Chapter 65: The Lin Family's Revenge (Part 1)

  He had just hung up on Xu Tian's phone call and hadn't even had time to put his mobile back in his pocket when the phone rang again.

  Looking at the number displayed above, Tang Feng furrowed his brow and connected the call: "What's wrong?" He could clearly hear the commotion coming from the other end of the phone.

  "Boss, just now a large number of police rushed into Hei Se Man Toh and Fei Niao, without saying a word, they drove away all the customers. They said there was a safety hazard that required temporary closure for investigation." Guan Zhiyong said on the phone.

  "What about other places?" Tang Feng asked.

  "It's still unclear what's going on, but it's probably not getting any better."

  "Alright, I know. Tell the brothers below not to clash with them, let them seal it if they want to. Just consider it a holiday for the younger brothers. After everything is over, have all the people in charge return to the villa for a meeting." Tang Feng's voice was always very calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

  That night, many nocturnal tribes felt very bored. They found themselves with nowhere to go. The usual entertainment venues, KTVs, bars, and slow dance halls were inexplicably shut down by the police, who told them to go home and sleep. This was obviously impossible, so these people began gathering on the streets, discussing and speculating about what had happened.

  Some people with a keen sense of smell have even detected an unusual odor among them. These sealed entertainment venues are either under the Huaxing Society's umbrella or are places where the Huaxing Society is responsible for security. In short, they all have a connection to the Huaxing Society. Thinking back to how the entire Huaxing Society mobilized to search for Mayor Lin's son a few days ago and the rumors circulating online that Lin Fan was killed by the Huaxing Society, it seems like they've figured something out.

  At one o'clock in the morning, the hustle and bustle of the city gradually dispersed, and occasionally a police siren could be heard from the street. Tang Feng sat on the sofa, looking at his brother below and said, "Tell me about the situation."

  The people in charge all looked worried, and Guan Zhiyong sighed and said: "Boss, within 2 hours after I called you, we had a total of 26 entertainment venues shut down, and more than 60 entertainment venues that paid us protection fees were also shut down. Seeing that things were not going well, in order to avoid greater losses, I let the remaining unsealed venues close and suspend business. The estimated loss for tonight is around 2 million yuan."

  Nodding his head, Tang Feng asked again: "How about the younger brother below?"

  "The venue was sealed off, and those brothers had nowhere to go. I told them to temporarily return to their own homes for the time being, and be careful not to stir up any more trouble that would give others a handle to grab onto." Guan Zhiyong said with some helplessness.

  "Alright, it's the only thing we can do for now." Nodding his head, Tang Feng continued: "Left Hand, Right Hand, Stabbing Knife, Ghost Face, Old Horse, stay behind. Everyone else, go back. For the next few days, keep a close eye on things for me. Whoever dares to cause trouble for me at this critical moment will be going to see King Yama."

  After those responsible people left, Tang Feng took a sip of tea and said: "Let's discuss what we should do now."

  A few people looked at me, I looked at them, then Wang Sheng said: "Now this situation really has no good solution, in my opinion, directly go and take down that Lin Mayor and his superiors, this will definitely cause a stir in the entire XA, even if they suspect us, it's useless, at worst we can just sacrifice a few small brothers to take the fall."

  Tang Feng looked at Wang Sheng, shook his head and didn't say a word. Wang Sheng was still too impulsive, could the country be so easily deceived? Find a few scapegoats? If it were just some minor figure, that would be one thing. But this was a provincial party secretary and a big city's mayor, not to mention Xu Tian had told him that the Lin family had powerful backers upstairs.

  "With our current strength, it's obvious that we can't go head-to-head with the government. That would only lead to us dying faster. For now, it seems like we can only seek self-preservation through other means." After a pause, Guan Zhiyong continued, "Since our own strength is insufficient, then we must think of ways to utilize forces that are strong enough to counter the government's power in order to gain an opportunity for survival."

  "To be specific, I know you must have some ideas," Tang Feng asked, and the others also stared tightly at Guan Zhiyong, wanting to see what kind of clever plan this strategist could come up with.

  He smiled and said, "Now Mayor Lin only suspects that we killed his son, but he has no evidence. So I suggest letting Old Ma protest to the government in the name of the company tomorrow, asking for an explanation from the government. At the same time, let Xiao Di spread rumors outside saying that Huaxing Group was retaliated against by some high-ranking officials because they refused to bribe certain officials. Hehe, since they want to make a big deal out of this, we'll just add fuel to the fire and make it even bigger! After all, Chinese people love to gather around hot topics."

  Tang Feng's eyes lit up, and the military advisor was indeed a military advisor. The benefits of doing so were obvious. If things got out of hand, the government would not be able to control them, and they would naturally think of ways to suppress it. In order to suppress the incident, Mayor Lin would not take action against Huaxing Society for the time being. At least, without conclusive evidence, he would not take action against Huaxing Society, and at most, he would just resort to some small tricks. Nodding his head, Tang Feng said, "Stabbing Knife is right, since they want to make a big deal out of this, we'll help them make it bigger, the better. The more outrageous and bizarre it spreads outside, the better."

  The demon face seemed to understand what Tang Feng and Guan Zhiyong meant, nodded slightly and said faintly: "Leave the spread of rumors to me, I guarantee that tomorrow the whole XA city will know about this matter."

  The old horse also stood up and said: "I'll go to complain early tomorrow morning, hum, I want to see what they can say. Entertainment venues always have some problems, safety hazards can be checked, if he finds something we'll change it. Let's see how many days he can shut us down!"

  "By the way, Old Ma, your uncle is the deputy director, didn't he say anything to you?" Tang Feng was somewhat puzzled, logically speaking, Old Ma's uncle should have given him advance notice.

  The old horse sat back, waving his hand and said: "Ah, don't mention it. After the incident, I called him and he didn't even know about it. Later, after asking around, he called me back and said that this was a direct order from the mayor, personally executed by the director, saying that they were afraid of leaking action secrets so they didn't notify anyone."

  Tang Feng sneered but didn't say a word. Don't you know? Go cheat the ghost, as the second-in-command of the Public Security Bureau, how could he not know about such a big thing?

  "This, boss, I still don't get it, why make a big deal out of this? Making a big fuss won't do us any good." Xǔ Qiáng asked weakly, rubbing his head.

  Everyone rolled their eyes at Xu Qiang's belated realization, and Tang Feng stood up directly: "Alright, that's it for today. Everyone go rest, remember these next few days are crucial, keep your brothers in line, if any of the younger brothers from the halls cause trouble, I'll come find you hall masters to settle the score." After finishing speaking, he got up and headed towards the upstairs bedroom.

  "Hey, Xiao Zu, you'd better just focus on training those younger brothers of yours. You don't need to attend meetings like this one; just knowing the outcome is enough." With that, he left as well.

  In the end, only Xu Qiang and Wang Sheng were left in the living room. Xu Qiang looked at Wang Sheng with a sullen expression: "Do you understand?"

  Wang Sheng shook his head in confusion.

  "Why didn't you ask?" Xu Qiang asked.

  "Because I knew you would ask." Wang Sheng also left after saying that.

  Xu Qiang stood alone in the living room, scratching his head and unable to figure it out.