Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1102 1088 [Eve of the Storm]

Seoul Grand Hotel -
presidential suite.

It was late at night, but Du Yongxiao had not yet gone to bed. He had not even changed his clothes. He was wearing a neat white suit, leaning on the sofa, smoking a cigarette.

The lights in the living room were dim and the only thing that could be seen was the flickering butt of his cigarette.

Jiang Ling'er came out of the bedroom in a charming pink silk nightgown and glanced at Du Yongxiao who was sitting on the sofa.

pat!

Jiang Ling'er turned on the light in the living room.

Du Yongxiao turned his head to look at her and exhaled a puff of smoke: "Why, did I wake you up?"

"No." Jiang Ling'er shook her head. "I can't sleep without you by my side."

Jiang Ling'er walked up to Du Yongxiao and sat directly in his arms, snuggling up to him like a cat.

Du Yongxiao took a deep puff of his cigarette, and before he could exhale the smoke -
Jiang Ling'er snatched the cigarette and said, "Stop smoking, it's bad for your health!" Then she crushed the cigarette into the ashtray on the coffee table.

Du Yongxiao smiled and patted Jiang Ling'er's slender waist: "You've been smoking for more than ten years. If it hurt your body, it would have hurt a long time ago."

"So I want you to quit." Jiang Ling'er smiled charmingly, leaned forward and pecked Du Yongxiao's lips lightly: "Besides, I don't like the smell of cigarettes in your mouth."

Du Yongxiao laughed, "I remember there was a song called I like the faint smell of tobacco on you--"

"Which song? How come I don't know it?" Jiang Ling'er was surprised.

Du Yongxiao then realized that he had made a mistake and said vaguely, "Anyway, there is such a song."

Jiang Ling'er was about to speak, but then -
Jingle Bell!
the phone is ringing.

Du Yongxiao, who was joking with Jiang Ling'er, was suddenly startled and stood up.

Jiang Ling'er was still in his arms and almost fell on the sofa.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Ling'er asked.

Du Yongxiao did not answer but looked at the phone.

Jiang Ling'er looked at the clock and said, "It's already past eleven. Who would call so late?"

Then he stood up to answer the phone.

Du Yongxiao looked at Jiang Ling'er, his eyes twinkling.

Jiang Ling'er spoke a few words on the phone, then looked up and said to Du Yongxiao, "It's a call from Chase Bank in the United States. It says there's an emergency!"

Du Yongxiao smiled when he heard this.

"Just in time!"

Walk quickly over to answer the phone.

Jiang Ling'er didn't understand.

Du Yongxiao picked up the phone and said, "Yes, I'm Du Yongxiao. Okay, I understand. Let me get back to you after I confirm it, and then you can transfer the money to them."

The person on the other end of the phone was very respectful: "Okay, Mr. Du! Sorry to bother you! I will follow your instructions."

Du Yongxiao was a good friend of Rockefeller, the president of Chase Bank, who also respected Du Yongxiao very much.

Du Yongxiao hung up the phone and smiled at Jiang Ling'er, "The show is about to begin! Prepare a few cups of coffee, as there may be VIPs coming tonight! Also, call Yan Xiong, Liu He, and Soros over."

"Okay!" Jiang Ling'er didn't understand what was going on, but since Du Yongxiao said so, she would do it.

Soon, Yan Xiong, Liu He, and Soros arrived.

Du Yongxiao instructed Soros: "You can start now. Tomorrow is Double 12. You should short the Korean economy directly. I will make the top ten Korean groups depreciate!" His eyes were vicious.

Soros stayed in South Korea for so long, just waiting for Du Yongxiao's order.

"Okay, Mr. Du! Haha, I'll get ready now! Just wait and see, I'll make the whole of Korea collapse!"

Hearing Soros's confident words, Yan Xiong and Liu He beside him couldn't help but shiver.

They are well aware of the power of this financial sniper, who is best at shorting the opponent's economy, destroying families and countries.

A real executioner!
It looks like South Korea is going to be unlucky this time.

Du Yongxiao gave Soros some more advice.

Soros took the order and left.

As he walked, he kept waving his fists, looking like he was about to go to war.

After Soros left, Du Yongxiao looked at Yan Xiong and Liu He.

"Please prepare some information. I plan to acquire Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Lotte, SK, and Hanjin, among the top ten Korean groups."

Yan Xiong and Liu He looked at each other.

"Ahem, you've already asked us to prepare these materials, and the rough draft has been prepared."

"Really? That's good! If nothing goes wrong, it will be useful soon." Du Yongxiao said with a smile, "Also, you can file another document. It's from me and the Blue House. No, to be more precise, it's organized by me and the Quan Douguang Yixinhui. The gist of it is that I will pay them 2 billion US dollars to sponsor their uprising activities. And what they have to pay is to help me take control of the top ten participating groups in South Korea!"

Yan Xiong and Liu He were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. They stared at Du Yongxiao and asked, "Will they agree?"

"Yes, Quan Douguang looks carefree on the surface, but he is actually very scheming. He is a tyrant. Even if 2 billion is placed in front of him, he will not surrender obediently..."

Yan Xiong and Liu He analyzed respectively.

Jiang Ling'er brought over the coffee.

Du Yongxiao took the coffee, sipped it gently, and said with a contemptuous smile: "Maybe he didn't do it before, but tonight, he has no choice!"

Yan Xiong and Liu He looked at each other again, confused.

"If I'm not mistaken, they'll be here soon!"

Before Du Yongxiao could finish his words--
Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door.

Then a loud voice said, "Is Mr. Du here? I'm Quan Douguang, and I'm here to visit you late at night with Lu Taiyu and others!"

"Really coming?"

Yan Xiong and Liu He were surprised and looked at Du Yongxiao as if he were a god.

……

As soon as Quan Douguan, Lu Taiyu and others entered the living room, they saw Du Yongxiao sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of coffee, looking at them with a smile.

For some reason, Quan Douguan felt a palpitation in his heart the first moment, as if he was being stared at by a tiger and unable to escape.

He had been in the army for so many years, not caring about life and death, but he didn't dare to face the young man in front of him like this.

Concealing his inner throbbing, Quan Douguang laughed, glanced at Yan Xiong, Liu He, and Jiang Ling'er who was waiting beside Du Yongxiao, and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Du to be so considerate and gather so many people to accompany us at this late hour!"

Du Yongxiao pointed to the sofa and said, "Please sit down."

Quan Douguan and Lu Taiyu walked over and sat down on the sofa, and the other three people who followed them sat down in another row.

Jiang Ling'er brought up the coffee.

Quan Douguan didn't say anything, and no one else dared to speak first.

Du Yongxiao drank his coffee and looked at them in silence. The whole atmosphere was very depressing.

Finally, Quan Douguang couldn't help laughing, put down the coffee in his hand, looked up at Du Yongxiao and said, "Mr. Du, seriously, are you waiting for me?"

"Yes!" Du Yongxiao did not deny it. "The Americans called me and said you want to use the 2 billion US dollars?"

"Yes." Quan Douguang took a deep breath, looked at Du Yongxiao with burning eyes, and said, "Something has happened here, and we urgently need this money to support us."

Du Yongxiao nodded, "I understand! You can use it, but——"

Du Yongxiao looked at Liu He.

As a veteran in the business world, Liu He immediately took out the plan that Du Yongxiao and his team had just discussed, handed it to Quan Douguang and the others, and said, "This contract is the price you pay for using, no, to be more precise, Mr. Du Yongxiao's support of 2 billion US dollars. Do you think there is anything that needs to be modified?"

Quan Douguang and others looked at each other.

Quan Douguan took the contract handed over by Liu He, read it carefully, and then handed it to Lu Taiyu who was sitting next to him with a serious expression.

After taking it, Lu Taiyu looked through it carefully, his expression instantly became solemn, and then he handed the contract to someone else.

The whole living room fell silent again.

Du Yongxiao drank his coffee slowly without looking at the reactions of Quan Douguang and others.

About five minutes later--
Quan Douguang said to Du Yongxiao: "Mr. Du, although I know that you have always been partial to our Korean companies, but... isn't your appetite a bit too big to deal with the top ten groups including Samsung and LG in one go?"

"Yes, these top ten groups are the economic lifeline of our South Korea. If the controlling rights are handed over to you, wouldn't that be - treason?" Lu Taiyu said.

Du Yongxiao smiled, put down his coffee, and looked at Quan Douguang, Lu Taiyu and others: "Selling out your country? To be honest, do you still have a country to sell? For a long time, your country's military power and economy have been controlled by the Americans. Even you military leaders have to report to the US military stationed in South Korea if you sneeze--"

"Mr. Du, you--" Lu Taiyu was furious and felt that Du Yongxiao was disgusting them.

Quan Douguan stepped forward and grabbed Lu Taiyu, asking him to calm down.

The other big guys who came along also looked angry.

Although what Du Yongxiao said was true, one should not hit people in the face. However, Du Yongxiao beat them hard in front of them. How could they tolerate this?

"Mr. Du, what you said is a bit too much!" Quan Douguang tried to smooth things over, "Although we Korean soldiers must obey the orders of the US military stationed in South Korea, we are also brave!"

"That's right, we dare to fight! We dare to shed blood and sacrifice for the country!" roared the other bigwigs.

Du Yongxiao looked at the guys who were planning to rebel and smiled coldly: "I admit this! But now, how long can you keep your courage? If I guess correctly, the new military's spokesperson, Zheng Shenghe, will soon take you down, and then drive all of you courageous old military officers out of office, and let you retire and return to your hometown!"

This sentence directly hit the sore spot of Quan Douguang and others.

The reason they planned to rebel was because Zheng Shenghe had pushed them into a desperate situation.

The new and the old are like water and fire.

It's not you who died.

That is my death.

Quan Douguang took a deep breath and looked directly at Du Yongxiao: "That's right, we have no choice now! We have to fight Zheng, so we came to you! As long as you are willing to support us with 2 billion, we can spread our military power all over the world and capture all the middle and grassroots officers in the army, and even some of the senior officers! 2 billion is enough!"

Du Yongxiao smiled, picked up the cigarette, took out the lighter and lit it, then he smoked and played with the lighter while looking at Quan Douguang and said, "I told you before, I can give you 2 billion! But there is a price! I am a businessman, not a charity owner! Understand?"

Quan Douguang gritted his teeth and said, "I understand! So can we have a negotiation? After all, business requires bargaining, right?"

"We could have discussed it in the past, like when I gave you the black card. If you had accepted it then, I could have taken a step back, or even three steps back. But not now—"

"Why?" Quan Douguan asked in surprise.

Du Yongxiao played with his lighter, smiled slightly, and a hint of contempt appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Because you will rebel tomorrow!"

boom!
Quan Douguang and others’ heads exploded.

They looked at Du Yongxiao in disbelief.

They had just planned the Double 12 action for tomorrow, so how did Du Yongxiao know about it?

At the first moment, Quan Douguan thought that the news had leaked. This was a serious matter and they might lose their heads before they even took any action!
Quan Douguang's eyes flashed, and he looked at Du Yongxiao with murderous intent.

Du Yongxiao was not afraid at all. Instead, he leaned forward and stared at Quan Douguang: "Could it be that my guess is wrong?"

Silence!

The whole living room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Lu Taiyu put his hand on the gun handle at his waist, watching Du Yongxiao's every move.

The others also reached for their waists.

Yan Xiong and Liu He were shocked by the atmosphere and dared not speak, with sweat on their foreheads.

Jiang Ling'er also felt the tense atmosphere and involuntarily moved closer to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao remained calm and looked coldly at these Korean military leaders.

one second!

Two seconds!
finally--
Quan Douguan laughed and secretly reached out to stop Lu Taiyu from taking action.

Lu Taiyu and others withdrew their hands, and the atmosphere became relaxed after being tense.

"Mr. Du, I don't care where you heard this from, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, let alone joke about it."

"Haha, you're right! This kind of thing is really not to be joked about." Du Yongxiao nodded, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and looked up at Quan Douguang, "So let's talk business. You want to bargain with me, sorry, I refuse now! If you want to embezzle the 2 billion US dollars, it's easy. You just need to sign this contract, and then I will fax it to the United States for notarization. After the deal is done, I will transfer the money to you as soon as possible. How about it, time is running out!"

Du Yongxiao looked at his watch, "It's almost twelve o'clock, time waits for no one!"

Quan Douguang and others were also extremely anxious.

The plan they made was the "Double Twelve Coup". It was almost midnight, so it would be December 12th!

How to do?
Seeing Quan Douguan and others were still hesitating.

Du Yongxiao leaned forward and crushed the cigarette, saying, "No, I have to quit smoking. The more I smoke, the more miserable I feel!" He then looked up at Quan Douguang and the others, "I also know that you are addicted to smoking, but it's a pity that after tonight, maybe you won't even have a chance to quit smoking!"

Snapped!
Quan Douguang jumped up, drew the pistol from his waist and slammed it hard on the coffee table.

Everyone was shocked.

Yan Xiong and Liu He were even more shocked, thinking that Quan Douguan was going to lose his temper.

Quan Douguang's eyes were fierce, and he stared at Du Yongxiao with wide eyes and said, "Mr. Du, you are right! After tonight, we will have no chance!" After that, he looked at Lu Taiyu and others and said, "Everyone, I'm going to put my words here today! I will sign this contract. As for you, if you think I'm selling out my country, no problem, you can just shoot me with this gun! I, Quan Douguang, have no complaints!"

This sentence shocked everyone at the scene.

About a second to think about it.

Lu Taiyu stood up: "I am willing to follow!"

"I'll follow too!"

Others stood up one after another.

Quan Douguan saw this and laughed!

He looked at Du Yongxiao: "Mr. Du, is it okay now?"

Du Yongxiao smiled and pushed the contract forward--
"Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)