Chapter 501: The Ranger

The plan on Xiaofu's side is proceeding smoothly, and Chen Jiajun has no time to concern himself with it.

After all, Chen Jiajun has long since stopped caring about sunset industries like gangs; keeping the Hung Hing under his command is merely to avoid some unnecessary trouble.

As for planting a flag here in the United States, Chen Jiajun truly has no interest; otherwise, he would not have sold off the territories of the Wo Shing Wo and the Yamaguchi-gumi to the Wah Ching for a pittance.

His main focus remains the business of United Aerospace Capital.

The future of Yahoo is promising, and David is also a more suitable CEO than Wang Zhiyuan.

Moreover, with Chen Jiajun's support, there is no possibility of changing the CEO in these coming years.

Added to that is the addition of two technical geniuses, Larry and Xie Gaier; Chen Jiajun is very confident in the development of Yahoo.

Since it is a project that guarantees profit, Chen Jiajun does not need to pay too much attention to it, and has instead turned his gaze elsewhere.

The situation with Apple is more complex, as it involves too many things.

Therefore, the one Chen Jiajun has set his sights on is another project, a tech company that is still unremarkable but will become a Hollywood giant in the future... Netflix.

During this time, Chen Jiajun has instructed Cao Weicai to keep evaluating Netflix.

To evaluate Netflix, Chen Jiajun even shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars and sent people to apply for jobs inside the Netflix company to obtain first-hand information.

Although this point in time belongs to the crazy period before the dot-com bubble.

Netflix itself is not having an easy time.

Doing an online DVD rental business requires high demands for warehousing and logistics, and the internet is also in a stage of burning money to grab users.

Both of these things require massive investment, which makes the actual controlling shareholder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, exceptionally uncomfortable.

He had only been willing to invest because he saw the potential of Netflix before.

But after actual operations began, he discovered that this was simply a bottomless pit, with losses nearly doubling every year; this speed of burning money has already made Reed Hastings doubt whether his investment was wise at all.

If this continues, not only will he be unable to earn a single cent from Netflix, but if he wants to continue supporting its operations, he will have to take out a mortgage loan on his own assets.

After all, the big player in DVD rentals today is still that behemoth, Blockbuster, so even if he wanted to raise funds, it would be a quite difficult task.

Chen Jiajun knows that this period is clearly not the best time to acquire Netflix.

Instead, he should wait until after 2000, when the dot-com bubble arrives; at that time, he can acquire Netflix for a dirt-cheap price.

But Chen Jiajun does not want to gamble on the butterfly effect, nor does he want to perform such extreme operations.

Although he could obtain more profit this way, it does not fit Chen Jiajun's personality.

Therefore, Chen Jiajun still let Cao Weicai begin contacting Reed Hastings.

It is just that Chen Jiajun seems to have underestimated the cunning of these American businessmen; Reed Hastings, who is clearly about to be unable to hold on and needs to mortgage assets to continue operating, actually has the audacity to open his mouth like a lion.

Not only is the asking price outrageous, but he is only willing to sell 40% of Netflix's shares.

In other words, he wants the money, and he also wants to continue controlling Netflix.

"Boss, we were a bit too anxious, and the success of Yahoo has made Reed Hastings think we are suckers!" Cao Weicai said, spreading his hands.

Chen Jiajun nodded and said, "Indeed, I was too anxious! Are there any other companies eyeing Netflix?"

Cao Weicai pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Reed Hastings is in contact with the French giant Arnault Group, intending to let them invest in Netflix. However, I don't think this will be an easy matter."

"No competitors? That's good!" Chen Jiajun sneered while rubbing his chin, "A-Wei, stop all contact with Netflix!"

"Ah?" Cao Weicai was stunned for a moment, "But Boss, we have spent so much effort and used hundreds of thousands in funds, and we are just stopping contact like this?"

Chen Jiajun nodded, "Stop all contact! Since Reed Hastings treats us like suckers, I should let him know who the real sugar daddy is! By the way, check for me which bank Netflix has a loan with!"

Cao Weicai immediately understood Chen Jiajun's meaning and said with a smile, "I understand what you mean, Boss!"

The next day, Los Angeles Business Center.

Cao Weicai met with Reed Hastings' subordinate once again.

"Mr. Cao, I wonder what the reply from United Aerospace Capital is?" The other party seemed very confident and said to Cao Weicai with some impatience, "Our time is limited!"

Cao Weicai knew that the other party was just a paper tiger, so he simply crossed his arms over his chest and said as if watching a show, "I feel that the conditions proposed by your side lack any sincerity! Therefore, we are prepared to interrupt these negotiations! If your side has a better choice, then I will congratulate you in advance!"

After speaking, Cao Weicai took his subordinate Lawyer and stood up, leaving the business center.

Leaving the person in charge from the Netflix side standing there in a daze, looking completely bewildered; the whole person was not feeling well!

Chen Jiajun's approach was very effective.

It was as if he had been provoked, and he directly interrupted the negotiations.

Now it should be the Netflix side that is feeling uncomfortable.

The Netflix executives are probably in a state of disarray right now.

But the matter has already happened, and Cao Weicai has already taken the negotiation team and left Los Angeles.

The Netflix executive could only bite the bullet and call Reed Hastings.

Upon learning that the negotiations had collapsed, Reed Hastings felt terrible.

He is greedy but not stupid; as a businessman, he understands what it means to stop while ahead, so the conditions he personally proposed were not too excessive—at least there was room for discussion.

But his subordinates felt that this was a good time to take a bite out of United Aerospace Capital, so they simply doubled Reed's conditions when presenting them to Cao Weicai.

Now it's all ruined, and they have parted ways, making Reed Hastings so angry that he cursed loudly over the phone.

"I don't care what method you use, even if it means kneeling and apologizing, you must bring the United Aerospace Capital negotiation team back for me!" After Reed Hastings flew into a rage, he gave a death order to the executive.

It's just that the executive had even more cold sweat on his forehead at this moment, because his subordinate told him that Cao Weicai's negotiation team had just taken a business charter flight and left Los Angeles directly.

He could only say cautiously, "They have already chartered a plane and left..."

"You piece of trash! I..." Reed Hastings was so angry he almost had a heart attack.

But with things having reached this point, he had no better way, and could only call all these subordinates who had acted on their own initiative back to the Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos.

And Chen Jiajun here was closely observing the movements of Netflix, not to mention there were several Commercial Spy agents who had infiltrated Netflix.

Only after hearing that Reed Hastings had fired the executive in charge of the negotiations directly upon returning did Chen Jiajun reveal a satisfied smile and say to Cao Weicai, "Our plan can also begin!"

Cao Weicai nodded with a smile and began to get busy with his team.

……

Because the previous person in charge of the Yamaguchi-gumi in San Francisco died, the remaining right-hand men immediately took over the business of the San Francisco Yamaguchi-gumi.

Among them was this guy called Gaotian.

This guy is a crazy radical, his head is full of fighting and killing; it was he who kept implementing a high-pressure stance against the 14K, making the relationship between the two sides very rigid.

The FBI also treated Gaotian as a key observation target.

After all, the FBI already knew that the 14K would definitely take action regarding the death of Di Wen.

Keeping an eye on the high-level members of the Yamaguchi-gumi was also a matter of course.

It was just that what the FBI did not expect was that that same evening, at the Chayu Tea House, Gaotian had just gathered some of the Yamaguchi-gumi's bigwigs for a meeting.

And right after, Di Wu brought people and killed their way into the FBI's field of vision.

A small car drove over from the alley, and the bodyguards in front of the tea house were just about to chase people away.

At this moment, a gloved hand reached out from the darkness, and in the hand was a Handgun with a silencer.

With one shot, the bodyguard on the perimeter of the tea house was killed instantly.

And this person was none other than Di Wu, who was eager for revenge. Di Wu killed the person cleanly and efficiently, threw the body into the trash can nearby together with the 14K members who got off the car, and then looked left and right; seeing no one, he entered the tea house.

The FBI Deputy Captain monitoring from upstairs immediately took out a walkie-talkie and said to the team members: "Damn it! Hurry and call Crawford! Call for reinforcements!"

If the two sides really started a gunfight, it was not something their three-person surveillance team could handle.

The FBI side called for reinforcements, while Di Wu had already led his men to kill their way into the tea house.

Finding the private room where Gaotian and the others were meeting, several people immediately pulled submachine guns out from their wide clothes and unleashed a crazy barrage of fire at the people inside the room.

The sudden gunfire caught everyone in the tea house off guard.

Even a few innocent maids died tragically under the random gunfire.

However, since Gaotian and the other Yamaguchi-gumi members had been able to fight with the 14K in San Francisco for so many years, they were naturally not ordinary goods.

Take Gaotian, this Japanese guy, for example! The partitions of the tea house were those Japan-style wooden doors with paper; through the light, one could clearly see the outlines of the people outside.

Gaotian saw the shadows of people taking out firearms and immediately shouted, "Get down!"

Only then did he and the few subordinates beside him avoid the outcome of being killed on the spot.

After the barrage ended, Gaotian immediately pulled out a Handgun and began to counterattack.

He also killed two careless 14K members.

The two sides actually fought to a stalemate.

"Damn it!" Di Wu gritted his teeth, just as he was planning to call his men outside for reinforcements.

But through the walkie-talkie, he did not hear his men's voices; instead, intense gunfire came from the entrance.

"Could it be a trap?" Di Wu was instantly stunned.

But soon he felt relieved, because he heard someone outside the door shouting: "FBI! Open the door!"

With the FBI's involvement, the situation became even more chaotic.

There was gunfire everywhere, as well as confused shouting.

Seeing that today's goal had been achieved, Di Wu prepared to take his men and retreat.

But he did not expect that the FBI's reinforcements had just arrived.

Jack led his men and blocked Di Wu and the others directly inside the tea house.

This was a situation Di Wu had not expected at all; he could only fight with the FBI people, seeking a chance to escape.

It was just that what Di Wu did not expect was that there would actually be a fourth party involved.

That was Xiaofu, who was hiding on the roof opposite, observing everything with a sniper rifle.

Seeing that Di Wu already had the intention to retreat, Xiaofu immediately took out a few Yamaguchi-gumi members to clear a path for Di Wu.

Although he did not know where the bullets were flying from, Di Wu discovered that it seemed only Gaotian, this high-level Yamaguchi-gumi member, was fighting alone before him.

This was an excellent opportunity, and Di Wu naturally would not let it go.

He pulled out his spare Handgun and fired several shots in succession into Gaotian's chest.

Before leaving, he even spat at Gaotian and said coldly: "These shots are for my brother!"

However, because of this delay by Di Wu, running away was already impossible; the FBI had cleared out the 14K and Yamaguchi-gumi members outside, and after rushing into the tea house, they immediately subdued Di Wu and the others.

"Di Wu, we meet again! Now you'd better be honest, or I'll kill you right here!" Jack roared with an angry face.

Di Wu knew that this madman Jack was for real, so he could only raise his hands high and let the FBI agents press him against the wall for a forced search.

But just at this moment, the troublemaker Xiaofu acted again.

He did not directly shoot the FBI agents, but instead silenced a few Yamaguchi-gumi gangsters.

Hearing the gunfire ring out again, Jack and the others could not care about Di Wu and the others, and immediately hid behind cover.

Jack cursed instantly: "Damn it, Xiao Gao, I told you not to f***ing shoot!"

Xiao Gao was the new FBI agent responsible for sniping work.

But the Deputy Captain patted Jack and said: "Xiao Gao is right here; there is another gunman!"

Seeing this, Di Wu could not care about so much, and led two subordinates to immediately flee the tea house.

When Jack chased out, he found that Di Wu's figure was long gone.

However, he discovered that in the corridor opposite, a familiar figure seemed to flash by.

Jack immediately drove to chase after him, and soon it was confirmed that the other party was that Luo Ge, who was also Xiaofu, whom he had always wanted to catch.

Xiaofu did it on purpose; after luring Jack over, he once again easily escaped from his hands, which made Jack exceptionally angry! ……

The tea house incident caused a huge stir, but Zhang Li only found out about the news the next morning while eating breakfast.

And it was Xiaofu who told him personally.

"Yesterday, Di Wu took a group of underlings and smashed Gaotian's tea house!" Xiaofu said very concisely.

"What?" Zhang Li said with a look of astonishment, "You aren't mistaken, are you?"

"I originally wanted to stop him!" Xiaofu said helplessly.

"Damn it! I told him not to act rashly! Now I have no choice!" Zhang Li appeared extremely furious regarding this situation! After all, as someone who controls everything, what he disliked most was things slipping out of his control.

And clearly, the matter between the 14K and the Yamaguchi-gumi had already slipped out of his control.

After hanging up the phone, Xiaofu arrived at the Yamaguchi-gumi's company.

At the very beginning of the plan, Kusakari Lang and Liangchuan Shiro of the Yamaguchi-gumi had sent Xiaofu to infiltrate Zhang Li's side, while also helping to clear out the high-level rot within the San Francisco Yamaguchi-gumi.

Killing two birds with one stone, and also being able to weaken the strength of the Zhang Family; that old guy Liangchuan Shiro played this very well.

After arriving at the Yamaguchi-gumi's territory, Xiaofu saw a woman.

This woman was Liangchuan Shiro's daughter, Kira.

Seeing Xiaofu arrive, Kira stood up, smiled, and said to Xiaofu, "You did a great job! My father is very satisfied!"

She walked up to Xiaofu, straightened his collar, and continued, "Now he has one more thing for you to do!"

Xiaofu knew what Liangchuan Shiro wanted to do and said directly, "Kill Zhang Li, and his operation will be ruined! What else does Silang want?"

Kira leaned her body into Xiaofu's embrace and whispered in his ear, "His wife, his children, and his children's heads!"

A flash of ferocity crossed Xiaofu's eyes, but it quickly vanished, and he said coldly, "Why?"

"This is an order, there is no 'why'!" Kira looked at Xiaofu with a mocking expression and said, "Didn't you use to be a Police officer who killed women and children? Do you dare to disobey your master?"

Xiaofu emphasized once more, "I have no master!"

Kira looked at a few people to the side and said, "These are my bodyguards; they will take orders from you and assist you in completing this mission!"

"What if I refuse?" Xiaofu said, looking at Kira.

A look of dissatisfaction immediately appeared on Kira's face; she dropped a Knife from her sleeve and moved to hold it against Xiaofu's neck.

But when she reached out her hand, she discovered that the Knife in her hand had actually appeared in Xiaofu's hand.

Xiaofu mockingly returned the Knife to Kira and said indifferently, "This is your thing, right?"

After saying this, he put on his sunglasses and left the company directly. (End of chapter)