Chapter 2998: Arranging a Meeting

Hearing that this guy wanted to arrange a meeting at a hotel under his own banner, the cunning Money Leopard immediately realized that the situation might be a bit bad. He frowned and looked at Shangguan Wan'er, but after a moment of silence, he still pretended to agree readily: "That's fine, Director Liu, it's settled then. We'll meet at the Wanli Hotel this afternoon, and I'll make the arrangements."

"That's fine, Boss Jin, it's settled then. Three o'clock this afternoon, don't be late." Zhao Desan said with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Desan said to himself: Damn it! I'll make sure you have a hard time when we meet this afternoon!

After finishing the call with Zhao Desan, Money Leopard fell into deep thought. The reason this old guy had been able to stand firm in the Xijing underworld for twenty years was that he was more cunning than the average small-time thug. He lay on the sofa, pondering the purpose of Zhao Desan's meeting, and said to Shangguan Wan'er as if talking to himself: "Wan'er, what do you think about that kid Zhao Desan wanting to meet me?"

Shangguan Wan'er blushed slightly and guessed: "Could it be that he knows it was you, Brother Jin, who asked me to seduce him?"

Money Leopard frowned and looked at Shangguan Wan'er without answering. Although Shangguan Wan'er's guess wasn't impossible, Money Leopard was not just an ordinary cunning person. His sixth sense told him it shouldn't be that simple.

"Are we really going to negotiate with Money Leopard this afternoon?" Tong Lan asked Zhao Desan.

"Of course, how else can we recover the losses of over a million?" Zhao Desan said, his eyes filled with a layer of mist, as if he were still pondering something. After a while, he picked up his phone and said: "I'll call Lulu over first." As he spoke, he called Jin Lulu.

Hearing Zhao Desan mention the little beauty, Tong Lan couldn't help but feel a bit jealous and turned her head away.

Zhao Desan also noticed Tong Lan's strange behavior, so he picked up his phone and walked to the side while making the call. The call was quickly answered, and the little beauty's happy voice came through: "Why are you calling?"

"Lulu, come to the bar, I'm here." As soon as the call was answered, Zhao Desan said concisely.

"Why did you run to the bar? Are you looking for Sister Lan?" Hearing Zhao Desan was at the bar, the little beauty asked with a tone of jealousy.

"What are you thinking! Han Wu and I investigated the smashing of the bar, and now everyone is discussing countermeasures." Seeing the little beauty was jealous, Zhao Desan simply explained the situation directly.

"You investigated it? Who did it?" Hearing that the smashing of the bar had been investigated, the little beauty asked with great interest.

"Who else could it be, Money Leopard!" Zhao Desan said straightforwardly, "I'm going to negotiate with that old fox this afternoon, you should come over quickly. I feel more confident with you here." Zhao Desan said, not forgetting to flatter the little beauty.

"That's fine, I'll be there right away." Flattered by Zhao Desan, the little beauty readily agreed.

After finishing the call with the little beauty, Zhao Desan returned to his seat. After thinking for a moment, he dialed another number. To everyone's surprise, after Zhao Desan dialed this number, he immediately changed his face, bowing and scraping respectfully: "Bureau Chief Zhang, it's me, Xiao Zhao... Yes, that's right, Zhao Desan. I'd like to invite Bureau Chief Zhang to dinner at the Wanli Hotel this afternoon. I wonder if Bureau Chief Zhang has time?... Yes, that's right, Bureau Chief Zhang, three o'clock, don't be late... Alright... Goodbye, Bureau Chief Zhang..."

After Zhao Desan finished the call, Han Wu opened his eyes wide and said: "Brother Liu, you... you called Zhang Biao?"

"Yes." Zhao Desan nodded.

"Why did you call him?" Han Wu asked in surprise.

"Desan, why did you call Zhang Biao? If he's present during the negotiation with Money Leopard, how can we negotiate?" Tong Lan also frowned, looking at Zhao Desan in confusion.

For a moment, everyone looked at Zhao Desan with extremely surprised and puzzled expressions, not knowing what kind of play he was putting on?

Zhao Desan lit a cigarette, took a puff, smiled confidently, and said unhurriedly: "Don't we have Lulu present? With Lulu suppressing Zhang Biao, what are we afraid of? Besides, I called Zhang Biao over because I want Money Leopard to admit that he smashed the bar in front of Zhang Biao. Then, as the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Security Bureau, if Zhang Biao doesn't handle this matter, I'm afraid that as a leader of a law enforcement unit, he won't be able to save face. However, given Zhang Biao's relationship with Money Leopard, he definitely won't follow normal procedures to handle it. If it's settled privately, he'll definitely have to meet our conditions..."

After hearing Zhao Desan's idea, everyone suddenly realized, and they all looked at Zhao Desan with extremely shocked eyes, casting admiring glances at him. Han Wu, who had always envied Zhao Desan, realized even more the gap between himself and his big brother Zhao Desan, thinking it's no wonder he can be a leader and get women; this kind of clever brain is something he can't compare to at all.

The group sat in the bar, flattering Zhao Desan, chatting, and after Jin Lulu arrived, they took three cars to the Wanli Hotel.

As the person arranging the dinner, Money Leopard was naturally the first to arrive at the Wanli Hotel. He set up a banquet in the most luxurious private room, sat there with several capable subordinates, smoking and waiting for Zhao Desan and the others. However, the first person to arrive wasn't Zhao Desan, but his backer—Deputy Bureau Chief of the Municipal Bureau, Zhang Biao.

When the door of the private room was pushed open and Zhang Biao's fat figure came into Money Leopard's view, Money Leopard was obviously taken aback. His triangular eyes widened like cow eyes, and his mouth hung open, looking at Zhang Biao with an incredible expression. Zhang Biao was also extremely surprised. Originally, because Zhao Desan was the cousin of Provincial Party Deputy Secretary Su Qing, he thought Zhao Desan had something to discuss with him, so he put down his official duties and came to the appointment. He didn't expect that as soon as he pushed open the private room door, he would see the 'entrepreneur' Money Leopard, with whom he had a close personal friendship. The two looked at each other with surprised expressions for a moment before Money Leopard quickly got up from his chair, greeted him with a fawning smile, and asked in confusion: "Bureau Chief Zhang, you... why are you here too?"

"Didn't that kid Zhao Desan call me and say he wanted to invite me to dinner? Why is it you?" Zhang Biao was obviously also very surprised by today's arrangement.

"That kid hasn't come yet. Bureau Chief, please sit, please sit." Money Leopard, who was usually arrogant in the underworld, now saw his backer and immediately put on a fawning, grandson-like attitude, quickly pulling out a chair to invite Zhang Biao to sit down.