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"Explain the situation here to Mayor Lu over the phone, and if he insists on protecting the foreigners, then just let him be," Ge Dongxu said to Wu Longcai with a cold expression.
"Okay," Wu Longcai replied, his heart skipping a beat. He then mustered his courage and tried to justify the incident to Mayor Lu over the phone, essentially saying that it was the foreign guests who had erred first and his friends would not apologize.
After Wu Longcai had finished speaking, it infuriated Vice Mayor Lu on the other end of the line who hung up on him. Although Wu Longcai felt relieved to have spoken his mind, he was inwardly groaning knowing there would be consequences.
Vice Mayor Lu was angry, especially considering the incident involved foreign affairs. As the "re" director of the provincial entertainnt station, Wu Longcai knew he would inevitably face censure. However, having Ge Dongxu, an impressive figure, there was sowhat comforting. Rembering how the Feng family's second generation had personally driven to the airport to pick him up, Wu Longcai felt sowhat reassured.
"We will not apologize for this matter," Wu Longcai said firmly as he handed the phone back to Bravo's assistant.
As he spoke these words, Wu Longcai felt as if his spine had straightened, finally releasing the pent-up frustration he had felt.
"Very well, I will definitely report this matter and will continue to protest to your governnt," the assistant relayed Wu Longcai's words to Bravo, whose face shifted from smugness to anger as he pointed and threatened Wu Longcai and the others.
"Although this matter doesn't concern Iten Electric, as a friend of Mr. Bravo, I too am outraged by what happened to him. If your city governnt really condones such behavior, we'll consider moving out of your developnt zone," a Japanese man suddenly interjected in stiff Chinese.
"I will also report this incident to our Korean company headquarters and ask them to seriously reconsider the issue of additional investnt," a Korean man said, following suit in similarly laborious Chinese.
The Friendship Hotel was already Linzhou City's most important establishnt for dealing with foreign guests, where many foreigners stayed and ca upstairs for the buffet.
Today, besides Bravo the Spaniard, there were many other foreigners present.
However, aside from the Japanese and Koreans, none of the other nationals spoke up, especially a British man who shook his head explicitly, apparently disapproving of Bravo quibbling over an incident with a beautiful lady without knowing the full story.
Seeing the Japanese and Koreans joining in the protest, Director Ni was in a panic, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Though the incident had not started because of him, as an accompanying official, he had failed to manage the situation. If the matter escalated, he would be the one questioned by higher-ups, and punishnt was inevitable.
Often, it was precisely for this reason that when an incident involved foreigners, many officials who were usually authoritative would lose their imposing deanor. Their first thought would be to appease foreigners, even if it ant that their fellow citizens would be disadvantaged. Over ti, these foreigners, who would behave themselves in their own countries, developed a sense of superiority once in our country, feeling they were above everyone else.
"Did all of you witness the entire incident just now?" asked Ge Dongxu, his expression turning cold as he caught the interjections from the Japanese and Koreans and stared them down interrogatively.
"You, who are you? Do you know what sort of consequences your actions will cause?" Director Ni was already anxious enough with the Japanese and Koreans stirring the pot. He didn't expect the young and unexpected Ge Dongxu to suddenly lash out at them and angrily pointed at him, questioning his actions.
"What consequences? This is our country, not theirs. Are you saying that in our own country, we should tolerate others bossing us around and talking nonsense while I cower and live like a subjugate?" Ge Dongxu glared coldly at Director Ni in response.
Director Ni's lips quivered and his face turned green from Ge Dongxu's retort. He was about to point his finger in accusation again when Wu Longcai had already pulled him aside and said, "Shut your mouth! Brother Xu doesn't need you blabbering on the sidelines!"
Director Ni was just a deputy director of the Developnt Zone's Investnt Promotion Bureau, lower in rank than Wu Longcai, the director of the provincial entertainnt station, and certainly unable to compare in influence and connections. It was only because the incident involved foreign affairs that he had previously taken such a hard stance with Wu Longcai.
But that did not an he was unaware of Wu Longcai's status and position!
So when Wu Longcai pulled him aside and scolded him, recalling the assertive way Ge Dongxu had spoken on the phone earlier, Director Ni shivered and realized that this young man was definitely soone he couldn't afford to offend.
As for the potential escalation of the incident into a diplomatic event, whether the young man could withstand it or not was no longer Director Ni's concern.
Of course, in Director Ni's view, the young man would definitely not be able to withstand it.
He vividly rembered an incident where the local police conducted a surprise inspection at a certain entertainnt venue, and by chance, a foreign businessman was found soliciting pleasure. Far from feeling ashad when arrested, the foreigner had arrogantly berated the police officers. When the officers detained him, and the incident blew up, not only did the foreigner walk away without repercussion, but the police station chief and the district public security bureau director were forced to write self-criticisms for damaging a good investnt environnt and failing to make the foreign guest feel welco.
Imagine that: despite the clear illegality, in the end, it was the law enforcent officials who had to apologize. In Director Ni's mind, no matter how formidable Ge Dongxu was, if it involved diplomatic issues, how could a young man like him withstand the pressure? Afterwards, he would undoubtedly be in for a dressing-down from his father.
To Director Ni, it seed clear that Ge Dongxu's confidence ca from relying on his family's background.
"Did all of you witness the entire incident just now?" With Director Ni silent, Ge Dongxu turned back to the Japanese and Koreans, who had expected to make him the butt of their jokes, and questioned them again.
"This..." Faced with Ge Dongxu's questioning and intense gaze, the Japanese and Korean n were at a loss for words. They, too, had arrived later for the al and had seen the scene unfold. The surrounding people, including the foreigners dining there, knew this and were not in a position to lie on the spot.
"If you didn't see it, then shut your filthy mouths!" Ge Dongxu, seeing their hesitation, face sank even more as he unabashedly reprimanded them.
"You, what kind of attitude is this?" The Japanese and Korean n, accustod to a sense of self-importance, could not stand Ge Dongxu's blunt rebuke and imdiately pointed at him, demanding to know.
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