Chapter 308 — Leave It to Me

Wei Zhao waved it away. "No thanks. I never picked up the habit, and I do not like it."

Gu Pengzhan did not mind and casually passed the cigarette to Uncle Qing.

"Xiao Yi, your Uncle Gu has run into some trouble." Gu Pengzhan had no idea why his own old father had told him to come to Wei Zhao, for he truly could not see how Wei Zhao, apart from keeping Gu Mengyao safe from harm, could have anything to do with his company affairs.

Could Wei Zhao possibly have any relevant experience of that kind?

"It is company business, right?" Before Gu Pengzhan could finish, Wei Zhao had already guessed the gist. At a moment like this, what could be weighing on Gu Pengzhan was most likely company business.

"Yes, it is company business." Gu Pengzhan nodded without hiding anything. Since he wanted Wei Zhao's help, he naturally would not hold back: "In the company, the second and third largest shareholders have joined forces. Once those two team up, the directors friendly with them will all swing to their side. Now they are preparing to convene the board and elect a new chairman..."

Hearing this, Wei Zhao waved his hand. "Uncle Gu, you do not need to go into such detail. I know nothing about running a company. Right now I only want to get one thing straight, and that is, once those two join hands, will they definitely threaten your position in the company?"

"Yes. They have worked in the company for years and both have their connections. On the board, several directors are on good terms with them. If they unite, I am bound to lose." Gu Pengzhan said it bluntly.

Wei Zhao nodded, his brow knitting slightly as he sank into thought. Gu Pengzhan did not disturb him. After all, Wei Zhao had never touched company matters like this, and he would need time to digest it.

Unexpectedly, however, Wei Zhao suddenly asked a rather strange question: "What was the relationship between those second and third shareholders before?"

"Before?" Gu Pengzhan froze, then grew angry: "Before, at least as far as I could see, their relationship was anything but good. As you know, the three major shareholders including myself each have our own voice on the board, and there is no question of anyone fawning over anyone else, so at least in my eyes, the two of them were at odds! Yet who knows why, at Sunday's board meeting, those two actually united... That is what caught me completely off guard. It turns out those two have long been in league with each other!"

"Ha," Wei Zhao laughed. "Uncle Gu is too close to see it clearly."

"Too close to see it?" Gu Pengzhan was taken aback.

"Perhaps they were not in league long ago, but only threw in together at the last minute?" Wei Zhao shrugged and went on: "Of course, this is only my guess! When things run contrary to the norm, something foul must be at work. I feel there must be some hidden secret in this!"

Gu Pengzhan nodded. "Xiao Yi, your guess is likely right, but when they got together is no longer important. What matters is, how should I deal with their alliance?"

"Ha... why deal with them at all?" Wei Zhao smiled. "Has Uncle Gu never thought of driving a wedge between them, making them fight among themselves or winning one of them over outright?"

Although Wei Zhao had never run a company, when facing enemies in the past, his most used method was to divide and destroy, or to directly stir up internal strife and let them kill each other first. Of course, winning them over was also a good method!

"Oh?" Gu Pengzhan froze. All he had thought about before was how to counter the alliance between Jin Gubang and Xie Guangbo, and he had never considered splitting them apart, winning one over or setting them against each other.

"Tell me about these two shareholders. Who is leading?" Wei Zhao asked.

"The two major shareholders are Jin Gubang and Xie Guangbo. Jin Gubang is the man I have been trying to deal with all along. The previous attacks on Yaoyao were all his doing! At Sunday's board meeting, I was actually going to use the amusement park incident to attack Jin Gubang, but who knew Xie Guangbo would suddenly jump out..." As he spoke, Gu Pengzhan gave Wei Zhao a detailed account of what had happened then: "...Old Xie is usually quiet and unassuming, and does not fight much for power. Who knows why this time he got mixed up with Jin Gubang?"

Listening to Gu Pengzhan's introduction, Wei Zhao also gained a certain understanding of the two major shareholders. This Jin Gubang was the ringleader this time, and winning him over was basically impossible, while Xie Guangbo, as Gu Pengzhan described him, was the key to solving the matter!

Just as Gu Pengzhan had said, this man's usual behavior was completely different from his performance on Sunday, which fit the old saying that when things run contrary to the norm, something foul is at work. So Wei Zhao decided to start with this man.

"All right, in that case, Uncle Gu, just leave this matter to me. I will handle it." Wei Zhao nodded and asked: "Where does Xie Guangbo live?"

"Xie Guangbo... Xiao Yi, you are not going to do something like murder and robbery, are you?" Gu Pengzhan was stunned, looking at Wei Zhao with some worry.

"Rest assured, I will not kill Xie Guangbo." Wei Zhao gave Gu Pengzhan a reassuring smile: "Although killing him would settle it once and for all, by your own earlier account, killing Xie Guangbo would be less effective than killing Jin Gubang outright! Since I have set my sights on Xie Guangbo, I cannot possibly use such means."

Of course, it was not that Wei Zhao had never thought of killing Jin Gubang directly, only that he did not want to bring unnecessary trouble to Gu Pengzhan! If Jin Gubang died, he was after all the second largest shareholder of the Gu Group. The death of small fry would mean nothing, but the death of a shareholder would surely draw attention. Wei Zhao still wanted to live peacefully in Songshan City, so for now he did not want to stir up trouble.

"That is good!" Gu Pengzhan nodded. "Xie Guangbo lives in the Qianhua Riverside residential complex, in Area F for private villas. Villa Six is his home."

"I see. Leave it to me." Wei Zhao said. "I will go talk to him right now."

"Be careful..." Gu Pengzhan did not know whether seeking out Wei Zhao was the right move, but since the old master at home had said so, he had to give it a try: "Xie Guangbo is no ordinary man either. He has a close guard who is a real fighter!"

"Too"? Wei Zhao narrowed his eyes and could not help glancing at Uncle Qing. When Wei Zhao had once mentioned a Huang-level fighter, Uncle Qing's expression had changed. Could it be that his suspicion was right, and Uncle Qing was also a master among masters?

Yet he had sensed no energy on him, no ripple of what was called true qi. Could Uncle Qing be an external-style master?

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