Chapter 889 The Collateral Branch
Song Changqing had initially believed these villagers had powerful backing, but the moment he saw Chen Yang, he understood everything completely.
Chen Yang was merely an outsider investing here!
Song Changqing had encountered countless such people over the years, all of whom would take their profit and flee.
Although he didn't know what the factory was being built for, it was certainly nothing above board.
Otherwise, who would come to such a place?
"Brother..." Song Changqing started to stand up.
But the next second, with a slap, Song Changqing's other cheek felt a sharp pain.
Song Changqing stared blankly at Chen Yang, until the intense pain dragged him back to reality.
"You! You dare to hit me! Do you know who's behind me?"
Chen Yang ignored him, directly grabbed Song Changqing with one hand, and pulled him to Grandpa Fan's feet.
"Apologize," Chen Yang said in a deep voice.
Song Changqing gritted his teeth, staring at Chen Yang, his eyes burning with a rage that seemed ready to consume him, "You're seeking death!"
This time, before Chen Yang could act, a villager beside him kicked out.
"You little brat, say that again?"
"You hit an elder and you have the nerve to talk back?"
"We haven't even settled the score for selling fake goods yet!"
Chen Yang understood the villagers' anger and didn't dare to let them surround the man.
Chen Yang had many things he wanted to ask this fellow!
Just then, a rumbling sound gradually approached from not far away.
Hearing the noise, everyone looked towards the village.
They saw over a dozen trucks speeding towards the factory.
Upon seeing this, Song Changqing sneered, "None of you are leaving today!"
The people who disembarked from the more than ten trucks already outnumbered the villagers, and they had completely surrounded the factory.
Leading them was a middle-aged man in a fur coat.
Seeing Song Changqing pinned to the ground, unable to move, the middle-aged man immediately pointed at Chen Yang and roared, "Let him go!"
Chen Yang chuckled and kicked Song Changqing's backside.
The force was neither light nor heavy, just enough to roll Song Changqing in front of the other man.
Song Changqing wiped the tears from his face and choked out, "Brother Zhou! This guy named Chen hitting my face is like hitting you!"
"You must get justice for me!"
The middle-aged man, addressed as Brother Zhou, looked at Song Changqing's pathetic state and angrily berated him, "Get out of the way, you disgrace. You can't even deliver goods properly."
Song Changqing, startled by the shout, quickly got up and retreated to the trucks.
Chen Yang slowly walked over, watching Song Changqing's retreating back, and smiled, "The shipment you sent to the village, that was your doing."
"I paid you the market price for it, but all the goods you delivered were substandard!"
Chen Yang smiled at Brother Zhou, his mind racing with other thoughts.
Before the other man could reply, Chen Yang pointed to the large characters on the trucks behind him and asked, "Haoneng Construction Group? Is that your company's name?"
"Do you know Zhou Lihao?"
As soon as the name Zhou Lihao was mentioned, the man called Brother Zhou froze for a moment, then looked at Chen Yang with a peculiar expression and asked, "Brother, do you know our General Manager?"
Chen Yang's smile deepened at this question.
When he had first seen the words Haoneng Construction Group, Chen Yang had thought he might be mistaken.
He hadn't expected it to be this company after all.
Chen Yang knew this name because this company was backed by the Zhou family.
Previously, Chen Yang had planned to encircle the Zhou family from all sides, but various matters had delayed him.
He had intended to resume his company's business plans after dealing with the Xuantian Cave Mansion, but unexpectedly, he ran into them in such a remote location today.
Among the Zhou family's many businesses, Haoneng Construction Group was undoubtedly a dominant force, a powerful subsidiary.
As the name suggested, this company specialized in undertaking all of the Zhou family's construction projects.
Logically, a company with such formidable strength shouldn't be involved in cases of substandard products...
"I've seen him a few times on the sports fields in Modu."
Upon hearing this, the other man assumed Chen Yang was a friend of their General Manager and extended his hand. However, Chen Yang continued, "Forgive me for not introducing myself, I am Chen Yang from Yangyangyang Company."
Yangyangyang Company!
Brother Zhou's face, which had been showing signs of pleasure, suddenly turned grim.
If it had been the name of any other company, he wouldn't have reacted so strongly.
But Yangyangyang Company was too famous, especially to the Zhou family.
It had caused the Zhou family considerable losses on several occasions. Although he didn't understand the specific industries involved in these losses, he was all too familiar with the name.
The other party seemed to have a vendetta against the Zhou family, always competing in whatever they did.
"You, you, you are that Chen Yang?"
Seeing that the other man even knew his name, Chen Yang placed a hand on his shoulder, "There should only be one Chen Yang in Yangyangyang Company."
"Shall we talk alone?"
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After everyone had dispersed, Chen Yang looked at Zhou Yuzheng and Song Changqing before him and couldn't help but frown.
"Are you sure about what you just told me?"
Zhou Yuzheng and Song Changqing exchanged a look and then nodded frantically.
Song Changqing didn't know what Chen Yang had said to Zhou Yuzheng that made him so terrified.
But Song Changqing knew that Zhou Yuzheng was his elder brother, and he owed his current standing in the company to Zhou Yuzheng.
Since even Zhou Yuzheng was obedient to Chen Yang, he naturally wouldn't dare to say anything more.
The reason Zhou Yuzheng feared Chen Yang was because he knew about the existence of cultivators.
And Chen Yang was an extremely powerful cultivator, so powerful that even the Zhou family was unwilling to provoke him rashly.
Zhou Yuzheng didn't believe his own meager life was worth the Zhou family taking such a risk for revenge.
Although Zhou Yuzheng was surnamed Zhou, he was not a member of the Zhou family, nor even a collateral branch. He had only joined Haoneng Construction Group by undertaking some local projects and having his own construction teams.
To risk his life for the Zhou family's affairs would only be done by a fool, and Zhou Yuzheng was certainly not one.
Facing Chen Yang's interrogation, Zhou Yuzheng revealed all the methods Haoneng Construction Group had used to extort money over the years.
"In fact, we've been fed up for a long time, but what can we do? If we leave the company, we can't make a living. We usually just scare people in the afternoons, but they actually dare to fight back!"
"Before I joined Haoneng Construction Group, I suffered so much. I'm still scared when I think about it."