“Are you disappointed in me?!”
Seeing Ji Feng’s calm expression, Zhao Kai couldn’t help but ask.
Ji Feng shook his head, “It’s better to tell your reason first.”
Zhao Kai then couldn’t help but let out a light sigh, it seemed that his approach had still caused Ji Feng’s displeasure, one could even say that he was disgusted.
In fact, this was something Zhao Kai had expected from very early on, however, this was just one of the reactions he had thought of from Ji Feng, but it was also the reaction he least wanted to see.
In Zhao Kai’s anticipation, Ji Feng would have had several reactions after he found out.
One, to storm out and come to him in a rage, to reprimand him head-on and make him apologise to Han Zhong and the others.
Two, without giving any chance to explain, he would simply kick him out of the intelligence team, or simply cut off the funding of the intelligence team. According to Zhao Kai’s understanding of Ji Feng, with Ji Feng’s character, he might even scrap the intelligence team outright.
Third, he would be asked for an explanation.
And of these possible reactions, the one Zhao Kai didn’t want to see the most, was the last one.
If it was the first one, it meant that although Ji Feng was angry, he was still willing to give him a chance, at the very least, so that he would have enough room for manoeuvre and space.
If it was the second possibility, it would still show that Ji Feng trusted him, and that kicking him out of the intelligence team, or even cutting off the team’s funding, was an act done in a fit of rage.
The only thing that Zhao Kai did not want to see was this third possibility.
Once Ji Feng asked him for an explanation, it would mean that Ji Feng was really going to move him, just to give him a chance to defend himself before moving him, or even to say, just a pa*sing.
What’s more, at this moment, Ji Feng not only asked him for an explanation, but also, he looked calm, without a trace of fire.
Zhao Kai’s heart kept sinking.
Even though he had already expected it, when he was really faced with it, Zhao Kai was still a bit frightened and even overwhelmed.
Zhao Kai had rarely seen Ji Feng angry, only two or three times in all these years, but he knew better than that, when Ji Feng was calm, it was worse than when he was angry.
This meant that I was afraid that Ji Feng no longer considered him a friend in his heart, or at the very least, no longer someone he could trust.
When a person is no longer valued, there is little reason for people to be angry with you anymore. It’s not that you can’t be angry, but there’s simply no need to be angry anymore.
Zhao Kai realised that what he had done was surprisingly inexcusable in Ji Feng’s case!
He took a deep breath and said, “In fact, I’ve known for a long time that I couldn’t hide this from you, in fact I didn’t want to hide it from you, it’s just that …… I intended to do it first.”
Ji Feng nodded and handed him a cigarette, “There’s no rush, take your time and talk about it, anything can be made clear.”
Zhao Kai smiled bitterly, took the cigarette and lit it. The more Ji Feng said this, the more angry he was in his heart, and it also showed that he had already made a decision, and the result was very obvious.
“Not bad. Whether it’s Han Zhong or the other executives in the company, I sent people to spy on them.” Zhao Kai said, frankly admitting his actions.
Ji Feng listened quietly and didn’t say anything.
Zhao Kai said, “I know, I can’t even talk about whether it’s appropriate for me to do this anymore, it’s crossing the line! However, I’m not spying on them because I’m afraid they’ll leak out the company’s secrets, if that were the case, I definitely wouldn’t just send someone to spy on them, but I would monitor their phone calls, emails and a whole range of personal information on all fronts.”
Ji Feng asked, “Then why is that?”
This was what he couldn’t figure out, Zhao Kai was a smart man, but looking at what he was doing, it wasn’t clever at all. Sending people to spy on him was the dumbest way.
Zhao Kai said, “I did this for two purposes, one is to do it to people like Wang Jun.”
Ji Feng nodded his head, this reason did make sense. He was sure that there was definitely more than one person like David Wang on Island No. 1, and this was something that could not be avoided no matter what.
Because the size of No. 1 Island had been expanding and the reclamation project had never stopped, the current No. 1 Island was nearly twice as big as the original size, and the people on the island had reached tens of thousands, of which it was impossible to check the upper and lower three generations of every single person.
Even if there were no problems with the upper and lower generations, no one could guarantee that there were no problems with them personally.
And by taking this approach of surveillance, it will make these people realise that the Tengfei Group is not so united and there are great internal conflicts.
In this way, some people will naturally jump out.
From this point of view, although Zhao Kai’s approach was not too clever, the effect was definitely there, it was just unknown how much Zhao Kai had in his hands now.
“What about the other purpose?” Ji Feng asked again.
“The other purpose ……”
Zhao Kai hesitated for a moment before saying, “It’s to show the military.”
Ji Feng frowned: “What does that mean?”
He didn’t quite understand this explanation from Zhao Kai. It was very understandable to show it to people with bad intentions like Wang Jun, to lure snakes out of their holes. But what was the purpose of showing it to the military?
“I think that since the Tengfei Group has come to Island One and this has become the headquarters of the Tengfei Group, then the company should not be dependent on anyone ……” Zhao Kai spoke slowly, as if he was deliberating his words.
However, his words caused Ji Feng’s eyebrows to furrow tightly: “You say it more clearly.”
Zhao Kai took a deep breath and said, “I want the Tengfei Group, to be known as the true owner of No. 1 Island!”
Swish!
Ji Feng’s eyes narrowed abruptly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He finally understood what Zhao Kai meant!
By doing this, Zhao Kai was trying to confuse the military, while his purpose was to make the Tengfei Group and the military a cooperative relationship, in other words, Zhao Kai wanted to make the Tengfei Group a separate system ……
“That’s your purpose?” Ji Feng asked.
“Yes.”
Zhao Kai nodded and said, “Island number one, the location is perfect and it’s a large area. It’s definitely the best choice for the Tengfei Group to be situated here, which you must know better than I do, otherwise, you wouldn’t have relocated the Tengfei Group here. However, at the moment, Tengfei Group’s dependence on the top is too serious, and even the security of the island has to rely on the military to take care of it. I hope that Tengfei Group can be the real owner of No. 1 Island, and I hope that the battle group led by Zhang Lei and Yi Xingchen can truly become a force strong enough to protect the security of No. 1 Island, so that No. 1 Island will have a high enough status in the whole world… …”
Ji Feng looked at Zhao Kai, who at this moment, had a very different expression from his usual calmness, wearing a pair of gla*ses looking a bit thin, but his face had a different kind of glow.
The words of Zhao Kai even made Ji Feng’s heart shake.
He really didn’t expect that Zhao Kai’s real idea was like this, and, this idea was still so crazy!
But, and so …… heartwarming!
“These ideas, how come I haven’t heard you talk about them before?” Ji Feng asked.
“Because even if I had said it, you wouldn’t have said yes.” Zhao Kai said, “Because I can tell that you want to bring up the country’s technology first and develop the Tengfei Group at the same time, but this is definitely not something that can be made overnight!”
Zhao Kai could vaguely see Ji Feng’s long-term plan, although he didn’t see it that clearly, he knew that Ji Feng definitely wanted to raise the country’s technology level more than making money and developing the Tengfei Group.
But how difficult it is to improve a country’s technological power, one only has to look at the decades of opening up to understand.
The country is too big, the spread is too big, moreover, there are too many constraints in the middle, countless people have selfish motives, for selfish interests in dragging their feet, under such circumstances, pouring out the country’s strength, it took decades to reach the present point!
You can imagine how difficult it is for Ji Feng’s idea to be realised.
I’m afraid that with a few more decades, even with Ji Feng’s help, the country will only be able to catch up with those developed countries, and it’s not even certain that it will be able to do so.
The amount of energy, resources and opportunities that would be required would be absolutely staggering!
Zhao Kai did not want to see this, but he knew that persuading Ji Feng would not be effective, so he took the liberty to make this decision.
First things first!
Do it first and then explain it to Ji Feng.
In this way, even if Ji Feng did not agree with what he was doing, he would definitely consider this idea of his. Being able to do this, Zhao Kai thought it would be enough.
In fact, he knew very well that he had definitely committed a taboo by doing this.
Because the current Tengfei Group was no longer just a business, but rather more like a group, or a force. Doing something like this behind Ji Feng’s back, or even sending people to spy on executives and general managers, was definitely a big taboo.
Therefore, Zhao Kai was even ready to leave, because he knew that what he had done would definitely not be tolerated by any other person in a higher position. That’s why he would grab all the time he could to build up the intelligence team as well as possible, and that’s why he hardly had a day off, flying almost all over the world and sleeping only a few hours a day. If he didn’t have aerobics to improve his physique, he would definitely be exhausted by now.
After explaining, Zhao Kai’s heart was instead open, he knew he was leaving, so at the moment he just looked at Ji Feng with a calm expression, waiting for the result to be processed.
Ji Feng was silent and seemed to be thinking, and Zhao Kai did not dare to disturb him.
“Remember what you promised me back then?” Ji Feng suddenly opened his mouth and asked indifferently.
“Remember!”
Of course Zhao Kai remembered that at that time, when Ji Feng saved him and his father, he volunteered to come and help Ji Feng and follow him in the future.
Zhao Kai then reacted and understood what Ji Feng meant, what he was doing now, was not helping Ji Feng, but helping Ji Feng make a decision ……
