Chapter 241: Chapter 231: The Foundation of the Wang Family
Fatty Wang’s mood has been very bad these past two days, extremely bad. Anyone who is about to get engaged to their dream goddess, only to have her snatched away by a sudden interloper, would naturally feel displeased. What makes Fatty Wang even more intolerable is that not only did she get snatched away, but they also insisted on continuing to disgrace the Wang Family. Even though his father and uncle have stepped in, they couldn’t salvage the situation.
Fatty Wang has always been very proud, ever since he was a child. Inside or outside the family, despite his unimpressive physique, his intellect and methods are top-notch. Otherwise, the Wang Family wouldn’t have allowed him to gradually take over the family’s business at the age of twenty-five, becoming the true heir of the Wang Family.
The Wang Family, being one of Yanjing’s four major families, has over a dozen direct descendants in Fatty Wang’s generation alone. Fatty Wang is only the eighth in line, but he naturally has his exceptional qualities to become the heir to the Wang Family.
Although that night’s events weren’t good for the Wang Family’s reputation, they didn’t affect the family’s actual power in the slightest. So even though Fatty Wang’s mood was bad, he still showed up with a smile at social gatherings.
In social settings, Fatty Wang remained the focus, and the prestige of the Wang Family hadn’t waned. In contrast, fewer people were interacting openly with the Xia Family at such events.
Even though Elder Chen from the Chen Family and Hua Muyun from the Hua Family rushed over to the Xia Family’s celebration that night, there had never been any prior talk of close ties between the Xia Family and these two families. As a result, in public social gatherings, the Xia Family’s popularity has actually decreased significantly compared to before.
Although the Wang Family hasn’t publicly stated any plans against the Xia Family, no one believes the Wang Family will treat the Xia Family as they did before.
Moreover, the Hua Family and Chen Family only made a brief appearance that night, and there hasn’t been any show of support for the Xia Family from them in the following days, nor any rumors. The Wang Family definitely won’t regard the Xia Family favorably; refraining from kicking them while they’re down is already decent.
So this evening, Fatty Wang hosted a charity banquet at his family’s hotel. As one of Yanjing’s four major families, whether willing or not, the Wang Family invests vast amounts in charity every year, which is also one of the important methods of tax avoidance in Huaxia. The banquet was attended by the elite of Yanjing City’s business world, with Fatty Wang remaining the main character of the event.
Several of Huaxia’s hottest, sexy actresses surrounded him. Although Fatty Wang is ugly, he never lacks women, especially beautiful women.
It was already past one in the morning, and the banquet had ended quite early. For Fatty Wang and his likes, the end of the banquet was just the beginning of the nightlife.
With the failure of the Xia Family’s engagement, Fatty Wang no longer hid his playboy lifestyle these past two days. After the banquet ended, he openly brought those actresses out to party elsewhere.
Amidst the neon lights, intoxication, and opulence, a villa on the outskirts was still brightly lit, resounding with harsh music and the shrieks of entangled lovers.
A young man with a flat top haircut leaned comfortably on the sofa, laughing as he looked at Fatty Wang, saying, "Young Master Wang, how long has it been since you threw a party like this?"
At that moment, two of Huaxia’s popular actresses sat on either side of Fatty Wang. Combined, their body sizes probably equaled that of Fatty Wang. At this moment, Fatty Wang’s two large hands rested on the sexy waists of the two women, half covering their rounded bosoms, gently kneading.
With a smile on his face, Fatty Wang was about to speak when his phone on the table rang. Seeing the caller ID on the screen, Fatty Wang’s original smile slightly changed, and his tone became less light-hearted as he said in a deep voice, "I’ll go out to take a call, you guys continue!"
Saying this, he got up and walked out, regardless of those around him.
The caller was none other than Poison Dragon, but on Fatty Wang’s phone, it showed as an irrelevant code name. Fatty Wang knew that unless it was something significant, Poison Dragon wouldn’t call with this number. Over the years, Poison Dragon had only used this number to call twice, both times involving major issues the Poison Dragon Gang couldn’t solve.
As Fatty Wang walked out, a vague unease crept into his heart. He didn’t know why, but no matter what happened before, Fatty Wang always felt everything was under his control. Yet, today’s call gave him a foreboding feeling.
"The Tianli Entertainment City has been surrounded by a group of soldiers!" Once he answered, Poison Dragon’s low voice came from the phone.
Fatty Wang felt a moment of distraction. Could it be him? It must be. Coming back to his senses, Fatty Wang simply replied, "I know!" and then hung up the phone.
Military? Are they getting serious? Fatty Wang’s expression grew colder. Others might not understand the ways of the Hua and Chen families, but Fatty Wang knew them all too well. A Hua Family head and one of the Chen Family’s most influential elders appearing together at the Xia Family; although the two families haven’t taken any action these past two days, and the Xia Family’s popularity is declining with some big deals being obstructed, everyone is watching.
Yet, now the other side is using the military, targeting the Poison Dragon Gang? This was something Fatty Wang could not tolerate.
The Xia Family’s loss of face meant nothing to the Wang Family; their real power remained unaffected. The Wang Family was still the powerful family that no one dared to underestimate.
However, tonight, having the military besiege Tianli Entertainment City is a very bad sign. The Poison Dragon Gang, Yanjing’s third largest gang, has been around for more than a decade, with its foundations built through brutal means. Collect enough charges against the Poison Dragon Gang, and the top brass alone could face death ten times over, and the Wang Family, a hundred times over, wouldn’t be enough.
While Yanjing’s upper echelons know about the Wang Family’s involvement in the Poison Dragon Gang’s rise, and Fatty Wang’s role in it, no one wants to expose it. The connections are just too intricate, with at least three layers of Yanjing’s upper echelon having ties with the Wang Family or the Poison Dragon Gang.
And trying to take down the Poison Dragon Gang would need the collective agreement of Huaxia’s top brass. Otherwise, no one could touch the Poison Dragon Gang. Even though the Hua Family is reputed as Yanjing’s top family, they can’t control everything.
Moreover, dismantling the Poison Dragon Gang would require a clear plan and the Yanjing Standing Committee’s approval. Thinking it over, Fatty Wang’s first call wasn’t to his father Wang Zhantian but to Wang Zhanting. After all, his second uncle is currently a member of the Yanjing Municipal Committee, and he would be most sensitive to any official movements.
However, to Fatty Wang’s dismay, both the public and private lines of his second uncle Wang Zhanting went unanswered.
Fatty Wang dialed his second uncle’s secretary’s number, and shortly after, it was answered.
"Secretary Li? Why can’t I reach my second uncle’s phone? Hmm, I see, thank you!" After the call, Fatty Wang only felt as if the looming danger was drawing nearer. At this time, the Municipal Committee had launched an emergency standing committee meeting, but why was the communication cut off?
Standing at this height, Fatty Wang naturally sees and thinks much further than ordinary people. This was almost a precursor to action against the Wang Family, and without any warning.
Unable to reach Wang Zhanting, Fatty Wang’s next call was naturally to his father, Wang Zhantian. Just falling asleep not long ago, he was roused from his dreams by his son’s call and couldn’t help but feel a bit of anger: "Why are you calling so late?"
"Dad, the Tianli Entertainment City has been surrounded by troops. We don’t know whose yet, but I suspect it’s not from the Yanjing Military Region!" Fatty Wang finished, not waiting for Wang Zhantian to respond, and hung up. He knew that a single sentence would let his father deduce the rest, even more comprehensively than himself; otherwise, he wouldn’t have become the Family Head of the Wang Family.
After hanging up on his father Wang Zhantian, Fatty Wang didn’t stop contacting the outside world. Making the call was just one of his duties; what needed to be done was still his responsibility.
Over the years, Fatty Wang has already taken over most of the Wang Family’s resources. Except for the family’s overall strategic direction, the operation of most specific affairs has been planned and executed by Fatty Wang. Reporting the matter to Wang Zhantian was merely for his awareness; Fatty Wang could not let it go.
Fatty Wang knew that this time, maybe both he and the Wang Family would be implicated if something went wrong, as well as any potential connections to the Poison Dragon Gang and the Wang Family.
"Uncle Fang, hello, this is Xiao Wang. Sorry to bother you so late!" After pondering for a while, Fatty Wang dialed the number for Fang Xiao, the Deputy Commander of the Yanjing Military Region.
The voice on the other end of the line answered after a brief silence: "Not from the Yanjing Military Region, probably a nearby allied force. I’ll send someone over to check it out later!" Fang Xiao was quite the old fox himself.
"Thank you so much, Uncle Fang. I’ll definitely come to see you sometime!" Having gotten the answer himself, Fatty Wang felt even heavier in heart. However, with Fang Xiao willing to send someone over, Fatty Wang managed to feel a considerable relief. The Fang Family’s influence in the Yanjing area is still quite formidable, and even the Yanjing Military Region Commander must show him some respect in this territory.
(Regarding the prompt to "rewrite with only Chinese names translated," I’ve translated the provided text while maintaining the original structure and making necessary adjustments for clarity and alignment with the context and tone described.)