Above Destiny

Chapter 720 When in doubt, start by attacking the nest.

"you sure."

Ji Jue looked coldly at Bustaman.

Is the Sukarno family connected to the federal government?

I'm a federal citizen, how come I didn't know that?!

"It's just a guess, but my principle is to proceed with caution when in doubt, and it's always good to be careful."

Bustaman quickly bowed his head and replied, "The Sukarno family is very secretive in this regard, and there are also tyrants covering it up; there are many secrets."

Others may not know this, but you know more about my intelligence channels…”

It's not just a lot, it's an absolute lot.

After all, it's difficult for most people to have in-laws all over the world.

The reason why the Chopra family has been able to maintain its relative independence to this day, and has not been locked up by the misuse of public vehicles, is because Bustaman is adept at maneuvering and social maneuvering.

Unorthodox methods may not be legitimate, but they are definitely incredibly unorthodox.

Various rumors and messy news came through different channels, and with careful observation, some things that weren't on paper could always be gleaned from the information gathered by those who were interested.

Admittedly, Ro Island did a good job of keeping things secret. After all, you can't always keep the employer's name on your head when you're doing the dirty work, can you?
Even though Sukarno tried his best to cover it up, once the chicken feet grew out, they were hard to hide.

"Speaking of which, this is all thanks to you, Mr. Ji."

Bustaman abruptly changed the subject, looking at Ji Jue with a bewildered expression. Ji Jue was completely confused, wondering why all the world's troubles kept getting involved with him...

Ji Jue frowned: "Stop beating around the bush, just say what you want to say!"

"Ahem, it's the Long Island Chamber of Commerce."

The name sounds familiar... Ji Jue racked his brains for a long time, then slapped his forehead and finally remembered, damn it, it's still the Blood Washing Fleet!

Back when the representative of the Blood Washing Fleet came to me to buy my way through, wasn't this the very name they used?
"So there really is such a chamber of commerce?"

"Yes, after all, pirates also need to sell their stolen goods. The Sugano family also holds shares in the businesses in Slut Town."

Bustaman said, "After Mr. Ji utterly destroyed the Bloodwashing Fleet and wiped out Slut Town, I noticed that Ro Island's reaction was abnormal... It must be because Slut Town suffered too many losses, which prevented them from delivering the goods. The Venom Fleet was busy for a long time and also revealed some clues. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to find any clues or evidence."

Then……"

"So, stop keeping me in suspense, where exactly is it!"

Ji Jue interrupted him, having lost his patience.

Bustaman was immediately embarrassed, coughed, and lowered his head.

"……do not know."

Seeing Ji Jue's eyes grow colder, he quickly added, "After all, the Sukarno family wouldn't openly discuss something like this. I wanted to investigate, but I had to avoid alerting them, so I've only been observing. However, I do have some unconfirmed guesses."

He hesitated for a moment, then mustered his courage and said, "It's very likely that it involves the Eastern City of the Federation."

"Damn it, I knew it!!!"

A furious roar erupted.

Ji Jue was startled; it was a spirit crystal beast on the table.

Lou Feng, who had been listening in the whole time, suddenly started cursing!
In less than half a minute, Lou Feng, who was still in the workshop, kicked the door open and rushed in. After questioning him repeatedly, his expression became increasingly grim.

A conclusion was drawn decisively:

"—No need to guess, it's the Xu family!"

The Xu family of Dongcheng.

The Xu family of Dongcheng is one of the two giants in the spiritual industry of the entire Federation, standing in the north and south respectively with the Lou family.

Business competition is inherently a matter of life and death, let alone the struggle for ecological niches between the chosen ones, which is even more brutal.

For over four hundred years since the Federation was founded, the two sides have fought countless battles, and the book of their mutual hatred is as thick as two or three people.

However, the Lou family focuses on the production and qualitative changes of spiritual matter, while the Xu family focuses on the modification, control, and catalysis of spiritual bodies... As a result, the Lou family has a fairly good reputation, while the Xu family can be said to be extremely infamous.

After all, the Federation has been at peace for a long time. By normal means, where would you get so many living people to provide you with spirits and souls?
When Ji Jue was seeking partners for his Fly King Project, they were the first to be banned, even though he wouldn't consider doing it himself.

His reputation is so bad, he's so greedy and selfish, if we actually go to discuss cooperation, Ji Jue will probably just close his account.

Lou Feng's support for the Fly King may also be a way of challenging the Xu family.

"I knew it, I knew it! Besides those bastards from the Xu family, who else has such a huge demand for spirits, and who else has such a large shortage?"
I was wondering how that guy on the overseas project got into trouble last year. Turns out it was you bunch of bastards!
No wonder we searched for so long and found nothing; they were just playing dumb with me! I'm so pissed off—"

After abandoning all pretense of civility, Lou Feng continued his Federal Oral Gymnastics rant for half an hour without stopping, cursing the Xu family from top to bottom and inside to outside, and even wiping out the entire clan dozens of times!

"Let's pull this off, Ji Jue!"

Lou Feng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, turning dozens of times until his eyes were burning red. "I'll send a message home right now. Give us whatever manpower or food you need! I'll cover all the spiritual energy consumption!"

After razing the Sukarno family to the ground, the Lou family will lead the way in supporting your rule over seven cities!

"Don't rush, stay calm."

Ji Jue reached out and pressed down the impatient Lou Feng, beaming, "If it really is the Xu family, then we'll have to think about this more carefully..."

Lou Feng was momentarily suspicious and glanced over.

It wasn't that I was worried Ji Jue would suddenly back down, but based on my understanding of this scoundrel, I already had a guess: "You're still planning to fish?!"

“How can you call this fishing?” Ji Juezhen retorted, “This is a righteous defensive counterattack!”

Lou Feng's target is the Xu family, while Ming Kele's target is Su Jianuo of Luo Island.

Ji Juequan is going to target everyone.

How can a second hand be stirring things up in your own pot?

Besides, we can also stir up another wave in Dongcheng...

The location of the Leviathan base is still under dispute, with Haizhou and Dongcheng arguing so fiercely in the House of Representatives that their brains are practically about to explode.

At this point, whether as a supporter of Chopra or as one of the shareholders of Haichao, since they have run into the line of fire, Ji Jue will have to help them put up a good fight!
If we could get solid evidence that the Xu family and Luo Island were colluding, and throw it into the House of Representatives, that would be a huge mess!
Therefore, at this critical juncture, we must endure it.

They have only just gained a foothold, and the Chopra family has only recently undergone a generational change; their foundation is not yet solid.

Moreover, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. At this time, we should prepare our troops and set up a battle formation to fight to the death. That would be a sure way to startle the enemy.

Since we didn't know before, let's continue to pretend we don't know now.

Whether they pretend or not, the Sukarno family will continue fighting.

As for the Xu family...

When in doubt, first dig a hole and then figure it out!
He pondered for a moment, looked at Lou Feng, and suddenly grinned.

"Go call your third uncle first."

Lou Feng frowned. "And then?"

"Let me tell you, you see a brand new 'ghost fire' outside and you're going to get a trendy haircut... It's tough being away from home, life is hard."

Thinking of the hardships and suffering his good friend Lou Feng endured outside, his miserable state of not having enough to eat or wear, Ji Jue felt a pang of sorrow.
"Hurry up and release some gold coins!"

The next morning, the manager of Lou's Guangji Industrial Company openly disembarked from Xiangzhou and, accompanied by relevant personnel, began a comprehensive inspection of Qicheng, enthusiastically discussing matters related to investing in and building a factory.

Meanwhile, a document has been circulating among the senior management of Guangji Industry, which involves the strategic direction of Guangji's future business - a five-year investment plan of tens of billions of yuan in Xiangzhou and even Qicheng. It will start from multiple aspects such as energy, water resources and freight, and make a layout in Qicheng and enter Qiandao!
The PPT was full of colorful presentations and the future looked bright, making those who didn't know the truth feel that the islands had so much gold and silver that they couldn't possibly move it all!

Although things are in chaos outside right now, don't be afraid or timid; the situation is actually quite favorable.

When others are excited, I am fearful; when others are fearful, I buy more!
Just do it and you're done!

As for why this document, which should have been confidential, was leaked... just look at how Guangji Industrial's stock price surged several percentage points before the market closed.

The seasoned investors were so angry they laughed.

They're playing this "testing the waters" trick again!
Documents are a matter of truth and falsehood; it's all just a matter of words, isn't it? It might all be a charade, and after a while, they'll quietly cancel it, claiming it never happened...

Regardless of whether it's made up or not, or whether it actually happened, those who are interested, combined with Lou Feng's recent high-profile actions in Xiangzhou and the change of head of the Chopra family, have already made some guesses in their hearts.

Whether you believe it or not is another matter.

Whether it's urgent or not... only you know.
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As it turns out, we rushed things.

That evening, Fernand, the acting speaker of the Seven Cities Council and representative of Pucheng, came to visit.

After the death of the former leader, Aquilino, from a relapse of his old injuries, this deputy, who had worked with him for many years and had a seamless relationship with him, temporarily assumed the position of Speaker, the highest power core in theory in the Seven Cities.

In name only, he is now the highest-ranking official in the Seven Cities before a leader is elected, but in reality, things are never quite as rosy as they seem.

Pure decoration.

Without Aquilino, no one listened anymore. Moreover, even when Aquilino was in power, the so-called parliament was just a communication platform between the seven parties.

It's a real shame that Tianyuan's system has no binding force among the seven cities. Without the support of the seven families, the council has become nothing more than a chat room, and one that's often hard to get enough people together.

If a new leader cannot be elected, the council may not be able to continue. But if a new leader is elected... Fernand, as the legacy of the old leader, will be replaced without mercy.

If he's sensible enough, he should prepare his resignation early, and maybe he can land safely. Otherwise, a lot of dump truck drivers will want to come and talk to him.

This position is even more of a pit of fire than the previous candidate for head of the Minkler family!
It's important to understand that over the years, Fernand's forceful implementation of modernization reforms across the seven cities has offended many. Many of his ambitious initiatives were unprecedented in the seven cities.

Unfortunately, even the best policies and laws cannot be implemented if they are not properly enforced.

Whether in education, healthcare, or financial regulation, numerous obstacles will hinder even the best reforms, turning them into a mess, or achieving little effect.

But this acting speaker persisted, showing remarkable perseverance.

The orphanages, nursing homes, and affordable healthcare in Xiangzhou were basically brought in by this person, but unfortunately, the final results are still not good.

It's not fair to say they've accomplished nothing; rather, frequent chaos is the norm.

For over forty years, he toiled and painstakingly patched up the seven cities, transforming them into a fully modernized and internationally aligned entity. Now, it's almost time for him to be discarded after his usefulness is over, and naturally, the current state of affairs is far from pleasing.

His thin body was nothing but a large skeleton, his face was sallow, as if he hadn't slept all night, and his eyes were bloodshot.

But his eyes were incredibly large, with very little white showing.

Even knowing that their future would be bleak, they still finalized the minimum wage standards for seven cities in the last few days, adding fuel to the fire in their own abyss.

Don't care.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Ji."

He looked at Ji Jue as he entered the reception room, his expression calm: "Should I say I'm not surprised at all?"

"Just say you're nice."

Ji Jue calmly sat opposite him, a gentle smile on his face. As they gazed at each other, he suddenly made a move in a federal style:
"have you eaten?"

(End of this chapter)