Chapter 441

Kusakari Ichiro finally let out a breath of relief; he was truly terrified of Cao Nan, there was nothing he wouldn't dare to do.

"Mr. Cao, this is no problem; I'll quickly get the information ready for you. They dare to lay hands on Brother Xin—they deserve to die!"

The Mitsui family of Japan was wiped out root and branch in a single night.

Inspector Matsushita couldn't stand this provocation; he proactively filed a report with the Metropolitan Police Department, hoping to be transferred elsewhere.

Gangdao

Jingbian Chusheng has been on edge this whole time; the employer's hit squad is truly unreliable—why haven't they acted yet?

After work in the evening, he wanted to go to his female secretary's place to relax, but as soon as he left Sogo Department Store, he was hit squarely by a truck.

The scene was horrific; inside the car, Jingbian could only dig himself out with a spoon.

The driver who caused the accident had no intention of fleeing the scene; he even went to a roadside phone booth himself to report it to the police.

When the police arrived at the scene, the driver, face full of fear and gesticulating wildly, explained: "Officer, I really didn't mean to do it; the vehicle's brakes failed—I didn't want this!"

After the technical personnel finished inspecting the scene and the accident vehicle, they told the squad leader inspector: "Indeed, the accident vehicle's brakes failed, but the driver was speeding in the urban area, which he cannot deny."

As for how to make the truck fail, Da Sha has experience with this.

The squad leader inspector took a look at Sogo Department Store, then at the driver who caused the accident, and understood everything.

He pulled the technical personnel aside and whispered to him: "No speeding—it's just brake failure."

"Do as I say, kid, and you'll thank me later."

The technical personnel's brains are still sharp; he immediately realized there's something fishy going on here.

It's still something he shouldn't get involved in; otherwise the squad leader inspector wouldn't have said that.

The technical personnel nodded: "I know how to do it, but I need you to help alter the vehicle's trajectory."

Li Huanggua also learned of this news: the president of Sogo Department Store met with misfortune, and even the Japanese mastermind did not escape.

He sighed in his heart: Business isn't done like this!

But the next day he immediately signed the Watsons transfer agreement with Manager Huo, without delay—he was really scared!

This person does things without scruples; he doesn't dare to bet on whether Li Xin would dare to move against him.

In May 1985, after Li Xin returned from his hometown, he never showed his face in Gangdao—as if he had disappeared.

Only in 1991 did Li Xin return to Gangdao; few know where he went these years or what he did.

Just one month after his return, the Grand Elder of the High Table Council met with an air disaster, and Tianhong became the new Grand Elder.

At the same time, Mr. Li Qiankun bought back a gambling ship in Ermao, docking it at a small island northeast of Gangdao for refurbishment.

Because of this, Mr. Li Qiankun received recognition from the relevant authorities, who called him a patriotic entrepreneur.

Mr. Li Qiankun laughed as he stepped down as the leader of Thus line: Prosperity, and Che Baoshan eagerly took on this hot potato to fulfill his Big Brother's wish.

In mid-1991, Gangdao witnessed a shocking scandal: Li Huanggua took a beautiful woman home to live it up, infuriating his longtime wife to death.

His young son, furious and hair standing on end, wielded an automatic pistol and went on a killing spree; by the time the police arrived, the Li family had no survivors.

Hutchison and Changhe Industry were divided up by the various factions in Gangdao, and Red Signal got the fattest share.

As for the truth of the Li family's affair, no one cares.

Everyone who participated in dividing up the Li family is doing everything they can to cover this up.

After all, they're the ones running the operation; everyone gets a share, and contributing some effort is only fitting.

……

In August 1992, Director Yu came to Gangdao bringing the elderly person's handwritten letter.

Mountaintop Villa No. 6

Director Yu and Li Xin sat opposite each other, each holding a cup of wine; they clinked glasses and drank it down in one go.

Director Yu set down his wine cup, handed the handwritten letter to Li Xin, and smiling, said: "A Xin, I thank you on behalf of that black land!"

Li Xin didn't reply; instead, he picked up the elderly person'shandwritten letter and glanced at it—on it were just five large characters.

"Fine son of China"

Li Xin exhaled a mouthful of wine vapor, laughing loudly, he said: "It was worth it!"

Li Xin has been doing business in Ermao these past few years, bringing back many good things—for example, the blueprints of the little swan that everyone knows; China wants to fully digest it, something you can't even think about without ten or twenty years.

These are just small-time skirmishes; some ruthless people have even taken away young boys.

From midnight June 30, 1997 to the early morning of July 1, the new wing of the Gangdao Convention and Exhibition Centre was brightly lit.

The world-attended handover ceremony of the Gangdao government between the governments of China and Britain was held solemnly in the fifth-floor conference hall here.

At 23:56, the flag bearers of China and Britain entered, symbolizing the lowering and raising of the flags for the handover of Gangdao's governance between the two countries, and the ceremony began.

Everyone stood up, gazes focused on the flagpoles to the east and west of the main podium on the presidium.

At 23:59, the British flag and the Gangdao flag were slowly lowered to the sound of the British national anthem, marking the end of Britain's century-and-a-half of colonial rule over Gangdao.

At July 1, 00:00, the stirring, sacred moment arrived: the Chinese military band struck up the majestic Chinese national anthem, and the Chinese flag and the Gangdao Special Administrative Region flag rose together slowly.

The venue erupted, many people's eyes brimmed with excited tears, and thunderous applause continued unabated.

Camera lenses kept flashing, recording this solemn historical moment.

At July 1, 1997, 00:00:00, this moment that will be recorded in history forever witnessed Gangdao returning to the embrace of the motherland.

After the ceremony, Red Signal Group President Huo Jianning, Red Signal Media Group President Jiang Jiayan, Red Signal Security Group President Chen Chao, Red Signal Transport Group President Liu Hui, Red Signal Real Estate Group President Li Yunfei, Red Signal Communications Group President Chen Guyu, Red Signal Electronics Group President He Qiong, Red Signal Retail Group President Li Jiayuan, and Red Signal Power Group President Line: Qiuti were invited to attend the homecoming banquet.

Besides these Red Signal people, Jiang Tian Sheng of Jiangshi Group, Li Qiankun of Hongyi Film Industry, Lei Chao of Shunfeng Express, and Han Bin of Hongbin Shipping were also on the invitation list.

These former jianghu big brothers openly and aboveboard walked into the banquet hall.

On the second floor of the banquet hall, Tianhong, A Ji, Da Sha, Huashé, and Yaoyang stood beside Li Xin, watching as downstairs, Deputy Chief of Police Operations Qiu Gangao, accompanied by Huang Yaizi, exchanged pleasantries with people.

Li Xin glanced at Huashé and jokingly asked: "President Liu Hui, why don't you go down to connect with them emotionally, instead of hanging out with us idle folks?"

Huashé wore a bitter expression, bowing his hands in plea: "Big Brother, stop teasing me! What's there to talk about with them? Or is it just more comfortable being with the brothers?"

Several people came to the wine table, Li Xin raised his wine cup, laughing loudly, he said: "Jianghu brothers, a cup of wine — a toast to loyalty and righteousness!"

Several people also raised their wine cups, and at the same time said: "Cheers, Big Brother!"

(The main text is finished!)

(Thanks to everyone's continued support; because of some reasons, I couldn't write the latter half, but Ah Biao is also satisfied, and I consider that I've written the martial world in my heart; if I can make everyone laugh, that is the greatest affirmation for me.)