Lai Changxing, an entrepreneur from Jinjiang, Fujian Province, was born in 1958, his family was poor when he was young, and he began to receive primary school education at the age of ten, and dropped out of school three years later for various reasons.
After a few years of farming in his hometown, with the advent of reform and opening up, he keenly seized the opportunity and successfully persuaded his family to take out their family savings and co-founded a parts processing factory, winning the first fortune in his life.
In 1985, Lai Changxing started his own business, and he founded a factory focused on the production of textile machines. At that time, there were only a handful of factories in the country that could produce this type of weaving machine, which made Lai's business particularly prosperous, and he seized the opportunity to become a great success and earn a huge profit.
Lai Changxing turned to the catering industry after the increase in the number of manufacturers producing textile machinery and the decline in profits. During this period, he became acquainted with Zhuang Rushun, who later became the deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department, and established a close relationship that laid the foundation for his future smuggling activities.
In 1991, Lai Changxing came to Hong Kong through connections, began to engage in real estate business, and gradually got involved in smuggling chips. Three years later, Lai returned to Xiamen as a Hong Kong businessman, founded the Yuanhua Group, and began a large-scale smuggling of oil, automobiles, and cigarettes.
At that time, the customs carried out a strict investigation of smuggling activities, and in order to avoid inspection, Lai Changxing used money to dredge up relations and brought many "protective umbrellas" for himself. But there are also some people who are not influenced by Lai Changxing, such as Zhao Keming, who was the deputy mayor of Xiamen at the time, and because he was in charge of urban construction and land, he was not short of money.
In order to deal with these people, in 1996, Lai Changxing spared no expense and spent more than 70 million yuan to build the Red Mansion.
Although the exterior of the Red House is ordinary, the interior is resplendent and luxurious, even surpassing many five-star hotels. The chef is a top chef invited from Hong Kong, and the equipment for the dance hall and sauna is imported from abroad, which is full of luxury.
In order to attract more customers, Lai Changxing also found dozens of beauties from Suzhou and Hangzhou in the name of high-salary recruitment to form a public relations department. In this public relations department, the most powerful woman is Wang Dingding.
A graduate of a university in Xiamen, she was attracted by Yuanhua's high-paying job advertisement, attended an interview and was eventually retained. At first, she thought it was a normal job, but after learning the truth, she resolutely refused and even tried to escape.
Wang Dingding was forced to give in because she was coerced and lured by Lai Changxing, and she became a leader in the female public relations of the Red Mansion. Many people in Lai Changxing's "protective umbrella" were dragged into the water by her, and even Li Jizhou, then vice minister of public security and deputy head of the National Leading Group for Combating Smuggling, was also addicted to her beauty and stayed in the Red Chamber for a long time.
All this is inseparable from Zhuang Rushun, then deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department, who brought Lai Changxing the opportunity to get acquainted with Li Jizhou and invite him to the Red Mansion as a guest. Wang Dingding, with his unique temperament and superb conversation skills, fascinated Li Jizhou deeply and couldn't extricate himself.
Even under the urging of the relevant departments many times, he still reluctantly stayed in the Red Mansion for half a month.
In order to completely control Li Jizhou, Lai Changxing specially sent Wang Dingding to Beijing and rented a luxury suite for her in a five-star hotel. Since then, as long as Li Jizhou is free, he will come here to meet Wang Dingding secretly.
Under Lai Changxing's double ** of money and beauty, Li Jizhou soon became his "shield", and used his position to provide a lot of help for his smuggling activities.
After Lai Changxing was investigated and punished, Li Jizhou was severely punished by party discipline and state law, and was finally sentenced to a suspended death.