“Wuwuwu~~” Trapped and with his mouth gagged, Xi Yan could only make muffled sounds. Especially when he saw Ye Yaozu enter, his emotions reached a peak.
He had thought it might be his enemies who had kidnapped him, or perhaps some desperate rogues from Jiulong, but he never imagined it would be Ye Yaozu.
Ye Yaozu waved his hand, and an elite knife wielder directly removed the rag stuffed in Xi Yan's mouth.
“Azu, why are you doing this?” Xi Yan glared at Ye Yaozu with anger.
“Why?” Ye Yaozu smiled, took a deep drag from a cigarette, and looked at Xi Yan.
“I need money, and you just happen to have some, so I thought I’d borrow a bit from you.” Ye Yaozu said with a grin.
Hearing Ye Yaozu's words, Xi Yan was stunned; he had never considered such a reason.
“Ye Yaozu, I’m your boss. If you harm me, word will get out, and there will be no place for you in the martial world.” Xi Yan said in a deep voice to Ye Yaozu.
“Well, you don’t need to worry about that, boss. Like you said, it has to get out for it to matter.” Ye Yaozu replied with a smile.
“Then I won’t waste any more words. Where’s the money?” Ye Yaozu said to Xi Yan in a serious tone.
Xi Yan looked heavily at Ye Yaozu; he knew this matter couldn’t just end like this.
“There isn’t any.” Xi Yan said defiantly.
Ye Yaozu smiled and looked at Aji.
Aji took out two photographs. It was the 1970s, and there were no mobile phones yet; even the big brother phone only appeared in 1973, and there were still three years until then.
The photos showed Xi Yan's wife and son.
“Beast!!! According to the rules of the martial world, family members should not be harmed. Ye Yaozu, what do you want to do?” Xi Yan shouted angrily at Ye Yaozu.
“Didn’t I say? I want money.” Ye Yaozu smiled at Xi Yan.
“Hand over the money, and I can let them go. Otherwise…” Ye Yaozu smiled, leaving his sentence unfinished, but Xi Yan understood what he meant.
“I’ll tell you, I have an unregistered Ruishi bank card, the last six digits of the password are the card number, and there’s fifty million US dollars in it. Ye Yaozu, you better keep your word, or I’ll haunt you as a ghost.” Xi Yan said to Ye Yaozu.
Why did he want to make money? It was for his descendants. Now, with his wife and son in Ye Yaozu's hands, keeping the money was useless.
“Of course, I, Ye Yaozu, always keep my word.” Ye Yaozu said with a smile, looking at Aji, who directly searched Xi Yan and found the bank card.
Afterward, Aji drove for half an hour and returned, confirming the money in the card.
“Boss, safe travels. Don’t worry, they’ll be down to keep you company soon.” Ye Yaozu said with a smile.
“Ye Yaozu, you bastard, you’re not keeping your word. I’ll haunt you as a ghost.” Xi Yan said angrily, wishing he could slice Ye Yaozu into a thousand pieces.
“Haunt me as a ghost? I’m not afraid of you when you’re alive; why would I fear you as a ghost? If you become a ghost, it’ll be thanks to me.” Ye Yaozu waved his hand casually.
A few knife wielders directly tossed Xi Yan into a cement barrel.
As Xi Yan's voice faded, the knife wielders drove the fishing boat and took the cement barrel out to sea.
“Aji, handle things cleanly over there.” Ye Yaozu said to Aji.
Aji nodded.
Then Ye Yaozu got into the car, and Gangsheng drove him back home.
Fifty million US dollars; currently, the exchange rate for US dollars to Hong Kong dollars is 1:5, and by 1974, it will reach an astonishing 1:9.6, stabilizing at 1:7 by 1983.
Right now, the Hong Kong dollar is still relatively valuable, but the US dollar is even stronger.
Before November 1974, if Ye Yaozu exchanged all his Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, the exchange rate would drop, and when he exchanged back, his assets in Hong Kong dollars could nearly double.
“Now that the money issue is temporarily resolved, the next step is to expand our territory.” Ye Yaozu thought to himself.
Fifty million US dollars is enough for Ye Yaozu for a while, but it won’t last long, especially with the security company from Tianyangsheng.
Compared to the security company from Tianyangsheng, the wages of Ye Yaozu's underlings are just minor expenses.
He needs to find a way to make money quickly.
The journey was silent.
Gangsheng drove Ye Yaozu back home.
As for the news of Xi Yan's disappearance, no one knows yet, but even if they did, it wouldn’t matter. Would anyone in Hongxing really care about Xi Yan’s life or death?
A retired old man who went abroad, if he disappears, then so be it. Who the hell would have nothing better to do than meddle in such trivial matters?
Moreover, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ye Yaozu directly sent Xi Yan's entire family on their way.
A family together, in this era, no one would care about these missing people. In these times, people aren’t considered real people; to be a real person, one must learn to consume others.
Among the wealthy in Hong Kong, not a single one is a good person.
None of them are good people; in these times, those who rise are not good people.
There’s a saying: those who come out to mix will eventually pay the price. Xi Yan has already enjoyed a good life for half his life; that’s enough.
The next day.
Ye Yaozu arrived at the company and called for Luo Tianhong.
“Tianhong, from now on, you will be the general manager of Shanhe Property Co., Ltd. Take the underlings below you to register the company’s name, and also go collect property fees from the shops in our territory.” Ye Yaozu said slowly.
“Okay, Azu.” Luo Tianhong nodded.
“Let’s start from next month; this month can be skipped. Go notify those merchants. Also, Gangsheng, you’re responsible for going with Tianhong. Oh, and remember to bring along the accountant from Hongxing.” Ye Yaozu said in a serious tone.
Half of this month has already passed, so let’s start from next month. As for the accountant from Hongxing, that’s Jiang Tiansheng’s person; basically, every territory of a speaker has an accountant from Hongxing sent by Jiang Tiansheng.
The purpose is simple; he’s afraid these speakers will commit fraud, as it relates to money, so Jiang Tiansheng naturally needs to send someone to keep an eye on it.
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