Chapter 122: New World

Glasses Liu lowered his voice suddenly and said: "You don't know, right? Hmph! I'll tell you, that fifth floor is a paradise on earth. I heard it's full of beauties inside..."

"Tch, there are also many beauties on the second and third floors!" Gu Changzheng argued.

Sure enough, Glasses Liu made an expression of "what do you know" and said with disdain: "What do you know! Second floor, third floor! Hmph hmph, they're just so-so, all appearance without substance. The fifth floor is all models and female college students. Can they compare?"

Gu Changzheng retorted: "Oh my, you say it as if it's true. Have you been up there, or did you hear it from someone?"

Glasses Liu raised his head and pouted: "That must be true. I've seen it. Once, the elevator there had a malfunction, and I took the elevator company's people over to repair it. I happened to see two women coming down from the fifth floor. That look! Tsk tsk tsk!"

Gu Changzheng looked at his small eyes behind the thick glasses like bottle bottoms, which were shining, as if he were still savoring it. He laughed: "Really? Then don't forget to call me to see it next time if there's a chance. I haven't married a wife yet?"

Glasses Liu spat at him with disdain: "Thinking too much! Are those what you can think of? That's for Boss Chang to entertain..." He suddenly realized he had said too much today, so he hurriedly closed his mouth and glared at him: "Alright, why do you talk so much! Go and patrol properly, don't ask around blindly!"

Gu Changzheng smiled flatteringly and left. It seemed that this fifth floor was indeed the "Red Building" specially used by Chang Huaqiang to corrupt high-ranking officials as rumored outside! He had to find a way to mix in as soon as possible!

But he hadn't figured out where the secret elevator to the fifth floor was yet, and how could he mix his way up?

He wandered around in the control room while thinking...

A day's work ended in a blink of an eye. It was four o'clock in the morning when he got off work... He had been working day and night like this for a week, but he still hadn't found a way to get to the fifth floor! However, through Glasses Liu's mouth, he also learned a lot of "inside stories" about the fifth floor.

The fifth floor seemed to be in the same building as the New World, but its access channels, staff, including waiters, security, and logistics personnel, were all managed independently. So there were only two ways to enter the fifth floor: 1. Invited guests; 2. Relevant personnel providing services. And Gu Changzheng couldn't do either of these, because according to Glasses Liu, the fifth floor was not open to the public. Without the boss's invitation, one couldn't go up at all.

However, this week was not without gains. Although Gu Changzheng couldn't go to the fifth floor, the fifth floor's dedicated channel—an elevator—was discovered by him! And he borrowed the excuse of safety inspections to wander around the other floors openly. Naturally, the entire New World, except for the fifth floor, was installed with micro-monitors by Gu Changzheng.

But after monitoring for a period of time, he found that except for some services involving "borderline" activities, there were no other discoveries in the New World. It could be seen that the Chang brothers' anti-reconnaissance means were not bad. To get useful evidence, he must put "eyes and ears" on the fifth floor!

Gu Changzheng also thought about starting from the service staff on the fifth floor, but after asking around, he found that those security guards and even logistics personnel were either members of the Chang family or old people who had followed the Chang brothers for more than three years, and everyone had to be personally checked by Chang Huazhong! So it was unrealistic to add a new person now.

Gu Changzheng was also in a difficult situation for a while!

This day, he used his free time in the morning to report these situations to Lu Haoxuan. Lu Haoxuan thought for a while and said: "First figure out the location of the total control room on the fifth floor, destroy the total control room, and then use the time of power outage to enter the fifth floor through the ventilation duct! I will find a way to get the construction drawings of the building. Let's do this first, wait for my news."

Lu Haoxuan thought that no matter how strictly Chang Huaqiang watched the fifth floor, there must be fire-fighting facilities and ventilation ducts. As long as he could make the fifth floor "stop" electricity for a while, he could enter the fifth floor along the ventilation duct. And in order to avoid Chang Huaqiang having backup power such as generators, destroying the total control room on the fifth floor first could give Gu Changzheng enough time to install "eyes and ears."

The master and apprentice discussed the plan, and Gu Changzheng went to work as usual in the afternoon.

After a week of investigation, Gu Changzheng had wandered through all the floors of the New World. The remaining places he couldn't go were clearly the secret passages to the fifth floor.

This night, under the excuse of checking safety hazards, he wandered again to the outside of a fire door in the southwest corner of the basement. Several times when he patrolled with Glasses Liu, he saw that Glasses Liu didn't check the situation behind this door. Because this door was at the corner of the basement, it was easy for people to think that this was the end of the basement. He also asked Glasses Liu, and the latter answered him that what was behind this fire door was the water pump room, and there was nothing to check.

Gu Changzheng realized that it shouldn't be that simple. Today, he seized the opportunity to sneak to the outside of the door with lock-picking tools. After picking the lock in a few moves, he saw that inside was actually the fifth-floor total control room he had been looking for for several days! He quietly locked the door and just waited for the plan to start.

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Zhang Xiaoya had been restless these past few days. Her younger brother Zhang Shaojie had been taken away by the Jiangdong Branch for several days, and You Xinfa had died strangely! She thought about going to find the one above, but she couldn't see anyone no matter what. She felt that things were not good. It seemed that the thing she was most worried about had appeared. She and her younger brother Zhang Shaojie were probably already abandoned!

She knew that she was probably already being monitored now. What should she do? She thought for a long time. Her younger brother Zhang Shaojie was arrested, which was very likely because the Hou Hongbo matter had been exposed. Only this matter was done by Zhang Shaojie himself. But if the one above was willing to take action, at least he could find a way to save Zhang Shaojie's life. But now...

She sighed deeply. It seemed to be the power of the task force above. According to her past experience, this kind of task force sent from above was just going through the motions, arresting a few lackeys and finishing. But looking at the current posture, this task force was not simple!

Zhang Xiaoya decided to meet Chang Huaqiang. Perhaps he could still pull her.

In Chang Huaqiang's office on the fifth floor of the New World, Zhang Xiaoya got straight to the point, using the Wanguo Hotel as a reward to ask Chang Huaqiang to reach out and save Zhang Shaojie, and stated clearly that she would leave the country with Zhang Shaojie, and everything in Zizhen would be left to the Chang family.

Chang Huaqiang had a smile on his face, quietly looking at this woman who had always been strong, putting away all her pride in front of him just to save her incompetent younger brother. He intended to tease her and said playfully, crossing his legs: "If you don't give me Wanguo, I will also take it. Don't think that just because you killed a little thug, I have no way! So, this condition is not tempting enough!"

"Oh? Then what do I have now that can catch your eye, Brother Qiang?" ===== CHAPTER 123 =====