"Well said." Qiu Wuming immediately nodded and said, "Not only do you need to settle the score with him, but our Tiger Gang naturally can't let him off either."

"Brother Wuming, that's fantastic." Long Wu, as if he had found a kindred spirit, excitedly said, "How about... we join forces to deal with Lin Chuan? I believe, this kid Lin Chuan can definitely be taken down by us. What do you think?"

"This... I have to discuss it with the boss." Qiu Wuming smiled, saying, "I believe Mr. Hu will definitely agree."

"Yes, yes, yes." Long Wu was instantly overjoyed.

After talking for a while in the management office, Qiu Wuming immediately left the Dongfeng Commodity Market. Long Wu was so excited he couldn't stay put, he hurriedly ran out and shouted, "Brothers, we're off for the day, afterwards I'll take you to the bar for a wild time!"

"Big Brother, what's going on?"

"Who knows!"

The brothers who were selling vegetables in the market and doing security work started to discuss amongst themselves.

Inside, Long Wu was wildly ecstatic. Not only would he be able to get three bars, but most importantly, he could take this opportunity to win over the brothers left behind by the Thirteen Grand Protectors. Now that Feng Taibao was gone, the remaining personnel were almost without leaders. Those old bosses and hall masters had left, and although Long Wu was also a hall master, he didn't have much influence. This time, he could finally seize the opportunity to gather the people's hearts.

In the evening, Long Wu gathered all the brothers from the Thirteen Grand Protectors, then a big group of them marched to Ben Se Bar, and on the spot, they signed the related contracts - the transfer contracts for three bars. Long Wu was so excited he could hardly contain himself. After Qiu Wuming and the others left, the group of underlings were stunned.

"Long, how... what did you do to make the Northeast Tiger give back those bars to us?" A bunch of underlings asked one after another.

"Heh heh..." Long Wu grinned and said, "Do I even need to say? Just like Lin Chuan back in the day, I stormed into Qinghua Pool alone, forcing the Northeast Tiger to give our bars back or I would have gone all out against them. The Northeast Tiger was so scared at that moment that he immediately agreed."

"Wow..." The crowd exclaimed in awe.

No one doubted whether what Long Wu said was true or false, but indeed, the bars had been truly reclaimed.

"Long, you're too awesome."

"Big Brother, you're like my idol."

The crowd started exclaiming one after another. After paying the price with several lives and with some brothers left permanently disabled, they had finally reclaimed three bars. And all of it was thanks to Long Wu. It was him who had reclaimed the bars single-handedly. Therefore, everyone greatly admired Long Wu.

"How about this, until Mr. Hu returns, let's all respect Long as our highest authority, what do you say?" At this moment, a squad leader bribed by Long Wu immediately stood up and suggested.

"No, no, no!" Long Wu quickly responded with modesty, "I'm not suitable for that."

"Who says you're not suitable?" Long's loyal underlings all stood out, saying, "Apart from Long, who else has a higher status than Long here?"

The crowd fell silent.

"Since that's the case, then from now on, we will all respect Long as our leader." The squad leader immediately shouted, "Long! Long..."

"Long, Long, Long!" Everyone at the scene started shouting.

Long Wu suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of vanity. So, this is what it feels like to be the Big Brother. He might have been a Big Brother before, but that time he only had twenty people under him. The feeling was miles apart from now, with more than a hundred people under his command.

Long Wu grinned and said, "Heh heh, thanks to my brothers' blessings, since you all insist so much, I will not refuse. I hope that in the future we can be united, make money together, and enjoy women together!"

Roar, roar, roar...

The crowd shouted in unison.

Money and women are the undying pursuits that men strive for their entire lives. With money, one can have a good life, and with women, one can experience the joy of being a man. Every man strives for these two things throughout his life.

Although Long Wu had become the Big Brother, his status in the Eastern City District was nowhere near that of Lin Chuan. However, he didn't care. What he needed was this feeling of being on top, this sense of being adored and supported. He didn't need to compete with anyone; what he required was this vanity.

"Brothers, enjoy the food, enjoy the drinks!" Long Wu chuckled, "Tonight, this bar is open only for us!"

"Yes!" The crowd shouted back.

Soon, the group was drinking merrily, red wine, beer, liquor, foreign alcohol... nearly all kinds of drinkable spirits were brought up. The bar was chaotic with quite a number of women also joining in the mix.

News that Long Wu had gathered the Thirteen Grand Protectors and everyone was honoring him as their leader spread, which surprised some people.

At Qinghua Pool, the Northeast Tiger learned of the news and couldn't help but laugh.

"Mr. Hu, what are you laughing at?" Qiu Wuming asked curiously.

"Who said this Long Wu was a piece of **** pulling rice?" Northeast Tiger laughed and said, "Now it seems, this kid does have some wisdom. Otherwise, how could he make those underlings respect him as their leader? So you see, you were all wrong."

"Yes." Qiu Wuming nodded, saying: "Long Wu is skilled at hiding, he is actually very capable. Therefore, I think Big Brother can make better use of this kid."

"Mhm." Dongbei Hu nodded, saying: "Taking away three bars from me, did he think it would be that easy?"

"We will take back those bars sooner or later." The bearded man said through clenched teeth.

"Exactly." Qiu Wuming nodded.

......

Transportation market.

Zhou Kai and the others gathered to chat, having heard that yesterday Long Wu gathered the remaining forces of the Thirteen Grand Protectors and has once again united them, forming a force not to be underestimated. Thus, they were somewhat worried about the situation. They couldn't let the hard-earned disintegrated situation revert back to how it was before, could they?

"What are you doing?" Lin Chuan walked over.

"Brother Chuan." Zhou Kai hurriedly said: "Did you hear about it?"

"Heard what?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Dongbei Hu returned the control of three bars in the eastern district to Long Wu." Zhou Kai quickly said: "Moreover, Long Wu took this opportunity to gather the remnants of the Thirteen Grand Protectors. Now they are united again. People on the street are saying that the Eastern City District has reverted back to the tripartite stand-off of before."

"Is that so?" Lin Chuan pondered for a moment, then said: "Long Wu is not a big deal. We don't need to worry about him; it's mainly Dongbei Hu we should watch out for."

"Dongbei Hu?" Zhou Kai and the others were startled, saying: "Hasn't Mr. Hu always been very respectful towards us? And, during our last fight with Feng Taibao, Mr. Hu didn't interfere, nor did he take the chance to attack us. I think Mr. Hu is a real man."

Lin Chuan laughed, saying: "So him not interfering or sneak-attacking makes him a real man?"

"Then..." The men looked at Lin Chuan in bewilderment.

"This time he gave the three bars to Long Wu, and it definitely isn't something simple." Lin Chuan, with a cigarette in his mouth, sat down on a pile of stones opposite them, saying: "Think about it, lately Feng Taibao's people have been fighting desperately with the Tiger Gang for a place to live, suffering many casualties. Probably even Dongbei Hu got scared by them, that's why he returned the bars to them. Moreover, I suspect Dongbei Hu probably isn't that kind-hearted."

"Then what does he want to do?" Zhou Kai asked.

"Nine out of ten, he wants to use Long Wu to deal with us." Lin Chuan smiled and said: "Exchanging three bars for a chess piece, not a bad deal."

"Ah?" Zhou Kai and the others were slightly surprised upon hearing this.

"Then... aren't we in danger?" Lu Dapao exclaimed.

"In any case, strengthen defenses." Lin Chuan glanced at them, saying: "Especially Haiqing Pool, it's probably their main target since it's our most profitable place."

"Yes, yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

......

Western City District.

The street was crowded with many people, most of whom were residents of this street, along with some merchants. They disagreed with relocating and even more so with demolition. While street upgrading and renovation were supposed to be positive, they were unwilling. It wasn't about compensation issues or failing to negotiate conditions, but because they believed these were their memories, the lifetime memories they held dear. Once upgraded and renovated, the old buildings would be torn down and destroyed, and their entire life's memories would be lost.

On the street, many people raised red banners, some held placards. They stood on the street in silent protest.

Tang Yumeng's car arrived at the Western City District, where many silent protesters lined the roadside.

"Secretary Tang, look at these people." Xiao Xue said with an indescribable feeling.

"It's inevitable for a city's development to encounter problems like this," Tang Yumeng said: "But no one's power can change the tide of history, nor the mainstream thought. We should hold our ground, and not yield."

"Yes!" Xiao Xue nodded.

Soon after, the car arrived at a high-rise in the Western City District, an old building reputed to be from the Republic era, possessing certain historical and cultural value. For the sake of this building, many people gathered here, resolutely disagreeing with the demolition of the building. To them, this building encompassed memories and much more.

"Secretary Tang, look..." Luo Guoqing hurriedly spoke up.

Many people in front blocked their way, making it impossible for the car to move forward so it had to stop.

"Get out of the car!" Tang Yumeng commanded.

"Secretary Tang, could there be any danger?" Xiao Xue asked anxiously.

At this time, the leaders from the Western City District arrived in a rush to disperse the crowd. The committee secretary of this district is one of Song Ming's people, and from the reception work this time around, it was evident that he had been somewhat negligent. With so many people protesting on the street, he remained indifferent, and even the reception work was a late start. Had it been Song Ming, he probably would have been busy since last night until noon today.

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