Chapter 120: One Hundred Million in Security Funds

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The moment Chen Yang finished speaking his thoughts, Lin Qianyao cursed angrily, “That Xu Tianmeng really deserves to die.”

“After what happened, I’m afraid Xu Tianmeng and I are now enemies. If I don’t bring him down this time, I probably won’t be able to do business in Jiangdong Province anymore.” Chen Yang turned to Lin Qianyao.

Lin Qianyao had no idea how to deal with Xu Tianmeng, but he was willing to follow Chen Yang. Lowering his head, he said earnestly, “President Chen, I’ll work with you from now on.”

“Of course you will. I still want you to watch how I bring Xu Tianmeng down.” Chen Yang smiled faintly.

Lin Qianyao nodded, but soon a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

What confused him was where Chen Yang got the confidence to believe that he could certainly bring Xu Tianmeng down.

Confidence was naturally a good thing, but Lin Qianyao simply could not understand where Chen Yang’s confidence came from.

Regardless, Lin Qianyao had already made up his mind. He would follow Chen Yang no matter whether they won or lost. He would stand with Chen Yang to the end.

Just as Lin Qianyao was thinking this, Chen Yang suddenly turned to Li Zhengdong and asked, “Director Li, my martial arts school is in urgent need of staff. Would you like to stay and work for me?”

Li Zhengdong gave a wry smile. “President Chen, I’m getting old. The reason I sold the martial arts school was precisely because I had to consider my age.”

“Director Li, it seems you plan to retire with the money I gave you, don’t you? Don’t you want to follow me and accomplish something great?” Chen Yang asked with a faint smile.

Li Zhengdong smiled awkwardly. “I’m sorry, President Chen.”

“It’s all right. I’ve never liked forcing people to do things. As they say, a melon plucked by force isn’t sweet. It doesn’t matter.” Chen Yang spoke to Li Zhengdong in a relaxed tone.

Li Zhengdong sighed awkwardly. In truth, he felt somewhat ashamed and thought his vision was too narrow. But he had sold the martial arts school in order to retire, so he did not want to work for any organization anymore.

As for Chen Yang, he felt that he had misjudged Li Zhengdong. The man’s outlook really was too limited, and Chen Yang was actually relieved that Li Zhengdong had refused to stay on as the school’s director.

If someone with such a narrow outlook became the head of the martial arts school, Chen Yang would dismiss him sooner or later anyway.

What Chen Yang wanted were people who shared his ideals, remained loyal, and aspired to accomplish something great. Those were the kind of people he liked. Of course, he also believed he would find them eventually.

With that thought, Chen Yang said calmly to Li Zhengdong, “Since you want to retire with the money, move all your belongings out of the martial arts school. From now on, everything here is under my authority.”

“I understand, I understand.”

Li Zhengdong nodded hurriedly. He knew perfectly well that since Chen Yang had paid eight million, Chen Yang naturally had the final say over the martial arts school from then on.

“I’ll move everything out later,” Li Zhengdong said seriously.

Chen Yang smiled faintly and said nothing more. He then turned to the other two instructors and said, “In any case, my martial arts school is in urgent need of talented people. In a few days, I’ll hold a general recruitment drive. Anyone interested is welcome to come.”

“All right, all right.”

The two instructors nodded repeatedly, their smiles as courteous as could be.

Chen Yang smiled slightly, then said to Lin Qianyao, “President Lin, let’s go back.”

“All right,” Lin Qianyao replied.

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Chen Yang and Lin Qianyao got into the car. Lin Qianyao drove for a while before suddenly turning to Chen Yang and asking seriously, “President Chen, have you come up with a plan for dealing with Xu Tianmeng?”

“I have. You’ll know tomorrow,” Chen Yang replied calmly.

“You have a plan?” Lin Qianyao’s eyes lit up with delight. He had never expected that Chen Yang would already have a strategy for dealing with Xu Tianmeng.

“Excellent, excellent.” Lin Qianyao chuckled, then devoted himself to driving again, a satisfied smile on his face.

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

Early the next morning, Huading Group suddenly made a high-profile announcement to the public: The chairman had once again injected two billion into the group, which would be used for its real estate business. In the future, Huading Group would cooperate with more outstanding partners so that everyone could make money together.

One detail in the announcement was especially eye-catching: one hundred million of the two billion would be set aside specifically for the group’s security operations.

When the major businessmen in Dongjiang City’s commercial circle heard the news, they were all stunned.

What was Huading Group planning to do? One hundred million dedicated solely to security? No company had ever done anything like this before.

It was truly an astonishing display of wealth. If the company were not immensely rich, what firm would spend one hundred million purely on security?

The mastermind behind all of this was, naturally, none other than Chen Yang.

The two billion had come from Chen Yang, and the decision to allocate one hundred million of it to security had also been his.

Chen Yang was doing this because he had become serious. He intended to have a proper confrontation with Xu Tianmeng.

At the same time, Chen Yang posted an announcement online stating that the martial arts school was recruiting talented people from all over the country, and that all expenses incurred by those hired would be covered by the one hundred million security fund.

This caused another uproar throughout Dongjiang City’s business community.

Meanwhile, Xu Tianmeng had naturally heard about each of Huading Group’s moves. He also understood perfectly well that everything Huading Group was doing was aimed at him.

This made Xu Tianmeng somewhat uneasy. Setting aside one hundred million as a security fund was an extraordinary move.

Moreover, the chairman of Huading Group had actually purchased a martial arts school and was recruiting talented people from everywhere. Clearly, he intended to build his own power base.

That left Xu Tianmeng deeply unsettled.

At ten in the morning, Gao Song, who had also heard about Huading Group’s two-billion investment, stormed into Xu Tianmeng’s office in displeasure and asked with a frown, “Brother Meng, have you heard about Huading Group’s two billion?”

Xu Tianmeng raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Gao Song before replying calmly, “I’ve heard.”

Gao Song knitted his brows and said angrily, “Brother Meng, that bastard Lin Qianyao can find two billion for his group, yet he still refuses to repay the one billion he owes you and me.”

“What exactly are you suggesting?” Xu Tianmeng asked evenly.

Gao Song answered seriously, “Brother Meng, I don’t think we can delay this any longer. We have to teach that Lin fellow and the chairman surnamed Chen a lesson.”

Xu Tianmeng smiled faintly. Then he straightened his back and said calmly, “Everything Huading Group is doing now is aimed at me.”

“Exactly.” Gao Song’s expression turned cold. “I heard that the man surnamed Chen has even set aside one hundred million for security.”

The faint smile remained at the corners of Xu Tianmeng’s mouth. “It’s all aimed at me.”

Gao Song narrowed his eyes. “Brother Meng, just give the order. If there are things you find inconvenient to do, let me handle them.”

“Come here.” Xu Tianmeng suddenly looked at Gao Song.

Gao Song was startled, then immediately understood what Xu Tianmeng meant. Apparently, Xu Tianmeng had something to entrust to him. Gao Song hurried over, lowered his head, and asked softly, “Brother Meng, what is it?”

“Here’s what you do…” Xu Tianmeng leaned toward Gao Song’s ear and began whispering.

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Early the next morning, as soon as the martial arts school’s employees arrived at the entrance, they saw that the red wooden doors had been splashed with foul-smelling blood.

The white walls were covered with more than a dozen blood-red inscriptions of the word “death.” On the steps outside the entrance lay heaps of animal carcasses—chickens, pigs, and even snakes.

The employee was utterly terrified by the sight. Then his stomach lurched, and he hurriedly pulled out his phone and called Chen Yang.

Half an hour later, Chen Yang arrived at the entrance of the martial arts school and naturally saw the entire gruesome scene.

The employee was a young man of twenty-five. Under the immense pressure, he said anxiously to Chen Yang, “President Chen, I’m sorry. I have some family matters to deal with, so I can’t keep working here.”

“Oh, if there’s something going on at home, then go take care of it,” Chen Yang said casually.

“All right, all right.”

The young man nodded hurriedly, then turned and left.

Chen Yang watched his retreating back and narrowed his eyes.

The young man had merely been frightened away. How could Chen Yang not know that?

But Chen Yang did not blame him. It was only human nature. Anyone else might have fled in terror as well.

Then Chen Yang stood there, wondering who could have done this.

Before long, a name surfaced in his mind: Xu Tianmeng. There was no mistake—it had to be Xu Tianmeng.

An act as vile as scattering animal carcasses at the entrance was something only a notorious thug like Xu Tianmeng could do.

At the thought, a cold smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of Chen Yang’s mouth. He muttered to himself, “You really walked right into my hands, Xu Tianmeng. I was just worrying about how to spend the one hundred million security fund. Now you’ve given me the perfect excuse.”

“Good. Very good. This is getting interesting…”

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