The Royal Palace Hotel, owned by the Indonesian conglomerate Huang Family, has a height of 38 floors, which was a very impressive height in a capital city where there were not many high-rise buildings in 1991.
To ordinary people, the Palace Hotel is a lofty and god-like existence, full of mystery and nobility. Ordinary white-collar workers never have the courage to step in there. Its threshold cruelly separates people from the two worlds.
I fell into a chasm that an ordinary person would never be able to cross no matter how hard he climbed up the ladder in his lifetime.
This hotel has been rated as one of the top 100 hotels in the world by the authoritative magazine "Travel and Leisure". It is the first luxury hotel in China to win this honor, preceded by Jinjiang and Kunlun.
In the eyes of Beijing's upper class, this is their paradise. Above the 30th floor of the hotel is a gold-selling cave specially set up for VIP customers. There are not only world-leading gambling rooms, all imitating Las Vegas, but also KTV.
Most of the waiters in dance halls, swimming pools, bars, saunas and other leisure and entertainment projects are undergraduates and graduate students who graduated from prestigious universities, and they also have to undergo a series of etiquette, singing and dancing, wine identification, and wine recognition skills.
It is said that if you want to become a VIP customer here, you must be worth over 100 million and must be jointly recommended by at least two VIP customers. The annual membership fee is 200,000. It can be said that you can enter the 30th floor or above of the Emperor Hotel, even if you are
If you are a pauper or beggar, your worth will be doubled in no time.
Even at one o'clock in the morning, the hotel is still brightly lit and people are coming and going. What is different from the past is that tonight, more than a dozen military jeeps and more than 20 soldiers with live ammunition suddenly came here.
Powerful equipment stands everywhere around the hotel and at key locations on each floor.
Many wealthy businessmen who visited the hotel today were a little confused. They thought, maybe there are some foreign affairs activities. Which country's national leaders are not willing to stay at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for a change and come to the Wangfu Hotel? Officials from capitalist countries are
Like to play!
Three military off-road vehicles came quickly and parked in the hotel parking lot. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that these three vehicles, which are not very eye-catching or even a bit clumsy in appearance, are all Hummer H1 off-road vehicles produced by the American AMG company.
Unprecedented power performance, handling performance and durability make it suitable for various special road surfaces and travel on roads that many sports vehicles cannot travel on. It is known as the "King of Off-Road Vehicles" in the industry. It has a high-size off-road vehicle
Ground clearance, large approach and departure angles, wide body, low center of gravity, V8 diesel engine, full-time 4-wheel drive.
What is not known is that these three vehicles have also been modified with thickened steel plates and bulletproof glass. No gun in the world can shoot through them! Unless you are carrying heavy weapons such as rocket launchers.
As soon as the Hummer stopped, eight soldiers quickly walked forward and stood by the door, forming a solid human wall.
The car door opened. Xia Xiaoluo, who was wearing a white shirt, pursed his lips and his eyes flashed with anger. He got out of the car and walked to the hotel lobby escorted by eight soldiers.
In the luxurious office on the 36th floor of the Palace Hotel, Cao Weiye, a red boy who has been a classmate since elementary school, and Huang Zhuo, the son of an Indonesian tycoon. These two business partners and close friends who have always cooperated happily are quarreling fiercely, and they are all for the same thing.
Individual——Xia Xiaoluo, the manipulator behind Tianxia Group.
Huang Zhuo's face did not have the gentleness of the past, but stood as straight as a javelin. His face looked calm, but the bloodthirsty and coldness exuding in his bones always made people feel suffocated in front of him.
This is the aura, the aura of the superior.
His face was livid, and he shook the wine glass in his hand gently. He almost shook the glass of Lafite dry but had not yet taken a sip. Cao Weiye knew that Huang Zhuo only showed this expression when he was furious. He had only seen this expression before.
He had this expression twice, once when his family's company listed in Singapore was jointly shorted by Goldman Sachs and other ten major investment banks and the stock price fell from 30 Singapore dollars per share to only one yuan left;
This was the expression he had when his father was almost hacked to death by the anti-China forces in Indonesia.
Although he was like this, Cao Weiye did not give in at all. He frowned and explained his point of view: "You can't interfere with this assassination! How can the gangsters in the capital let the big circle get involved! It must be under the control of the government.
Come on! A big circle is like a hungry tiger. If you introduce them into the country, you are raising tigers and causing trouble, which we cannot control!"
Huang Zhuo finally killed Lafite, who had been shaking for a long time, and said: "No! I won't listen to you this time! Xia Xiaoluo's life is threatened! Who will handle the investment of more than 100 million, remember
Live, there may be a profit of one billion in the future!"
"Hmph! One billion, you believe it!" Cao Weiye said coldly. His face did not have the usual laziness and casualness at all, but looked like an angry leopard!
"This is not a matter of more money or less! Even if I lose even a penny, I won't give the Qinghong Gang a chance!" Huang Zhuo slapped the table.
"Who do you think you are talking to?! Who is controlling the Beijing-Tianjin garrison?! Who is controlling the Beijing Military Region? Who has the gun?!" Cao Weiye shouted, squeezing his neck.
"What?" Huang Zhuo glanced at him indifferently. "You still want to arrest my people? Do you think that the more than 10 million you spend every year on the Indonesian Big Circle Gang is in vain?"
Albert Cao sat tiredly on the sofa, waved his hands, and said: "It's not that we don't protect Xiao Luo's safety! It's just that we have to be more cautious. Now our Cao family is playing a big game of chess, and we are preparing to bring Qinghong to help.
Come on, if you let the big circle enter at this time, it will only scare the enemy, make the other party prepare, and make us confused! Then the situation will be over!"
"Don't you just want to destroy the drug network of the Qinghong Gang? Isn't this a matter for the police? Isn't it the business of your Cao family?" Huang Zhuo said in a contemptuous tone. The expression on his face clearly said "Dogs are meddling in other people's business"
.
"I can assure you that as long as the big circle takes action, the Qinghong Gang in the capital will be wiped out within three days! If you are willing to see it - and even the Qinghong Gang across the country!" Huang Zhuo said with a bit of pride.
"It's not drugs, it's anti-terrorism!" Albert Cao glanced at him sideways. "You know nothing!"
"You!——" Huang Zhuo wanted to refute something.
"Okay. Stop arguing!" Albert Cao waved his hand impatiently, "We'd better listen to Xiao Luo's opinion."
"It's so vulgar!" Huang Zhuo muttered depressedly.
Xia Xiaoluo didn't knock on the door, pushed the door directly in, sat down on the sofa, and said angrily: "What's going on? What do you two do? My personal safety cannot be guaranteed, private equity
Funds are so much fun!”
Huang Zhuo and Cao Weiye looked at each other, feeling embarrassed. In fact, it was not Cao and Huang who did not pay attention to Xia Xiaoluo's safety. They had been sending people to protect Xia Xiaoluo, but they did not expect that the other party's attack would be so sudden and violent!
However, at this time, both of them felt that such an explanation was so weak. After all, Xia Xiaoluo could be said to have been on the verge of death just now. Needless to say, it was dangerous.
At this moment, Lei Lei, a master among the Cao family's guards, pushed out the door with a little blood on his body and said to Cao Weiye: "Young Master Cao, one of them escaped. He is Vietnamese."
"What?!——" Cao Weiye wanted to get angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said calmly: "Tell me the situation."
He knew Lei Ting's skills. If this person could escape under Lei Ting's men, basically no one in China would be able to catch him.
Seeing that Albert Cao was not angry, Lei Lei raised his head and said succinctly: "After the establishment of the private equity fund, according to your arrangement, I began to follow and protect Xia Xiaoluo, but the several crises that occurred before were all minor crises, and I did not
Take action."
Having said this, he paused, looked at Xia Xiaoluo expressionlessly, and said: "Two months ago, I found that there were more than ten people following Xia Xiaoluo day and night. I originally thought they were forces that were unfavorable to him.
.So I went to the Public Security Bureau and asked them to investigate the other party's information, and finally learned that they were members of the Tiger Wolf Gang in Luoshui County, and their leader was a high school student named Qu Xiaoyuan."
He paused and explained: "He is Xia Xiaoluo's classmate and has a good relationship with him. I don't think they will be harmful to Xia Xiaoluo. Instead, they may be trying to protect Xia Xiaoluo."
Cao Weiye knew Qu Xiaoyuan, so he waved his hand and said, "Go on."
"This group of people only earn a meager income from activities such as connecting sewers, installing water heaters, and repairing leaks in bungalows to survive. The rest of their energy is focused on protecting Xia Xiaoluo. They seem to want to connect with the local gang in Central Plains Province, but they have not been able to do so.
Not accepted."
"Where do they live?" Xia Xiaoluo couldn't help but ask.
"The area around Liangguang Road in Nancheng." Lei Lei said expressionlessly.
Xia Xiaoluo felt hot in his heart and said nothing. He knew that that area was very poor and was the gathering place for brothels in the old society. The so-called "Eight Hutongs" were in that area.
The areas within the South Third Ring Road are lifeless and not prosperous at all. They are not as good as Shangdi outside the North Fifth Ring Road. They are all low-rise and dilapidated houses. The accommodation and transportation conditions are very poor. Except for local residents, because there
The rent is cheap, so it has become a gathering place for migrant workers.
Xia Xiaoluo thought to himself that although Qu Xiaoyuan's family was not considered wealthy, it could still be considered a well-off family.
His father, Qu Zhiyong, is also the director of Zhuangyuan Red Winery after all. He used to be a department-level cadre. Now, although Zhuangyuan Red Winery has been acquired by his own Tianxia Group, during the merger, he told the staff of Tianxia Group to keep the employees as much as possible.
, especially Qu Zhiyong must stay, and the salary should be higher.
At that time, he considered this because firstly, Qu Xiaoyuan joined the gang because of himself, so his doing so was a little compensation; and secondly, Qu Zhiyong was an honest person.
Therefore, on the whole, Qu Xiaoyuan's family background is quite good, but he "followed" him to the capital at a young age and willingly became a migrant worker, suffering the hardships and tiredness.
This friendship is so important!
Thunder's words broke his thoughts.
"Today I followed Xia Xiaoluo out. When I was at Xinjiekou, I was ambushed. At that time, I was going to help Xia Xiaoluo get rid of these people, but I saw Qu Xiaoyuan's people also following me. According to my observation, they should lead
There are weapons.”
Then, he took a deep breath, as if recalling the dangerous scene at that time. He said: "At that time, there was a sudden light on an apartment building under construction opposite, and it was two people lighting cigarettes. I paid attention, because that
The building has not been renovated yet, and no one has checked in. It is strange that there are people there so late. By the light of the fire, I saw two Type 85 7.62mm sniper rifles..."
When talking about "sniper rifles", Huang Zhuo gave Cao Weiye a hard look, clearly saying, "Your Cao family is in charge of the arms!"
But Cao Weiye simply ignored it.
"I just walked over and went upstairs...killed one of them, but the other one ran away. From what they were saying, they were Vietnamese," Lei Lei said.
"How can you be so sure?" Huang Zhuo asked a little critical. In his eyes, the Cao family did a very poor job in protecting Xia Xiaoluo.
"I participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979." Lei Lei said with a glare. From the looks of it, if his master hadn't been present, he would definitely take action.
[Oh, although it’s a little late, today is considered the third update! And they are all fat. I will strive for the fourth update tomorrow. Come on, Honghua, and smash Xiaomi’s head]