Chapter 4: Newcomers to the Universe Chapter 10: Huayue Gang
Qingyu pushed open the left wing and explained with a smile: "Mr. Jing, under normal circumstances, we work twelve hours a day, from 9 am to 3 pm and from 5 pm to 11 pm. You just need to be on call at any time during these twelve hours. We will notify you in advance if there are any special circumstances. If Mr. Jing wants to hang out in Lanyue City, please make sure it is outside of working hours."
"Don't worry." Xu Jingming nodded.
"There's nothing to do in the mansion. You can practice your mind in the house or practice your weapons in the yard." Qingyu said, "But if there are external enemies, you must protect my young master's life. In fact, the possibility of being attacked in the mansion is very small."
Xu Jingming nodded and looked at the left wing. The left wing was also very exquisite, twelve meters long and five meters wide, divided into living, reception and study spaces.
"Hmm?" Xu Jingming suddenly sensed something.
The door to the right wing opened, and a tall and burly man walked out. At the same time, a woman with a sword on her waist also walked over from the residence in the front yard.
"You two, this is Mr. Jing, the new hire of my master." Qingyu immediately introduced, "You three can chat slowly, I will take my leave first."
Having said that, he left.
Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu and Miss Zi Teng gathered in the courtyard.
"I heard from Master Chang that he would invite three masters to help us." Zi Teng smiled and said, "Today, the three of us are all here."
"In the next three months, we will work together to complete the task well. In this way, the task evaluation from Wanjie Group will be higher." Mr. Lu said.
"In fact, the mission is not too difficult. In the mansion, Master Chang often exits the virtual world, so the enemy can't find him even if they want to assassinate him." Zi Teng said, "It's only when he has to show up that there are dangers."
Xu Jingming nodded slightly.
Yes, going offline is the safest way to hide.
"Come on, I just bought some wine in Lanyue City yesterday. Let's drink and chat. It's 12 hours a day, and except for refining the mind, the rest of the time is boring." Mr. Lu enthusiastically took Xu Jingming and Zi Teng into the house and started chatting while drinking.
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In the back garden of the mansion, the drizzle had completely stopped, but the sky was still gloomy.
"The three great masters are all here." Chang Yi sat by the railing, feeding the fish in the pond, and said calmly, "Go, ask the three dental clinics we have arranged to come to my house as soon as possible! Stagger the time."
"Yes, sir."
Three guards on the side responded in unison and then left.
Chang Yi looked at the fish chasing for food in the pond with a distant look in his eyes: "Since I became the master of the Chang family, the targeting of the Blood Rain World has obviously become stronger. On the way to send old man Chang to the funeral, I was almost assassinated and lost my life. I must be more careful. If I take a wrong step, the previous investment will be wasted. For this plan... I have sold all my assets in reality! I even paid off the loan! Whether I can turn things around in one fell swoop... depends on this time!"
He has also been exploring the Blood Rain World for more than ten years, and only when the right opportunity came did he dare to play big!
Just half an hour later, a broker arrived.
"My humble servant greets Mr. Chang." The broker came to the back garden and bowed respectfully. He was a small broker, and in front of the master of the Chang family, he was like an ant that could be crushed to death at will. Naturally, he did not dare to be disrespectful.
"Um."
Chang Yi sat there and calmly ordered, "My thirteen rice shops are ready to be sold. Please help me to make the deal as soon as possible."
"Is the Chang family's rice shop closed?" The dealer was extremely surprised. "This is a time-honored brand that has been in business for over a hundred years, and the business has always been pretty good."
"The rice shop business is quite complicated. I don't have the ability to run it. Rather than letting it fail in my hands, it's better to sell it out early." Chang Yi said, "It's better to sell these thirteen rice shops to one, so that I don't have to run around too much."
"Yes, yes, just give it to us." The broker nodded, "Then Mr. Chang, what price do you plan to sell it for?"
"The minimum is 5,300 taels of silver." Chang Yi said.
"I'll remember it." The broker nodded.
"As soon as possible. If you can't find anyone here within half a month, I can only give it to other people." Chang Yi said.
"Don't worry, Master Chang. I'll do it for you right now." The broker was very enthusiastic. This was a big deal! If it was successful, the commission would be quite a bit.
After this broker left, more than half an hour passed and it was almost lunchtime when another broker arrived.
"I'm going to sell all three restaurants of my Chang family together." Chang Yi ordered, "The minimum price is 2,200 taels of silver. Find me a buyer within half a month."
In the afternoon.
"My Chang family's gambling house still has two years of lease, and it is rented to the 'Sanshui Gang'. I am going to sell the gambling house! You can contact the Sanshui Gang first. If they are not interested in buying it, then contact other buyers." Chang Yi instructed the last broker, "This gambling house will cost at least 3,800 taels of silver."
In just one day, Chang Yi prepared to sell the three most important assets of the Chang family through three pawn shops. As for the remaining miscellaneous items and the ancestral home, Chang Yi was not in a hurry.
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In order to get the commission, the three brokerage firms all hurriedly began to arrange matchmaking, and the people who had been secretly paying attention to the Chang family also quickly got the news.
At night.
In Lanyue City, in a private room of a seven-story luxury restaurant, three men were drinking, eating meat and chatting, with beautiful women pouring wine and serving them. They looked very happy.
"I respect you, big brother. If it weren't for your accurate calculation, we would have suffered a great loss this time."
"Yes, it was very dangerous! We had just killed the traitor when the Iron Eagle Gang surrounded us. It seemed that they used the traitor as bait and ambushed us on purpose. Fortunately, the eldest brother sent people to rush over and join forces with us to attack from both inside and outside, and finally we won a great victory. Although seven of our brothers died, nearly a hundred people from the Iron Eagle Gang died in this wave. They must have been heartbroken!" The two were a little excited.
The golden-robed man sitting in the main seat said calmly: "In this world, if we don't want to be eaten, we have no choice but to eat others!"
The beauties standing by were horrified when they heard this.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Huh?" The three men frowned slightly.
Afterwards, the door opened and a young man in gray emerged with a smile: "Master."
"Come in." said the man in the golden robe.
The young man in gray then stepped in carefully, walked to the side of the man in golden robe sitting in the main seat, looked around, and said nothing.
"You guys go down first." The man in the golden robe glanced at the serving women and ordered.
"Yes." The women stepped back.
"What's the matter?" The man in the golden robe frowned.
"Why are you so cautious? What's the big deal?" Two big men on the side were also looking at the man in gray.
"It's the illegitimate child of the Chang family." The gray-robed young man whispered, and the three golden-robed men immediately became more serious. The gray-robed young man continued, "The illegitimate child sold the rice shop, restaurant, and gambling house through three brokerage firms today. It seems that he wants to sell all his assets. He may be trying to run away."
"All sold?" the man in the golden robe frowned and asked, "Where is the Chang family's ancestral home?"
"I haven't heard about the ancestral home." The gray-clothed young man said immediately , "As soon as I heard the news that he sold the rice shop, I arranged for people to go to all the 19 pawnshops in the city, including the official pawnshops, but I didn't hear that he sold the ancestral home."
"Um."
The man in the golden robe and the two big men looked at each other.
"Old Chang was about to die. He was a childless old man, and we were ready to swallow up the Chang family's property. We even arranged for the government to take over." A big man shook his head and said, "Who would have thought that before Old Chang died, he would find an illegitimate son! Let him take over the Chang family's property."
"I've always wanted to find an opportunity to kill this illegitimate child, but he is very cautious. He has a group of guards protecting him closely and rarely goes out." Another big man said, "In addition, he shamelessly spent a lot of money to worship the Blood Rain Guard Wu Commander as his godfather. The Blood Rain Guard Wu Commander is not someone you want to mess with."
The man in the golden robe sneered, "This Wu Tong leader is very greedy, he has a bunch of godchildren! We are dealing with his godchildren, not Wu Tong leader! At most, we can swallow up the Chang family's property and give Wu Tong leader a share of the benefits. Wu Tong leader... also wants to give face to our 'Huayue Gang'."
The Huayue Gang, one of the three major gangs in Lanyue City, is deeply rooted and has tens of thousands of gang members. Although the Xueyu Guard is a violent department, the deterrent power of the Xueyu Guard has also weakened a lot as the empire's ruling power has weakened.
"Now that Master Chang is about to sell his property. Once everything is sold, he might sneak out of Lanyue City, and we will get nothing." The man in the golden robe said, "We can't wait any longer. We must keep an eye on Master Chang. Once he leaves the house... we will find a chance to kill him!"
"He seldom goes out," said a big man.
"He's selling rice shops and restaurants, so he'll have to go to the government to transfer ownership and sign contracts eventually!" said the man in the golden robe, "So we have to leave his house. If he comes out, we'll kill him in the street!"
"yes."
The two big men nodded.
A big family like the Chang family must have traps in their ancestral home. They would be at a disadvantage if they broke into the home. But outside? They were still confident, after all, he was just an illegitimate child.
