Chapter 306: 307. Chapter 307: Fearing Power but Not Cherishing Virtue

307. Chapter 307: Fearing Power but Not Cherishing Virtue

"Damn lunatic." Zhan Baida roared, immediately ordering his men to start returning fire.

The two groups of people began shooting at each other directly on the highway.

Fortunately, it was night and raining, so there were no other vehicles on the road.

Both sides' vehicles shot as they crashed into an abandoned repair shop, immediately starting a fierce firefight.

By the end, the men on both sides were all dead, leaving only Rao Tiansong and Zhan Baida.

Rao Tiansong rushed toward Zhan Baida with bloodshot eyes, firing his gun while roaring, looking as if he had been possessed by a demon.

Zhan Baida didn't even have a chance to explain, so he could only fire back.

It was just that Rao Tiansong acted like nothing had happened even after being hit by several bullets, which made Zhan Baida feel a bit afraid.

Seeing that the shotgun in the other man's hand was out of bullets, he immediately thought of slipping away.

He just didn't expect that Rao Tiansong would struggle to climb into a car and drive it straight at him.

Both were left at death's door on the spot.

Even at this moment, Rao Tiansong was still muttering, "Give the child back to me."

The next morning, Chen Jiajun received the news.

It was said that Rao Tiansong and Zhan Baida had a late-night shootout and both had perished together.

It was just unexpected that Du Housheng, who had been manipulating this matter from behind the scenes, had also failed to escape.

"This guy probably didn't expect that a perfect plan would end up being traced back to him." Ya Qi shook his head and said, "Such an interesting person, it's simply a pity."

Chen Jiajun chuckled and said, "You underestimate the profession of a Lawyer. Do you believe he probably won't be locked up for long?"

"Huh?" Ya Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "But this guy is facing serious charges."

Chen Jiajun sneered and said, "In the current judicial system of Hong Kong, mental illness is invincible. Do you believe this guy will pin a mental illness label on himself, claiming he had a sudden mental breakdown when committing the crime?"

"When the time comes, as long as he spends some money to grease the wheels, at most he'll just lose his lawyer's license."

"Can you even play it like that?" Ya Qi scratched his head and said, speechless.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said, "There are plenty of loopholes in this. Let's not talk about this anymore; have Bai Lu call the driver, I need to go to the New Territories."

"Oh, okay." Ya Qi nodded.

Soon, Chen Jiajun arrived at Lu Hantao's home by car and told Lu Hantao that the matter had been resolved.

"Dad, it's settled. You probably don't need to pay back that money anymore. Keep it for your retirement," Chen Jiajun said very casually as he picked up an apple and took a bite.

"That's good. Wait, what did you say?" Lu Hantao's eyes widened instantly: "Hundreds of millions in funds, and you're saying we don't have to pay it back?"

Chen Jiajun spread his hands and said, "Rao Tiansong's whole family is dead, and there are no heirs. If you manipulate the situation regarding where that money goes, you can put it straight into your own pocket."

Lu Hantao was shocked at first, then whispered to Chen Jiajun: "A Jun, there was no need for murder over this, right? If this isn't handled well, it'll be very troublesome."

Hearing Lu Hantao's words, Chen Jiajun knew the old man had misunderstood.

He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. I didn't kill Rao Tiansong; he perished together with the person behind him."

"Perished together? How did that happen?" Lu Hantao looked at his son-in-law, finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his thoughts.

Chen Jiajun could only tell Lu Hantao the sequence of events.

"So, you just used one tip-off letter to collapse Rao Tiansong's investment company?" After listening, Lu Hantao stared at Chen Jiajun with wide eyes, as if looking at a monster.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently, "It's nothing, just basic operations. It might be brilliant in Hong Kong, but in the whole world? Such things are countless."

Chen Jiajun wasn't bragging; even in Hong Kong, it didn't count for much.

Among the top Big Spenders in Hong Kong now, who doesn't have one or two legendary stories?

Lu Hantao couldn't help but sigh that he was truly old, and perhaps he should do as Chen Jiajun said and enjoy his twilight years.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even know how his small Lu Guo Group had been played to death by others.

So, after a moment of silence, Lu Hantao said to Chen Jiajun: "I am indeed old and can't keep up with the thinking of young people. I'm prepared to let go of Lu Guo Group. But you know the rules; this cannot be handed over to someone of an outside surname."

Chen Jiajun nodded; he also understood this principle.

At this stage, clan power was still very vast.

If Lu Hantao let him take over, let alone the family members not agreeing.

He wouldn't be able to get past the villagers either.

Letting Lu Yongyu take over was even more impossible; she was just Chen Jiajun's woman and belonged to those who had married out.

If not for Lu Hantao's status, she wouldn't even have the right to enter the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

Chen Jiajun said to Lu Hantao: "Then who is your preference? Jinqiang?"

Among the Lu brothers, Lu Jinqiang was indeed the most motivated; the others were all petty thieves. If Lu Hantao let them take over, they would turn Lu Guo Group into a mess in less than a month.

However, handing such a mess over to someone else still made Lu Hantao feel uncomfortable, so he said to Chen Jiajun: "I haven't decided yet."

Chen Jiajun could also see Lu Hantao's attachment to power, so he smiled and said: "Then why not listen to my suggestion?"

"Hmm? Tell me, what good way do you have?" Lu Hantao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said to Chen Jiajun.

"Then I'll just say it casually, and you can make the decision yourself?" Chen Jiajun said tentatively.

"Speak. You kid have many clever ideas." Lu Hantao waved his hand and said.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Actually, I don't think much of any of the Lu brothers. Their personalities have flaws, and they aren't suited to handle this mess at all. So my suggestion is to divide the big cake that is Lu Guo Group. But don't allow anyone to interfere with the company's business; hand it over entirely to a Professional Manager to run."

"In this way, it can guarantee the interests of the villagers and prevent those who don't know the business from messing things up. What do you think?"

Actually, this method of Chen Jiajun's was learned from some Big Spenders in the United States.

Some Big Spenders in the United States really couldn't pick out a suitable heir in their families and were afraid that their industries would be ruined instantly by the playboys in the family, so they came up with a very good method.

Throw the company to a Professional Manager to manage, and then buy a trust fund.

Pay the playboys in the family on time every month to ensure their affluent lives.

But at the same time, don't let them interfere with the company's operations.

These heirs only have ownership, but no executive power.

In this way, at the very least, it can still allow their families to remain wealthy for several more generations.

If a young descendant who can turn the tide appears in the family by then, that would naturally be excellent.

If one doesn't appear, isn't it at least wealth for several generations?

Lu Hantao was noncommittal regarding Chen Jiajun's words.

But seeing him fall into deep thought, it was clear he was pondering this issue.

After Chen Jiajun used the examples of those wealthy people in the United States to give Lu Hantao a little reference, he stopped speaking.

After all, he already owned 35% of the Lu Guo Group; if he said any more, it would seem a bit insatiable.

After talking with Chen Jiajun for a while, Bai Lu walked in holding a phone: "Boss, a call from Brunei."

Chen Jiajun took the phone and heard Li Yaohua say: "Boss, those United States Gweilo hotels and casinos are ready to open for business. Would you like to come over and take a look?"

"So fast?" Chen Jiajun was stunned when he heard this: "How much time has even passed?"

Li Yaohua said with a wry smile: "Those Gweilo's actions are indeed swift, and plus you have liberated quite a bit of labor from the factories, so things are naturally done very quickly."

Hearing this, Chen Jiajun said somewhat helplessly: "Alright, I will come to show my support on the specific day of the opening."

"It's next week, and I heard that those United States Gweilo are making a big move this time and will invite quite a few celebrities over." Li Yaohua said with a headache: "I don't even know what these guys are trying to do."

Chen Jiajun said with a smile: "That's simple, why not just let Lao E go over then?"

"That's all we can do." Li Yaohua nodded, then hung up the phone.

Chen Jiajun turned his head and said to Lu Hantao: "Dad, the first casino in Brunei has opened, do you want to go over and take a look?"

"I'm an old bag of bones, so I won't go." Lu Hantao said indifferently: "I will carefully consider that idea of yours."

Chen Jiajun nodded, then left Lu Hantao's mansion.

After returning home and telling the few women by his side, they also clamored one by one to follow Chen Jiajun to see for themselves. After all, as people close to him, they knew that Brunei was actually Chen Jiajun's territory, and having never seen it, they wanted to go take a look.

Anyway, with Dumu, Lao E, and Ao En over there, there was no need to worry about danger at all, so he simply brought all his women along, treating it as going over for a vacation.

To be honest, with Brunei's climate and large forest area, making it a tourist destination shouldn't be a problem.

But there is no rush for now; let's wait until things in the country stabilize first.

There were quite a few people traveling this time, and Chen Jiajun couldn't be bothered to deal with first-class cabins, so he simply told the airport he wanted to charter a plane.

Chen Jiajun's status in Hong Kong was still very high, and the airport agreed very readily.

Just looking at the cumbersome procedures, Chen Jiajun muttered: "It's about time to buy a private jet of my own."

The distance between Hong Kong and Brunei is not very far; they departed in the morning and had already arrived by the afternoon.

It was just that usually his subordinates would come to greet him, but this time Li Yaohua had actually come in person.

Although he was wearing sunglasses, there were no large numbers of attendants following him.

"Why did you come yourself? Don't you have work to be busy with?" Chen Jiajun said to Li Yaohua.

Li Yaohua said helplessly: "Please don't tease me, let's go to the Presidential Palace first."

Chen Jiajun nodded, let his women go to the hotel to rest first, and then he followed Li Yaohua to the Presidential Palace.

The guards at the Presidential Palace at this time had all been replaced by the Security Company's demon slave minions.

This matter was not something Dumu wanted to do, but something Li Yaohua requested himself.

Because he discovered that his Presidential Palace was as leaky as a sieve, with people coming and going as they pleased, which truly made Li Yaohua angry and helpless.

"That serious?" Chen Jiajun said with some surprise upon hearing Li Yaohua's complaint.

Li Yaohua said helplessly: "Because of the propaganda from these United States Gweilo, there are more and more spies from various countries now. I could only mobilize people from the Security Company to come over, and the situation has improved a little."

"I even heard that many locals have been harassed, but the Police under my command haven't caught a single person; it's simply bullying us too much."

"The main problem now isn't this; in two days, those United States Gweilo will invite many real big shots over. If we let these guys harass those Gweilo, we'll be in trouble."

Li Yaohua had been feeling a bit anxious these past two days; after all, the people from the Security Company were all guarding some important departments in Brunei and he didn't dare to pull them away at will.

What should be done on the day the casino opens in two days?

If they lose face, that would be losing face internationally.

Hearing Li Yaohua's words, Chen Jiajun was a bit speechless: "Are those people under you all trash?"

Li Yaohua spread his hands and said: "Although I really don't want to admit it, this batch of people left behind by Richard are truly the trash among trash. They might be good at taking bribes and extorting, but having them deal with spies?"

Speaking of this, Li Yaohua shook his head with a wry smile.

Chen Jiajun spread his hands and frowned: "Why didn't you notify me in advance?"

Li Yaohua said helplessly: "I didn't want to either, but these spies just popped up in these last few days. I suspect that someone must be pushing this behind the scenes, rather than it being spontaneous."

"Hmm?" Chen Jiajun thought of something immediately upon hearing this: "Are you sure someone is pushing it?"

Li Yaohua shook his head: "I can't be sure either, but it happening at this exact time makes it very interesting."

"It seems the key to solving this matter is still to find this guy behind the scenes." Chen Jiajun stroked his chin and pondered.

On the other side, in a hotel near the airport.

A tall man with a ruined face stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the scenery of Brunei.

A moment later, the door was pushed open, and a woman walked in: "Leader, the water has been muddied. Now those people in Brunei can be said to be terrified."

The man grinned and said: "Chaos is good. Only chaos will give us an opportunity. We have already received confirmed news that MI6 will protect a big shot coming over in two days. You all need to be prepared by then."

"Yes, Leader." The woman nodded, then said to the man: "It's just that the company responsible for security in this Brunei is a bit unusual. It's a security company that has been in the limelight in recent years. If they mobilize people over, then..."

The man smiled and said: "I have already sent people to check. The Security Company handles national defense and security affairs; how could they arbitrarily pull them away for a small casino?"

"Based on my understanding of this Grand President of Brunei, he is not yet foolish to that extent. As for these local Police? Hmph. A bunch of trash, there's no need to take them to heart at all."

The woman nodded: "Leader, I will go have my subordinates prepare now."

"By the way, remember to create some commotion on the day of the opening." The man continued: "You must take that big shot away within an hour, understand?"

"Yes." The woman nodded, then left the room.

After the woman left, the tall man looked at the scenery outside the window and muttered to himself, "Long time no see, MI6."

……

On the day before the opening, Li Yaohua was still busy as could be, with absolutely no time to attend to other matters.

He was constantly receiving "big shots" who had come from all over.

At the same time, he kept complaining in his heart about these damn Gweilo from Las Vegas; it was just a casino opening, did they have to make it so grand? If any of these big shots ran into trouble in Brunei, he would be in for a lot of trouble.

Compared to Li Yaohua's nervousness, Chen Jiajun appeared much calmer.

He was chatting with Lao E about why these Gweilo were doing this.

The reason so many big shots had come this time was because those damn United States Gweilo wanted to turn Brunei into a tax haven like the Cayman Islands.

After all, even now, Brunei still had a British suffix attached to it.

Many legal provisions were even inherited from England, which gave them a lot of room to maneuver.

"This is somewhat disrespectful."

When Li Yaohua learned of this, he appeared very angry.

To stir up trouble in Brunei without even greeting him—this was simply not taking him, the President of Brunei, seriously.

Chen Jiajun smiled, shook his head, and said, "This is the usual practice of the Americans; what can you do, who told them they have the dominant power? As long as you still want to develop Brunei, it is very difficult to refuse their requests."

Li Yaohua probed, "Then, Boss, what is your intention?"

"Of course, we must ruin this matter," Chen Jiajun said directly without even thinking.

"Why? Didn't you say that if you want to develop Brunei, it's hard to refuse such a request?" Li Yaohua asked, somewhat puzzled.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "Indeed, we don't have a very good way to refuse these United States Gweilo right now. But you must know, them begging us to do something and them demanding we do something are two different things."

"These United States Gweilo fear power but do not cherish virtue; if you don't resist, they will truly treat you like a dog kept in the house."

Li Yaohua breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I understand what you mean."

Previously, Li Yaohua had thought that Chen Jiajun was going to cave in to the United States Gweilo.

Chen Jiajun did not notice Li Yaohua's inner thoughts and said indifferently, "When the time comes, Lao E will go with you to directly ruin the negotiations for this matter. There are many benefits to this; we cannot let those United States Gweilo take the lead."

Li Yaohua nodded, "That is what I think as well."

After finishing this topic, Li Yaohua inquired about security issues.

"Boss, there are many guests coming today; what should we do about security?" Li Yaohua felt a bit unsure, "The other side is making such a big scene, I'm afraid what they want isn't that simple."

Chen Jiajun said indifferently, "I have already pulled manpower from the factory and mixed them into the crowd to guard against the other side causing trouble at any time."

……

Because there was profit to be made, there were truly many big shots who came on the opening day.

And every one of them was the type of big entrepreneur or top-tier tycoon.

These people were the ones who truly needed to avoid taxes.

Even if they could not attend in person, they would send their deputies to Brunei to express their willingness to cooperate.

Therefore, the opening day could be said to have had maximum prestige, which resulted in many foreign reporters also wanting to sneak in to get an interview.

The situation at the scene was already complicated enough; these tycoons had all brought bodyguards, which had already given Li Yaohua a massive headache. Now these damn reporters wanted to join in the fun? Just thinking about it was impossible.

Therefore, Li Yaohua very decisively rejected the reporters' requests and had the person in charge of the Gambling Hall admit people according to invitations.

Because the hotel's location was close to Brunei's vast forest, these United States Gweilo very crudely named the hotel Forest Hotel.

They even specially invited designers to plan the hotel.

It must be said that the current Forest Hotel did indeed appear much more elegant and fresh, very different from the Jinbi Huihuang style in Las Vegas and Macau.

To be honest, such a layout was actually not very suitable for opening a casino.

Casino design needs to consider the user's experience to the greatest extent; the overall color scheme and the creation of the atmosphere are meant to make gamblers feel like they are big shots and wealthy people. This feeling of being richer than a nation increases the probability of them spending money.

The concept of the Forest Hotel clearly went against this point, and added to the fact that the location Li Yaohua provided could not really be considered very good, one wonders what those United States Gweilo were thinking.

Chen Jiajun suddenly spoke up, "These Gweilo are doing this to probe. Do you remember what I told you before? They want to build Brunei into a tax haven like the Cayman Islands; the casino business is just a minor matter."

"So that's it." Li Yaohua nodded immediately.

Lao E, who was to the side, suddenly frowned, then opened his eyes, which were emitting a deep blue light, and pointed in one direction, saying, "Who is that person over there?"

Li Yaohua was stunned for a moment, and after looking carefully twice, he said, "It seems to be a guy from England; he should be the boss of an energy company over there."

Lao E said very firmly, "The spies this time are here for them."

Hearing Lao E's words, Li Yaohua could not help but look around.

But at this moment, Lao E grabbed him and whispered, "Don't look around, be careful not to alert the enemy. These guys are very capable Agent types; let He Guorong handle it."

Li Yaohua suppressed the shock in his heart and nodded, then calmly notified Long Wu beside him, "Have He Guorong come over, and bring the people from your squad."

"Understood." Long Wu did not move; his mission was to be responsible for protecting Li Yaohua's safety, so he notified his younger sister, Long Jiu.

After the gray-haired He Guorong arrived, Li Yaohua whispered, "The target of those spies is your fellow countryman from England. Later, focus on protecting them and quietly move closer."

He Guorong took a look, then shook his head and said, "Can't do it."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Li Yaohua asked, feeling a bit strange.

He Guorong explained, "The people by his side are from MI; it's very difficult for my men to approach them without making a sound."

He Guorong still had some self-awareness; although the group of people Long Wu led were very capable, they were not professional Agent types after all. He estimated that before they could even get close to the other side, they would be discovered by the MI6 people first, and explaining that later would definitely be a troublesome matter. (End of chapter)