Chapter 458 — Dire Consequences
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"Brother Cihua, may I ask why you've called me here? Is there some business you'd like to throw a brother's way?" Zou Tiandi and Li Cihua had always kept to their own wells and never crossed into each other's waters, so their relations were cordial enough.
"Brother Tiandi, let's not beat around the bush. I've called you here because there is indeed a piece of business I'd like to discuss with you." Li Cihua did not mince words—they were all men of the underworld; there was no need for roundabout talk.
"Oh? What business?" Zou Tiandi had been stewing in gloom these past few days. Wei Zhao had said he would no longer trouble them, but he still could not help worrying. Now that business had come knocking, it might lift his spirits a little.
"You know something of who I am, I imagine," Li Cihua said with a smile. "A junior of the man behind me wants to open a real estate company here, but he's short on manpower. I wonder if Brother Tiandi might be interested?"
"Manpower? You mean..." Zou Tiandi was taken aback for a moment. If he could forge ties with the big boss behind Li Cihua, would his family's business not soar to greatness? The question was, what had they seen in him? Zou Tiandi knew his own limits—he was good at the entertainment business, but he had never so much as touched real estate.
"Demolition clearances," Li Cihua said with a smile. "You know as well as I do that to clear a site smoothly at a low price, you have to use certain methods. I don't have the men for that sort of work, so I thought of bringing Brother Tiandi in on it!"
"Demolition clearances? That's no problem at all!" Zou Tiandi breathed a sigh of relief. What was so hard about clearing a site? Have Zou Ruoguang take a squad of men and give those holdout tenants a good scare—wouldn't that do the trick?
"So, Brother Tiandi, you're agreeing to this matter?" Li Cihua was still quite confident about it. After all, the work he wanted Zou Tiandi to do was not difficult; it should be something the man was rather good at.
"There shouldn't be any problem!" Zou Tiandi nodded. "Do you know which plot of land that young master wants to develop?"
"The shantytown!" Li Cihua said. "That area is huge—there's a lot to be made there."
"Oh, the shantytown. That's a good spot, no problem at all..." Zou Tiandi was just about to agree when Zou Ruoming pulled him back.
"Dad, we're not taking this job!" Zou Ruoming was afraid his father would agree on impulse, and hurried to stop him.
"Ruoming, what are you doing?" Zou Tiandi was taken aback, and immediately somewhat displeased. "What's the matter with you, boy? You're usually bold enough—how is it that now, when it comes to something illegal, you don't dare?"
"Dad! Listen to me—it's not that I don't dare do something illegal! It's Tang Zhi. Tang Zhi lives in the shantytown..." Zou Ruoming was anxious and rushed to explain. He had pursued Tang Zhi before, so naturally he had learned the details of her family background, and thus it was only normal that he knew she lived in the shantytown.
"What?!" Zou Tiandi was stunned as well. Tang Zhi—wasn't she Wei Zhao's girlfriend? She lived in the shantytown? Cold sweat instantly broke out on Zou Tiandi's forehead. Thank goodness his son had reminded him in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable.