Film and Television: Bao Zong has finance in his left hand and entertainment in his right.

However, he was just trying to scare Lingzi; he didn't really intend to pursue the matter of the 200,000.

Seeing that Lingzi had hidden in the kitchen, Liu Xiaobao didn't linger any longer and got up to leave 'Night Tokyo'.

When Li Li returned to Zhizhen Garden on Huanghe Road, the first thing she did was to have Manager Pan report the case to the police station.

Then Li Li went to the kitchen and immediately ordered the fat chef to leave.

The fat chef was instigated by others, thinking that he would find a good job after leaving Zhizhen Garden. So when he heard that Li Li wanted to fire him, the fat chef was not in a hurry. He arrogantly led all his apprentices away from Zhizhen Garden.

The fat chef had just left when the police arrived.

Since Li Li's claim for economic compensation was reasonable and legal, the police from the local police station arrested Xiao Jiangxi again.

When Xiao Jiangxi heard that Li Li was demanding 30,000 yuan in compensation for her economic losses, she was terrified.

She had previously cut the power lines at Zhizhen Garden, thinking that even if it caused a power outage, it wouldn't constitute a crime; at most, she would be taken to the police station for a lecture.

Just as Xiao Jiangxi had predicted, the police station released her after giving her a lecture.

But now, facing Li Li's demand for financial compensation, which is 30,000 yuan, how can Xiao Jiangxi, a mere waitress, possibly afford it?

You know, these days, most cities and towns in my country are still touting the "ten-thousand-yuan household"!

Thirty thousand yuan would be three "ten-thousand-yuan households," which is far beyond what a small Jiangxi native from the countryside could afford to work in Pujiang.

However, if they don't pay compensation, the police said it would be an economic case, and if Zhizhenyuan insists on taking it to court, Xiao Jiangxi will have to go to jail.

Xiao Jiangxi could only look at Lu Meilin, who was watching from a distance, with pleading eyes and shout, "Boss lady, I don't want to go to jail. I've done everything you asked me to do. You have to save me!"

It's obvious to everyone that Xiao Jiangxi's actions revealed that Lu Meilin was the mastermind behind cutting the power lines at Zhenyuan. Otherwise, Xiao Jiangxi wouldn't have asked Lu Meilin for help at this time.

Lu Meilin also opened the 'Jin Meilin' restaurant opposite Zhizhenyuan, so she was well aware that Zhizhenyuan had not falsely reported the amount of loss.

Even Jin Meilin's daily turnover is fifty to sixty thousand yuan, let alone the even more booming Zhizhenyuan.

In fact, Li Li did not arbitrarily demand compensation.

When the power went out that day, to express her apology to Zhizhen Garden, she genuinely waived the bills for many customers, and quite a few customers left without paying.

The total price of those orders will be higher than 30,000 yuan, not lower.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Li Li to demand 30,000 yuan in economic compensation from Xiao Jiangxi, the instigator, and there is no suspicion of extortion.

However, demanding compensation was not Li Li's ultimate goal; intimidating others was her aim.

Li Li just didn't expect that Xiao Jiangxi would be so easily frightened.

Not only was Xiao Jiangxi frightened by the compensation, she even publicly pointed out the mastermind behind her.

This was somewhat unexpected for Li Li, but being able to uncover the mastermind behind it all is ultimately a good thing for her.

As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. If Lu Meilin continues to hide in the shadows and do bad things, Li Li will really have a hard time protecting herself in the future.

But now that Lu Meilin has been brought to light, Li Li doesn't need to worry too much.

At least if anything happens to Zhizhen Garden again in the future, Li Li will know who to hold accountable. At worst, she'll just have to confront Lu Meilin head-on.

Normally, Lu Meilin would never admit defeat in public like that.

But with the police present, Lu Meilin didn't dare let Xiao Jiangxi be taken to the police station again.

Otherwise, if Xiao Jiangxi confesses everything, Lu Meilin will likely be the one to bear the responsibility.

So Lu Meilin didn't rush to defend herself in public; she simply echoed Xiao Jiangxi's words and shouted something.

"Little Jiangxi, don't be scared and start talking nonsense. It's just 30,000 yuan. Considering your significant contributions to Jin Meilin in the past, I, Lu Meilin, will lend you this money today to compensate Zhizhenyuan!"

Chapter 21 I Believe in Boss Bao (Please add to your favorites and give flowers)

Immediately, Lu Meilin brought 30,000 yuan to compensate Li Li.

Li Li wasn't embarrassed to accept the money; she took it in front of everyone, then glanced at the onlookers and said sternly.

"As you all have seen what happened today, I want to make it clear that it's not that Zhizhen Garden is trying to be the bad guy. We are just pursuing legal responsibility. If anyone tries to harm Zhizhen Garden again, we will do the same to them. We hope those people can bear the consequences."

With the example of Xiao Jiangxi losing money, coupled with Li Li's warning, the onlookers were all intimidated.

The person involved, Xiao Jiangxi, was still trembling all over, clearly terrified this time.

As for the other female bosses who were harboring ill intentions towards Zhizhenyuan, they couldn't help but feel a tremor in their hearts, and some even started to have second thoughts.

After all, a single compensation payment of tens of thousands of yuan is not just a few yuan, not to mention the risk of going to jail!

Therefore, Li Li's deterrent was very successful. At least in the future, if anyone wants to do something bad to Zhizhen Garden, they will think twice about the consequences.

When the police left, the onlookers dispersed.

At this moment, Manager Pan asked Li Li with a worried look, "Boss, you've fired the chef, should we close for the night?"

"No, we're operating normally!"

Manager Pan asked in confusion, "Normal operation? But how can we operate normally without a chef?"

"Don't worry, I've asked someone for help, he'll take care of it for me."

Manager Pan asked curiously, "I wonder who the boss's wife asked for help, that she has such great abilities?"

Li Li's lips twitched slightly, and she uttered two words: "President Bao!"

Manager Pan was relieved: "President Bao? President Bao does have the ability, but as far as I know, you and President Bao are not familiar with each other at all, you don't even know each other. Will President Bao really help us?"

Li Li looked out the window at Huanghe Road and answered.

"Trust Mr. Bao! People on Huanghe Road value their reputation the most. Since Mr. Bao promised to help me, he will definitely keep his word!"

Upon hearing this, Manager Pan said no more and turned to attend to his work.

After leaving 'Night Tokyo', Liu Xiaobao visited all the restaurants he was on good terms with.

He wasn't going to eat, but rather to borrow their chefs, including those from small restaurants like Xiao Le Hui and Xin Lan Ju, a total of five restaurants.

Liu Xiaobao frequented these five restaurants often, so he was quite familiar with them.

Furthermore, since Liu Xiaobao offered a high price to borrow their chefs, the restaurants agreed.

Although these five restaurants are all small restaurants, each restaurant has three or four chefs in the kitchen. The total number of people in the five restaurants is eighteen, which is enough for Zhizhen Garden.

Perhaps these chefs aren't particularly skilled, but they should be able to meet Zhizhenyuan's needs for a few days without much trouble.

Of course, Liu Xiaobao wouldn't have to pay for the loan; Li Li would pay for it herself.

As for the issue of purchasing ingredients, Liu Xiaobao entrusted it to Xiao Ningbo and Stamp Li, asking them to each lead a group to purchase king cobras and Australian lobsters.

Liu Xiaobao believed that if each of them bought one item, as long as the quantity was not large, and since Xiao Ningbo and the others did not run a restaurant, the food vendors who were open for business would naturally not refuse to sell to them.

After finishing all these things, Liu Xiaobao returned to the Peace Hotel.

After running around for a while, Liu Xiaobao looked a little tired.

Liu Xiaobao went to the bathroom to take a bath and relax. At this moment, Uncle walked to the bathroom door and asked him.

"The proprietress of Zhizhen Garden went to Night Tokyo to find you, wasn't it to ask for your help?"

Liu Xiaobao was taken aback: "Uncle, do you know about Zhizhen Garden?"

"I haven't been busy lately, so I naturally know more than you do. Have you agreed to be with her?"

"I agreed, and all her problems have been resolved!"

The old man chuckled lightly, "All resolved? So, Du Honggen, how did you resolve it?"

Upon hearing his uncle's mention, Liu Xiaobao immediately recalled a person from 'Boss Bao's' memory.

Du Honggen used to be in the transportation business, but he lost money driving a disco and only recently recovered. He was considered a big shot in the underworld.

Although Du Honggen cannot be compared with the bigwigs of Pujiang in the past, he still has some influence.

According to 'Boss Bao's' memory, Liu Xiaobao recalled that Du Honggen was Lu Meilin's old flame.

Whenever Lu Meilin had any problems, Du Honggen would always step in to help her resolve them.

Previously, Liu Xiaobao had overlooked the character of Du Honggen due to negligence.

Now, hearing his uncle mention Du Honggen, Liu Xiaobao immediately realized that he had been somewhat careless before.

"I overlooked such an important figure and was completely unprepared to deal with him. Uncle, do you have any connection with Du Honggen?"

Liu Xiaobao was just asking his uncle tentatively; he didn't think his uncle could be related to Du Honggen.

To Liu Xiaobao's surprise, his uncle actually had a way of dealing with Du Honggen.

The old man took a piece of paper out of his pocket, handed it to Liu Xiaobao, and said casually.

“I’ve never even met him, so we have no connection. But I can make him give you face this time. Give this to the proprietress of Zhizhen Garden, and after Du Honggen sees it, he won’t bother her!”

Chapter 22 Mr. Bao is Here (Please add to your favorites and give flowers)

Liu Xiaobao took the note and curiously opened it to take a look.

He discovered it was an IOU for 300,000 yuan, and the debtor was none other than Du Honggen.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but ask curiously, "Uncle, where did you get this IOU?"

The old man said calmly, "A few years ago, Lu Meilin's husband lost money in the casino and couldn't pay back his gambling debts. He was detained in the casino. Lu Meilin called Du Honggen to rescue him. Du Honggen went and personally wrote an IOU. Only then did the casino release him. However, the money has not been paid back to this day. It just so happens that I have some connections with people in the casino. They know that Du Honggen and I are both in Pujiang. They said that I might need Du Honggen in the future, so they gave me this IOU. I didn't expect it to come in handy now."