered and insignificant force.

This kind of "association" is not a dynamic social organization. Of course, it is somewhat related to dynamic social organizations, but it is mainly a labor intermediary, a group of people from one industry.

Along the riverfront from Zhabei to Liucheng, wherever there are factories, there are vast channels for renting and recruiting workers.

However, even though "Rusheng Human Resources" ranked among the top five in Luzhou, it only accounted for less than one-third of its total business volume. The majority of its business was still in the Pearl River Delta. Almost every industrial town had a front agency run by "Rusheng Human Resources".

The reason for doing this is, of course, to allow the shell agencies to act with more impunity and avoid giving "Rusheng Human Resources" a bad reputation.

Now, all of Rusheng Human Resources' business in Jiangkou Province has been suspended, and any store that dares to open will be smashed.

Zhang Da'an isn't limited to just over a thousand people from "Zhang'an Education." If necessary, he could easily double that number without affecting his current business operations.

The two sides' mobilization efforts were not on the same level in terms of breadth and depth. The Hu family simply couldn't mobilize the masses freely. If the Hu family had that ability, would they still be the Hu family?
This is a paradox.

The negotiations at the Jinling Hotel were less a negotiation and more a case of the Hu family using offense as a form of defense, attempting to recoup some of their losses.

Unfortunately, these little tricks that Thailand used during World War II were completely ineffective against Zhang Da'an.

He's not a normal businessman.

The reborn Zhang Da'an is interested in money, but he can also be uninterested in it, depending entirely on his personal interests.

"Why aren't you calling me anymore? You old bastard, I'm only calling you 'old comrade' out of respect, otherwise I'd just call you 'old dog.' Who would dare do anything to me?"

"..."

Zhang Da'an, holding a "Little Champion Smart Candy Hard Candy" in one hand, pointed with the other at the local influential figures who had come to show their faces. "Ask them if they dare! You think I'm joking about pulling out 5 billion in cash to play with you? I play with hundreds of billions, even trillions! You old bastard, listen to me, today you'd better be a dragon and a tiger. I, Zhang An, am the Wu Song of Jiangkou Province, and Jiangning City is my Jingyang Ridge. I can kill whichever tiger I want. Who dares to say no?"

"Do you dare?"

Zhang Da'an looked towards the eastern part of the city.

"Do you dare?"

Zhang Da'an then looked at the representatives of the twelve local state-owned investment companies.

"Do you dare?" Zhang Da'an looked at the Academy of Sciences' industrial planning office in Jiangkou Province with extreme arrogance in his eyes.

As Zhang Da'an approached the other party, two bodyguards with buzz cuts stepped forward and blocked his way.

"Why risk your life for a few thousand yuan a month? Don't worry, I won't strangle the people you're supposed to protect right here."

"..."

"..."

The two guards remained silent, still blocking Zhang Da'an's way.

This piqued Zhang Da'an's interest, and he raised his hand, saying, "Don't make things difficult for these two young people, take them away."

"Yes, boss."

Several burly men nodded and dragged the two guards away.

They did their best, so we don't blame them.

"You still think it's the same as before? Do you really think you're some kind of ancient, powerful family? You think you're going against me? You damn fool, open your eyes and see who's with me. Before, every single one of these people gave you face. Now, who do you think you are?"

"What will it take for you to stop? Do you want me to go to the capital?!"

"Holy crap, you're threatening me, aren't you?"

Snapped.

He slapped her across the face. "You old geezer, all you ever do is play rhetoric. You really think you're some kind of immortal pine tree? Even if Yan Song were resurrected, it wouldn't make a difference."

When they saw Zhang Da'an raise his hand and slap them across the face, the people from Jiangning's side immediately lowered their heads and pretended not to see it.

Helping is out of the question.

This level is irrelevant to them.

"Do you know what some people in the system call me? They call me Liu Jin, they call me Wei Zhongxian, they call me 'Nine Thousand Years Old'. I'm fucking speechless, those insults are so apt."

After finishing a bag of candy, the rude Zhang Da'an casually threw the plastic bag on the ground, then grabbed the head of the Hu family and shook it: "You didn't expect me to do the dirty work, did you? Are you angry? You used to be able to use public opinion to blackmail the higher-ups, but now you're helpless, aren't you? The law doesn't work, morality doesn't work, public opinion doesn't work, and you can't compete with strength. What else can you do? You're just showing off your seniority."

“If it were someone else, and you said, ‘You’ve only been involved in the revolution for a few years,’ they would immediately back down.”

"Unfortunately, I am the kind of person who can withstand all kinds of meticulous analysis."

"Why am I so lucky? I lost my parents when I was young."

"Now I'll ask you one question: will your Hu family surrender?"

Zhang Da'an withdrew his hand and looked at the old man with disdain.

"What constitutes surrender?"

"No matter what industry it is, as long as it's a business owned by the Hu family, you have to give it all up. My Jiangkou Province has a large population and great wealth, so we can handle it. Including your daughter and son-in-law's positions in the mining group, my Jiangkou Province has people who can take over. Pengcheng City also has a mining university, so we have all kinds of talent. From now on, you can just live a quiet life as a retired gentleman, collect rent to support your retirement, and enjoy a wonderful old age."

"That's impossible!"

"The gate is over there."

Zhang Da'an pointed and said, "Go outside and take your bodyguards to leave Jiangning."

"You are..."

Get out of here right now!!!

Pointing his finger at the other person, Zhang Da'an's eyes flashed with a fierce light, clearly indicating that he had already decided to kill.

Anyone could see that this scoundrel surnamed Zhang was completely incapable of normal communication. Putting yourself in his shoes, no one would agree to Zhang Da'an's unreasonable demands.

However, just like the fallen powerful families in history, the same mistakes will continue to repeat themselves.

As the saying goes, "one won't shed tears until one sees the coffin," which is simply human nature.

The negotiations broke down.

However, for Zhang Da'an, this is a good thing, at least the internal unity is greater and opinions are more aligned.

After all, when Zhang Da'an broke ties with the Hu family, they were all accomplices and witnesses.

We're all in the same boat, so there's no other way but to be determined and work together.

Furthermore, shrewd people also sensed an excellent opportunity, not just in business, but also in Zhang Da'an's statement that "there are people in Jiangkou Province who can take over the mining group position," which was like a deadly poison. Even though they knew it was toxic, it was incredibly tempting.

Some speculated that this was a scoundrel surnamed Zhang fishing on a whim, but who can say that this "black float" maneuver wasn't pretty enough?

Yes, they really have the goods.

When the news reached Luzhou, the capital, Nanjing, and Bao'an, it caused quite a stir among various groups.

First, "Rusheng Human Resources" should quickly shrink its business, because it doesn't know when the next wave of attacks will come. Its business in Jiangkou Province has been completely ruined. Whether it calls the police or files a lawsuit, it will take time, and dragging it out will kill people.

The Hu family has no worries about food and drink. They work in the store, earning a base salary and commission. Don't they have any worries either?
The consequence of insufficient manpower on the front line is that a large number of people collapse. This is why "poaching tactics" in business competition can not only strengthen oneself, but also weaken others, and even directly destroy competitors.

Secondly, the technology industry is well-informed and naturally knew that there were already two companies, "Mingxiang Integrated Circuit Design" and "Mingjiang Integrated Circuit Manufacturing." Coincidentally, a significant number of the projects that Du Xiaoxiang was working on with the Dutch were related to rare earth elements.

In other words, it will take at least one or two years, or at most four or five years, to find a stable major consumer, and that consumer will be a major domestic consumer.

This is of great significance, as it should be noted that in the previous two years, the trade deficit in this area was over ten billion US dollars. The significance of the domestic market and the external market is completely opposite to that of general trade.

To put it another way, the ultimate outcome of the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy" is whether there is still a large-scale trade deficit in the micro-manufacturing industry, with semiconductor design and manufacturing at its core.

Meanwhile, Zhang Da'an had participated in numerous seminars at science and engineering colleges in Jiangkou Province. On the surface, he spoke about the importance of the "strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education," but in reality, he was acting as a human megaphone to spread the message of unifying thinking, especially emphasizing the strategic crisis in science and technology.

Emphasizing it may not necessarily get the academic community to pay attention; not emphasizing it, on the other hand, will definitely lead to getting stuck in the cycle of "internationalization" and "globalization."

Anyone in Jiangkou Province who wants to make progress knows more or less about these things.

So whether it's for public good or personal gain, Zhang Da'an's right path is to lead people to divide up the Hu family's property and get involved.

If you fall behind, you will be attacked. The Hu family is currently lagging behind and has limited ability to fight back. If they don't seize it now, there will be plenty of people from the capital, Lingdong, Zhejiang, mining, import and export, and other places and systems who will seize it later.

Who isn’t cheap?
The next day, Zhang Da'an went to attend the signing ceremony of a memorandum of cooperation between the Jiangkou Provincial Ocean and Fisheries Bureau and the Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, which aimed to strengthen and ensure the safety, quality and hygiene of exported aquatic products. While he was talking about aquatic products with his Uncle Zhang, who was thinking about whether it was possible to export soft-shelled turtles, someone came over and told him that Zhao Chunsheng had led people to block Hu Xianru's father's door.

They even put up a banner saying that Hou Xiaojun was the Hu family's daughter-in-law, and that Zhao Xiangyang was the Hu family's grandson, named Hu Xiangyang.

How can Hu Xiangyang be called Zhao Xiangyang?

He doesn't even deserve the surname Zhao!
He's a bastard!

"Hahahahahaha..."

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Da'an burst into laughter. This was truly hilarious; it had to be an honest man.

Especially Zhao Chunsheng, the victim, is a top victim who can earn more than ten million yuan. Although he is not a nobleman or a high-ranking official in Jiangning, he still has some relatives.

To make matters worse, the Hou family had also gone all out. They dared not offend Zhang Da'an, especially since Hou Dewen had already been arrested and it was unknown how many years he would be sentenced, but the matter was certainly not insignificant.

For people who deal in used construction equipment, it's not a big deal if they don't have a few lives on their hands.

There might be cleaner ones in this industry in the future, but now is different from before...

No.

The Hou family also went to block the door, blocking the door of their in-laws, demanding that the Hu family quickly make up for their losses!
Not a single point less!

This dog-eat-dog scene was not unexpected for Zhang Da'an.

It's said that a cornered dog will jump over a wall, and it's quite normal for it to bite when it's about to die.

"what's going on?"

Uncle Zhang was very curious.

"Oh, it's like this, there's a big turtle in the area that bit the Hu family."

"Zhao Chunsheng?"

"Oh my, Uncle, you're quite well-informed."

"Nonsense, I've been going to the reception desk every day lately to chat with the young ladies about this kind of thing, and it's really interesting to listen to. How did you manage to turn that big turtle Zhao Chunsheng against you?"

"Do I have to do this? If he had any manly sense, he would never have put up with this."

"That's right."

Uncle Zhang nodded. "The Hu family has gone too far. They've raised a son for twenty years! And the worst part is that this son knows the truth and is keeping it a secret from Zhao Chunsheng, who raised him, along with his own parents... They're really despicable."

The most tragic case for Zhao Chunsheng is what Uncle Zhang mentioned: Zhao Xiangyang, whom he raised for over twenty years, not only knew that he wasn't Zhao Chunsheng's biological son, but also conspired with his mother, Hou Xiaojun, to deceive him.

If Zhao Chunsheng were to die like this...

It doesn't matter.

Now I know, even a clay figure has some earthy charm, and even a pile of dung deserves to be blown up.

That's a truly tragic situation; there's definitely something to it.

However, Zhang Da'an knew very well that Zhao Chunsheng couldn't do anything to the Hu family, so he was useless. But the news spread and had a great effect.

Hu Xianru from the Hu family was able to have an affair with Zhao Chunsheng's wife and get Zhao Chunsheng to help raise their son; so the question is, who can guarantee that Hu Xianru, or Hu Xianda, or Hu Xiancai, Xianliang, Xiande, Xianhui or whatever other nonsense, didn't have an affair with their own wife?
The Hou family and the Hu family were very close friends; they had even eaten wild vegetable dumplings together in the Dabie Mountains.

If someone has such a good relationship, they still have to live a life of illicit affairs; if they were just ordinary family friends, wouldn't they have even more illegitimate children?
One victim, Zhao Chunsheng, could save Coach Zhang at least 500 million yuan.

In a battle between two armies, Zhao Chunsheng's strategy of using a feint was incredibly effective and cost-efficient.

Sure enough, after taking photos with the two government officials, Zhang Da'an rushed off to watch the spectacle. Outside the old-fashioned villa district of Jiangning City, the wealthy also loved to watch the show; this kind of "gossip among the elite" was something everyone found fascinating.

Isn't this better than buying a roast duck to go with your rice?
Too over the top.

From a distance, all that could be seen were banners fluttering in the wind, A0-sized photos, and loudspeakers playing on a loop, all cursing the Hu family for their corrupt family values ​​and forcing the aggrieved party, Zhao Chunsheng, to raise a son for the Hu family.

The curses, roars, and reprimands were all pleasant to hear.

It was truly delightful.

(End of this chapter)