NOVPUBChapter 857: Chapter 574: Preparation Chapter 857 -574: Preparation After half an hour of meeting with Chu Mo, the next day, the twenty-one second-generation members held at the Longevity Club were released.
Before this, no matter how Wu Tongda, the Family Head of the Northwest Wu family, tried to leverage connections, and no matter how the top-tier tycoons of the Northwest sought people, there had been no results.
However, having merely spoken with Chu Mo for half an hour, Xia Zilan secured their release.
Though no one mentioned much, deep down, everyone inevitably had some guesses.
The reason Chu Mo agreed to release them must be because Xia Zilan promised some sort of benefit.
Xia Zilan, being twenty-four and gracefully beautiful芒鈧€漸nless Chu Mo was captivated by her, how could he possibly have let the second-generation group off so easily?
Thus, the general speculation was that Xia Zilan had paid a huge price芒鈧€漞ven the second-generation members, now freed, showed all kinds of indescribable expressions when they looked at Xia Zilan.
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Of course, what actually happened was known only to Xia Zilan and Chu Mo.
Last night, at the Tianxin Building鈥檚 ninety-ninth-floor observation gallery, she hadn鈥檛 spoken to Chu Mo at all.
Mr.
Chu from Capital City had been admiring the night view the entire time and had ignored her completely, which left her with no leverage to negotiate.
Then, half an hour later, Mr.
Chu had instructed, 鈥淵ou can go back now,鈥 and a befuddled Xia Zilan was taken away.
Thinking she had failed the negotiations, Xia Zilan hardly slept that night.
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Yet, the next day, everyone was released, leaving her completely bewildered throughout the whole process.
Regardless, the second-generation members all believed that Xia Zilan had paid a huge price, which made them feel indebted to her, inadvertently solidifying her position in the circle芒鈧€漚n unexpected boon for Xia Zilan.
What these people didn鈥檛 know was that Chu Mo鈥檚 decision to release the hostages was unrelated to Xia Zilan芒鈧€漣t was simply because he was leaving the Capital City to return to Bafang International.
The first top-tier tycoon gathering at Longevity Club would take place in just two days.
The gathering was of great significance and could even alter the existing dynamics of Hua Country and the whole world. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
It was going to be attended by a hundred and ten billionaires, including four worth over a trillion each.
More terrifying was that the world鈥檚 foremost family, the Rothschilds, with assets exceeding five hundred trillion, would be represented by their family head.
Given the magnitude of this event, Chu Mo would not tolerate even the slightest mistake as Longevity Club鈥檚 third branch芒鈧€漷he only one completed and operational芒鈧€漵till holding dozens of the second generation was unacceptable.
After disciplining these second generation, Chu Mo needed an excuse to release them, and Xia Zilan was just that excuse.
In fact, regardless of who had come looking for Chu Mo last night, he would have released the group.
It just coincidentally happened to be Xia Zilan.
On the day the second-generation members regained their freedom, Chu Mo had already flown directly back to Bafang International.
He had no interest in dealing with the second-generation members with their differing agendas.
After this incident, a major shakeup could be expected in the Northwest; Wu Nianhua, the third heir to the Wu Family, might lose his chance to compete for the family business.
What those originally led by him might be thinking was unknowable.
Perhaps Yang Duoer would seize this opportunity to coax Wu Nianhua into becoming a pawn to control the eight major families.
Of course, no matter the strategy, that was all in the future.
For now, Chu Mo鈥檚 entire focus was still on the Longevity Club.
On July 4th, at 11 a.m., Chu Mo鈥檚 Boeing 747 arrived on time at Changhong Airport in Bafang International.
Including the captain and six flight attendants, over a dozen crew members lined up neatly to see Chu Mo off.
After leaving Changhong Airport, Jiang Tao, the head of the detective agency, led a team to greet him, including dozens of bodyguards who had accompanied Chu Mo to Capital City, along with dozens brought by Jiang Tao, gathering at least a hundred professional bodyguards at the airport entrance.
Each was tall, energetic, and sharp-eyed, while onlookers pulled out phones to take photos, each gaze filled with curiosity.
Escorted into a Bentley by several bodyguards, over a hundred bodyguards swiftly got into vehicles.
With the lead cars starting slowly and steadily, the entire convoy proceeded smoothly.
Every intersection en route was green, and despite the thirty or so vehicles causing some delay, there were people at every intersection, ensuring no confusion at all.
Sitting in the car, Chu Mo had a stern expression.
He had already informed Jiang Tao to treat this return trip as a rehearsal for the gathering two days later, with all alerts set to the highest level.
All 1,200 detectives of the agency were mobilized, including one hundred and fifty-two vehicles.
Chu Mo had all available forces engaged to ensure the complete success of the upcoming club banquet.
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Chu, rest assured, starting tomorrow, the entire detective agency will enter a state of first-level alert, with all staff on duty, including Tianxiang Garden and Bafang International Hotel, as well as the three major high-rises in Bafang International, all will close their doors to the public.
Additionally, Chairpersons Zhan Bingxue, Dong Xun鈥檈r, and directors Yang Xuan and Liang Bing will also fully cooperate with us in this operation.
I am confident that we can guarantee the successful conclusion of this gathering.鈥
