Chapter 349: Turning Enemies into Friends

In truth, his heart was also terrified to death; he could only pin his hopes on Chen Jiajun having truly dealt with the bombs.

Fu Guang's expression shifted uncertainly, so he immediately detonated the bomb on the deck.

Although the remote was pressed, making everyone jump in fright, the expected sound of an explosion never came.

Refusing to believe it, Fu Guang continued to press the buttons for the other bombs, but none of them had any reaction at all.

"Damn it." Fu Guang was instantly shamed into anger and snarled at his subordinates: "It's not that easy to play the hero. Get the money back for me; not one of them is allowed to escape."

Soon, more subordinates armed with batons joined the fight, and Fu Guang's left and right protectors also moved in directly.

There were so many people, and the situation was no longer as chaotic as before.

Gong Wei suddenly found himself unable to hold on.

Chen Jiajun looked at Old Yu beside him and said: "Why haven't you moved yet?"

Old Yu, however, smiled and shook his head, saying: "No rush, let him play a bit more; this kid hasn't reached his limit yet."

Relying on his own injuries, Gong Wei managed to take care of some of the small fry, but the left and right protectors by Fu Guang's side were no pushovers.

The two practiced Tan Tui quite well; Gong Wei had suffered several heavy blows to his chest and was now rubbing it while gasping for air.

But just at this moment, Fu Guang leaped down from the second-floor platform.

This guy's martial arts were as insane as his personality.

No one expected that this fierce bandit had actually learned Shaolin Kung Fu, specifically the Kesa Fumo Gong from the Seventy-Two Arts.

The long trench coat he wore was the best weapon for him to execute this set of techniques.

Every time he moved, it made it impossible for people to figure out his attack patterns.

Coupled with the pincer attack from his left and right protectors, Gong Wei was beaten into a daze within mere moments.

Seeing that the time was right, Old Yu chuckled and stepped out.

Seeing Old Yu step out, Fu Guang said in surprise: "There's an accomplice? Let's fight together."

Saying this, he charged directly toward Old Yu.

Fu Guang's attacks were dazzling, making it impossible for Gong Wei to predict his style.

But this was completely ineffective against Old Yu.

Fu Guang's series of aggressive attacks didn't even touch a single hair on Old Yu.

"This guy is tough, let's attack together." Fu Guang didn't dare to be arrogant anymore and said with a serious face to his left and right protectors.

Unfortunately, the gap in strength is sometimes not something that can be made up for by numbers.

Even with all three attacking together, the effect was not much better.

Even with their incredibly tacit coordination, they were still just being toyed with in front of Old Yu.

Not only did they fail to land a single hit on Old Yu, but they were also thoroughly humiliated, and Fu Guang himself was even beaten into having panda eyes by his own subordinates.

While Old Yu was toying with the few guys, Chen Jiajun checked his watch.

He then said: "Alright, stop playing. Aside from Fu Guang, who needs to be sent back to face the firing squad, just finish off the others."

Hearing Chen Jiajun speak, everyone turned their gaze toward him.

At this moment, quite a few buyers actually recognized Chen Jiajun's identity: "Sir Chen? Why are you here?"

Looking at the person who spoke up, Chen Jiajun even found two leftist businessmen, so he frowned and said: "Why are you on this ship? Are you also here to resell cultural relics?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, the two leftist businessmen quickly waved their hands and said: "How could that be? We are trying to save some national treasures; it's better than these things falling into the hands of the Gweilo. You can ask Huo Xiansheng about this, and you'll know."

Chen Jiajun had climbed his way up, so he could be considered to have seen countless people.

It was very easy to tell whether a person was lying.

Moreover, these two guys were very open in letting him ask Huo Xiansheng, so it was likely exactly as they said.

So Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said: "Fine. I'll go back and ask Nan Ge. You guys come over first."

The two leftist businessmen immediately walked over as if they had found their backbone.

And when Old Yu heard Chen Jiajun's order, he changed from his previous lazy, playful state; his eyes suddenly turned sharp, and his attacks were no longer in that playful style.

The force behind every punch and kick was enough to produce "crackling" sonic booms.

This made the three of them tremble with fear as they dodged.

Especially Fu Guang, who already had some intention to retreat in his heart.

So after dodging Old Yu's fist, this guy did a backflip and then turned tail and ran.

Unfortunately, Chen Jiajun's order was to spare Fu Guang's life, but he didn't say he couldn't break his limbs.

So Old Yu stomped his foot, leaving a footprint a full two inches deep in the steel deck.

His whole body seemed to teleport, disappearing from the eyes of the left and right protectors, and he grabbed Fu Guang by the shoulder.

Then Old Yu squeezed hard, and Fu Guang screamed on the spot.

Subconsciously, he threw a punch toward Old Yu's face.

Unfortunately, Old Yu caught his fist, threw him to the ground with a shoulder throw, and then stomped and broke Fu Guang's lower leg; now, it was impossible for Fu Guang to escape.

Afterward, Old Yu dealt a lethal blow, slamming two punches into the left and right protectors respectively.

Their chests collapsed on the spot, as if they had been hit by a truck, almost squeezing their internal organs out.

Having taken two punches from Old Yu, it was impossible for them to survive.

The power of the punches not only shattered the ribs protecting their internal organs, but the force also reached their hearts directly.

If a forensic pathologist were to perform an autopsy on them now, they would find that their hearts had been blasted into fragments by the force.

Watching the three of them—one crippled and two dead—Gong Wei almost had his eyeballs pop out.

Old Yu's strength simply exceeded his understanding of martial arts.

Even if his master came, given this gap in strength, he might not even be able to last two moves in Old Yu's hands.

After dealing with these three, the members of the Security Company boarded the ship and took control of the cargo vessel.

Seeing Chen Jiajun step forward, these buyers from Hong Kong each let out a sigh of relief.

Some even said, oblivious to the danger, that since these items were ownerless anyway, they might as well swipe a couple to take back.

Seeing the actions of these fellows, Gong Wei was both angry and anxious, and said loudly, "Put everything down! These are the country's national treasures."

These so-called high-society figures, once safe, immediately revealed their ugly faces: "How can a little Police officer like you be so meddlesome? Do you know who I am? My uncle is a Judge. Do you believe I can make you lose your job with a single phone call?"

"You." Gong Wei was so angry that he raised his fist.

Who would have thought that this wretch, who had been so scared he nearly wet his pants earlier, would now puff himself up: "Come on, come on, hit me right here. If you hit me, I'll make sure you can't survive in this business."

Seeing Gong Wei in a dilemma, Chen Jiajun shook his head and said, "Ah Wei, what is there to say to such an idiot? Once we reach Longkou, there will naturally be people to deal with them."

"What? Longkou?" The wretch from just a moment ago was instantly stunned and asked foolishly, "Aren't we heading back to Hong Kong?"

Chen Jiajun ignored these people entirely and instead took Gong Wei to the deck to get some air.

That wretch wondered, if this ship really went to Longkou, what would happen to those who had boarded it?

They knew very well that they were trafficking national treasures, and if they were caught by the Mainland Police...

Thinking of this, these people felt a Cold War, and hurriedly clamored for Chen Jiajun to turn the ship around.

Chen Jiajun paused his steps, his eyes gloomy as he said to these fellows, "Behave, don't make a scene, and don't force me to throw you all into the sea."

Chen Jiajun was not joking when he said this.

In any case, these fellows were all criminals; killing one or two would be no problem at all.

He could just report them as missing later.

The others were also frightened by Chen Jiajun; serving time in prison was better than being killed.

Soon, Chen Jiajun's men sailed the ship to Longkou, and after reporting in, the Longkou side allowed the cargo ship to dock.

Afterward, Chen Jiajun had his men bring everyone out from the ship's cabin.

But what greeted them were cold handcuffs.

Many buyers clamored that they were from Hong Kong and that the Mainland Police had no right to arrest them.

Some even brought up their connections to the England Gweilo.

Yang Jianhua sneered and said, "Even if your father were the Prime Minister of England, it would be useless. Take them all away."

Chen Jiajun walked over, puffing on a Cigar, while his men brought over Fu Guang, whose hands and feet had already been broken.

"Section Chief Yang, this can be considered a gift from me to you." Chen Jiajun pointed at Fu Guang and smiled.

Yang Jianhua said with great surprise, "Thank you so much, Mr. Chen."

Yang Jianhua had originally thought that being able to retrieve those national treasures was already difficult enough, but she hadn't expected Chen Jiajun to have also caught Fu Guang along the way.

Fu Guang was an A-level Wanted Criminal in the Mainland, and he was extremely cunning.

The Mainland Police had been hunting him for a long time, yet they hadn't even touched a single hair on his head.

After all, at this stage, the Mainland did not yet have the Sky Eye system or cameras on every street, so catching people was naturally not that easy.

Hearing the two's conversation, Fu Guang chuckled, "Boss Chen, you really have guts. You even dare to flirt with Mainland Police; be careful they don't take you to be executed."

Hearing Fu Guang's words, Yang Jianhua's face turned red, and she immediately scolded, "You bastard, stop spouting nonsense."

Chen Jiajun also frowned and said, "Is your mouth the only thing that grew? Still spouting nonsense at a time like this?"

Fu Guang said with an indifferent expression, "Since I've been caught by you, it's just death either way. I'll say whatever I want."

"Oh? Is that so?" Chen Jiajun sneered and said to Lao Yu beside him, "Knock out every tooth in his mouth. If even one is left, I'll hold you accountable."

Lao Yu shrugged, raised his large palm, and slapped it toward Fu Guang's face.

Lao Yu's control of force was no joke; soon, a mouthful of teeth was knocked out by Lao Yu, yet the man didn't even faint, though he couldn't say a single complete sentence.

But even so, this fellow Fu Guang was still laughing wildly; none of those who could be called fierce bandits were simple characters.

At the very least, in terms of sheer nerve, they were not comparable to those losers from Hong Kong.

After letting Yang Jianhua take Fu Guang away, Chen Jiajun looked at the cargo ship behind him and said, "How do you plan to take this batch of artifacts back? These things are quite precious; I didn't even dare let my men touch them."

Yang Jianhua smiled and said, "Don't worry about that, a team of experts will be here soon to handle this matter."

Chen Jiajun nodded and said, "Then I am relieved."

After handing these people over, Yang Jianhua did not stay long.

The department she had just been transferred to had an unknown number of things to handle every day.

If the case hadn't been so big this time, she estimated this whole mess would have been handed over to someone else.

But fortunately, this case had a good outcome.

As for these people caught by Chen Jiajun, they would be sentenced as they deserved; in any case, the ship had already sailed to Longkou, and the Mainland side had the right to exercise jurisdiction.

After bidding farewell to Yang Jianhua, Chen Jiajun arrived in Longkou.

To be honest, the place of Longkou changed its appearance every day, and the speed was so fast that it was impossible to react.

Who could have imagined that this was once an unremarkable little farming village?

Chen Jiajun took Lao Yu and found a taxi, saying, "Driver, take us to the Shenzhou Building."

The driver was stunned for a moment, then said, "That's over by the Electronics Building, right?"

"That's right," Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

The driver laughed and said, "I didn't think of what you meant by Shenzhou Building at first, but seeing your Walkman reminded me of what company it was. The boss of this company has made a lot of money. Now they've even built a building."

Hearing the driver's words, Chen Jiajun couldn't help but rub his nose.

Chen Jiajun could be considered one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to invest in Longkou, but he hadn't made much of a name for himself for a long time.

It wasn't until his Shenzhou Technology became popular thanks to the Walkman that he finally gained some fame.

Chen Jiajun had long coveted the land around the Electronics Building, but he had been too slow to act and had been beaten to the punch by others.

So Chen Jiajun thought he might as well build Shenzhou Technology right here.

In any case, after the area around the Electronics Building developed for a certain amount of time, the famous Huaqiangbei should already be taking shape.

Chatting with the driver along the way, Chen Jiajun could be considered to have understood the recent changes in Longkou.

A little less than half of the first floor of the Saige Industrial Development Building has been partitioned off and converted into a 1,400-square-meter Saige Electronic Supporting Market, and Longkou is also in the midst of renovating its commercial street.

Added to the rising of the Shenzhou Building from the ground, this area has truly become lively recently.

However, this kind of development only has benefits for Chen Jiajun.

Although he did not manage to get the land in Huaqiangbei, he has the technology in his hands.

He previously took a trip to the United States and a trip to Japan.

He obtained quite a few interesting gadgets from these two countries, and Ao En has already started working overtime in Brunei to research and develop them; he believes there will be new products launched very soon.

So, taking advantage of today's opportunity, Chen Jiajun specifically came to the Shenzhou Building.

As for Shenzhou Technology, Chen Jiajun has already let go and handed it over to Xu Jiawei.

Although this kid is a bit young, he followed Wei Li for a long time and handles things quite maturely.

Although he is not the kind of business talent that Chen Jiajun is entirely satisfied with,

but letting him be a tool man seems to be no problem at the moment.

Arriving downstairs at the yet-to-be-completed Shenzhou Building, Chen Jiajun very generously gave the driver a large banknote.

This caused the driver to repeatedly compliment the Boss for being generous.

After dialing Xu Jiawei's phone number, this guy soon ran out from his office.

"Big Boss, you finally came," Xu Jiawei said quite helplessly.

As a young person, the feeling of being trusted is very good.

But someone like Chen Jiajun, who acts as a hands-off manager, also makes him somewhat distressed.

This means that many things require him to solve them himself, which has caused Xu Jiawei to lose quite a bit of hair recently.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "Why, have you encountered difficulties?"

Xu Jiawei just wanted to pour out his grievances, but seeing the Big Boss's half-smiling expression, he immediately swallowed his grievances back down.

The position he is in now is something many people cannot beg for; a small Secretary has become the head of Shenzhou Technology, and he has no qualifications to complain.

Because everything he has now, including power, money, the luxury house he lives in, and his beautiful wife, is all bestowed by Chen Jiajun.

If he cannot share the burden for the Boss and Chen Jiajun has to solve everything personally, what use is he?

Thus, the clever Xu Jiawei shook his head and said, "There are difficulties, but I can solve most of them."

Chen Jiajun let out a cold snort: "It's a good thing you didn't say what you were just thinking, otherwise I would have to consider changing the president of Shenzhou Technology."

"Hehe, I was just worrying," Xu Jiawei gave an awkward laugh: "The technology for this Walkman gadget isn't high-end, and many manufacturers have already started to copy it. Our recent sales are constantly sliding."

Hearing Xu Jiawei's words, Chen Jiajun shook his head helplessly.

This is due to the general environment; even if Chen Jiajun had more money, he would have no way to change it.

And so, Chen Jiajun rubbed his chin and said, "I have an idea; you try it out here first to see if it works."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Xu Jiawei's eyes immediately lit up.

He has seen this Big Boss's business methods with his own eyes.

Not to say he is a business genius, but every time he speaks, he can make people's eyes light up.

Xu Jiawei could not wait to hear his own boss's method for breaking the deadlock.

Chen Jiajun organized his thoughts and said, "You go and contact those manufacturers making pirated goods and have them pay a franchise fee."

Before Chen Jiajun could finish speaking, Xu Jiawei directly gave a bitter laugh and said, "Boss, this method won't work. When these manufacturers hear they have to pay money, they shake their heads like a rattle-drum; it's practically more difficult than killing them. Some of the more boorish ones almost started a fight with us directly."

Chen Jiajun said with a look of disdain: "That's because you're stupid. Listen to me finish first."

Xu Jiawei was stunned for a moment, then obediently shut his mouth to listen to Chen Jiajun speak.

Chen Jiajun said calmly: "Now that the homeland has just developed and everyone is relatively poor, it is obviously unrealistic to expect them to pay large patent fees like those foreign companies."

"So we cannot be heavy-handed with this kind of thing; we must have methods. For example, if you ask them for a patent fee of ten yuan per unit, do you think anyone would be willing to join?"

Xu Jiawei nodded: "That would definitely happen, after all, our Shenzhou brand is the most famous. But, ten yuan per unit, how is this any different from giving away the patent for free?"

Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "This exposes your limitations. What I want is not this ten yuan, and Shenzhou Technology is not lacking this ten yuan patent fee. But what I want is for these manufacturers to stand on our side."

"Business matters have much in common with politics. We must make our friends numerous and our enemies few."

Hearing Chen Jiajun say this, Xu Jiawei immediately reacted, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face: "Boss, you mean we don't even need to make this money? We need to win over enough manufacturers to force others to cooperate with us?"

Chen Jiajun nodded with satisfaction: "That is exactly what I mean. We will not be people who sell patents; we will rely on this vast market in the Mainland to become the people who set the rules. Only in this way can we solve the current predicament."

"Big Boss, you are simply a genius," Xu Jiawei said with an excited look.

"Alright, enough with the flattery," Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "Although this plan is simple, you must grasp the nuances when implementing it specifically. Don't let people see through your intentions, otherwise this move will be useless."

Xu Jiawei patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Big Boss, I can definitely handle this matter well for you." (End of chapter)