Old City, Tai'an Teahouse.
"Long Si was arrested at the Four Seas Restaurant this morning. His adviser and a number of his subordinates were taken away by the Security Department along with him."
"I also heard that the Security Department charged Long Si with multiple offenses. Judging by the looks of things, Long Si has fallen into the Yellow River and won't be able to wash himself clean. He probably won't be coming back."
Zhao Huaian listened to the general manager's report, his spirits soaring. He felt that after waking up today, the whole world had changed.
Everything was developing in a positive direction.
"By the way, Boss."
The general manager, dressed in a gray suit, poured Zhao Huaian a cup of fragrant tea. "Our procurement office building was attacked last night. Manager Chen and the security guards were scared out of their wits. They said something about corpses."
"Corpses?" Zhao Huaian frowned. "What corpses? How sinister."
The general manager sat down and smiled. "I think Manager Chen and the others must have been badly frightened. My guess is that Long Si was behind it."
"Other than the downstairs door being smashed, though, we didn't suffer much damage. Besides, the Security Department came by this morning to inform us that they would follow up on the matter and told us not to spread it around."
"It was precisely because the Security Department came to inform us that I guessed last night's incident was Long Si's doing."
Zhao Huaian took a small sip of tea and nodded. "As long as nothing happened, that's fine. Now that Long Si is behind bars, we can take the opportunity to expand our influence in the Old City and try to absorb the market Long Si left vacant during this period."
"However..."
Zhao Huaian frowned.