Chapter 451 Cut into pieces!
Li Chaoren's explanation, which was both defensive and defensive, instantly calmed Zhuo Ziqiang. He slowly let go of his right hand that had been holding the remote control and sat back on the leather sofa.
"Boss Li is really good at speaking, no wonder he can make such a huge fortune."
"We are just like doing business. I can make an offer, so naturally I will allow you to bargain."
"Boss Li, please name your price."
Zhuo Ziqiang dared to kidnap Li Chaoren's son and came alone to negotiate the ransom. Naturally, he is a ruthless person.
When he first debuted, he robbed a money transport truck and made more than 20 million. A few years later, he did the same thing again and made more than 100 million!
After years of silence, he is going to break his own record again and create a new peak!
"Six hundred million. This is all the liquid funds I have in all my accounts combined. And I need to borrow from others."
Hearing this number, Zhuo Ziqiang refused without a second thought, saying, "Absolutely impossible. I offered 5 billion, but you only gave me a small fraction. How can I explain this to my brothers when I get back? They might even think that I, as the eldest brother, embezzled the money!"
"At least 2 billion! If it's one cent less, you won't be able to see your eldest son. Anyway, you still have a younger one, so you don't have to worry about not having an heir."
Having said that, Zhuo Ziqiang stood up and prepared to leave, with a ruthless look on his face!
Li Chaoren naturally couldn't give up like this, he quickly stopped him and persuaded him again: "Brother, I'm not bargaining, it's just that the price you offered is too high."
"Two billion, and it's in cash. I really can't take it out. Even if I'm willing to sell my property, I still need a buyer and time, right?"
"One billion, how about one billion? This is really my limit!"
Zhuo Ziqiang looked at his watch to check the time, and realized that he couldn't continue wasting time with Li Chaoren, otherwise the night would be long and full of troubles, and something unexpected might happen.
"Boss Li, I respect you as a man, for daring to negotiate with me face to face alone."
"Let's put it this way. billion Hong Kong dollars. This is my final bottom line."
"If you plan to continue bargaining, I will turn around and leave, and you will never see your son again."
Li Zeju is the eldest son, but he is being trained by Li Chaoren as his successor. If he is not saved, the loss will not only be a son, but also the next generation of the Li family's head.
More importantly, if he doesn't take out the money, how will people in society evaluate him after the news spreads?
He even ignored his own son for the sake of money. His reputation is ruined and social recognition is declining. Who will buy the properties he develops?
Once your reputation is ruined, it will be hard to make money again!
Although Li Chaoren thought a lot, only a few seconds passed in the blink of an eye. After two short breaths, he slowly exhaled and said, "Okay, billion is billion."
"But I don't have that much money in my account. You have to give me some time to raise the money."
Zhuo Ziqiang knew very well that he couldn't press too hard, so he asked, "Okay, how long?"
Li Chaoren said: "From now on, within 48 hours, I guarantee to raise billion Hong Kong dollars."
Zhuo Ziqiang shook his head and said, "No, it will take too long. I can't guarantee your son's safety."
"Twenty-four hours at most." He raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon now. I will call you at this time tomorrow and tell you where to go for the transaction."
"Remember, don't call the police. I have a very good nose. If I smell the cops, I will cut your son into pieces and feed them to the dogs. You will never see him again."
After saying that, Zhuo Ziqiang buttoned up his clothes and walked out slowly.
Seeing the black Toyota slowly driving out of the villa gate, Li Chaoren seemed to be exhausted. He sat down on the leather sofa with dull eyes.
No matter how successful he is in business, at this moment he is just a father.
A father who feels helpless as his son is kidnapped by gangsters.
At this time, the secretary who had been hiding in the dark finally appeared and said quickly: "Mr. Li, I wrote down his license plate number. Should we check it?"
Li Chaoren took off his black-framed glasses, rubbed his nose with his index finger and thumb, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't act rashly. Don't tell anyone about this, including my cousin."
The secretary nodded and said, "What should we do now? Are we just going to hand over so much money?"
That’s billion!
Even though he was Li Chaoren's secretary and had seen money on a daily basis, his heart still beat faster and his body trembled because of this number!
It is said that real estate businessmen make the most profits, but they use a lot of connections to get land, and then use even more connections to get loans from banks to develop properties. So how much can they earn from a project?
What did these kidnappers pay?
It's just a few people, a few cars and a few guns.
His heart was full of imbalance!
"What else can we do? Are we going to just sit there and watch Zeju get chopped into pieces?"
Li Chaoren was also unwilling to accept it, but there seemed to be no better solution now. The Royal Hong Kong Island Police were a group of people who were always causing trouble but not helping anything. Even if Zhuo Ziqiang didn't say anything, he might not dare to call the police.
Those foreigners have nothing else to offer except making money.
Just as the two were thinking hard, a shrill and urgent siren sounded!
Li Chaoren stood up from the sofa reflexively, his face full of panic.
"I'll go out and take a look." After saying this, the secretary hurried out.
About ten minutes later, the secretary finally ran back panting, holding his knees with both hands, and said breathlessly: "It has nothing to do with us. Those police cars are going to Lin Zehao's villa on the top of the mountain. I heard that a group of people seemed to be arguing at the door..."
After saying this in one breath, the secretary was finally able to pick up the mineral water and began to drink it happily.
Tons, tons, tons!
He drank a small bottle of mineral water in one breath, feeling a little unsatisfied.
Just when he was about to drink another bottle, he found that Li Chaoren suddenly slapped his Mediterranean sea and said, "How could I forget about him!"
The secretary was so startled by her boss's sudden surprise that she forgot about drinking water and asked quickly, "Boss, what did you think of now?"
Li Chaoren said: "Lin Zehao!"
"For this matter of Zeju, we can ask Lin Zehao to come forward and solve it!"
"Yes! With his status in the underworld, as long as he is willing to step forward, there must be a way to solve this matter!"
The secretary standing by looked at the boss who was so excited that he was dancing with joy, and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart.
After he became a secretary, he happened to hear from an old employee of the company that Li Chaoren and Lin Zehao had a lot of grievances in the past.
Of course, this is a flattering statement to Li Chaoren. In fact, he was treated very badly by Lin Zehao. He remembered that the first thing he did when he took up the job was that he was told as a secretary that he must never mention the word "swill" in front of the boss.
As for the reason, it is naturally a sad story.
Thinking of this, the secretary stopped what he was doing and asked cautiously: "Boss, I heard from people outside that Lin Zehao is not easy to get along with. Is it really appropriate for us to go and find him like this?" The secretary's wording was still tactful, for fear of inadvertently hurting Li Chaoren's fragile heart.
"It's okay. I used to have a relationship with Lin Zehao, so we can say that we didn't know each other until we fought."
"We are from the same class. In this situation, he would probably help."
"At most, I would rather give these benefits to him than to these bandits!"
Li Chaoren said this with gritted teeth, obviously very angry about this matter.
For him, this is not just a matter of money. There are so many wealthy people in Hong Kong, why did the kidnappers choose to target his son, Li Chaoren?
Why not choose other rich people? It’s not like they don’t have children!
Li Chaoren could almost imagine that if he honestly paid the money this time, he would definitely become famous in the future, not only in the society, but also among the gangsters!
Won't these gangsters treat him as a fat sheep to be slaughtered in the future?
Anyone who wants to make a fortune through kidnapping will definitely target Li Chaoren’s son first!
The reason is simple. There have been successful cases. Zhuo Ziqiang's billion is the best advertisement for the gangster group!
"Let's go find Lin Zehao now."
"Oh, by the way, put the two boxes of top-quality red wine in my wine cellar into the trunk, and also take the hundred-year-old wild ginseng that Lao Zheng gave me some time ago."
Li Chaoren knew clearly that if he wanted to get something done by someone of Lin Zehao's rank, even the most precious gift would not play a decisive role.
Now Lin Zehao's wealth is far richer than his, and he has everything he can give away.
With a nervous mood, Li Chaoren drove to the gate of Lin Zehao's mountaintop villa.
Seeing the police still surrounding the door, Li Chaoren hurriedly instructed: "Don't tell anyone about Zhang Zeju's matter. Just say you want to discuss business with Boss Lin."
The secretary nodded, identified himself to the gatekeeper, and slowly drove into the villa.
When the window was opened, he vaguely heard the police officers arguing with the security guard at the door. Although he couldn't hear it clearly, from their expressions, it was obvious that the former were anxious.
With curiosity, the secretary followed Li Chaoren in, holding two boxes of red wine.
To be honest, although Li Chaoren’s villa is very luxurious, Lin Zehao’s villa is obviously more luxurious.
The secretary has been following Li Chaoren for so many years and thinks he has some knowledge, but he still cannot describe many of the decorations in the villa. He just thinks they are low-key, luxurious and have connotation.
"Mr. Li, please. Brother Hao is in the reception room on the second floor."
A Mai asked his younger brother to take the gift. Looking at the extremely humble, even servile Li Chaoren in front of him, he felt a little confused. His mind unconsciously recalled the days when they were competing for the project.
At that time, Li Chaoren was still the one with higher status in the eyes of most people, and his own boss was a later challenger.
Only a few short years have passed, and now the status of both parties has been reversed, and is even better than before!
"Thank you very much."
Li Chaoren did not have the slightest airs of a wealthy man, nor did he dare to have any. He was even polite to his personal bodyguard, Amai.
After that incident, he watched Lin Zehao transform from a gangster to a business tycoon!
From then on, he never dared to have any form of conflict with Hutchison's business, for fear that Lin Zehao would settle both old and new accounts with him.
With mixed feelings, Li Chaoren walked into the reception room and saw Lin Zehao leaning on the sofa.
"Boss Li is here, please sit down."
Lin Zehao had no intention of standing up to greet him, nor did he have any intention of humiliating the other party. Everything was normal.
Seeing this, Li Chaoren's anxious heart finally relaxed a lot.
At the same time, he secretly sighed in his heart that there was a reason why Lin Zehao could achieve such a great career in just a few years!
Just this kind of mind and this kind of pattern are not something that ordinary people can possess!
"Thank you, Brother Hao."
Finally, when his eldest son was facing such a difficult situation, Li Chaoren finally called him Brother Hao for the first time in his life.
Of course, he was not completely constrained by formalities; there was indeed some element of conviction involved.
If he were to put himself in his shoes, he would not be able to do what Lin Zehao did and still receive him calmly. Even if he did not ridicule him in person, he would definitely order his subordinates to evade the question.
"Boss Li, I know you don't come to visit me for no reason. Tell me, what is the matter with your visit today?"
Lin Zehao took out a Marlboro and lit it up, and at the same time was a little curious about Li Chaoren's visit.
From the moment he called himself Brother Hao, he realized that it was definitely not a business matter.
"Brother Hao, I came to you because I really have nowhere else to go. Please help me this time..."
Li Chaoren took off his glasses and told the whole story from beginning to end, his voice choked with sobs.
Lin Zehao listened to him quietly, his expression remained the same.
From a moral perspective, he did sympathize with Li Chaoren, but the other party had been in the business world for many years, and it was hard to say whether this so-called true feeling was genuine.
"Boss Li, I already know about your situation. How do you want me to help you?"
Lin Zehao did not make any promises, but just asked back.
Now, Li Chaoren finally understood that it was absolutely not unfair for him to be defeated by Lin Zehao that year!
Being able to remain rational and calm at a time like this definitely requires a lot of sophistication!
It seems that the strategy of playing the emotional card no longer works.
Li Chaoren calmed down and continued, "Brother Hao, I don't dare to ask for too much. I just hope you can help rescue my son intact."
"I am willing to give this billion with both hands!"
"If you think it's not enough, I can mortgage my property."
(End of this chapter)
