"Impossible! That Gu bastard is asking for the moon. Ten billion... has he gone money-crazy? Does he think everyone's afraid of him? That everyone has to hand over money just because he asks?"
The Guo brothers, Guo Guangxiang and Guo Guangjiang, went livid at Li Hengji's words.
If it were two billion, the Guo Family could grit their teeth and scrape it together.
For ten billion, they could only look to Hongji Real Estate.
Taking ten billion out of Hongji Real Estate would cost the company and the Guo Family far more than ten billion.
Leaving everything else aside, whoever handled it would practically be planting a time bomb beneath their own feet. Sooner or later, they would end up in prison.
"Uncle Four, even the Governor's word can't keep him in line? Is he really afraid of nothing?" Guo Guangxiang couldn't help asking.
"If it could, things wouldn't have reached this point. The man is brutal and utterly lawless," Li Hengji said with a sigh.
"Then contact the other families and pressure him together. They all understand that if we fall, they'll be next. Today it's our Guo Family; tomorrow it'll be them! I don't believe he can withstand every family coming forward! Can he really make enemies of everyone?" Guo Guangjiang said.
"Leaving aside whether you can pressure him, even if he agrees on the surface, once his footing is secure, he'll find a chance to kill you both. Do you want your money or your lives?"
Li Hengji shook his head as he spoke.
He saw things more clearly.
Once you made an enemy of Gu Sheng, there were only two choices.
Pay to avert disaster, or find a way to kill him. There was no other path.
"It's only been a year since he rose to