In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

The Handong Public Security Bureau mobilized police forces from all over the province under the guise of a police drill, a common practice in many places.

However, no one knows whether it was a real police drill or not, because similar operations happen every two or three months, but whether it is a formal police drill or some large-scale operation afterward is unknown.

To mobilize so many people, if it were outside the system, many people wouldn't even notice, but for those inside the system, everyone would be able to directly perceive it.

Jinghai.

A message came from Gao Qiqiang's people planted in the Jinghai police system: bribing a policeman or the maintenance cooks and other staff within the police system is not a difficult task.

He knew that an inspection team from the province had come down, and he had heard that they had arrested a lot of people in Lincheng. He was unsure whether the inspection team was targeting him or whether an investigation team was secretly coming here.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiqiang made a phone call to Meng Dehai.

"What's the matter that Chairman Gao is calling me so late at night?" Meng Dehai couldn't help but ask when he saw that the caller on the phone was Gao Qiqiang.

"Mayor Meng, I heard that some police officers have been transferred from your police station recently. Two or three hundred people were transferred from Jinghai. What exactly happened?" Gao Qiqiang didn't hide anything and asked directly.

"Oh, this means personnel are being selected from the higher-level public security bureau to participate in police drills. It's not just personnel selected from Jinghai; they're being selected from all 13 cities in the province. What are you worried about?"

"How come I didn't know the police had drills? There's no way there's such a large-scale drill! That would involve thousands of people."

"Mr. Gao, you're not part of our public security system, of course you wouldn't know. Our public security force conducts these kinds of drills several times a year. Didn't we have a city-level drill before?"

"Are you sure this isn't targeting Jinghai?" Gao Qiqiang asked with some concern.

"Don't worry! Our Mayor Zhao Lidong is Secretary Zhao Lichun's cousin. He's even been promoted to the top tier of the capital. What do we have to be afraid of? Besides, Secretary He hasn't told us anything. What's there to be afraid of? Our understanding of the situation is more accurate than yours."

Hearing Meng Dehai's words, Gao Qiqiang felt somewhat comforted. After all, the other party was definitely more proficient in this kind of information. Even though he was the chairman, he was just a small pawn under Meng Dehai's command.

Over the years, he has laundered the money from the construction group, and is still mining sand, selling sand, building buildings, and opening KTVs and nightclubs, but he has long since stopped doing business with casinos and the hospital in Xujiang.

Gao Qiqiang saw the notice on his computer about cracking down on small-scale organized crime groups and illegal activities such as vegetable vendors and sand vendors. Now, you can see it just by watching a short video, as well as via text message and pop-up notifications. He couldn't help but think about how great it would have been if someone had stood up for him when he encountered Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu back then!

"Everything is irreversible."

Gao Qiqiang left the office, and Tang Xiaohu waited for him in his car at the entrance of the Construction Group. Gao Qiqiang opened the car door and got in.

"Go straight back to the villa."

Along the way, Tang Xiaohu seemed hesitant to speak.

"Boss, there's something I'm not sure if I should tell you?"

"Tell me, what exactly happened, or what's going on?"

"Vice President Gao has probably been using that stuff again!"

Upon hearing Tang Xiaohu's words, Gao Qiqiang's face darkened.

"Is he selling them at our KTVs and nightclubs again?"

"No, I discovered that some people in our private rooms were handling this stuff, and it's being sold privately in Jinghai. I found out that the person distributing it is Ma Xiaomao, one of Vice President Gao's subordinates. I'm not sure if it's related to Vice President Gao."

Tang Xiaohu didn't say that Gao Qisheng was responsible, but it was practically a direct accusation that Gao Qisheng was the one who did it. Because those involved in the underground business have their own connections, if their subordinates were to secretly work in other industries behind their boss's back, they would definitely be stabbed and impaled.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiqiang made a phone call to Gao Qisheng.

"elder brother."

"Come to the villa tonight to see me." Gao Qiqiang heard soft moans coming from the other end of the line. He knew what the other person was doing. After saying that, he hung up immediately.

When Gao Qiqiang returned to the villa, Chen Shuting was helping the child with his homework.

"Qiqiang, the food is on the table. Heat it up yourself. I'll help the kids with their homework."

"I can heat it up myself."

Gao Qiqiang looked at Chen Shuting, who was helping her child with homework. This child wasn't his; she belonged to Bai Jiangbo and also to Chen Shuting. But what could he do? Chen Shuting was Chen Tai's daughter. If he didn't marry her, how could he possibly integrate the construction group?

Besides, I was in my thirties at the time, who would want to marry me?

Gao Qiqiang was eating dinner when Gao Qisheng rushed over.

He glanced at Gao Qisheng; the man was dressed somewhat askew, his clothes unbuttoned, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and his face was flushed—he must have just been drinking. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given his side...

"You're all grown up, you should be settling down and starting a family. What kind of behavior is this? Come with me to the study."

Gao Qisheng also realized that his older brother must know something, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him to come over.

Gao Qisheng could only follow his older brother to the study, which was very well soundproofed and wouldn't let the sound escape.

After the study door closed, Gao Qiqiang looked at his younger brother and said directly, "Did you touch those things? You're still selling them? Do you know that's a business that could get you killed? Are you that short of money? If you don't have money, ask your older brother."

Gao Qiqiang slapped his younger brother twice. He knew he was playing with fire on a knife's edge and didn't want his brother and sister to follow the same path.

"Brother, you hit me! I've done so much for this family." Gao Qisheng covered his mouth and looked at his older brother.

"For the sake of this family, are you really willing to do something that could cost you your life? The construction group has a net profit of over 300 million yuan a year, isn't that enough? Are you doing something behind my back again?"

Gao Qiqiang knew when Gao Qisheng had last touched this stuff; it was when Xiaolingtong was losing money.

"The companies we invested in, Rongdian Investment, Youdao Investment, and peer-to-peer microfinance companies, have all gone bankrupt. What can I do? To make up for the losses, I have no choice but to do this."

Gao Qiqiang knew that his younger brother owned several companies, mainly engaged in investment and lending, and that he could use money for peer-to-peer lending.

He's involved in organized crime, so how could he not get his money back? He's taking company money directly. If lending is so profitable, why would he need to raise funds from the public?