In the name of the people: Why does Zhao Ruilong respect Qi Tongwei on the surface, but calls him "Qi Donkey" behind his back?

In "In the Name of the People", the most arrogant character is none other than Zhao Ruilong. Zhao Ruilong is a complete hypocrite. On the surface, he calls Qi Tongwei brothers, but secretly he calls Qi Tongwei "Qi Donkey". Why is this?

Zhao Ruilong is a very capable person

Zhao Ruilong is the son of Zhao Lichun and a successful businessman. Zhao Ruilong has deep personal connections throughout Handong Province. There is a detail in the play where we can see how arrogant Zhao Ruilong is. Gao Xiaoqin told Zhao Ruilong that the new anti-corruption director Hou Liangping was transferred and he was very disobedient.

Zhao Ruilong directly said a very classic saying that Handong Province would not allow such an awesome person to exist, and the implication was that Hou Liangping would be eliminated. But in the end, Zhao Ruilong still did not dare to touch Hou Liangping. When he started to act, Zhao Ruilong was stopped by his second sister.

Although Zhao Ruilong did not dare to touch Hou Liangping, other officials in Handong wanted to give Zhao Ruilong face. For example, Gao Yuliang, secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee, approved Zhao Ruilong's food city project, and Liu Xinjian, for example, provided financial support to Zhao Ruilong.

Zhao Ruilong is also very good at winning over people. He used Gao Xiaofeng to charm Gao Yuliang, making Gao Yuliang willing to become his tool of power. Zhao Ruilong used Gao Xiaoqin to charm Qi Tongwei, and used Qi Tongwei's power to eliminate dissidents in Handong Province.

Why did Zhao Ruilong call Qi Tongwei "Qi Donkey"?

On the surface, Zhao Ruilong respects Qi Tongwei very much, always calling Qi Tongwei "Brother Qi" and so on. This is because Zhao Ruilong wants to please Qi Tongwei, and he is interested in Qi Tongwei's identity. Qi Tongwei is the director of the Provincial Public Security Department and can command the entire province's public security personnel. Zhao Ruilong has this personal connection, which makes it very convenient for him to do things.

But Zhao Ruilong looked down on Qi Tongwei in his heart. One of the reasons is Qi Tongwei's origin. Qi Tongwei's family conditions are not good. Zhao Ruilong is from a typical wealthy family and he looks down on Qi Tongwei. Qi Tongwei also married his wife Liang Lu, who was more than ten years older than him, in order to quickly rise to power.

Another important reason is Gao Xiaoqin’s problem. Zhao Ruilong and Gao Xiaoqin knew each other very early, even earlier than Qi Tongwei. Before Gao Xiaoqin and Qi Tongwei, Zhao Ruilong had humiliated Gao Xiaoqin many times and even had three abortions for him.

Although Gao Xiaoqin said that he was forced, the real situation is not necessarily like this. If it was forced, Gao Xiaoqin and Zhao Ruilong would not be embarrassed at all to be together. The biggest possibility is that Zhao Ruilong likes Gao Xiaoqin, and Gao Xiaoqin also likes Zhao Ruilong.

Zhao Ruilong and Gao Xiaoqin have always kept in touch. When they go on business trips, they always stay in a hotel. Qi Tongwei just didn't know that Gao Xiaoqin had cuckolded him. Therefore, Zhao Ruilong hated Qi Tongwei very much, so he wrote Qi Tongwei as "Qi Donkey" on his mobile phone.