Volume 1 Chapter 155: The Storm Rises Again

  The Wolf Gang has completely disappeared from Yanjing, and the four major forces that once existed in Yanjing have also vanished. On the surface, it seems calm and peaceful now, but few people know that the real chaos is only just beginning. Or rather, the destruction of the Wolf Gang was merely the fuse that ignited a massive turmoil in the entire Eastern China underworld, or even nationwide.

  Chu Zi Feng's Donghai Gang has already occupied the entire Yanjing, and Donghai has become the overlord of Yanjing's underworld. They won't just do nothing, spending their days watching the scene and taking on assassination jobs, which are also done by small-time hooligans. A real gangster would never stoop to doing such trivial things; they aim to do earth-shattering big things.

  However, even if Chu Zi Feng had the mentality of being a "good citizen" to face all this, other gangs would absolutely not let Dong Bang have good days!

  No matter whether it's the Northeastern Ho family, or Taiwan's Cai family, or that mysterious organization that has yet to surface but secretly controls China's underworld, even the powerful gangs in East China won't just sit back and watch the Dongbang rise and expand. It's believed that soon, other provinces and cities in East China will come knocking on Dongbang's door!

  Yanjing is not chaotic, how can Huadong be chaotic? Huadong is not chaotic, how can the whole country be chaotic? The national underworld is not chaotic, how can this pot of water in China boil over? If it doesn't boil over, where will the storm come from!

  Inside the conference hall of the Yanjing Municipal Government, the military, police, and Secretary Lü's team of municipal leaders were all gathered together. However, these people did not feel happy about getting rid of the Evil Wolf Gang and the Huo family, even though the central government no longer needed them to take responsibility for the death of Taiwan's Cai Gongzi. Zhao Jianhong would naturally handle it personally. What was giving Lü Jianguo and others a headache was that after eliminating one Evil Wolf Gang, another "Evil Wolf Gang" had emerged. This dark force was truly endless and could not be eradicated!

  "Everyone says something, what's your view on Dongbang?"

  Lan Jianguo sat in the primary position, although he didn't report to the Central Committee and Zhao Jianhong about the Dongbang matter, it's estimated that soon, the Central Committee and Zhao Jianhong will get the news. So before that, Lan Jianguo and others must first figure out the details of the Dongbang, if they are asked by their superiors but don't know anything, then these people won't be able to mix in anymore, everyone can just go home and eat rice!

  Director Yuan said: "General Lan, actually about the Dong Gang matter, I only found out recently too. Because the Dong Gang rose up too quickly, it's really hard to guard against!"

  Everyone looked at Director Yuan at this moment. As the director of the Yanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau, he was naturally the most clear about this matter.

  "Lao Yuan, you just tell us about the situation as you understand it first, and then we'll discuss it slowly later," said Secretary Lü.

  Director Yuan nodded and said, "The Dong Gang was formed about three or four months ago by a group of street thugs. At first, there were only around 50 people, all of whom had not joined any factions in Yanjing. However, it's strange that they somehow got a large sum of money and began to expand slowly, absorbing the Meng Hu Bang and Tian Xie Bang. Even Ho Tong's son, Ho Tingyu, died in the battle between Dong Gang and Tian Xie Bang! What's even stranger is that Dong Gang never had a direct conflict with the Evil Wolf Gang, nor was there a large-scale firefight. All along, it was the Evil Wolf Gang attacking Dong Gang everywhere, but unfortunately, Dong Gang seemed to have anticipated our move against the Evil Wolf Gang. Since the change of leadership, Dong Gang's people disappeared from Yanjing as if they had evaporated, not one of them causing trouble until we joined forces to destroy the Evil Wolf Gang two days ago. Only then did Dong Gang officially raise its flag and claim dominance over Yanjing's underworld."

  Here is the translation:

  "After Director Yuan finished speaking, Lan Jianguo said: 'Then let's analyze it step by step. First, we need to figure out why a group of street thugs suddenly had a large sum of money? Where did this money come from? Or is someone financially supporting them? Second, how did a gang organized by street thugs manage to successively take down the Meng Hu Bang and Tian Xie Bang? Is there someone behind them who has arranged everything? Third, also the most important point, why did the Dong Bang become completely silent after the change of leadership, not even fighting back when the Evil Wolf Gang attacked them, is it because they also have a mole among us who is tipping them off?'"

  Lü Secretary said: "A large sum of money came out of nowhere, this must be someone giving it to them, and the amount of money is not small either. A gang composed of street thugs can subdue the Hu Tiger Gang and the Scorpion Gang in such a short period of time, which is also very obvious, there must be a powerful person behind the scenes providing strategy, otherwise, why didn't those little thugs make a move earlier, but only did so a few months ago. As for the third point, General Lan suspects that someone among us is colluding with the Dong Gang, I think it's unlikely, after all, the Dong Gang was not yet the largest gang in our Yanjing underworld at the time, even if there were officials like Zhuo Xianfa, I think this official should have gone to collude with the most powerful gang, why take the risk of dealing with a gang with an uncertain future?"

  Secretary Lü is right, the people in the officialdom are not those foxes in the business world. In this regard, they don't need to have any foresight. Dealing with the underworld is not a long-term solution either. So no matter what kind of official, if they want to get involved with the underworld, they will definitely learn from Zhuo Xianfa and choose the most powerful one, not some unknown quantity, because that would be equivalent to joking with their own lives. As an official, you can't afford to make this kind of joke!

  Director Yuan said, "I started investigating the financial sources of Dong Bang from yesterday, and it was found that in recent times, apart from the Evil Wolf Gang, there were irregular fund movements on the bank side with only these few accounts. Everyone take a look."

  Wu Hui handed out a copy of the materials to everyone present, but when Lan Jian and others took a look, they all sighed. Gu Le said: "Director Yuan, what are these? All of these account holders are overseas, and the account openers you investigated have been noted as having disappeared from this world long ago. There's no way to investigate at all!"

  Gu Le smiled wryly, but he also knew that since the Dong Gang was able to rise so quickly, they must be very careful in their dealings. It was basically impossible to investigate the source of their wealth in such a short period of time!

  Director Yuan also sighed: "General Gu, this is all we can investigate on our side of the police for now."

  Lan Jianguo asked: "Has the big brother of the East Gang been found?"

  "No, that person's identity is extremely mysterious. We only know that the people of Dong Bang call him 'Sovereign'. This person has never directly managed the affairs of Dong Bang, but instead, the four great generals of Dong Bang have full authority to manage all matters."

  "Four major wars? Which four?" asked Secretary Lü.

  "The first one is called Lin Shaojun, the second one is called Zhuihun, the third one is called Qi Bai, and the fourth one is a woman named Spider. And just yesterday, the Dong Gang has established four major branches. The first branch will be managed by Lin Shaojun, in charge of 'Wu Hu Hall', with the most people, responsible for all legitimate business of the Dong Gang; the second branch will be managed by Zhuihun, in charge of 'Knife Edge Hall', with the most weapons, also responsible for the assassination business of the Dong Gang; the third branch will be managed by Qi Bai, in charge of 'Toxic Snake Hall', responsible for the drug business of the Dong Gang; and the fourth branch will be managed by Spider, in charge of 'Tian Xiang Hall', with all the ladies under her making money for the Dong Gang."

  Director Yuan finished explaining the current division of Dong Gang, and then Lan Jianguo asked: "Then have you investigated the identities and backgrounds of these four people?"

  Director Yuan shook his head again and said, "Not to mention our city's public security bureau, I reckon even the national security agency or the central authorities wouldn't be able to find out."

  "How is this possible? Since they have names, how can their identities not be found?" asked Secretary Lü.

  Because at the same time that the Evil Wolf Gang was destroyed, the names and information of these four people completely disappeared from the country's household registration and ID database. Even people with the same name and surname as them were not listed, and none could be found. Moreover, the names of these four people are not ordinary, but rather nicknames. Take Lin Shaoyu and Qi Bai for example. There must be at least 8 or 9 million people nationwide with these two names. It's unlikely to find one person in this vast ocean!

  What is the most in China? The population is the largest, Lin Shaojun and Qi Bai, these two names are as ordinary as Director Yuan said, how can they be found when all the information is deleted?

  "It seems they were well-prepared, and even hired hackers to attack the country's household registration system. This lead is also broken!"

  After a pause, Lan Jianguo asked again: "Who manages the funds of the East Gang?"

  "This is the strangest thing, in the Dong gang, there is no one managing the funds at all. The several foreign accounts I investigated have also been frozen, and now they use what method to get into the money, I really can't investigate."

  Nonsense, you won't be able to find out even if I gave you a hundred more brains. The fact is that all of Dong Bang's current funds are temporarily going through the Wang Chao Group, and no one would ever suspect that the Wang Chao Group has any connection with Dong Bang. After all, it's a large enterprise with the reputation of Teng Long Group, and it's currently the largest enterprise in Yanjing, controlling half of Yanjing's economic lifeline!

  Lan Jianguo let out a deep sigh and said, "Although we can't find anything now, we still can't relax. Since the Dong Gang can rise up in such a short time, I believe their ambition will be greater than that of the Evil Wolf Gang! Alas, I thought that eliminating the Evil Wolf Gang would bring peace to the world, but who knew another gang, the Dong Gang, would appear? This is truly a resurgence of turmoil!... Alright, today's meeting will end here. As for Jiang Kun and Zhuo Xianfa's positions, we'll wait for Zhao Zongli and First Leader to discuss and decide soon. Everyone can go back and rest now, you're all exhausted from the past few days!"