125: Chapter 125 Lin Chuan's Group Meeting
Early the next morning.
Zhao Zhu was still in bed, dreaming while hugging his mistress, when a phone call jolted him awake.
"Brother Zhao!! Something's wrong!!"
"Our construction site has been trashed!!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhu sat up abruptly, his combover hair standing on end.
"What?! Who dares to mess with my turf?!"
"Is it that kid Lin Chuan?!"
"It's... it's a group of migrant workers!!"
The voice on the other end was sobbing.
"These workers are too fierce, Brother Zhao!!"
"Over fifty of our guys guarding the site went in with pickaxe handles, but those guys just stood there and let themselves be hit!"
"The pickaxe handles snapped! But not even their skin was broken!"
"With a backhand slap, they sent our brothers flying five meters away!!"
"The site is in total chaos now! The excavator operator was so scared he jumped out and ran! The bricklayers have all quit!!"
"Brother Zhao, come quickly!! Any later and the site will be leveled!!"
Zhao Zhu's head was buzzing.
Migrant workers?
One against fifty?
Snapping pickaxe handles?
Are these freaking migrant workers or special forces?!
It wasn't just Zhao Zhu; Zhang Haishan in Shen City, Li Fugui in Spring City, and almost every real estate developer who participated in yesterday's "Action Against Lin" suffered the same blow.
Dozens of green-skinned orcs had changed into ragged padded jackets and dog-fur hats, splitting up for the operation.
They didn't waste words when they reached the sites.
"We're here looking for work!"
If they weren't given any? Then they fought!
If they were? Then they caused trouble!
They poured cement into the sand! They twisted steel rebar into pretzels! They used the crane cables as swings!
These guys were like a group of gods of destruction.
Yet they were invulnerable and possessed Herculean strength!
The thugs who usually acted like tyrants on the construction sites had truly kicked a titanium alloy plate this time.
"Mama!! Monsters!!"
"Stop hitting!! Not the face!!"
"I was wrong, Big Brother!! I won't do it again!!"
Wails of agony filled the construction sites.
In less than half a day.
Across all of Harbin, every real estate company that opposed Lin Chuan saw their construction sites paralyzed!
...
The weather was getting colder by the day.
In the Northeast, once winter hits, the ground freezes solid.
If work stopped now, they would have to wait until next spring to resume!
That was a six-month delay!
Bank interest, worker wages, equipment rentals... it added up to astronomical figures!
Every day of delay meant tens of thousands in losses!
Zhao Zhu was so anxious that blisters broke out around his mouth as he frantically made calls to gather people.
"Brother Zhang! We have to join forces!!"
"That Lin Chuan is going too far!!"
"He's trying to cut us off at the roots!!"
However, just as these real estate developers were at their wits' end.
A newspaper was placed on their desks.
It was today's "Harbin Evening News."
The front-page headline featured an open letter in bold:
"A Letter to My Colleagues in the Real Estate Industry of the Three Northeastern Provinces"
The content was simple, carrying a bit of an underworld vibe:
"I've heard recently that my colleagues' construction sites haven't been doing so well. Perhaps it's because you haven't treated your workers well, and retribution has come?"
"I, Lin Chuan, am a businessman who believes in harmony bringing wealth."
"I can let bygones be bygones regarding past grievances."
"Tomorrow at 6:00 PM, I'm hosting a few tables at the Shangri-La Hotel."
"Those who want to make money and become friends with Lin Chuan are more than welcome."
"I will set aside past grudges; let's all make money together."
"As for those who don't come..."
Nothing followed.
But that massive exclamation mark hung over everyone's heads like a blade.
If you don't come... then wait for the construction sites to continue being haunted!
Wait for bankruptcy!
Looking at the newspaper, Li Fugui's hands were trembling.
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
Li Fugui tossed the newspaper aside and let out a long sigh.
"This Lin Chuan not only has dirty hands but also a ruthless heart!"
"First he beats us until we're hurting and scared, then he offers a sweet date!"
"It's the classic 'slap followed by a sweet date' tactic!"
The secretary beside him asked in a low voice:
"Boss, are we going?"
Li Fugui glanced at the snowflakes already drifting outside the window.
"Go! Of course we're going!"
"If we don't go, are we supposed to wait and starve to death?"
"We're in this for the money; we can cross anyone, but we can't cross money!"
"Prepare the car! Go buy some generous gifts! Tomorrow, we're going to pay our respects!"
It wasn't just Li Fugui.
Many small developers who couldn't hold out were wavering.
After all, the Lin Group's current momentum was too fierce, with those 'dimension-reducing strike' properties and that terrifying martial power.
Opposing someone like that was simply seeking death!
It was better to bow their heads and admit fault; they might even get a sip of the soup!
...
However.
There were those who refused to submit.
In Shen City, Zhang Haishan slammed the newspaper onto the table.
"To hell with him!"
"I've been in the Northeast for decades; when have I ever taken this kind of crap?!"
"Let bygones be bygones? Wants to make money?"
"I see it—he wants to swallow us all and make us his lackeys!!"
Zhang Haishan's face was distorted with rage, his eyes bloodshot.
"Wants to make me his dog? Not a chance!!"
"I don't believe it! Can Lin Chuan really cover the sky with one hand?!"
Zhao Zhu, beside him, was also full of resentment:
"Brother Zhang is right!"
"If we go, we'll truly become his lackeys!"
"How will we ever show our faces in the Northeast real estate industry again?"
"We have to fight him to the end!!"
Zhang Haishan sneered:
"I've already contacted my connections in the capital."
"I heard the authorities have started investigating the extermination of the Zhou Family."
"As long as we insist he did it!"
"I don't believe he'll be able to stay out of prison!!"
"And!"
Zhang Haishan pulled a Black Star Pistol from his drawer and slammed it heavily onto the table.
"That dinner tomorrow night."
"We're going!"
"But not to eat!"
"We're going to crash the party!!"
"I don't believe he'd dare do anything to me in front of all the real estate developers in the Northeast!!"
"As long as we join forces to ruin his reputation and bring him down!!"
"When the time comes, his industries and his land will all be ours!!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhu's eyes lit up.
Fortune favors the bold!
If they could take down Lin Chuan, the Lin Group's current tens of billions in assets would be a massive piece of meat!
"Let's do it!!"
"Tomorrow, we'll bring plenty of men!"
"I don't believe that with so many local snakes, we can't pin down one dragon crossing the river!!"