Chapter 3145

Seeing Zhao Desan's interested look, Han Wu began to tell the story:

It turned out that Golden Leopard had gotten into trouble during this period. I don't know which official figures he offended, but he always got into trouble for no reason during this period. Law enforcement officers often came to his teahouse to catch gambling without warning. Although several searches did not find illegal activities on the spot, several high-profile searches had seriously affected the business of Golden Leopard's teahouse, making those people from all walks of life who came to the teahouse to gamble a little bit every few days dare not go rashly. Since these days, the business in the teahouse has been increasingly bleak. Sometimes a group of tea guests won't come all day, almost reaching the point of being difficult to move; not only is the teahouse business bleak, but the business at the Yi Jia Yi bar under Golden Leopard is also getting worse. What's more fatal is that one night not long ago, the police caught two little thugs selling K-powder and ice drugs on the spot at the Yi Jia Yi bar. After interrogation, these two little thugs were Golden Leopard's subordinates, which implicated Golden Leopard. Although Golden Leopard found relationships in many ways and spent a lot of money to get rid of the implication, the Yi Jia Yi bar was closed for rectification because of this. In such a subtle social ecology, no businessman or underworld figure can or dares to take the initiative to provoke state public officials. Even a small advantage of state public officials is enough to kill these prominent big figures in society. So, since Golden Leopard found relationships and spent money to bail out from the Public Security Bureau, Deputy Director Zhang Biao, who took a great risk for him, asked Golden Leopard to act low-key and absolutely not have any big moves for the time being. Once there is any trouble, even he cannot guarantee that Golden Leopard can walk out of the Public Security Bureau again.

In order to cooperate with Zhang Biao, Golden Leopard temporarily stopped all activities under his name. The teahouse and bar were all closed, and only the sand field by the river was still operating. In Golden Leopard's view, as long as he holds onto the sand field where he started, and as long as he is steady and well-managed, he can stand firm for the time being. At that time, when the wind passes, Golden Leopard feels that with his network resources, he can definitely make a comeback.

Therefore, Golden Leopard realized that someone was determined to get rid of him, so he put all his energy into self-protection and had no energy or distraction to provoke others, such as his bar competitor Tong Lan, which instead gave Tong Lan a relatively relaxed environment to fully manage her bar business. Currently, the business of Tong Lan's 'Night Paris' is becoming more and more booming, and most of the guests are going for Tong Lan, or rather, going for the name that this woman can compete with Golden Leopard. This advantage is becoming more and more obvious.

During these days, some of the waitresses and hostesses who had originally been hanging around Shangguan Wan'er at the "One Plus One" bar and teahouse could no longer hold back, seeing that Shangguan Wan'er's backer, Jin Qianbao, had lost his momentum. These young ladies had always liked following Shangguan Wan'er because they earned more money and didn't suffer grievances, but they had been worried about retaliation from Jin Qianbao. However, when they saw that the business at the One Plus One bar was becoming increasingly booming, and that no one ever dared to go there to cause trouble—on the contrary, it was the One Plus One bar that had shut down—they gradually realized that the true backing of the "One Plus One" bar was the one with real supernatural powers, knowing that the influence behind Tong Lan was far greater than the strength of Jin Qianbao. So, what else was there to hesitate about? Faced with the enthusiasm of these girls, Tong Lan, after seeking the opinion of the little beauty Jin Lulu and discussing it with Han Wu and the others, finally put out the word that everyone was welcome to join, but they would not accept girls from the nightclubs under the banner of Baoya Gang and his associates for the time being.

To put it bluntly, Tong Lan doesn't want to be an enemy of other big gangsters before Golden Leopard, and won't dig their walls, but if the red cards in Golden Leopard's place come, they should be accepted. This is like ordinary companies recruiting employees. Where the conditions are good, people go there. It's not that my Yi Jia Yi bar forced them to come, right?

In an instant, a large number of red cards in the Yi Jia Yi bar were lost. Including the red cards of several other smaller nightclubs under Golden Leopard, they also ran to Tong Lan's side indignantly. However, Golden Leopard was just brought out of the bureau by Zhang Biao and was afraid of going in again if he committed a crime, so he dared not speak out about this situation. He knew that even if he could afford to offend Tong Lan, he couldn't afford to offend Zhao Desan, and Secretary Jin's daughter, so he could only secretly complain to Zhang Biao. But Golden Leopard, who received Zhang Biao's instruction of 'not causing trouble again', where would he dare to go against Zhao Desan because of these business losses?

For this reason, Golden Leopard can be considered to have recognized the turtle—this Tong Lan is really unmanageable! However, for Golden Leopard, who has been floating in the wind and rain for 20 years, this old fox has an extremely powerful heart. In his view, for the time being, he is at most suffering a little, and his business is bleak. By comparison, the several capable generals who once fought the world with him can now be described as worse than death. The police caught drug selling at the Yi Jia Yi bar, and all of them were carried by these capable generals, which can be considered a great comfort to Golden Leopard.

However, Golden Leopard is not a reckless person, otherwise he would not have gone from a gangster to the boss of the Xijing underground world, nor would he have gathered so many network resources in Xijing, and when someone in the white way wanted to get rid of him, he could still be protected by Zhang Biao with his official hat. During this period, although Golden Leopard had no big moves on the surface, he was secretly re-raising the flag. When his subordinates were lost, the old fox aimed at Bucktooth Gang, because the battle with Han Wu and the others made Bucktooth Gang lose his former prestige in the eyes of his little brothers. So, Golden Leopard gradually bought off those subordinates of Bucktooth Gang, using both coercion and inducement, and both hands were hard, making a group of gangsters feel miserable and obedient. Those gangsters can also be said to be Golden Leopard's old subordinates. Since they could rely on him when Bucktooth Gang's power rose, they could naturally return to Golden Leopard when Bucktooth Gang was seriously injured. The underground world is cold and realistic. The brotherhood of life and death like Han Wu and Black Dog is rare, and more are seeing the wind and steering the rudder.

Therefore, when Golden Leopard took down the gangsters these days, he knew that the time was ripe and he could completely kick Bucktooth Gang away. Being suppressed again and again made Bucktooth Gang full of grievances and dare not speak, occasionally only complaining to old brothers, life couldn't go on, and it felt worse and worse. In the end, Bucktooth Gang retreated in the face of difficulties! He transferred the several shops in his hands to Golden Leopard at a low price. This price is indeed low enough, even lower than when Bucktooth Gang snatched it from others.