Chapter 923 — Out of Options
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Faced with the Xiao family's naked threat, he had no room to resist at all!
Gu Pengzhan did not doubt for a moment that if he refused the Xiao brothers' demands, they would do something extreme. For men of their caliber, there were countless ways to act that left no evidence behind — even if they killed his daughter, Gu Pengzhan would be utterly helpless.
"Mr. Wei, are you all right? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?" Gu Pengzhan turned to look at Wei Zhizun. The man simply could not be allowed to die in his office! Gu Pengzhan was more than a little irritated. Wei Zhizun had boasted so grandly before, and yet he had turned out to be this weak!
He had hired a top-tier security firm, and Wei Zhizun was supposed to be the finest fighter in their ranks — yet he could not even withstand a single move from the other man!
"No need. I will take my leave first!" Wei Zhizun had no face to remain here any longer. Though badly injured, he could still walk well enough. His old face flushed red, and he hurried out of Gu Pengzhan's office to find somewhere to tend to his wounds.
Gu Pengzhan gave a helpless sigh. Though he was the man whose word was law within the Gu Group, there was not a single person at his side he could consult with.
Li Fu had been beaten half to death, his life hanging in the balance, and Wei Zhao had lost his strength. So Gu Pengzhan did not want to tell Wei Zhao about this either — if he did, Wei Zhao would only worry, with no way to solve anything.
Gu Pengzhan gritted his teeth. It seemed he would have to bear this burden alone. All at once he felt beset by troubles within and without. The Xiao family was far too domineering, far too arrogant — this was outright robbery!
And yet, even so, Gu Pengzhan had no recourse whatsoever.
Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben left Pengzhan Tower together with Pi Bo. The two brothers were in excellent spirits. Gu Pengzhan really was just as the rumors said — both of his fine fighters at his side had been crippled. Otherwise, why had neither of them appeared, and why had he instead found some new fellow called Wei Zhizun?
Only this Wei Zhizun was truly useless — one palm strike from Pi Bo and he was down and out.
"Second Brother, do you think Gu Pengzhan will actually give in? Did we set our terms a little too harshly?" Xiao Ji asked with some worry once they were in the car. "We agreed back home on just two hundred million, but then we also demanded the Pengzhan Commercial Building and the Pengzhan Business Hotel. What if we push him so far that he turns desperate and lashes out?"
"Heh heh, isn't this just the old game of quoting an outrageous price and settling somewhere in the middle?" Xiao Ben laughed. "Those two properties we absolutely must have. As for the two hundred million in startup capital, my guess is Gu Pengzhan cannot produce it anyway — if we end up with fifty million, that will already be quite good. That is the room we leave him for haggling. But if the fool goes and sells everything he owns to pay us, we will be only too happy to take it!"
"Hahaha, Second Brother, you really have thought it all through!" Once Xiao Ji understood Xiao Ben's meaning, he nodded with great satisfaction. "Exactly — we are the ones holding the advantage. We name this sky-high price, and when Gu Pengzhan haggles, we can talk about haggling then. If he does not haggle, then we have made out like bandits!"
"Elder Brother, now that we have successfully coerced Gu Pengzhan, you should still report this matter to Young Master Bing. After all, all our information came from him — it would hardly be proper for us not to report our victory to the man," Xiao Ben suggested after a moment's thought, once Xiao Ji had finished laughing.