Capítulo 1156: Chapter 435: Clash (Part 2)
Only because Zhou Wang was the only one sitting there, and also the one who seemed the most composed.
He was too familiar with that posture, countless times it was him sitting there, indifferently watching others. Only today, the object of that scrutiny was himself.
“Who the hell are you?”
Because he was wary of Gao Xing standing beside him, the disheveled and furious He Jiang restrained his impulse to grab Zhou Wang by the collar, but his eyes and expression remained fiercely fixed on Zhou Wang as he asked.
“Boss!”
At this moment, Xu Wenqian also ran over and stood next to Zhou Wang.
It was only then that He Jiang realized that the young man in front of him was Xu Wenqian’s so-called boss. Zhou Wang also examined He Jiang and spoke:
“My name is Zhou Wang.”
“Zhou Wang?”
Although He Jiang was arrogant, he wasn’t stupid. An ordinary person wouldn’t be able to find such a powerful bodyguard like Gao Xing, so he quickly ran through possibilities in his head before tentatively asking, “Are you related to Zhou Hexuan…”
“Zhou Hexuan? Never heard of him.”
Zhou Wang paused, then shook his head.
“What about Zhou Zihao…”
He Jiang thought of another Zhou who might be untouchable in Magic City, and asked again.
“Don’t know him either.”
Zhou Wang shook his head again.
Seeing He Jiang racking his brains to guess, Zhou Wang couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head… You really are a crafty little fox. No wonder you’ve managed to get by unscathed into your 30s despite your arrogance.
“Stop guessing, Mr. He. I’m from Yunan Province, and this is my first time in Magic City. I don’t have any businesses or relatives here.”
“An outsider?”
He Jiang’s expression changed slightly.
Meanwhile, from the crowd behind him, Xu Qing, the CEO of Ginkgo Capital, who found Zhou Wang’s name somewhat familiar, suddenly exclaimed after frowning for a few seconds:
“Zhou Wang, from Yunan Province… I remember now!”
“Mr. Xu knows him?”
Upon hearing Xu Qing’s exclamation, He Jiang turned his head to ask, and Secretary Ge and others also looked over curiously.
The scene that had just unfolded was baffling to them more than anyone else. They’d known He Jiang for some time, and had never seen him suffer such a big loss.
Now hearing Xu Qing’s tone, could this Zhou Wang really have substantial backing?
With everyone staring at her, Xu Qing quickly explained:
“I do know him, no wonder he looked somewhat familiar… well, to put it simply, he’s a young man who recently gained quite a reputation in the domestic capital circle, started from scratch, now has assets over a billion, and supposedly opened a club in Beidou that’s quite popular with the Beijing Circle… Hmm, I don’t know much more. Oh wait…”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
Xu Qing, wanting to say more, ultimately just shook her head.
At that moment, Xu Qing only vaguely felt that something seemed off. She had indeed seen some information about Zhou Wang, but she couldn’t immediately recall why she had looked him up at that time.
It seemed like she had heard his name somewhere, out of curiosity…
But exactly where, Xu Qing couldn’t remember.
Unable to figure it out, she attributed it to work needs, after all, in their line of private equity, having a keen sense is the most important, and given Zhou Wang’s age, he was bound to attract capital’s attention.
Perhaps, he was just one among the hundreds of personal records on her desk.
“Starting from scratch? A billionaire? Xu Qing, are you kidding me?”
He Jiang repeated with a look of disbelief.
And Secretary Ge and others knew he wasn’t shocked, just found it absurd.
With this?
If he were to throw a brick from the Eastern Pearl Tower, he wouldn’t know how many passing billionaires he’d hit.
And he, the He Da Shao respected by everyone in Magic City, was being publicly humiliated by an outsider.
After figuring out Zhou Wang’s supposed background, He Jiang’s body trembled, his expression uncontrollably turning sinister, he turned, locking eyes coldly with Zhou Wang.
“You reckless fool, if you manage to walk out of here unscathed today, I’ll write my name backwards!”
Seeing this, Secretary Ge and others looked at Zhou Wang with a hint of pity. In fact, they knew, given the He family’s current prestige, He Jiang’s actions were actually quite restrained these days.
Had it been a few years ago, in a situation like the one in the private room just now, given Yu Duo’s allure to He Jiang, he might have acted out violently right in front of everyone.
But now, He Jiang was evidently truly enraged, almost losing his rationality.
“Mr. Elva, please clear the venue, remind your people, and turn off the surveillance.”
“Secretary Ge, please make a call to my brother-in-law, you know what to say to him.”
“Mr. Xu, I also need to trouble you to clean up once more…”
“Director Gao, prepare some checks, it won’t be difficult, right?”
“Oh, and Dean Wang… huh, where’s Old Wang?”
At this point, He Jiang suddenly calmed down, ignoring Zhou Wang, he instead turned and gave instructions to the people behind him one by one, but with a glance, he noticed Wang Chunsheng was missing, frowned, and had no choice but to stop, turning to instruct another of his assistants.
Being a bit far, Zhou Wang couldn’t hear clearly, but faintly caught words like “ambulance” and “ICU”.
Zhou Wang chuckled, turning to motion for Bai Feifei to hand him a cigarette.
Bai Feifei didn’t actually know what was happening, and given her experience, she also didn’t know what level He Jiang belonged to, but she had boundless confidence in Zhou Wang… stemming from the personal instructions of the club’s owner.
And deeply knowing the club’s behind-the-scenes owner’s capabilities, Bai Feifei naturally had a favorable bias towards Zhou Wang.
Thus, ignoring the frantic signaling from her boss Shi Tian to stop, she sweetly smiled, obediently kneeling half before Zhou Wang, personally lighting his cigarette.
Seeing a beauty kneeling to serve, surrounded by smoke with Zhou Wang acting so pretentious, He Jiang was actually infuriated to laughter.
He was wild enough, but didn’t expect this country bumpkin to be even wilder.
“Zhou Wang, your ignorance is beyond my fucking imagination, it seems you still haven’t realized yet what awaits you…”
“What else can you do?”
Zhou Wang only smiled faintly, “It’s nothing more than colluding with enforcement, tampering with witnesses and evidence, preparing emergency measures in advance, harshly teaching me a lesson but not taking my life, then characterizing this violence as ordinary fighting, resolving with some compensation… Hmm, no, there should also be a vengeance afterward, at least making me suffer if not dead.”
“Oh, you really guessed it all right.”
He Jiang looked surprised, then with an evil expression lowered his voice and said: “No, I also want to toy with the women by your side right before your eyes, while you can only watch but do nothing…”
“Truly perverse, you scion types really have no limits when it comes to vileness.”
Zhou Wang sighed, then laughed, “But there’s one problem now. Your bodyguard obviously can’t beat mine, aren’t you afraid that before your reinforcements arrive, I might just run off?”
“Go ahead, run, I’d like to see how far you can get?”
He Jiang sneered, “If today’s business ends here, it might just end here, but if you dare to run, I’ll make you understand what it means to truly live a fate worse than death!”
“Don’t worry, I won’t run. Just like you want, let today’s business end today.”
Zhou Wang shook his head and said, suddenly turning his gaze to the people behind He Jiang, “Hey, from his instructions just now, he’s clearly planning to drag you all down with him, are you really going to listen to him?”
Secretary Ge, Mr. Elva, and Director Gao did not respond to Zhou Wang, their expressions full of disdain, only Xu Qing looked hesitant.
Given the He family’s clout, do they really need their help against a mere “Zhou Wang”?
Of course not.
As Zhou Wang said, He Jiang just wanted an extra layer of insurance for what he was about to do.
That was his cleverness, never leaving any dirty deeds on himself alone.
Because… when everyone holds a secret, it’s like none exist.
Before, Xu Qing had not actually participated in He Jiang’s outrageous acts, but in the current situation, she didn’t know how to disengage. To propose leaving now would be tantamount to falling out with He Jiang… she was a bit afraid.
Their expressions were fully captured by Zhou Wang, who sighed and said: “Alright, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. I’m going to make a call now, and before I hang up, if you take a step back, I’ll let you go.”
“?”
Upon hearing this, Secretary Ge and the others looked at Zhou Wang with expressions of bewilderment, wondering if he had lost his mind.