Chapter 21: Settling the Scores
The word “Fumanlou (Fortune Inn)" is filled with Chinese cultural connotations, and in fact, it was one of the industries under the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce. It has four floors, and the decoration inside and outside the building was mainly red and yellow, making it look like a royal dining room.
The business model of Fortune Inn is aimed at the mass market, with affordable dishes and mostly customers from the middle and lower classes. Therefore, the flow of people coming and going was quite mixed, and fights and brawls often occur when people drink too much. In addition, backed by the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce, if there was any conflict, the famous people in the Jianghu of Zhanan District like to find people from Changqing Company or Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce to mediate and negotiate here, which was called "counting the numbers on the abacus."
Therefore, in such a place, coupled with the recent relationship between Su, Liu, Bai, Kong, and Changqing Company, it was obvious that there will be some sparks colliding on this night.
—---
In the largest "Four Seas" private room on the fourth floor of Fortune Inn, Li Hongze, Lu Feng, and six or seven key members of Changqing Company are all sitting in the sofa area on the south side.
After Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui and their party came in, the five children of their families they brought along all sat at the dining table and waited, looking very well-behaved. Then the main negotiators such as Su Tianyu came to sit on the sofa area on the north side of the room.
The "Four Seas" private room was as large as 160-170 square meters, and the space was very large. Li Hongze and the others are sitting facing south and occupying the east side, making them appear somewhat imposing.
After both sides were seated, the elder Liu Laoer appeared very restrained and said to Li Hongze, "Boss Li, if our families were not forced to this point, we would definitely not have initiated this. The bumps and bruises before were all reluctant measures. Please forgive us."
Liu Laoer is a typical middle-aged person with a reserved personality. As he has grown older, his passion has been depleted by time, his urine was divided and yellow, and he has neither the ambition to develop nor the courage to compete with anyone for life and death. Maintaining the status quo is the best result for him.
Li Hongze listened to Liu Laoer's words, relaxed his posture and waved his hand, saying with a smile, "Let's not mention the polite words. Now that everyone is here, let's talk about the real issue."
"Sure," Liu Laoer nodded politely.
Since Director Wang has greeted us, we must now watch his mood and stop at an appropriate time," said Li Hongze, crossing his legs and speaking in a calm tone. "We'll release the people on our side, and all the bumps and bruises from before will end with Lu Feng's brothers being arrested. In the future, when the Zhanan District's dirty gang starts working, we won't interfere with each other and will each manage our own businesses to maintain prosperity together."
When Liu Laoer heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately wanted to nod in agreement with Li Hongze.
"... Mr. Li, I'm afraid that won't do," Su Tianyu interjected before Liu Lao Er could respond.
Li Hongze turned his head to look at Su Tianyu, silent but with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Both sides take a step back, loosen our grips, and that's no problem," Su Tianyu said in the same calm tone. "However, the bumps and bruises in between can't be glossed over in just one sentence."
"If we can't gloss over it, what do you suggest then?" asked the middle-aged man beside Li Hongze with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Pay us money. I won't even mention the cost of the strike; that's just the price we pay in the confrontation," Su Tianyu said, looking directly at the other party. "But two workers were seriously injured, my Su family's garbage dump was smashed and burned, and my second brother was shot. Isn't that a real loss? This goes beyond just a struggle, right? Mr. Li, you can't just brush it off with a few words like 'bumps and bruises,' can you?"
The room fell silent as Lu Feng lowered his head and fiddled with the tea set on the table, not saying a word.
"Heh heh, how much money do you want us to pay?" Li Hongze asked with a smile.
"Six hundred thousand," Su Tianyu hadn't even spoken yet, but Kong Zhenghui, who had been silent all along, named the price.
"Six hundred thousand, do you think I'll give it to you? Will you even know how to spend it?" The burly man next to Li Hongze stood up directly. "We're willing to talk to you because of Wang Daolin and Yu Jinrong's faces. Do you understand? And you still want to push us around?!"
Kong Zhenghui didn't even look at the other party, just said to Li Hongze, "I spent almost two hundred thousand finding media, and now that we're finally willing to talk, shouldn't you also report the money to me?"
Li Hongze was silent for a while and did not refute.
Kong Zhenghui stared straight at the other party, feeling very confident in his heart because he thought that Li Hongze could no longer withstand the pressure and must make a compromise as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they continue to cause trouble, the cases involving the floral shirt will drag in Lu Feng, and the shooting case would be sensationalized by Wang Daolin and become a major case for the police station. Regardless of the punishment that the Changqing Company would eventually face, they would definitely be labeled as an evil gang by the public. And this was absolutely unacceptable for Zheng Fu'an, who supported them.
As for the media, Li Hongze currently did not have the ability to suppress all public opinion. Now that the floral shirt has been caught, the evidence was conclusive. If Kong Zhenghui used the incident of injuring workers and smashing and burning Su's warehouse as a point of contention, then Li Xing would also feel uncomfortable. Because the cause of this incident was that the heads of four companies were arrested by the anti-smuggling department, so he would naturally be implicated.
Li Hongze still had a card in his hand, that is, the heads of the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong families have not been released yet, and he could use this to threaten them.
But was there really cost-effectiveness in continuing to cause trouble and making things bigger for the sake of 600,000 yuan in compensation?
Li Hongze was annoyed in his heart, but his mind was very clear. His expression remained unchanged, and he nodded with a smile, "Just 600,000 in cash, right?"
"Yes, just 600,000," Su Tianyu nodded in response.
"Okay, that's settled then," Li Hongze stood up directly and looked at Lu Feng expressionlessly, "You messed up the matter, so you can figure out how to compensate."
Lu Feng nodded without saying a word.
"Okay, you guys can sit down," Li Hongze waved to the four families and left the private room with three men.
In the quiet room, Lu Feng squinted at the people in front of him and whispered, "Get the finance department to transfer the 600,000 right away."
"Okay," the person next to Lu Feng also walked out.
Lu Feng lit a cigarette and glanced at Su Tianyu. The negative emotions in his heart had already reached the top of his head.
About ten minutes later, the finance department of the Changqing Company walked in from the office next to Fortune Inn, carrying two plastic bags.
"Is it ready?" Lu Feng asked.
"It's ready," the finance department nodded.
Lu Feng pointed to the money bag and said while smoking his cigarette, "Take it."
On the sofa on the north side, Liu Laoer watched as Lu Feng's forehead started to sweat, and Bai Hongbo could feel his balls trembling in the tense atmosphere of the room.
Su Tianyu and Kong Zhenghui exchanged a glance, then stood up and grabbed their money bags, both saying in unison, "Thank you, Mr. Li."
"Let's go!" Su Tianbei shouted.
"Bang!"
As soon as the words fell, the ferocious man who had been sitting to the left of Li Hongze rushed in with a machete, pointing at the four people and cursing, "You dare to take it when I give it to you?!"
"Brother, don't be impulsive. There are police officers downstairs," Bai Hongbo said kindly after standing up.
The strong man replied sharply upon hearing this, "I know there are police officers. If I cut you down now, I'll throw the knife and submit to the law downstairs. I'll just go to jail, won't I? I've already accepted that I'll spend five years there. Now, chop them up! Don't touch the money, just throw it down with them after I'm done with them!"
Su Tianyu put down the money bag, picked up the floor lamp next to the sofa with one hand, and took two steps towards Lu Feng, saying, "I see you hanging your head like a dog, do you have a problem with this? F*ck you, we're on your turf today, and I'll beat you up!"
"Bang!"
The over-one-meter-long floor lamp was smashed directly toward Lu Feng. He quickly jumped up, raised his arm to block it, and the fight officially began.
Chapter 21: Settling the Scores
The word “Fumanlou (Fortune Inn)" is filled with Chinese cultural connotations, and in fact, it was one of the industries under the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce. It has four floors, and the decoration inside and outside the building was mainly red and yellow, making it look like a royal dining room.
The business model of Fortune Inn is aimed at the mass market, with affordable dishes and mostly customers from the middle and lower classes. Therefore, the flow of people coming and going was quite mixed, and fights and brawls often occur when people drink too much. In addition, backed by the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce, if there was any conflict, the famous people in the Jianghu of Zhanan District like to find people from Changqing Company or Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce to mediate and negotiate here, which was called "counting the numbers on the abacus."
Therefore, in such a place, coupled with the recent relationship between Su, Liu, Bai, Kong, and Changqing Company, it was obvious that there will be some sparks colliding on this night.
—---
In the largest "Four Seas" private room on the fourth floor of Fortune Inn, Li Hongze, Lu Feng, and six or seven key members of Changqing Company are all sitting in the sofa area on the south side.
After Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui and their party came in, the five children of their families they brought along all sat at the dining table and waited, looking very well-behaved. Then the main negotiators such as Su Tianyu came to sit on the sofa area on the north side of the room.
The "Four Seas" private room was as large as 160-170 square meters, and the space was very large. Li Hongze and the others are sitting facing south and occupying the east side, making them appear somewhat imposing.
After both sides were seated, the elder Liu Laoer appeared very restrained and said to Li Hongze, "Boss Li, if our families were not forced to this point, we would definitely not have initiated this. The bumps and bruises before were all reluctant measures. Please forgive us."
Liu Laoer is a typical middle-aged person with a reserved personality. As he has grown older, his passion has been depleted by time, his urine was divided and yellow, and he has neither the ambition to develop nor the courage to compete with anyone for life and death. Maintaining the status quo is the best result for him.
Li Hongze listened to Liu Laoer's words, relaxed his posture and waved his hand, saying with a smile, "Let's not mention the polite words. Now that everyone is here, let's talk about the real issue."
"Sure," Liu Laoer nodded politely.
Since Director Wang has greeted us, we must now watch his mood and stop at an appropriate time," said Li Hongze, crossing his legs and speaking in a calm tone. "We'll release the people on our side, and all the bumps and bruises from before will end with Lu Feng's brothers being arrested. In the future, when the Zhanan District's dirty gang starts working, we won't interfere with each other and will each manage our own businesses to maintain prosperity together."
When Liu Laoer heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately wanted to nod in agreement with Li Hongze.
"... Mr. Li, I'm afraid that won't do," Su Tianyu interjected before Liu Lao Er could respond.
Li Hongze turned his head to look at Su Tianyu, silent but with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Both sides take a step back, loosen our grips, and that's no problem," Su Tianyu said in the same calm tone. "However, the bumps and bruises in between can't be glossed over in just one sentence."
"If we can't gloss over it, what do you suggest then?" asked the middle-aged man beside Li Hongze with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Pay us money. I won't even mention the cost of the strike; that's just the price we pay in the confrontation," Su Tianyu said, looking directly at the other party. "But two workers were seriously injured, my Su family's garbage dump was smashed and burned, and my second brother was shot. Isn't that a real loss? This goes beyond just a struggle, right? Mr. Li, you can't just brush it off with a few words like 'bumps and bruises,' can you?"
The room fell silent as Lu Feng lowered his head and fiddled with the tea set on the table, not saying a word.
"Heh heh, how much money do you want us to pay?" Li Hongze asked with a smile.
"Six hundred thousand," Su Tianyu hadn't even spoken yet, but Kong Zhenghui, who had been silent all along, named the price.
"Six hundred thousand, do you think I'll give it to you? Will you even know how to spend it?" The burly man next to Li Hongze stood up directly. "We're willing to talk to you because of Wang Daolin and Yu Jinrong's faces. Do you understand? And you still want to push us around?!"
Kong Zhenghui didn't even look at the other party, just said to Li Hongze, "I spent almost two hundred thousand finding media, and now that we're finally willing to talk, shouldn't you also report the money to me?"
Li Hongze was silent for a while and did not refute.
Kong Zhenghui stared straight at the other party, feeling very confident in his heart because he thought that Li Hongze could no longer withstand the pressure and must make a compromise as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they continue to cause trouble, the cases involving the floral shirt will drag in Lu Feng, and the shooting case would be sensationalized by Wang Daolin and become a major case for the police station. Regardless of the punishment that the Changqing Company would eventually face, they would definitely be labeled as an evil gang by the public. And this was absolutely unacceptable for Zheng Fu'an, who supported them.
As for the media, Li Hongze currently did not have the ability to suppress all public opinion. Now that the floral shirt has been caught, the evidence was conclusive. If Kong Zhenghui used the incident of injuring workers and smashing and burning Su's warehouse as a point of contention, then Li Xing would also feel uncomfortable. Because the cause of this incident was that the heads of four companies were arrested by the anti-smuggling department, so he would naturally be implicated.
Li Hongze still had a card in his hand, that is, the heads of the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong families have not been released yet, and he could use this to threaten them.
But was there really cost-effectiveness in continuing to cause trouble and making things bigger for the sake of 600,000 yuan in compensation?
Li Hongze was annoyed in his heart, but his mind was very clear. His expression remained unchanged, and he nodded with a smile, "Just 600,000 in cash, right?"
"Yes, just 600,000," Su Tianyu nodded in response.
"Okay, that's settled then," Li Hongze stood up directly and looked at Lu Feng expressionlessly, "You messed up the matter, so you can figure out how to compensate."
Lu Feng nodded without saying a word.
"Okay, you guys can sit down," Li Hongze waved to the four families and left the private room with three men.
In the quiet room, Lu Feng squinted at the people in front of him and whispered, "Get the finance department to transfer the 600,000 right away."
"Okay," the person next to Lu Feng also walked out.
Lu Feng lit a cigarette and glanced at Su Tianyu. The negative emotions in his heart had already reached the top of his head.
About ten minutes later, the finance department of the Changqing Company walked in from the office next to Fortune Inn, carrying two plastic bags.
"Is it ready?" Lu Feng asked.
"It's ready," the finance department nodded.
Lu Feng pointed to the money bag and said while smoking his cigarette, "Take it."
On the sofa on the north side, Liu Laoer watched as Lu Feng's forehead started to sweat, and Bai Hongbo could feel his balls trembling in the tense atmosphere of the room.
Su Tianyu and Kong Zhenghui exchanged a glance, then stood up and grabbed their money bags, both saying in unison, "Thank you, Mr. Li."
"Let's go!" Su Tianbei shouted.
"Bang!"
As soon as the words fell, the ferocious man who had been sitting to the left of Li Hongze rushed in with a machete, pointing at the four people and cursing, "You dare to take it when I give it to you?!"
"Brother, don't be impulsive. There are police officers downstairs," Bai Hongbo said kindly after standing up.
The strong man replied sharply upon hearing this, "I know there are police officers. If I cut you down now, I'll throw the knife and submit to the law downstairs. I'll just go to jail, won't I? I've already accepted that I'll spend five years there. Now, chop them up! Don't touch the money, just throw it down with them after I'm done with them!"
Su Tianyu put down the money bag, picked up the floor lamp next to the sofa with one hand, and took two steps towards Lu Feng, saying, "I see you hanging your head like a dog, do you have a problem with this? F*ck you, we're on your turf today, and I'll beat you up!"
"Bang!"
The over-one-meter-long floor lamp was smashed directly toward Lu Feng. He quickly jumped up, raised his arm to block it, and the fight officially began.
