Chapter 1698
Chapter 1698
Chapter 1698
Francis quickly made an inference about his situation. No matter who the other two betrayed him, it was even possible that they had confessed to Qiu Yuan what they had done in the past, but Qiu Yuan did not immediately order him to be arrested. Instead, it was sent to confront him face to face, which shows that Qiu Yuan has not yet made a final decision in his heart.Although I have made mistakes, they are not serious enough to be arrested and imprisoned immediately. As long as I deal with them properly, I still have a chance to minimize the impact of these things.
Francis didn't dare to hide anything from Qiu Yuan, because he couldn't be sure how much the other party knew, and Qiu Yuan's personal involvement in this matter meant that he had no room for maneuver, and if he said something wrong, he might just recover This is the end of his career.The best coping strategy that Francis could think of was to tell Qiu Yuan honestly, and then try to shift the responsibility to the other two in the process.The less guilty one is, the less punishment he will receive afterwards, and maybe he can escape smoothly.
In this small group formed by Ding Feng, Francis, and Qin Huacheng, Francis is actually the most famous and influential, but precisely because of his special status, the actual role he can play in this small group is actually the smallest of.Kong has the title of director of the Western Management Bureau, but the power he can actually wield is not even as good as Qin Huacheng, a grassroots police officer.As for financial resources, Francis, who basically has only an empty shell left in his family, cannot compete with the Ding family.That's why the security farce that angered Qiu Yuan appeared earlier, otherwise Francis might still be a mascot that was emptied until now.
Unlike Francis, Ding Feng did not leave immediately after receiving the summons from the Provisional Management Committee. Instead, he first called his three children together and explained to them the family affairs.
The youngest daughter, Ding Pinger, was ignorant of world affairs, but brothers Ding Pingsheng and Ding Pingcai were not fools. It was definitely not a good sign that their father called them together for no reason to explain the family affairs.Ding Pingsheng couldn't help asking: "Father, is there something going to happen?"
Ding Feng's attitude was very calm: "Some things may happen, so I have to explain to you first, so that if my father can't come back for a while, the family can't mess up the rules."
The two brothers looked at each other, seeing the flustered look on each other's faces.Although Ding Pingsheng is the head of the Ding family, the family has always regarded the old man Ding Feng as the backbone, and Ding Feng makes major decisions.Although the Ding family has encountered some bumps and bumps in recent years, the momentum of development has never stopped, and the scale of the business has grown bigger and bigger.Even this year when Haihan and Spain were at war, the ownership of the local area completely changed, but it did not fundamentally shake the influence of the Ding family in Manila.
The three brothers and sisters have long been used to having such a person who is like a Dinghai god in the family. No matter what storms and waves they encounter, as long as Ding Feng is there, they will surely be able to get through it safely.Before that, Ding Feng had never acted like this. Although the two brothers didn't want to think badly, but the current situation really seemed to be explaining the funeral, which made them quite flustered.
Then I heard Ding Feng continue to say: "You may also know that the father and Mr. Francis had some cooperation before, but these things are not all in line with Haihan's law. If the authorities want to pursue it, the two of us must bear the responsibility Just now, someone came from the management committee and sent me to meet with Chief Qiu Yuan. This big man would not summon me for no reason. After thinking about it, maybe the things he did earlier came to light, and we must start to investigate the responsibility! If my father goes away, he may be taken into prison, so I have to explain to you three brothers and sisters first."
When the three Ding brothers and sisters heard these words, it was like a bolt from the blue, and Ding Pinger burst into tears immediately.If Haihan wants to punish Ding Feng, the Ding family will inevitably be implicated to a certain extent, and without Ding Feng in charge, it may be difficult for the Ding family brothers and sisters to cope with subsequent changes in the situation.
Ding Pingsheng said: "Do you want to invite my brother-in-law over?"
Although little Francis has resumed his relationship with Ding's family after he was released from prison, he has not taken Ding Ping'er home to live in for the time being - this is also Ding Feng's intention to let Ding Ping'er stay at her mother's house for a while until the situation stabilizes Let's talk.So Ding Feng summoned his sons and daughters to discuss matters, but his son-in-law Francis Jr. was not present.
Ding Feng shook his head and said: "No need, if something really happened, then Francis must have received a summons from the Provisional Management Committee, and maybe little Francis would have to follow. Besides, right now, it is not sure whether there are people from the government watching , Going to see your brother-in-law at this time may be regarded by the government as an attempt to collude, which will only increase trouble."
Although there were no warnings beforehand, Ding Feng still prepared for the worst. If the incident happened as he expected, at least his children could be prepared in advance. There are other solutions, after all, there are corresponding methods.As for Francis and Qin Huacheng, he didn't have the extra energy to think about their situation now, so he had to try to save his children and property first.
It has been a long time since Ding Feng briefly explained what he considers to be more important matters. Although the Temporary Management Committee did not send anyone to urge him, Ding Feng himself did not dare to delay any longer.If the senior officials of the Provisional Management Committee think that they are deliberately putting on airs, then perhaps all efforts will be in vain.Ding Feng still hopes that after meeting Qiu Yuan, he can get himself a chance to get rid of the crime.
Ding Feng had his own special carriage when he went out. He only brought a coachman with him, and asked his three children to wait for the news at home and not to go out for the time being.If you don't get home before the nighttime curfew, it's probably cold.
When he arrived at the temporary management meeting, Ding Feng reported his identity to ask for an interview, but was told that Qiu Yuan was receiving other guests and asked him to wait outside the office.Ding Feng didn't dare to ask more questions, so he waited outside obediently.After waiting for about an hour, the door of the office opened, and it was Ding Feng's old acquaintance Francis who came out.
The two met suddenly in such an environment, and for a while they didn't know how to greet each other.It is obviously unreasonable to turn a blind eye, but if you say hello, you are afraid that someone with a heart will regard it as connecting news.The two people with their own ulterior motives hesitated for a while, just nodded to each other as a gesture, and then passed by in the corridor without talking to each other, but there was a lot of turmoil in their hearts.
For Francis, seeing Ding Feng appear here and now, he can reconfirm that being summoned by Qiu Yuan today is not a coincidence, and that Francis is not the only one Qiu Yuan wants to see.If there are any omissions in my description just now, I only need to confront Ding Feng to find out if it is true or not.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Ding Feng did not betray himself, or even did not know about the current situation, Francis would not dare to take the risk of hiding anything. After all, he was not sure whether Ding Feng would Like myself, quickly and decisively choose to give up resistance and confess everything.
But for Ding Feng, Francis arrived before him and met Qiu Yuan, and left here safe and sound, the meaning of this was even more complicated.If what Qiu Yuan talked about with him next involved those gray areas, then it goes without saying that he was sold by Francis.Ding Feng could even imagine that Qiu Yuan probably sent someone to his home to summon him after hearing something from Francis.
For these two people who have fallen into the prisoner's dilemma, mutual suspicion is already inevitable.Due to the serious asymmetry of information, they can't trust each other at all, and they dare not entrust their safety to the other's tight-lipped.In the final analysis, they are just a small group with the first advantage, not even an offensive and defensive alliance. Once the car overturns, no one can stay out of it. crime.
"When you came in just now, you should have seen Francis, right?" After Qiu Yuan asked Ding Feng to sit down, he began to get straight to the point: "Do you know why he came here?"
"I don't dare to speculate on my own, please ask the chief to make it clear." Ding Feng would not be so stupid as to start confessing on his own initiative, and he carefully observed Qiu Yuan's expression while responding.
Qiu Yuandao: "I already know about everything you have done. I called you here today to hear what you have to add. After all, all the information I heard and knew before this was The narration from others may be somewhat different from your actual situation, but I will give you a chance to tell yourself what happened."
Hearing what Qiu Yuan said, Ding Feng knew that he was absolutely unlucky, so he no longer had any thoughts of being lucky.He didn't believe that Francis would cover for himself, just like when Francis was defeated and arrested, he would not put himself in it to save the other party.
However, Ding Feng's thoughts coincided with Francis's at this time. He thought that since Qiu Yuan sent him for an interview instead of sending someone to arrest him directly, it meant that there was still room for redemption. See if you can seize the opportunity.
Thinking of this, Ding Feng stood up resolutely, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down in front of Qiu Yuan: "I will be obsessed with ghosts and made many mistakes in the next moment, please punish me, sir!"
How could Qiu Yuan fall for his tricks? He snorted coldly and said, "If I don't call you here for questioning today, I'm afraid you will continue to be obsessed with ghosts, right? Punishment... I think you are working hard , are you not afraid of any punishment at all?"
Ding Feng didn't dare to respond, he just lowered his head to the floor and fell down.He didn't know what Francis betrayed him, and how he told Qiu Yuan. If he defended rashly, it would be self-defeating, so he could only wait for Qiu Yuan to ask and then answer according to the situation.
As for the things he has done, which ones have violated the Haihan law, Ding Feng still has a rough idea. If he really wants to study these past things in detail to punish him, it is a capital crime that can be forgiven. Unavoidable.But Qiu Yuan's attitude did not seem to hold him accountable, which made Ding Feng still have a little thought in his heart, thinking that he should still have a chance to escape.
And Qiu Yuan didn't have much dislike for Ding Feng. If it wasn't for being exposed by Qin Huacheng this time, he still had a little liking for this rich businessman of Han descent.After Haihan occupied Manila, the Ding family was one of the early gentry who stood up to help the government restore social order, and took the initiative to donate a lot of money and food to relieve the large number of refugees who appeared after the war.Although these actions of the Ding family were more or less aimed at drawing a line with the Spanish official Francis who was married to him by marriage, objectively it did play a big role in promoting Haihan to take over the place.
It is precisely because of the positive attitude shown by the Ding family that Haihan officials did not embarrass the Ding family after the war even though they knew that the Ding family wore the same pants as the Spaniards before the war.Although the original business of the Ding family was impacted to a certain extent due to the war and the change of rule, there was indeed no official suppression. Qiu Yuan even recently relaxed the restrictions on the business scope of local businessmen, allowing the business organizations of the Ding family to He was able to enter the Hispanic community to operate as he wished.
But after a series of things planned by Ding Feng were exposed, Qiu Yuan certainly knew that this scheming guy was not a kind person. Everything he did had a very clear purpose. He was trying to please the authorities while trying to suppress competitors in the market. .If he hadn't offended himself, Qiu Yuan really wanted to applaud this businessman with a lot of ideas in his head. If he hadn't kicked the iron board of Chaosheng Trading Post, the Ding family would have the opportunity to gradually control the local area. business lifeline.
However, bringing down the Ding family will not do any good to the local social stability, Qiu Yuan knows this very well, so he does not want to hold Ding Feng accountable, and tries to calm down and deal with it in a low-key manner.But not to be held accountable doesn't mean calling Ding Feng to him and giving a few words of verbal warning. In that case, a real punishment is still necessary.Since Ding Feng did these things for a profit, Qiu Yuan wanted to start with this profit and impose heavy punishment on him.
Ding Feng didn't stay in Qiu Yuan's office for as long as Francis, but when he left, his face was much uglier than Francis's.In exchange for the "not to be held accountable" by the coming management committee, the Ding family had to secretly pay a huge fine to the temporary management committee.The amount of the fine was so large that the Ding family would not be able to make up so much cash for a while. In the end, Ding Feng had something to say, and Qiu Yuan let him pay it in monthly installments.But even so, this fine is enough to hurt the Ding family. Not only did Ding Feng not dare to complain, but when he left, he had to thank Qiu Yuan for his "magnanimous" handling .
(End of this chapter)
Francis quickly made an inference about his situation. No matter who the other two betrayed him, it was even possible that they had confessed to Qiu Yuan what they had done in the past, but Qiu Yuan did not immediately order him to be arrested. Instead, it was sent to confront him face to face, which shows that Qiu Yuan has not yet made a final decision in his heart.Although I have made mistakes, they are not serious enough to be arrested and imprisoned immediately. As long as I deal with them properly, I still have a chance to minimize the impact of these things.
Francis didn't dare to hide anything from Qiu Yuan, because he couldn't be sure how much the other party knew, and Qiu Yuan's personal involvement in this matter meant that he had no room for maneuver, and if he said something wrong, he might just recover This is the end of his career.The best coping strategy that Francis could think of was to tell Qiu Yuan honestly, and then try to shift the responsibility to the other two in the process.The less guilty one is, the less punishment he will receive afterwards, and maybe he can escape smoothly.
In this small group formed by Ding Feng, Francis, and Qin Huacheng, Francis is actually the most famous and influential, but precisely because of his special status, the actual role he can play in this small group is actually the smallest of.Kong has the title of director of the Western Management Bureau, but the power he can actually wield is not even as good as Qin Huacheng, a grassroots police officer.As for financial resources, Francis, who basically has only an empty shell left in his family, cannot compete with the Ding family.That's why the security farce that angered Qiu Yuan appeared earlier, otherwise Francis might still be a mascot that was emptied until now.
Unlike Francis, Ding Feng did not leave immediately after receiving the summons from the Provisional Management Committee. Instead, he first called his three children together and explained to them the family affairs.
The youngest daughter, Ding Pinger, was ignorant of world affairs, but brothers Ding Pingsheng and Ding Pingcai were not fools. It was definitely not a good sign that their father called them together for no reason to explain the family affairs.Ding Pingsheng couldn't help asking: "Father, is there something going to happen?"
Ding Feng's attitude was very calm: "Some things may happen, so I have to explain to you first, so that if my father can't come back for a while, the family can't mess up the rules."
The two brothers looked at each other, seeing the flustered look on each other's faces.Although Ding Pingsheng is the head of the Ding family, the family has always regarded the old man Ding Feng as the backbone, and Ding Feng makes major decisions.Although the Ding family has encountered some bumps and bumps in recent years, the momentum of development has never stopped, and the scale of the business has grown bigger and bigger.Even this year when Haihan and Spain were at war, the ownership of the local area completely changed, but it did not fundamentally shake the influence of the Ding family in Manila.
The three brothers and sisters have long been used to having such a person who is like a Dinghai god in the family. No matter what storms and waves they encounter, as long as Ding Feng is there, they will surely be able to get through it safely.Before that, Ding Feng had never acted like this. Although the two brothers didn't want to think badly, but the current situation really seemed to be explaining the funeral, which made them quite flustered.
Then I heard Ding Feng continue to say: "You may also know that the father and Mr. Francis had some cooperation before, but these things are not all in line with Haihan's law. If the authorities want to pursue it, the two of us must bear the responsibility Just now, someone came from the management committee and sent me to meet with Chief Qiu Yuan. This big man would not summon me for no reason. After thinking about it, maybe the things he did earlier came to light, and we must start to investigate the responsibility! If my father goes away, he may be taken into prison, so I have to explain to you three brothers and sisters first."
When the three Ding brothers and sisters heard these words, it was like a bolt from the blue, and Ding Pinger burst into tears immediately.If Haihan wants to punish Ding Feng, the Ding family will inevitably be implicated to a certain extent, and without Ding Feng in charge, it may be difficult for the Ding family brothers and sisters to cope with subsequent changes in the situation.
Ding Pingsheng said: "Do you want to invite my brother-in-law over?"
Although little Francis has resumed his relationship with Ding's family after he was released from prison, he has not taken Ding Ping'er home to live in for the time being - this is also Ding Feng's intention to let Ding Ping'er stay at her mother's house for a while until the situation stabilizes Let's talk.So Ding Feng summoned his sons and daughters to discuss matters, but his son-in-law Francis Jr. was not present.
Ding Feng shook his head and said: "No need, if something really happened, then Francis must have received a summons from the Provisional Management Committee, and maybe little Francis would have to follow. Besides, right now, it is not sure whether there are people from the government watching , Going to see your brother-in-law at this time may be regarded by the government as an attempt to collude, which will only increase trouble."
Although there were no warnings beforehand, Ding Feng still prepared for the worst. If the incident happened as he expected, at least his children could be prepared in advance. There are other solutions, after all, there are corresponding methods.As for Francis and Qin Huacheng, he didn't have the extra energy to think about their situation now, so he had to try to save his children and property first.
It has been a long time since Ding Feng briefly explained what he considers to be more important matters. Although the Temporary Management Committee did not send anyone to urge him, Ding Feng himself did not dare to delay any longer.If the senior officials of the Provisional Management Committee think that they are deliberately putting on airs, then perhaps all efforts will be in vain.Ding Feng still hopes that after meeting Qiu Yuan, he can get himself a chance to get rid of the crime.
Ding Feng had his own special carriage when he went out. He only brought a coachman with him, and asked his three children to wait for the news at home and not to go out for the time being.If you don't get home before the nighttime curfew, it's probably cold.
When he arrived at the temporary management meeting, Ding Feng reported his identity to ask for an interview, but was told that Qiu Yuan was receiving other guests and asked him to wait outside the office.Ding Feng didn't dare to ask more questions, so he waited outside obediently.After waiting for about an hour, the door of the office opened, and it was Ding Feng's old acquaintance Francis who came out.
The two met suddenly in such an environment, and for a while they didn't know how to greet each other.It is obviously unreasonable to turn a blind eye, but if you say hello, you are afraid that someone with a heart will regard it as connecting news.The two people with their own ulterior motives hesitated for a while, just nodded to each other as a gesture, and then passed by in the corridor without talking to each other, but there was a lot of turmoil in their hearts.
For Francis, seeing Ding Feng appear here and now, he can reconfirm that being summoned by Qiu Yuan today is not a coincidence, and that Francis is not the only one Qiu Yuan wants to see.If there are any omissions in my description just now, I only need to confront Ding Feng to find out if it is true or not.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Ding Feng did not betray himself, or even did not know about the current situation, Francis would not dare to take the risk of hiding anything. After all, he was not sure whether Ding Feng would Like myself, quickly and decisively choose to give up resistance and confess everything.
But for Ding Feng, Francis arrived before him and met Qiu Yuan, and left here safe and sound, the meaning of this was even more complicated.If what Qiu Yuan talked about with him next involved those gray areas, then it goes without saying that he was sold by Francis.Ding Feng could even imagine that Qiu Yuan probably sent someone to his home to summon him after hearing something from Francis.
For these two people who have fallen into the prisoner's dilemma, mutual suspicion is already inevitable.Due to the serious asymmetry of information, they can't trust each other at all, and they dare not entrust their safety to the other's tight-lipped.In the final analysis, they are just a small group with the first advantage, not even an offensive and defensive alliance. Once the car overturns, no one can stay out of it. crime.
"When you came in just now, you should have seen Francis, right?" After Qiu Yuan asked Ding Feng to sit down, he began to get straight to the point: "Do you know why he came here?"
"I don't dare to speculate on my own, please ask the chief to make it clear." Ding Feng would not be so stupid as to start confessing on his own initiative, and he carefully observed Qiu Yuan's expression while responding.
Qiu Yuandao: "I already know about everything you have done. I called you here today to hear what you have to add. After all, all the information I heard and knew before this was The narration from others may be somewhat different from your actual situation, but I will give you a chance to tell yourself what happened."
Hearing what Qiu Yuan said, Ding Feng knew that he was absolutely unlucky, so he no longer had any thoughts of being lucky.He didn't believe that Francis would cover for himself, just like when Francis was defeated and arrested, he would not put himself in it to save the other party.
However, Ding Feng's thoughts coincided with Francis's at this time. He thought that since Qiu Yuan sent him for an interview instead of sending someone to arrest him directly, it meant that there was still room for redemption. See if you can seize the opportunity.
Thinking of this, Ding Feng stood up resolutely, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down in front of Qiu Yuan: "I will be obsessed with ghosts and made many mistakes in the next moment, please punish me, sir!"
How could Qiu Yuan fall for his tricks? He snorted coldly and said, "If I don't call you here for questioning today, I'm afraid you will continue to be obsessed with ghosts, right? Punishment... I think you are working hard , are you not afraid of any punishment at all?"
Ding Feng didn't dare to respond, he just lowered his head to the floor and fell down.He didn't know what Francis betrayed him, and how he told Qiu Yuan. If he defended rashly, it would be self-defeating, so he could only wait for Qiu Yuan to ask and then answer according to the situation.
As for the things he has done, which ones have violated the Haihan law, Ding Feng still has a rough idea. If he really wants to study these past things in detail to punish him, it is a capital crime that can be forgiven. Unavoidable.But Qiu Yuan's attitude did not seem to hold him accountable, which made Ding Feng still have a little thought in his heart, thinking that he should still have a chance to escape.
And Qiu Yuan didn't have much dislike for Ding Feng. If it wasn't for being exposed by Qin Huacheng this time, he still had a little liking for this rich businessman of Han descent.After Haihan occupied Manila, the Ding family was one of the early gentry who stood up to help the government restore social order, and took the initiative to donate a lot of money and food to relieve the large number of refugees who appeared after the war.Although these actions of the Ding family were more or less aimed at drawing a line with the Spanish official Francis who was married to him by marriage, objectively it did play a big role in promoting Haihan to take over the place.
It is precisely because of the positive attitude shown by the Ding family that Haihan officials did not embarrass the Ding family after the war even though they knew that the Ding family wore the same pants as the Spaniards before the war.Although the original business of the Ding family was impacted to a certain extent due to the war and the change of rule, there was indeed no official suppression. Qiu Yuan even recently relaxed the restrictions on the business scope of local businessmen, allowing the business organizations of the Ding family to He was able to enter the Hispanic community to operate as he wished.
But after a series of things planned by Ding Feng were exposed, Qiu Yuan certainly knew that this scheming guy was not a kind person. Everything he did had a very clear purpose. He was trying to please the authorities while trying to suppress competitors in the market. .If he hadn't offended himself, Qiu Yuan really wanted to applaud this businessman with a lot of ideas in his head. If he hadn't kicked the iron board of Chaosheng Trading Post, the Ding family would have the opportunity to gradually control the local area. business lifeline.
However, bringing down the Ding family will not do any good to the local social stability, Qiu Yuan knows this very well, so he does not want to hold Ding Feng accountable, and tries to calm down and deal with it in a low-key manner.But not to be held accountable doesn't mean calling Ding Feng to him and giving a few words of verbal warning. In that case, a real punishment is still necessary.Since Ding Feng did these things for a profit, Qiu Yuan wanted to start with this profit and impose heavy punishment on him.
Ding Feng didn't stay in Qiu Yuan's office for as long as Francis, but when he left, his face was much uglier than Francis's.In exchange for the "not to be held accountable" by the coming management committee, the Ding family had to secretly pay a huge fine to the temporary management committee.The amount of the fine was so large that the Ding family would not be able to make up so much cash for a while. In the end, Ding Feng had something to say, and Qiu Yuan let him pay it in monthly installments.But even so, this fine is enough to hurt the Ding family. Not only did Ding Feng not dare to complain, but when he left, he had to thank Qiu Yuan for his "magnanimous" handling .
(End of this chapter)