Chapter 155 Yet Another Third Uncle Wu

"Your boss has been waiting for you in the private room for some time?"

Hearing these words, Lin Yu was immediately stunned. That being the case, was the Third Master Wu he had met just now a fake?

Following two reasonably attractive waitresses through a winding, maze-like corridor to the innermost private room, and seeing the two black-suited bodyguards standing at the entrance, Lin Yu finally felt a genuine sense of underworld dominance from the bottom of his heart.

After cooperating with the two men in black to complete a basic frisking procedure, Lin Yu pushed the door open and entered.

Inside, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit sitting on the sofa. The man looked rather refined, but his posture with crossed legs carried the overbearing aura of an ancient emperor sitting on a dragon throne.

"Speak, what is your business with me? For the sake of you having slapped Jia Quan across the face, I will give you the chance of three sentences."

The man's voice was not particularly fierce, but heard by Lin Yu, it carried an inexplicable sense of dominance. He had just been thinking about how thirty seconds could determine success or failure, and he hadn't expected the other party to give him a three-sentence limit so quickly.

Pondering for a moment, Lin Yu said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Form an alliance to deal with the Northeast Gang."

"Hmm, go on to your second sentence." The man lit a cigar, took a gentle puff, and exhaled a hazy cloud of smoke.

"I have a way to destroy them with a single fatal blow. If you refuse to do it, I will hand this matter over to the police. You can check my relationship with Hu Rongqiang, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau," Lin Yu said in one breath.

"The third sentence." The man put down his cigar and sized Lin Yu up.

Under this gaze, Lin Yu felt as if he were being placed under a microscope, giving him the unsettling sensation of being completely seen through.

He could sense that his first two sentences had not impressed the man at all. Sitting firmly on the sofa, the other party still regarded him merely as a child, showing no high regard or treating him as an equal.

A brief mental calculation later, using the search system to pull up some psychological questions, Lin Yu had a flash of inspiration and said, "Actually, this matter could entirely be handled through the police. The reason I didn't contact the police, but came to you instead, is because I want a cut of the pie. A horse cannot grow fat without night grass; my father's official rank isn't high, and my family doesn't have much money. But seizing the moment to create momentum leads to invincibility. I will use my recent influence to do things that benefit my own rise, building up capital for the future."

"Though I don't know what kind of method you've devised to deal with the Northeast Gang, I can see your desire for wealth and power. For a young man to like money, power, or women is the best driving force. Your little ambition is somewhat interesting."

The man uncrossed his legs, patted the space beside him, and continued, "Sit down and talk. Why didn't you go to someone else, but came to me instead?"

"Why come to you? Because you are a native of Binhcheng, and I have a certain hometown sentiment—I like the saying that fertile water should not flow into someone else's field," Lin Yu explained. Then he pulled out a cigarette, unceremoniously lit one for himself, and began to smoke.

Seeing Lin Yu's relaxed demeanor, the man first stared, clearly somewhat dissatisfied, but the next moment, he suddenly smiled as if nothing were the matter, saying calmly, "If any other eighteen-year-old came to talk to me about cooperation, I would directly greet his entire family. But you are different. Some recent events have made me feel a certain aura about you; anyone who goes against you comes to no good end. So now I will give you a chance to lay out your entire plan. If I find it satisfactory, I will treat you as a collaborator. If I am dissatisfied, you remain an ordinary junior. We will mind our own business, and if you occasionally have trouble, I will still step forward to sort it out for you."

Receiving the other man's consent, Lin Yu did not feel a shred of relief. He knew that the reason the man was being so polite was because he was unclear of his background, subconsciously assuming he must have deep ties with Mayor Wang Kezhou. That was why he was bestowing a bit of face upon him.

Yet, this was precisely the effect Lin Yu had anticipated. Wang Kezhou's formidable reputation was the eastern wind he needed to borrow.

Taking a few consecutive puffs of his cigarette, Lin Yu softly said, "I have a general plan, and I have specific plans, but it is not convenient to reveal them right now. If one day I need the help of the Daxing Gang, I will contact you by phone. But I stake the lives of my family of three on the guarantee that this thing is doable. The Northeast Gang will undoubtedly vanish completely into the river of Binhcheng's history."

"Your reason is insufficient. I will not let my brothers plunge into an uncertain battle. Gang warfare relies on the lives of brothers; it relies on who has deep pockets. Although I lack talent, I will not be used as someone else's gun, nor will I be danced around at the command of an eighteen-year-old child. Besides, what makes you certain that the Northeast Gang will definitely perish?" the man replied with dissatisfaction. Lin Yu's words had thoroughly annoyed him.

In truth, it wasn't that Lin Yu wouldn't tell him the specific plan, but rather that coming to find the man was entirely due to having been tailed, accidentally driving his car into the East District, and suddenly having a whim. He wanted to use his recent surge of heat to befriend this underground ruler.

Recalling his past life, Lin Yu remembered certain events after the state intensified its crackdown on pornography and organized crime, where many gangs relying on protection fees, murder, and looting vanished into the historical river.

Thinking along these lines, he boldly said, "Actually, it's not just the Northeast Gang that will perish. Your Daxing Gang and Boss Hou's Chaozhou Gang are also destined to disappear from the historical stage."

"Kid, don't push your luck!" Hearing Lin Yu speak so audaciously, the man stood up in anger, looking as though he wanted to call the bodyguards in.

To this, Lin Yu merely smiled with an maturity unfitting his age, and said, "You don't need to get worked up. What I'm saying relates to national laws and discipline. Because of state policies, criminal forces are not permitted to exist indefinitely in society. Therefore, all of your gangs will suffer the most violent blows. The common people do not fight officials, let alone the state."

"How does a kid like you know about these things?" the man questioned with a stern tone.

"Naturally, someone told me. Besides, since I dared to come here alone, I was naturally guided by certain people. Otherwise, how would an eighteen-year-old boy like me dare to come and meet you?" Lin Yu smiled mysteriously.

His words were vague, making it easy for the other party to read between the lines. But in reality, he was just spouting nonsense.

"You were dispatched by Mayor Wang, weren't you?"

To this question, Lin Yu smiled without answering, maintaining an ambiguous attitude that seemed both affirmative and negative.

In the end, he did not answer the question, but instead changed the subject, speaking in a rather seductive tone: "There are some things I cannot tell you. But there are some things I can offer you advice on, to ensure that your Daxing Gang is not smashed to pieces by the giant waves during certain major tides."