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

The veins on the back of Lin Fei's hand bulged as he pulled the silk tie down forcefully.

Deputy Commander Chen's face turned a deep purplish-red as he frantically grabbed at the A4 papers scattered on his chest.

The foreign language transfer record on the piece of paper clearly showed his overseas account name in pinyin.

His gaze fell upon the string of eighty million, and a gurgling sound, as if air was leaking from his throat, escaped his lips.

"Stop filming! Turn off the cameras!" Deputy Commander Chen turned and yelled at the three cameras, his voice completely distorted.

The three reporters from the municipal media outlets ignored him completely, pointing their cameras directly at the account statements and photos of his illegitimate child in his hand.

This is a bombshell that will shake the entire province; anyone who turns off the machine is a fool.

Deputy Commander Chen's legs went weak and he collapsed.

He bent his knees and slammed heavily into a muddy ditch next to the excavator's tracks.

Mud splattered all over his face, and his expensive dark blue suit was covered in yellow mud, making him look both comical and disheveled.

"Brother Lin, Boss Lin." Deputy Commander Chen looked up and reached out to hug Lin Fei's legs.

"It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. I won't put up the seal anymore. As long as your Lin family works diligently on the municipal square project, I guarantee the Municipal Construction Committee will give it the green light all the way."

Lin Fei took a half step back in disgust, avoiding the muddy hands.

"Didn't Commander Chen just say that the Lin family's excavator posed a safety hazard and that the police should arrest us?"

Lin Fei waved the photo of the illegitimate child in front of Deputy Commander Chen.

"No hidden dangers! The Lin family's machinery is the best in the entire province!" Deputy Commander Chen knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, mud and water dripping down his nose.

"I was blind to have listened to that bitch Leng Qiu's instigation. I'm taking everyone away right now, including the safety and environmental protection officials!"

The surrounding safety and environmental protection personnel stared at each other blankly, holding unfinished seals, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

No one dared to step forward to help him. The once arrogant city leader was now lying in front of the township construction team's excavator like a stray dog.

Lin Dayou and Lao Zhao, who were squatting in the mud, stood up. Hundreds of Lin family men wearing reflective vests straightened their backs and picked up wrenches and crowbars again.

Lin Ting stepped forward on the gravel, his leather shoes stopping in front of Deputy Commander Chen's face.

"Commander Chen changed his tune quite quickly." Lin Ting looked down at him.

"You've caused trouble for the Lin family all morning, with hundreds of workers crouching in the mud, heads in their hands, and you think you can just dismiss it all with a 'misunderstanding'?"

Deputy Commander Chen raised his head, his face full of flattery.

"Boss Lin, I'll compensate you. I still have some connections with the Jiangnan financial consortium, and I'll allocate all of the city's infrastructure quota for next year to the Lin family."

"An order worth 80 million, we'll split it 20/80, no, 10/90, you get 90% and I get 10%."

Lin Ting raised his right leg and kicked the sole of his leather shoe directly into Deputy Commander Chen's chest.

Deputy Commander Chen rolled around in the mud three times, then lay upside down in the puddle, scrambling to sit up.

"The Lin family never lets their debts linger overnight," Lin Ting said, turning to look at Lin Fei.

"Put these materials in a file bag and send two of Zhongtang's brothers to the town post office to send them directly to the provincial inspection team via express mail, with the recipient being the head of the provincial discipline inspection team."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Commander Chen felt a chill run down his spine and crawled towards Lin Ting through the mud.

"Lin Ting! Don't go too far! If you hand over the materials, the three major conglomerates won't let you off the hook!" Deputy Commander Chen yelled at the top of his lungs.

Two young men from Zhongtang stepped forward, grabbed Deputy Commander Chen's arms on either side, and dragged him two meters away like a dead dog.

"What are those three conglomerates?" Lin Ting patted the mud off his trousers. "Lin Dayou, get to work. Anyone who dares to stop us, just run them over with an excavator."

Lin Dayou picked up the muddy crowbar from the ground and held it high. "Brothers, light it!"

Two hundred excavators roared simultaneously, sending plumes of black smoke from burning diesel fuel soaring into the sky.

The alloy excavator bucket smashed into the discarded concrete blocks on the ground, causing the entire square to tremble.

Deputy Commander Chen was completely engulfed by the noise of the machinery, while several reporters surrounded him, frantically pressing the shutter button, creating a continuous barrage of flashes.

The safety and environmental protection personnel threw away the seals they were holding and slunk away in the bus.

That evening, at the city office building.

Two black sedans with provincial capital license plates were parked in front of the main building, and several plainclothes staff members strode into the building.

Ten minutes later, Deputy Commander Chen, who was handcuffed, was escorted into the back seat of the car.

The news quickly spread throughout the city's business districts.

In a high-end office building in the city center, Leng Qiu's office door was tightly closed.

A pile of documents was scattered on the desk, and the safe in the corner was completely open, its cash and gold bars all gone.

Leng Qiu gripped her phone tightly.

"General Manager Leng, Commander Chen has gone in; he's a person directly from the provincial government."

The Lin family submitted the overseas bill, and the task force is now investigating the financial records of the Jiangnan conglomerate. The assistant's voice trembled on the other end of the phone.

Leng Qiu picked up the half-empty bottle of red wine on the table and smashed it directly against the French windows opposite.

The glass wasn't broken, but red wine dripped down it like a pool of blood.

"Lin Ting is a madman! He doesn't play by the rules! He got the construction permit, but he's going to ruin everything!" Leng Qiu yelled into the phone.

She originally thought that as long as the Lin family could start construction at the municipal square, they would keep this crucial material as a bargaining chip.

Who would have thought that the old man from that small town didn't need any bargaining chips, and his move was a decisive one?

"Mr. Leng, let's go quickly. The higher-ups from the conglomerate have spoken, saying that you caused all this trouble and they're going to make you take the fall." The assistant urged anxiously.

Leng Qiu hung up the phone and threw it into the trash can.

She grabbed her trench coat from the sofa, picked up the briefcase full of US dollars and her passport, and rushed out of the office without looking back.

The three major conglomerates' defenses in the city were completely torn apart by the Lin family's two hundred excavators and a single delivery.

It was 11 p.m. in the general manager's office of Longhai Building Materials.

Mr. Liu sat in the large boss's chair, the cigar in his hand burning his fingers with the butt.

He quickly put away his cigar, pulled out a tissue to wipe the blisters on his fingers, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans.

On the sofa opposite the desk sat three men with fierce faces, all of whom were influential figures in the county.

"Mr. Liu, Leng Qiu has run away, and Commander Chen has been arrested. All the major building material factories in the city called the Lin family this afternoon, saying they want to resume supplying goods," a bald man said.

Mr. Liu slammed his hand on the desk, making the teacup lid rattle.

"The Lin family is trying to wipe us out! Those peasants from Tazhai think they can just stick their noses into the city just because they dug up a few mountains," Boss Liu cursed through gritted teeth.

He stood up and paced back and forth in the office.

When the Lin family's three sand and gravel plants were shut down, Longhai Building Materials was at the forefront.

Now that Leng Qiu has fallen, he will definitely be the Lin family's next target.

"We can't wait for them to come knocking on our door." Mr. Liu stopped in his tracks, his eyes bloodshot.

"The Lin family owns a seafood wholesale market in the north of the city. Their daily turnover is quite substantial; it's their Xiaotang's business."

The bald man stood up. "What does Mr. Liu mean?"

Mr. Liu took a bulging brown paper bag from the drawer and threw it directly onto the coffee table.

"Call some men right now, bring your weapons. Tonight, go and smash up their seafood market in the north of the city!"

"I'll show the Lin family that the city isn't a place where these country bumpkins can run wild!" Mr. Liu roared, pointing outside the door.