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Chapter 2330: Chapter 2331: Hongmen Banquet

Stretched lazily, Lin Yi went to the bathroom to wash up.

While brushing his teeth, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Lin Yi, with a toothbrush in his mouth, went to open the door and found Liang Jinming outside.

“What’s up.”

Liang Jinming, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked into Lin Yi’s room.

“Old Pan Hongsheng called me, wanted to talk about that 3 billion matter, said he wants to meet for dinner tonight, obviously it’s a setup.”

Lin Yi nodded, and while brushing his teeth, he said:

“What did you say?”

“Can’t lose face even if we lose. I agreed right away, but whether we go or not, we still need to discuss.”

“There’s nothing to discuss, just go directly tonight,” Lin Yi said.

“Done, I’ll go let Brother Qin and Gao know.”

“Go ahead.”

After Liang Jinming left, Lin Yi quickly washed up, then received a call from Ning Yue.

“Brother, are you still out of town and not back yet?”

“Yeah, what’s up?”

“Mom and I plan to go back today, just calling to let you know.”

“Leaving so soon?” Lin Yi said:

“I’ll be back soon too, wait for me to return before you leave.”

“It’s almost New Year, there’s a lot to do in the hospital, and Mom can’t leave either,” Ning Yue said:

“Besides, this is my sister-in-law’s home, it’s not nice for mom and me to stay too long, we’re planning to leave this afternoon.”

“Alright then.” Lin Yi didn’t insist.

“Also, Mom said, don’t come back this year, stay in Zhong Hai for the New Year.”

“Uh… stay in Zhong Hai for New Year?”

“Mom said your sister-in-law is pregnant, she wants you to stay and accompany her, you can come back after the New Year.”

Lin Yi was somewhat amused, “Alright, I got it.”

“I’ll hang up then, bye.”

Ning Yue hung up lightly, Lin Yi sat on the bed fiddling with his phone.

Knowing that Pan Hongsheng was inviting him to dinner tonight, he knew it was definitely a setup.

But how to handle this dinner now required some thought.

At their level, they naturally couldn’t resort to fighting like Pan Longteng, otherwise, it would be meaningless.

Thinking this, Lin Yi dialed Xiao Bing’s number.

“Lin Bro.”

“Help me check someone.”

Hearing it was serious business, Xiao Bing’s tone also became serious.

“Who do you want to check?”

“Pan Hongsheng from Jinyang.”

“Pan Hongsheng?”

“How? Do you know this person?”

“Actually, I’ve heard a bit. He’s a coal tycoon from Jinyang, also said to be the richest man in the Western Region, quite a formidable person.” Xiao Bing asked curiously:

“Lin Bro, are you investigating him because his group did something? I’ve heard he’s quite arrogant, but also quite influential.”

“It’s not a big deal, just help me check it out,” Lin Yi said. “Oh, and there is also a guy named Wang Tao with him, check him out too.”

“No problem, but I need to ask Brother Yue for this, his family was from Jinyang, he might know more.”

“Go ask, but be quick, get all the information before six in the evening.”

“Understood!”

After delegating the task, Lin Yi quickly got ready and left the room to meet Qin Han and the others.

The four of them strolled around the local area in the afternoon, getting a sense of local customs, and at a little past six in the evening, they went to the hotel Pan Hongsheng mentioned to attend the banquet.

Just after parking the car, Lin Yi’s phone rang, it was Xiao Bing.

“Lin Bro, the information was a bit delayed, took some extra time.”

“That’s fine, still in time.”

“Before talking about Pan Hongsheng, I should mention his father,” Xiao Bing said:

“His father, Pan Chunwei, was the second in command in charge of military affairs in their province.”

“Didn’t know there was such a connection?”

“I was also a bit surprised; although not a very high position, it’s not small at the local level either.”

“What else, continue.”

“The rise of Pan Hongsheng was all under his father’s orchestration, plus the benefits from the reform and opening up, and then he got to where he is today.”

Xiao Bing paused, then continued:

“However, Pan Hongsheng himself is not clean, he has illegally gotten several big projects, and many years ago, there was a mine collapse under him, due to no formal procedures, instantly more than 50 people died. It was a big news at the time, even people from the central government came down, but in the end, it was resolved quietly, just a symbolic fine, they didn’t do much to him.”

“But that Wang Tao guy, he’s much simpler, no background, used to be a scoundrel, but because he has been hanging around with Pan Hongsheng, and also quite ruthless, he eventually became a big brother in Jinyang, he’s involved in a few murder cases, but under the operation of the Pan Family, it all blew over.”

“I see,” Lin Yi said lightly.

“Do you need it handled? I can arrange people right away.”

“Don’t need to, I can handle it myself, you do your thing.”

After chatting about the Pan family and Wang Tao, Lin Yi hung up the phone, Qin Han came up and asked.

“What happened?”

“Small matter.” Lin Yi put the phone back in his pocket, “Let’s go, it’s about time, let’s head up and see.”

“Let’s go.”

Jinyang Shangri-La Hotel, Suite 202.

The suite was very large, over a hundred square meters.

A big round table was placed in the center, which even if twenty or so people sat down, would not be a problem.

But at this moment, the atmosphere at the table was somewhat oppressive.

Because the appointment time was at six in the evening, and now, it was already seven, and the people hadn’t arrived yet, making the dozen or so people present not look very pleased.

“Brother Pan, these few kids, really are a bit too much.”

The speaker was a chubby man in his forties, relatively young among these people.

His name was Ma Cong, doing real estate business in Jinyang, and like Pan Hongsheng, both had a strong political background, which was also an important factor for their rise.

Pan Hongsheng’s face was gloomy, feeling a bit humiliated.

As an elder, he invited them to meet, yet he was left hanging here for more than an hour, no one in the whole of Jinyang dared to disrespect him like this.

“Should we call them and ask?”

From the other end of the dining table, someone suggested.

“Not suitable,” Wang Tao, with a cigarette in hand, leaning back in the chair said:

“If we call, it gives them the upper hand, boosting their morale and dampening ours.”

“How about calling the Liang family directly, and speaking directly to Liang Zhendong.”

After a moment of contemplation, Pan Hongsheng shook his head, “That would complicate things. If we call, it’s like dragging Liang Zhendong into this, we all mix in these circles, have to give him some face, if we then go against his son, we would be in the wrong.”

“What Brother Pan means is, it’s useless to let outsiders know, even if we call?” Ma Cong said next to him.

“Of course.”

Pan Hongsheng sneered, “By then even if they come looking for me, it will be useless!”

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