Chapter 8: The Final Battle (Part 1)

  Jiao Rongsen led Gao Ren and several capable subordinates to Hong Kong, his vanguard troops had already arranged the necessary preparations, and as soon as they got off the plane, they rushed to their residence. The next day, Jiao Rongsen convened an important meeting with his subordinates who undertook tasks in the revenge plan, he wanted to personally summarize all intelligence and personally deploy the strategic battle of revenge.

  Looking down from the villa on the hillside, high-rise buildings are densely packed, and several iconic buildings are in sight. The subordinates were sitting upright and waiting for Jiao Sen's summons on the first floor of the villa, they knew their boss's serious expression, and the imagined scene of inquiry was about to arrive, and they were also waiting in awe for further instructions from their boss.

  He sat silently on the sofa in the living room on the second floor, wearing a black silk long shirt, puffing on a Cuban cigar worth $400 each, and called them up one by one to ask about the progress of their respective tasks. The more he listened, the darker his face became. Gao Ren wore a pair of dark brown glasses and sat in a long shirt attire below him, sizing up these hired laborers who were reporting on the situation. Behind the sofa sat a beautiful woman responsible for taking notes.

  Jiao Rong Sen endured his temper and listened to the last report from his subordinate, waving his hand for him to continue waiting downstairs. He turned back to Gao Ren and asked: "In this situation now, how confident are you?"

  The old man twirled his whiskers, narrowed his eyes, and counted on his fingers, his lips opening and closing repeatedly. After a long while, he said: "Can water drown a tree without roots? Can this axe chop wood and yet give birth to fire? All directions are not feared, only beware of the backstabbing qi."

  "What's going on? Is it out of control? What are the risks?"

  Gao Ren was somewhat dissatisfied with Jiao Ying's inquiry, and his tone was slightly reproachful: "You're the one in charge, you're the leader, how can you be so impatient? The enemy is clear, we are hidden, we've just lost some advantage! According to the divination, there might be a problem at the end, but this divination was made based on the time when you asked me the question, I still need to consider it carefully."

  Jiao Sen was made to lose face by Gao Ren's words, and he fiercely puffed on his cigar, throwing it to the ground and stomping it out. He took the record from the beauty's hand, flipped through it, and pondered, then lit another cigar. He deeply inhaled the blue smoke into his lungs and slowly exhaled before saying: "Qian Laogui is very cautious, I didn't expect him to be so bold as to cut off his own arm to protect himself by reducing the scale of his enterprise, which makes it impossible for me to use the several plots I had set up against those enterprises. Second, I didn't expect him to voluntarily reveal his secrets. Third, I didn't expect him to seize the opportunity of the abnormal fluctuations in crude oil futures and make so much money, which increases the difficulty of my attack. I suspect that there is a traitor among my subordinates, who leaked part of the plan, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to defend himself so tightly!"

  He quietly listened, suddenly opening his slightly closed eyes and said: "Don't forget that you have the best timing! If things go as I expect, Hong Kong and China will soon be hit by an epidemic, causing panic. Why not make a story out of it? By March or April, just wait and see the show! However, I also remind you of one thing, this year your fate also has a calamity. Originally, staying in America wouldn't have been a problem, but since you insisted on coming to Hong Kong, that's also destined. Remember that."

  His mind was preoccupied with revising the plan, his chest burning with hatred, and he didn't care about Gao Ren's warning. He muttered to himself: "If this plague really spreads, I can use 'stealthy crossing', 'taking advantage of the situation', 'startling the snake by hitting the grass', and 'removing the fire from under the cauldron' together, linking each plan, one after another, to entangle the enemy, make them restrain themselves, weaken their combat effectiveness. Hmm, it should be..."

  Jiao Sen was working hard to reason and calculate.

  A superior man doesn't bother with such trivial matters, he has more important things to attend to. The three beautiful ones were already settled in his place, and he couldn't wait to savor these high-quality goods. It's said that they were specially brought from the mainland through tourist visas to Hong Kong, all prepared just for him.

  The board of directors of Liheng Group has been renamed to Liheng Group Board, with Qian Lao serving as the chairman of the board. The vice chairmen are Qian Suxue, Zeng Haichang and Xue Guowei (Xue was nominated and elected as vice chairman due to receiving 4% of Qian Lao's shares). Ye Ziheng has been completely excluded from the group by Qian Lao. The CEO is still Jin Kuanning, with Zeng Haichang, Xue Guowei and Qian Yuhui serving as deputy CEOs. The heads of Liheng Pharmaceutical, Liheng Building Materials, Mechanical Heavy Industry and Liheng Electronics remain unchanged. The group's equity has been re-established.

  Li Heng Investment Company, as a new subsidiary of Li Heng Group, is 70% owned by Qian Lao personally, 15% by Li Heng Group, and 5% by Long Bao. Fei Zai, Ali, and Ahui jointly hold 10%. Qian Lao serves as the chairman of the board and has been formally appointed as the CEO of Li Heng Investment Company. Ali serves as the vice president, while Fei Zai, Ahui, and several others serve as department managers.

  The registered capital was HK$100 million. At the beginning of its establishment, the investment company did not have a formal listing ceremony and only occupied four small rooms in the Liheng International Headquarters Building, where Ali and Fei Zai were stationed.

  Long Han is still with the Li Heng Group. As soon as he returned from the United States, he suggested that Qian Lao cancel his financial actions in the US stock market and withdraw all funds from the financial market. The reason was simple: the uncertainty of the current market was too great, with both positive and negative news having an equal share, and there was always a possibility of a sudden change in market trends, so it was not worth taking the risk.

  This was on the evening of April 1st, 2003, which is also the Western April Fool's Day.

  Qian Lao arrived at the villa where Long Bao and De Lao were temporarily staying, accompanied by bodyguard Kang Dingzhuang, ready to start chatting and discussing some matters. Xue Zong was already waiting there.

  After chatting with everyone for a while, Qian Lao brought the conversation to the main topic and said: "I just received news that Jiao Rongsen has secretly arrived in Hong Kong and met with many people. The content of their conversations is probably some situation reports."

  "This is a major event, Long Bao and Xue Zong coincidentally looked at each other, Long Bao furrowed his brow and said: "It seems that Jiao Ying Sen is about to take action! I estimate it will be in the next few days. Now Hong Kong is experiencing some public panic due to '**' influence, I think he might be taking advantage of this opportunity to stir up trouble! But our internal personnel cleanup hasn't been completed yet, those suspicious and dangerous elements haven't all been found, what if..."

  Xue Zong thought for a moment and continued: "However, fortunately, the funds for the acquisition have already been in place, and we can withdraw them at any time. We are not afraid of Jiao Rongsen's suppression, and if necessary, we can even make public the acquisition plan. Currently, two companies have signed letters of intent."

  De Lao, who had never interfered with the affairs of Li Heng Enterprise, finally spoke up: "Remain unchanged in response to countless changes. Hehe, Qian Lao, whatever tactics he uses to attack, why not use the same tactics to counterattack?"

  Long Wan heard his grandfather's endless words and laughed, getting up to refill everyone's tea cups. Recently, he had also learned how to brew the most basic Gongfu tea. As everyone picked up their teacups to savor the flavor, he smiled foolishly and said: "The brewing is really not good, you'll just have to make do with it, haha. However, Grandfather, this strategy of 'remaining unchanged in response to countless changes' is only suitable for groups that originally had no major flaws in their defensive system, no internal conflicts, and opponents who used straightforward tactics. It's not very suitable for Li Heng. Think about it, Jiao Rongsen will stop at nothing, and although Li Heng has minimized the hidden dangers from within, I still feel like there are many problems. For us, 'knowing the enemy before knowing ourselves' is the best choice."

  Mr. Qian smiled and looked at the young CEO who was not yet eighteen years old, this was his great-grandson after all. He felt a warmth in his heart. At this time, Kang Dingzhuang came over with a mobile phone and whispered to Mr. Qian's ear: "Chairman Qian, Mr. Su from Jiangsu is on the phone, would you like to..."

  "Has Old Su called? This is a rare occurrence! Old Qian hastily picked up the phone and said, "Hello, is this Old Su? I'm Qian Zhengsheng!"

  Two old men chatted for a while, and Su Lao, also known as Jing Er's grandfather, said in a gentle voice: "Qian Lao, you are an open-minded scholar. Although it is difficult to predict the future, one should not be too particular about everything. There are a few proverbs that say it well: 'If you think carefully, you will often make mistakes; if you retreat and think, things will be difficult.' But there is always a way to get to Chang'an as long as there is a green willow tree to tie your horse to. Hehe, I'll also say a couple of words to De Lao."

  Qian Lao handed the phone over to De Lao and fell silent.

  De Lao took the phone and talked to Jing Er's grandfather for a while before changing the subject to Jing Er. He had deep regret towards Jing Er, saying: "Su Lao, Long Biao doesn't understand things and can't speak properly. If he offends Jing Er, I'll have to trouble you to advise him. My conscience is uneasy!"

  Grandpa Jìng chuckled heartily over the phone: "Haha, we old folks can't control what the kids do! Let them mess around, if they try to plant flowers but fail, they might accidentally grow a willow tree instead. Haha, put Xiaolóng on the phone, I want to chat with him for a bit."

  "Little Dragon, remember what I told you? A person must be loyal and a fire must be empty. Do you recall my words?"

  Long Wan replied: "I remember."

  "Remember that's good. People have their origins, the Tao returns to one, all kinds of mysteries, can't be exhausted." After a pause, his voice became old and hollow, "The shallow see the shallow, the deep see the deep, child, you take care of yourself."

  ……

  For a moment, Long's heart felt heavy, he thought that the old man's wisdom was completely different from Qian Lao's, and also had its own differences with his grandfather. He immediately discovered that Jing'er resembled this old man extremely, and seemed to be the incarnation of this old grandfather!

  Xue Zong gently patted Long Bao, who was holding the phone and staring blankly, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, the call is already over, what are you still holding it for?"

  The next day, on April 2, 2003, Long Bing was discussing the crisis with Du Pingchun, vice president of Liheng Pharmaceutical, when he received a call from Xue Zong asking him to rush to headquarters immediately with Du. The two hurriedly drove over.

  As soon as he walked into the office, he saw Qian Lao and Xue Zong, as well as Jin Zong. Xue Bingying was sitting beside them, taking notes. Xue Bingying poured tea for them and took the opportunity to glare at Long Bao with a fierce gaze. Long Bao knew she still held a grudge against him. She had tried to tattle on him to Qian Lao and Xue Zong but ended up getting scolded by Xue Zong instead. Long Bao didn't bother to pay attention to her, simply saying "thank you" in a soft voice to end the matter.

  Xue's expression was extremely solemn, he pointed at the Phoenix Chinese Channel playing on the TV and said to Long Bao and Duan Pingchun: "Today, the World Health Organization issued its first travel warning in 55 years, advising people not to go to Guangdong and Hong Kong. Affected by this news, the Hang Seng Index plummeted today, with many group companies' stocks being frantically dumped! We want to hear your views."

  Duan Pingchun, already an important figure in the Chang'an plan, hastily put away his smile and said seriously: "The sales of our pharmaceutical company's antiviral drugs are so good that it's hard to believe. In addition, we are cooperating with several major medical research institutions to develop new anti-SARS drugs. The entire industry is producing at full capacity, and this year's profits will be very impressive. I think the achievements of the pharmaceutical industry can offset the negative views of investors towards other companies in the group. That's all I have to say."

  Xue Zong looked at Long Bao again and motioned for him to speak.

  Long Bao looked at everyone, tidied up his thoughts and said: "If Jiao Rongsen wants to achieve twice the result with half the effort, he must use the stockholders' panic psychology, and he will also try every means to make an issue out of our group, causing the stockholders to distrust us. I think if Jiao Rongsen is going to attack, it must be in these few days, we can immediately make our actions public. As for how he will snipe at us on the stock market, after researching various possibilities, we have already formulated three defensive plans, just waiting for the chairman's order to assemble the funds. Currently, Ali and Fei Zai are closely watching the trading volume and turnover rate of our group's stocks, as soon as there is an abnormality, they will notify us. What I am worried about now is that a subsidiary company will have problems."

  Xue Zong and Jin Zong exchanged a glance, hesitated for a moment before speaking: "There's a big problem, not a small one. Let me brief you first, An Yi is a mole planted in the headquarters to steal top-secret materials. She confessed that she was bought off last year. Secondly, a cargo ship carrying Li Heng Electronics' products to Australia caught fire and sank in the South China Sea. The other party refused our request to postpone the delivery date and threatened to sue us if the goods don't arrive at the port within three days."

  "Is a delay in delivery date merely a matter of penalty? This is an unavoidable accident, isn't it stated in the contract?"

  Xue Zong shook his head and handed over a copy of the contract, saying: "Take a look at this copy of the contract. The old general manager is now in the legal department. His explanation is that this is a special request from the client. He thought that this time the order quantity would be profitable and high, so he agreed. Moreover, in order to save costs, he only purchased 1/3 of the ship's transportation insurance."

  Long Bao quickly flipped through the bilingual contract and said in a low voice, "In such special times, doing something like this, he is truly a special talent! This isn't stupid, I think it's possible that he has already pocketed special kickbacks! I suggest that the Supervision Department immediately conduct an investigation on him, to warn those enterprise leaders, and also immediately form a legal team to thoroughly review all contracts of the enterprise."

  "Chairman Qian, we can't delay any longer. Make a decision and let's fully implement the final battle plan. Starting from headquarters, thoroughly investigate key personnel in important positions one by one. The current time is our best opportunity."

  Qian Lao looked at Jin Zong with a sincere and kind gaze, saying: "Kuang Ning, when we first made the plan, we decided to exclude you because your wife's brother and Ye Ziheng are close friends, and Ye Ziheng's power in the group was expanding too quickly. I had some reservations about you, so you were kept in the dark about the Chang'an plan. Kuang Ning, this old man doesn't distrust your character, it's just that selfishness got the better of me. I hope you won't mind."

  "Today, everyone in this office can speak freely, but after tonight, all the eavesdropping devices in this office will be restored to their original state and continue to send our conversation information to Jiao Rongsen. An Yi doesn't know the list of other hidden agents. I've already decided that at an appropriate time, I'll reconvene a board meeting to reappoint the CEOs of the group's subsidiaries, and the candidates are already in mind. You're all my trusted aides, this final battle depends on how you deploy your troops, regardless of the outcome, the future burden will be shouldered by you."

  Qian Lao pulled out a stack of files from the briefcase beside him and threw them onto the table, saying: "This is the revised final battle plan based on Xiao Long's original plan. You all make adjustments and modifications according to the current situation, and once everyone's opinions are unified, go ahead and do it."

  Qiu Ya stayed in school to make up for her lessons as required by Long Bao, and she would call him every night for half an hour, which she described as "falling asleep with his voice".

  On the evening of April 8th, Qiu Ya's phone rang again at 10 o'clock. After a string of affectionate words, a hint of fear crept into her voice: "Jian, in Changhan City, everyone wears masks when they go out now. I heard that even a student from the Geology University has already died from this disease. It's too scary! My classmates are all panicked, and we're even afraid to go to the cafeteria for meals. How is it over there?"

  Long Bao hurriedly comforted her with kind words, and Qiu Ya said: "Shi Wei said that the nicotine in cigarettes can kill viruses, smoking more can prevent it. Why don't you smoke some more?"

  "Ha ha, silly girl, this is Shi Wei deceiving Du Ci! Du Ci doesn't allow him to smoke, so he found an excuse for himself. Don't listen to his nonsense, don't worry, I'm fine, and Grandpa is also very good."

  Qiu Ya also giggled on the phone, but after a while, she asked with a hint of jealousy: "Bao, hasn't that Miss Xue been bothering you?"

  This question is almost always asked by Autumn Leaf, Long Bao couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, saying: "Autumn Leaf, just stop thinking nonsense, it's not like that, everyone knows I'm going to marry you, with so many suitors after her, why would she still bother me? I'm currently conducting a nighttime safety inspection in the Liheng Building Materials Emergency Response Team, is this okay?"

  In the sweet "kiss" of autumn, the phone call ended, and Longbiao followed the emergency team members who were waiting in front to continue their night patrol. His foot had not yet healed, and walking was still a bit painful.

  The negative impact on the production and operation of enterprises has inevitably emerged, and according to the plan requirements, the night shift workshop has stopped work, which is an inevitable choice. On this windy southern spring night, without the roar of machine production, the enterprise suddenly lost some vitality, only those streetlights and building lights still flickering with the light of the enterprise.

  Suddenly all these lights went out! And the emergency lighting did not work immediately! The whole company was in darkness! While neighboring companies did not have a power outage!

  Damn it! Something's happened, the substation must have blown up! Longbiao thought to himself. At this moment, the intercom suddenly crackled to life, and a member of the emergency response team loudly asked: "Assistant Long, has your side lost power too? What's going on?"

  Long Bao was about to respond when he heard another loud explosion, seemingly coming from the direction of the electrical room. He immediately said: "Who is closest to the electrical room right now? Go check the situation immediately!"

  According to convention, the power distribution room is manned by electricians 24 hours a day. However, due to the night shift stoppage, only one electrician was left on duty, and normally, the emergency team would conduct regular patrols. Long Bing quickly found the phone number of the duty room and dialed it, but no one answered! This is impossible, something big must have happened!

  "This is the team member who has rushed to the substation, reporting urgently on the walkie-talkie: "Assistant Long, an explosion occurred in the substation, and the electrician is also unconscious, please come quickly!"

  Several team members next to Long Bao were about to rush away, the more urgent the situation was, the calmer Long Bao became. He had suffered losses from not being calm before. Long Bao immediately started reasoning: if the substation explodes and the electrician is unconscious, it will definitely cause a power outage in the enterprise. If everyone's attention is focused on the substation, then no one will be patrolling, what if someone takes advantage of the chaos to sabotage the material workshop, flammable goods workshop, warehouse...!

  This is very likely a conspiracy of luring the tiger away from the mountain and making a false attack, while the real purpose is highly likely to be using the cover of night to set fire!

  Long Bao immediately stopped everyone and quickly used the intercom to inform everyone, immediately mobilizing all personnel to fully guard each workshop, strictly preventing any suspicious persons from entering or leaving, and immediately sending someone to notify the electrician class workers to rush to the distribution room.

  After Long Bao finished his handover, he ignored the pain in his foot and rushed with everyone to the flammable goods warehouse. He used a flashlight to inspect all around and quickly reported the situation to Xue Zong!

  A security guard carefully checked under the shadow of a flower bed outside, when suddenly a figure jumped out from the shadow and threw a handful of sand at him. The security guard shouted loudly: "There's a thief here, catch him!"

  The thief's body was agile and turned around to escape. Everyone immediately chased after him, leaving Long Bao who couldn't run behind staring blankly.

  The thief was caught quickly, and one of the personnel patrolling the finished goods warehouse was also caught, while two others escaped. However, the personnel patrolling the office building unexpectedly discovered that two rooms had already started a fire! Fortunately, the firefighting equipment was well-prepared, and under everyone's brave rescue efforts, the fire was immediately brought under control before the fire department arrived, and it wasn't until then that they realized several fire hydrants that had been inspected just two days prior had been blocked by someone with objects!

  Due to Long Bao's phone report to Xue Zong, Xue Zong immediately and timely reminded the other three companies, as a result, the group in charge of patrolling at Li Heng Electronics also caught a guy who attempted to sabotage the distribution room!

  The next day, Qian Lao hastily convened an emergency meeting and once again emphasized the importance of fire prevention and anti-destruction to the CEOs of subordinate companies. At the meeting, Qian Lao said: "This incident is just a warning to us, fully exposing the deficiencies in our enterprise management! Immediately commend those who have made contributions." Then, ensuring safe production was put on the important agenda at the meeting.

  After the meeting, while Qian Lao, Jin Zong, Xue Zong and Long Bao were secretly discussing, Ali called to inform that from 2:30 pm today, the trading volume began to surge, with a large number of short-selling orders appearing.

  This was expected, Long Bao instructed Ali not to bother for the time being after reporting to everyone, and wait until tomorrow to talk.

  Jin Zong spoke out: "It seems that Jiao Ying Sen has officially declared war, does he dare to short the oil stocks, is it representative of him having full confidence?"

  Long Bao looked at Qian Lao and replied in a low voice: "I think this failed arson attack is just the weakest move in Jiao Rongsen's overall plan. His investment cost was not high, according to the police investigation, these people who were caught were all bought by someone nicknamed 'A Cai' for less than 2 million yuan. He has many more tricks up his sleeve, I think his next move may be aimed at Li Heng Pharmaceutical, which is currently in a downturn and is the most profitable company in the group. If he succeeds in attacking the pharmaceutical industry, it will be difficult for the group's stock to not plummet! Our focus should be on protecting the pharmaceutical industry."

  Qian nodded and said: "Then how are you going to protect the pharmaceutical industry's production from being affected?"

  Long Bao picked up the final plan from the table and flipped to the page marked "Possible attack points and defenses for Liheng Pharmaceutical": "For pharmaceutical companies, Jiao Rongsen can take nine measures: First, sabotage production equipment; Second, sabotage product quality; Third, steal patented technology; Fourth, frame our products with quality issues or even fabricate facts and file a lawsuit in court; Fifth, continue to disrupt transportation; Sixth, bribe our clients to return goods for various reasons; Seventh, harm employees' bodies and spread rumors of employee infections; Eighth, sign fake contracts to create trouble and delay delivery, then claim compensation from us; Ninth, take advantage of the company leader's weaknesses to swindle fake letters of credit.

  Long Bao nodded slightly and said, "These few points are basically common problems for companies, but they are more sensitive to the pharmaceutical industry. Because medicine is directly entering the human body, its risk degree is far greater than other enterprise products. Although we are trying to lure the enemy in with a false sense of security, I have doubts about the character of Pharmaceutical CEO Wu San Kui. I suggest adopting Duan Ping Chun's opinion, Wu San Kui and Ye Zi Heng getting too close is not a good thing, and it's best to deal with Wu San Kui's problem as soon as possible."

  Qian Lao looked at Xue Zong, and Xue Zong nodded slightly. Qian Lao then turned to Jin Zong, who hesitated for a moment before saying: "Although Wu San Kui has been acting like a meritorious minister lately, being arrogant in the headquarters, but it's not right to kill a meritorious minister without reason!"

  Everyone fell silent, and after a long pause, Long Bao finally spoke up: "At the time, if Chairman Qian hadn't investigated carefully, who would have known that Mr. Potter was a dangerous person with some connection to Jiao Rongsen? Who could have believed in his hidden agenda? Although Wu Sanqi's performance doesn't seem like Jiao Rongsen's style, and the pharmaceutical company has achieved relatively good results, he himself is still mediocre, and he only has a halo on his head because of his subordinates. I think he will not be a help to the future of the pharmaceutical industry, but rather an obstacle."

  This conversation determined Wu SanGui's fate. That night, Xue Zong found Wu SanGui to talk and said that Qian Lao was preparing to arrange him for a more important position, letting him hand over his work to Pharmaceutical Vice President Duan Pingchun. Wu SanGui thought that Qian Lao was going to let him be the Deputy General Manager of the Group, so he happily agreed.

  The emergency team was rapidly expanded as needed, and many employees were also selected to join in. Everyone was organized into four shifts for all-night patrols.

  Two days later, Ali informed that the stock trading had returned to normal and he had already located those accounts. Long Bao thought this was just a probing attack by Jiao Rongsen, and these few accounts were just a smokescreen, the more so, the next wave of attacks would be even fiercer and catch them off guard.

  Qian Lao nodded in approval of Long Biao's opinion, knowing Jiao Rongsen's cunning nature. He narrowed his eyes and said in a calm tone: "In the past, he used Soros and others to create a trend to attack me. At that time, he didn't go crazy to the point of sending someone to set fire or harm my family members. Now, for the sake of revenge, he has become completely lawless and disregards reason. Little Long, I always feel that he will use all sorts of despicable means, perhaps some that even we dare not imagine."

  Long Wan thought for a moment and replied, "Feng Lin's meticulous plan of attack cannot be perfect. He made two mistakes: Firstly, he ignored the good side of human nature; Secondly, the current trend is upward, although his panic and destructive actions can temporarily protect his ambush, but in the past two years of long bear market, the stock market has risen strongly, and he no longer has the opportunity like Soros did back then."

  Long Wan continued: "It's fierce, but now that technology is advanced, the new generation of Chinese political leaders can't just sit back and do nothing. Victory is only a matter of time. We are a real economy, and if Jiao Rongsen wants to defeat us, he can only do so by first undermining our real economy through his own layout, and then completing his ambush mission by creating momentum. So I still think we should adopt the tactic of being loose on the outside but tight on the inside, and first lure out all his strength before making a move. A venomous snake hiding in its hole and biting you from time to time is the most troublesome, only by luring it out of its hole and killing it with one blow is the best choice, don't you think?"

  Qian Lao heard this and chuckled, saying: "Hehe, Little Dragon, don't you think everyone else should take a break for a day or two as well?"