Chapter 154 - 145: Courting Death? Time to Kill the Fish?
Chapter 154: Chapter 145: Courting Death? Time to Kill the Fish?
The moment they saw this, they understood what was happening. They clearly hadn’t expected someone to use such tactics against them, and to top it off, they still didn’t know who was behind it.
At that moment, they suddenly felt that their old ways of doing things back in a small place like Youcheng were child’s play compared to this. They had just been taught a harsh lesson.
Lu Feng’s brows furrowed as well.
Qingfeng Entertainment City had just opened and business was booming. He trusted Ah Pao and his men wouldn’t get involved in selling contraband. In other words, this was clearly a targeted attack.
There were only two possible reasons: one was competition, and the other was that someone saw how popular Qingfeng Entertainment City was and wanted a piece of the action.
After all, the entertainment city had so many departments, and the bar alone was generating incredible sales and traffic.
The man in charge held up the two bags of contraband and said coldly to Ah Pao, "Sir, it looks like you’ll have to come with us to cooperate with the investigation. Furthermore, we’ll be notifying the relevant departments. You will be required to shut down for rectification."
Ah Pao’s expression turned even uglier.
But at this point, he knew he had to cooperate. He had no choice but to let them lead him away.
Seeing this, Yang Ming and Chen Bo were helpless. In a situation like this, all they could do was try to pull some strings to get him out later.
Before long, all the customers in the entertainment city had been asked to leave. Shortly after, a rectification notice was delivered.
The speed of it all was like a one-two punch, making it blatantly obvious that someone was orchestrating this against them.
Moreover, it didn’t follow proper procedure. Normally, they would just have to check the surveillance footage to easily find out who planted the items. If they could find that person, they would know the whole story.
「On a street not far away.」
The people in the car who witnessed the scene all broke into smiles.
Their little lesson had gone off without a hitch.
And to deliver this kind of lesson right when their event was at its peak—the other party must be completely stunned right now.
The man with glasses in the passenger seat chuckled and said, "Let’s go. We’ll let them stew for a bit. We’ll pay them a visit tomorrow and show them what happens when you don’t give our Gao Family face."
Indeed, this whole charade was about one thing: face.
On their turf, you had to give them face. Making them lose face was like asking for a death wish.
Back when his brother sold fish and he sold PHS phones, they were looked down upon precisely because they had no face. They once bought a television as a gift, only to have it smashed in front of them.
Now that the Gao Family had fought so hard to earn this much face, they naturally wouldn’t tolerate losing even a sliver of it.
「Inside Qingfeng Entertainment City.」
Faced with this situation, the employees were all starting to panic, unsure of what to do.
No one could have imagined that the bustling, festive event would end up like this.
"Xiaofeng, what do we do now?" Yang Ming asked, walking up to Lu Feng with a frown.
"Chen Bo, take some men and find out who’s behind this," Lu Feng ordered with a frown. Then he turned to Yang Ming. "Cousin, have everyone else go home for now."
Chen Bo and Yang Ming nodded in unison.
Chen Bo left with his men to investigate.
Meanwhile, Yang Ming began telling the employees to head home.
The next day, Lu Feng returned to Qingfeng Entertainment City. Yang Ming was already there, and Chen Bo had also returned with his men.
Yang Ming sat down and immediately said, "The situation is bad. They caught the guy who planted the stuff, but he’s insisting that Ah Pao ordered him to do it. Now Ah Pao is in a position where he can’t clear his name."
Lu Feng then turned to Chen Bo. "What did your investigation turn up?"
Chen Bo immediately replied, "President Lu, I’ve heard some things on the street. A nearby nightclub, Bai Jinhan Palace, has had its business affected by our entertainment city. It’s possible this is related to them."
Just then, Master Kai walked in from outside. "President Lu," he said as soon as he entered, "I rushed over as soon as I heard the news. Someone pulled some strings last night. Whoever it was has a lot of pull—they bypassed my connections entirely."
This made Lu Feng’s brows knit together.
He knew how powerful Master Kai was in Tianzhou City. For someone to be able to pull strings by bypassing his connections meant the other party was no small fry.
Just then, a security guard hurried in. "President Lu, Brother Ming, Boss Chen, someone is here to see you. He says he’s from the Gao Family, his name is Gao Sheng, and he’s the boss behind Bai Jinhan..."
"Gao Sheng, the man behind Bai Jinhan? It’s him." Master Kai’s brow furrowed when he heard the name.
Lu Feng asked, "Master Kai, you know who he is?"
Master Kai nodded. "The Gao Family has two brothers, Gao Qiang and Gao Sheng. Rumor has it they started out selling fish and clawed their way up to a very high position."
"Not only does the Gao Family have connections with officials, but their power in the underworld is even greater. It’s rumored they even employ assassins. When the time comes, they’ll even send killers after their enemies, and the crucial part is, they’ve never been caught."
"That’s why anyone running nightclubs or entertainment venues in Tianzhou City has to pay their respects to them. Otherwise, you can forget about getting a foothold here."
"And compared to his older brother, Gao Qiang, this younger one, Gao Sheng, loves to stir up trouble. I expect your entertainment city affected the Gao Family’s business, and more importantly, you didn’t pay them a visit. So Gao Sheng feels like you’ve made him lose face."
"But don’t worry, I can make a call for you, President Lu. The Gao Family won’t want to make an enemy of me."
Hearing this, Lu Feng was silent for a moment before replying coldly, "Master Kai, some things I prefer to handle myself first. It won’t be too late for you to help clean up the mess after I’m done."
’This time,’ he thought, ’I’ve been targeted for a completely absurd reason.’
But the thought that they would come after him over a so-called issue of "face" made him realize how different Tianzhou City was from Youcheng.
Back in Youcheng, just knowing a deputy county chief was enough to terrify the local underworld boss, He Jin.
Looking at the power the Gao Family was flexing now, the difference was several levels apart.
In a place like Tianzhou City, there were too many big shots. And these big shots could be so brazen as to come after him over a simple matter of face.
’At a time like this, the answer isn’t to find another powerful person to mediate. The correct approach is to become one of them.’
’Only by becoming a big shot yourself can you ensure others won’t dare to provoke you. And the simplest way to do that is to take down a big shot and crush them under your foot.’
With that thought, Lu Feng turned to the security guard and said, "Let that Gao Sheng in!"
The guard immediately went out and returned a moment later, leading a group of people inside.
The man in the lead, wearing glasses, was none other than Gao Sheng. He was flanked by several others who, upon entering, glared menacingly at Yang Ming and Chen Bo.
"Who’s the boss here?" Gao Sheng asked, his tone condescending and arrogant.
Lu Feng stepped forward.
Gao Sheng’s eyes landed on Lu Feng, and he remarked with surprise, "You’re younger than I expected. A pity you don’t know your place." A playful, mocking look entered his eyes as he stared at Lu Feng. "I’m sure you understand your situation. You learned your lesson last night, I hope. And that was just me being polite."
"So, I’m giving you a chance now. Let me acquire half the shares of Qingfeng Entertainment. We can still be friends, and I’ll guarantee your nightclub’s business will flourish. No one will dare cause you trouble."
Hearing this, Lu Feng asked coldly, "Are you finished? If you’re finished, you can leave. I’m not one to start trouble, but if someone tries to walk all over me, I won’t be polite."
’To be honest,’ he thought, ’in the game world, I have over a thousand subordinates, most of them armed. I spend my days hacking down zombies, and I’ve killed people too. Frankly, wiping out the Gao Family would be a piece of cake.’
’The only trick would be doing it without a trace.’
With that in mind, he fixed his gaze on Gao Sheng and said, "So, from now on, you’d better watch your back."
For a moment, Gao Sheng was visibly stunned. He could clearly feel a terrifying aura from Lu Feng, along with a chilling killing intent.
This killing intent startled him, because he had felt it before—from Brother Mo.
Brother Mo was the head of the assassins employed by the Gao Family, and he radiated the same kind of killing intent.
Gao Sheng subconsciously took a step back. He knew instantly that this young man was no simple character. But that single step back was a huge loss of face for him. His expression turned ashen as he spun around and led his men away.
The man’s words were a clear declaration of war. There was no point in saying anything more.
Besides, he had a gut feeling that this person was far too dangerous.
According to his brother, once you crossed someone like this, you had to eliminate them completely. In the words of his brother, who was fond of quoting his "Thirty-Seven Stratagems," it was called "cutting the weeds and digging up the roots."
As soon as he was out of Qingfeng Entertainment City and back in the car, Gao Sheng said to the man beside him, "That guy is dangerous. Call Brother Mo. Tell him it’s time to kill some fish. This fish is a tough one; tell him to bring a couple of extra knives."