At around ten o'clock the next morning, Washington police found the kidnapped girl Tan Hengqiang and her family in an apartment building, and no kidnappers were found at the scene.
Noon of the day.
A staff officer from the Longcheng Garrison Command flew directly to Area 1 with more than 20 people to investigate the incident.
At the same time, there were a large number of well-informed veteran members in the Longcheng Coders Association. After learning that Jing Yan was dead, they immediately ran away with the money overnight.
These people were all loyal to Jing Yan before, and their positions were extremely firm. Among them were some of the most influential people in the Elders' Council, and even the president of a regional association.
They have to run!
After Zhang Ming became the chairman, these people took away his power and made him a puppet. They have been secretly listening to Jing Yan's remote control and creating trouble for Li Mingsheng's team. Once Jing Yan, the big tree, falls, they will have no support and will most likely be liquidated if they stay in Longcheng.
…
One day later.
Gu Baishun held a funeral for his mother in Longcheng, but due to the dynamic situation within the Coders Association, not many people attended the funeral.
It was past seven o'clock in the evening and most of the guests in the Gu family villa had left. Gu Baishun sat next to the coffin, wearing mourning clothes and drinking white wine with an expressionless face.
Niu Feng came over and turned his head to look around: "He's in the bathroom."
"Let's go and take a look." Gu Baishun stood up, holding a half-pound bottle of white wine, and followed Niu Feng away.
"Close the door!" Niu Feng ordered his brother.
The doors of the courtyard were closed, and the group walked through the front yard of the villa and came to the independent water room at the back.
The water room was more than 40 meters long, with dim light, cold and damp inside. After Gu Baishun and others walked in, they turned their heads and looked at the reservoir. They saw five men inside, who were being held down on the heads by Niu Feng's brothers and were struggling in the water.
Gu Baishun pulled a chair and sat down, then waved to Niu Feng's brothers.
The strong guys let go, and the five people in the pool coughed and sprayed water, climbing out in a panic.
The leader was in his forties. When he saw Gu Baishun, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "... I... I have no choice! Jing Yan is the president. Whatever he asks us to do, can we not do it?"
Gu Baishun looked at him and said, "Brother Bin, ever since I became the chairman of the Longkou District branch, I said go east, and you said go west. I said I wanted to open a mine with Lao Li, and you said I had no position, but you also got a share of the money earned from the mining industry! Haha, is this also what Jing Yan asked you to do?"
“I really can’t help it, I don’t know…!” The middle-aged man still banged his head.
"Alright, alright." Gu Baishun waved his hand, turned around and asked, "Uncle Guo! Did you get the contract?"
"Here I get it." Guo Zhengdao pulled out a large stack of documents from his bag.
After Gu Baishun took it, he glanced at the details of the contract, then bent down and handed it to the five people: "Sign!"
The five leaders of the Longkou District Association reached out to take the contract and looked at it carefully under the dim light.
The reason why Gu Baishun was able to become the chairman of the Longkou District branch was mainly due to the efforts of Zhang Ming and Jing Yan, but their purpose was also very obvious, which was to use him to occupy a position and make him a puppet.
The entire General Association of Coders has a total of 16 branches, and among these branches, the location of Longkou District has always been the most important, because this district is the core of the entire Longcheng City, and all administrative agencies and top companies are basically located in this district.
Before Jing Yan took office as the president, he worked in Longkou for three years. It was because of the accumulated resources here that he was able to rise to fame overnight.
However, after Gu Baishun came to power, the status of the Longkou District branch declined a lot, because he was a puppet leader and had no decision-making power on major issues. The families and backbones of the teams below were too lazy to pay attention to him and either listened directly to Jing Yan or Zhang Ming.
In short, the situation in Longkou District in the past two years has been a mess. The grassroots are confused, the middle and senior levels are busy making money, and even many small bosses sell goods privately without saying hello to Gu Baishun.
But today is different!
Jing Yan died, and Zhang Ming didn't dare to show up. Gu Baishun was ready to swing his knife on the first day of his mother's funeral.
The five people in front of him are all powerful leaders in Longkou District. They control almost 60% of the members in the branch and more than half of the association's industries.
The middle-aged man named Brother Bin knelt on the ground and read the contract. He raised his head with trepidation and asked, "Bai... Baishun, don't leave us anything."
"What's the point of keeping it? Are you waiting for Tan Hengqiang to take it away?" Gu Baishun crossed his legs and pinched the other's face with his hands: "Isn't this considered robbery? I'm just making you spit out what I fed you in the past two years."
"You talk a lot of nonsense, don't you?" Niu Feng pulled out a dagger, touched the blade and said, "How about I kill you and let your son inherit directly, and then we talk to him?"
“No, no.” Brother Bin nodded immediately: “I’ll sign, I’ll sign!”
Five minutes later, everyone transferred the ownership of the small factory, warehouse, and dozens of stores under the association's name to Gu Baishun free of charge.
"It's signed..." Brother Bin said with a grin, "Let's...let's go. We won't cause you any trouble."
Gu Baishun took the contract, scanned it, and handed it to Niu Feng. He suddenly stood up, pulled out his gun, pointed it at Brother Bin's head, and asked, "Where are you going?"
“Baishun, you can’t do this… We’ve given you everything, and we won’t fight for it. You can’t kill us all…!” Brother Bin’s face turned pale, and he kowtowed again while trembling.
"Are you scared?" Gu Baishun asked.
“Don’t… don’t kill me, Baishun, don’t…!” The other man just lay on the ground, holding his heart and wetting his pants.
"Ha ha!"
Gu Baishun grinned and threw the gun to Guo Zhengdao: "I used to be afraid of them! I didn't expect it to be this kind of people. Brother Feng, find a few brothers with good endurance and send them to Siberia to shave icebergs! When they transfer all the money in the card, the construction period will be over."
"Okay." Niu Feng nodded.
Guo Zhengdao followed Gu Baishun out of the bathroom, frowned and asked, "You're not going to kill him?"
"Jing Yan is dead, what can they do? Haha." Gu Baishun waved his hand and replied: "Killing them will ruin my reputation! Let them go, and the people below will be willing to follow me. I have done my best."
"Su Tianyu is here today, do you want to talk to him?"
"Don't worry, once Jing Yan dies, I will soon be in the coffin." Gu Baishun paused and said, "I will get the amulet first and then talk to him."
"Well, as long as you know it!"
…
at the same time.
Yu Mingyuan was sitting in the association. He turned his head and asked Su Tianyu, "If we defeat Zhang Ming next, will the association be stable?"
"Well, we have to study Zhang Ming's matter." Su Tianyu nodded.
"Do it as soon as possible, I have important things to do." Yu Mingyuan replied.