Chapter 1 Even More People

Around 10:15 PM, the group arrived at Jindi Entertainment City in Shengli District.

Inside the lobby, Liu Xiaohai, Gu Baishun, and a group of others were escorting Yang Decheng toward the elevator.

Behind the crowd, Su Tiannan lit a cigarette, intending to finish it downstairs before going up, as the crowd had given him a headache.

Just as Su Tiannan lit his cigarette, he saw Lu Feng arguing with a member of the Baolong Company.

"Damn it, we've already finished eating! Why are you still dragging me? I don't want to go up, my head hurts too much," Lu Feng said, trying to get away. "Besides, you said everyone sitting inside is a capitalist, always talking about 'not getting rich without exploiting the poor.' We roughnecks can't even get a word in! Their level is too high, we really can't talk to them…!"

"You're not giving me face, are you? I'm telling you, President Pang will be here later, let's meet him together!"

"Even if the president of the bladder comes, we're just here to work and get paid. What's the point of this? If I have a couple of drinks with him, will he give me an extra two million for the workers?" Lu Feng asked.

"Hey, what's wrong with you today? Aren't friends just money? He's the big boss of a mining company. If he gives you a little work in the future, you won't have to worry about money. Come on, let's go up together!" With that, the Baolong Company member forcibly dragged Lu Feng into the elevator.

Su Tiannan watched Lu Feng's back, grinned, and muttered, "Heh, he's been tamed inside, his awareness has improved!"

After finishing his cigarette downstairs, Su Tiannan also headed for the elevator.

"Hey, buddy, wait a minute!"

Just as Su Tiannan was about to press the floor button, a medium-sized young man with a shoulder bag and a baseball cap ran over.

Su Tiannan reached out to hold the elevator door and stepped aside.

"Thanks!" The young man came in and stood against the right side.

Su Tiannan pressed the up button and instinctively glanced at the young man, but the young man seemed to deliberately lower his head, using the baseball cap to cover most of his face.

Su Tiannan felt that the other man's attire was a bit strange, but entertainment cities were a mixed bag, with all kinds of people, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

A dozen seconds later, the elevator stopped on the third floor. Su Tiannan headed straight for the private room, while the young man followed him out, turning to look at the stairwell.

…

About five minutes later, Su Tiannan had just returned to the V999 private room and sat down when he saw a group of men dressed in business attire, surrounding a middle-aged man in his forties, crowding into the room.

"Oh, President Pang is here!" Yang Decheng immediately stood up, greeting him with a smile. "Quick, quick, sit here. We've been waiting for you for ages, President Pang!"

"Sorry, I'm late," President Pang was about forty-three or four years old, of medium build, with a refined appearance, looking very cultured.

The mining company under the Baolong Group had only been established recently, but it was said that the capital injection was very strong, and such a large operation was currently controlled by this Manager Pang, which showed his energy and ability.

After President Pang entered the room, he said to everyone with a smile, "Ever since the project was approved, it's been meetings every day! Too many social engagements! Sorry everyone, I'm late, I've kept you waiting. Come on, don't stand, sit down."

President Pang was the real moneybags for everyone, so they all crowded around him, exchanging greetings and small talk.

After the room had been noisy for a while, Liu Xiaohai returned with a glass of wine, bending down and saying to the Su brothers, "You guys should go and propose a toast later, make an impression! Trust me, although you won't need nine out of ten of the connections you make in this kind of setting, if even one of them becomes a friend who can speak for you, it'll be enough for the future! Fucking hell, it's not like drinking a glass of wine will cost you a piece of flesh, right?"

"Heh, okay!" Su Tianbei nodded.

…

Downstairs.

Ghost Face Shui Ge sat in a van, holding a walkie-talkie and asking, "Did the person go in?"

"He went in, he brought four followers and six or seven senior managers," a low voice replied from the walkie-talkie. "There must be at least thirty people inside, more than we thought."

Shui Ge looked at the time again and asked softly, "Chao, based on his habits, where do you think he'll go after this is over?"

"Back to the company," the young hotel worker in the back seat replied softly. "He goes back every day after these engagements and stays there."

"What about on the way? Is it easy to make a move on the way?" the driver asked.

"We have too few people, we can't control it on the road, we might lose him," Shui Ge said, looking at his watch. "And we don't have enough time. If we wait for him to finish and then act, it'll be hard to get out of the city tonight."

"Then what do we do?!"

"…!" Shui Ge narrowed his eyes and picked up his shoulder bag.

…

About a dozen minutes passed.

Seeing that there weren't too many people around Manager Pang, Su Tiannan immediately walked over with his younger brother, each holding a glass of wine.

"Hello, President Pang, I'm Su Tiannan from the Tongji Association, heh, I've come to propose a toast."

"Oh, Little Su, right, hello, hello, so young and already the vice president, your future is limitless!" President Pang stood up very politely and personally filled a glass of wine to the brim. "Come on, let's have one together!"

In the stairwell on the third floor, the young man in the baseball cap said into the walkie-talkie, "His four followers are right at the door!"

"Got it!"

Shui Ge was already in the lobby on the first floor. He lowered his head, carrying the bag, and entered the elevator with three people.

The elevator took only a few seconds to go from the first floor to the third, so as soon as the door closed, the four of them immediately pulled out balaclavas, guns, and spare magazines from their bags.

"Pa!"

The young hotel worker was the first to take out his gun, and tilted back the security camera inside the elevator.

"Shua!"

Shui Ge racked the slide of his gun and waited at the door.

In a few breaths, the elevator door opened, and the four of them, wearing balaclavas, stepped into the corridor!

Two waiters pushing carts happened to be walking towards them. They were all terrified when they saw the four men with guns and balaclavas.

"Don't move!"

As Shui Ge walked past, he patted the waiter's head and softly ordered, "Be good, squat down!"

The two immediately squatted on the ground.

The four of them moved forward quickly and arrived at the door of private room V999 in the blink of an eye. One of the young men who had come with Manager Pang was the first to notice the bandits.

"There…there's someone…!" the young man immediately shouted, and instantly drew his gun.

In the corridor, Shui Ge raised his automatic rifle, steadily and ruthlessly pulling the trigger.

"Da da…!"

Several gunshots rang out, and before the four followers could react, two of them were shot down on the spot, but Shui Ge noticed that the bullet impact on their chests were smoking white!

These four people were actually wearing bulletproof vests. Even if a normal business company executive has security personnel, they wouldn't be wearing bulletproof vests, let alone carrying guns in public, would they?

Obviously, Manager Pang's identity was very complex!

Shui Ge pressed forward with his gun, and the young hotel worker behind him swept a magazine of bullets, blasting the two men's heads to pieces.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, Master Lu inside the room immediately jumped behind the sofa, very cautiously shouting to his brother, "Damn it, there's gunfire, come here!"

At the door, Su Tiannan, who was proposing a toast to Manager Pang, also took two steps back.

"Bang!"

The door opened, and one of Manager Pang's followers rushed in covered in blood, shouting, "There…there's someone, turn off the lights!"