The entire Revival Mall was worth less than 3 million Human Currency. Even if Cheng Hong really seized Revival Mall through trickery and force, as real estate, it would only sell for a little over 2 million.
And he would have to split that with the others. In the end, there was no way less than 2 million would land in his own hands.
But now, a meeting gift...? 2 million in cash? With no need to share it with anyone?
Although Cheng Hong's annual income could reach ten million, he still had to funnel benefits upward. In the end, getting three or four million into his own pocket each year was already pretty good. And now, this was equivalent to more than half a year's income all at once!
He realized that he really could not make sense of the young man before him.
When Shen the Butcher saw this, he suddenly felt greatly relieved, though a trace of disappointment followed shortly afterward.
Just because he had gotten hold of some dirt, did Han Yang think he could completely control a ruthless old fox like Cheng Hong?
Dream on!
If it were really that easy, one of the many gangs in the Vegetable Market District would have kidnapped Cheng Hong long ago. How else would an old fox like Cheng Hong dare swagger around every day?
Who knew how many schemes such a man had turning in his mind? Even if the leverage forced him to lie low and endure for the moment, he would certainly be thinking at every moment about how to eliminate the threat. Given the chance, he would spare no effort in killing Han Yang.
And there was plenty of time ahead. Such an opportunity would definitely arise.
Shen the Butcher had seen through it, but he did not speak up to warn Han Yang. He had already decided that, when Cheng Hong turned on Han Yang, he would mobilize the Blue Army's strength to remove this hidden danger for him.
Even with their forces shrinking further under Earth Guard's crackdown, the Blue Army could easily deal with a nobody like a district Public Security Bureau supervisor.
Then Han Yang would both learn a lesson and grow from it, while laying the groundwork for truly joining the Blue Army.
Yet he had not expected Han Yang to make this move at this moment.
He was giving away 2 million Human Currency in cash just like that!
That meant Han Yang did not merely intend to use Cheng Hong as a pawn he could casually manipulate. He wanted both sides to work together for mutual benefit!
Personally killing Zhou Da'an was Cheng Hong's display of sincerity. This 2 million Human Currency in cash was Han Yang's display of sincerity.
Once both sides had shown their sincerity, there was a foundation for cooperation.
Through cooperating with Han Yang, Cheng Hong would benefit as well—and tremendously.
If that was the case, what reason did Cheng Hong have to refuse? What reason would he have to seek an opportunity to deal with Han Yang in the future?
Whoever you protected, you were still providing protection. Whoever's money you took, you were still taking money. So why couldn't it be mine? We had both shown our sincerity, after all.
Having understood Han Yang's methods, Shen the Butcher sighed softly. Cheng Hong, meanwhile, looked at Han Yang with a complicated expression.
Han Yang smiled faintly and looked straight into his eyes.
The resentment and venom in Cheng Hong's heart melted away like ice and snow at that moment.
"Boss Han, impressive tactics."
Cheng Hong sighed softly as he accepted Han Yang's suitcase. "Pleasure working with you."
This time, Cheng Hong meant it sincerely.
"It's getting late. Supervisor Cheng, get some rest early. I'll see you out."
"You're too polite, Boss Han. This is my phone number. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Both men wore broad smiles as they walked shoulder to shoulder out of the martial arts hall, appearing exceptionally close.
Cheng Hong's two bodyguards were released as well. Their faces were full of vigilance, their bodies taut with tension. But when they saw Cheng Hong and Han Yang emerge side by side, chatting and laughing, their guarded seriousness turned into confusion.
This... really made no sense.
After seeing them to the entrance and shaking hands in farewell, Han Yang said, "Dazhu, go see Supervisor Cheng and these two brothers off."
"Yes."
Zhang Dazhu drove Cheng Hong and the other two back to the street where they had stopped them earlier. By now, all the scattered bricks on both sides of the street had been cleared away. The sedan was still parked there intact.
The three got into the car, and the driver started it before slowly pulling away. Zhang Dazhu and the others bowed slightly behind them in respectful farewell.
"Boss, we..."
Only after they had gone some distance did one of the bodyguards look at Cheng Hong with fierce eyes.
Cheng Hong shook his head slightly. "From now on, be more respectful to Boss Han. Oh, and that man from earlier was Zhang Dazhu, right? You can try getting closer to him in the future."
After seeing Cheng Hong off, Han Yang looked at the sky and yawned.
"At last, I've got someone backing me. I won't have to worry about people coming to cause trouble anymore. All that exhaustion wasn't for nothing. Come on, time to sleep."
When Han Yang woke up, he was full of energy.
The moment he stepped out of the core area, Li Hu reported the latest news.
"Early this morning, the Public Security Bureau launched an overnight operation and wiped out the Iron Wolf Gang. All six core members of the Iron Wolf Gang were killed in the firefight. The official explanation is that the Iron Wolf Gang killed Public Security Officer Zhou Da'an..."
Han Yang smiled. "All right, got it."
He knew very well that this was not only Cheng Hong's display of sincerity, but also a warning to him.
But it did not matter. Cooperate with me, and you will only gain benefits, never losses.
Over the following days, the situation on Revival Streets One to Three around Fuxing Base became much more stable. Those gang members who had previously been itching to make a move all disappeared.
Was this a joke? Everyone had heard long ago that Zhou Da'an and the Iron Wolf Gang were going to join forces against Revival Group. Yet the Iron Wolf Gang killed Zhou Da'an, and Supervisor Cheng Hong destroyed the Iron Wolf Gang. Both forces were gone. The whole matter reeked of something strange, so who would dare act rashly?
"Finally, this is over. Finally, no one is provoking me. I can focus on designing my new-generation CPU."
Han Yang sighed and threw himself into his work once more.
By this point, with the help of the advisory team led by Professor Zhang Dong, Han Yang had completed the redesign of the new-generation CPU architecture and could begin manufacturing it.
With a thought, the industrial robot on the workbench immediately began moving its many mechanical arms beneath the blazing super-bright light source.
One transistor after another was precisely soldered onto the circuit board. Thin cables, fine as steel needles, connected accurately to their respective ports, forming circuit after circuit. The countless circuits combined to create one complex logical structure after another.
Watching the fast, accurate, efficient industrial robot, Han Yang felt deeply moved.
Buying this thing had truly been the right call.
If he had relied on manual work, it would have taken at least half a year to build this new-generation CPU, and errors would have been extremely likely. With the industrial robot, however, the time had been shortened to seven days, while the chance of errors had been greatly reduced.
Seven days later, the initial version was complete. Han Yang kept debugging it, making tiny adjustments, and fixing various bugs. A month later, this brand-new generation of CPU was finally completely finished.
After testing it, Han Yang saw that its computing power had reached 2.8 times that of the previous-generation CPU.
"Very good. Fuse!"
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