201: Targeting

The man seemed to be the leader of this group of people. He looked handsome, but at first glance was a kind of arrogant and rebellious rich master. Next to him was a cute woman with a baby face, who looked very sweet. At first glance, she was a woman who provoked a man’s desire to protect.

"This woman is the ex-girlfriend who had been with you for a few years and finally broke up with you for a rich second generation and his money?" Wang Cheng asked.

Cheng Cheng froze and nodded: "That's her."

"Did you ever go to bed when you were dating her?"

After hearing this, Cheng Cheng reacted slowly. When he saw the wrong expressions on both the man and the woman, he couldn't help but become thrilled. He nodded after thinking about it. "I went to bed with her in college, and when I graduated, we lived together."

In other words, this woman was the broken shoe he had used. If others snatched her from him, they were just snatching a woman he had used.

The woman's face became very ugly.

The man also didn’t look good. Although many of the women he had been with were not virgins, he was uncomfortable when told so in person like this.

"Cheng Cheng, what nonsense are you speaking, who was living with you?" Tao Jing caught a glimpse of the man's distorted expression, was startled, and immediately stood up and reprimanded him.

Cheng Cheng looked at her indifferently. The remaining feelings in his heart had disappeared because of what had happened just now. He liked her, but he never wanted to lose his dignity because of it.

At this moment, Manager Zhao from the bar rushed over. When he saw the group of people lying down in a row, he became shocked and walked in quickly. He crossed past Wang Cheng and Cheng Cheng and said to the man, "Sun Shao, what happened?"

Bars such as the New Territories could usually be opened only with backers. For the manager to so respectfully shout Sun Shao, the man’s background should not be small.

Sun Shao snorted and glanced at Wang Cheng and Cheng Cheng, giving a scornful smile. "These two people ran to my box to make trouble, you should figure it out."

"Yes, I will handle it well and give you a satisfactory answer." Manager Zhao patted his chest and assured him, then turned to look at Wang Cheng. He raised his face. "You two courageous people, although my family’s bar is newly opened, not everyone can come to make trouble. If the two of you cannot give me a good explanation today, don't blame me for being rude.”

"Explain?" Wang Cheng sneered, pointing at Cheng Cheng's face. "This group of people beat my friend like this first. Aren’t I allowed to retaliate? Or is it that your bar is unreasonable and deceptive towards the weaker people?"

Manager Zhao's face changed, and he sneered, "I only saw you hitting others. I didn't see them hitting your friend."

"Then when did you see me hitting someone?" Wang Cheng was amused. Everyone was already lying on the ground when he had rushed over, yet he could still say such nonsense with his eyes open? He seemed to be relying on his own backers.

"A person who goes against Sun Shao will not end well." The implication was that whether he was right or wrong, it was his fault.

Cheng Cheng pulled Wang Cheng, a little bit worried. "Cheng Ge, what do we do now?" The bar manager made it clear that Sun Jian would be favored, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for them to get out of there tonight.

But Wang Cheng smiled at him without any pressure. "Rest assured, since for you, my brother, I dared to come in, I naturally have the ability to take you out. Isn't it just a new broken bar? They think they can bully people with a little background? No need for them to have opened the bar in the first place."

"This bar really doesn't need to be open."

Who knew how long Chu Yifeng had been standing at the door of the box. He had a kind of ‘one man as the gate’ look with a cigarette in his mouth. After being with him, Wang Cheng rarely saw him smoke again. Zhang Yiheng was behind him with Fang Tian, but their figures were a bit blocked. Seeing that they had never returned, everyone came out looking.

[T/N: One man as the gate = one man can hold out against one thousand men, as in, one man alone can protect a threshold of some kind from one thousand.]

At a glance, Manager Zhao and Sun Shao were both people who hadn’t met them. However, things like an aura had nothing to do with recognition. They felt that Chu Yifeng didn't look like an ordinary person.

Manager Zhao was not the same as Sun Shao. He was just an ordinary person. He thought that the Wang Cheng duo had no background, and did not expect that there were so many companions. Sun Shao’s family was indeed not the only family in Shanhai City. It seemed that their attitudes were emboldened. When he drummed up the courage to ask who they were, they exited. However, he felt a dangerous gaze before they had left.

"Sun Shao, look at this?"

Sun Jian said with a somber face. "What happened? It is this young master carrying you, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes, yes!" With his words, Manager Zhao was relieved.

Sun Jian’s anger wasn't relieved. After Manager Zhao left, he made a call. When Tao Jing beside him heard his words, her eyes widened. He actually...

After such a thing happened, Zhang Yiheng and the others weren’t in the mood to play anymore. After paying the bill, the group left the New Territories. Since Cheng Cheng was injured, Fang Tian took him to the hospital to see if he had hurt his bones. The boss simply gave him a two-day vacation, and the others returned to their homes.

Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng took the car and prepared to return to the apartment. As soon as the car turned out of the bar, two cars followed them.

Wang Cheng thought that they were going on the same road. Chu Yifeng informed him that one of the cars seemed to be speeding up, wanting to run into them. Before Wang Cheng could say anything, Chu Yifeng sped up and avoided the front bumper of the other side. After knowing that they were found out, the two cars showed no more scruples.

There was less traffic at night. Chu Yifeng drove towards a sparsely populated direction. His driving skills were very good; the two cars seemed to want to force them to stop, but they couldn’t even touch the rear of the car until they drove to an empty place. They stopped as they wished, though they didn't know why. However, the people in the car felt that it was an opportunity, and the ten of those thugs pulled out their knives and sticks to get out of the car.

Chu Yifeng and Wang Cheng both got out of the car. The former pulled off his tie and said casually: "Five people each."

"Okay. If you're too slow, I don't mind helping you." Wang Cheng crisply took off his jacket and loosened his muscles.

Chu Yifeng smiled gently. "You’ll have to hurry up then."

Five minutes later, the gangsters fell to the ground, all groaning. Wang Cheng stepped on one of the thugs’ chests, who grew frightened after being beaten. He trembled when he saw him.

"I’m asking you, was it the person named Sun Jian instigating you to do this? Is there anyone else after you that is chasing me? Any more friends?" The punk stared, seemingly trying to say ‘how did you know’.

Wang Cheng exerted force.

The thug was so pained that his face distorted, and he quickly said, "It was Sun Shao who instructed us to do this. He asked our boss to cut you off and give you a lesson. There is only us, no one else."

"Another question, where did that Sun Jian come from?"

"He is the young boss of the Dongwang Group."

The two returned to the villa. Chu Yifeng went to the bathroom to fill a hot bath, and went downstairs to call Wang Cheng up to take the bath.

Wang Cheng was talking on the phone, on a call from Fang Tian. They had arrived at the hospital, where there weren’t many patients. The doctor on duty immediately checked Cheng Cheng and confirmed that there were no bone injuries, telling him to take a good rest. Fortunately, it was not very serious. He said a few words before hanging up.

After Wang Cheng finished washing, he found Chu Yifeng who was using his computer and urged him to take a bath. He readied his change of clothes, put it by the bed, and then took his place.

The window on his computer had not been closed, so Wang Cheng minimized it to the lower right corner. Then, he opened the browser to search the words Sun Jian and Dongwang Group. He did not expect that Sun Jian had more gossip than a star. He roughly read it, and learned a little bit of Sun Shao’s backing. It was no wonder that he dared to be so arrogant; Dongwang Group could really be regarded as a local snake in Shanhai City. However, Wang Cheng found that the most interesting thing was not this.

"What are you laughing at?"

Chu Yifeng had already taken a bath, and his hair was still dripping. He had walked over silently.

Wang Cheng moved aside and let him return to his original position. When he sat down, he took the towel in his hand, kneeled behind him and towel-dried his hair, saying, "This Sun Jian is a typical playboy."

"Do you mean something by saying ‘playboy’?" Chu Yifeng narrowed his eyes comfortably and enjoyed his service.

Wang Cheng paused for a moment and smiled meaningfully. "Of course, I know the people he cared about. Isn’t that interesting?"

Chu Yifeng was surprised. "Tell me about it."

Wang Cheng reopened the webpage that had just been minimized. The content of the webpage was related to Sun Jian's romantic history. Rich lady stars, etc. were on the list, and even the photos were posted. He pointed to one of them; a glowing woman with a bright smile.

"I know who this is, she is Lin Qing. She used to be my elder brother's girlfriend. I didn't know the reason why they broke up, but it seems that his girlfriend climbed up to the high branches and finally dumped my elder brother."

Although Lin Qing's face was very haggard at the time, Wang Cheng could recognize that she was the woman in the photo. According to the time of the report, it was precisely after she had broken up with her elder brother. It could be seen that the high branch she climbed should be Sun Jian. Then, she was most likely dumped by Sun Jian.

Wang Cheng pointed to Sun Jian's recent new girlfriend. "This woman is Cheng Cheng's ex-girlfriend. When the two were still dating, the girlfriend climbed onto Sun Jian's bed behind his back. After the two of them confirmed their relationship, she immediately broke up with Cheng Cheng. According to the speed of Sun Jian's replacement of women, this woman should soon follow in the footsteps of Lin Qing."

Some women only had money in their eyes. When they saw Sun Jian, they only thought about money, and didn’t think that with the degree of Sun Jian’s care and personality, he could never seriously associate with women. It was impossible for there to be a Mrs. Sun. Unless the women near him just wanted to get breakup fees from him, that was another matter.

"There are more playboys like this in the Imperial Capital," Chu Yifeng said.

Wang Cheng nodded, and then opened another web page. The above photo was taken of Sun Jian and a wealthy daughter going to a banquet.

"This woman is called Song Yuanyuan. She was my classmate in high school and a rich second generation, but her family is not as good as Sun Jian’s."

The report about the two seemed to say that Sun Jian and Song Yuanyuan were preparing for a business marriage. The report even showed the date of their engagement. At that time, he happened to be away from Shanhai City, so the report was a previous event and the date of the engagement had passed. Though Sun Jian was engaged in a business marriage with Song Yuanyuan, he still had another relationship with Cheng Cheng's ex-girlfriend. With Song Yuanyuan's temper, she was most likely not able to bear this.

"By the way, her original boyfriend was Zhang Wu of Jinding Hotel."

Wang Cheng thought that Zhang Wu was a smart person, and it was expected that he would choose to break up with Song Yuanyuan in the end. However, he did not expect that there was such a complicated relationship.

Dongwang Group operated hotels and real estate. Real estate was an industry that had only emerged in Shanhai City in recent years. The prospects were very good. Before this, Dongwang Group was mainly engaged in the hotel industry. It could be said that it was the leader of the hotel industry in Shanhai City. Although it did not monopolize it, it accounted for at least 60% to 70% of the shares.

This situation would not last forever. The emergence of Jinding Hotel caused Dongwang Group to lose at least 20% of its shares. Since then, neither of the two had fallen. However, Dongwang Group had no five-star hotels. There were a few four-star hotels, but four stars was still worse than five stars. Until now, the two were evenly matched.

Chu Yifeng smiled suddenly and said, "When it comes to Jinding Hotel, there seems to be one thing you haven’t thought of yet.”

"What is it?"

"In the beginning, I didn't show you some information about the Zhou Group. Jinding Hotel is a five-star hotel chain under the name of the Zhou Group."

"It’s so coincidental?" Wang Cheng really didn't expect this. When he first saw the information, he was only focused on interpersonal relationships, and didn't know too much about the industries that the Zhou Group operated.

Chu Yifeng said: "Shanhai City is just a medium-sized city. Now that the hotel industry has reached this step, it is difficult to think of going further. Like Jinding Hotel, if they want to go further, there is only one way."

Wang Cheng inspiration flashed, "Take down Dongwang Group?"

"It can also be annexed or acquired." Chu Yifeng gave him an admiring look. "The main obstacle of Jinding Hotel is that the city is not large enough, and the economy is not elegant enough. It will take at least ten years to wait for the city to develop. Since it cannot be started from this angle, you can only start from the opponents. Although the Zhou Group has a wealth of money, there is a saying that goes ‘the strong dragon can't beat the local snake’. Shanhai City is the home base of the Dongwang Group and to defeat it, it takes some thought."

Wang Cheng thought for a while, but felt that something wasn't quite right. "But doesn't the Zhou Group have background?"

"Clever." Chu Yifeng laughed, this could be described as hitting the nail on the head of the issue. "Zhou Group does have this ability, but it also needs the attention of decision makers."

"Do you mean that the Zhou Group feels that the prospects of Shanhai City are not of high value, so they will give up at this point?"

"Yes, but that was five or six years ago. It's different now." Wang Cheng made Chu Yifeng's mood better and better.

Without a long explanation, Wang Cheng already knew what he meant. The government intended to support Shanhai City. In recent years, many new policies had been introduced. The rapid development of real estate was the best proof. The population flowing into Shanhai City was also said to be increasing this year. Weren’t the current prospects very impressive?

Wang Cheng started scheming immediately.

The next morning, Wang Cheng called Mama Wang to say that he might be staying in the city for a few more days. Mama Wang did not know that Chu Yifeng had also returned to Shanhai City, and thought that he was going to handle the new store, and was staying there so that he would not be too tired when traveling home. Wang Cheng also told them to take good care of their bodies.

In the afternoon, Wang Cheng received a call from Guan Jiahe. They had already packed their luggage from the apartment. There weren’t many customers in the afternoon, so Wang Cheng let them temporarily close the shop and move. Because they were only renting, there were not too many things to do. Wang Cheng drove over to pick them up himself.

At the newly rented apartment, the area was half as big as their original one. However, it was not too small for three or four people. Wang Cheng asked them to choose a room each.

Liang Youshan chose the largest one. In addition to a mattress, there was a double size bunk bed provided. The mattress was near the window so that one could see the situation downstairs. Guan Jiahe's room was not so good. It had a balcony, and the door of the room was a sliding glass door. The space inside was relatively small, with only one mattress and a small wardrobe that could fit inside. It was the smallest of the three rooms.

Wang Cheng gave the two a couple of keys each, one of which was anti-theft, and one for inside. He made sure that there was no problem, before leaving.

"It is a bit uncomfortable to move into such a humble place at once," Liang Youshan said while sitting on the sofa and turning on the TV.

Guan Jiahe glanced at him. As far as he knew, Liang Youshan’s own home was not so good, and how long did he live there. "I think that the environment and conditions are okay. We shouldn’t have originally lived there in our circumstances, anyway. Now that we’ve moved out, I feel more at ease."

Liang Youshan's face grew slightly heavy; he felt that the other was mocking him. He couldn't help but say, "Since there are such good conditions, why shouldn’t one take the opportunity to enjoy it? Is it because we are not high-born that we should be ignorant? Those thoughts insult not only yourself, but also me."

"Of course, what belongs to oneself is another matter. If it doesn’t belong to oneself, then one shouldn’t have such self-esteem." In a comparison of eloquence, Guan Jiahe would not lose to him.

Liang Youshan was quite sure that he was talking about himself, but couldn't argue, only hating in his heart.

Wang Cheng did not know that the two had a conflict. After leaving, he went to the new store first, and then went to see Chu Yifeng.

Chu Yifeng had long instructed Zhang Yiheng to check the information of the New Territories and Dongwang Group. The information was soon before him, and Wang Cheng came to catch up with him just in time.

Why did Manager Zhao in the New Territories respect Sun Jian so much, even standing by his side when he ignored him? This information gave them the answer.

There was only one reason. Sun Jian was actually the biggest boss in the New Territories.

Although Manager Zhao was the person in charge of the New Territories, he did not know that Sun Jian was the boss of his boss. Because Sun Jian did not want to reveal that he was the owner of the bar for the time being, he could only push people he could trust into the light. Manager Zhao would protect Sun Jian because his boss once told him that if Sun Shao came to the bar, he should agree to everything unconditionally.

Wang Cheng originally only wanted to teach the New Territories a lesson, but after knowing this information, felt that this matter needed to be reconsidered.

"This Sun Jian occupies 60% of the New Territories, and his friends who were launched as shields own 5% and 35%?" Chu Yifeng turned to the second page of the information.

Wang Cheng picked up the information and glanced at it. The person who owned 35 percent did not have a small background. He was the son of a certain top leader in Shanhai City. In Shanhai, he was regarded as a pretty good second-generation official. Without this person as a backer, it would be difficult for the New Territories to open up.

"The second generation of the rich and the second generation of the government have joined forces. Is it not so easy to break New Territories?"

"That may not be so," Chu Yifeng said.

Wang Cheng raised an eyebrow. "How do you say?"

Chu Yifeng pointedly said, "Do you think that Sun Jian looks decent?"

"Of course not," Wang Cheng immediately denied. He had learned a little bit of face-reading from the old monk. Although he was not proficient, he was also a little bit familiar with it. From the physiognomy point of view, although Sun Jian's face had a rich and noble appearance, from the perspective of good and evil, Sun Jian’s eyebrows and eyes were very obvious and prominent. This was a face of arrogance and hardships, it would be difficult for him to achieve things. This meant that Sun Jian's wealth and riches were likely to be short-lived.

“This will be easy to do if he isn’t decent."

Wang Cheng wanted to say, you don't look decent, but you have a face of permanent wealth.

Sun Jian's opening a bar in private indicated that he was not a rich second-generation who could only spend his family's money. He was still likely to be an ambitious person. The second surveyed data illustrated this problem. His age aside, he had started to take over the affairs of the Dongwang Group as early as three years ago, and it was not until half a year ago that Chairman Sun handed over the gold department of Dongwang Group to him.

After having great power, Sun Jian made a bold move into the real estate industry. Although he had tasted the sweetness, 60% of the profits of the Dongwang Group still came from the hotel industry. It could be seen that although the hotel industry was divided with Jinding Hotel, their profit was still considerable.

Last year, it was rumored that Sun Jian was preparing to strike Jinding Hotel. The first two or three months had been quiet, until half a month ago, when some negative news about Jinding Hotel suddenly appeared in the newspaper. It then accumulated like a snowball. It was obvious that someone was operating in the dark behind the scenes, targeting Jinding Hotel. Dongwang Group was the most suspicious

Sun Jian’s move was obviously premeditated. In addition to engaging in women all these years, he had also met many second-generation officials in Shanhai City. The second-generation official with a strong background was the one with the highest status of the people he associated with. Regarding Jinding Hotel, it was certain that a figure must be behind it, helping him out.

Due to the negative news, Jinding Hotel was greatly affected, and its turnover in these days did drop significantly.

At the same time, two of the four-star Dongwang Hotels under the Dongwang Group were finally rated as five-star hotels. On the publicity report of that day, the turnover of Jinding Hotel almost completely went to Dongwang Hotel. The situation of Jinding Hotel was not optimistic. Now, the heads of Jinding Hotel were trying to find a way through this difficulty.

Zhang Wu’s father, Zhang Zhongming, had been troubled by this for many days. If he reported this incident to the headquarters, he might be criticized instead, so this matter could only be resolved by himself. However, after several meetings, none of them had come up with a useful solution.

"Dad." Zhang Wu came in suddenly without knocking on the door, his expression very excited. Zhang Zhongming was about to scold his manners, when he saw his son spread the newspaper in his hand in front of him. “Dad, look at this. What is it!"

Zhang Zhongming looked down and saw the eye-catching title on the headline of the newspaper. He was suddenly surprised. "What's going on?"

"I'm not quite sure. I saw it this morning, the news has already spread."

Zhang Wu said happily: "Dad, this is a good thing for us. Whether the Jinding Hotel can stand up again depends on this opportunity."

The content reported on the headline was that someone with an important position in Shanhai City had been taken away for investigation. This person was someone who usually had a close relationship with Sun Jian. Once they fell, Sun Jian would definitely be implicated. During this period of time, he showed great momentum with Dongwang Group. Now, it was time to fall back.

Zhang Zhongming immediately asked his subordinates to notify all the senior management of the hotel, and they hurriedly dressed to go out. The senior management already knew of the explosive news, and called earlier, asking of the situation.

This was only the first wave, and then someone began to target Dongwang Group.

For Dongwang Group to climb to this step, their foundation must not be clean. After Sun Jian took over the Dongwang Group, he used darker and more vague methods than his father. He handled things worse, such as tax evasion.

Dongwang Group had had tax evasion since Sun Jian's father came to power. It was even more thorough and obvious when Sun Jian was in power. Especially in recent years, since he had also expanded into the real estate business, the profit made from real estate by Dongwang Group was 30% to 40% of the total profit.

If one really wanted to calculate, the amount of tax evasion done by Dongwang Group was huge. Because the real name was reported, and Sun Jian had not received any news before it, he had been a bit arrogant. Now, he was arrested. The relevant department was already examining how much tax the Dongwang Group had evaded.

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T/N: Hello, readers. Sorry to say this, but I probably won’t be updating again (as if I’ve been updating) these next few days. I should completely resume as normal on Thursday or Friday. I wanted to update yesterday, but certain troubles have arisen and it will be hard to give that 2 hours a day for Jubo this week. Find another good webnovel to read in the meantime! Hope you enjoyed the extra long chapter.

PS: Earlier that segment of the ex-girlfriend though...just shows sexist societal standards on how its hot when a man has experience but unspeakable when a woman is not a virgin.

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