Chapter 631: Cicada Sheds Its Skin

After knocking Lu Yongfu flying, Chen Jiajun did not even spare him a glance, but sat directly in his own seat, scanned the crowd, and said, "You have all been very active during the time I was away! What? Is the profit from Lu Guo Group shares not enough to satisfy you, that you are in such a hurry to sell them for a good price?"

"Of course not, Chairman, we had no other choice!"

A shareholder who had previously been threatened by the brothers Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan jumped out and said, "The brothers Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan used our families to threaten us, forcing us to support them at the shareholders' meeting!"

With the first one taking the lead, the rest seemed to have gotten the hint and immediately stood up to shift the blame onto the brothers Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan.

Chen Jiajun sneered and fixed his gaze on Lu Yongquan: "Is that how it is?"

"I... I..." Lu Yongquan, despite his usual bluster and fierce appearance.

But facing Chen Jiajun's questioning, he could not utter a single word.

Chen Jiajun shook his head, stood up, and said to everyone, "As everyone knows, my background is not good! There is no one in Hong Kong who doesn't know that Chen Jiajun started out as a street thug!"

"Even now, there are still people calling me a street thug! But I don't care; after all, this is indeed my background, and I don't bother to lower myself to their level."

"And ever since I took control of the society, I have tried my best to whitewash it! To lead the society into legitimate business! And I founded the Hongxing Group. Does everyone know why?"

As he spoke, Chen Jiajun had already walked behind Lu Yongquan.

Then Chen Jiajun patted Lu Yongquan's shoulder hard and said with a smile, "Because I think whether it's being a street thug or a society member, the status is simply too low! These societies in Hong Kong have been serving the Big Bosses of the Four Great Families and the major chambers of commerce for decades!"

"To put it bluntly, you are just vicious dogs raised by the Big Bosses! When you could be human, you chose to be dogs instead. A Quan, what were you thinking?"

Lu Yongquan was so nervous he couldn't say a word, and cold sweat kept sliding down his cheeks from his forehead.

Chen Jiajun wore a smile on his face and said in a soft tone, "I was away, Huo Xiansheng was in a coma, and the group company was turned into a mess. You even planned to trade Lu Guo Group shares with the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce. You all really... have a lot of nerve!"

"Do you know that it is only because of Huo Xiansheng and me that Lu Guo Group was able to undertake the development of the New Territories project? Oh, it seems none of you knew that!"

The more soft-spoken Chen Jiajun was, the more immense pressure he placed on everyone present.

Even the guy who had jumped out earlier to distance himself from the two Lu brothers didn't dare to say a word now.

After all, anyone who wasn't an idiot could see that Chen Jiajun was very angry right now.

If things went wrong, people would die! Chen Jiajun returned to his seat and said calmly, "From this moment on, I will fully take over all operations of the company. Every decision of the company must be approved by me!"

"In addition, in my capacity as Chairman, I am freezing the shares of Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan! Because the two are suspected of transferring company assets, any share trading is strictly prohibited until the Commercial Crime Bureau releases its findings."

"By the way, Lu Yongyu will continue to serve as the group company's president, and those employees who were fired indiscriminately will be recalled and given compensation. As for those company executives who got in through connections, I have also called the Police, and I believe there will be results from the investigation soon."

Hearing these decisions from Chen Jiajun, everyone knew that the brothers Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan were finished.

What the two of them did was not just as simple as transferring company assets.

But these matters had nothing to do with them.

As long as Chen Jiajun's anger didn't fall on them, it would be fine.

Lu Yongyu watched her man arrive, and those shareholders who had shown their ugly faces earlier were now like quails, which made Lu Yongyu laugh with satisfaction.

Soon, people from the Police's Commercial Crime Bureau arrived at Lu Guo Group.

After all, this matter was reported by Chen Jiajun himself, so the Police could not afford to ignore it.

After understanding the situation slightly, the Police directly took the brothers Lu Yongfu and Lu Yongquan back to the Police Station for investigation.

At this moment, the two were already panicked: "Officer, officer, you can't send me in! People will die!"

"Cut the crap!" The Police would not pay attention to the nonsense of the Lu brothers and directly put handcuffs on them to take them back to the Police Station.

Chen Jiajun had already let Lu Yongyu collect all kinds of evidence for them.

When the time came, a charge of using their positions for personal gain would definitely be inescapable.

Even if they had the help of the Brotherhood behind them, it would be useless to have people from the Department of Justice step in.

Once they were sent to Stanley, the subsequent matters would be out of the reach of outsiders.

These two bastards would definitely die in Stanley and never come out again.

As for Lu Jianbo, in consideration of his willingness to cooperate with Lu Yongyu, Chen Jiajun followed Lu Yongyu's original promise, let him hand over his Lu Guo Group shares, and gave him a sum of money to leave Hong Kong.

After resolving the Lu Guo Group matter, Chen Jiajun turned his attention to the Ether Society and the Brotherhood.

During the time he was not in Hong Kong, these two organizations had been up to no good, effectively colluding with each other.

Chen Jiajun was not afraid of these two defeated opponents at all.

Chen Jiajun directly called for Lao E: "Go, send this letter to the Brotherhood's clubhouse."

Lao E nodded: "Understood, Boss, should I just put it on the table in their clubhouse?"

Chen Jiajun nodded and said with a smile, "Since they want to play, we might as well play big!"

"Understood!" After saying that, Lao E took the envelope and left.

Then Chen Jiajun took out his Satellite Phone and dialed the number of Shang En, his "mole" in the Ether Society.

"What's the situation with the Ether Society?" Chen Jiajun didn't waste words and asked directly.

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's voice, Shang En immediately said, "The Ether Society's market in Europe is already saturated and has hit a development bottleneck, so some people in the society are not giving up and intend to develop business here in Asia. I heard they even found foreign aid this time! They are full of confidence!"

"You couldn't even find out?" Chen Jiajun asked with a frown.

Shang En said helplessly, "Except for the executors of this plan, very few people in the society know the specific plan! The level of secrecy is very high!"

"Fine, who did they find as foreign aid?" Chen Jiajun asked with a frown.

"The High Table!" Shang En said in a grave tone: "That damned assassin organization!"

On the other side, the private clubhouse of the Brotherhood.

Because Chen Jiajun suddenly returned, it disrupted their plans.

It caused the plan for the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce to take over Lu Guo Group and dismantle it to fall through.

The Brotherhood had indeed been having a hard time lately, each one of them penniless.

Don't look at them as Legislators and high-ranking government officials; after several of their financial paths were cut off by Chen Jiajun, they were all living on a shoestring.

It was hard enough to see that Chen Jiajun was not in Hong Kong and there was a loophole, wanting to unite with the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce to get a piece of the New Territories development, but unfortunately, it fell through before it could be implemented.

Therefore, everyone had to hold a meeting again today.

However, upon entering the private room, everyone saw an envelope placed on the table.

Li Yonglian's expression changed instantly, and he immediately called over the person in charge of the club. "Who has been in our private room?" Li Yonglian asked with great vigilance.

The person in charge of the club was also dumbfounded: "No one. Usually, when this room is cleaned, our security personnel watch it personally to prevent anyone from installing a wiretap, and then it is locked directly after we leave."

The reason the members of the Brotherhood chose this place as their permanent meeting location was that it was secure enough and professional enough.

After all, the Boss here was once a member of MI6.

He escaped a disaster when Chen Jiajun was clearing out strongholds, and then he set up this club.

The people inside are all quite professional.

Lu Zhilian pointed at the envelope on the table and asked with a frown: "Then explain what is going on here?"

The person in charge saw the envelope before him, and his expression changed immediately: "I will conduct an investigation immediately!"

Ma Zhuoxian walked over and picked up the envelope directly: "What I am more curious about now is who exactly sent this."

"Open it and see!" Lydia said with a frown: "Since they have the ability to send it here, you should have guessed who it is, right?"

Ma Zhuoxian opened the envelope; inside was just a short sentence.

Written on it was: "Since you have started, then absolutely do not stop!"

Seeing this sentence, looks of shock appeared on everyone's faces.

Li Yonglian sneered and said: "Alright, now that Chen Jiajun is back, he is going to settle scores with people. Is everyone satisfied now?"

"Why are you talking like that? This matter has nothing to do with you?" an older man asked with a frown.

This guy is one of the founders of the Brotherhood, Bai Jingtang.

As one of the founders of the Brotherhood, Bai Jingtang's status is naturally not simple.

This guy became one of the Justices of the Peace in the fifties under the guise of a businessman.

Back then, he was always cozying up to the Gweilo from England.

He even helped the Gweilo from England exploit his own people many times, and even entered the upper echelons of the government to serve as an advisor.

Therefore, he can be considered one of the principals of the Brotherhood.

It is just that as he has gotten older in recent years, his thinking has not progressed along with it.

He always thinks that the Hong Kong of today is still the era where they can do whatever they want, and he has even done many outrageous things, making the members of the Brotherhood foot the bill for him.

For example, regarding the matter of Ceng Guoshan, he attempted to use the power of the Brotherhood to suppress this matter.

Unfortunately, the members of the Brotherhood did not stand on his side, and in the end, they could only drive Ceng Guoshan out of the Brotherhood.

This time, the plan to take advantage of Chen Jiajun's absence to raid his home was also cooked up by him.

It has already caused dissatisfaction among many members of the Brotherhood.

There are even faint signs of a split! Just like Li Yonglian.

The last incident caused his bid for Secretary for Justice to be delayed, which has left him quite dissatisfied.

Now that trouble has been stirred up again, Li Yonglian said coldly: "Do you still not know why I am talking like this? Back then, the Brotherhood made a unified decision to lie low, and I even gave up the position of Secretary for Justice for this! Now you insist on coming out to stir up trouble; if things continue like this, how much capital does our Brotherhood have left?"

"Do you really think that guy Chen Jiajun is made of paper? I am not afraid to tell you, he is not only involved with the President of Brunei, but he is also a member of the California Consortium! If he really gets ruthless, even Hong Kong would tremble; I just don't understand why you all have to go and provoke him!"

Hearing Li Yonglian's words, everyone fell silent.

In their hearts, they actually all know that they are just running dogs for England.

If England tells them to bite Chen Jiajun, do they dare not to?

The Brotherhood, when it comes down to it, is still controlled by the Gweilo of England.

After all, they are all using the resources of the English Gweilo.

But Li Yonglian does not want to do it anymore, because the goals of the English Gweilo conflict with their own goals.

Back when the English Gweilo ruled Hong Kong, they couldn't beat Chen Jiajun; now? That is even more impossible.

So after Li Yonglian finished speaking, he left the club directly.

After getting into his car outside, Li Yonglian took out a phone and dialed an unfamiliar number.

A moment later, the call connected, and Li Yonglian said helplessly: "Cai sir, I have thought it over, I intend to follow you! These people are truly too unreliable!"

That's right, the number Li Yonglian dialed was Cai Yuanqi's.

Cai Yuanqi was forced to leave Hong Kong back then, but he did not intend to give up on matters in Hong Kong.

He has always maintained contact with members of the Brotherhood.

It is just that after the last incident, Cai Yuanqi no longer trusts these people in the Brotherhood.

Since they could sacrifice him once, he wouldn't be surprised if they did it again.

So... Cai Yuanqi intends to pull a group of people out of the Brotherhood to work for himself.

Serving as the chairman himself, isn't that more satisfying than working under the Gweilo of England?

Cai Yuanqi said with a smile: "I said it, these people of theirs will ultimately listen to the instructions of the English Gweilo. Look, that is how you lost your position as Secretary for Justice! Alright, I told you to win others over, how is the effect?"

Li Yonglian said with a smile: "It might have been difficult before, but now! I am confident I can pull Ma Zhuoxian over!"

"Not bad, this time they have poked a huge hornet's nest, Chen Jiajun will definitely pursue this relentlessly!" Cai Yuanqi said with a smile: "Last time he exposed the existence of the Brotherhood; I'm afraid you all have been under quite a bit of pressure, haven't you?"

"The pressure on everyone is immense!" Li Yonglian said with a bitter smile: "We have all been investigated for a period of time; fortunately, nothing useful was found, but having them come every few days, who can stand that!"

Cai Yuanqi said craftily: "Therefore, this is an opportunity! I have thought of a way that can both clear your names and allow you to advance further!"

"What way?" Li Yonglian asked hurriedly.

He is a careerist by nature, and he has always been unable to obtain the position of Secretary for Justice, which has driven him a bit crazy.

Cai Yuanqi lowered his voice and said: "Taking advantage of this opportunity, I think we can perform a 'golden cicada shedding its shell'!"

"You mean..." Li Yonglian widened his eyes immediately, his face full of disbelief.

Cai Yuanqi said viciously: "That's right, just as you thought! After we win a few people over, we will simply sell out those guys in the Brotherhood!"

"In this way, not only can you clear yourselves of suspicion and gain great trust, but you can also extricate yourselves from this matter. We can establish another Brotherhood ourselves, a Brotherhood that truly looks out for our own interests!"