Chapter 323: 324. Chapter 324: Obsession

324. Chapter 324: Obsession

Very quickly, Situ Guang took out a contract in duplicate and handed it to Lu Yongyuan, who was to the side.

Although there was no discrepancy with the price previously discussed, the method of settling the payment had changed by this point.

Lu Yongyuan immediately raised a question: "Mr. Situ, that doesn't seem to be what we discussed before, right?"

Liu Yaozu, who was to the side, spoke up: "Does Mr. Lu have any concerns?"

"Regarding the issue of settling the payment, we previously agreed on a one-time lump-sum settlement. How has it become like this now?" Lu Yongyuan said with an angry expression.

Situ Guang said with a chuckle: "Oh, A Yuan, you have to understand us too. Mobilizing such a large amount of resources at once is not a simple matter for our Real Estate Chamber of Commerce. Besides, we are going to be cooperating for a long time; it doesn't matter if the payment time is just stretched out a bit."

"Furthermore, now that Huo Yingnan and Chen Jiajun have both started to intervene in matters concerning the New Territories, I reckon that apart from the four Big Bosses behind me, no one else would dare to casually take the piece of land in your hands, right?"

Hearing Situ Guang's shameless words, Lu Yongyuan was suddenly filled with rage.

This kind of face, going back on one's word at the last minute, made him feel disgusted.

Furious, Lu Yongyuan stood up, intending to leave.

The two of them had no intention of stopping him; instead, Liu Yaozu said indifferently: "Mr. Lu, you had better think it over. The news of your cooperation with us has likely already been released. If you don't sell this land, you will only have to mortgage it to that old fox, Lu Hantao."

"When the time comes, after he swallows your land, he might even eat up your share entirely without leaving a crumb."

Hearing Liu Yaozu's words, Lu Yongyuan's footsteps faltered.

He had already reached the point of almost falling out with the people of the Lu family; if he really didn't cooperate with the people from the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce...

Lu Hantao might really find a way to swallow his land, and by then, he would truly have lost everything.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongyuan said in a deep voice: "I need to go back and consider it for a while."

Hearing Lu Yongyuan's words, the two did not want to press him too hard, so they smiled and said: "Such an important matter indeed needs to be considered clearly. We will wait for Mr. Lu's good news."

Lu Yongyuan took a deep breath, then turned and left the clubhouse.

After Lu Yongyuan left, Liu Yaozu said to Situ Guang: "Do you think this kid will be willing to submit?"

Situ Guang smiled insidiously: "He has a very strained relationship with his brothers right now, and he made that old guy Lu Hantao lose face on the spot during the meeting. He has no other choice. Now, it just depends on when your money is in place."

Liu Yaozu sneered and said: "Understood, I will get that old guy sorted out as soon as possible."

On the other side, in the Lu family's mansion.

"Tao Shu, we recently investigated and found that A Yuan has been getting very close to Situ Guang of the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce." Lu Jinqiang took out a photo and placed it in front of Lu Hantao.

Seeing this photo, Lu Hantao's expression suddenly turned gloomy.

He knew why Lu Yongyuan opposed him; it was all caused by interests.

The land the government approved for them to build the Ding House Mansion happened to be on the land belonging to Lu Yongyuan's family.

Lu Hantao hoped that Lu Yongyuan would consider the big picture, hand this land over to the group, and then receive compensation.

He didn't expect that not only would this kid refuse, but he actually confronted him directly at the meeting.

This caused Lu Hantao, the elder of the Lu family, to lose all face and be unable to step down.

However, what Lu Hantao did not know was that this matter was not that simple.

The things behind this also had a close connection to Lu Jinqiang and the others.

Ever since Chen Jiajun refused to let them interfere with the company and instead let Huo Yingnan's people manage the Lu Guo Group, it had created a sense of crisis for them.

Therefore, they secretly tampered with this matter, with the goal of wanting to attract Lu Hantao's attention.

Lu Hantao was indeed very conflicted at this moment.

After all, what Lu Yongyuan did was a bit excessive.

Before he had even thought of how to deal with this kid...

Suddenly, the office door was opened, and Chen Jiajun and Lu Yongyu walked in.

"Oh, everyone is here."

Chen Jiajun said to these people with a smile.

"A Jun, you're here." Lu Hantao forced a smile, then quietly hid the photo of Lu Yongyuan and Situ Guang meeting.

If Chen Jiajun saw this thing, Lu Yongyuan would probably be dead immediately.

The others greeted Chen Jiajun with varied expressions.

Lu Jinqiang, in particular, saw Lu Hantao's action and swallowed back the words he had originally wanted to say.

Their goal was not to kill Lu Yongyuan; they just wanted to gain some say within the group.

Chen Jiajun did not notice the subtle expressions of the few people and distributed the gifts he brought to Lu Jinqiang and the others.

Because Chen Jiajun and Lu Yongyu had returned, the family prepared to have a meal together.

Speaking of this, Chen Jiajun scanned the crowd and then said with a smile: "Why hasn't A Yuan come back?"

"This..." Lu Hantao hesitated.

At this time, the hot-tempered Lu Yongfu said directly: "Don't mention that kid; he's fallen out with us and is now preparing to go out and set up his own business."

Hearing this, Chen Jiajun suddenly fell silent, then said to Lu Yongfu: "Call him and tell him to come back."

"A Jun..." Lu Yongfu was stunned for a moment.

Chen Jiajun emphasized his tone and said: "Call him and tell him to come back."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's unfriendly tone, Lu Yongfu shivered, picked up the phone, and dialed Lu Yongyuan's number.

After it connected, Lu Yongfu didn't waste words and said directly to Lu Yongyuan: "A Jun wants you to come back for dinner."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Lu Hantao said with an awkward expression: "A Jun, this matter..."

Chen Jiajun interrupted Lu Hantao and said: "Dad, let me handle this matter. You don't need to intervene anymore."

Lu Hantao understood what Chen Jiajun meant, immediately gave a bitter smile, and stopped talking.

Meanwhile, Lu Yongyu was comforting her father on the side; she had returned with Chen Jiajun today specifically to deal with the hidden bomb within the Lu family.

Seeing Chen Jiajun intervene in this matter, the remaining four Lu brothers had varied expressions.

Especially for Lu Yongfu and the others, cold sweat broke out on the spot; if the matter of their plotting against Lu Yongyuan were to be exposed, there was no telling how Chen Jiajun would discipline them.

One must know that while Chen Jiajun is nominally their brother-in-law, even Lu Hantao would not intervene if he were to discipline these brothers-in-law of his.

In this awkward atmosphere, half an hour passed before Lu Yongyuan finally hurried back from outside.

Seeing Chen Jiajun sitting in his seat drinking tea with Lu Hantao, Lu Yongyuan said with an awkward expression, "A Jun, why did you come back today?"

Chen Jiajun said coldly to Lu Yongyuan, "We are all family, so how did you think to get involved with trash like Situ Guang?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's interrogation, everyone's heart sank.

They had not expected that this matter would still be discovered by Chen Jiajun.

"I—" Lu Yongyuan had just wanted to speak when Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said, "I am an outsider by surname, and I didn't intend to manage the affairs of you Lu family brothers. But it was my suggestion to the old man that Dad should retire, and now that so many things have happened, even if I don't want to intervene, I must."

"Speak, what is the reason that led you to fall out with Dad and get mixed up with those bastards like Situ Guang?"

Although Chen Jiajun's tone was calm, his expression was beyond question.

Lu Yongyuan was silent for a moment, but still voiced the grievances in his heart.

Hearing Lu Yongyuan's accusation, Lu Hantao was clearly stunned; he did not know there were so many things he was unaware of regarding the piece of land belonging to Lu Yongyuan's family.

Lu Yongfu hurriedly said, "A Yuan, you are shifting the blame. This was Tao Shu's decision; it would have been one thing if you didn't agree, but you cooperated with outsiders, and now you are speaking ill of us?"

Hearing Lu Yongfu's retort, Chen Jiajun's face darkened, and he said to Bailu beside him, "Teach him a lesson and make him shut his mouth."

Bailu nodded, directly landed a whip kick on Lu Yongfu's stomach, then grabbed his head and slammed it hard against the pillar nearby, immediately making Lu Yongfu shut his mouth.

The other Lu family brothers felt a tremor in their hearts and hurriedly took two steps back.

Since the conversation had reached this point, Lu Yongyuan simply threw caution to the wind: "If you want me to just hand over the land for nothing and treat me like a fool, I won't accept it."

Hearing Lu Yongyuan's words, Chen Jiajun showed no reaction, only saying to him faintly, "Even if you are in the right on this matter, do you not have my phone number? Or is it that you don't consider yourself a member of the Lu family at all?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yongyuan immediately felt he was in the wrong and shut his mouth.

Seeing that the few of them had stopped talking, Chen Jiajun rubbed his brow and said, "The piece of land in your hands, has it already been sold?"

"Yes."

"Sold to whom?"

"The boss of a private club, Liu Yaozu."

Hearing the dialogue between Chen Jiajun and the Lu family brothers, Lu Hantao suddenly felt something was wrong.

He said coldly to Lu Jinqiang and the others, "Do you have things you are hiding from me?"

Lu Jinqiang and the others opened their mouths, but could not say a word.

Chen Jiajun said faintly, "I know you are resentful that outsiders have meddled in the Lu family's industries, and that you people don't even have room to intervene, but I have said before: if you want to work in the Lu Guo Group, you must have ability. It is not about relying on the surname Lu to get in and rake in money."

"Tao Shu bought the Family Trust Fund, and each of you has a share, but now it seems that none of you are satisfied."

No one dared to refute Chen Jiajun's words, because that was exactly what they were thinking.

Chen Jiajun scanned the crowd and said faintly, "Do what you are capable of; have you shown me your ability? Aside from Jinqiang, who has understood how the Lu Guo Group should operate, or how to develop after the Ding House Mansion is built? Have you?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, the faces of the few were very ugly.

What they were thinking of was raking in money for themselves, not developing any company.

Chen Jiajun shook his head and said, "Playing these little tricks in front of me, do you think too highly of yourselves?"

"You are an outsider, by what right do you intervene in our Lu family's affairs?" Lu Yongfu struggled to climb up and said with a fierce face, "If we let you go on like this, will the New Territories still be the Lu family's world in the future?"

Hearing Lu Yongfu's words, everyone's expression changed.

"Afu." Even Lu Jinqiang let out a loud roar, wanting to interrupt Lu Yongfu's words.

Unfortunately, Lu Yongfu's personality was naturally hot-tempered, and having been beaten up by Bailu, he could no longer hold back.

Chen Jiajun sneered and stood up directly; Lu Yongyu tried to stop him but was pushed aside by Chen Jiajun.

He then walked in front of Lu Yongfu, grabbed his hair, and said in an icy tone, "By what right? By the right that I am much stronger than you. I could even crush you like an ant with just one finger; is that enough?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's chilling words, Lu Yongfu immediately panicked.

He had been hot-headed just now, and the words in his heart had blurted out, but now, facing Chen Jiajun directly, he could not say a single word.

Chen Jiajun snorted coldly, let go of Lu Yongfu's head, and said coldly, "If it weren't for Dad, and if it weren't for the fact that you carry the surname Lu, do you think you would still be able to stand here and spout nonsense at me?"

No one knew better than them what kind of person Chen Jiajun was.

It can only be said that Lu Jinqiang and the others were somewhat blinded by greed when facing these interests.

The strength Chen Jiajun displayed now was equivalent to pouring a basin of cold water over their heads.

Among the brothers, only Lu Yongyuan felt a sense of relief seeing this scene.

However, when he saw Chen Jiajun's cold gaze look over, Lu Yongyuan felt a bit uneasy in his heart.

Although this matter was stirred up by Lu Jinqiang and the others, it was an indisputable fact that he had conspired with outsiders.

Now, seeing Chen Jiajun, he actually felt a bit guilty.

"Has the land been sold?" Chen Jiajun looked at Lu Yongyuan and said.

Lu Yongyuan swallowed hard and said, "Not—not yet, only the contract has been signed."

Chen Jiajun had Lu Yongyu take out a checkbook, wrote a string of numbers on it, handed it to Lu Yongyuan, and said, "Is this enough?"

"Ah?" Lu Yongyuan said in surprise.

Chen Jiajun said impatiently, "Since you are unwilling to take the dividends from the Lu Guo Group's shares, then I will give you this money in one lump sum; is it enough?"

Looking at the string of numbers on the check, Lu Yongyuan was at a loss: "I—I didn't mean that."

"Then what did you mean?" Chen Jiajun frowned and said.

"I was just angry that Tao Shu was biased." Since the conversation had reached this point, Lu Yongyuan also gathered his courage to speak his mind.

This made Lu Hantao feel somewhat awkward; although he truly had no intention of being biased, it was indeed unfair to Lu Yongyuan.

After all, it is common for such a family head to easily cause this kind of bias, and it was nothing new.

Chen Jiajun nodded and said, "In that case, I will give you fairness. The company wants your land; in addition to the shares you are entitled to, there will be monetary compensation. No problem, right?"

"A Jun, it is naturally no problem for you to speak, but Situ Guang and that Liu Yaozu..." Lu Yongyuan said with some hesitation.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said: "You don't need to worry about these matters. I have said that for the Lu Guo Group's projects, whoever dares to reach out, I will chop off their hands. Hmph."

Seeing Chen Jiajun resolve this matter in a few words, Lu Hantao could be considered to have let out a sigh of relief.

He looked coldly at the few male members of the Lu family and said: "Since the words have been spoken, let's eat."

After this incident, Lu Hantao was completely disappointed in these male members of the Lu family and planned to take back all the power in their hands, and according to Chen Jiajun's suggestion, hire a Professional Manager to be responsible for the affairs of the Lu Guo Group.

As for these few people, with trust funds, they certainly wouldn't starve to death.

Chen Jiajun's warning today made the Lu family brothers instantly wilt.

They dared to jump around in front of Lu Hantao, but they did not dare to play any tricks in front of Chen Jiajun.

Because Chen Jiajun would truly strike ruthlessly.

After all, their status as the brother-in-law meant nothing in front of Chen Jiajun.

After eating a family dinner very awkwardly, Lu Hantao found Chen Jiajun.

It was just that Lu Hantao sat there for a long time without saying a single word.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "Are you feeling sad, old man?"

Lu Hantao nodded: "I am not dead yet, and one or two of them are already thinking about getting into Lu Guo to make money. Your idea back then was really not wrong."

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said: "It's very normal. You just can't let go of this matter. When one of them gets married and has children, you can personally bring them up and see if you can cultivate a third generation. Anyway, your health is still quite robust."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Lu Hantao smiled reluctantly: "That's all I can do. By the way, what are you planning to do about that piece of land of Lu Yongyuan's? Things that have been swallowed by the four Big Bosses are probably not so easy to spit out, right?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "I had someone check, and the land hasn't reached the four Big Bosses yet; it is in the hands of that Liu Yaozu, and besides, the money hasn't even been paid yet. There are too many ways to get it back."

Lu Hantao frowned and said: "A guy who can hang out with the four Big Bosses and dares to meddle in the Lu Guo Group is definitely not a simple character. You must be careful yourself and don't let people catch any handle on you."

Chen Jiajun laughed: "You don't think I would use any violent means, do you?"

Lu Hantao did not speak, just looking at Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "Unless it's a last resort, I won't use Hong Xing's manpower for business matters; doing so easily leaves handles for others."

Chen Jiajun indeed did not want to use any violent means; at his level, letting Hong Xing's street thugs do things was simply too beneath his status.

Moreover, since that Liu Yaozu dared to get involved in this matter, he must have some confidence.

Lu Hantao nodded and said: "As long as you have a way, that's fine. Tomorrow morning I will hold a shareholders' meeting to dismiss Lu Jinqiang and the others from their positions in the company, which can be considered an explanation."

"There is no need to kill them all in one go; I think Jinqiang has done quite well," Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

Lu Hantao snorted coldly and said: "I don't believe that he, Lu Jinqiang, didn't know about this. Even if he didn't do it, it was still inaction. Once a person does something wrong, they must always pay a price."

"As long as you are happy," Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "It's already very late, you should rest early, old man."

The next day, Lu Hantao convened a shareholders' meeting and, in front of all the shareholders, dismissed Lu Jinqiang and his brothers from their positions within the Lu Guo Group. This immediately made the team brought by Huo Yingnan breathe a long sigh of relief.

One must know that in a group, the people who do the work hate outsiders like Lu Yongfu who understand nothing but love to meddle blindly the most.

Seeing that Chen Jiajun was also present, the brothers didn't dare to let out a single peep and obediently handed over their positions.

After settling the affairs of the Lu Guo Group, Chen Jiajun began to investigate this Liu Yaozu.

Silva went to England to seek revenge on Madam M, and the Information Department had not yet begun its reforms. But for the people in the Information Department, investigating a famous merchant with a name was a piece of cake.

Soon, people from the Information Department brought documents to Chen Jiajun's office: "Boss, this is the information you wanted."

Chen Jiajun flipped through Liu Yaozu's information and couldn't help but sneer.

This Liu Yaozu was truly a talent; not only was he highly educated, but he was also a returnee from overseas.

It's just that his character wasn't very good, and his ambition was huge.

After returning to the country, he latched onto the daughter of a wealthy family and even went so far as to marry the wealthy merchant's daughter as a live-in son-in-law.

For a period of time after that, he worked in the wealthy merchant's company.

Originally, according to the normal process, after the wealthy merchant passed away, the real estate company under his name would all belong to this Liu Yaozu.

But because this guy Liu Yaozu was messing around with women outside and also embezzled company funds, the wealthy merchant found out.

So this guy, in a frenzy, killed the wealthy merchant's daughter and even bribed corrupt police to pin the murder of the daughter on the wealthy merchant.

Not only did he send his father-in-law to prison, but he also swallowed all of the wealthy merchant's assets.

During this time, he latched onto the thighs of the four Big Bosses, and because of his ruthless methods, he was actually doing quite well.

"A total piece of trash." After reading the information, Chen Jiajun said to his subordinate, the Witch Doctor: "Did you find out what this guy's weaknesses are?"

"This guy likes to gamble. The private club he opened is actually an underground casino, and he left a private room inside specifically for his own use," the subordinate thought for a moment and said: "And he likes to go to Macau to gamble a couple of times every year; he can be considered to throw money away like dirt."

"Likes to gamble, this is not a good habit," Chen Jiajun said, looking very happy after hearing the subordinate's report.

When it comes to dealing with gambling addicts, Chen Jiajun has too many ways.

After all, this kind of person naturally has weaknesses and is the easiest to deal with.

Chen Jiajun pondered for a while and then called for Ya Qi.

To deal with this kind of gambler, sending a card sharp is the most appropriate.

And as for card sharps who make a living in the underground world, he believed Ya Qi must know quite a few.

After hearing Chen Jiajun's request, Ya Qi immediately thought: "You don't say, recently there really are a few card sharps with good skills hiding out on our turf."

"Oh? What's their background?" Chen Jiajun immediately became interested and asked.

"Three small-time card sharps, using the name of our Hong Sheng Film and Television to cheat a lecherous small boss," Ya Qi said with a smile: "Originally, Da Fei was planning to have these card sharps 'take the dirt plane' 【be killed】, and is currently hunting them down."

After hearing this, Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "Interesting. Tell Da Fei not to be in a hurry to finish them off after he catches them; I have things for them to do."

Ya Qi nodded and said: "Understood, Boss. I will notify you once Da Fei catches them." (End of chapter)