I chose one of four options at the start, and I chose the number one clan in Lingnan.

City office building, penthouse suite office.

Leng Qiu sat on the leather sofa, holding her phone. The receiver was filled with busy signals.

Liu Jianming's swear words were still echoing in her ears.

The head of the city branch took 20 million yuan in cash from her and promised her a share of the cement plant in the back mountain. Now he's actually cursing her to die on the phone.

Leng Qiu slammed her phone down on the coffee table, causing a long crack to appear in the tempered glass surface.

The assistant pushed open the half-closed office door and scrambled in. The handprint on half of his face was still red and swollen, and his tie was askew.

"Mr. Leng! Something's happened!" The assistant gasped for breath. "The Lin family's entire machinery has arrived at the city square!"

Leng Qiu stood up.

"Didn't Deputy Commander Chen lead people to the site to collect bids?" Leng Qiu stared at her assistant.

The assistant swallowed hard.

"As soon as Deputy Commander Chen arrived at the scene, two hundred excavators and bulldozers drove in."

The entire fleet consisted of heavy machinery, with the rental company owner personally accompanying the vehicles.

The Lin family not only paid off the entire deposit, but also spent five million in cash on the spot to buy ten brand-new large mixers. The assistant's voice trembled.

Leng Qiu grabbed the ashtray from the coffee table and smashed it at her assistant's feet.

Glass shards flew everywhere.

"Liu Jianming has blocked all the loan channels! Where did they get 20 million in cash?" Leng Qiu's voice was sharp.

The assistant took two steps back to avoid the debris.

"I asked someone at the branch," the assistant said, head down.

"At 7:30 this morning, President Liu used his special approval authority as the top executive to grant the Lin family a full loan of 20 million yuan without collateral."

The funds were processed through the highest priority green channel and were transferred in full to the Lin family's public account at 8:00 AM sharp.

Leng Qiu was so angry that she was panting heavily.

She grabbed the landline receiver from her desk, dialed Liu Jianming's number, and a mechanical female voice came from the speaker.

"The number you dialed is not in service."

Leng Qiu slammed the receiver onto the base.

Liu Jianming ran away, not only swallowing the 20 million yuan in cash, but also completely revitalizing the Lin family's financial scheme.

Her proud methods of process suppression, building material blockade, and bank loan cutoff were stripped bare by Lin Ting, that township village chief, in just ten hours.

"Where is Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen?" Leng Qiu asked.

"The Lin family has all the necessary paperwork and the funds are in place. Even the special building materials truck fleet from Hongxing Cement Plant is parked outside the square."

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen, accompanied by three media outlets, couldn't find any excuse to collect the bids.

"He asked me to tell you that he's no longer involved in this matter and that you should handle it yourself," the assistant reported.

Leng Qiu walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the traffic in the city.

The three major conglomerates entrusted this project to her, wanting a landmark building and a steady stream of municipal funding.

Now that the project is in the hands of the Lin family, she has no way to explain herself to the higher-ups of the conglomerate.

"Since they don't follow the rules of the business world, then let's do it the way the underworld does." Leng Qiu turned around.

She walked to the desk, opened the bottom drawer, and took out a black business card.

There is only a phone number and a name on it.

Lei Hu.

The Jiangnan conglomerate keeps its vicious dogs in the shadows, specializing in handling forced demolitions, suppressing competitors, and eliminating troublemakers.

Leng Qiu dialed the number on the business card.

The call was connected.

"Bring your men to the city government building to see me," Leng Qiu ordered into the microphone.

Half an hour later, the office door was pushed open.

A burly man nearly 1.9 meters tall walked in. He was wearing a black vest, revealing two arms covered in scars, and a thick gold chain around his neck.

Lei Hu casually pulled out a chair in front of the sofa and sat down, putting his legs up on the cracked coffee table.

"Mr. Leng, why are you in such a hurry to see me? Is there a big deal?" Lei Hu stroked his bald head, grinning to reveal two large gold teeth.

Leng Qiu took a check out of the drawer, filled in a string of numbers, and pushed it to the edge of the table.

"Five million." Leng Qiu looked at Lei Hu.

Lei Hu glanced at the zero on the check, pulled his legs back, and sat up straight.

"Mr. Leng, you're straightforward. Tell me, whose arm do you want to break, or which piece of land do you want to level?" Lei Hu stuffed the check into his pocket.

"Tazhai Town, Lin's Construction Engineering Team," Leng Qiu announced.

Lei Hu was stunned for a moment.

"A contractor in a small town is worth five million?" Lei Hu found it amusing.

"They have a tender document for the municipal square worth 140 million, and two hundred machines have already entered the site this morning." Leng Qiu walked up to Lei Hu.

"I want you to take men to the construction site, smash all the machinery, and burn down the workers' sheds. Anyone who dares to stop you will be crippled."

Lei Hu took out a lighter and lit a cigarette.

"Mr. Leng, city projects have city rules. Now that they've entered the site, what about the authorities..." Lei Hu exhaled a smoke ring.

"I'll have the official surveillance cut off for half an hour. I've also spoken to Deputy Commander Chen. You have thirty minutes to make your move," Leng Qiu interrupted him.

Leng Qiu pointed to Lin Ting's photo on her desk.

"This man is called Lin Ting, and he's the head of the Lin family. I need his two legs, plus his hands for signing contracts."

"As long as he's crippled, the Lin family won't be able to deliver the project, and the Municipal Construction Committee will naturally revoke the bid due to violence and project delays." Leng Qiu issued a death order.

Lei Hu stood up and flicked his cigarette ash.

"I thought he was some tough nut to crack." Lei Hu glanced at the photo with disdain.

"Five million, I'll take the job. Deal with a bunch of country bumpkins who farm. I'll bring two hundred brothers and bury them all in the rubble within half an hour."

"Take five hundred men," Leng Qiu emphasized.

Lei Hu stopped in his tracks.

"President Leng, with five hundred professional thugs who receive resettlement allowances, they could easily raze the entire Tazhai Town, let alone the Lin family's construction site."

"Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss to deal with a mere village chief?" Lei Hu thought Leng Qiu was making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Brother Guang was killed by them. The Lin family has some manpower in the county town," Leng Qiu reminded him.

Lei Hu burst into laughter.

"What is Brother Guang? He's just a thug boss who collects protection money in the county town." Lei Hu patted his chest.

"The men under my command are all ruthless criminals who have seen blood. Boss Leng is having a cup of coffee in his office, waiting for my good news."

I promise that Lin Ting will only be able to speak to you from now on while sitting in a wheelchair.

Lei Hu turned and walked out of the office.

The assistant emerged from the corner, wiping away a cold sweat.

"Mr. Leng, if we use Lei Hu and something goes wrong, won't the conglomerate blame us?" the assistant asked in a low voice.

"If Lin Ting doesn't die, we'll be in real trouble with the conglomerates." Leng Qiu sat back down in the boss's chair.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Abandoned logistics park in the suburbs.

Lei Hu was standing on top of a shipping container.

Below stood a dense mass of five hundred burly men dressed in black short-sleeved shirts.

Each person carried a one-meter-long solid steel pipe or a sharpened watermelon knife.

This group of people are not street thugs, but professional thugs hired by wealthy tycoons.

Lei Hu pointed to the south.

"The boss has spoken, it's a five million deal," Lei Hu shouted.

The five hundred people below responded in unison, their roar shaking the heavens.

"Go to the county town and smash up a construction site called Lin Family Construction Team. Break the men's legs and burn all the machinery."

"The leader is called Lin Ting. Whoever cuts off one of his hands, I will personally reward him with another 100,000!" Lei Hu offered the reward.

A deafening roar erupted from below.

Fifteen heavy-duty dump trucks drove into the logistics park.

Lei Hu jumped off the container, and five hundred thugs quickly climbed onto the back of the dump truck.

The heavy rain cover was pulled down, completely covering the carriage.

Lei Hu sat in the passenger seat of the lead SUV.

"Let's go," Lei Hu ordered.

A dozen heavy trucks lined up in a long queue, drove out of the logistics park, and headed onto the highway leading to the county town.

The roar of the engine drowned out the sound of the wind on the road.

Lei Hu turned on the stereo in the car and blasted deafening heavy metal music.

He considered it an easy and lucrative job.

The convoy of heavy trucks drove past the city boundary toll station and headed straight for the edge of the county town.

The wheels kicked up clouds of yellow dust as they headed straight for the municipal square construction site.