Chapter 308 — Leave It to Me
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"The company's two largest shareholders are Jin Gubang and Xie Guangbo. Jin Gubang is the one I have been trying to deal with all along—those attacks on Yaoyao before, they were all his doing! At Sunday's board meeting, I was actually going to use the amusement park affair to move against Jin Gubang, but who would have thought Xie Guangbo would suddenly leap out..." With that, Gu Pengzhan recounted the situation at the time to Wei Zhao. "...Old Xie is a man who usually keeps his head down and says little, and he doesn't much contend for power. Who would have thought that this time he would get mixed up with Jin Gubang?"
Hearing Gu Pengzhan's account, Wei Zhao gained a certain understanding of the company's two largest shareholders. This Jin Gubang was the ringleader of this affair; turning him was basically out of the question. That left Xie Guangbo, whom Gu Pengzhan had mentioned, as the key to resolving the matter.
Just as Gu Pengzhan had said, this man's usual conduct was utterly at odds with how he had behaved on Sunday. So the saying held true: when something abnormal happens, there must be a cause. Wei Zhao decided to start with this man.
"All right, since that is the case, Uncle Chu, leave this matter to me. I will handle it." Wei Zhao nodded. "Where does Xie Guangbo live?"
"Xie Guangbo... Xiao Yi, you're not going to go murder and plunder, are you?" Gu Pengzhan was stunned, looking at Wei Zhao with some worry.
"Don't worry, I won't kill Xie Guangbo." Wei Zhao gave Gu Pengzhan a reassuring smile. "Though killing him would be the once-and-for-all solution, by what you said before, killing Xie Guangbo would be less useful than killing Jin Gubang outright! Since I have set my sights on Xie Guangbo, there is no way I would resort to such a method."
Of course, Wei Zhao had considered simply doing away with Jin Gubang outright. He merely did not want to bring Gu Pengzhan any unnecessary trouble. If Jin Gubang died, he was, after all, the second-largest shareholder of the Gu Group. The death of some small fry would have been nothing, but the death of a shareholder was bound to draw attention. Wei Zhao still wanted to live quietly in Songshan City, so for the time being he had no wish to invite trouble.
"Then that's good!" Gu Pengzhan nodded. "Xie Guangbo lives in the Qianhua Shui'an residential complex, in the private villa district F. The sixth villa is his home.
"I understand. Leave it to me," Wei Zhao said. "I'll go see him and have a talk right now."
"Be careful..." Gu Pengzhan was not sure whether seeking out Wei Zhao had been the right move, but since even the old man at home had said as much, he had to give it a try. "Xie Guangbo is no ordinary man. He has a bodyguard too, and a skilled one at that!"
"Too"? Wei Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly and could not help glancing at Qing Bo. He had mentioned a Yellow-rank expert once before, and at the time Qing Bo's expression had shifted somewhat. Could it be that his suspicion was right, and Qing Bo was an expert among experts?
Still, he had never sensed any energy from the man, nor any ripple of what was called "true qi." Could Qing Bo be an external-school expert?