Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 297 For fairness and progress, I, Zhao Lichun, will fight to the death!

Jingzhou International Airport.

As soon as Zhao Ruilong got off the plane, he hurried to the parking lot.

Liu Xinjian, who was serving as the security secretary, waved to Zhao Ruilong as soon as he saw him from afar.

As Zhao Ruilong approached, Liu Xinli immediately reminded him:

"Zhao Shuji is in the car. Our flight to Yanjing is at 10:30. It's best if your conversation doesn't go past 9:50!"

Zhao Ruilong nodded and said, "Okay, call me two minutes in advance."

"no problem!"

Liu Xinjian smiled and opened the car door, reaching out to protect the bottom edge of the door frame.

After Zhao Ruilong got into the car, he turned around and walked away.

Together with Xue Hu and Jiang Yong, they maintained a vigil around the Audi sedan.

The Audi with the license plate Han O-00001 was already particularly eye-catching.

In addition, there were several other people scattered around, each of whom looked capable and brave.

Passersby, drivers, and passengers alike only dared to glance at the scene from afar out of curiosity; no one dared to come up and investigate.

Inside the Audi.

Zhao Lichun was engrossed in reviewing materials related to the Property Law.

The night before last, Mr. Shen's secretary, Su Changli, called him.

Upon learning that President Shen wanted to expedite the implementation of the Property Law, Zhao Lichun quickly spent time collecting information and studying it repeatedly.

of course.

He had not forgotten to summon his beloved son Zhao Ruilong, who was like a strategist, back from Shenzhen.

"Did you already know that the United States would suffer a large-scale terrorist attack?"

Zhao Lichun turned to the side, asking with great curiosity.

His eyes were full of affection.

"What do I know?"

Zhao Ruilong picked up a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the cap, and drank more than half of it.

After discussing cooperation with several companies including Longxing and Huawei yesterday, I told Chen Yang that I would be returning to Jingzhou early this morning.

Having finally managed to spend a few days together, they had to part again, so Chen Yang was naturally exceptionally wild last night.

As a result, Zhao Ruilong took a nap for more than an hour on the plane, and he is still feeling a bit groggy.

"Didn't I already tell my second sister? I'm just gambling!"

"It's better to be safe than sorry! People can't be brought back to life. If my second sister's husband really does die, what do you think my second sister and her daughter will do?"

"So regardless of whether the news is true or false, or whether an attack will be launched on September 11th, we should be as cautious as possible!"

Zhao Lichun frowned and smiled, "It's understandable to hide for safety reasons, but isn't it a bit too audacious of you to spend a huge sum of money shorting the US stock market beforehand?"

"If the terrorist attack hadn't happened and the US stock market hadn't plummeted, you could have lost a lot of money if you'd invested so much and leveraged it to short sell!"

Zhao Ruilong screwed the bottle cap on and smiled faintly.

"Wealth is sought in danger!"

"Isn't stock trading just gambling?"

"If you know there's an opportunity but don't dare to gamble because you're afraid of losing, how can you win?"

"Besides, the reason I dare to take such a big gamble is because I am not optimistic about the economic situation in the United States this year."

"Although the United States used a series of measures to save the market after the dot-com bubble burst, the results were not significant. So even if the terrorist attack had not happened, I would not have lost so much money."

At this point, Zhao Ruilong picked up a thick stack of documents related to the Property Law.

After quickly flipping through it, he looked up and asked with a smile:

Why did President Shen suddenly think of expediting the drafting of the Property Law?

Zhao Ruilong remembers it very clearly.

In the other world before I traveled there, the Property Law was not officially promulgated until around 2007.

More than a decade later, the Property Law, Marriage Law, Inheritance Law, Adoption Law, and General Principles of Civil Law were merged into the Civil Code.

In this world, it's only 2001 and China is already drafting and promulgating a property law...

That's really ahead of its time!

"How would I know what President Shen is thinking?"

"However, Secretary Su talked to me and speculated that President Shen probably wanted to take advantage of the fact that the external pressure on us has been greatly reduced due to the terrorist attacks in the United States, so that we can focus on solving internal problems."

"In addition, after he inspected our Handong area some time ago, he went to Xishan right afterward. He was very satisfied with our bold innovation and exploration, but very dissatisfied with Xishan, which has many stubborn problems."

"Before we achieve sufficiently outstanding results in Handong, our development model and experience cannot be fully promoted for the time being. But to fundamentally solve the problem, legislation must be accelerated."

At this point, Zhao Lichun looked towards the front of the Audi.

There were only the father and son in the car, so he didn't need to hold back when he spoke.

"I have been in politics for many years and have seen too many people and experienced too many things."

"The biggest lesson I've learned is that unchecked power not only breeds all sorts of chaos, but also hinders social development."

"The problem is that our Dragon Kingdom has a long history and a large population. We have no shortage of talented and hardworking people. The biggest obstacle to development is fairness."

"Why did our ancestors risk their lives to drive out the invaders, seize the land from the landlords, and distribute it to the people? Wasn't it because the invaders, capitalists, landlords, and compradors oppressed and exploited the people, making society very unfair?"

"After decades of unremitting efforts, we have enough military strength to protect ourselves and have begun to vigorously develop the economy. However, prioritizing economic development inevitably leads to injustices, such as preferential treatment for foreign businesses and foreigners seeming to be superior to others."

"The frequent occurrence of highway robbery, pickpocketing, theft, counterfeiting and other crimes in recent years is a major manifestation of prominent social contradictions. And in Shenzhen, which you just visited, outsiders are fined and evicted for not obtaining a temporary residence permit, which is a manifestation of social injustice."

"In order to prevent the loss of public power and the expansion of social conflicts, and to ensure that the general public can enjoy the benefits of development instead of suffering from the pain of increasingly rigid social classes and a widening gap between the rich and the poor, we must attach importance to and safeguard fairness!"

Zhao Ruilong nodded repeatedly in deep agreement.

"For society to remain stable and for the nation to have hope, education, healthcare, and the law are the bottom lines that must never be crossed! They are the red lines!"

"Educational equity is the foundation for upward mobility. Healthcare equity is essential for respecting and protecting life. Legal equity is crucial for a stable and orderly production and daily life!"

"If we adhere to the bottom line of fairness, many regions, departments, and industries will inevitably become increasingly familialized and clan-based, with people trying every means to exploit loopholes and facilitate the private transfer of wealth and power!"

“If more and more people inherit public power through various special channels, and those in power are incompetent and immoral cronies, while a large amount of wealth is in the hands of unscrupulous people who only care about profit, then the foundation of the country will truly be shaken!”

"To ensure fairness to the greatest extent possible, the first step is to ensure fairness in the law. If the law cannot keep pace with the times and strive to be fair and just, how can we govern according to law and ensure social fairness?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Lichun breathed a long sigh of relief.

"To govern a country according to law, there must first be laws!"

“Before you were released from prison, I was actually very one-sided and radical.”

"In my opinion, anything is acceptable as long as it can boost the economy."

"My idea that 'anything not prohibited by law is permitted' has influenced many people, especially Li Dakang!"

"But I didn't seriously consider that the drafting and promulgation of laws are relatively delayed. Does not breaking the law really mean you won't harm others? Is it really fair? Obviously not!"

At this point, Zhao Lichun turned around and looked at his beloved son with a deep gaze.

“After you were released from prison, my son and I talked a lot, and you influenced and changed me a lot.”

"You made me realize that developing the economy and pursuing fairness are not only not in conflict, but that ensuring fairness is actually more conducive to developing the economy."

"The authority and credibility of public power in Handong have been gradually restored, and social conflicts have been greatly reduced. This is obviously not just because of the vigorous development of a high-quality economy."

"It's not because you orchestrated and supported the investment in many high-tech projects, which effectively promoted technological progress, industrial upgrading, and economic development that positive changes have occurred."

"What truly brought about change in Handong was the introduction of numerous regulations and rules to ensure fairness at both the administrative and judicial levels, and my role as the top leader also set an example by changing my work style."

"And President Shen has clearly seen how our strong anti-corruption efforts, changes in the system and work style, optimization of the business environment, and large-scale investment in high technology have made Handong change rapidly and prosper, so he is also a little impatient."

Zhao Ruilong smiled and said, "Whether it's the current external environment or our internal situation, we do indeed need to legislate as soon as possible to uphold fairness and justice and safeguard development with the law!"

"In my opinion, what we need now is not just a property law, but also legislation to fill the gaps in areas such as road traffic safety, public security administration and punishment, labor dispute arbitration, and national security."

"The lack of clear and comprehensive laws in some industries has seriously affected their healthy development. For example, our banking industry lacks a supervision law, and water resources, oceans, forests, and the atmosphere lack prevention and control laws. Even civil servants lack a special law."

Zhao Lichun nodded somewhat awkwardly.

Yes, you're right.

“We should indeed speed up the legislative process.”

"Just like how we are now vigorously developing high technology, the Internet industry is developing very rapidly, but what about the relevant regulatory laws?"

How should we protect various types of data, including personal information? How should we regulate people's online activities such as making friends, entertainment, advertising, and doing business?

"If laws and regulations are not drafted and promulgated as soon as possible, the online world may become a lawless zone for some people, where they can commit crimes with impunity!"

Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "So, since you're going to Yanjing anyway to be the vanguard for President Shen, don't just push for the accelerated drafting of the Property Law; also expedite the drafting of other laws!"

"Knowing there are many legal loopholes, why not hurry up and find ways to fill them? What's the point of leaving them? To seek personal gain? If we really wanted to make money, why would we invest trillions to develop a high-quality economy?"

"If you ask me, since we're going to do it, let's see it through to the end. We're going to do things that offend people anyway, so let's just do it all at once. As long as our starting point is to benefit the country and its people, we don't need to worry about being resented!"

Zhao Lichun chuckled.

"Am I afraid of being hated?"

Haven't you heard that proverb?

"A true hero can withstand the trials of heaven; a mediocre person is never envied!"

"If your dad wants to improve, then he has to roll up his sleeves and work hard."

"The more and better the results we achieve, the greater our chances of making progress."

"Wanting to achieve great merit without offending anyone... Hmph, there's no such thing as a free lunch."

After laughing, Zhao Lichun took out his notebook and ballpoint pen.

"By the way, what aspects did you just mention that we need to expedite legislation in?"

"Tell me everything you can think of, and it would be best to explain the urgency and necessity of legislation."

"now?"

Zhao Ruilong raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.

"It's already 9:43. You'll be going up to go through security and wait for your flight in a few minutes."

"We still have quite a few areas where legislation is urgently needed to fill the gaps. Can we cover them all in just a few minutes?"