Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 197: Chapter 197 We Are in the Same Profession

Zhao Hongwei took the money and directly stuffed it into Brother Cheng’s hands.

”Brother Cheng, 1.8 million for you,” Zhao Hongwei said, ”Your issue with Mr. Zhou is settled!”

Brother Cheng was dumbfounded; at that moment, he wouldn’t dare to accept even 700,000, let alone 1.8 million. Moreover, what Zhao Hongwei gave was 10 million—what was he planning to do? For the first time, Brother Cheng felt how burning hot money could be in his hands!

Brother Cheng hurriedly said, ”Brother Zhao, this... this is too much money, those goods of mine... consider them a gift to Mr. Zhou. I don’t want the money, let’s just be friends...”

”Ah, that won’t do!” Zhao Hongwei said, ”If you buy goods, you have to pay, if you owe debts, there should be interest, we can’t break the rules, right?”

”But this... this is too much...” Brother Cheng’s voice was almost a sob.

”It’s okay, hold it for a while,” Zhao Hongwei smiled, ”The 1.8 million is to repay you, the remaining 8.2 million is what I’m lending you.”

”What?” Brother Cheng was stunned, ”I... what do I need to borrow money for?”

”I don’t care what you need to borrow money for. You just need to know one thing...” Zhao Hongwei put an arm around Brother Cheng’s shoulders and smiled, ”We’re in the same line of business now!”

”The... the same line?” Brother Cheng was even more confused.

”That’s right, we also lend at high interest rates,” Zhao Hongwei smiled, ”Except, we calculate interest by the second. Come on, let’s calculate how much interest Brother Cheng owes on these 8.2 million by now!”

A lackey beside them crunched numbers quickly and directly said, ”30 million!”

”What a joke!” Brother Cheng’s eyes were about to pop out, ”I... I didn’t borrow any money, and besides, what kind of interest rate is that high?”

”I don’t care if you borrowed money or not, is our money in your hands?” Zhao Hongwei glared as he spoke.

”This...” Brother Cheng was close to tears, ”You forced it on me...”

Zhao Hongwei said, ”That I don’t care about, as long as the money is in your hands, it’s considered borrowed. If you borrow money, you have to pay interest!”

”But... but the interest can’t be that high, have I even held it for five minutes?” Brother Cheng pleaded urgently.

”How I calculate the interest on the money you owe us is my business, can you manage that?” Zhao Hongwei replied bluntly.

Zhou Yinghao couldn’t help but smile, finding Zhao Hongwei’s way of doing things quite interesting. Everything Brother Cheng had said before, now all came back to him.

Brother Cheng was dumbstruck. If he had known this would be the outcome, he would have died before saying any of those things. Forget about interest, he wouldn’t even want the principal!

Zhao Hongwei directly snatched the money from Brother Cheng’s hands and handed it back to Zhou Yinghao with a smile, ”Mr. Zhou, here is your 10 million. As for the 20 million in interest...”

”The 20 million in interest is ours!” Su Yang cut him off, not wanting Zhou Yinghao to get too involved in such extortionate matters. After all, Brother Cheng was no Wu Tianxiong.

”Alright!” Zhao Hongwei immediately nodded, looking at Brother Cheng with a cold smirk, ”Brother Cheng, I won’t charge you interest on that 20 million. Within three days, bring it to Xinnan City. Remember, if the money doesn’t arrive, our people will come to you. And then, it won’t be as simple as just giving money!”

”You... this is outright extortion!” Brother Cheng said anxiously.

”Heh heh...” Zhao Hongwei laughed lightly, ”How can this be considered extortion? If you don’t want to pay, that’s fine too, I never said you had to!”

Brother Cheng was close to crying, if he didn’t pay, how could he expect to stay alive? For Wu Tianxiong to kill him would be as insignificant as squashing an ant.

Suddenly, a cursing voice came from outside, ”Fuck, which son of a bitch just hit my brother!”

Following that voice, a group of people charged in. Leading them was a young man with a giant python tattooed across his chest, looking extremely arrogant. Trailing behind him was a gang of small-time thugs, each flipping their eyelids up as if no one was worthy of their attention.

The landlord was among them, and as soon as he came in, he immediately pointed at Zhao Hongwei and said, ”It’s him! It’s him! Brother, beat him to death!”

”Fuck, it was you who just hit my brother?” Snake Skin rushed up, reaching to grab Zhao Hongwei’s collar, but Zhao pushed him away.

”This is someone’s office space, if there’s an issue, let’s go outside to settle it!” Zhao Hongwei said with a smile.

”Shit, you’re begging me now?” Snake Skin yelled, ”I’m telling you, there’s no way, I’m tearing this company down today!”

Zhao Hongwei’s expression turned cold as he said firmly, ”Since you’re being so unreasonable, I can’t be blamed for what happens next!”

After that, Zhao Hongwei signaled with a wave of his hand and said in a cold voice, ”Do them in, everyone!”

Zhao Hongwei’s men immediately rushed forward and clashed with Snake Skin’s crew.

Although Zhao’s side had fewer people, they were all battle-hardened. Snake Skin’s group were just small-time bullies who were good at ganging up on others but cowered when confronted by someone tough.

After hardly three people fell, Snake Skin’s group immediately threw down their weapons and fled, no longer daring to fight there.

Snake Skin also wanted to run, but was directly held back by Zhao Hongwei.

”A bunch of trash!” Zhao Hongwei cursed and gave the order, ”Break their legs and throw them out!”

Those men threw the intruders out, and the landlord was still standing there, but he was now in an extremely embarrassing position. It was embarrassing whether to stay or to leave, his forehead dripping with cold sweat.

”I feel like you’re not satisfied with us!” Zhao Hongwei said, approaching the landlord, ”How about, you go call some more people over?”

The landlord’s lips trembled, and he said with a quivering voice, ”I... I called the cops...”

”Okay, call the cops!” Zhao Hongwei handed him a cell phone, ”Make the call!”

The landlord was stunned, as he had never seen anyone so cocky.

”Why aren’t you calling? Or should I call for you?” Zhao Hongwei sneered, ”Let me tell you, even if you really call the cops, we will still be able to walk away unscathed. As for you, hmph, if you live more than three days, I’ll take your surname!”

The landlord’s mind went blank. Zhao Hongwei’s words didn’t sound like a bluff. He was even more frightened, wondering who exactly had he offended?

”Do you want to leave here alive?” Zhao Hongwei asked.

The landlord nodded hard.

”Alright then!” Zhao Hongwei said, ”Remember this well, Boss Su and Elder Zhou of this company are friends of our boss. Whatever happens to this company, it’s our boss’s business. We can pay you the rent, but it has to be done by the book. If you dare to play dirty again, next time, you’ll be talking from a bed!”

”I understand, I understand!” the landlord nodded repeatedly.

”Get lost!” Zhao Hongwei kicked him away, and the landlord ran off in disgrace.

Zhao Hongwei clapped his hands, turned around, and said with a smile, ”Mr. Su, Mr. Zhou, Miss Chen, my business here is done, so I’ll be heading back. If you ever have the chance to come to Xinnan City, make sure to let me know so I can return the hospitality!”