Chapter 331: 332. Defection

332. Chapter 332: Defection

"In other words, these guys have prepared over ten tons of Laundry Powder, ready to take this opportunity to offload the goods in Hong Kong?" Chen Jiajun couldn't help but sneer and say: "Do these guys think I'm a dead man?"

Su Xingbai exclaimed: "I have to say, these guys are very impressive; they are actually able to manipulate the market."

Chen Jiajun curled his lip in disdain and said: "What kind of market manipulation is that? It's nothing more than gilding their own faces. It would be a wonder if the CIA allowed them to mess around in Colombia; Colombia is, after all, the United States' backyard."

"Then how did they know the price of Laundry Powder in Colombia would skyrocket?" Su Xingbai asked curiously.

Chen Jiajun sneered: "They probably received some news that the Gulf Cartel and a few other groups have gone to war. With several large drug cartels at war like this, who would still be shipping goods? The situation surely won't stabilize until one or two factions are beaten to death."

"So that's how it is." Su Xingbai nodded: "But do you think I should accept their help? With this source of goods, the probability of me becoming the Chairman can increase by at least eighty percent."

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "Why not? With the help of the Ether Society, plus the tips from the police side, you can directly drive La Jiang to ruin."

"But Boss, aren't you planning to ban drugs?" Su Xingbai asked, puzzled.

Chen Jiajun shook his head and said with a smile: "How much volume does Yifong even have? Dealing with Mo Yilie is just the beginning; what I intend to do is make all drug dealers in Hong Kong disappear."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Su Xingbai swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Although Chen Jiajun had already said this in front of him once before, today Su Xingbai finally saw Chen Jiajun's determination.

This Big Boss really intends to do exactly that.

Chen Jiajun continued: "After you become the Yifong Chairman, I have a mission to arrange for you. While you're at it, you can kill two birds with one stone and drag these rats hiding underground out into the light."

"I understand, Boss." Su Xingbai nodded.

When Su Xingbai was about to leave, Chen Jiajun suddenly called him back: "Wait, do you have an account at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange?"

"Ah? No." Su Xingbai was stunned for a moment and then said.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "If you don't, go open one. In two months, I'll show you how finance is played. Consider it a gift from me in advance."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Su Xingbai was instantly overjoyed: "Thank you, Boss."

Soon, Mo Yilie's funeral began.

To save face, Yifong held Mo Yilie's funeral in a very grand manner.

But this also quickly attracted the attention of the police.

On the day of the funeral, people from O-Ji came to cause trouble.

La Jiang very arrogantly led his men to push back against O-Ji's Sergeant Wang, completely failing to notice Gong Jiapei, the person in charge of CIB, in the crowd.

Watching La Jiang's smug, crowd-pleasing appearance, Gong Jiapei felt quite miserable inside.

The people above said La Jiang had defected, but Gong Jiapei didn't believe it.

But seeing the things La Jiang had done recently with his own eyes, even if he didn't want to believe it, he knew this guy had something fishy going on.

Gong Jiapei was a very decisive person and intended to give La Jiang one last chance.

If he remained obsessed and refused to repent, he would have no choice but to clean house himself.

After the seventh day of Mo Yilie's passing, the members of the society sat down to compete for the position of Chairman.

Fu Ye sat in the first seat at the head of the table and said: "The seventh day since A-Lie's passing has already passed. Our Yifong cannot be without a leader; let's just elect a Chairman on the first of next month."

"Today, all the decision-makers of Yifong are sitting here. As for who is interested in running, please state your position."

La Jiang was the first to raise his hand and say: "Of course I am going to stand up and run. After all, all the uncles favor me. I can't just quit and walk away at a time like this."

La Jiang appeared to be very confident.

Su Xingbai said with a smile: "Since that's the case, I'll run too. After all, Lie Ge was still very good to me before."

"You're running? What right do you have to run?" La Jiang sneered and said: "People only supported you when Lie Ge was alive. Now that he has passed away, what right do you have to run for Chairman? Are you qualified?"

Su Xingbai didn't get angry, but said indifferently: "I may not have enough weight myself, but a ton of Laundry Powder after a ton of Laundry Powder surely weighs more than you, right? Brother La Jiang."

La Jiang's face turned gloomy as he said: "You have a source of goods?"

"Maybe because that last batch of goods was done well, a supplier from Europe took the initiative to cooperate with me. We can cooperate at any time." Su Xingbai looked at La Jiang with a provocative expression.

Hearing Su Xingbai's words, the uncles began to discuss among themselves.

Mo Yilie was dead, and the Ketamine line from Thailand had already been cut off.

Yifong's most important source of income now was Ketamine; if they lost this stuff, what would these uncles do—drink the northwest wind?

Thinking of this, the eyes of many uncles looking at Su Xingbai became much kinder.

Fu Ye even spoke up directly: "Good. After A-Lie left, I was racking my brains over the problem of the source of goods."

La Jiang's face was gloomy. He hadn't expected Su Xingbai to find a source of goods in advance; this had caught him completely off guard.

He turned to stare at his gang of useless lackeys, not even knowing when Su Xingbai had met with the other party, which made La Jiang quite unhappy.

"Alright, enough nonsense. Is there anyone else running?" Fu Ye tapped the table and said.

Tank and A Zhan looked at each other, and both raised their hands.

When it came to closeness, he, Tank, was Mo Yilie's top horse; naturally, he couldn't be left out.

It was just that no one knew that the person who had always been at odds with Su Xingbai had actually become Su Xingbai's subordinate.

When Mo Yilie escaped that day, Tank had been knocked unconscious by Su Xingbai.

However, Su Xingbai did not finish him off, but spared Tank's life.

Tank was not a blindly loyal person either. Since Mo Yilie was already dead and Su Xingbai had displayed such strength and means, Tank naturally bowed his head and submitted.

As for what happened in the tunnel that day, neither Su Xingbai nor Tank had mentioned it, just to confuse La Jiang and the other Hall Masters.

"Ah, I thought about it, Lie Ge also privately asked me to run." Tank put on an exaggerated expression, bowed toward Mo Yilie's seat, and said: "Lie Ge, I promise you, I will definitely run."

Su Xingbai sneered and retorted: "Are you acting in a movie? Tank, don't be so dramatic; don't rely on just your mouth. Whether you can do the job depends on your performance. Fu Ye and these uncles can see who has the most strength."

Tank was not to be outdone and said: "Then we'll see the real results when the time comes, brother."

Fu Ye nodded: "Since so many people are running, we'll follow the old rules: the one with the most votes wins. In any case, everyone should make the most of the time to get good results for the uncles to see. Whoever becomes the Chairman will be clear on the first of next month."

After leaving the hall, La Jiang's brain spun rapidly.

He was an old-timer in Yifong and knew the personalities of those greedy uncles.

If Su Xingbai truly held a channel for Laundry Powder, then no matter how senior his own qualifications were, they would be of no use.

At this current point in time, wanting to go and find another source of goods was clearly an unrealistic matter.

La Jiang could only take a desperate gamble; as long as he finished off Su Xingbai, the others in Yifeng would naturally have no way to compete with him.

And so, La Jiang called over all his Majai: "You lot keep a close eye on that brat for me these days, and be ready to act at any time."

La Jiang's Majai had no brains and asked uncomprehendingly: "Boss, why don't we just finish him off directly?"

"Are you a pig-brained idiot?" La Jiang said coldly: "Didn't you see that Tank is also at odds with that kid? That guy Tank is a loose cannon; he will definitely be the first to make a move. After the two of them fight until both are left battered and exhausted, we will go in and reap the rewards."

"So that's how it is, Brother La Jiang is brilliant," the Majai immediately said loudly.

"Let me tell you, you'd best put your hearts into this matter. If that kid manages to sit in the position of Branch Leader, everyone will have to go begging for food later," La Jiang instructed.

"Understood, Brother La Jiang." After the Majai finished speaking, they immediately dispersed, intending to keep Su Xingbai under surveillance.

On the other side, inside a high-end club.

Led by a waiter, Tank arrived in a luxurious private room.

"You're here?" Su Xingbai said to Tank with a smile: "How about it, how many people are looking to join forces with you?"

Tank sat down, then picked up the red wine and downed a glass before saying to Su Xingbai: "Besides A Zhan, who else could there be? A complete idiot."

"What about La Jiang's side?" Su Xingbai asked again.

Tank sneered: "When I came out today, I saw La Jiang's men keeping watch. I reckon he's waiting for us to fight until we're both battered and exhausted before he makes his move."

"La Jiang has always been relatively cautious in his dealings," Su Xingbai said with a smile: "But it's useless; he can't finish me off. The position of Branch Leader is destined to be mine."

Tank said with a smile: "Your move today has basically forced La Jiang into a dead end; even if he goes to look for a source of goods now, I reckon it's too late. When did you get connected with the Europeans?"

Su Xingbai shook his head and said: "Don't think about Laundry Powder. I reckon that in the future, it will be very difficult for anyone in the whole of Hong Kong to dare sell this stuff again."

"What do you mean?" Tank said with a bewildered look.

Su Xingbai shook his head: "After I finish off La Jiang, it won't be long before I pass the position of Branch Leader to you. Remember, after La Jiang is finished, take in more of his Majai. Otherwise, if you can't compete with the other Hall Masters, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

Hearing Su Xingbai's words, Tank immediately frowned: "You spent so much effort to snatch the position of Branch Leader, and now you're just going to give it up?"

Su Xingbai shook his head and chuckled: "You don't understand. This Branch Leader thing—I treat it like discarded shoes."

Since he had witnessed a much higher level, Su Xingbai didn't even intend to touch such filthy business as drug trafficking anymore.

Let alone a tiny Yifeng, even criminal organizations of the level of the Ether Society were not held in his regard.

The reason he was still staying in Yifeng now was entirely to complete the mission given by Chen Jiajun.

Otherwise, he would have long since gone to be an assistant by Chen Jiajun's side.

Seeing Su Xingbai speak this way, Tank knew he wasn't joking, and he immediately became somewhat excited.

How many years had he been a Majai by Mo Yilie's side?

Although he held the status of a Hall Master, he had always been doing dirty work for Mo Yilie.

Now that he had a chance to stand on his own, how could he not be excited?

Thus, he became deeply grateful to Su Xingbai: "Mike, if you really hand the Yifeng Branch Leader position to me, I will absolutely follow your lead."

Su Xingbai smiled and clinked glasses with Tank.

Since La Jiang wanted to reap the rewards of the struggle, Su Xingbai intended to put on a big show with Tank.

Over the next few days, Tank kept finding trouble for Su Xingbai.

He smashed his venues in various ways, and he also sent his men to retaliate, causing a huge stir in the underworld.

However, every society was like this when choosing a Branch Leader, so no one paid too much attention; it was just that the O-Ji's speed of making arrests became a bit more frequent.

On the other side, Su Xingbai was also arranging for supplies from the Ether Society.

At such a critical period for selecting a Branch Leader, Luo Wen naturally wouldn't drop the ball and immediately arranged for the goods to be shipped from Europe.

They loaded the Laundry Powder onto a ship and then used special channels to enter Hong Kong.

Soon, La Jiang also received this news and learned that Su Xingbai had a batch of goods being sent to Hong Kong, which immediately made him unable to sit still.

Just as he was about to make a move on Su Xingbai, Gong Jiapei suddenly showed up at his door.

"Why won't you return calls or show your face?" Gong Jiapei said with a stern expression.

At such a critical moment, La Jiang had no heart to continue playing games with Gong Jiapei.

Anyway, he had already reached this point, and the police force clearly already suspected him, so he said to Gong Jiapei straightforwardly: "You don't need to look for me anymore; I've decided to quit."

Gong Jiapei sneered and said: "You betrayed the Police Force; it's not something you can just walk away from by saying you're quitting."

La Jiang said, completely unafraid: "If you had evidence that I violated police regulations, you would have already dragged me back to face disciplinary action. Why keep leaving messages?"

La Jiang had done his business very cleanly; since he had already decided to do this, he had cut his ties with the police force completely.

Unfortunately, La Jiang seemed to have forgotten one point: he was currently in the middle of competing for the Branch Leader position.

Who was Gong Jiapei? The head of the CIB; his current position was also something he had worked his way up to from being an Undercover.

So, he had plenty of ways to deal with a piece of trash like La Jiang who wanted to defect.

"If you don't come back with me today, I'm afraid you won't have the chance later," Gong Jiapei warned.

Gong Jiapei was already giving La Jiang his final chance, but La Jiang was unwilling to accept the favor: "Gong Sir, you'd better save it. From now on, we each serve our own masters; you be your CIB Senior Inspector, and I'll be my Yifeng Branch Leader."

Gong Jiapei looked at La Jiang in disappointment and said: "You were once my most outstanding student; now I have no choice but to destroy you with my own hands."

After speaking, Gong Jiapei didn't linger and turned to leave directly.

La Jiang took a deep breath and called over his men: "Confirmed Mike's location? Prepare to move."

On the other side, New Territories North District, Shatoujiao.

Su Xingbai and Tank were drinking milk tea in a milk tea shop.

Both sides' Majai were arrayed outside, looking like they were ready for a fight at any moment.

Tank looked at Su Xingbai and said: "Will La Jiang really make a move at this time?"

Su Xingbai took a sip of milk tea and said indifferently: "I've already received word; he's bringing people over now. This guy heard that my goods are about to be delivered to Hong Kong, and he's already anxious."

Tank said eagerly, "Do you need me to just finish off La Jiang?"

Su Xingbai scolded him irritably, "Are you an idiot? If you personally finish off La Jiang, won't the people from O-Ji stare you down to death? Once you get locked up, won't that benefit those losers like Zhan from Yifeng?"

Hearing this, Tank couldn't help but scratch the back of his head; he was indeed not very good at things that required using his brain.

Su Xingbai also wanted to cultivate his own power, so he said indifferently, "In the future, when you become a branch leader, if you can't use your own brain, just cultivate more young people who are willing to use theirs."

"Got it," Tank nodded.

By noon, La Jiang finally arrived at Shatoujiao with his men.

But what he didn't expect was that Su Xingbai's and Tank's men hadn't fought each other, but instead had both turned their gazes toward him.

"Damn it, I've been played," La Jiang was shocked and furious on the spot; seeing the men of Su Xingbai and Tank closing in, he suddenly felt a chill shoot from his heels to his forehead.

"La Jiang, I didn't expect a big Daqingfeng would still lure you out," Su Xingbai blocked La Jiang's retreat with his men and sneered, "In the end, you still couldn't keep your cool."

"Kid, don't get cocky," La Jiang picked up a Machete with a fierce look on his face, then wrapped his arm with his clothes and said viciously, "When I was out here hacking people, you were still drinking milk."

Su Xingbai shook his head and said with a look of disdain, "Fighting and killing is too low-class, and I have no intention of having a bloody battle with you. Wasn't it you who said it back then? A hooligan like me is someone who uses his brain."

As soon as Su Xingbai finished speaking, Tank led his men and charged over from the other side.

As the number one fighter under Mo Yilie, Tank's strength was naturally not to be underestimated.

This guy took the lead and charged straight at La Jiang's underlings.

La Jiang couldn't care about so much anymore; he could only grit his teeth and lead his underlings to charge at Tank.

Su Xingbai lit a cigarette and stood on the sidelines watching the show under the protection of two Hung Hing fighters.

From the perspective of an onlooker, this kind of coliseum-like life was indeed not what he wanted. (End of this chapter)