Chapter 545: Murderous Intent, Headless Flies

The burly man showed not a shred of pity, punching Xu Youcai directly in the throat.

Instantly, Xu Youcai collapsed into his chair, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

Seeing this, Zhao Meixin trembled in fear.

But the man beside her smiled, took out a business card, and said to Zhao Meixin, "Hello, Miss Zhao, my name is Wang Haihe, I'm your new partner!"

Zhao Meixin was still shaken, but she took the other party's business card, unsure of what this dangerous man wanted to do.

Wang Haihe smiled, then took out his phone and dialed a number: "OK, it's done."

Shortly after, Zhao Meixin's phone suddenly rang; she picked it up to look and saw that a sum of money had indeed arrived in her account.

Wang Haihe said with a smile, "Your ten million, I've already laundered it for you. I'm only taking a fifteen percent cut, much cheaper than Xu Youcai! And now, no one else in Hong Kong can take your business, you might want to consider it!"

As he spoke, Wang Haihe reached out his hand toward Zhao Meixin.

Zhao Meixin hesitated for a moment, then reached out and shook hands with Wang Haihe.

The two sides had thus reached an agreement.

Afterward, Wang Haihe's men stuffed Xu Youcai and his underling He Dacheng into sacks and took them away.

Zhao Meixin did not want to linger here any longer; she grabbed her handbag and immediately walked out of the laundromat.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wang Haihe had also sent people to find Di Weijie.

It was this guy Di Weijie who, dissatisfied with what Xu Youcai was paying, sold Zhao Meixin's information to Wang Haihe, which gave Wang Haihe his opening.

By a gas station on the side of the road, Di Weijie's car was waiting.

At this moment, the SUV that had saved Zhao Meixin drove over and handed an oil-paper parcel to Di Weijie.

Di Weijie opened the bag to look; inside were several stacks of cash and a fake passport.

Then, the masked person in the car said to Di Weijie, "The Boss wants you to go to the Philippines to lay low; you're very familiar with that place!"

Di Weijie nodded with satisfaction: "The new Boss is loyal after all. That bastard Old Xu, he burned bridges and wouldn't even give me severance pay!"

Then the masked person handed over a phone and said, "The Independent Commission Against Corruption can't tap this. Wait for my call!"

Di Weijie nodded, took the phone, and drove away immediately.

But after he left, the masked person took out another phone, on which a target location appeared...

The next morning, at the tea restaurant Chen Jiajun often visited.

Usually at this time, the tea restaurant would be playing the news.

But at this moment, a news item suddenly caught Chen Jiajun's attention.

"Yesterday afternoon, a serious traffic accident occurred in Chek Keng, Sai Kung. A car crashed into a mountain and caught fire, resulting in the deaths of the two passengers inside!"

"According to police reports, both individuals were Hong Kong residents named Xu Youcai and He Dacheng. Currently, the police have ruled it a traffic accident..."

Hearing the broadcast on the news, Chen Jiajun immediately furrowed his brows.

This guy Xu Youcai had previously been a key target for surveillance by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the police.

He was dead already today? Just as Chen Jiajun was thinking, Silva walked in from outside.

"Boss..."

"I already know about it!" Chen Jiajun said with a frown: "What exactly happened?"

Silva said helplessly: "Xu Youcai was taken out by a group of mysterious guys on his own turf! That same afternoon, we discovered he had died in Sai Kung."

Chen Jiajun was speechless for a moment; even he hadn't expected that this guy Xu Youcai would be taken out directly on his own turf.

He then said to Silva: "Can you find out who they are?"

Silva nodded: "Although they faked the cause of Xu Youcai's death, it isn't very difficult for us to track them down! And I suspect that the people who did all this are from D. O. A!"

"Hm?" Chen Jiajun asked curiously: "Why do you think that? Even if they took out Xu Youcai, they wouldn't necessarily be able to take Xu Youcai's business, right?"

Even knowing D. O. A's intentions, taking over a triad's business was no easy task.

Especially for a small triad like Fuxing; it was likely that the most profitable thing in the entire organization was the money-laundering business in Xu Youcai's hands.

If that were taken away, wouldn't that be cutting off someone's livelihood? If that were really the case, it would be strange if Fuxing didn't fight that person to the death.

Unless the other party offered Fuxing benefits they couldn't refuse.

Silva sneered: "What if they intimidated Fuxing? Nowadays, the triads in Hong Kong are far from what they used to be! With D. O. A's financial resources, intimidating a small triad like Fuxing shouldn't be a problem!"

Chen Jiajun rubbed his chin and said: "You keep investigating, I'll have someone go to Fuxing to ask that old guy Guixing!"

Although this matter was small, it was not simple.

It could let Chen Jiajun know to what extent D. O. A's infiltration of Hong Kong had reached.

This would also allow Chen Jiajun to adjust his subsequent defensive layout for Hong Kong.

After all, Chen Jiajun's high-value-added industries were all in Hong Kong now, and he didn't want any slip-ups on this issue.

Almost at the same time, Chief Inspector Liu Baoqiang of the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit also received this news.

This guy was the 'Boss Liu' who had previously gone undercover to find Xu Youcai.

After hearing his colleague finish talking about the traffic accident, Liu Baoqiang said to his colleague: "What's the word on the street now?"

The colleague smiled, shook his head, and said: "Eight words: murderous intent, headless flies."

"What does that mean?" Liu Baoqiang asked with a frown.

The colleague explained: "Xu Youcai's underlings all believe that Xu Youcai was taken out by someone! They are full of murderous intent, looking for someone to take revenge on, but they've searched every major triad and haven't found any suspects; they have absolutely no idea what happened."

"However... there is one strange thing. When Xu Youcai first started out, he was with Guixing of the Fuxing Society. Sir Liu, you should know this person too! I heard that Guixing also had shares in Xu Youcai's business! But after this incident, there hasn't been any movement from Guixing's side; it's been strangely quiet."

Hearing his colleague's analysis, Liu Baoqiang immediately took note.

That night, he went directly to Fuxing's headquarters, preparing to ask if Guixing knew anything.

But after arriving on Fuxing Society's turf, Liu Baoqiang discovered that someone seemed to have gotten there first.

And he even knew this person—it was Da Fei from Hongxing.

Da Fei has a lively nature and wide social connections; nowadays, whatever external matters Hong Xing has, he is the one responsible for them.

Seeing Da Fei appear here, Liu Baoqiang immediately furrowed his brows.

He did not know why Hong Xing, which had always been low-key, would get involved in this kind of matter.

However, since he had already arrived here, he naturally could not return empty-handed.

After walking into the Fuxing Society's sweet soup shop, two Majai immediately stood up.

Seeing Liu Baoqiang's appearance, they knew he was definitely Police.

"Uncle Guixing, Brother Da Fei." Liu Baoqiang greeted them very familiarly.

Guixing waved his hand, letting his Majai sit back down, and then let Liu Baoqiang come over.

Seeing Liu Baoqiang and Da Fei come to find him one after another, the gray-haired Guixing sighed and said, "What kind of wind is blowing today? You Hong Xing have actually come over together with the Police."

Da Fei said with an exaggerated expression, "Wow, Guixing, don't talk nonsense, damn it! You make it sound like we Hong Xing have provoked the imperial aura!"

Guixing gave a cold snort and said, "Is there a difference? That Mr. Chen behind your Hong Xing is overbearing; he has purged all the societies in Hong Kong. Who doesn't fear your Hong Xing!" Da Fei said in a devil-may-care manner, "Heh, if you've got the guts, go find him yourself. Telling me is fucking useless!"

Liu Baoqiang saw the two of them trading verbal barbs and was suddenly no longer in a hurry.

Instead, he smiled and said to Guixing, "Uncle Guixing, at such an old age, you're still eating something this sweet? Be careful of getting diabetes!"

Guixing said with an indifferent expression, "I'm already eighty; every time I eat is one less time!"

Da Fei then looked at Liu Baoqiang and said, "Inspector Liu of the Serious Crimes Unit! Where have you been transferred to now?"

"Joint Financial Investigation Division. Brother Da Fei, you aren't involved in any economic crimes, are you?" Liu Baoqiang said to Da Fei with a smile.

Da Fei spread his hands and said, "How could that be? I'm making so much money in the entertainment industry now; who has the time to do any illegal business."

"That's good!" Liu Baoqiang nodded and then continued to ask, "I wonder why Brother Da Fei came to find Uncle Guixing today?"

Da Fei revealed a mysterious smile and said, "The same reason as you! I came for the death of Xu Youcai."

"Hm?" Liu Baoqiang's brows immediately furrowed: "What does this matter have to do with your Hong Xing?"

Da Fei shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know either; Mr. Chen told me to come."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Guixing put down his dessert bowl and said quite helplessly, "I knew that having you two sides come to my door together definitely wouldn't be anything good."

"Then don't hide anything; tell us everything you know!" Da Fei said with a smile, "Besides, you raised Xu Youcai like your own son; aren't you angry that he was finished off?"

Liu Baoqiang tentatively asked, "Is it because the other party is too fierce that you're afraid you can't afford to provoke them?"

Guixing sighed, then said to the two of them, "I heard! Just heard, there is a big tycoon who returned from the Netherlands. He has strong strength and is ruthless. I heard he is very interested in A-Cai's business. As for the details, I don't know anything!"

"I'm already over eighty years old; being able to eat a bowl of dessert every day is already satisfying! Besides, these kinds of underworld grudges really have nothing to do with me!"

Hearing Guixing's words, neither Da Fei nor Liu Baoqiang was satisfied.

But Guixing's manner seemed to be truly ignorant.

With no other choice, the two could only walk out of the dessert shop.

"Liu sir, what do you think?" Da Fei puffed on a cigarette and said to Liu Baoqiang, "Guixing's manner, it seems like he has been threatened!"

Liu Baoqiang asked in return, "What do you think?"

Da Fei immediately laughed, "I know you cops don't trust me, but it doesn't matter. I'll tell you! Based on my understanding of this old guy Guixing, the other party's background must be very big!"

"You have to know that the territory Guixing has now was taken by him alone with one Machete! His temper is famously stubborn! Even though he is old, if anyone really dares to pull his tiger whiskers, they will definitely suffer his brutal retaliation."

"To be able to make such an old stubborn donkey admit defeat, you can think for yourself about the person who did this!"

After listening to Da Fei's words, Liu Baoqiang fell into deep thought.

Da Fei got into his flashy Cadillac and said to Liu Baoqiang, "Liu sir, let me tell you one more thing: this matter is related to an international money laundering group. As for why we Hong Xing are targeting this guy, it's because Mr. Chen has clashed with them!"

"This sentence is also what Mr. Chen instructed me to tell you! If you have anything else you want to ask, you can go directly to find Mr. Chen."

"Chen Jiajun?" Liu Baoqiang nodded: "I understand, thank you, Brother Da Fei!"

"You're welcome!" After saying that, Da Fei stepped on the gas and left this place directly.

Liu Baoqiang had received too much information today and was suddenly unable to sleep.

He simply drove back to the Police Station to check the files.

He had originally thought it was the simplest money laundering case, but now it involved too many forces.

It left Liu Baoqiang not knowing where to start for a moment.

Whether it was the intelligence given by Guixing or the intelligence given by Da Fei, not a single thing was simple.

Just as Liu Baoqiang was brewing coffee and thinking about things.

A strange man walked straight into the water bar in a swaggering manner: "No wonder the public security in Hong Kong is so good; it's already this late and the Police still haven't finished work!"

Liu Baoqiang asked in surprise, "Who are you?"

The man smiled and reached out his hand to Liu Baoqiang: "You are Officer Liu, right? My name is Hong Liang!"

After saying that, he took out a business card and handed it to Liu Baoqiang.

After seeing the business card, Liu Baoqiang was even more surprised: "Director of the Investigation Division of the Anti-Corruption Bureau?"

Hong Liang smiled and said, "I have already greeted your superiors; I want to have a chat with you."

Liu Baoqiang nodded, brewed a cup of coffee for Hong Liang, and came to the office.

"What can I help you with?" Liu Baoqiang asked curiously.

He rarely cooperated with people from the mainland, so he appeared a bit reserved.

After all, the person in front of him was of a higher rank than his direct superior.

After sitting down, Hong Liang spoke directly: "It's like this, we are investigating a case involving an Executive-level leader, and the involved illicit money may be as high as tens of billions."

"While tracking the whereabouts of the illicit money, we discovered that he is about to pass through Hong Kong to launder this sum of money! Therefore, we need the cooperation of your Joint Financial Intelligence Unit."

Liu Baoqiang was stunned for a moment, then said, "How should we cooperate?"

"During our investigation, we discovered that his mistress is the intermediary contact! And his mistress is currently in Hong Kong, and her name is Zhao Meixin," Hong Liang continued.

"Zhao Meixin?" Hearing this name, Liu Baoqiang was stunned on the spot.

Following that, based on Hong Liang, Da Fei, Guixing, and the previously investigated Xu Youcai, it seemed that these clues could vaguely be linked together.

……

"Wang Haihe, a Dutch-Chinese, graduated from the Department of Economics at Cambridge University."

Chen Jiajun looked at the information Silva had found, and his brows immediately furrowed: "He worked as a senior executive at several multinational investment firms, disappeared for a period of time a few years ago, and then founded his own investment company?"

Silva smiled and said: "The resume is perfect, isn't it?"

"It's a bit too perfect!" Chen Jiajun sneered as he looked at the flamboyant man before him and said: "And his appearance doesn't look like someone who came out of academia! This guy is a seasoned veteran!"

Silva nodded: "The other party definitely forged the resume, and it's not even certain if his name is Wang Haihe! This guy's track record is even more exaggerated than that of Mr. Gao, whom you dealt with in Macau; I bribed many countries' Information Organizations, and this is the information gathered from them! Boss, guess who this guy's biggest client is?"

Chen Jiajun said irritably: "When did you learn to be so mysterious? Speak quickly!"

Silva smiled and said: "The biggest drug lord in Colombia, Pablo!"

"Oh?" Chen Jiajun was immediately shocked: "I didn't expect there to be this connection!"

Silva smiled and said: "Ever since Pablo was brought down by you, Boss, this guy's income plummeted, which is why he was overtaken by Mr. Gao! Otherwise, the position of chairman of the D. O. A Foundation should have belonged to this Wang Haihe!"

Chen Jiajun said with some amusement: "In other words, I unintentionally struck a blow against this guy too?"

Silva nodded with a smile: "That's right! And this guy has been hanging around with drug lords for years, so he uses unscrupulous means to get things done! During his time in the Netherlands, he used those low-class tactics to ruin several local investment companies and made a lot of money!"

"So, Xu Youcai's death and his business being swallowed were all part of this Wang Haihe's plan?" Chen Jiajun said, rubbing his chin: "But I don't understand, he clearly didn't need to use such a flamboyant method, right?"

Judging by Wang Haihe's resume, he had no need to use such extreme methods to stir up a storm in the city.

He only needed to extend his company's business to Hong Kong, and he could have completely squeezed Xu Youcai's money-laundering business until it couldn't function.

This way, he could not only swallow Xu Youcai's business but also avoid attracting attention.

One must know that the ICAC and the Joint Intelligence Investigation Group are not characters to be trifled with! Chen Jiajun felt that this Wang Haihe was definitely not the type of reckless madman. (End of chapter)