Zhao Yueshan’s face darkened as he hadn’t expected his spendthrift son to have already bragged about such a bold claim.
Actually, Zhao Yueshan had more than a billion in liquid funds available, otherwise, he wouldn’t have previously discussed investing in the company with Huang Dazhong.
But he was pained by it, this was 70 million!
It felt like an absolute disaster!
“Mr. Yang, you’re not exactly short of money…”
“I need money!”
Yang Hao didn’t wait for Zhao Yueshan to finish speaking, and immediately threw his words right back at him.
“Er…”
Zhao Yueshan was taken aback for a moment but still pressed on, “Mr. Yang, I know you’re mainly holding in a lot of anger. How about this—later on, I’ll have them kneel in a row and you can hit them as much as you like until you feel better, then have them kowtow and apologize to Mr. Yang!”
“Then, regarding the money, could you possibly take less? If I take out 70 million all at once, my company won’t be able to operate normally.”
Zhao Yueshan’s ultimate goal was to pay less money, after all, it wasn’t him being hit, nor was it him apologizing, but he was the one who had to pay.
While they were talking, Wang Youshan came over with a smile on his face: “Gentlemen, why don’t we talk in my office.”
“And Mr. Huang as well.”
Wang Youshan nodded at Huang Dazhong and his daughter Huang Qing, these were all bigwigs he couldn’t afford to offend.
The group moved to Wang Youshan’s office, where he courteously poured tea for everyone and then said cheerfully, “I just went to the interrogation room to find out about the situation. Strictly speaking, the nature of this incident is quite severe, but thankfully it didn’t lead to any irreparable consequences. Therefore, my suggestion is that reaching a settlement would be best.”
“What do you two think?”
“My opinion is the same as Director Li,” Zhao Yueshan quickly nodded his agreement.
“I have no problem with a settlement!”
Yang Hao also nodded, “I was just discussing a settlement with Director Zhao; the key is to see how sincere Director Zhao is.”
“Mr. Yang, I’m very sincere. How about 20 million?”
Zhao Yueshan’s thinking was to compensate the bar with 10 million and give Yang Hao 10 million for emotional distress.
When Wang Youshan heard this figure, he was so startled he almost stood up; he hadn’t expected the amount involved in the settlement to be so large.
But what surprised him even more was Yang Hao’s reaction. The latter put down his teacup and stood up abruptly, “So, Director Zhao means that my emotional distress from being beaten up by your son and his gang is worth just 10 million, right?”
“In that case, we’ll let the law decide what’s fair.”
“Qing, let’s go!”
Yang Hao hadn’t actually wanted to really send Zhao Jinlong to prison; the scared kid couldn’t pose any real threat to him. Besides, Yang Hao had intentionally steered the situation to this point. He just wanted to take this chance to seriously deal with that gas cylinder wretch, and to let their family cough up some money.
But Zhao Yueshan clearly wasn’t too willing to part with his money. A 10 million emotional distress payment might be a sky-high amount for the average person, but for Yang Hao, who was worth several billions, it was a drop in the bucket.
It was as if an ordinary person was slapped and then had a hundred yuan bill thrown in their face with the attacker claiming they were deeply apologetic and that the money was for compensation—telling them to take it and quit their damn whining!
In that case, would you take the hundred yuan to keep the peace, or would you pursue legal action and fight to the end?
Moreover, the attacker keeps insisting on marrying your woman.
Of course, this is from the perspective of a true victim, whereas Yang Hao wasn’t really a victim.
He just wanted to teach Zhao Jinlong a lesson, to amplify the impact of the incident within the circles of second-generation rich like Jinlong, to let them know that the boss of Haojue was not someone to be trifled with, so they wouldn’t fucking cause trouble at Haojue in the future.
It was a case of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys!
“Mr. Yang, let’s talk it over.”
“If you’re not satisfied with the amount, we can negotiate further.”
Seeing Yang Hao about to leave, Zhao Yueshan immediately became anxious. He really couldn’t bear the thought of his only son going to prison.
But Yang Hao couldn’t care less about him and walked straight out of the office. To him, the money wasn’t really important; he had demanded a high price simply to make Zhao Father and Son feel the pain, because only when it hurt would they remember the lesson!
But 20 million was just a matter of gritting his teeth for Zhao Yueshan, it wasn’t really painful.
Zhao Jinlong would at most get a severe scolding, the money he had wasted over the years was far more than just 20 million!
“Old Zhao, no offense, but little Yang is worth tens of billions. He doesn’t need your measly one or two million!”
After Yang Hao left the office with his daughter, Huang Dazhong stood up, patted Zhao Yueshan on the shoulder, feeling a sense of avenging a previous slight in his heart.
Previously, when Zhao Yueshan sought to buy shares of Dazhong Commerce and Trade at a low price, his approach was very similar to Yang Hao’s current one—targeting the other party’s weak spot, knowing that they had no other choice but to agree.
Sure enough, what goes around, comes around!
Meanwhile, Wang Youshan stood there dumbfounded; he’d known that Yang Hao was a top executive but had no idea the man was actually worth tens of billions!
No wonder he didn’t care about Zhao Yueshan’s 20 million.
Of course, he didn’t know the ‘tens of billions’ Huang Dazhong mentioned was somewhat exaggerated.
“Mr. Huang, you’ve got to help me with this,” Zhao Yueshan clutched at Huang Dazhong’s hand, pleading with a pained expression, “the main issue is that Mr. Yang started at 70 million, that’s just too much. It’s only normal for me to negotiate, right? Slowly talking things over, it’s not like it’s a fixed price…”
“With a net worth of tens of billions, little Yang doesn’t have the time to slowly negotiate with you—didn’t you see he doesn’t even care about compensation?” Huang Dazhong said contemptuously.
Just then, Li Donglai entered the office after finishing the interrogation: “Director Li, the interrogation is over.”
“Director Li, how’s my son?” Before Wang Youshan could speak, Zhao Yueshan eagerly questioned him.
Li Donglai immediately deferred to Wang Youshan for guidance.
“You can tell Director Zhao,” Wang Youshan gestured slightly with his hand.
“Director Zhao, I can only say that if Mr. Yang pursues this legally, your son could definitely be sentenced. After all, the state has always been cracking down on criminal forces, and your son led an attack that injured two servers and vandalized the place. This kind of behavior…”
Li Donglai still had professional ethics and only discussed the possible outcomes without revealing the contents of the interrogation.
However, hearing him say that, Zhao Yueshan knew this matter couldn’t be settled without bloodshed; after all, who could blame him when his son had crossed someone worth tens of billions.
To put it bluntly, if the other party were a commoner and had been beaten to death, all it would take would be compensating a few million, finding a scapegoat from among several people, smoothing over relations, and maybe a conviction for involuntary manslaughter…
But this approach was utterly useless against Yang Hao; the man was not lacking in money, and his background was likely even stronger than his own.
“Old Zhao, if you ask me, you should just let your son do a few years behind bars to let the government properly educate him…”
Huang Dazhong patted Zhao Yueshan on the shoulder, feeling secretly pleased inside. Explore new worlds at empire
Zhao Yueshan, on the other hand, wanted to curse. To himself, he thought: Why don’t you let your own son go to jail and work at the sewing machine!!
But he couldn’t afford to fall out with Huang Dazhong; he still needed his help to deliver a message.
“Old Huang, please tell Mr. Yang, I am willing to pay 50 million!”
Zhao Yueshan said through gritted teeth.
From Yang Hao’s attitude, it was clear that if he were to increase the compensation from 20 to 30 million or something, it would be utterly meaningless.
Therefore, he directly raised it to 50 million, yet his heart ached tremendously.
Indeed, as Yang Hao had thought, if it was 20 million, Zhao Yueshan might just grit his teeth, but going up to 50 million really made him feel the pinch.
Now, there were only two options: either pay up for a settlement or let his worthless son go to prison and work at the sewing machine.
Upon hearing that Zhao Yueshan was willing to offer 50 million, the nearby Wang Youshan and Li Donglai were both stunned; they had never experienced such a large sum in a settlement case.
But then, when they thought about Mr. Yang’s net worth of tens of billions, it seemed reasonable after all.
If you want to deal with this using the common man’s compensation standards, they wouldn’t even bother with you. Didn’t you see, after shouting out 20 million, the man just turned and walked away!
This is the world of the wealthy!
“Alright, I’ll go talk to Yang about it right now.”
Huang Dazhong could also sense that Zhao Yueshan was seriously offering a painful price this time. 50 million, amounting to one third of Zhao Yueshan’s available liquid assets, was a price with sincerity.
“Director Wang, may I see my son?” After Huang Dazhong left, Zhao Yueshan immediately asked.
“It’s not yet time to enforce restrictive measures, so you can see him, but he cannot leave the police station,” Wang Youshan said quietly. In fact, they weren’t supposed to meet, but they had to give face to the leadership. Although they couldn’t unfairly favor Zhao Jinlong, letting father and son meet for a bit was of no consequence.
“Dad, you finally came, please get me out of here!”
When father and son met, Zhao Jinlong immediately began to wail. By now, his drunkenness had long subsided, leaving only endless fear in his heart.
But Zhao Yueshan was a bit dumbstruck upon seeing his son beaten into a pig’s head.
He had been informed that his son had led people to smash the shop and even beat up Yang Hao!
To his surprise, he had just seen Yang Hao in perfect condition, while it was his own son who had been beaten to the point where even his father almost couldn’t recognize him.
“Do you realize the mess you’ve gotten yourself into this time?”
“Now, Yang Hao wants 70 million to agree to a settlement, so I am considering letting you go do a few years at the sewing machine,” Zhao Yueshan said with a stern face, a look of anger at his son’s lack of fighting spirit.
“70 million, why doesn’t he just rob us??” Zhao Jinlong first cursed, then woefully said, “Dad, I really don’t want to go to jail. I’ve heard it’s particularly chaotic in there, full of all kinds of perverts!!”
As he said this, Zhao Jinlong’s hand subconsciously touched his backside. He had heard that those perverts had a fondness for chubby guys like him. If he really ended up working at the sewing machine, he’d be in trouble.
Zhao Yueshan didn’t continue this topic but instead got a detailed account of the entire incident from his son.
If they really went through the legal process, his worthless son would definitely be identified as the main culprit in this event!
Thus, it seemed that paying a flesh price was inevitable.
And at that moment, Zhao Yueshan just happened to receive a message from Huang Dazhong: A firm price of 66.66 million, along with a formal apology!
“Dad, I don’t want to go in there, you have to save me!”
At this moment, Zhao Jinlong wailed again.
“Can you sincerely apologize to Yang Hao?” Zhao Yueshan gave his worthless son a look of disdain and asked.
“Sure, I’ll even kowtow if I have to!”
“As long as I don’t have to go in,” Zhao Jinlong hurriedly stated his position.
Zhao Yueshan looked on, speechless, thinking how his son was both cowardly and afraid, completely without self-respect.
He’d be sure to deal with him when they got home!!
As Zhao Yueshan silently made these calculations, he gritted his teeth and replied with a “fine” to Huang Dazhong.
Subsequently, both parties reached a settlement in the presence of Wang Youshan and Li Donglai, with Yang Hao signing a letter of understanding.
The settlement amount of 66.66 million also set a new record for the most substantial settlement amount that either law enforcement officer had seen in their careers!
Ma Tianjiao, who had witnessed all of this, was also quite shocked. She had initially thought that Yang Hao was just the owner of the club, only to later realize that among his many identities, that of the club owner was one of the least lucrative.
Just for mental distress, he had received so much money; if she had hurt him, wouldn’t she have to pay until her family went bankrupt??
Maybe she should stop fighting!
The cost of fighting was way too high, she couldn’t afford it!
What about signing a non-liability agreement before fighting?
No, such agreements were invalid.
This police prodigy kept having a silent brainstorm on the side.
