Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 578: The Mastermind Behind the Kidnapping (Part 1)

Heber, a member of the US Congress, actually announced to the media that he would use official power to punish Phoenix Group. This was something Lu Shaohua could not tolerate. If he succeeded, Phoenix Group would be in real danger. Lu Shaohua was not afraid of the United States, a "paper tiger" hegemonic country, but not being afraid was one thing, and doing it for the future of Phoenix Group was another.

Lu Shaohua didn't want to fight head-on. If there was a clash with the United States, no matter who won or lost in the end, it would do more harm than good to Lu Shaohua. There was no need for that. Of course, if things developed to that extent, Lu Shaohua wouldn't mind a head-on confrontation, but it hadn't reached that point yet.

But then again, Lu Shaohua sent people to kill Heber, who was a member of the US Congress. This was tantamount to challenging the authority of the United States. Whether the government would retaliate is another matter.

But since Lu Shaohua gave the order, he had thought it over carefully. Lu Shaohua was not afraid of official pressure. After all, if he sent people to kill Heber, who would know that it was Lu Shaohua who did it? Now we live in a society ruled by law. Without evidence, everything is empty talk.

Lu Shaohua had another unknown purpose for killing Siber, which was to deter those US congressmen who were ready to make moves. Everyone was afraid of death, including Lu Shaohua and high-ranking US congressmen. They were also afraid of death. Siber had just made a statement to the media about his plans to target Phoenix Group, and he was killed not long after. What would this mean?

Obviously, this means that the Phoenix Group is very likely to have done it, but there is no confirmation. There is nothing we can do about the Phoenix Group, and we can only watch helplessly. However, for those congressmen who may have been bribed, it is a different idea. If the Phoenix Group dares to kill a congressman, then aren't other congressmen also in danger?

This is the kind of deterrence that Lu Shaohua wanted. Later, he arranged a series of things to kill Sha Boer's entire family. This was the last deterrence. Together with the previous one, it was a double deterrence. The effect is obvious without much explanation.

Of course, Lu Shaohua had also thought about this. Although the US officials did not have solid evidence and could not do anything to the Phoenix Group openly, they could do a lot of small things in secret, and the Phoenix Group was still in danger.

However, the situation has deteriorated to this point, and Lu Shaohua has nothing to think about. He can only take one step at a time. The right thing to do is to stop Heber from entering the Congress Hall to propose a bill to punish Phoenix Group. As for what will happen in the future, it is not within Lu Shaohua's consideration.

Time passed bit by bit, and a few hours went by in a flash. It was twelve o'clock in the evening, and four hours had passed since Lu Shaohua gave the order. It was already midnight Hong Kong time, but Lu Shaohua had no desire to sleep. He sat quietly in the study with his mobile phone on the desk. No one came to disturb him.

'Ring, ring.'

The ringing sound of the cell phone was so clear that it brought Lu Shaohua back to reality. He pressed the answer button, put the phone to his ear, and said, "It's me, go ahead."

"Successfully, Heber was killed." Li Zhijie's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"How are our people? Are they injured? Did they escape?" Lu Shaohua asked with concern.

"No casualties, they all escaped and have found a safe place to hide." Li Zhijie seemed very satisfied with the people he sent to carry out the mission. He paused and continued, "I divided the fifty people into two teams. One team is responsible for assassinating Heber, and the other team has already gone to Heber's home. It will probably be soon enough to kill all of his family members."

"Okay." Lu Shaohua responded heavily, then changed the subject and said, "Closely monitor the situation in the United States, especially those members of Congress. If you find anything wrong, kill them all."

Lu Shaohua was very angry. A member of Congress actually dared to stir up trouble. This was something Lu Shaohua could not tolerate. Now that Heber had been killed, the fact had already been established, so killing another one would not be a big deal.

"clear."

The phone was hung up, but Lu Shaohua did not show any joy. He sat quietly in the chair. Although he did not smoke much, he picked up a pack of cigarettes that had been put away for a long time and lit one. He took a deep puff, held it between his fingers, leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes and enjoyed a moment of relaxation.

The trouble was solved, which also meant that the crisis was temporarily resolved. Lu Shaohua could relax a little, but the inner pressure was still very great. After all, the predicament of Phoenix Group had not been completely resolved. How could Lu Shaohua relax?

Wait, there is only one word, that is wait. Lu Shaohua has no other choice but to wait. He can only proceed to the next step when the test results come out. However, the test results may not come out until dark the next day.

"Hu" Lu Shaohua let out a heavy breath, stood up, left the study, returned to his room, and no longer cared about anything else. He got into bed, ignored Qin Sichen who came to greet him, and fell asleep.

In fact, Qin Si Chen also couldn't sleep. Usually, Lu Shaohua went to bed early, but today was unusual. He stayed in the study alone and didn't come out. Qin Si Chen didn't dare to disturb him, let alone ask him. He could only wait in the room until Lu Shaohua went to bed. Then he came over and asked what was going on.

But Lu Shaohua fell asleep as soon as he got into bed, forcing Qin Sichen to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue. He hugged Lu Shaohua tightly, wanting to give him more comfort, closed his eyes, and also fell into a deep sleep.

Nothing happened that night. When Lu Shaohua woke up the next day, he had returned to normal. Although there was still some sadness on his face, it was not much better than yesterday. He was just less gloomy and became calm, but there was still some worry on his face.

Qin Sichen had already gone to work and was not in the villa. Lu Shaohua did not think much about it. After breakfast, he returned to the study, where he stayed quietly alone, waiting for the phone call.

Not long after, before ten o'clock, a phone call came in. When he looked at the caller ID, it was Xiang Huaqiang. Lu Shaohua knew why Xiang Huaqiang called, so he didn't hesitate and picked up the phone. He didn't say anything and listened quietly.

"We have already found out that the small gang was bought off and is now working for the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi. The kidnapping was done under the instructions of the Yamaguchi-gumi." Xiang Huaqiang didn't say much, but he got to the point.

"Thank you, Uncle Xiang." After saying that, Lu Shaohua paused for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if you are interested in that small gang. If you are, you should prepare people to take over their territory in a few days."

"What? Do you want to take action against that small gang?" Xiang Huaqiang asked on the other end of the phone.

"Well, since they are bullying us, there is no reason not to fight back." Lu Shaohua said coldly.

"Okay, I will prepare people to take over their territory, but you don't have to do it. I'll let the people below do it." Xiang Huaqiang took the initiative to assume the responsibility. The meaning was self-evident. He wanted to help Lu Shaohua get the matter done.

"No need, I'll send someone to do it." After a pause, Lu Shaohua explained for fear that Xiang Huaqiang might misunderstand him. "Uncle Xiang, now is a critical period, it's not suitable for you to take action, just take over the territory, but it's different if I take action, others won't know it's me, and I'll be much faster when I take action, but I still want to say thank you."

"Hey, you look down on me..." Xiang Huaqiang was a little angry, but thinking back to what Lu Shaohua had just said, Xiang Huaqiang didn't say anything more, and said, "Okay, I'll pick up what's ready. Um, I'll treat you to a meal after I'm done with this."

"Okay, I'll let you treat me after the group gets out of trouble." Lu Shaohua agreed without being pretentious. "By the way, have someone send me the information about that small gang. I need it."

"Okay, I'll have someone send it to your villa later."

"Ah."

Not long after, the person sent by Xiang Huaqiang delivered the information. The person who delivered the information was someone Lu Shaohua was familiar with. It was Scar Brother, whom he had met several times. Now Scar Brother already knew Lu Shaohua's identity. He didn't dare to act rashly in front of Lu Shaohua and was as obedient as a kitten.

However, since he was a guest from far away and Scar Brother came to deliver the information, Lu Shaohua did not treat him as Xiang Huaqiang's subordinate and received him with the same level of standards, which made Scar Brother flattered.

"Mr. Lu, my eldest brother asked me to cooperate with him. Just tell me what you need me to do." Scar Brother said seriously.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, and after a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll find you when the operation begins, and you can just come and give directions to my people."

"Okay." Scar Brother smiled, then stood up and said, "Then I'll go first."

"Ah."

Scar Brother left. Lu Shaohua picked up the large pile of information that was sent to him and started reading it. He had a comprehensive understanding of the small gang. After he had basically read it all, Lu Shaohua picked up the phone and called Chen Guobang.

"Brother, check for me the Japanese Yamagumi, um, as well as Toyota and Honda, to see if they had any contact in the past period of time." Lu Shaohua said into the receiver of the mobile phone.

"Well, the results will be out in the afternoon." Chen Guobang never wanted to talk nonsense, so he responded directly.

"Okay, call me when you have the results. OK, hanging up." After saying that, Lu Shaohua hung up the phone.

Afterwards, Lu Shaohua called Qian Qian again and asked him to send fifty mercenaries to Hong Kong, bring weapons and equipment, and await his arrangements. As for what mission they were to perform, Lu Shaohua did not say much, but one thing was certain, that was, they were to kill people.