Chapter 261 - 260: Failed Plan
"This... Oh no, if... I say if, Ye Xiong and his group were taken out, it indicates the presence of even more formidable experts. The Gu Family can be reclaimed anyway, regardless of whether the other two major shareholders withdraw. As long as the Gu Family doesn’t pull out, the Lin Group can basically stabilize. If even Liang Hongwei is controlled, the situation directly turns around."
Hao Shuai expressed their worries.
"Haha, impossible. How could they have such formidable figures? If they did, they wouldn’t have been beaten like that by us." Hao Dahai wasn’t too tense, thinking all these things were designed by Lin Batian to deliberately disrupt their plans.
Half an hour later.
The two experts guarding the Gu Family’s Gu Haijun’s family were taken out by Chen Tianlong, and then those at Liang Hongwei’s home were taken out too. Finally, He Tongping, who had already been converted, was directly threatened by Chen Tianlong using violence, forcing him to hand over his shares.
This isn’t just controlling; He Tongping’s entire family assets were wiped out. Such a person remaining in the company is a disaster, so removing him was the best choice.
In the Hao Family.
Just half an hour remaining before the selection conference was to begin, and these people were anxiously waiting for news from the Flying Eagle Gang base.
This was their only hope. After all, all their experts were at the base. If the hostages were still there, they could immediately bring back these experts to guard the Gu and Liang families.
In this way, they could participate in the selection without fail, and overthrow the Lin Family.
However, the next phone call left Hao Shuai completely devastated.
"What’s wrong, Hao Shuai?" Hao Dahai saw Hao Shuai’s suddenly collapsed expression and felt a jolt in his heart, sensing something was wrong.
"Dad, the base replied, the hostages were rescued, and the three experts... are gravely injured, uncertain if they’ll survive." Hao Shuai’s hand was trembling as he said this.
He never expected such a slip-up at this crucial moment.
"What?"
Hao Dahai sat directly in the chair, his heart convulsing, showing clear signs of a heart attack, his face pale.
Seeing this, Hao Shuai quickly went over, "Dad, what’s wrong?"
"Medicine, my medicine, in my pocket."
Hao Dahai immediately said, he carried these medicines on him as he knew his health wasn’t good.
Hao Shuai quickly took a small bottle of medicine from his pocket, poured out two pills, and shoved them into Hao Dahai’s mouth. After swallowing them, Hao Dahai’s body felt much better.
Though Elder Mo was helpless, seeing Elder Hao ill, he specifically came over to show concern, "Dahai, are you okay?"
"Ah... I didn’t expect the Lin Family didn’t get kicked out of the Four Great Families after all."
Hao Dahai said with some helplessness, "Then our two families are a bit at risk. I don’t know if the Tang Family might seize the opportunity to rise and displace one of us."
"Indeed, it’s quite unfortunate. But on the other hand, Lin Batian is so confident. Did he send experts again? Wasn’t there some rule they mentioned before, that experts couldn’t be sent over? Could it be Lin Batian, for the sake of his company, gambled on sending people over?" Hao Dahai pondered.
Hao Shuai furrowed his brow after hearing this, having also thought of the same point, but the Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall had already mentioned that advanced ancient martial cultivators were no longer daring to enter the mortal realm.
Then no one should be able to defeat Ye Xiong!
Now the base reports, Ye Xiong has been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, suggesting the injuries he suffered are severe. Hao Shuai couldn’t believe an ordinary person could beat him to such a state, even at the cost of his life.
Then the question arises, who exactly did it?
As everyone wore melancholy faces, the Four Great Families selection conference of South Sea City formally began; Elder Mo and Elder Hao had no choice but to attend on time.
After a two-hour conference, based on the reported assets and company shares of each family, the final election results were announced.
Lin Family finally ranked first, while Hao Family was second.
And a dark horse emerged as the third, surprisingly the Tang Family. Elder Tang, alongside a small force of the Tang Family, stood by to help maintain order.
Tang Bing, the captain of this team, couldn’t contain the joy seeing Lin Family ranking as the top of the Four Great Families.
Finally, Mo Family narrowly surpassed Xu Family, ranking fourth, while Xu Family tragically got kicked out of the Four Great Families.
Master Xu’s face showed utter sadness, and Xu Fei was extremely irked.
Originally, Master Xu thought He Tongping’s shares would join their Xu Family, but unexpectedly, they stayed with the Lin Family, deeply frustrating him.
At the Xu Family Mansion, upon learning Xu Family was kicked out of the Four Great Families, Xu Kan was extremely furious, considering Xu Xian a total fool for losing their place in just these few years.
At this moment, he had already made up his mind.
On the other side, after some investigation, Hao Shuai found out He Tongping sold all his shares to the Lin Family, without disclosing any specifics, and left South Sea City with his family that very day.
This left Hao Shuai very troubled, implying the plan failed.
A major turmoil finally passed, and the Four Great Families selection ended, meaning Lin Group would become the economic leader of South Sea City for the next three years.
Having been robbed of the top spot in the Four Great Families, Elder Hao began planning anew, deciding he must go to the Celestial Martial Sect.
Although the Hao Family retained its status among the Four Great Families, Hao Shuai’s ambitions weren’t satisfied; now as the Celestial Wolf Gang’s Second-in-Command, and with Tang Family’s support, he vowed to seize the top spot of the Four Great Families.