"Mom, I told you everything will be fine. How are you doing over there?"
Du Fei has been living in the courtyard of Hongmen Main Hall for a week. Ye Tian never leaves the front door and never steps forward. Even if Lei Hu has any ideas, he does not dare to go to Du Fei's courtyard to trouble Ye Tian.
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In order to prevent Song Weilan from worrying, Ye Tian had to talk to his mother on the phone every day. The content of the conversation was to repeatedly emphasize that he was safe, and Song Weilan was always happy to ask about this topic.
"An old friend of mine is the National Security Advisor of the United States. He intervened in this matter and the funds have been withheld. I believe we can get the money back when the issue of the escrow fund is cleared up."
Song Weilan's tone did not sound very happy. After this incident, the business empire she created was a huge blow. Several senior figures who followed her in starting a business in the early years have already submitted their resignations.
It's harder to start a business than it is to keep it. Song Weilan only now truly understands the meaning of this sentence. The wealth she spent more than 20 years creating can become nothing in just a few days.
Moreover, the betrayal of her nephew and long-time friend also made Song Weilan feel discouraged and she really wanted to give up and go back to China.
After hearing his mother's words, Ye Tian pondered for a moment and said: "Mom, please pay attention to safety and prevent Lei Hu and others from jumping over the wall in a hurry!"
The custody fund scam that Lei Hu and Song Xiaolong had put so much effort into was defused when Song Weilan came to the United States. Ye Tian was very worried that they would be detrimental to his mother.
"Uncle Lei's power cannot set foot in New York, so you don't have to worry about me, but you should be more careful."
Song Weilan's voice was filled with deep exhaustion. She had been dealing with the company's affairs for more than a week and was already exhausted mentally and physically.
"Mom, I understand, you should go to bed early."
Ye Tian nodded, heard the sound of footsteps, and immediately hung up the phone.
"Master, can I come in?" As soon as he put down the phone, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Ye Tian sat back on the chair.
"What's going on? What's the happy news?" Seeing Du Fei's cheerful look, Ye Tian couldn't help but laugh.
"Sir, I have invited Hongmen bosses from thirty-eight countries to hold an incense hall opening ceremony early the day after tomorrow to formally invite you to join Hongmen!"
Since his father's death, Du Fei has never been able to find his place in Hongmen.
It seemed that the respect others gave him was due to his father's previous status. This always made Du Fei very distressed, so he later accepted the task of protecting Song Yinglan and contacting the Song family.
Even though he returned to the Hongmen main hall and took up the position of sitting in the hall, Du Fei still felt that he could not fully integrate into the Hongmen. However, Ye Tian's incident gave him an opportunity.
The Hongmen Xiangtang opens every year, but never reaches such a scale. Hongmen bigwigs from 38 countries around the world have come to San Francisco.
Although these people were just curious about when there would be another "big" boss, they came here for Du Fei's sake. Otherwise, if someone else extended the invitation to them, these people would just think that person was talking nonsense.
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Du Fei has been busy greeting these old friends whom he has not seen for many years. His whole spirit has changed. Moreover, he also found that almost half of the people who came this time have some feelings for Lei Hu.
dissatisfied.
This reminded Du Fei of Ye Tian's words again. If he had the support of these Hongmen bosses who were stationed in various places, he might not have no hope of reaching the top!
Ye Tian waved his hand and motioned Du Fei to sit down, then asked, "What's going on at the Lei family?"
After hearing what Ye Tian said, Du Fei was a little excited and replied: "Uncle Lei was rejected by me and has been staying behind closed doors for the past few days. That kid Lei Hu is jumping up and down, but there is not much.
People ignore him, they can't stop this grand opening of the incense hall!"
On the night when Ye Tianchu arrived at the Hongmen main hall, Lei Zhenyue asked Du Fei to hand over Ye Tian to him, but Du Fei refused.
Although it was just a request made on the phone, Lei Zhenyue still felt that he could not save his face. At that time, he was distracted and almost went crazy. He had been recuperating his body these past few days and had no time to worry about Du Fei's affairs.
Without Lei Zhenyue's support, Lei Hu was a little helpless, and what Xingtang always did was to offend people. At this moment, Lei Hu realized that there were really only a handful of people who supported him.
Especially the promises he made earlier have not been fulfilled until now. This has also made the big bosses question their minds. If they support his rise to power, they will naturally not talk about it.
After it was revealed that Ye Tian was the disciple of Li Shanyuan, the former "Li" boss, Lei Hu was even more panicked.
For several days, he tried to contact some people in Hongmen to stop the opening of the incense hall, but only three or five people responded to him, and the rest of the big guys responded with a supportive attitude towards the matter.
"Well, Old Tang is here." While he was talking to Du Fei, Ye Tian heard the sound of familiar footsteps again. After the door was pushed open, three people walked in.
"Ye Tian, let me introduce you."
Tang Wenyuan has been here for two days and often enters Ye Tian's place. He was not polite at the moment. He pointed at the two people around him and said: "This is Lu Haoqing from the Honolulu Association, and this is Ning Jindong from Taiwan. Both of them are
He is my old friend."
"Oh, please take a seat, Du Fei, let's serve tea!"
After hearing Tang Wenyuan's words, Ye Tian stood up. Although Tang Wenyuan had brought some people to visit him in the past few days, the two in front of him were the ones with the highest status.
You should know that although most of the early Hongmen gatherings were held in San Francisco, the conference that established the World Hongmen Association in 1992 was held in Honolulu, and the address of the association was located in
In Honolulu.
It's just that Hongmen is deeply rooted in San Francisco. After all these years, the main church has still not moved there, but there is no doubt that the Honolulu General Association is definitely a force that cannot be ignored in Hongmen.
In addition, Taiwanese Hongmen people had a very close relationship with overseas Hongmen in their early years. Even many well-known figures in the Kuomintang were born in Hongmen. In Southeast Asia, Taiwan’s Hongmen were the second most powerful
In Europe, America and other countries.
Therefore, the arrival of these two people made Ye Tian, who was extremely senior, not dare to look down upon him, so he moved them to chairs and sat down.
"Master Ye is really young and promising. I met Master Shanyuan once in my early years. Now that Master Ye can join Hongmen, it is really a blessing for Hongmen!"
After sitting down, Lu Haoqing from Honolulu cupped his fists and bowed to Ye Tianyao. What he said surprised Ye Tian. He quickly stood up and asked, "Do you recognize your master?"
Lu Haoqing nodded and said: "It was all sixty or seventy years ago. It should have been 1932. I was sixteen years old and followed my grandfather to the country. I once had the chance to meet Master Shan Yuan.
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It turned out that Lu Haoqing's grandfather had followed Mr. Sun in his early years and was considered a veteran figure in the Kuomintang. However, after the revolution was successful, he retired and returned to Honolulu.
In 1932, Lu Haoqing's grandfather was invited by the Kuomintang and lived in China for about a year. Lu Haoqing was the Li Shanyuan he would meet in Shanghai.
As Lu Haoqing's grandfather, he was naturally accompanied by big names like Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong when he was on the beach.
But during a banquet, Lu Haoqing discovered that there was a man wearing Taoist robes who actually asked everyone to accompany him. His grandfather was also very respectful to him and addressed him as Master Shanyuan. This made Lu Haoqing
The impression was extremely profound.
Afterwards, Lu Haoqing asked his grandfather about Li Shanyuan's identity, and then he found out that he was a very senior boss in the Hongmen of the Qinggang. Li Shanyuan's Taoist robes had been imprinted in Lu Haoqing's mind for decades.
among.
So after hearing that Li Shanyuan's disciples were going to join Hongmen, Lu Haoqing hurried over. I am afraid that he is the only person in the world who can know Li Shanyuan's identity. "There are still people who can remember this secret of Master's past..."
Hearing the past events told by Lu Haoqing, Ye Tian was also filled with sadness. After a hundred years of vicissitudes in the world, it was a rare fate for Lu Haoqing to meet his master.
"Master Ye, Mr. Nan Huaijin has been so kind to me. Don't worry, Master Ye, we will definitely support Xiangtang this time!"
The Ning Jindong who spoke was slightly older than Du Fei. He was originally a member of the Hongmen who came to Taiwan before liberation. His status was even higher than that of Chen Qili who later founded the Bamboo Union Gang. He just passed through Nanhuaijin Point in his early years.
Transformation, it can be regarded as withdrawing from the world and washing hands.
However, although he has withdrawn from the world, Ning Jindong's status in Hongmen's world is still there, including the later Sihai Gang and Tiandao League in Taiwan, who all respect him.
"Thank you both very much. I will definitely pay you back in the future!"
Ye Tian naturally wanted to accept the favor sent to his door, and these two people had some connections with him. He immediately asked Du Fei to bring food and wine, and chatted about Jianghu affairs——
Different from the lively situation at Ye Tian's place, the noisy Hongmen execution hall in the past has been a bit deserted these days. The elder of the "big" generation has reappeared in the world, and he is actually the son of Song Weilan, which makes Lei
The tiger was restless.
Moreover, under Du Fei's deliberate publicity, various deeds of the then boss Li Shanyuan were also publicized. Although Lei Hu connected several people, he also knew in his heart that there was nothing he could do to save himself.
This made Lei Hu panic. He was afraid that after Ye Tian became a big boss in the sect, he would find out about their father and son's plot against Song Weilan. Once this matter came out, their father and son's reputation in Hongmen would be completely ruined.
"No, we must not let him join Hongmen!"
After thinking about it again and again, Lei Hu's eyes showed a ruthless look. The Lei family had been ups and downs in Hongmen for nearly a hundred years, and they had achieved their current status and power. They must not be destroyed like this.
