In a hotel in Chuanfu, Hua District.
In the high-end box, a clean round table was filled with delicacies. Jiang Zhou was entertaining a few friends with a smile on his face. The dinner was already halfway through, with an empty bottle of liquor placed next to him, and several young and beautiful waitresses standing by, ready to pour the wine at any time.
Jiangzhou was not a person who liked extravagance, but the guests he was entertaining today were quite important, so he had to do some formality.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
The phone suddenly rang, Jiangzhou took a look and saw that it was Lao Wang calling. He made an apologetic gesture to everyone and then answered the phone.
At first, Jiang Zhou was still smiling, but as the call lasted longer, the smile on his face became less and less, and finally he even became a little gloomy.
It seemed that they had reached a key point. Jiangzhou stood up, frowned slightly and said to everyone, "Sorry, you guys eat first, I'll be out for a while."
Everyone nodded, Jiangzhou turned and left the private room, holding the phone, walked quickly to the side, pushed open an empty room and walked in.
After closing the door, Jiang Zhou sat on the sofa in the private room with a very gloomy face. With a slightly impatient tone, he loosened his tight collar and said to the phone: "Mr. Wang, what are you playing at? You said you wanted Wu Boxin, so you gave him to me, right? You said you couldn't get along with the Quantong Bureau and the An system, so you were allowed to set up Huaxing Trading Company alone, right? You wanted privileges, and you gave them privileges. You wanted money, and now the big plate is only for Huagong to do it, and the rest of the forces are out. You can still create an internal fight for me? Are you playing at all? Do you think the attitude of the upper echelons is too polite, and you have to be put on a leash before you can behave yourself?"
Jiangzhou's style of doing things has always been easy-going, gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, so the fact that he could say these words openly was enough to show his anger and dissatisfaction with the Chinese Federation of Trade Unions.
Old Wang's voice was a little low. He explained to Jiangzhou: "This matter has nothing to do with our Wang family. From the beginning to the end, we have been cooperating with Huo Dongsheng. Now Huo Dongsheng took the initiative to deal with us, and he was very cruel. He wanted to kill people right away, without any mercy. Mr. Jiang, the severity of the matter has long exceeded your imagination. The most urgent task is to help Wang Xiao and deal with the internal strife as soon as possible."
Jiangzhou was so angry that he laughed. He loosened his collar and remained silent, without giving any direct response.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then he slowly said, "Mr. Jiang, the life and death of dozens of people in my Wang family now depends on your thoughts."
Jiang Zhou frowned, paused for a moment and said, "This is a big deal, wait for my call."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhou sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette in a somewhat irritable manner.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Zhou finally made up his mind. He poked the cigarette butt in the ashtray, picked up his phone, found Wu Han's phone number, and made a video call to him directly.
The phone rang for a long time before it was answered. Wu Han, wearing a clean Polo shirt, held the phone in one hand and a golf club in the other. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong, brother? Did you miss me?"
Soon, Wu Han noticed that Jiang Zhou looked a little gloomy. He immediately put away his smile, threw the golf club to the caddy next to him, waved him away, and said with a bitter expression: "Is there any trouble overseas again?"
"It's like this..." Jiangzhou told Wu Han everything that Lao Wang had told him.
After listening to this, Wu Han also cursed with an extremely ugly expression: "There is no time for peace! When there are outsiders, they fight outsiders; when there are no outsiders, they start to do it themselves. Fuck it, I just give them too much face!"
"What do you think?" Jiangzhou lit another cigarette and asked softly.
"I think we can't just listen to the Wang family's one-sided story." Wu Han thought for a moment, then said, "We are far away from the emperor, how can we know everything about what's going on over there? You are the leader and the helmsman, you can't just open fire just because of a word from the Wang family! That's too hasty!"
Jiangzhou agreed with the other party's statement that they were the manipulators behind the Chinese Workers' Union. As the helmsman, it was impossible for them to make arbitrary decisions just because of a phone call from someone. Such behavior was too naive.
Wu Han continued, "My suggestion is this: if there is a conflict over there, we can find it out by giving it a try."
"Would you like to try?" Jiangzhou asked.
"Sure." Wu Han was definitely a qualified military strategist, and he said in a relaxed tone: "I'll call Wang Xiao and Huo Dongsheng separately and ask them to go to Jiashi for a talk. If someone doesn't come, then there's no way to save the situation. If we can talk, then the conflict between the two sides won't be to the point of life and death, and there still needs to be a balance."
Jiangzhou thought about Wu Han's words carefully and felt that there was some truth in them. For the internal factions, they might be in a life-and-death relationship with their opponents, but for the leaders, unless the internal situation completely breaks down and they have to choose one side, they must adopt a balanced strategy. Because once the internal fighting starts, the losses will definitely be on their own side.
Jiang Zhou thought for a while and said, "Okay, you should show up and call them. I will contact Long Cheng. If the situation really reaches an irreconcilable point, we must deal with the problem quickly."
"Okay, I'll contact them."
The two ended the call, and Jiangzhou found another number in the address book.
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Yanbei, a golf course.
Wu Han no longer had any interest in playing basketball. He rubbed his cheeks gently and dialed Huo Dongsheng's number.
The call was quickly connected, and Wu Han asked bluntly: "President Huo, are you still awake?"
"Not yet." Huo Dongsheng asked as if nothing had happened: "Mr. Wu, do you want to talk to me about something?"
"President Huo." Wu Han paused, frowned and asked, "I heard that Wang An was arrested during the operation. Did you have a misunderstanding with the Wang family?"
This question was very straightforward, which surprised Huo Dongsheng. He didn't expect Wu Han to say it directly, so he pretended to be confused and replied: "What happened to the Wang family? I just received the news that Wang An was in trouble... I was trying to find a way to rescue him. What's the misunderstanding? Wang Xiao didn't call me?"
Wu Han also behaved maturely in front of this old fox. Since the other party did not say it clearly, he took advantage of the situation and responded: "Wang An is the core member of the Wang family. He is in trouble, and Wang Xiao must be very emotional. How about this, I will be in Jia City tomorrow, you two come over, we can talk face to face, clear up the misunderstanding, and then think about rescuing Wang An together."
"Okay, then I'll arrange it now, Mr. Wu." Huo Dongsheng agreed without hesitation.
"That's it, see you in Jiashi." Wu Han hung up the phone, and his face instantly became gloomy again.
At the same time, Huo Dongsheng put down the phone and stood in front of the window of the study, feeling a little hesitant. He could feel that the upper echelons were still thinking about balance.
Wang An definitely did not have any concrete evidence that he was going to cause trouble, only speculation at most, so Huo Dongsheng was also considering whether he should accept the invitation or not.
This is a great time to procrastinate!
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Dragon City, the whole bureau.
Su Tianyu sat at his desk, processing a pile of documents.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
The cell phone on the table suddenly rang. Su Tianyu picked it up and saw that it was a call from Jiangzhou.