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Zhou Lianqiang walked to the dining table with a thick Cuban cigar dangling from his mouth and a pigeon-toed gait.

He looked Jiang Ye up and down.

Looking at Jiang Ye's young, handsome, and even somewhat refined face, Zhou Lianqiang's eyes flashed with undisguised contempt.

In his view, these young bosses dressed in designer suits were mostly rich second-generation heirs from some powerful family, hothouse flowers who had never seen any bloodshed or violence.

"You're that Mr. Jiang from Kunlun Capital?"

Zhou Lianqiang pulled out a chair opposite Jiang Ye, sat down with an air of superiority, and put his two thick legs on the mahogany dining table, his posture extremely arrogant.

"What brings you here, Mr. Zhou?"

Upon seeing this, Lei Heng flew into a rage and was about to step forward to reprimand him when Jiang Ye raised his hand to stop him.

Jiang Ye slowly opened his eyes, his deep gaze falling on Zhou Lianqiang's face.

Facing this group of fierce-looking gangsters, Jiang Ye showed not a trace of panic or fear.

He didn't even change his posture, remaining as steady as a mountain.

"Boss Zhou, I've long admired your name."

Jiang Ye's voice was calm and even, yet it exuded a powerful aura of authority without anger.

"I asked you to come here today because I need your help with a small matter. There are a few buzzing flies around the outskirts of Cloud Top Town, which are affecting my construction progress. I'd like to ask Boss Zhou to come and clean them up."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lianqiang took the cigar out of his mouth, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and suddenly burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Hahaha! Mr. Jiang, what do you take me for? One of your bodyguards?"

Zhou Lianqiang abruptly stopped smiling, his eyes turning sinister and vicious.

He casually picked up a bottle of 53-degree Feitian Moutai from the table and unscrewed the cap.

Then, he took a large glass that could hold half a jin of liquor, poured it to the brim, and pushed it in front of Jiang Ye.

The liquor sloshed in the glass, emitting a pungent smell of alcohol.

"President Jiang, there are rules in this underworld."

Zhou Lianqiang leaned forward, staring intently at Jiang Ye, his tone full of provocation and harassment.

"If you want me, Zhou Lianqiang, to do something, you'd better see if you're qualified!"

"If you can down this glass of wine in one gulp today, then we can talk business. If you can't..."

"Then please go back to where you came from, Mr. Jiang! And from now on, don't you dare put on that arrogant air of a capitalist tycoon in front of me in Hanzhou!"

The atmosphere in the private room instantly plummeted to freezing point!

Tensions are high!

Lei Heng's back was already covered in cold sweat. He quietly reached for his lower back, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

however.

Jiang Ye, sitting in the main seat, looked at the full glass of strong liquor in front of him and suddenly smiled.

That smile was filled with endless mockery and disdain.

Jiang Ye did not reach for the glass of wine.

He slowly stood up, placed his hands on the table, and looked down at Zhou Lianqiang.

A murderous aura, ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than Zhou Lianqiang's, instantly erupted from Jiang Ye's body!

That kind of aura is the absolute domineering presence of someone who truly controls hundreds of billions of dollars and can decide the life and death of countless people with just a word!

The air in the entire private room seemed to freeze at that moment!

Even the battle-hardened, tattooed men behind Zhou Lianqiang were so intimidated by Jiang Ye's terrifying aura that they held their breath and instinctively took a half-step back.

"Zhou Lianqiang."

Jiang Ye's voice was flat.

"Do you think that just because you collect protection money and monopolize a few sand and gravel pits in this small area of ​​Hanzhou, you're invincible?"

"Do you think I'm sitting here today to beg you?"

Jiang Ye stretched out his slender fingers and gently flicked the rim of the glass of baijiu.

With a crisp sound, the heavy glass was knocked over.

The pungent liquor was instantly spilled all over the table, dripping down the edge.

Zhou Lianqiang's expression changed drastically. He abruptly pulled his leg back off the table, and a hint of fear finally flashed in his eyes.

Having spent so many years in the underworld, he has an extremely accurate eye for people.

This young man in front of him was definitely not some delicate flower in a greenhouse! The ruthlessness he showed, treating human life as worthless, was more terrifying than any underworld boss he had ever met!

"President Jiang, what do you mean by this? Are you going to turn against me, Zhou?" Zhou Lianqiang gritted his teeth.

Jiang Ye sneered, pulled a thick document from the inside pocket of his suit, and threw it directly at Zhou Lianqiang's face.

"Turning against you? Not that serious."

"Open your eyes and look at this document."

Zhou Lianqiang picked up the document with suspicion and opened it.

After reading just two lines, his scarred face, full of fleshy muscles, turned ashen white!

His hands, which were holding the documents, began to tremble uncontrollably!

The document clearly shows a proposal for a deep-water port development project in a Southeast Asian country!

Zhou Lianqiang knew this project perfectly well!

For the past few years, he's been trying to help his men go legitimate and start a proper business. This overseas deep-water port project is the huge piece of meat he's been dreaming of getting his hands on!

As long as he can secure the operating rights to this port, Zhou Lianqiang can completely shed his underworld identity and transform into a multinational entrepreneur!

However, the project required a huge amount of funding, and without strong overseas official backing, they were not even qualified to bid.

Zhou Lianqiang worked tirelessly for this project, begging and pleading, and even investing most of his fortune, but he didn't even see a ripple of success.

And now, this top-secret project proposal that he had been dreaming of was simply thrown in his face by Jiang Ye!

"This...how is this possible..."

Zhou Lianqiang swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"This project has already been pre-selected by an overseas consortium. How did you get your hands on this crucial document?"

Jiang Ye sat back down in his chair, pulled out a tissue to wipe his hands, and his eyes revealed an arrogant look that seemed to look down on the world.

"Foreign conglomerates?"

"Unfortunately, the largest controlling shareholder behind that so-called overseas consortium is none other than Kunlun Capital."

boom!

These words were like a bombshell, exploding directly in Zhou Lianqiang's mind!

He stared at Jiang Ye in disbelief, feeling as if his worldview had been completely overturned!

This young man not only wields immense power domestically, but he can also control national-level infrastructure projects overseas?!

Just how terrifying is their financial resources and resources?!

"Zhou Lianqiang, I've investigated you."

Jiang Ye leaned back in his chair, his tone calm, yet every word struck Zhou Lianqiang's weak spot.

"You're a loyal guy, and you have a group of brothers who would risk their lives for you. But the underworld is a dead end."

"You're dreaming of clearing your name and leading your brothers onto the right path."

Jiang Ye pointed to the document on the table.

"Kunlun Capital is the main investor in this overseas port project. But I can give you a 10% stake and let you participate."

"Not only that, Kunlun Capital also took care of all the official overseas backgrounds and all the legal procedures."

"I'll pave a direct path to success for you, Zhou Lianqiang, so you can earn money honestly and openly!"

Jiang Ye leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed intently on Zhou Lianqiang.

"Now, I'll ask you one more time."

"Can we talk about collaboration?"