What the hell is going on?
Deputy Mayor Lin, who had rushed in from the elevator, stared at the stretcher carrying Chen Jiangsheng and listened to the chaotic ringing of telephones, his eyelids twitching.
"Everyone, calm down!" Deputy Mayor Lin immediately took Chen Jiangsheng's place. "Unplug the phone lines, hand over all your mobile phones. At this moment, we must seek justice for President Chen!"
Everyone present felt their spirits lift.
Long Tianwu also breathed a sigh of relief. This Deputy Mayor Lin was still useful in critical times.
However!
The pitiable little secretary, looking at the landline number, appeared flustered. "This is from the most powerful Military-Martial Group division under our Tianyi. The bosses said this call must be answered."
Huh?
Deputy Mayor Lin was greatly startled and quickly answered the phone.
The Military-Martial Group was the core business of the Tianyi conglomerate, and half of the entire conglomerate's wealth resided in this super division.
A cold voice came from the other end of the line: "Military-Martial Group, effective immediately, formally secedes from the Tianyi conglomerate. Do not give us orders anymore, and do not call. Our separation from the conglomerate has long been completed."
Deputy Mayor Lin's head buzzed.
The world spun.
Losing the Military-Martial Group business meant the Tianyi conglomerate's wealth was instantly halved.
He stammered, "May I ask, may I ask..."
Beside him, Long Tianwu was furious. He snatched the phone. "Get Li Tianxing out here. I want to ask him clearly if he's going to see Qin Yexuan to the bitter end, or if he wants to preserve his own position."
The large screen lit up, showing Li Tianxing, who was stationed at the Military-Martial Group.
He was in military uniform, his face like frost.
On the screen, Li Tianxing, leading all the personnel of the Military-Martial Group, bowed deeply to Qin Yexuan.
"You, what are you doing?" Long Tianwu was going mad. "You should know the influence and power of my Long family in the capital. It's a matter of minutes to get a Northern Frontier soldier like you dismissed."
"No need for Young Master Long's trouble. I have already retired from the army!" Li Tianxing's words cut off everything Long Tianwu was about to say.
Long Tianwu couldn't believe it. "All for Qin Yexuan? Is he your biological father?"
Li Tianxing, with infinite respect, said, "A teacher for a day, a father for a lifetime. Do you know what Li Tianxing was like thirty years ago?"
Everyone's eyes widened.
They only knew that Li Tianxing and others had a good relationship with Qin Yexuan, but they never imagined that Qin Yexuan was the master of this famous Marshal of Kyushu!
"Thirty years ago, I was a deserter, bound and taken to the military court, waiting to die in disgrace!" Li Tianxing recalled the past, tears streaming down his face. "It was my esteemed master who gave me a chance, allowing me to overcome my inner demons and, with valor, crush the enemy camps. That day was the day of Li Tianxing's rebirth."
"Everything I have today, all these honors, are due to my master's kindness."
With that said, Li Tianxing slowly raised his hand.
Outside, in the training ground, thirty thousand soldiers stood in neat formation, solemn and upright.
"You want me to betray Master Qin and mix with you scoundrels? You'll have to ask my thirty thousand subordinates first!"
On the training ground that stretched for miles, fighter jets roared and cavalry swept.
The thirty thousand subordinates answered this question with silence.
No need to look further, even if Li Tianxing gave up all his honors and positions, he would still be the King of the Northern Frontier! The capital would not dare to remove such a meritorious marshal, no matter how desperate.
Long Tianwu slumped onto his chair. Everything had miscalculated.
What else are those old guys in the Long family hiding from me?
Long Tianwu frantically made phone calls.
At the headquarters of the Yanlong clan, the cold voice of the old man came through: "We know you'll contact the family. We won't say what you want to ask again, because your mission this time has completely failed!"
Long Tianwu was covered in cold sweat, gritting his teeth. "I want to return to the family immediately..."
"Return? What right do you have to return?"
"Have you forgotten the military order you signed?"
"You couldn't even touch a single hair of Qin Yexuan, and you still dare to call yourself the young master of the Yanlong clan?"
"The family has disowned you! Also, you used the family's hundreds of billions in funds. You have one year to repay it, otherwise, the family will squeeze you dry, bit by bit!"
Long Tianwu's phone dropped, trembling like a patient's.
He had lost the title of the Yanlong clan and incurred unpayable debts.
In an instant, his fate had plummeted to hell.
Long Tianwu frantically grabbed Deputy Mayor Lin's collar. "Fix Tianyi for me. It's okay if we lose the Military-Martial Group. We still have clients, we still have the market, we still have that land in Satellite City. We can still make money!"
He had gone mad!
The young master of the Long family now looked like a clown.
Deputy Mayor Lin stammered, "Good, okay, we indeed still have many business plans."
Buzzing, the mobile phones of everyone in the hall were still vibrating.
"What? Lingsu Pharmaceuticals has also withdrawn from the group?"
"All the Xiao family's industries have disappeared? What does that mean?"
"War God Xiao is also a disciple of Qin Yexuan? My God, then what about the third phase of our cooperation with the Xiao family? What? A loss of twenty billion?"
Someone started wailing, "All my money was invested in it!"
"Quick, quick, contact Dean Nan's Legal Financial Group and sue the Xiao family to death. The Xiao family can't breach the contract like this."
"What?!!" The Legal Financial Group has also withdrawn?"
The last phone call was from overseas.
"Deputy Mayor Lin, Young Master Long, our, our entire sea cargo has disappeared! Overseas forces are jointly suing us. This includes accumulated transactions over three years, at least two hundred billion in trading volume! The money is also gone."
Three shareholders who were the main force in freight wept.
The wealth of the Tianyi conglomerate had now shrunk by over eighty percent.
Their debts, however, had reached an astonishing three hundred billion!
This was more than three times the funds invested by Long Tianwu and Deputy Mayor Lin.
"We, what clients do we still have? What business can we still operate?" Long Tianwu's eyes were red.
"That land in Satellite City, if we can get a loan, it's worth over five hundred billion. Our partner is Tiantian Construction Group, the Liu family!" Deputy Mayor Lin seemed to have grasped a lifeline. "Old Master Liu is a sworn brother to my father. This matter can definitely be handled. He won't be afraid of Qin Yexuan's influence!"
Long Tianwu scratched his head. "Quick, quick, contact Old Master Liu."
At this moment, footsteps were heard from outside.
"Tiantian Construction Group, Old Master Liu is personally visiting!"
It was like a savior descending from heaven. Long Tianwu and Deputy Mayor Lin practically scrambled out to greet him.
This was their last hope!