"If I were you, I'd cut them off without hesitation."
Chen Feng said calmly and composedly.
"That's interesting. Tell me, give me a reason to cut off my left and right hands."
Xiang Wentian asked with great interest.
"Left and right hands can be replaced, even with later replacements that are more powerful than the originals. However, finding a subordinate with principles might be a bit difficult. To put it bluntly, as long as you treat my woman well, I will follow you for life. Even if you don't treat my woman well, as long as you don't screw her over, I will be loyal to you for life."
Chen Feng explained word by word.
"According to you, Wang Hai can also be very loyal to me for money, and I don't need to cut off my left and right hands."
Xiang Wentian deliberately asked Chen Feng.
"Old Xiang, have you ever considered a problem? If you only use money to bind Wang Hai, once the money is not enough, Wang Hai can betray you without hesitation. This kind of thing is too common in the political arena."
Chen Feng continued to explain calmly.
"Your idea is good, but the problem is, if I can't treat your woman well, can you betray me then?"
Xiang Wentian continued to deliberately ask Chen Feng.
"No, I just said that as long as you treat my woman well, I will be loyal to you for life. Furthermore, if you don't harm my woman, I won't kick you when you're down. Old Xiang, you should know my relationship with Cui Yali, it's not just a romantic relationship. We were also superior and subordinate. Now, my connections in the provincial capital are much stronger than Cui Yali's, but have I betrayed Cui Yali? No. I still protect Cui Yali to the best of my ability. Therefore, whether I am your subordinate or not in the future, I will not betray you for profit. Only people with principles would act this way. You probably know better than me whether Wang Hai is a person of principle. So, now you are facing the choice of protecting a principled subordinate or keeping your unprincipled left and right hands."
Chen Feng explained patiently.
"Congratulations, you have successfully convinced me. However, I will not step in to betray Wang Hai. That is also my principle. No matter what, Wang Hai is my subordinate. If I betray Wang Hai, who will be willing to work for me in the future? However, if you betray Wang Hai, I can pretend not to see it. So, whether you can get revenge depends entirely on yourself."
Xiang Wentian said calmly.
It had to be said that Xiang Wentian was indeed an old fox.
He didn't offend either side, letting them fight it out.
No matter which side lost, he suffered no loss.
He used the art of managing people to the extreme!
"Old Xiang, just watch. I will prove to you that nurturing me with your focus was definitely not a mistake."
Chen Feng replied calmly.
After chatting for a while longer, Chen Feng returned to Jiangcheng City.
The fact that Wang Hai was so valued by Xiang Wentian, and that Xiang Wentian had always refrained from acting against Wang Hai, indicated that Wang Hai was no ordinary person.
Since Wang Hai was no ordinary person, Chen Feng absolutely could not let his guard down.
He had to find outside help.
Without external assistance, it would be very difficult to deal with Wang Hai this time.
After all, Wang Hai was the second-in-command of the provincial capital, while Chen Feng was only the head of the Development and Reform Commission in Mingshan District. The gap between them was too large.
Upon returning to Jiangcheng City, after a moment's thought, Chen Feng found the best help.
Wang Ziwei from Jiangcheng University of Science and Technology.
Wang Ziwei was the daughter of the Wang family in the capital. With the Wang family's influence, dealing with Wang Hai should not be a big problem.
"Chen Feng, did I hear you correctly? You're going head-to-head with Wang Hai from the provincial capital for Cui Yali?"
Wang Ziwei looked at Chen Feng with confusion.
Among all his women, Cui Yali probably had the most disadvantageous status.
Although Cui Yali was the head of the Personnel Department in the provincial capital, given Chen Feng's current connections, he didn't need Cui Yali's connections at all.
On the contrary, Chen Feng had helped Cui Yali obtain the position of head of the Personnel Department in the provincial capital through his connections.
This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that Cui Yali had a husband, a son, and was older.
Let alone elite men like Chen Feng, even ordinary men would not be interested in a woman like Cui Yali.
Therefore, was it worth it to go head-to-head with the second-in-command of the provincial capital for a woman like Cui Yali?
"Miss Wang, you've known me for some time. You should know my personality. Although Cui Yali's personal conditions are not as good as yours, in one aspect, she is the same as you..."
Chen Feng said sincerely.
"What aspect?"
Wang Ziwei asked curiously.
"She is the same as you, she is my woman. You should know my personality. As long as she is my woman, I will protect her even if I have to risk my life. Although Cui Yali is older, has a husband, and has a son... I actively approached Cui Yali to climb higher in the political arena back then. Under these circumstances, Cui Yali became my woman, a secret relationship within an underground relationship. If I abandon Cui Yali, wouldn't I be crossing the bridge and then demolishing it? More importantly, does it take so many conditions to love a woman or save a woman?"
Chen Feng retorted word by word.
Wang Ziwei was impressed.
She hadn't understood before why Chen Feng had so many women around him.
Moreover, each woman had an extraordinary status and influence, and more importantly, they were all beautiful.
Even women like Cui Yali were very beautiful.
Now she finally understood. It was Chen Feng's genuine heart towards women that had moved all of them.
"Since you've put it this way, it wouldn't be appropriate for me not to help you. After all, I am one of your many women. If my man is in trouble, I must help. How about this, I'll make a call to my dad, and have him find someone with connections in the capital. It will be easy to deal with Wang Hai."
Wang Ziwei said concisely.
"Not yet."
Chen Feng immediately declined.
"Why not?"
Wang Ziwei was stunned.
"Your father is not an ordinary person. He has extensive and deep connections in the capital, and he has high expectations for me. In this situation, if I ask him for help with everything, he will gradually look down on me. This way, I will lose such a major connection when I develop in the capital's political arena in the future."
Chen Feng explained seriously.
The current Chen Feng still didn't know the true identity of Wang Ziwei's father, Wang Jianshan.
He only vaguely felt that Wang Jianshan had considerable influence in the capital.
That was all.
However, Chen Feng didn't care about these things. Chen Feng believed that given the Wang family's status in the capital, no matter what Wang Jianshan's identity was, he would be of great help in the future.
Therefore, it was too early to frequently seek help from Wang Jianshan.
Otherwise, Wang Jianshan would get the impression that Chen Feng, this young man, was incapable. He had so many unresolved issues in such a small political arena like Mingshan District. Based on this situation, it was uncertain whether he could be promoted to the capital's political arena in the future.
"Chen Feng, my considerations of the political arena are far inferior to yours. From the perspective of your future development in the political arena, we really can't ask my dad for help casually right now. But the problem is, if my dad doesn't step in, how can we deal with Wang Hai, the second-in-command of the provincial capital?"
Wang Ziwei said with a troubled expression.
"Miss Wang, think carefully. Do you have any acquaintances in the provincial capital?"
Chen Feng asked Wang Ziwei meaningfully.