diskusbooks Chapter 186 Encounter with Rosen
Chapter 186 Encounter with Rosen
Although he didn't get anything useful out of Chen Yao, Lu Yongqiang also confirmed one interesting thing, that is, the relationship between Chen Yao and Jiang Tiansheng is somewhat subtle.
Previously, Lu Yongqiang had always believed that Chen Yao was Jiang Tiansheng's subordinate and completely obeyed Jiang Tiansheng's orders. However, after meeting Chen Yao this time, Lu Yongqiang noticed something unusual: someone was monitoring Chen Yao.
Ever since he met Chen Yao at the manor, Lu Yongqiang always had a feeling that someone was staring at him from behind. At first, he thought that it was Chen Yao's people who were staring at him, but after he left the manor, this feeling of being stared at immediately disappeared. At that time, Lu Yongqiang realized that maybe someone was not staring at him, but someone was staring at Chen Yao.
After that, Lu Yongqiang began to consciously observe the people in the manor. He realized that the housekeeper, the aunt who cooked, and the two maids who cleaned the manor should be people hired by Chen Yao.
However, the six bodyguards in the manor did not seem to be Chen Yao's men. They seemed not only to protect Chen Yao's safety, but also to monitor his every move. This gave Lu Yongqiang the impression that Chen Yao was being held under house arrest in the manor.
But it doesn't seem appropriate to say that he is under house arrest. Chen Yao can enter and leave the manor freely and can also contact the outside world.
Therefore, Lu Yongqiang guessed that these six bodyguards should be arranged by Jiang Tiansheng. These people are not only protecting Chen Yao, but also monitoring Chen Yao in disguise.
When Chen Yao talked about Jiang Tiansheng, sometimes his tone did not contain much respect, which gave Lu Yongqiang a feeling of equality.
Therefore, Lu Yongqiang guessed that the relationship between Chen Yao and Jiang Tiansheng was not a superior-subordinate relationship, but a cooperative relationship to some extent.
Of course, these are just Lu Yongqiang's speculations, and he has no substantial evidence.
After staying in Chen Yao's estate for two days, Lu Yongqiang prepared to go to France to see the winery he had acquired.
The winery was purchased three months ago when Dong Si went to France to acquire it. After the acquisition, it was handed over to Xiahou Wu and his junior brothers and sisters for management. A few months passed and Lu Yongqiang didn't know the specific situation there, so he decided to go over and take a look.
Lu Yongqiang didn't spend much on the winery; Xiahou Wu actually provided the bulk, for a total of nearly HK$4 million. Because he didn't spend much, Lu Yongqiang didn't really care about the winery. It was just a side hustle for him; if he ever had to flee, it might be a temporary hiding place.
Because they were preparing to leave the United States, Scorpion suggested staying here for two more days, saying that since they had come to San Francisco after all, it would be a bit of a pity if they didn't go out for a walk.
Since Duscorpion had already spoken, and Lu Yongqiang was already planning to go to France because he was bored, there was naturally no reason for him to refuse.
So the next day, Lu Yongqiang took his younger brothers and bodyguards and spent the whole day strolling around San Francisco. In the evening, he took Duxie to the largest casino here.
Originally, Lu Yongqiang was planning to gamble a million or eight hundred thousand just for fun, but he didn't expect there would be something exciting to see in the casino.
I heard that they were a group of people living a low life and they won tens of millions of dollars in the casino in the past two weeks.
Hearing this, Lu Yongqiang inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity, but for a moment, he couldn't remember why he felt familiar.
Then Lu Yongqiang was attracted by this matter. After entering the casino, he exchanged some chips and went over to watch the fun.
What Lu Yongqiang didn't expect was that he actually saw an acquaintance at the gambling table, it was Rosen who had saved Lu Yongheng before.
The moment he saw Rosen, Lu Yongqiang knew why he felt familiar. This was the plot in "The King's Avatar". Rosen should have come to help his friend.
When Lu Yongqiang saw Luo Sen, Luo Sen actually saw Lu Yongqiang as well, but how should I put it? Luo Sen's character was a bit aloof, and he didn't mean to greet Lu Yongqiang.
At the beginning, he and Bobo saved Lu Yongheng. In fact, Lu Yongqiang felt that this person was a talent, at least he was smart enough. He wanted to be friends with this person at that time, maybe he would be useful someday.
Unexpectedly, after Rosen rejected the five million check given to them by Lu Yongqiang, he took Bobo away directly.
After Lu Yongheng recovered from his injury, he personally went to Rosen and Bobo to thank them for saving his life and wanted to treat them to a meal, but they refused him without any respect.
According to Rosen, they are con men. Although they also make a living in the underworld, they rely on their brains. They don't want to have too much interaction with gangsters like Lu Yongqiang who are good at fighting and killing, saying that they are afraid of getting into trouble.
When he saw Rosen, Lu Yongqiang knew that there would be no fun to watch.
Sure enough, after only ten minutes, the few people who were just playing around were politely asked to leave by the casino staff. It was obvious that Rosen had already seen through how these people were cheating.
Originally, Lu Yongqiang didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he thought about it, someone had saved Lu Yongheng's life after all, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to repay the life-saving favor.
So when Rosen appeared in the casino again, Lu Yongqiang went to find him.
"Mr. Luo, if you don't mind, let's find a place to chat?"
Since Lu Yongqiang had spoken, although Luo Sen didn't want to have anything to do with Lu Yongqiang, it was difficult to refuse. He hesitated for a moment, pointed outside the casino, and said, "Then let's go outside and talk?"
Lu Yongqiang nodded in agreement, and told Duxie and others not to follow him out, but to wait for him in the casino.
After the two of them walked out of the casino, Lu Yongqiang said directly, "Mr. Luo, you helped the casino catch the group of gamblers who cheated in the casino just now, right?"
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Rosen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Yongqiang and said, "Mr. Lu, you are not going to tell me that this group of gamblers are your people?"
Lu Yongqiang shook his head and said, "Mr. Luo, don't get me wrong. They are not my people, but I happen to know their general background, so I want to remind you, Mr. Luo, that you might be in big trouble this time."
"The leader is called Gong Mu Tailang. He's nothing special, but the man behind him is called Miyamoto Hiroshi. He's known as the gambling king in his daily life. He's on the same side of the business as you, and he's also a professional gambler."
"But compared to Miyamoto Hiroshi, you're far inferior. Miyamoto Hiroshi is a big businessman. He was the mastermind behind the frauds of several wealthy people in Southeast Asia in recent years."
"Besides that, this guy has a background in a gang. He's a member of the Inagawa-kai in Xiaori, and seems to be the vice president. The Inagawa-kai is the second-largest gang in Xiaori, only slightly weaker than the Yamaguchi-gumi, and has a considerable reputation internationally."
"You've ruined Miyamoto Hiroshi's plans this time. Given the nature of those small-time thugs, they won't bother the casino, but you might be the target of their revenge. If you don't want to be hacked to death, it's best to stay in San Francisco for a while, or ask your friends to guarantee your safety."
After telling Rosen everything he knew, Lu Yongqiang didn't plan to talk to Rosen any more, so after he finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang patted him on the shoulder and stood up and walked towards the casino.
After walking a few steps, Lu Yongqiang seemed to have thought of something. He sighed, turned around and said to Luo Sen, "Mr. Luo, let me tell you what I said before. If you really encounter any difficulties in Hong Kong City, you can try to mention my name, Lu Yongqiang, and maybe I can save your life. And remember to keep the business card I gave you before. If mentioning my name doesn't work, you can call me.
You saved Ah Heng's life back then, so I can try to help you this time within my ability." After he finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang went straight into the casino.
After Lu Yongqiang left, Rosen smoked a cigarette at the entrance of the casino in a somewhat irritable manner. Just as he was about to get up and go back to the casino, his friend Chen Yaxie came over.
Chen Yaxie patted Rosen's shoulder and said, "I just saw you come out with a handsome guy, and then he went back to the casino, and you disappeared. I thought something happened to you and almost called the police, but I didn't expect you to hide by the door smoking. What's wrong with you? Are you in trouble?"
After Chen Yaxie spoke, Rosen said with a somewhat grim expression, "Yaxie, I'm afraid we've gotten into big trouble this time. We might even lose our lives."
After hearing what Rosen said, Chen Yaxie asked, "Asen, what happened? Did you provoke that kid just now?"
Rosen sighed and said, "It's hard to explain this in a few words. Let's go find Brother Long first. When we meet him later, you'll know what's going on."
After Lu Yongqiang returned to the casino, what he didn't expect was that he met an acquaintance again.
This time it wasn't Lu Yongqiang who saw the acquaintance first, but the other person saw Lu Yongqiang first and walked over to say hello.
Lu Yongqiang was playing baccarat at the gambling table when a female voice suddenly came from behind him and said, "Mr. Lu, I didn't expect you to be so lucky. It looks like you won a lot."
Lu Yongqiang turned his head and looked behind him, and found that the person who spoke was Tong Keren, the daughter of the Tong family in Gangcheng.
Lu Yongqiang had met this rich young lady twice in total. The first time they met was at Boss B's place. At that time, this young lady and Miss Le were surrounded by Shan Ji and his gang. It was Lu Yongqiang who rescued the two young ladies.
The second time they met, Jiang Tiansheng asked Lu Yongqiang to find an opportunity to apologize to the two young ladies on behalf of Shan Ji and others. Lu Yongqiang invited the young ladies to dinner.
The two never had any contact again after that. I didn't expect that this young lady still remembered me.
Lu Yongqiang stood up and said, "Miss Tong, why are you in San Francisco too? Are you here to discuss business? Or are you here to relax and travel?"
Tong Keren is much more powerful than Le Huizhen. Tong Keren is the only daughter in the Tong family. In the future, Tong Keren will be the one to inherit the Tong family's immense wealth.
When Tong Keren was in college, her father specifically trained her on how to manage a business and let her go to the company for internship during the holidays every semester.
After graduating from university, she went directly to work at Tong's Group. She started out as an assistant to her father, but now she can work independently and is the general manager of a subsidiary.
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, he realized that Tong Keren was one of the heroines in the drama "Supreme". She seemed to be the one that Rosen and Chen Yaxie met in San Francisco. It didn't seem surprising that he met her in the casino.