Chapter 283: Ma Family’s Reaction
But on second thought, others don’t know about Wen Keng. If he spoke up to advise against it, wouldn’t it give people the feeling that he can’t stand to see others doing well.
Forget it. There’s still a long time before Qiang Zi turns professional. Maybe later he’ll have a better place to go.
Thinking of it this way, Chang Ning stopped speaking up and started practicing Tai Chi with Wen Keng.
He agreed verbally first, and whether he goes or not in the end would still be his own decision anyway.
Anyway, even if he transfers to the police, he won’t work under Wen Keng.
Only someone who doesn’t value their life would work under Wen Keng.
Right, Wang Yadong?
Although Group B annihilated a small making and selling powder gang with only five people.
Among the five captured criminals, one was a minor leader of the Ma Family Criminal Group.
Once he fails to contact his superior at a certain time, the Ma Family side will know something happened to him.
Chang Ning and the others were unaware of these things. After the mission ended, they rested briefly and took a helicopter to the next mission location.
Far Mountain Town, Ma Family Criminal Group.
“Xiao Si didn’t give any signal in his report. He must have been caught.” Ma Boss smashed an exquisitely shaped porcelain cup and said furiously.
Ma Boss is the eldest son of the internationally wanted criminal Ma Shichang. The Xiao Si he mentioned was precisely Huang Mao, who had crossed paths once with Chang Ning.
If Huang Mao were just a simple subordinate, it wouldn’t make Ma Boss so angry, but Huang Mao was also involved in a “big business,” and this “big business” was led and hosted by Ma Boss himself.
If it got messed up, he would inevitably leave a bad impression in his father Ma Shichang’s mind.
It must be known that Ma Shichang had more than just him as a son.
“What do we do now?”
The minor leader looked at Ma Boss, sweat continuously beading on his forehead.
If Huang Mao spilled everything to the police in the detention center, Ma Boss would probably lose nearly ten million this time.
With such a huge loss, Ma Boss’s mood can be imagined.
The minor leader was afraid Ma Boss would take it out on him and stayed by his side trembling with fear.
“Notify Old Fu that the heat is on lately and tell him to be careful with shipments, best to pause for a while.”
Although Ma Boss was angry inside, his mind was still clear and he knew how to minimize the losses.
“Also, recruit a batch of good hands to go with me.
There’s a batch of goods that needs picking up.”
Having already lost nearly ten million, Ma Boss didn’t want any accidents with this batch of goods, so he planned to go personally.
“Yes.”
Seeing the boss assign him a task, the minor leader breathed a sigh of relief.
Standing in front of the furious boss was really too much pressure.
Now with a chance to leave, he relaxed completely.
After the minor leader left, Ma Boss buttoned up the button he had torn open in anger, straightened himself in front of the mirror, and then walked out of the room.
He needed to explain these recent events to his father Ma Shichang, and he had to explain them fully without hiding anything.
As the helmsman of the Ma Family, Ma Shichang personally inquired into business matters great and small every day.
With such a big incident now, it definitely couldn’t be hidden, so Ma Boss could only honestly report to Ma Shichang.
“That’s how the events unfolded. We lost twenty million.
What should we do next?” Ma Boss asked.
“I understand.
First, notifying Old Fu about this was very correct on your part. You don’t need to handle the rest.”
Hearing about the twenty million loss, Ma Shichang’s face remained calm, as if it were twenty bucks instead of twenty million.
Ma Boss’s report had some omissions; he didn’t mention his plan to personally pick up the goods.
He was too eager to prove himself to Ma Shichang, and since such a big mistake happened the first time he took over part of the business, he was quite concerned about the remaining batch of goods.
He was afraid that if he told his father Ma Shichang about the plan, he wouldn’t be allowed to act.
“What should I do next?” Ma Boss asked.
He was afraid of disappointing his father Ma Shichang, which would lead to his power shrinking and losing the chance to take charge of the Ma Group.
“The winds are off lately, so put business matters on hold for now.
Go abroad to lie low, and while you’re at it, investigate the market and deepen cooperation with local forces there.”
Ma Shichang made arrangements for his eldest son.
His eldest son had ability, but he was a bit too impetuous in doing things and still needed tempering to achieve great things.
“Okay.”
Hearing Ma Shichang’s arrangement, Ma Boss felt reassured.
Since his father was willing to let him handle overseas business, it meant he still had a chance.
After Ma Boss left, Ma Shichang pried a prepaid phone card from under his rosewood desk, installed it in his mobile phone, and dialed the only number stored on the card.
After a few busy tones, the call connected.
“It’s clear turning cloudy here. How’s the weather there?”
A male voice came from the phone: “It’s sunny here.”
After the brief exchange, Ma Shichang hung up. He didn’t chat more with the other party.
Could it be that he was overthinking it? But from the intelligence, the people who attacked the boss’s subordinate were clearly well-trained; the police didn’t have that kind of skill.
Ma Shichang wanted to say he was overthinking it, but his eyelid kept twitching and he always felt in his heart that something was about to happen.
So he turned and took a book from the bookshelf, opened it, and found another phone card in the hidden layer of the book.
If not necessary, he absolutely wouldn’t use this card.
After the call connected, it was the same code phrase, but the information he got this time first made his heart tighten, then relax again.
Like the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, that was what made one unable to eat or sleep in peace.
Now that it had fallen, it wasn’t so dangerous anymore. What remained was to counter each move as it came.
After the call with the inside contact ended, Ma Shichang made several more calls outward in succession.
The content of the calls without exception were notifications to scale back business operations, even actively giving up some peripheral business.
This move excited those less agile competitors in the underworld, because even the business the Ma Family didn’t want was enough to stuff them full.
The Jianghu stirred up quite a storm of blood and violence because of the Ma Family’s actions, especially in the Southeast Region, which caused the police to pull all-nighters with increasing frequency.
“What’s been happening lately? Why are police cars deploying so frequently?” A pedestrian on the road watched the departing police car and voiced doubt.
“Who knows. It doesn’t affect our monthly pittance anyway.” Another passerby chimed in.
In the Provincial Department, leaders held a special meeting on the recent rampant criminal activities, emphasizing the need to restore stability as soon as possible.
The meeting directives were issued to all subordinate units, so the already frequent police deployments became even more frequent.
“The plan is executing very smoothly. Quite a few criminal gangs have popped up lately.
I believe after getting through this period, there will be more stable days on the market.”
In a certain office filled with cigarette smoke, several leaders closed the door to talk, their expressions completely devoid of the seriousness from the meeting earlier.
