The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 290 - 290 290 Provoked the Leader Endless Troubles

290: Chapter 290: Provoked the Leader, Endless Troubles 290: Chapter 290: Provoked the Leader, Endless Troubles “Leader Gu, I’ve heard about the charity dinner incident too.

Young people are bound to make mistakes now and then, we can’t completely write someone off just because of one or two errors.

The Fang Family still has substantial capabilities, and the development momentum of the Fangxing Group has also been pretty good in recent years.

After all, it is our star enterprise in Zhonghai, about the support fund matter, I still urge Leader Gu to give it further thought.”

“Leader Zhang, I appreciate your concern, and I will consider this matter carefully.”

Inside the sedan, after exchanging a few polite phrases with Leader Zhang, Gu Lanzi hung up the phone.

Only a short ten or so minutes had passed since Gu Lanzi had politely declined Fang Zhentao’s request regarding the support fund when she received the fifth phone call advocating for the Fang Family from insiders within the City Council.

Late at night, receiving five consecutive calls was enough to demonstrate the Fang Family’s influence in Zhonghai.

If it were anything else, she, Leader Gu, might not mind, might give face to the Fang Family for these five calls, might make things convenient for them.

However, the matter of the City Council’s targeted corporate support fund was not trivial.

This fund, established through joint contributions from major banks in Zhonghai after Leader Gu took office, was nearly a hundred billion in scale.

It affected everything, and if she were to invest it wrongly, it might spell the end of her political career.

Initially, the Fang Family was indeed Gu Lanzi’s first choice.

However, with Fang Wenxi, the CEO of Fangxing Group, and Lin Fei’s billion-yuan wager, naturally, Gu Lanzi was going to delay her investment in the Fang Family.

It was merely a delay.

She, Leader Gu, hadn’t outright stated that the support fund would not be invested in the Fang Family.

Even under these circumstances, late at night, she received five calls advocating for the Fang Family.

Five phone calls were a good proof of the Fang Family’s influence in Zhonghai.

However, they also indirectly showed Leader Gu that the Fang Family was very anxious about the support fund.

These five calls seemed like a display of the Fang Family’s nervousness!

Before, due to the reputation of the Fang Family and the development momentum of the Fangxing Group, Gu Lanzi did not do a thorough evaluation and was ready to allocate the majority of the support fund to the Fang Family.

Now, Fang Wenxi’s reckless gamble and Fang Zhentao’s tension inevitably caused Leader Gu to become suspicious.

If there hadn’t been those five phone calls advocating for the Fang Family tonight, verifying that losing Meishilin wouldn’t affect the development of the Fangxing Group, she, Leader Gu, might have found time to invest the support fund in the Fang Family.

Now, she, Leader Gu, was clearly reassessing whether to invest the support fund in the Fang Family.

The more anxious the Fang Family became, the more cautious Leader Gu needed to be!

Becoming suspicious of the Fang Family, out of nowhere, Gu Lanzi suddenly remembered the incident mentioned by Lin Fei back at the casino about Fang Wenxi sending people to assault him.

At that time, Gu Lanzi’s attention was mostly on Lin Fei, and she didn’t catch the fleeting reaction from Fang Wenxi.

Because of the setting and Lin Fei’s subsequent explanation, she attributed it to Lin Fei trying to pressure Fang Wenxi, forcing him to lose his composure so he could win the bet.

One couldn’t blame Leader Gu’s overactive imagination, after all, she herself often used such bluster and goad tactics ordinarily.

Of course, mainly it was because Gu Lanzi had personally experienced Lin Fei’s almost terrifying abilities; naturally, she didn’t think sending people to attack Lin Fei was a wise decision.

Thinking of others as one would think of oneself naturally led to such thoughts.

Now, the unusual tension shown by the Fang Family gave Gu Lanzi a significant warning.

It couldn’t help but remind her of what Lin Fei had said.

With this thought, Gu Lanzi immediately took out her phone and called Lin Fei.

As for Lin Fei’s claim of “one hundred thousand per time, expenses even out,” which had left her utterly embarrassed and furious, she, Leader Gu, clearly had no interest in delving into it with Lin Fei at the moment.

What Gu Lanzi wanted most now was to verify with Lin Fei whether Fang Wenxi had indeed sent people to attack him.

She, Leader Gu, was confident that with their unmentionable intimate relationship, Lin Fei would definitely not lie to her.

Lin Fei’s answer would, to some extent, inevitably affect her perception of the Fang Family, thereby deciding whether to completely cut off the idea of allocating the support fund to the Fang Family.

Gu Lanzi had a sensible thought: after all, if Fang Wenxi had indeed ordered an attack on Lin Fei, no matter what the future holds for the Fang Family, it would be impossible for her, the great leader Gu, to allocate the support fund to this seemingly luxurious but possibly capsizing vessel.

However, clearly, Gu Lanzi had overlooked something.

For example, Lin Fei might not answer her calls.

She had called Lin Fei twice in succession, and both times Lin Fei had hung up on her.

If it weren’t for the fact that she had personally exchanged numbers with Lin Fei in front of the Royal Hotel, she—the great leader Gu—would have thought she dialed the wrong number.

After all, Gu Lanzi was a person of status and standing, and normally, making phone calls was a task her secretary would handle for her.

After much difficulty, she, the great leader Gu, personally called Lin Fei, yet Lin Fei didn’t even connect the call before hanging up on her.

It was bearable, but even a leader has their limits.

Holding onto the thought of giving Lin Fei one last chance, Gu Lanzi called Lin Fei again.

Finally, Lin Fei answered the phone.

“Hello, who is this?

What, wrong number, hang up then!”

Listening to the self-talk about Lin Fei coming through the phone, Gu Lanzi’s jade-like hand, gripping the phone, turned visibly paler at the knuckles.

Her charming, sultry eyes subtly flashed with murderous intent.

Being a mature and wise leader, Gu naturally would not be foolish enough to believe that Lin Fei was unaware of who was on the other end of the phone.

The only explanation could be that Lin Fei—who was accompanied by his wife, President Mu Shanshan—chose to completely ignore her, the great leader Gu, because of Mu Shanshan.

Suppressing the rage in her heart, Gu Lanzi calmly instructed her driver, “Xiao Wang, turn around and head to Deputy Director Xie’s house.”

Within the entire City Council system of Zhonghai, there is only one Deputy Director Xie—that is, the Deputy Director of Zhonghai’s Police Bureau, Xie Songqing.

No one else.

Unable to get the answers she wanted from Lin Fei, Gu Lanzi naturally had to seek other avenues.

Although at this moment, Gu Lanzi deeply wanted to find Lin Fei and slap him hard several times, there were priorities to sort out.

Right now, what Gu was most concerned about was whether the Fang Family was qualified enough to receive the support fund.

After all, the matter was too significant to be taken lightly by the great leader Gu.

Compared to that, although Lin Fei was quite despicable, this hatred could, to some extent, be postponed.

After all, the great leader Gu was already clear about Lin Fei’s identity.

There would be many opportunities to meet him in the future.

The next time they met, all the new grievances and old grudges would clearly have to be settled thoroughly by the great leader Gu.

The great leader Gu was not the kind of powerless, submissive woman who willingly accepts injustices; crossing the great leader Gu would definitely come with a price…