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Chapter 444 - 394: The Power Behind the Curtain_2

Chapter 444: Chapter 394: The Power Behind the Curtain_2

Because they believed that since Taihu had invited them to the gathering, he probably wouldn’t attack them.

Even if Taihu wanted to kill them, no amount of additional people or weapons they brought would matter!

Under the cover of night, the villa originally used for office work had been transformed into the venue for the evening party. The courtyard was brightly lit, with barrels of red wine from the Porto region of the European Union and plates of exquisite pastries, food, and fruit neatly arranged on tables covered with white cloths.

Tall, beautiful women dressed in uniform maid outfits served as the party’s waitresses, standing by the tables with smiles, waiting for guests to arrive.

A well-known band from the Southeast Asia Special Zone played a classic piano piece.

From the scene alone, it was clearly a high-society party setup.

Taihu, the main character of tonight’s gathering, was dressed in a black tuxedo and stood at the main building’s entrance, gracefully welcoming the guests accompanied by Nawa and Su Ke.

Whenever a guest entered the villa courtyard, the door guards would loudly announce the name, and those waitress beauties, carrying silver trays, would walk up to the guests with seductively swaying hips and offer them red wine.

After receiving the red wine, the guests unanimously walked towards Taihu, the host of the party, and greeted him politely and reverently.

Faced with greeting after greeting from the influential figures, Taihu just smiled and nodded, then raised his glass to gesture a toast and took a gentle sip, positioning himself with considerable poise.

When darkness fully fell, all fifty-two invited influential figures had arrived and stood densely packed in the villa courtyard.

Seeing this, Taihu gestured to the well-known band to stop the music.

"Thank you all for giving me, Taihu, face by attending tonight’s gathering—to our gathering, cheers!"

Once the music had stopped, Taihu delivered his opening speech, steady in tone and loud in voice, clearly reaching everyone’s ears at the scene.

As his voice trailed off, Taihu was the first to raise his glass, and the influential figures dared not delay, quickly lifting their glasses and then downing the contents.

"Today, I invited everyone here for two reasons: first, to gather with you all, and second, to discuss some matters."

After a drink, Taihu handed his glass to a beautiful waitress to refill and then spoke again, "Hmm, to welcome all of you, I’ve specially invited a number of beautiful ladies. I believe they will accompany you through a wonderful evening. Right now, they are getting dressed and ready, and before they arrive, we need to discuss some matters in the conference room."

"Alright!"

Almost simultaneously, the influential figures responded.

Seeing this, Taihu smiled with satisfaction and then, accompanied by Nawa and Su Ke, led the way into the main building.

The influential figures entered alone—their bodyguards didn’t even enter the villa courtyard and waited in their vehicles instead.

Three minutes later, fifty-two influential figures from various regions of Southeast Asia were sitting in the conference room, and the door slowly closed.

At the moment the door shut, almost all the influential figures trembled slightly with nervousness showing in their eyes and brows.

Seeing this, Taihu, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, was very pleased.

He knew, just as Ye Fan had said, that the bloodbath of the Dark Council and the Yakuza and Giant Axe Organization’s divisions in Southeast Asia had thoroughly intimidated these influential figures.

"Gentlemen, you must have all heard about the events of the past two days—the Yakuza, the Giant Axe Organization, and the Dark Council’s divisions were taken down by our Tiger Gang!"

In the silent conference room, Taihu spoke up, his voice not loud but clearly reaching every influential figure’s ears.

"Ssss"

Although those seated knew about this news, hearing Taihu brazenly state it still made them gasp in shock, their hearts almost jumping to their throats.

"Perhaps, you’re all curious why our Tiger Gang dared to do this."

As he spoke, Taihu’s presence suddenly surged, and his voice dramatically rose, "There is only one reason: Southeast Asia is our turf, not one for foreign powers! Recently, these foreign powers crazily attacked our local forces, which was intolerable!"

"Well done!"

"Boss Tai, we support you!"

...

As Taihu’s words concluded, several influential figures previously won over by Taihu quickly stated their support.

The other influential figures looked at each other, then sequentially voiced their support.

Although they all knew that Taihu’s words were deceptive, given the current situation, they had no other choice but to agree and support.

Such is the way of calling a deer a horse.

"Although our Tiger Gang has eradicated those foreign forces’ divisions in Southeast Asia, I am sure you all understand that those foreign powers will definitely seek revenge!" After the support died down, Taihu continued.

Here it comes!

Upon hearing Taihu’s words again, the influential figures inwardly exclaimed, realizing the true purpose of tonight’s gathering!

"Tonight, I convened this gathering mainly to discuss how to deal with the retaliation from those foreign powers, to protect our homeland, preserve our territory, and defend our individual interests."