Chapter 2578

The area of the cross-courtyard was not large, only about thirty square meters. In the corner of the courtyard stood a pomegranate tree, its branches covered in small fairy lights. On this starless night, they flickered, adorning the otherwise quiet and silent courtyard, making it look exceptionally brilliant and dazzling.

The lights were on in the office, but the door was locked. Nie Wen took a key from her pocket, skillfully inserted it into the keyhole, and gave it a gentle turn. With a crisp click, the door lock sprang open.

Nie Wen gently pushed the door open, stepped to the side, and said with a smile, "Everyone, please come in!"

This was Zhou Andong's first time in the office. The interior space was quite spacious, about the size of two rooms. On the left was the office area, where a large desk was placed against the window; sitting there, one could see the scenery outside. Opposite it, against the wall, stood a bookcase filled with books.

On the right was a lounge and reception area, with soft sofas arranged in a U-shape along the window. Standing opposite the sofas was a high-end, impressive home theater system. But that was a Yuzhou VCD player, not a VCR.

"I put the VCR away!" Nie Wen walked to the desk, opened the door of the cabinet on the left, and took out a cardboard box, placing it on the desk. She then opened the box and took out the VCR. "Dalin, stop watching the fun, come over and help. Take the cables over and plug them in."

"I'm on it!" Jian Mingfan trotted over eagerly. He took the video cables out of the cabinet, ran over to the TV stand, disconnected the VCD player, and plugged in the VCR. "It's OK now, Brother Dalin, hurry up and put the videotape in."

Everyone wanted to know what secret was hidden in the tapes that made Guo Zidan go through such a roundabout way to deliver them to the bar. Therefore, everyone's eyes fell on Tang Lin.

Tang Lin held a videotape, raised it, shook it, and said with a smile, "Now, let's see what exactly is inside."

"Brother Dalin, why are you acting like an old woman, dilly-dallying?" Jian Mingfan urged, "Hurry up."

Tang Lin said unhurriedly, "Good food is worth the wait, a good show is worth the delay. What's the rush?"

"I..."

Jian Mingfan watched Tang Lin's slow movements and looked at Nie Wen, speechless. "Sister Wen, men sometimes just need a beating. If you don't beat them, they won't listen; if you don't beat them, they won't amount to anything."

Nie Wen laughed, raised her hand, and swatted Tang Lin. "Hurry up, don't dawdle."

"Alright!" Since his wife had spoken, Tang Lin didn't dare to dawdle anymore. He quickly put the tape into the VCR. The TV emitted a static sound, then the image flashed, showing people everywhere, with some shouting for Zhou Andong to get out.

Watching the TV screen, Zhou Andong raised an eyebrow, and Gu Bing was also taken aback.

Tang Lin blinked, looked at the screen, and said with some uncertainty, "This looks like the Jiangzhou Distillery."

"It's not 'looks like'," Gu Bing said. "It is the Jiangzhou Distillery."

Nie Wen looked at Gu Bing in confusion, then turned to Zhou Andong. "When did this happen? Why were so many people going to your distillery to cause trouble?"

Zhou Andong asked, "Do you know about the Yugong Liquor counterfeit case?"

"Of course I do," Nie Wen nodded. "Although I hadn't returned to the country yet, Dalin told me about it, and I even looked up the news from that time."

Zhou Andong watched the TV screen, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth. "At that time, a villager held a banquet at home and bought counterfeit Yugong liquor. After someone got sick from drinking it, they went to find the merchant who sold the fake liquor.

That merchant refused to admit it was fake, insisting that the stock came from the distillery, so the villagers went to the distillery. At the time, Seeing Tong Huaiyu had arranged for people to mix into the crowd to incite and stir up trouble, and this footage was filmed by people Seeing Tong Huaiyu arranged."

Tang Lin asked in confusion, "Guo Zidan is being so mysterious, why send these tapes to you? It's been so long since the incident, what use is this stuff now?"

Nie Wen said thoughtfully, "This stuff is useless in the hands of ordinary people, but in our hands, its power is no less than a high-explosive bomb.

If we hold onto it, the day Seeing Tong Huaiyu dares to bare his fangs at us, we can dig up the old counterfeit liquor case and have it reinvestigated. Even if we can't do much to the Tong family, we can definitely make Seeing Tong Huaiyu rot in prison."

At this point, Zhou Andong's status, position, and social influence were different from before. If he took the tapes and demanded a reinvestigation of the old counterfeit liquor case, the central authorities would definitely take it seriously. Plus, with the support of those old men, the Tong family wouldn't be able to stop it.

Jian Mingfan asked hesitantly, "Since the tapes are so important, why didn't Guo Zidan deliver them to my brother-in-law personally?"

"It's very simple!" Nie Wen smiled slightly and explained, "Guo Zidan and Seeing Tong Huaiyu have had a falling out. If he wants to make big money, live well, and live a brilliant life, he has to side with Boss Zhou.

After all, when it comes to the ability to make money, in this country, if Boss Zhou says he's second, no one dares to say they're first. But, while our Boss Zhou has great ability to make money, his ability to make enemies is not small either.

Let's not talk about the small fry from before. First, there's the Tong family, who have suffered many losses at the hands of our Boss Zhou, and they were all big losses—it can be said that their losses were enormous. However, since Guo Zidan has turned against Seeing Tong Huaiyu, he naturally wouldn't care about the Tong family.

Then there was the Fan family, but there's no need to talk about them now; they've already been wiped out. The remaining remnants are just small fry that can't stir up any waves."

Speaking of this, Nie Wen looked at Zhou Andong with a smile. "Now, what needs to be mentioned is the Yin family. Ever since our Boss Zhou became the director of the Woolen Mill, it was destined that he and the Yin family would be at odds until one of them fell.

And if Guo Zidan wants to make big money and live a carefree life, he has to get on Boss Zhou's boat. But the war between Boss Zhou and the Yin family makes Guo Zidan have reservations. In this situation, he's caught in a dilemma. What should he do?"

The smile on Nie Wen's face looked even brighter. "Therefore, Guo Zidan thought of doing our Boss Zhou a favor, and this favor couldn't be a small one.

Because Guo Zidan knew very well that a small favor wouldn't catch our Boss Zhou's eye. So, he thought of selling Seeing Tong Huaiyu out to our Boss Zhou and brought out these videotapes.

But he didn't want to offend the Yin family either. If he went to the Woolen Mill to find our Boss Zhou personally, and if he were seen by someone with ulterior motives and word got to the Yin family, he would be wrongly accused, which would be too unjust.

Therefore, he thought of my Dalin, and so he sent the tapes to the bar. After all, the bar is a place where all kinds of people mix, and him coming here to drink wouldn't attract attention."

Tang Lin sneered, "Meaning Guo Zidan wants to be a whore and still have a monument built to her chastity. He wants to get on our boat but doesn't want to share the journey with us—he's playing a good game."

"This is normal." Nie Wen made herself a cup of instant coffee before continuing, "Guo Zidan was once our opponent. If he wants to get on our boat, we won't feel at ease, and Guo Zidan must know this in his heart.

So, after we met last time, he disappeared and hasn't shown up since. It's not that he didn't want to get on the boat anymore, but that he couldn't come up with a bargaining chip that could move our Boss Zhou."

Gu Bing said with a flash of insight, "At that time, even if Guo Zidan had fallen out with Seeing Tong Huaiyu, he didn't want to betray him, right?"

Nie Wen hugged her chest with one hand and held her coffee cup with the other, leaning against the desk. "Right!"

Tang Lin asked in confusion, "Then why does he want to betray Seeing Tong Huaiyu now?"

"There's only one possibility!" Nie Wen pondered for a moment. "Guo Zidan and Seeing Tong Huaiyu have become completely hostile, leaving no room for reconciliation, which has removed Guo Zidan's reservations.

And now that these tapes are in our hands, Guo Zidan has completely offended the Tong family, showing us his full sincerity. Once the war between our Boss Zhou and the Yin family comes to an end, he will be eager to climb onto our boat."

Nie Wen tilted her head slightly, looked at Zhou Andong, and said with a smile, "With the sincerity of these tapes, our Boss Zhou naturally has no way to refuse him and will definitely take him along to play, right?"

Zhou Andong neither admitted nor denied it, just smiled. Back then, it must have been Guo Zidan who took these four tapes back to the capital and arranged for people to edit them before handing them over to the media to attack the Yugong Liquor Industry.

After the deed was done, these four tapes should have been destroyed. What people didn't expect was that Guo Zidan didn't destroy the tapes but kept them privately. It seems that when this guy was in the honeymoon period with Seeing Tong Huaiyu, their relationship wasn't that deep—they were both hiding their own little agendas.