Capítulo 696: Chapter 696: A Bitter Price
'Is this it?'
Xia Lei, wearing a black windbreaker, sunglasses, a dome cap, and his hands in his pockets, asked a bowing middle-aged man with a donkey face next to him.
Xia Lei's appearance was one that Xia Yu would definitely feel familiar with. It was a classic look from 'Shanghai Bund'.
It's not like that, you can see a lot of this look in Hong Kong these days, especially among the big shots of those gangs. Many have a soft spot for this look.
It is really the impact of the previous broadcast of 'Shanghai Bund' on Global TV that is so astonishing.
Zhou Yunfa has also become a first-tier star as a result, and Global Talent Agency has given him an S-level contract, making him one of the company's mainstays. He is also on a par with Zhang Guorong in the music field, and is one of Global's two most popular male stars.
According to the original historical trajectory, the filming of 'The Bund' had already begun at this time, but it would not be broadcast until 1980.
However, due to Xia Yu's interference, Zhao Zhenqiang was poached by Universal Television early, and with the existence of the screenwriting team, 'The Bund' was able to be released ahead of schedule, and the plot was even more exciting than in previous lives.
'Boss, it's here!'
The middle-aged man with a donkey face, bowing and scraping, said immediately.
'Knock on the door for me!'
Xia Lei ordered with a cold expression.
'Yes!'
Several subordinates answered, immediately knocking on the door, making a thumping sound. The people living around them all poked their heads out, and when they saw Xia Lei and the others, they immediately cowered back in fear.
It must be that Guo Jianglin has offended someone from the gang, and now the retaliation has come. It's better to stay out of it and avoid getting into trouble.
'Big Brother, he's probably not home.'
After knocking for a while, no one came to open the door, so the subordinate stopped knocking and reported back.
Xia Lei frowned and asked the middle-aged man with the donkey face, 'Are you sure this is Guo Jianglin's home? And you saw him at home?'
The middle-aged man with the donkey face suddenly turned pale, his heart trembling. He hurriedly defended himself, saying, 'Big Brother, even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare lie to you. This is Guo Jianglin's home. I saw him at home before I left. Who knows if he's not here now, I guess he just went out...'
'I don't think you have the guts!'
Xia Lei said coldly, and ordered him, 'Ask the neighbour next door about Guo Jianglin's movements.'
'Yes, yes!'
The middle-aged man with a donkey face nodded repeatedly, then straightened his back and went next door, knocking on the door forcefully.
'Bang bang bang!'
'Come out!'
This bully's stance was quite impressive.
'I'm coming!'
'Sir, what can I do for you?'
A somewhat panicked voice came from inside the room, and then the door opened. An honest-looking middle-aged man stuck his head out, his eyes afraid to look around, and humbly asked the donkey-faced middle-aged man.
'Does Guo Jianglin live next door to you?'
The donkey-faced middle-aged man asked loudly, deliberately making sure Xia Lei could hear.
'That's him. I heard he even opened a bar in Central!'
'Then that's right!'
'Where is he?'
'He left half an hour ago, and I don't know when he'll be back.'
'Do you know anything else?'
'No, I don't know anything else,'
the honest man said quickly, shaking his head.
'Okay, that's it, you can go now!'
'Thank you, boss!'
After saying that, the honest man closed the door and covered his heart inside the house, breathing heavily.
'Boss, what do you think?'
The middle-aged man with a donkey face asked Xia Lei carefully.
'Lead the way, to his bar!'
'Ding Zai, Hooligan Hui, and Big Head, you three stay here and keep watch. If Guo Jianglin returns, block him and let me know.'
After saying this, Xia Lei let the donkey-faced middle-aged man lead the way, and the car started towards Central Hong Kong.
The three people who were left discussed it for a while, spread out, and hid around.
In the car, the middle-aged man with a donkey face looked at Xia Lei, who was resting his eyes, through the rearview mirror. He was worried and prayed secretly that Guo Jianglin would not run away, while also regretting a little that he had ratted on the Tiger Club in a moment of heat.
In fact, he was one of Guo Jianglin's subordinates in the shop, and he also knew that Guo Jianglin had offended Xia Yu.
When he heard that his colleagues were afraid of being retaliated against, were preparing to resign, and that some were even planning to betray Guo Jianglin, the middle-aged man with a donkey face also felt itchy.
Because he was from the village next to Xia Yu's hometown, he happened to know about the relationship between the Tiger Gang boss Xia Lei and the stock god Xia Yu.
In order to secure his own future, he mustered the courage to go to the Tiger Gang's territory and ask to see Xia Lei.
Sure enough, he was able to meet with him, and what he said also attracted the great attention of Xia Lei, who even came in person to deal with the matter.
This excited the middle-aged donkey-faced man, but it also made him feel apprehensive.
There would be a big reward for getting the job done, but if he failed, he might be in trouble.
He could only pray that he was lucky and that he would meet Guo Jianglin today.
'Boss, this is the bar. It closed after the incident last night,'
not long after, the car stopped in front of the bar 'Norwegian Forest', the middle-aged man with a donkey face introduced Xia Lei.
Coincidentally, Guo Jianglin, who had just left the stock market, wanted to go home, but suddenly changed his mind on the way and decided to go back to the bar first to get the money stored in his safe.
As soon as Xia Lei and the others arrived, the taxi he was in arrived.
The middle-aged man with the donkey face was sharp-eyed and immediately saw Guo Jianglin, and was suddenly overjoyed. He said to Xia Lei, 'Big guy, that's Guo Jianglin.'
Xia Lei's spirits soared, and following the donkey-faced middle-aged man's pointing, a smile appeared on his face.
'No rush, wait until he opens the door and goes in, then control him.'
Guo Jianglin, who was obsessed with running away with his family fortune as soon as possible, did not notice the two cars parked by the roadside.
When he opened the door and just entered the bar, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him. Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his hand, and was grabbed by the back of the hand, pushed against the wall, and his head was held down.
'Big brother, spare my life, big brother, spare my life.'
Guo Jianglin hurriedly begged for mercy after he came back to his senses, his legs were shaking.
'Close the door! Turn on the lights!'
'Yes!'
The subordinates closed the door and turned on the lights.
Xia Lei sat on the sofa in a commanding manner, and Guo Jianglin was escorted to him.
Of course, Guo Jianglin did not know Xia Lei, but when he saw the middle-aged man with a donkey face next to Xia Lei, he instantly reacted, his eyes wide with anger. He was filled with rage, but dared not show it, and could only breathe rapidly.
The middle-aged man with a donkey face couldn't bear to look at Guo Jianglin as he glanced to the side.
'Guo Jianglin, right? I have something to ask you, so answer truthfully. If I find out you've lied, well, guess the consequences!'
Xia Lei looked at him with a cold stare and said indifferently.
Guo Jianglin nodded repeatedly and said, 'Big Brother, ask away. If I dare to lie to you, I absolutely won't die a good death.'
Jokes aside, the middle-aged man with the donkey face was standing right next to him, so how could he not know that he had been sold out?
'Tell me everything that happened last night.'
'Okay, okay, last night was like this...'
Although Guo Jianglin was telling the truth, he had a strong desire to survive, and kept saying in his statement that he didn't know Xia Yu's identity and had been coerced by Zhao Zhi'an. He had initially just wanted to stop the fight, but then the conflict had become unavoidable, blah, blah, blah...
Xia Lei remained expressionless throughout, ignoring the halting expressions of the middle-aged man with a donkey face who wanted to say something.
'Big brother, that's it, I really didn't know anything. The stock god is my idol, if I had known it was him, I wouldn't have dared to do it even if I had the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard,'
Guo Jianglin hastily added after finishing his story.
Xia Lei remained expressionless and asked, 'I don't care what the reason is, I just know that you are indeed an accomplice, right?'
Guo Jianglin opened his mouth, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and nodded with difficulty, saying, 'Big Brother, I can guarantee that my people did not hurt the stock god or his woman.'
Xia Lei snorted, 'You should be glad that you didn't hurt them! Otherwise, would I still be here talking nonsense with you?'
Guo Jianglin was startled, and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Although he had a few subordinates, he was not a gangster. At most, he was a small boss with a bit of power, and he hired subordinates just to make an appearance.
When it comes to a real big shot like Xia Lei, he is so scared that he can't be any more scared.
'Go ahead, what are you going to do? Are you going to run away?'
Xia Lei leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and looked down at him as he asked.
Guo Jianglin was startled and quickly denied, 'No, no, I was planning to go to the stock god's company to apologize to him.'
'Huh!'
'Then what are you going to use as compensation?'
At this moment, Guo Jianglin's desire to survive was stronger than ever before, and his mind became extremely sharp. He immediately said, 'Big brother, I only have this bar and a house. I am willing to give them up. This is all I have. I just beg you to let me go.'
'Haha!'
'With what you have, you expect people to take you seriously!'
Xia Lei laughed.
Guo Jianglin felt very uncomfortable at being mocked, but he dared not show it. He licked his lips in self-deprecation and begged Xia Lei to spare his life.
For someone like him who values his life, nothing is more important than his life.
'Is what he said the truth?'
Xia Lei asked the middle-aged man with a donkey face.
The middle-aged man with a donkey face immediately nodded and said, 'Big Brother, as far as I know, apart from his savings, these are the only things he has.'
Guo Jianglin's eyes suddenly turned red, and he said before Xia Lei, 'Big Brother, what I meant was to take out the savings as well, that's all I have.'
Xia Lei looked at him and ordered with a cold smile, 'I don't think you can take anything out either, but take out the things you mentioned first. As for whether he will take them or not is another matter!'
Next, under the watchful eye of Xia Lei and the others, Guo Jianglin obediently produced the equity certificate for the bar 'Norwegian Forest', as well as the purchase contract and deed for the house he currently lived in, and some cash in the form of bank cards.
After making sure that these things were in safe hands, Xia Lei ordered Guo Jianglin to be watched over and left with the others.
After Xia Lei and the others had left, Guo Jianglin, who was under control, looked at the two people watching him. He felt both heartache and remorse, and at the same time, he hated Zhao Zhi'an.
'What bad luck!'
'Damn ungrateful son of a bitch, Zhao Zhi'an...'
Guo Jianglin wailed in his heart.
At 4:00 p.m., the stock market closed for the day, and at 4:10 p.m., the closing auction phase officially ended.
In the midst of everyone's attention, the market value of Wah Kwong Shipping Company was set at 960 million Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 320 million Hong Kong dollars compared to the market value of 1.28 billion Hong Kong dollars at the opening of the afternoon session, a drop of 25%.
The market value of Wah Kwong Real Estate Company was 750 million Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 170 million Hong Kong dollars compared to the market value of 920 million Hong Kong dollars at the opening of the session, a drop of 18.5%.
The two companies had a combined market value of 490 million Hong Kong dollars, which was terrifying.
The Zhao family holds 51.5% of Wah Kwong Shipping and 53.8% of Wah Kwong Properties, and has borne the brunt of the losses of the two companies. The family's assets have evaporated by more than 250 million, a heavy loss.
Of course, those who have suffered more than the Zhao family are the other shareholders and investors of the two companies. They have been completely victimised, and watched in disbelief as the stock price plummeted like a flash flood, draining away all afternoon.
After the stock market closed, these people felt slightly relieved, but they also prayed that the Zhao family would do something about it and solve the problem perfectly before the market opened tomorrow morning.
Otherwise, with the terrifying number of unexecuted sell orders at the close of trading this afternoon, the stock price will definitely plummet sharply when the market opens tomorrow.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people!
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