Gangster heir? Please call me a legitimate entrepreneur.

Abandoned fertilizer plant in the western suburbs.

The weeds grew to waist height, and when the wind blew, the withered yellow grass blades scraped against the rusty iron wall, making a hissing sound that made your teeth ache.

The pungent smell of ammonia in the air made people sneeze.

The makeshift office in Li Ehai's house was filled with smoke and fumes.

The smell of cheap tobacco mixed with the sourness of instant noodle soup hit me right in the head.

The red-haired boy peered out through the crack in the window, then turned away, trembling.

"Hai, Brother Hai..."

His voice cracked, sounding like a broken drum with its skin torn, and his legs were as weak as noodles.

"Outside...there are cars coming. A whole bunch of them, all Jinbei vans!"

Li Ehai was happily counting the number of orders on the screen when he heard this and impatiently flicked the half-smoked cigarette butt in his hand onto the ground.

"What's the panic! Just say it's the logistics company coming to pick up the goods!"

He stood up, his large gold chain dangling in front of his chest. "This lousy place of mine doesn't even have a sign. How could people from all over the world, with their clairvoyance, possibly find me here?"

The voice just fell.

A loud "boom" resounded.

The factory's rickety iron gate was smashed open by a black Maybach leading the way.

The iron gate collapsed to the ground, kicking up clouds of yellow dust.

Immediately afterwards, more than twenty Jinbei vans, like black beetles, surged into the factory area.

It came to a steady stop in the open space, forming a fan shape and completely surrounding the row of prefabricated houses.

The car doors swung open simultaneously with a "whoosh".

Hundreds of burly men dressed in black suits and wearing sunglasses stepped off the bus in orderly fashion.

The leather shoes crunched on the gravel, making a heart-stopping sound.

These people didn't carry machetes or steel pipes.

They all wore a small black square with a flashing red light pinned to their chests—a high-definition law enforcement recorder.

Li Ehai peered through the crack in the window at the scene, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down with difficulty.

The arrogance from just now deflated completely, like a punctured balloon.

"Mom, damn it... they really came to our door. Are these people dressed like this here for a funeral?"

The rear door of the Maybach opened.

Su Ye took a long stride, her dark gray cashmere coat billowing in the cold wind.

He held a thermos in his hand, and the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose reflected a cold white light.

He strolled leisurely to the front of the prefabricated house, adjusted his glasses, and glanced at the tightly closed aluminum alloy door.

"Break down the door."

His voice was flat, revealing a sense of indifference that came with certainty.

Steam rose from Lei Hu's bald head, and his tie was pulled crookedly.

Instead of large pliers, he held a huge Sony HD DV camera in his large, fan-like hands.

"Hey, you idiot! Fatty! Charge!"

Lei Hu, holding a DV camera and pointing it at the gate, said, "Be careful! Don't damage public property. We're civilized people!"

Er Lengzi and Sanpang exchanged a glance, then grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth.

The two men took two steps back, like two wild bulls charging forward.

"Bang!"

Their shoulders slammed into the aluminum alloy door at the same time.

The thin door panel let out a scream as it peeled off the wall along with its frame and crashed onto the concrete floor inside the room.

In the room.

Li Ehai and his dozen or so henchmen huddled together in fear, clutching wrenches and chair legs, pointing tremblingly towards the door.

"What are you doing! Trespassing is illegal!"

Li Ehai mustered his courage and shouted until his voice cracked.

Su Ye stepped through the door and went inside.

The hem of his coat brushed against the instant noodle boxes scattered all over the floor.

He frowned in disgust, unscrewed the thermos, and blew on the goji berries on the surface of the water.

"Trespassing?"

Su Ye took a sip of water, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

He turned to look behind him.

"Director Lin, give him a basic legal education."

Lin Dai, wearing ten-centimeter red-soled high heels, walked out from the group of burly men.

He was dressed in a well-tailored, iron-gray business suit and was holding a large megaphone.

Behind him followed five lawyers from the Nanshan Pizza Hut team, each holding a thick stack of documents.

Lin Dai raised the megaphone and pressed the switch.

The ear-piercing roar of the electric current made everyone in the room cover their ears.

"Mr. Li Ehai".

Her voice was as cold as a stone in an ice cellar.

"I am Lin Dai, Legal Director of Sihai Holdings Group. Due to your and your team's long-term illegal recording of our company's exclusive live-streaming videos to support farmers..."

Lin Dai pushed up her black-rimmed glasses, her gaze sharp as a knife scraping across Li Ehai's face.

"They maliciously altered purchase links and sold substandard agricultural products. This not only infringed upon our company's copyright but also seriously damaged our company's business reputation."

She pulled a document stamped with a red seal from the lawyer's hand and threw it at Li Ehai's feet.

"Our company has filed a lawsuit with the court. This is the pre-litigation property preservation ruling."

Li Ehai stared at the documents on the ground, his mind buzzing.

He'd spent half his life in the underworld, seen people cause trouble and seize territory.

I've never seen anyone bring over a hundred gangsters and use a megaphone to read out an indictment before!

This is even more torturous than a real fight!

"You...you're talking nonsense! Who can prove that the video is yours?!"

Li Ehai, with his neck stiffened, offered a weak and insincere defense.

"I just downloaded this video randomly from the internet, what's it to you!"

"Still trying to argue!"

The crow squeezed out from behind, its eyes bloodshot, the scar on its face contorted.

He ripped off his sunglasses.

"That guy in the video bowing at a 90-degree angle and shouting until his throat is hoarse, that's me! You rotten apple that made them have diarrhea, and now you're all going to curse me! I'm going to chop you up today!"

He subconsciously reached down to touch his lower back.

"crow."

Su Ye's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a spell that could freeze someone in place.

The crow's hand froze in mid-air, gritting its teeth in frustration, before finally lowering its hand.

"Brother Su, I'm just so angry. That bastard is disgusting."

Su Ye ignored him and walked to the row of tables next to him that were filled with computers.

The screen also displayed the backend data of various pirated websites.

He reached out and tapped the screen, then turned to look at Li Ehai.

"The evidence is conclusive. There's no point in trying to deny it."

Su Ye pushed up his glasses, revealing a hunter's sharp glint behind the lenses.

"Director Lin, please read out our claim amount. Let Boss Li have a clear idea of ​​what it is."

Lin Dai picked up the megaphone.

"Based on the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and the Copyright Law, our company demands that Mr. Li Ehai and other responsible persons compensate us for economic losses and damage to our reputation, totaling RMB..."

She paused, then uttered a few cold numbers from her red lips.

"Thirty-five million yuan."

"How many?!"

Li Ehai's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

The dozen or so henchmen he brought were dumbfounded, and the wrenches in their hands clattered to the ground.

Thirty-five million?

Even if you sold all the people and bones from that lousy factory, you still wouldn't be able to raise that small amount!

This isn't protecting rights; it's blatant robbery!

"Mr. Su...Grandpa Su!"

Li Ehai completely broke down, scrambling towards Su Ye, trying to grab his leg.

"I was wrong! I'll refund all the money I made from selling the apples! I'll delete the video right now!"

"Please, please have mercy! I could never repay this 30 million in my next life!"

Su Ye took half a step back, avoiding Li Ehai's oil-covered hand.

He frowned in disgust.

"It's too late."

Su Ye turned and walked out, the hem of his coat billowing in the air.

"Paying back debts is a matter of course. Since you can't pay them back..."

He stopped outside the door and glanced back at the room full of computers and the packaged, low-quality Apple products.

A kind smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Lei Hu, take the brothers and help the court enforce a pre-litigation property preservation order."

"Don't leave him anything in the house, not even a network cable. Take everything away and use it as payment for the debt."

Lei Hu grinned excitedly, his scarred face blossoming into a smile.

He held up the DV camera and shouted.

"Brothers! Get to work! Handle this carefully! This is all our Sihai's legal property!"

Hundreds of burly men in black suits swarmed into the prefabricated house like locusts.

Some moved the mainframes, others carried the monitors.

Even the filthy water dispenser in the corner was carried on Sanpang's shoulder with a heavy thud.

Li Ehai looked at his office, which had been emptied in an instant, and felt like crying.

He turned to look at Lin Dai, pleading with a sob in his voice.

"Lin, Attorney Lin...you've taken all your things. What am I supposed to do? I have over a dozen men working for me who need to eat."

Lin Dai pushed up her glasses, took a business card from her briefcase, and threw it in front of him.

"Turn left after you go out, walk straight for two kilometers, and there's a scrap metal recycling station."

Her voice was icy, devoid of any pity.

"The boss over there needs someone to drive a tricycle. Just mention my name, and he can give you a high price. Work hard and try to pay off the 35 million as soon as possible."

After saying that, Lin Dai walked away in her high heels without looking back.

On the open ground of the factory area.

Su Ye stood next to the Maybach, watching his underlings stuff the last server into the Jinbei van.

He took a sip of warm water, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Shen Qinghan stood not far away, holding a notebook in her hand.

She stared at the surreal scene of the rights protection protest, her mind reeling.

What the hell is this?

Have triads stopped collecting protection money and started working as foreclosure auction executors?

This not only busted the pirates' hideout, but also used legal means to drive them to the brink of destitution.

This is even more despairing than a real fight!

She quietly took out her encrypted phone and blindly typed a text message.

[Chief. They raided the piracy operation. They didn't physically attack. They used the Copyright Law to sue the person for 35 million. They're currently legally moving things to pay off the debt. I think... that piracy boss is going crazy.]

Soon, Li Jianguo replied with a text message.

Just four short words, yet they conveyed a sense of helpless resignation.

[Close surveillance.]