Supremely Talented Tyrant-Chapter 352: Debt Collection

Jiang Yutong didn’t look like she was going to collect a debt; she looked more like she was heading out on a date.

"You look really beautiful today!" Hao Jian said in surprise, as it was his first time seeing Jiang Yutong dressed up like this.

"Thank you!" Jiang Yutong’s heart was as sweet as honey when she heard Hao Jian’s compliment. To tell the truth, the reason she had dressed up like this was to please Hao Jian.

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"Come on, get in the car. It’s time to settle scores with the debtor!" Hao Jian opened the car door.

Meanwhile, at Wanda Real Estate Company.

In the chairman’s office, a fat middle-aged man with a cigar in one hand and a glass of red wine in the other appeared utterly pleased with himself. This man was Zhu Guangming, the boss of Wanda Real Estate, a notorious swindler in the industry.

"Old Liu, you have no idea how damn troublesome those evictees are. I told them to move, and they simply refused, making me so angry that I had to take extreme measures to drive them out!" Zhu Guangming complained to a man sitting across from him.

If Hao Jian were here, he would recognize this man as Liu Rizhao, whom he had humiliated before.

"Oh? Is it because the compensation you offered was too low?" Liu Rizhao asked with interest.

"Too low? I gave each person a million!" Zhu Guangming laughed slyly.

Liu Rizhao kept silent with a smile, knowing that the land in question was extremely valuable. By market rates, it would be worth at least two million each, if not three or four million. However, Zhu Guangming had only given each person one million, which was incredibly shady!

But Liu Rizhao naturally didn’t have anything to say about Zhu Guangming. If Zhu Guangming could handle it, it meant he had the means. After all, what these businessmen valued most was never personal relationships, but interests.

However, Liu Rizhao himself wouldn’t resort to such means because he knew that it was illegal and would eventually lead to trouble.

"Those damn paupers are still not satisfied, kicking up a fuss until I hired a bunch of thugs to go and cripple three or four of them. Then they moved out obediently. Aren’t they just asking for it, forcing me to take action?" Zhu Guangming asked with a taunting tone.

"Doing things this way is going to cause you trouble," Liu Rizhao advised.

"Bullshit. Who in Hua City dares to challenge me? I have every side taken care of; those dead paupers don’t stand a chance if they try any tricks," boasted Zhu Guangming proudly.

At this, Liu Rizhao could only smile wryly without a word.

"Chairman, someone is here to see you." At that moment, a female secretary came to report.

"Who is it? Don’t they see I’m talking with Chairman Liu?" Zhu Guangming asked impatiently.

"She says her name is Jiang Yutong, the daughter of Jiang Qihui, here about the compensation," the secretary replied.

"Jiang Qihui? Who is that?" Zhu Guangming furrowed his brow, having completely forgotten about such a person.

"That’s the worker who was injured a few years ago while doing renovations for our company. He has come to us several times for compensation but never succeeded, and now his daughter is here again."

With that reminder from the secretary, Zhu Guangming also recalled the incident and huffed angrily, "More debt collectors! Let them come up; I want to see how they plan to get money from me!"

Soon after, Hao Jian and Jiang Yutong arrived at Zhu Guangming’s office, and Liu Rizhao’s expression changed instantly upon seeing Hao Jian, panicking as he tried to stand up.

At that moment, Hao Jian discreetly gestured to Liu Rizhao to settle down, signalling with his hand for him to not make a scene.

Liu Rizhao then sat down again, looking flabbergasted.

"So you’re the crippled man’s daughter?" Zhu Guangming couldn’t help but brighten up upon seeing Jiang Yutong, surprised to find that the crippled worker had such a beautiful daughter.

"My dad became a cripple because of your company! If it hadn’t been for your company’s shoddy materials that led to the building collapse, my dad wouldn’t have had his legs crushed!" Jiang Yutong was furious. Her father had become disabled due to Zhu Guangming’s company, and yet Zhu Guangming had the gall to insult her father.

"I certainly don’t admit that, and the accident investigation results are already out. It was your father’s own mistake operating the machinery that caused his injury, what’s that got to do with me?" Zhu Guangming laughed coldly. He had already bribed the accident investigation department, so the official results favored him. Jiang Yutong wanted to get money from him? It was a fool’s dream.

"I’ve already told you before, if you were willing to let that crippled man die a peaceful death when he was critically ill, I was willing to compensate, but you refused. So now, don’t even think about getting a cent from me!" Zhu Guangming declared arrogantly.

To avoid paying more, he had once suggested that Jiang Yutong and her mother allow Jiang Qihui to die peacefully, but they insisted on saving him and holding Zhu Guangming responsible.

Because if Jiang Qihui died, he could pay less, whereas if he remained a cripple, Zhu Guangming would be liable for his care for life according to the law, which meant paying a significant sum of money.

Zhu Guangming couldn’t accept that, so he turned around and paid some people off to cover up the whole affair.

Now that the situation was settled, how could he possibly still give money to Jiang Yutong’s family?

"Are you even speaking like a human? If the injured person were your father, would you do the same?" Jiang Yutong angrily said. Put yourself in others’ shoes—if Zhu Guangming were in this situation, she didn’t believe he would abandon his own father.

"Of course I wouldn’t, because I’m nothing like you dead poor ghosts. I’m loaded with money. If my dad got sick, I’d have him stay in the most expensive hospital, use the best medicine, and hire the best doctors," Zhu Guangming boasted arrogantly, looking smug.

Immediately after, Zhu Guangming’s eyes, tinged with lecherous light, scanned over Jiang Yutong’s body: "Of course, it’s not impossible for you to want money. Be my lover for a year, and I’ll give you a million. How about that?"

Zhu Guangming’s words were very explicit, and also clearer than ever—direct and rough, but it was this directness and roughness that others found unacceptable.

From this, it wasn’t hard to see that Zhu Guangming was a very self-righteous person, accustomed to imposing his values on others and forcing them to compromise.

"In your dreams!" Jiang Yutong retorted furiously; she would never sell her body.

"Then there’s nothing more to say. Get lost!" Zhu Guangming waved his hand impatiently.

"You... if you don’t pay back the money, I’ll sue you in court!" Jiang Yutong threatened weakly, feeling both enraged and powerless at Zhu Guangming’s arrogance.

Hearing Jiang Yutong’s words, Zhu Guangming laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, boastfully saying, "Sue me? Are you insane? Can an arm twist a thigh? Besides, you’re not even an arm, just a little finger! I have an entire team of lawyers behind me. If you want to fight me in court, you’d better prepare a few hundred million first!"

Jiang Yutong gritted her teeth in hatred but didn’t know how to counterattack Zhu Guangming.

At that moment, Hao Jian pulled Jiang Yutong behind him, then faced Zhu Guangming directly.

"You’re Zhu Guangming, right?" Hao Jian asked with a smile.

"Who the hell are you?" Zhu Guangming looked at Hao Jian contemptuously, deliberately blowing a puff of cigar smoke in his face.

"My name is Hao Jian. Have you heard of me?" Hao Jian said, still smiling.

"Hao Jian? What a fool’s name. Never heard of it," Zhu Guangming said scornfully.

Hao Jian sighed, "It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of me. Just return the money, and that will be fine."

"What if I don’t!" Zhu Guangming couldn’t help but laugh angrily. Who the hell did this bumpkin think he was, coming to him for money and demanding it so righteously, as if he had no choice but to give it?

Zhu Guangming wanted to know where on earth this kid got the nerve to ask him for money.

"Then I’m afraid I’ll have to teach you a lesson!" Hao Jian said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

"Teach me a lesson? Oh please, I want to see what you, you fool, can do to me!" Zhu Guangming said glaringly, then picked up the office phone: "Call all the security guards to my office!"

"A few years ago, I was able to cripple that dead lame Jiang Qihui, and today I can just as easily cripple you!" Zhu Guangming said viciously to Hao Jian and Jiang Yutong, evidently intending to teach Hao Jian a lesson.

"Zhu Guangming, let it be. You’re not short of this little money. Just give it to them," Liu Rizhao couldn’t help but advise Zhu Guangming at this point, because he was also a business partner with Zhu Guangming and naturally didn’t want to see him come to ruin.

"Liu Rizhao, whose side are you on?" Zhu Guangming was displeased.

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Liu Rizhao smiled bitterly: "I just think there’s no need to make yourself unhappy over a moment of anger. It’s not a lot of money, just over a hundred thousand; just give it to them."

"Dream on. Once the money enters my pocket, there’s no reason for it to go out. My principle in life is to take every little bit I can. No matter whose money it is, don’t even think about trying to get it from me!" Zhu Guangming snorted angrily.

"Clap, clap, clap." At this moment, the sound of clapping came from the room. Hao Jian shook his head and smiled, "I am truly astounded by your shamelessness."

This really was like farting and making it smell like jasmine—blatant nonsense that Hao Jian could hardly abide.

"Zhu Guangming, you better back off. This is not someone you can afford to mess with," Liu Rizhao sighed. Zhu Guangming had no idea how fearsome Hao Jian was.

"Oh, you know him?" Zhu Guangming became intrigued when he heard Liu Rizhao say this. No wonder this kid was so arrogant; he had some backing.

"He’s the one who injured Kong Xiaozhen and Liang Jiankun!" Liu Rizhao said with a bitter smile. Right now, Hao Jian was a renowned figure in Hua City, and Zhu Guangming didn’t even know who he was—Liu Rizhao didn’t know what to say about him.