The Investors

Chapter 25: The Great Play

As soon as the call was connected, Ou Julong activated the loudspeaker on his phone and slightly echoes Hao Zhao across the street. "Hello.. Director Hao."

The person on the other end of the phone was Hao Zhao, the Director of the King Palace Hotel.

Heard with a heavy tone he asked. "Hello Ou Julong's. Long time no hear from you, are you so busy with your company that you forget about me?"

Hao Zhao as a confidant of the Shu Family in Beijing, had a little bit of a strong influence in the eyes of the underground society people of Nanping City. His relationship with the three rulers of the underground society had been very good. While Ou Julong as the right-hand man of the deceased former Hei Laohu Guild Leader, Gao Li Liang, in Hao Zhao's eyes was just like a subordinate. So do not be surprised if Ou Julong becomes shy when faced with the situation he must speak directly like this.

"Director Hao, I'm sorry.. Our.. Yes, we've been very busy lately, you know, a lot of things have happened lately in underground societies. So I haven't had a chance to contact you yet" Ou Julong said.

"Yes, I already know," Hao Zhao replied. Then he continued. "You underground society people seem to be in a very complicated situation, what's wrong with you guys? I'm just delivering one message, don't let this affect the performance of your subordinates at the King Palace, unless you don't want to work with us anymore."

Ou Julong hurriedly chimed in. "I'm sorry for our circumstances, Director Hao. I can assure you, that's not going to happen. We always alerted the subordinates at the job site, we will not let them neglect."

"Yes, that's what I mean," Hao Zhao said. He then asked. "Ou Julong, is there something you want to say?"

"Right, Director Hao, I want to ask you where someone is, hopefully you don't mind," Ou Julong said in pleasantries.

"You just ask, don't be too shy of me," cried Hao Zhao.

Ou Julong was silent for a moment. He hesitated to ask a person named Cia Yonggan who he knew worked only as a room service to a director. However, his common sense still doubts Gao Mei Gui's account, that Cia Yonggan has a close relationship with Hao Zhao, he had never heard of a director having a close relationship with a subordinate worker in the room service class.

He deliberately twisted the conversation. "I'm sorry, Director Hao, I was about to ask a young man who reportedly works at the King Palace Hotel, whether Director Hao recognizes him or not."

Hao Zhao had actually guessed Ou Julong's heart. As the person who was given the mandate by Assistant Jia Xiu to monitor Cia Yonggan, he would certainly keep the existence of Cia Yonggan from members of the underground group since the event of Gao Li Li Li Liang's killing. Even he himself advised Cia Yonggan to secure himself to his hometown in order to avoid the affairs of the****-huffling underground society. For that he would act as if he did not recognize the young man.

Hao Zhao himself was also unaware of the current whereabouts of Ou Julong, in his mind, Cia Yonggan was currently on the slopes of Mount Mangdang, far from the headquarters of Hei Laohu Association. Ou Julong's intention was of course to ask the whereabouts of Cia Yonggan to find things with the young man.

"Ou Julong, don't be so convoluted, who do you want to ask? I don't have much time to attend to this kind of talk," Hao Zhao deliberately raised his voice.

Ou Julong became panicked to hear Hao Zhao start speaking in a high tone, then he replied. "Director Hao, I want to ask a young man named Cia Yonggan. He claims to work at your hotel as room service. From the information I got, he was very close to Director Hao, which is why I asked you."

"Heh... You think a director like me has a circle of association with room service subordinates? Are you kidding me?" his voice sounded intimidating.

Ou Julong became depressed, he grew even more panicked. "Director Hao.. L'm.. I'm..."

"For the business of a room service you feel you have to ask me directly. You're too demeaning to me, Ou Julong. I think we need to meet in the near future to discuss the cooperation between the King Palace Hotel and your society," Hao Zhao seemed to dissolve in his acting.

Hearing this, Ou Julong broke out in a cold sweat and was unable to say anymore, his tongue cuckooed. He was afraid of offending important people in Nanping City, which would result in the end of good relations between the two sides, of course he would be blamed. Isn't it when the relationship of Hei Laohu Association and King Palace Hotel falls apart, will result in the decline of the group's source of income?

"However, let me answer your curiosity, Ou Julong. I assure you, I never heard whose name you were looking for. Do you understand?" hao Zhao said again.

Ou Julong stammered in reply. "Well, fine, I understand, Director Zhao, sorry I have..."

"Twitched.. Foeto.. That's it.."

"Hahaha...!!!" his laughter sounded so loud that it echoed in his study.

But instead, across the phone, Ou Julong and Gao Mei Gui became gloomy.

Ou Julong felt he had destroyed the good relationship of his sorority with the Director of the King Palace Hotel. How will he explain this to Hei Laohu's new leader, Wei Chung? He's really upset.

As for Gao Mei Gui, after hearing Hao Zhao's testimony just now, his heart was completely broken. For a moment he thought Cia Yonggan had successfully tricked him. The young man to convince him, had brought up the name of Director Hao Zhao. Who would have thought that the young man was so good at acting as if he was close to the Director of the King Palace Hotel? But it turned out that Director Hao Zhao himself had denied recognizing the young man.

"Uncle..." Gao Mei Gui sobbed like hopeless

"Mei Gui, forgive Uncle. For this one Uncle can't help you, Director Hao himself already denies having known Cia Yonggan. Even now the relationship between Hei Laohu and King Palace Hotel is threatened to end. Uncle regretted having been reckless like this," Ou Julong said softly.

Gao Mei Gui never cared about the underground society. Inside his mind was currently thinking how to find the young man. Cia Yonggan's phone call with Director Hao Zhao that night on the balcony of her apartment felt so real. Although he did not hear the two people directly, but he could listen faintly, and it was really a real conversation between a subordinate and his superior. Cia Yonggan sounded nervous while talking to the person across the phone back then. If the young man was acting, it couldn't possibly feel so real, and how could the young man manage to have such a conversation, hadn't he never been far from Cia Yonggan all day? Even the young man also seemed to never concern himself with his cellphone?

He felt this matter was a little strange, it seemed that Director Hao Zhao was indeed deliberately acting towards Ou Julong.

Suddenly Gao Mei Gui got an idea. "Uncle Ou, share Director Hao's number with me. I'll talk to him directly."

"You don't joke around, Mei Gui," Ou Julong replied hesitantly.

"You just send it, Uncle Ou," Gao Mei Gui urged.

Ou Julong immediately sent Hao Zhao's contact to Gao Mei Gui. He wanted to see for himself, presumably the daughter of his former leader was not satisfied if he had not tried to speak directly with Hao Zhao. He who had known Hao Zhao for a long time could not extract Cia Yonggan's description from him, let alone a girl who was completely unknown to Hao Zhao.

As soon as the contact Ou Julong sent in, Gao Mei Gui immediately called the number and activated a speaker like Ou Julong just now.

"Hello" said the man across the phone.

Hao Zhao's voice sounded carefree, not sounding like someone who had just been offended. This made his suspicions even greater.

"Director Hao, it's Gao Mei Gui" he said quickly. "I just want to say one thing. Cia Yonggan is missing, no news since yesterday. She's.."

Gao Mei Gui deliberately hung up his words to provoke Hao Zhao's response.

"What?!" Hao Zhao immediately gasped in shock. He frantically said "Miss Gao, are you still on the slopes of Mount Mangdang?"

Hearing Hao Zhao's frantic response, Gao Mei Gui snorted in annoyance and glanced at Ou Julong for a moment, as it proved to be true, that this Hao Zhao had been toying with Ou Julong.

While Ou Julong became a snatch. It turned out that Hao Zhao had been playing a yes.

He muttered softly, but did not dare to be too loud, "That bastard!!"