Buying Your Enemy's Life with Your Enemy's Money
"You want to kill me? Fine, kill me and then I'll go see Mother myself and see if she'll give him a share of the Zhang Family business." After Zhang Yujie A-Yin reading, Zhang Yujie said, "Woman, Yulin, Wei Jiafei, you guys go out. Yuqi and A Feng stay."
Zhang Yulin, along with Wei Jiafei, A-Yin, and Alice who had put away the statement, obediently left, leaving only Zhang Yujie, Cai Jianxiong, Zhang Yuqi, and Ding Jiafeng in the room.
Zhang Yujie looked at Ding Jiafeng: "Find Lao Si within two weeks and take care of him. I don't want to see him in court."
"I know, I'll arrange for people to find out where Young Master Liang is hiding right away," Ding Jiafeng said.
After instructing Ding Jiafeng, Zhang Yujie turned to Zhang Yuqi and solemnly instructed him, "For the next two weeks, you don't need to expand the business. Just secure the agency rights. As for the rest of the troublemakers, I'll deal with them when I get out."
Zhang Yuqi nodded vigorously. "Don't worry, big brother, the agency rights will definitely be fine, I swear."
"What's the use of swearing an oath? You're smart, and you've contributed a lot to getting the family business on track. It's just that you're lacking in character. I'm getting old, and the Zhang Family business will have to rely on you more in the future. Keep your mind to it," Zhang Yujie said.
Zhang Yuqi nodded silently.
"Let's go. Consider this time inside a vacation." Zhang Yujie waved to Zhang Yuqi, then called out towards the door, "Take me back to my cell. I want to sleep."
Lee Jusheng, accompanied by several police officers, immediately entered and led Zhang Yujie and Cai Jianxiong towards the detention cell.
Ding Jiafeng looked at Zhang Yuqi: "Young Master Qi, what about Young Master Liang?"
"My brother said to do it this way, and to do it carefully," Zhang Yuqi sighed and said to Ding Jiafeng.
Ding Jiafeng nodded calmly. "I know."
After leaving the Police Headquarters, Zhang Yuqi planned to have his third brother Zhang Yulin, ride back to the hotel with him, but Zhang Yulin declined, saying that he still had a drinking session with Feng Yichang to finish.
After everyone else left, Zhang Yulin wiped the light sweat from his forehead, drove to another hotel where he usually stayed, and checked into a room. Only after locking the living room door did Zhang Yulin finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.
The Zhang Family was in chaos. Although he hadn't heard Zhang Yujie speak with his own ears, he wasn't an idiot. He could sense Zhang Yujie's murderous intent towards Zhang Yuliang. The methods Zhang Yuliang had used to overthrow the Zhang Family had already made Zhang Yulin somewhat alarmed. Now, his eldest brother and fourth brother were even more bloodthirsty, fighting bare-chested, determined to kill their opponent completely before they could feel at ease.
He didn't know what exactly was wrong in his family. His eldest brother, his second brother, himself, and Zhang Yuliang all seemed to have no deep-seated hatred for each other.
Zhang Yulin couldn't foresee the future, but he knew the Zhang Family was about to descend into chaos. His eldest brother, Zhang Yujie's old-fashioned patriarchal style could keep his second brother and himself in check, but it couldn't control his fourth brother, who had seen the world abroad. If there was a first, there would be a second; perhaps it would be him, or perhaps his second brother, Zhang Yuqi, would harbor resentment towards his eldest brother, Zhang Yujie, once again. After what happened with the fourth brother, wouldn't his eldest brother be wary of both of them? And if his eldest brother really killed the fourth brother, could he and his second brother still live peacefully in the same house as their eldest brother, as before?
Zhang Yulin lacked the ruthlessness and domineering nature of his eldest brother Zhang Yujie, the intelligence of his second brother Zhang Yuqi, and the vicious methods of Zhang Yuliang. He only wanted to stay away from the bloody struggles within the Zhang Family and protect himself. After much thought, he could only come up with one way to escape: find a wealthy young lady he knew to be his girlfriend, resign from the Zhang Family business, change his environment, work for his future in-laws, or start his own business, so that the Zhang Family business would no longer be related to him.
He himself wasn't sure if doing this would truly free him from the Zhang Family, which had descended into a deadly situation of fratricide and bloodshed.
Chapter 173 Using the opponent's money to buy the opponent's life
At three o'clock in the morning, the fire in the Customs warehouse at the dock had long been extinguished by the belated firefighters, and both sides of the brawl had dispersed, leaving only a mess.
A 20-meter-long, 150-horsepower Diesel Engine boat, disguised as a fishing boat, was moored not far from the small dock. Lei Yingdong and Song Tianyao stood on the shore, smoking cigarettes, watching as the trusted members of Chao Yong Yi and Chan Ah-sap, along with Lei Yingdong's crew, quickly transported medicine onto the boat in sampans.
"Two hundred boxes of Penicillin, three hundred boxes of PAS Lung Tablets —the whole thing isn't even settled yet, and you dare to sell me all that?" Lei Yingdong glanced at Song Tianyao standing beside him against the wind, and said with a hint of admiration, "I'm doing these businesses because my mother forced me to. She wouldn't partner with me in business, she didn't trust me, she thought I was reckless and unreliable. You risk your life doing these things, for what? Just a secretary? Are you willing to risk your life for your boss?"
"Why doesn't your mother trust you?" Song Tianyao didn't answer Lei Yingdong's question, but looked at Lei Yingdong and asked curiously in return.
Lei Yingdong rolled his eyes. "None of your business?"
Soon, however, he began to tell Song Tianyao about his past, with a cigarette between his fingers. He lost his father at the age of seven, and his mother raised three children alone. Hardship had forged this woman into someone as resilient as a man. She took over the small boat left by her husband and, gritting her teeth, sailed alone to negotiate with coal cargo ships anchored in the open sea to secure coal transport jobs. After receiving the jobs, she would distribute them to various small sampan owners, who would then transport the goods to the cargo hold on shore. She would earn a meager commission in return. The business that Lei's mother did was even given a name by the cargo owners: coal transport broker. Because of her fair fees, many cargo owners and sampan owners were willing to cooperate with her. By the time Lei Yingdong was attending Queen's College and needed to pay Hong Kong dollars 10 a month for tuition, Lei's mother was already able to partner with other ship owners to buy a small steamer to run a transport business, and her family was no longer considered poor.
Even during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, when the Lei family's cargo ship was forcibly requisitioned by the Japan, Lei's mother still managed to find ways to partner with others to open a grocery store to support the family. It can be said that Lei Yingdong was able to graduate from Queen's College without any problems thanks to his mother, who was no less capable than any man.