Chapter 986: Now It Probably Won’t Work
by xennovel“Transfer money? Do you think I’m a fool? I only want cash!”
Brother Zhao said unceremoniously. Robbery and a bank transfer? Isn’t that just asking the Police to find evidence?
“That works too. Where’s the nearest bank? You can have someone follow me to withdraw the money.”
Xu Shaochen nodded. This suited him well and would help delay some time.
“You three, take him to withdraw the money. Don’t let this brat slip away.”
Brother Zhao randomly pointed at three guys in the group and told them to go with Xu Shaochen to the nearest ATM to get the money.
Meanwhile, in the City Government conference room.
Deng Tianwen was attending a meeting with local entrepreneurs in the Northwest to discuss environmental work.
Seeing Xu Shaochen’s text message, his expression suddenly changed.
“Director Deng, please take this meeting seriously. Show some respect to the room and everyone present.”
At that moment, a Middle-aged Man above saw Deng Tianwen’s small movements and frowned, speaking displeased.
Everyone could tell he was targeting Deng Tianwen. Otherwise, would such a trivial thing require being called out so loudly?
But thinking about the recent conflict between the Deng Family and Zhao Family, they understood.
This man was a rising star from the Ye Family faction.
Recently, the Ye Family had been supporting the Zhao Family in opposing the Deng Family.
It was no surprise this person couldn’t stand Deng Tianwen.
“Chen Shuyi, I have an urgent matter and must leave for a while. I sincerely apologize.”
Deng Tianwen ignored that guy and instead looked at the Middle-aged Man seated in the center.
“What’s so urgent? Has the sky fallen or something? Right now, our entire country is focusing on environmental work. What do you mean by this, Director Deng? Are you dissatisfied with our efforts?”
The Middle-aged Man who had just scolded Deng Tianwen spoke again, tapping the table as he did, clearly angry.
“The sky hasn’t fallen yet, but if I don’t go now, it might.”
Deng Tianwen said coldly. Then he looked at Chen Shuyi: “Chen Secretary, Xu Shaochen of Xu Corporation is being blackmailed and threatened here in the Northwest. He just sent me a text message asking for help. I assume Chen Secretary knows the impact this could have on our city if this escalates.”
Wow!
Everyone in the room was immediately shocked.
Even Chen Shuyi’s expression changed drastically.
After all, Xu Shaochen’s identity was no ordinary thing.
If even he faced such an issue in the Northwest, wouldn’t that signal a problem with the region’s public security? If this isn’t handled well, it could severely damage the outside world’s perception of the Northwest.
What’s more, Xu Shaochen had extensive connections. If he held a grudge against the Northwest, many others would follow suit.
“Notify the Municipal Bureau immediately and tell Old Li. If something happens to Mr. Xu in the Northwest, he can forget about being Police Chief.”
“I now declare the meeting temporarily adjourned. Director Deng, please lead the way. We’re heading over right now.”
Chen Shuyi decisively ended the meeting and personally prepared to rush to the scene.
This helped project a positive image.
In the blink of an eye, police sirens echoed throughout the city, and lights flashed.
……
In front of the supermarket.
Ten minutes later.
Xu Shaochen returned with 40,000 yuan, along with the three guys assigned to monitor him.
“Here’s all 40,000 yuan. Can you let the people go now?”
Xu Shaochen directly tossed the bag of money in front of Brother Zhao.
Brother Zhao looked at the three guys.
The three of them nodded, indicating the money was real.
One of the three suddenly thought of something and leaned in to whisper to Brother Zhao.
Brother Zhao’s eyes lit up, eyeing Xu Shaochen like he was a fat sheep. He leisurely said, “Brother, you’re generous. You gave up 40,000 yuan. I bet adding another 100 to 200 thousand isn’t a big deal for you, right?”
The guy had just told him that Xu Shaochen’s card still had plenty of money, which made Brother Zhao instantly greedy.
“Aren’t you being a little too greedy!”
The young soldier could no longer stand it, glaring at Brother Zhao and shouting angrily.
“Shut up! You broke-ass, stand aside! Do you even have the right to speak here?”
Brother Zhao sneered at the young soldier, cursing without a care.
“You…!”
The young soldier felt humiliated, but he couldn’t refute it because he really was dirt poor.
A sense of helplessness rose in his heart. If he hadn’t gotten involved earlier, maybe they could have each spent 500 yuan and avoided this mess.
Thinking about it, he looked apologetically at Xu Shaochen.
After all, in his opinion, 40,000 yuan was already a considerable amount.
“Brother, how about it? Just another 200,000, and I’ll release you all right away!”
Brother Zhao looked at Xu Shaochen again, smiling warmly with a polite tone, as if he was making a reasonable offer.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier? Now I’ll have to make another trip!”
Xu Shaochen said impatiently. But this was precisely what he wanted. His main goal was to buy time after all.
After all, the money would come back to him sooner or later.
Yuxiu gave Xu Shaochen a strange look, as if wondering why he suddenly seemed like a rich fool with more money than sense.
“No problem. I’ll have someone drive you there this time.”
Brother Zhao said with a grin. The first time they had made Xu Shaochen walk; the second time, they’d drive him.
He was meticulous about managing fat sheep.
A few minutes later, Xu Shaochen returned with another 200,000 yuan, tossing the money at Brother Zhao.
“Is that enough? If it’s not, I can withdraw more.”
Xu Shaochen asked with a beaming smile.
Everyone was dumbfounded, staring at Xu Shaochen, stunned by his unexpected actions.
Since when had anyone ever asked robbers if they had enough money?
The world must have gone completely mad.
“Gulp—”
Brother Zhao swallowed hard. “Is…this enough?”
Embarrassingly, he’d been shaken by Xu Shaochen’s boldness.
“Vroom Vroom Vroom….”
Just then, the roar of car engines echoed, and a dozen vehicles arrived in rapid succession.
“Wooo Wooo~”
Next, the piercing sound of police sirens filled the air, and several police cars arrived.
Xu Shaochen shook his head, “Now it probably won’t work.”
“Boss! The cops are coming!”
One of the guys shouted in a panic.
“I’m not blind!” Brother Zhao barked back angrily. “Who the hell called the cops? Do they want to die?”
“Don’t move! Put down whatever’s in your hands! Kneel on the ground with your hands on your head!”
“Freeze! Kneel with your hands on your head immediately!”
The Police were fast. To be precise, the armed police were incredibly fast.
Staring down the barrels of guns, looking at the imposing armed police, Brother Zhao was dumbfounded.
For a small-time crook like him, was this tiny scene really worthy of warranting the armed police?
Should he feel honored?