Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Chapter 245 Tied to the Chariot
That evening, at Shi Tiancai's mansion.

At this moment, Shi Tiancai was talking with several close confidants.

"Li Yaohua is capable, but he's a bit too naive."

One of Shi Tiancai's confidants, a local timber merchant, sneered, "He's dreaming if he thinks he can turn things around with our commune."

“That’s not how it works. Keeping this kid around is a real problem. What if he gets targeted again?” another confidant added.

"Then let my fellow Daoist die rather than me!"

Like snakes and rats in a den, Shi Tiancai's men are naturally of the same ilk.

They showed no sympathy for the Li family's plight, but rather a sense of schadenfreude.

Shi Tiancai interrupted the group's nonsense: "I don't know where this kid got these talents from, but they are all quite capable. After we send that kid Li Yaohua to Malaysia, you guys keep an eye on them and make sure to keep these talents here."

“Of course.” One of the confidants immediately nodded and said, “At worst, it just costs more money. Anyway, this money was sent by that kid Li Yaohua.”

Shi Tiancai nodded: "You guys should make sure to divide the shares of the foreign trade company that Li Yaohua has been running recently. I don't want any more disputes to arise in the future."

"Hahaha, we won't leave him a single hair." The others all laughed.

Just as these people were discussing how to divide up the foreign trade company founded by Li Yaohua, the lights in the villa suddenly went out.

"What's going on? Ah Hu, go check if the fuse has blown again."

Shi Tiancai frowned and told his bodyguard to go out and check.

Brunei, after all, is not like Hong Kong, with such developed public facilities.

Short circuits in power systems still occur frequently.

The burly bodyguard lit the candles and then walked out of the room.

It was pitch black outside, and several bodyguards were inspecting the electrical box with flashlights.

But at that moment, several dark figures swiftly approached the bodyguards.

Without the other party reacting, the group simply pulled out daggers and slit their throats.

The people who took action were naturally members of the political department led by Long Wu and others.

After killing several bodyguards, Long Wu and his men were about to drag their bodies away.

At that moment, Shi Tiancai's bodyguard also came over.

This guy, who was able to serve as a bodyguard, was no ordinary person; I could smell the blood from a great distance.

Then, seeing that the group of guys were dressed in strange clothes, the other party immediately pulled out a gun and fired at Long Wu and the others.

Long Wu reacted quickly, shoving aside his subordinates and throwing the dagger at the bodyguard leader like a throwing knife.

He then lowered his body and actually rammed directly into the muzzle of the gun.

The head of the bodyguards was a ruthless man; he actually blocked the throwing knife with his arm and then continued shooting at Long Wu.

Unfortunately, no matter how skilled the head bodyguard was, he was no match for Long Wu, a ruthless man who had been on the battlefield.

Seeing that he had stepped within seven steps of the bodyguard leader, Long Wu suddenly stopped, flipped in mid-air, and drew his revolver from his waist.

Not only did he dodge the enemy's gunfire, but he also managed to blow the head off the bodyguard leader with a single shot.

"Done, eliminate the remaining enemies, quick."

After killing the head of the bodyguards, Long Wu stopped hiding and launched a direct assault.

Upon hearing the gunshots, Shi Tiancai and the others upstairs immediately sensed something was wrong and sought cover.

Less than five minutes after the gunshots rang out, the sounds downstairs gradually faded away.

A moment later, the lights came back on.

Then everyone saw Li Yaohua walk in from outside.

Looking at Shi Tiancai and the others huddled together, Li Yaohua couldn't help but reveal a contemptuous smile: "Chairman Shi, you didn't expect that I would be involved in your spoils-sharing operation tonight, did you?"

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, Shi Tiancai immediately realized that Li Yaohua had overheard their conversation.

"You... what do you want?" Shi Tiancai looked at the heavily armed men behind Li Yaohua and immediately felt a bad feeling.

Li Yaohua immediately laughed: "President Shi, please do me a favor."

Seeing that there seemed to be room for negotiation, Shi Tiancai smiled and said, "Please feel free to ask if there's anything I can help you with. After all, our two families have been friends for generations."

Li Yaohua chuckled and patted Shi Tiancai on the shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, you can definitely do this."

As he spoke, Li Yaohua found a chair and sat down: "You should also know that my whole family was brought down by Sultan Richard of Brunei. This Richard has never been very friendly to us Chinese."

“Today it’s our Li family, but tomorrow it could very well be another Chinese family. There are some things that we absolutely cannot ignore.”

“We Chinese are smart and hardworking, and there is no reason for us to be slaughtered by these stupid pigs, so I plan to do something big.”

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, Shi Tiancai showed some disdain.

Everyone knows this, but those stupid natives have Englishmen backing them up. With their numbers, they have no chance of turning the tables.

However, since his life was still in Li Yaohua's hands, Shi Tiancai decided to agree with him first.

But Li Yaohua's next words stunned Shi Tiancai.

Li Yaohua, with his legs crossed, continued, "I've been looking for an opportunity to stir up the fighting spirit of these Chinese in Brunei. If our Li family isn't enough, why not add another heavyweight, like... Chairman Shi of the Citizens' Society? That should be enough."

"You..." Shi Tiancai trembled all over, pointing at Li Yaohua and unable to speak for a long time.

Hearing the distant sound of police sirens, Li Yaohua laughed and said, "Tell me, these native police officers from Brunei weren't satisfied with just dealing with the Li family, they also set their sights on Chairman Shi's wealth. Not only did they rob Chairman Shi of his property, but they also killed him to cover it up. What do you think of this story?"

"No, no, no, please spare me." Shi Tiancai was terrified and immediately knelt down, pleading with Li Yaohua.

Li Yaohua said with some surprise, "President Shi, what are you doing? Are you unwilling to make a small sacrifice for all of us Chinese?"

"I don't want to sacrifice myself, I don't want to sacrifice myself!" Shi Tiancai cried, tears streaming down his face, his obese body looking quite comical.

“Well, that’s not up to you. My boss told me that sacrifices are necessary when doing big things.” Li Yaohua shook his head and waved his hand.

Long Wu glanced at Li Yaohua, who had turned his back, then took a rope and walked towards Shi Tiancai.

Hong Kong, the president's office of Guojun Group.

He Guorong reported Li Yaohua's actions in Brunei to Chen Jiajun.

Hearing about this kid's methods, Chen Jiajun couldn't help but be amazed: "Not bad, impressive skills."

Li Yaohua's way of doing things is just exactly what Chen Jiajun likes.

He Guorong, who was standing nearby, also exclaimed, "This young man has done better than we imagined."

Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "Don't cut off the resources for Li Yaohua. I want him to become the most dazzling Chinese in Brunei."

He Guorong nodded: "Of course, but boss, shouldn't we put some kind of restraint on this kid? Otherwise, I'm afraid..."

"Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust." Chen Jiajun waved his hand magnanimously: "Putting a collar on Li Yaohua as soon as he starts to show some improvement would make anyone uncomfortable."

Seeing that Chen Jiajun didn't care, He Guorong shrugged and didn't say anything.

After He Guorong left, he received a call from Lu Hantao.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Hantao said that the Englishmen couldn't hold on any longer and were planning to negotiate with them.

The Westerners will no longer use any means to target Chen Jiajun's Guojun Electronics and Tesla businesses, on the condition that the large-scale protests and demonstrations cease and that they listen to their demands to eliminate the negative media coverage.

After all, this incident caused quite a stir; it's said that everyone on Chenning Street knows about it.

This caused the Governor's Office to lose face, and Lu Hantao had no choice but to privately seek peace.

Foreigners are naturally quick to forget their mistakes; once the heat dies down, they'll definitely cause some more trouble.

However, now is not the time for a fight to the death. Chen Jiajun made Lu Hantao and others agree to negotiate with the government.

However, the conditions naturally need to be changed, since they are the winners this time.

Brunei, a branch office of the Citizens' Society.

Members of the Civic Society were called over early in the morning. But before they even entered, they were greeted by a sea of ​​white mourning clothes.

This really startled the members of the Civic Society.

Upon entering, one finds several coffins and a few black-and-white portraits displayed in the lobby.

The one in the very center is Chairman Shi of their Citizens' Society.

The man sitting at the lower end, dressed in mourning clothes, was the clever young man, Li Yaohua.

"Yaohua, what... what's going on?" Several elders of the Citizens' Society asked in trembling voices upon seeing this scene.

With a sorrowful expression, Li Yaohua said, "Last night, I was preparing to hand over my work to Chairman Shi, but I never expected that when I arrived at Chairman Shi's house..."

Upon seeing Shi Tiancai's portrait and body, everyone's expressions turned grim.

In particular, the eyes of several veteran members of the Civic Society were already red with anger.

They said to Li Yaohua, "What exactly happened last night? Who had the audacity to kill the chairman of our Citizens' Society?"

Li Yaohua said sadly, "Last night I rushed to Chairman Shi's house and found the villa completely dark. It seemed that the power had been cut off. When I got inside the villa, I found that Chairman Shi and several seniors had been shot dead inside the villa."

"However, when the other party was leaving, I saw police cars lurking nearby, and I felt that something was not amiss. So I risked my life and brought a few brothers with me to retrieve the bodies of Chairman Shi and several senior figures."

"Police." Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately startled.

Thinking about what had happened to Li Yaohua's family made everyone present look even more gloomy.

They had already gone to Richard Sultan to demand an explanation regarding the Li family's matter.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't even bother to meet with the citizen's society, and simply sent a subordinate to brush the matter off.

Now even Shi Tiancai has fallen victim to their treachery, it seems the Li family's affairs were not as simple as others imagined.

However, some people were still uneasy: "Yaohua, you can't just say things like that. Are you sure they're police officers?"

Li Yaohua said with a wronged expression, "Uncles and elders, this matter is not only witnessed by me, Li Yaohua, but also by more than one or two people."

Li Yaohua handled this matter very cleverly.

He killed the man, and he specifically timed it so that the indigenous police would be blamed.

Hearing Li Yaohua's words, everyone believed him to some extent, not to mention they were all filled with righteous indignation.

At least, a sense of shared sorrow arose within them.

First it was the Li family, now it's Shi Tiancai, so who will be next?

No one would expect such a thing to happen to them.

Seeing that the atmosphere had been built up enough, Li Yaohua stood up and said, "Uncles and elders, you all know about the Li family's affairs before."

"They just want to steal the family business that we've worked so hard for generations."

“When my father refused, he had our whole family arrested and imprisoned. He deliberately made us suffer from hunger and cold. My father, who was so old, forced me to hand over all of the Li family’s property while running a high fever.”

"Even after I handed over all my assets, they still didn't let my whole family go. Today it's Chairman Shi's turn again."

"Gentlemen, I think you should give up your illusions. These damn natives have never been on our side, especially now that they have the English devils as their backers."

"Do you really want these tragedies to continue to occur in our Chinese community?"

Faced with Li Yaohua's heart-wrenching cries, everyone fell silent.

This is something they definitely need to consider. If things continue like this, they'll really become fat pigs in someone else's hands, to be slaughtered whenever they want.

Then, a veteran of the community said to Li Yaohua, "Yaohua, what do you want to do?"

Li Yaohua glanced at the crowd and said loudly, "First of all, we must arm ourselves, at least to protect our property and lives. I propose that our civic society unite all the Chinese in Brunei to form a patrol team of our own, specifically to protect our safety."

The members of the Citizens' Society had no objections to Li Yaohua's proposal.

Fortunately, Brunei was not a large country, and even Richard did not have a large armed force.

It only takes a little money to hire about a hundred people, which is more than enough.

As the initiator of this proposal, Li Yaohua naturally joined the core team of the Citizens' Society and began discussing it with several veterans.

This conversation lasted all day.

It was already late at night when Li Yaohua dragged his tired body home.

However, when Li Yaohua returned home, he found an uninvited guest in his house.

It was none other than Ho Kwok-wing, who had not been seen in public for a long time.

"It's been a long time, Mr. He," Li Yaohua greeted him.

He Guorong put down the book in his hand: "I find it a bit strange. This is clearly a great opportunity for us to get involved, so why aren't you mentioning it now?"

Li Yaohua had already planned ahead: "Although this is indeed a very good opportunity, I feel that the timing is not right yet."

"Oh?" He Guorong said with some surprise, "Tell me about it?"

After a moment's thought, Li Yaohua replied, "Mr. Chen wants more than just Richard's life; he wants the entire Brunei, or rather, a Brunei dominated by Chinese. So this matter absolutely cannot be brought to a head so early."

“The people in the Civic Society aren’t stupid. If we act too aggressively, they will definitely notice something amiss.”

"My idea is to drive these people into a corner, and when they have nowhere to go, that will be the best time for Mr. Chen to enter the scene."

He Guorong neither confirmed nor denied Li Yaohua's explanation, but simply looked at him and continued to ask, "So what are you planning to do?"

Li Yaohua sneered and said, "First, tie them to the chariot, so they won't have a chance to waver."

He Guorong was silent for a moment before saying, "Kid, you've grown up very quickly. I suggested to Mr. Chen before that an ambitious kid like you needs to be put in some kind of shackles."

Li Yaohua did not speak, but looked directly at He Guorong.

He Guorong smiled and said, "Unfortunately, Mr. Chen told me that he likes ambitious young people. If he puts shackles on people as soon as they achieve something, no one will be willing to work wholeheartedly for him. Moreover, Mr. Chen is certain that you will never betray him."

Li Yaohua said earnestly, "Please help me thank Mr. Chen for his trust."

He Guorong nodded and said, "Since Mr. Chen trusts you, then I will naturally trust you as well."

However… if you ever have any other thoughts, don't blame me for turning my back on you.”

"Don't worry," Li Yaohua nodded and said.

Soon, under Li Yaohua's impetus, members of the Brunei Civil Society spontaneously began to organize their own armed forces.
However, there was no unified name, and it was just that these merchants jointly purchased some weapons and contributed some of their own men; it didn't even qualify as a militia.

Even so, it's already quite eye-catching.

The local indigenous police, in particular, are taking this matter very seriously.

Immediately, someone reported this news to Sultan Richard of Brunei.

Upon hearing this news, Richard also seemed quite puzzled: "Why would these Chinese people suddenly unite?"

The police chief hesitated to answer, but seeing that everyone around him kept their mouths shut, he could only grit his teeth and say, "I think it's related to the murder of Shi Tiancai, the chairman of the Citizens' Association, and his entire family. Your Excellency, it's best not to push these Chinese too far when dealing with them, otherwise it could easily cause trouble."

The director meant well, reminding his Sudanese not to be too reckless.

Richard was immediately enraged. Although he coveted the assets of those Chinese, he also knew the problem of biting off more than he could chew.

They haven't fully taken over the Li family's assets yet, so how could there be any complications?
So Richard angrily retorted, "Who told you I did this?"

"Huh?" The bureau chief was stunned on the spot.

Who else, besides their Sultan, would dare to do such a thing in Brunei?

“A bunch of useless trash. Have you found the murderer who wiped out Shi Tiancai’s entire family?” Richard said impatiently.

"Well... not yet," the bureau chief said somewhat awkwardly.

He came here to claim credit, but now he looks like a fool.

"Then go check it out!"

Upon hearing this, the bureau chief scrambled out of the conference room.

(End of this chapter)