Wei Jie

Chapter 597 Celebration Banquet

Chapter 138 The Victim's Alliance

  Wen Zhanbo was arrested, the wedding was canceled, Yu Mingyuan and Wen Xiaorou divorced, and a large number of core officers of the 13th Brigade were arrested. This series of strong offensives by the Qingyi Bureau seemed to have stunned Lao Li's team, leaving them with no power to fight back.

  The day after Wen Xiaorou's divorce, her aunt led the Wen family out of Dragon City, leaving in a hurry, looking rather embarrassed.

  This action was tantamount to directly announcing to the outside world that the Wen family of Dragon City had fallen.

  ……

  Tuesday evening.

  The triumphant Kang Dinghuang hosted a banquet at a manor hotel along the Longhe River, inviting many friends.

  At the entrance of the manor, a cool breeze blew gently. Kang Dinghuang, accompanied by his secretary, personally came out to greet a distinguished guest.

  Before long, two military off-road vehicles drove over from the road, and Kang Dinghuang immediately stepped forward.

  The cars stopped after entering the courtyard. A man in his fifties stepped out of the back seat of the first car. His hair was gray, he was dressed in plain clothes, and he had a fierce look on his face.

  This man, named Zhang Qi, was Kang Dinghuang's teacher when he was in school, and also the person who had promoted him all the way. When the Seventh Bureau was preparing to establish a special intelligence department, there were a total of four candidates for the position of minister, but Kang Dinghuang was ultimately able to break through the encirclement, which was inseparable from his teacher's operation behind the scenes.

  "Teacher!"

  Kang Dinghuang saw Zhang Qi get out of the car and immediately reached out to support him.

  "You've done a good job, haha!" Zhang Qi, with his fierce face, rarely showed a smile: "The higher-ups have approved it. The weapons and equipment worth 130 million will be delivered to Dragon City in a month at the latest."

  "It's still the teacher who has the power." Kang Dinghuang said with a smile.

  "No, no, you've done a good job, otherwise the upper echelons wouldn't have let you handle this matter." Zhang Qi whispered, "After this batch of weapons and equipment arrives, you have to think carefully about how to send it over, both safely and without giving the international community any cause for criticism."

  "Understood!" Kang Dinghuang nodded.

  "Give him the bill of lading and the procedures." Zhang Qi instructed his secretary.

  Kang Dinghuang also gave his follower a look, and the two completed the handover.

  "Who's here today?" Zhang Qi asked.

  "He Yuzheng from the garrison, You Pengpeng from the You family, people from the Dockers' Association, and some people from the Bao Long Group." Kang Dinghuang replied.

  "Why are the You family and the Dockers' Association here too?" Zhang Qi asked with some puzzlement.

  "These people are needed to send out this 130 million worth of goods." Kang Dinghuang replied with a smile.

  "It seems you've already thought out a plan." Zhang Qi nodded with satisfaction.

  "After dealing with Wen Zhanbo, our energy should still be focused on the outer district, on Zhao Weihu." Kang Dinghuang whispered his thoughts: "At present, the external relations of Lao Li's team are basically maintained by the arms business. The goods come from the Golden Triangle, are processed by the Tongji Association after entering Dragon City, and then sent to Zhao Weihu and Lao Mo's (old Mexican) government army through the relationship of the garrison. If we want to divide, disintegrate, and defeat this interest group, it's definitely impossible to get to the source, after all, our hands can't reach the Golden Triangle. So, targeting the endpoint, doing the opposite, might have miraculous effects. Taking down Wen Zhanbo will make it very difficult for the Tongji Association to send goods out of Dragon City, and then taking down Zhao Weihu will be equivalent to killing Lao Li's only buyer. In this way, Gui Mengjun will also be forced to withdraw, because there will be no one to buy the goods, and all subsequent plans will be meaningless."

  Zhang Qi nodded slowly: "If someone else were to carry out your plan, they might not have this patience."

  "Yes, neither Zhao Weihu nor Wen Zhanbo are easy to take down, and one move affects the whole body." Kang Dinghuang replied softly, "So I prepared for more than a year, infiltrating from various sides, slowly working towards the result."

  "Good." Zhang Qi said with a smile, "Your report card is worthy of my recommendation. Let's go, let's drink!"

  The mentor and apprentice chatted as they walked into the manor hotel.

  ……

  Ten minutes later, in a private room of the manor hotel, You Pengpeng, You Yifan's elder brother, took the lead to stand up, raised his glass to Kang Dinghuang and Zhang Qi and said, "According to seniority, I have to call Elder Zhang 'Uncle'; according to rank, I now have to call Dinghuang 'Minister Kang,' haha, in short, there are no outsiders in this room. I'll take the lead in expressing my attitude. As long as it's about dealing with Lao Li, as long as it's for the harmony and stability of District One, my You family will definitely do our part!"

  "Haha, you're being quite formal!" Zhang Qi replied with a smile, "Alright, let's all have a drink together!"

  "Come, come, let's all toast Elder Zhang." He Yuzheng, who stabbed Wen Zhanbo in the back a few days ago, also took the lead to stand up.

  This He Yuzheng is the brigade commander of the 77th Brigade of the Second Army under the Dragon City Garrison Command. He is a very insidious person, but his military skills in leading troops are very strong. He is also known as the shield brigade in the garrison corps, specializing in defense.

  "Let's all raise our glasses!"

  The representative of the Bao Long Group, the vice president of the Dockers' Association who attended on behalf of Zhang Ming, and other guests also echoed and raised their glasses.

  Everyone clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

  Zhang Qi took a bite of food, turned his head and said to You Pengpeng, "Oh, I forgot if you didn't mention it just now, you also have a very deep conflict with Lao Li."

  "Yes, Elder Zhang, my younger brother and sister are still being held in the Hua District." You Pengpeng frowned and replied, "Since Lao Li became the mayor, that bastard has completely gone astray. He's been flirting with the capital secretly supported by the Hua District. The higher-ups should have dealt with him long ago."

  "Yes." The people from the Bao Long Group also said indignantly when they heard this, "On the matter of the mining industry, Lao Li took the opportunity to stir up public opinion by using the deaths of more than a hundred miners, and then extorted our shares... He used the money to secretly cultivate his own power. This person is ambitious and absolutely cannot be allowed to stay, otherwise Dragon City will be ruined in his hands sooner or later...!"

  Once the floodgates were opened, everyone in the room began to indignantly criticize Li Mingsheng, because each of them had suffered losses in Lao Li's team to varying degrees.

  At this gathering, Xue Ping'an did not arrive in time because he was dealing with issues outside the district, otherwise, his appearance would have made this evening's banquet equivalent to an experience exchange meeting of a victim's alliance.

  Kang Dinghuang did not make too many remarks at the table. After staying for a while, he called the people from the Dockers' Association out separately and instructed them in the corridor, "You must have Zhang Ming organize an internal meeting immediately to appease the people below. He's been gone for too long."

  "Yes, yes, I'll call him right away!"

  ……

  At the same time.

  Su Tianyu sat in the car and whispered to Wei Xiangzuo, "Is there a problem, brother?"

  "No problem, hit him!" Wei Xiangzuo replied very succinctly.