Chapter 856 - 855: Scapegoat

The night was terrifyingly deep, the surroundings silent, everywhere revealing a sense of quiet.

At this moment, parked outside the Zhou Family's estate, inside the massive cargo truck, Lu Yu, Marcus, and two scout units were rapidly analyzing and organizing the surveillance footage and internal documents of the Zhou Family.

Staring at the screen in front of him, displaying the data value within the Zhou Family's bank accounts, Lu Yu's brow slightly furrowed, a complex smile appearing on his face.

This smile contained coldness and amusement, but more than anything, it was shock at the Zhou Family's assets!

Because, from the Zhou Family's bank information, Lu Yu could clearly see that the entire Zhou Family's assets had reached a terrifying sum of fifty billion!

Fifty billion assets might not sound too terrifying; it seems like any real estate tycoon could easily surpass the Zhou Family.

However, this fifty billion wasn't the total assets of the Zhou Family, but the actual net assets!

What are net assets?

Net assets are assets free to dispose of after subtracting liabilities; having net assets reaching fifty billion is truly a terrifying matter!

Moreover, among these fifty billion net assets, fifteen billion are bank deposits!

"Lucky we didn't impulsively launch a strong attack on the Zhou Family..."

Gazing at the documents from the Zhou Family, Lu Yu slowly spoke, his tone deeply introspective.

The Zhou Family's net assets reaching fifty billion represent a truly fearful family; a strong assault on them would result in unimaginable consequences!

Fifty billion net assets are truly terrifying, let alone the untraceable assets held by the Zhou Family through asset separation!

With these strengths, if Lu Yu rashly launched a strong attack, even if he razed the entire Zhou Family estate to the ground, it wouldn't cause them any deadly harm!

Moreover, it would alert Zhou Fengming, making him even angrier!

The more formidable the family, the more they require a decisive approach!

"Sir, here's an account statement!"

As Lu Yu pondered quietly, Marcus pointed towards the computer and spoke.

Account statement?

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu's heart slightly tightened, his gaze turning towards the computer before Marcus.

Upon seeing the account statement, Lu Yu couldn't help but smile.

A playful smirk appeared on his face as this so-called 'account statement' clearly was the black ledger of the Zhou Family's dealings and connections over the years!

On this so-called 'account statement', it recorded every individual whom the Zhou Family had dealt with; if this black ledger were exposed, the disciplinary committee would immediately take action.

The connections the Zhou Family had previously established would instantly vanish!

And this would be a deadly blow to the Zhou Family's industry and business dealings!

"Very good, Marcus."

After seeing the account statement, Lu Yu smiled faintly and then said: "Keep this account statement saved, and once we attack the Zhou Family, hand it over to the disciplinary committee!"

This account statement is a formidable weapon; its existence could inflict a deadly blow to all the Zhou Family's business dealings!

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing Lu Yu's words, Marcus spoke respectfully, his tone full of reverence.

Click!

The moment Marcus finished speaking, a member of the scout unit suddenly pressed a keyboard key and spoke to Lu Yu: "Sir, the complete map of the Zhou Family is fully drawn!"

Speaking, the member of the scout unit turned the computer to display the map before Lu Yu.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu turned his head, and upon seeing the complete map of the Zhou Family, he couldn't help but smile.

On the computer screen, the full layout of the Zhou Family estate was meticulously drawn based on the surveillance footage.

Due to being drawn based on surveillance footage, the map was exceedingly detailed, even outlining the patrol routes, shift changes, and patrol positions of the Zhou Family's guards, detailed to the extreme!

"Excellent!"

Upon seeing this map, Lu Yu exclaimed: "Keep this map, distribute it to every brother's phone, and have them memorize it!"

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing Lu Yu's words, the scout unit member acknowledged and began distributing the map to the mobile phones of every Assassin Alliance member present.

"Sir"

Upon hearing Lu Yu's arrangement, Marcus spoke: "Now that the map and documents are ready, should we prepare to take action against the Zhou Family?"

With everything prepared, Marcus believed they could commence the attack!

"Indeed, the basic preparations are complete; we can strike the Zhou Family anytime."

Upon hearing Marcus' words, Lu Yu smiled faintly and replied: "But we need to wait another day, after all, Zhou Wenyuan still holds some value!"

"Zhou Wenyuan?"

Upon hearing Lu Yu's words, Marcus was momentarily stunned and then asked: "Sir, doesn't Zhou Wenyuan no longer hold any value?"

According to his and Lu Yu's prior plan, they were to exploit the conflict between Zhou Wenyuan and Zhou Xianrong to bring Zhou Wenyuan over and infiltrate the Zhou Family's surveillance room with wireless media.

Now that this goal was achieved, Marcus was confused about Zhou Wenyuan's remaining usefulness.

"Marcus, Zhou Wenyuan indeed holds no major value anymore."

Speaking, Lu Yu's lips curled into a cold smile, then he continued: "But now he can still serve as a scapegoat for me!"

Speaking, Lu Yu slowly extended his hand, pointing to the fifteen billion deposits in the Zhou Family's account: "Such a large sum, if it's instantly transferred from the Zhou Family's account to our offshore account, will certainly be traced by the financial regulatory authority, causing the funds to be frozen, becoming untouchable dead money!"

"However,"

Continuing, Lu Yu paused slightly and then said: "If this sum is transferred from the Zhou Family's account to Zhou Wenyuan's personal account first, and then from Zhou Wenyuan's personal account to our offshore account, this act becomes Zhou Wenyuan's personal behavior, unlinked to us!"

The words carried a wicked grin.

Transferring the Zhou Family's funds is illegal and subject to financial regulatory scrutiny.

However, Zhou Wenyuan, being part of the Zhou Family, transferring the money to his account isn't unlawful!

Though just adding an intermediary step, the results differ greatly!

"Brilliant, sir!"

Upon hearing Lu Yu's words, Marcus instantly understood and spoke with respect.