Best Young Master
Chapter 430 - 383 Helpless

Chapter 430: Chapter 383 Helpless

Taiwan.

Nanqinghong Headquarters.

Lin Tianyi, who had been gloomy the past few days, was wearing a satin robe, sitting on the balcony of his villa, holding a glass of red wine and gazing at the scenery of the manor with a contented expression on his face.

Sitting opposite Lin Tianyi was a middle-aged man with a lean figure and dark skin, named Chen Shui, who was the head of the Nanqinghong Southeast Asia branch. Within Jianghu, he was known as Mr. Shui.

At that moment, he was on a call, staying abreast of the situation in Southeast Asia.

"Big brother, I just received news from Southeast Asia. Ye Wenhao organized a meeting this afternoon with the Southeast Asia Special Zone Ministry of Justice, the police, the Yanhuang Organization Southeast Asia Office, and several other departments to discuss a plan to quell the chaos," Chen Shui, dressed in a Tang suit, reported the latest intelligence to Lin Tianyi after hanging up the phone two minutes later.

"Did they come to any conclusions?"

Hearing Chen Shui’s report, Lin Tianyi still appeared completely at ease, as if he were not the least bit worried that Ye Wenhao could control the situation and quell the unrest.

"I don’t know yet, but it’s probably all in vain."

Chen Shui said with a smile, "Leaving aside the person in charge of the Yanhuang Organization Southeast Asia Office, the rest of the departments are not Huaxia people. They are very united and xenophobic— it will be hard for Ye Wenhao to gain their support. Without it, Ye Wenhao is just a Commander with no troops; useless."

"After six o’clock, give them a call to see what the final result of the meeting is, so we can come up with countermeasures in advance," Lin Tianyi thought for a moment and then said.

"Alright."

Chen Shui nodded his head and hesitated before voicing the doubt that had been haunting him for several days, "Big brother, we’ve paid such a huge price just to make Ye Wenhao’s career hang in the balance—is it worth it?"

"It is. Because Ye Wenhao’s arrival in Southeast Asia is mostly likely aimed at us."

Lin Tianyi shook his head and spoke with a sagacious air, "In that case, if we don’t pull out proactively, and after some time, with the Ye Family’s support, Ye Wenhao consolidates his position and strikes at us, our losses may not be less than now.

But now, as we withdraw actively, we not only foil his plans but also cause a great turmoil in Southeast Asia, posing a significant problem for him. If he cannot solve this problem, as you said, his career will be in jeopardy. At that time, not only will he be removed from Southeast Asia, but he might also lose the qualification to climb to the top of the power pyramid.

Once he is transferred away from Southeast Asia, we can return and take back everything that belongs to us. And once he loses the qualification for the power summit, defeated by Bai Guotao, once the old bastard of the Ye Family passes away, the Bai Family will replace the Ye Family as the foremost official family in Huaxia. Then, we will have absolute backing and firmly control Huaxia’s underworld.

In other words, whether we look at the short term or the long term, withdrawing from Southeast Asia is a brilliant move."

At this point, Lin Tianyi paused, took a sip of red wine to moisten his throat, and continued, "Moreover, according to Young Master Chen, as long as we can bring down Ye Wenhao, even if Nanqinghong gets kicked out of Huaxia, it would be worth it."

"Big brother is wise."

After listening to Lin Tianyi’s explanation, Chen Shui sincerely admired him.

"This brilliant move is not my own making, it’s Young Master Chen’s."

As he spoke, Lin Tianyi thought of Chen Feilian’s entire scheme and laughed, "This play has several scripts, and how it unfolds depends on how things develop. As of now, we have only just raised the curtain, and the best is yet to come."

"I see, then let’s wait and watch."

With a sudden realization, Chen Shui then smilingly raised his glass to clink with Lin Tianyi’s.

"BANG—"

The sound of the glasses colliding rang out, and both Lin Tianyi and Chen Shui drained their expensive red wine, smiling at each other.

The scene freezes.

The smiles on their faces were even brighter than the sunlight.

At the same time.

Ye Wenhao, who was presiding over a special meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Bangkok, the capital of the Southeast Asia Special Zone, wore a face clouded with gloom.

As the meeting began, he had participants speak in turn to discuss ways to quell the turmoil; aside from the person in charge of the Yanhuang Organization Southeast Asia Office, all others like the Ministry of Justice and the police presented nothing but bureaucratic lip service with no substantive suggestions, leaving it to Ye Wenhao to come up with a solution himself.

This was an unprecedented situation in Ye Wenhao’s political career!

Even when he was parachuted into Jiangnan last year to become second-in-command, those under him were filled with awe of him, unlike these officials from the Southeast Asia Special Zone who treated him with indifference.

In fact, Ye Wenhao felt it wasn’t just indifference; it was highly likely that the officials were banding together to send him back like the previous officials from the mainland who had been Special Chiefs.

"According to what you all are saying, we are powerless against the current situation and should just let it develop further?"

Finally, after the last participant parroted the bureaucratic rhetoric, Ye Wenhao, somewhat incensed, asked coldly.

"Mr. Special Chief, as far as I know, wherever you have served before, the public security in that region has been the best in the whole of Huaxia—our meaning is to let you come up with the solution, and we will execute it according to your plan," the head of the police responded to Ye Wenhao’s angry question.

"Yes, that’s what we all think," the other attendees nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Ye Wenhao’s brows involuntarily knitted together.

Over the past few years, during his tenure in various regions, one reason for the good security environment was his extremely prominent identity, with both the police force and the Yanhuang Organization doing their utmost to cooperate with his work. Another reason was his previous status as the top fighter on the Qing bang, with off-the-charts combat power that had a huge deterrent effect, preventing any monsters and demons from causing trouble.

But now, not only was he unable to garner support from his subordinates, but due to the Yanhuang Organization’s lax supervision over the Southeast Asia Special Zone, numerous underground forces were entrenched there, including, aside from Nanqinghong, powerful underground organizations such as the Dark Council and the Giant Axe Organization.

These two underground organizations, like the Qinghong Organization, were among the top global underworld forces, each with a Supreme Strongman in the Gang Qi Realm stationed there, and the organizations were filled with numerous experts, who were far from as reverential towards Ye Wenhao as those from the mainland underworld forces.

"In Huaxia, there’s an old saying, ’To catch the thieves, first catch the king.’"

Ye Wenhao was silent for a while before he spoke solemnly, "The literal meaning of this phrase is not hard to understand. I suppose everyone present should grasp its implication. My opinion is to first capture the leaders of the various major underworld forces..."

"Sorry, Mr. Special Chief, to interrupt. The laws in the Special Zone differ from those on the Huaxia mainland; without sufficient evidence of their involvement in crime, we have no right to arrest them. Otherwise, we could be sued by their lawyers," the Minister of Justice interjected curtly: "Besides, I’d like to remind Mr. Special Chief that organizations like Qinghong, the Dark Council, the Giant Axe Organization, and the Yakuza are all foreign underworld forces. The leaders of these organizations in Southeast Asia are mostly executors, not the real decision-makers behind the scenes. Therefore, even if we were to arrest them, it would be in vain—they can easily replace the executors with new ones."

"Then we’ll kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and strike at one underground force with all our might, to deter the others," Ye Wenhao said with a furrowed brow.

"Mr. Special Chief, in the past four days, we have arrested hundreds of people, but they are all low-level members of various forces. As for the mid-tier and above members, they have not been directly involved in the chaos," the police chief spoke up again: "That is to say, even if we strike at one underground force with all our might, we’re only targeting their low-level members, and this won’t change the chaotic situation."

"Chief, I have a suggestion."

Yan Lei, the head of the Yanhuang Organization Southeast Asia Special Zone Office, who had been silent, spoke up.

"Director Yan, please speak," Ye Wenhao turned his gaze towards Yan Lei, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"The root cause of this chaos is basically due to Nanqinghong’s withdrawal from Southeast Asia—the absence of Nanqinghong has disrupted the underworld balance of the Southeast Asia Special Zone, leading various forces to madly scramble for territory and the illicit businesses."

Yan Lei looked at Ye Wenhao and spoke earnestly, "If a dominating underground force like Nanqinghong could emerge in the Southeast Asia Special Zone, the chaos would naturally end."

"Everyone is well aware of that, but the problem is, such a force doesn’t exist right now," the hope in Ye Wenhao’s eyes vanished without a trace, replaced by disappointment.

"Chief, what I mean is, can we support one of these forces in secret, to rule the underworld in Southeast Asia?" Yan Lei offered his suggestion.

"No!"

Ye Wenhao rejected it outright; in his eyes, this was a sign of incompetence and an insult to all the overseeing officials, including himself!

Seeing Ye Wenhao’s refusal, Yan Lei wisely chose to remain silent.

"In that case, Director Yan, immediately dispatch people to investigate the residences of the leaders of the major forces and then report the results to me," Ye Wenhao spoke again.

Hmm?

As Ye Wenhao’s words echoed in their ears, everyone, including Yan Lei, was stirred, guessing the intention behind his directive.

"Alright."

Yan Lei agreed cooperatively, yet in his mind, he suspected that Ye Wenhao’s efforts would most likely end up fruitless.

Not just Yan Lei—other attendees also shared the same thought, their faces displaying mocking smiles as if to ridicule Ye Wenhao’s naivety.

"Meeting adjourned!"

Seeing the reaction, Ye Wenhao did not explode in anger; he simply announced the end of the meeting expressionlessly, picked up his notebook, and walked out of the conference room with deeply furrowed brows.

Meanwhile.

A plane from the East Sea destined for Bangkok landed on time at Bangkok International Airport.

Ye Fan stood up, and along with the crowd of travelers, slowly made his way out of the airport passage.

On this day.

He had arrived in Southeast Asia, silently and unnoticed.

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