Chapter 17: Chapter 16: Wealth Moves the Heart
Once the office was left with only Cui Yunchun and Ma Lanfei, Cui Yunchun’s previously gentle and refined demeanor gradually faded away as he spoke nonchalantly,
“Xiao Fei, how is the preparation for the operation coming along?”
Ma Lanfei picked up her phone and said, “Lei Zi and Brother Hu have the manpower and vehicles ready. The transfer location is set to an abandoned unfinished building in the east part of the city where no one passes by. We’ll lay low there for a few days to avoid attention, then quietly move the goods to our processing factory below. There won’t be any slip-ups.”
“Hmm, that should be fine.”
Cui Yunchun nodded slightly, then continued, “What about Su Jie, have we found out anything about him?”
“I had someone look into him. He’s just an ordinary university student, no traces of him in the past half year. I suspect he went abroad, made some good connections, and managed to get his hands on these precious wood materials through luck and some connections.”
Ma Lanfei took out a stack of documents with information about Su Jie.
For a big corporation, obtaining information about ordinary citizens is a matter of want, there is none that can’t be found.
“Most likely he has overseas connections. The countries down south are quite chaotic. For him to have created opportunities for himself from there… he must be quite capable.”
“Mr. Cui, are you suggesting… we don’t make a move?”
Asking cautiously, Ma Lanfei couldn’t guess what was on Cui Yunchun’s mind.
Cui Yunchun glanced at the documents and then swept them aside, leisurely lighting a cigar and said indifferently, “That’s not what I mean. If it were abroad, I might be worried, but this is Hua Country. Here the dragons coil and the tigers lie; everyone must abide by the law, including us. Does he really think he can compete with a local tough like us?”
“Chairman Cui is right; why don’t we just go all out and…”
“Haven’t I told you not to be obsessed with violence? Things have changed, we’ve finally gone legit. If we give others something to hold against us, the loss would outweigh the gain. Just eat up his goods. We’ll see what to do next,”
Cui Yunchun smiled confidently and ordered, “Have Lei Zi and Ah Hu take action this afternoon, lest the other party sells the goods to someone else and it becomes too late.”
As Ma Lanfei was about to leave, she suddenly heard Cui Yunchun say, “Help me blow off some steam first, as a pre-celebration for our successful operation tonight.”
“Of course, Chairman Cui.”
Ma Lanfei flashed a seductive smile, ran her fingers through her hair, and slowly bent over as she crouched down.
South Bridge Logistics Center Warehouse Area.
A convoy of vehicles entered in the afternoon, driving into the warehouse area.
The security guards of the warehouse area saw them and let them through without any inspection.
The fleet, mainly consisting of heavy trucks and cranes, had a very clear destination, stopping in front of a small warehouse.
Following that, more than a dozen formidable men jumped off the vehicles and rapidly approached the warehouse. They pulled out their spare keys and unlocked the warehouse doors.
It was a busy time for warehouse transfers, with loading and unloading taking place in various warehouses. Their actions didn’t raise any suspicions.
“Is everything ready?”
“All set, the warehouse district management has been informed, and the cameras here have been temporarily turned off.”
“Then let’s get to work, and make it quick.”
“Don’t worry, Brother Hu, it’s not our first time doing this kind of job. What could possibly go wrong?”
The group chatted and laughed as they worked at a steady pace.
In the warehouse, logs weighing tons were hoisted onto the trucks. The entire process was quick and orderly, suggesting they knew what they were doing.
The whole operation was completed in less than half an hour.
During that half hour, not a single security guard patrolled the area.
Apart from the noise of some timber being loaded onto trucks, there was nothing else.
Once the precious timber had all been loaded, a few other heavy trucks arrived. They dumped a load of wood in the rear compartment, except it was only normal tree materials, cheap stuff worth a few hundred per ton.
“Lei Zi, is the fire set up ready?”
“All done, guaranteed no flaws.”
With an order, the heavy vehicles started up again.
Shortly after they left, flames suddenly flared up inside the warehouse. Then the flames rapidly spread, engulfing the entire warehouse in a raging fire.
Meanwhile, the convoy left the South Bridge Logistics Center amidst joyous laughter.
But they didn’t notice that, on various parts of their trucks—the front, the carriage, the bottom—a few dragonflies were quietly perched.
Jingjiang No.1 Villa!
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Su Jie’s gaze turned toward the warehouse area, where he seemed to see the fierce flames burning.
“Indeed, wealth stirs the human heart; the ancients never lied to me.”
Although he had expected it, Su Jie hadn’t thought that the others would act so decisively.
This was modern society, yet they carried out daylight robbery naturally and with ease.
“However, I quite kind of irrational business warfare. It means I don’t have to hold back. In doing evil deeds, we Demon Cultivators will not be outdone by anyone.”
Su Jie’s mouth curved into a cold smile. If someone wanted to play dirty with a Demon Cultivator, Su Jie was very willing to oblige.
Eating his stuff wouldn’t be simply ended by throwing it back up.
The next day, at the South Bridge Logistics Center.
Su Jie stood in front of his own warehouse, now ruins. After yesterday’s fire, all that was left were ashes and broken bricks and metal.
“This is the fire investigation report from the fire department. It states that the fire was caused by the illegal storage of electric scooters in the warehouse, which ignited the batteries. Combined with the timber inside, it ultimately started the fire and resulted in this disaster. You need to compensate for our warehouse losses, totaling 950,000 yuan. Hmph, you should be grateful there were no casualties. Otherwise, with your actions, you would’ve been arrested long ago.”
A supervisor from the South Bridge Logistics Warehouse Center furiously waved the report, spitting as he accused Su Jie of illegal operations that burned down their warehouse.
“I don’t recall ever storing electric scooters in the warehouse.”
Su Jie’s gaze shifted to the supervisor as he said with a smiling face.
The supervisor was startled, a flicker of unease passing over his face, and then roared: “Who else but you? We rented this warehouse to you; everything stored was yours. It’s pointless to play dumb now. You must compensate for our loss, or wait to be sued.”
Su Jie’s lips curled slightly as he said, “I can give you the money, but…”
Su Jie smiled, whispering menacingly in the supervisor’s ear: “Be careful, you might have the hands to take this money, but not the life to spend it.”
“What do you mean by that, huh! Trying to scare and threaten me? Who do you think you are?”
The supervisor sneered internally, accustomed to seeing plenty of people who were mentally unhinged after bankruptcy.
This was a society ruled by law; he didn’t take such threats seriously at all.
“As long as you’re happy.”
Su Jie waved his hand and didn’t bother to argue any further. He got into his BMW M8 and drove out of the South Bridge Warehouse. The real show was just beginning.