Chapter 446: Can’t Do the Math Like This Anymore

The square-faced police officer produced an arrest warrant, speaking sternly, "You are suspected of providing protection for a public menace, please come with us for an investigation!"

"What?!"

Lu Peng was immediately alarmed upon hearing this.

He naturally knew what a public menace referred to.

They were the villains that crossed the line, deemed intolerable by the state.

No matter how powerful one was, if they had any connection to such people, they would only be crushed.

Although he held a high position, being linked with such people meant only a dead end awaited.

He wasn’t foolish, why would he get involved with those kinds of people?

Thus, he immediately said, "There must be some mistake, you know who I am, how could I possibly provide protection for a public menace, I am more aware of the threat they pose than you are, you had better investigate thoroughly before speaking to me!"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The police were well aware of who Lu Peng was, but so what?

This case involved the nation’s bottom line, and with sufficient evidence, no one’s status mattered!

The square-faced police scoffed, "We certainly have not made a mistake, let me ask you, weren’t you just on the phone trying to protect someone called Li Dashan? Don’t deny it, we have already obtained the call records!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Peng was taken aback.

He really had a hard time remembering who Li Dashan was.

After all for someone of his status, helping a minor figure like Li Dashan was an insignificant affair.

He had done such things many times and wouldn’t specifically remember such a person.

However, having always kept in mind to study foreign languages and not really being drunk, after a moment of thought, he remembered who Li Dashan was.

He turned his head sharply towards Wei Yongxiong, his face darkening as he cursed, "Wei Yongxiong, are you fucking screwing me over?!"

Wei Yongxiong’s complexion turned extremely ugly.

How could he possibly mess with Lu Peng, when he still needed to ask for favors from him? That was the whole point of organizing this dinner event to ingratiate himself with Lu Peng.

He had no idea what was going on.

How did it come to be that Lu Peng’s act of releasing Li Dashan was construed as offering protection to a public menace?

But he also knew what it meant to be connected with a public menace, so he dared not say a word.

The fact that the police did not come for him was already a stroke of luck; where would he find the courage to speak?

The police did not say much more but simply handcuffed Lu Peng. Despite Lu Peng’s constant cursing at Wei Yongxiong, he was still taken away from the private room.

After Lu Peng was taken away, the atmosphere in the private room became oppressive.

"Hey, who turned the air conditioning so low? It’s freezing to death, turn it up!"

Wei Yongxiong’s back was soaked with cold sweat, and his forehead was beaded with it too, feeling chilly.

Everyone looked at the air conditioner only to realize it wasn’t even on, prompting a wry smile from them all.

Moreover, where was it cold? The private room was clearly very warm.

Realizing he had lost his composure, Wei Yongxiong, experienced in handling crises, quickly composed himself. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a tissue and said in a deep voice, "Find out what’s going on, who exactly did Li Dashan provoke?"

A middle-aged man at the dinner table immediately stood up and left the private room to make a phone call.

A few minutes later, the middle-aged man returned to the room and said to Wei Yongxiong, "The incident started with Li Dashan’s father committing fraud by staging an accident. Li Dashan’s brother extorted money from the owner of Jiang Bottom Fishing, Xu Yang, along with their father. Li Dashan’s brother was sent to the police station by Xu Yang. After that, Li Dashan went after Xu Yang.

When Li Dashan got arrested, Lu Peng helped bail him out. After being released, Li Dashan gathered over a hundred underlings armed with machetes to go after Xu Yang. That’s when the armed police appeared and labeled Li Dashan as the leader of the public menace." Find your next read on empire

Wei Yongxiong frowned, "How did Li Dashan end up being labelled as the leader of a public menace, does Xu Yang have that much clout?"

The middle-aged man replied, "He probably doesn’t have that much influence. I couldn’t find out the specifics. Li Dashan’s actions did indeed endanger public safety, and labeling him as a public menace isn’t entirely unjustified. I guess it’s likely that Li Dashan’s case was made an example of."

He couldn’t find out the situation regarding Jiang Zhiyong, and it was the same with the armed police corps.

"Looks like Li Dashan is finished, damn it, Xu Yang took down one of my top generals. How am I supposed to handle demolitions from now on?" Wei Yongxiong’s face was gloomy.

"Boss Wei, I think we can’t just let it go like this. I’ve heard Xu Yang has been pretty cocky lately. Do we want to mess with him?" a subordinate asked.

"Of course we do," Wei Yongxiong said with a dark expression, turning to a middle-aged man, "Have you got Xu Yang’s phone number?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Got it."

Wei Yongxiong immediately asked for Xu Yang’s phone number and dialed it.

Soon, the call connected.

Wei Yongxiong said in a deep voice: "Xu Yang, this is Wei Yongxiong from Xiongfeng Construction. Li Dashan used to work for me, and I’m telling you, you might be a bit impressive, but people should know reverence, understand?!"

Xu Yang asked, "I understand, what’s next?"

Wei Yongxiong smiled with satisfaction, "Next is, let Li Dashan go!"

Xu Yang said, "What if I say no?"

Wei Yongxiong’s smile stiffened, and his face immediately darkened.

This guy, really thought that by being buddies with Wang Xiaocong, Jiang Yuheng, and having dined with the wealthy Zhang Yimin, he was invincible?

Utterly ridiculous!

In the construction sector, he was the absolute boss.

His network was very strong.

To put it bluntly, Lu Peng was just an ordinary person in his network.

There were several even more impressive connections than Lu Peng’s.

Wei Yongxiong said grimly, "So you want to play with me?"

Xu Yang smiled lightly, "If that’s how you want to interpret it, sure."

He had already had Ma Yangrong check out Wei Yongxiong’s background.

If Wei Yongxiong dared to make a move, he would face retaliation.

The good days for Wei Yongxiong were over.

Wei Yongxiong said, "Very good, very good. It’s been many years since I’ve heard words like these. I’ll show you how formidable I am. Opposing me will be the biggest mistake of your life!"

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

His expression was terrifyingly grim.

This Xu Yang, really was too arrogant.

Not taking Xu Yang down was something he couldn’t swallow.

He turned to one of his subordinates and said, "Didn’t Xu Yang set up a real estate company with Lan Penghua called Huayang Real Estate? The old town renovation project has many sub-projects that Huayang Real Estate has won the bids for.

Take people to their construction site to recruit, increase the wages by twenty percent, whether it’s porters, rebar workers, or concrete workers, dig up anyone from Huayang Real Estate’s construction projects for me!"

"Yes," the subordinate immediately got up to handle it.

This was a very simple task, as Wei Yongxiong had ten construction sites in operation, and could easily hire another five hundred people.

And even if he hired too many, it didn’t really matter.

If necessary, he could just delay paying their wages when the time came.

Doing this, Xu Yang’s side was definitely going to suffer.

If everyone suddenly left a construction site, it’s costly to fill those gaps, and it’s a price higher than what Wei Yongxiong would have to pay.

Simply put, Wei Yongxiong could make Xu Yang pay a great price at a small cost to himself.

Both sides were in the real estate industry, so messing with Xu Yang’s construction site was also right up Wei Yongxiong’s alley.