Liu Chen narrowed her eyes, looking at the two burly men in front of her. She was no fragile young girl. Just a few months ago, she had survived a shooting incident, so she was unlikely to be intimidated by two bodyguards.
"Charge!"
With Liu Chen's command, Xia Tian and Dong Tian lifted their legs high, kicking the two muscular men against the wall.
Liu Chen didn't linger. She signaled to Mi Zhuzhu and the others behind her, and the group rushed out and up the stairs.
Liu Chen had beaten the two nightclub bodyguards, but those two were not to be trifled with. They grabbed their walkie-talkies and chattered unintelligibly. By the time Liu Chen and her group reached the stairs, they saw six bodyguards standing at the entrance of the nightclub.
What's more, they were holding batons and guarding the entrance, looking ready to block Liu Chen. One of them said arrogantly:
"Miss, our boss asking you to go up is giving you face."
This situation and these words couldn't help but make Liu Chen frown.
Such blatant obstruction suggested that the owner of that disgusting gaze was likely the mastermind behind this nightclub. Even if not the owner, they were probably closely related.
"Screech..."
Just as everyone was at a standstill with the six bodyguards, on the verge of confrontation, a loud car braking sound came from behind the nightclub guards.
No matter how high your martial arts skill, you're afraid of being hit by a car.
Hearing the braking sound behind them, the six bodyguards thought reinforcements arranged by their boss had arrived. They immediately spread out to both sides of the nightclub entrance, making way for the reinforcements to get out of the car.
The electric car doors opened. However, this commercial van did not disgorge a group of thugs as the bodyguards had expected. Instead, the very person they were trying to block, the "Jiangnan Bai Fumei," raised her hand, and her group quickly boarded the commercial van that had braked suddenly at the entrance.
Xia Tian and Dong Tian acted as rear guards, leaning against the van door and taking on eight opponents with two of them. Yes, the two bodyguards who had been kicked against the wall had also caught up.
The people waiting in line to enter the famous nightclub in Jiangnan were stunned by this scene.
Among the people in line were two Chinese international students. They had started recording with their phones from the very beginning. When they recognized the leader as the "Golden Couple," they couldn't help but let out low screams.
"Oh my god! It's the Golden Couple! Ahhh! And Big V Zhuzhu!! Holy crap, holy crap!! Are these bodyguards trying to block them?
Holy crap! A van is coming! It's not going to be like in the TV shows, where a bunch of gangsters get out, right?!"
Due to extreme excitement and a bit of fear, the international student's hand trembled uncontrollably while recording. However, despite the trembling, she still managed to record the entire event.
Even when Liu Chen's group got into the van and sped away, the international student still captured a shot of the commercial van driving on the road.
After recording this video, the Chinese international students were very excited and lost all curiosity about the nightclub. The three of them exchanged glances.
"Find a convenience store to sit down?"
"Should we post it on Weibo?"
"Where should we go?"
One person said something, and finally, after discussing, the three decided to go to a nearby 24-hour convenience store and use its Wi-Fi to upload the video to Weibo in China.
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Meanwhile, in the van, Liu Chen was preoccupied. Thinking about the bodyguards who had brazenly blocked her on the street:
"This boss is a Korean chaebol. We need to be careful. These chaebols can cover the sky with one hand."
Liu Chen's concern was valid. In fact, the hotel where they were staying was a five-star hotel under the Shunyang Group. Right now, a group of thugs was hiding in a room opposite their hotel room.
As soon as Liu Chen and her group dared to return to the hotel and swipe their cards to open the door, these people would directly open the door and trap them in the room.
However, while Liu Chen was worried, Shen Hong was full of confidence.
"Sister-in-law! Don't worry! We're going to the embassy now, not back to the hotel. Boss said to be cautious and safe. We got the booth through Old Kim's connections. This mastermind might know our background.
If they know our background and still dare to stop us, it means they don't intend to let us go easily. They'll have to hold onto something against us before they let us go, to prevent our retaliation."
Hearing Shen Hong's words, Liu Chen couldn't help but turn to look at Ren Yu sitting beside her.
"When did you two talk so much? But Brother Ren Yu is right. And they made such a big fuss to stop us this time and failed. On their turf, they definitely won't let it go."
Thinking about it this way, the embassy was indeed the safest place for their group.
The Chinese Embassy in Seoul also did not expect that in 2010, its citizens would encounter such a malicious kidnapping incident in Gangnam, Seoul.
Yin Ke, a Chinese diplomat stationed in Seoul, found it a bit troublesome when he heard Ren Yu's speculation about the background of the person behind the Gangnam nightclub.
"In Korea, this Shunyang Group is almost like they can cover the sky with one hand. But don't worry, China is not a country without teeth. This time, we will definitely demand an explanation!"
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At this time, in China, due to the May Day holiday, quite a few people were still browsing Weibo late at night. Moreover, Weibo back then did not have as many moderators as it does now.
Therefore, this 8-minute short video, posted in the early morning, tagged with "Golden Couple," began to be forwarded wildly, with countless comments tagging their friends to watch.
'Holy crap, is public security in Korea this chaotic?'
'Wow... are these two brought by our senior sister... bodyguards?'
'This school beauty scholar is really amazing. She participated in a gunfight a few months ago, and now she's being blocked on the street by nightclub bodyguards.'
'This, this won't be a problem, right? I searched it by going over the wall. I heard that this nightclub has a very deep background, with Korean chaebols behind it.'
News on Weibo in China was constantly fermenting. At this time, on Instagram, which was most used by Koreans, videos of the nightclub blocking incident were also being forwarded continuously.
Compared to the shock in China, the Korean public was even more outraged.
The comment section was a mess, and the mastermind behind the nightclub was thoroughly cursed. After all, they were disgracing Koreans internationally!
At this point, someone revealed.
'You guys curse all you want, but be careful the Shunyang Group's live-in son-in-law fires you bunch of Shunyang dogs!!'
This sentence appeared in the comment section and immediately caused silence. After all, most office workers' companies had ties to Shunyang. This comment immediately choked the throats of these office workers.
However, companies related to Shunyang Group were mostly large companies, and their employees were all excellent students from their families.
Where there were excellent students, there were naturally ordinary students and underachievers. Moreover, besides those working in large companies, there were also those in the system. The current president was very close to the Shunyang Group, but the vice president had been trying to warn this behemoth called Shunyang.
Now, wouldn't this video that had spread internationally be just the right excuse? Moreover, it could also be used to gain favor with China.
Thus, on May Day 2010, a case with Liu Chen as the victim began to be tried rapidly in Korea. Li Zaijun, the Shunyang family's live-in son-in-law involved in this case, was also arrested and questioned by the Korean police during the day.
At this point, Liu Chen certainly couldn't leave. However, Liu Chen didn't mind not being able to leave because she was sleeping in her room at the embassy.
After all, she hadn't slept well since yesterday. After dealing with the commercial spy, she registered her room, went shopping in the afternoon, negotiated cooperation in the evening, and had planned to get a good night's sleep after experiencing the nightclub.
As a result, she had experienced the nightclub, and now she was at the embassy. In total, excluding the few hours she slept on the plane, she had not had a full night's sleep in almost 48 hours.
Even iron men couldn't withstand this, let alone Liu Chen.
However, while Liu Chen was sleeping soundly, the Shunyang Group was not so lucky.
Shunyang Chairman Chen Xinrong, who already looked down on his incompetent live-in son-in-law, was summoned to the Blue House late at night because his son-in-law's nightclub had brazenly kidnapped a foreign friend on the street.
To protect Shunyang's reputation, Chen Xinrong had to make some concessions in terms of benefits in exchange for lenient handling of this incident.
That is, find a scapegoat to be the person in charge of this incident. After all, although the nightclub was opened by the Shunyang son-in-law, the parties involved did not know who actually gave the order to block them.
However, after the discussion, Chen Xinrong's expression was far from pleasant as he walked out of the Blue House. If that scoundrel son-in-law hadn't been in the police station at the moment, he would have beaten that bastard to death!
With this thought, Chen Xinrong returned to the Shunyang family's old house. As soon as he got out of the car, Chen Xinrong saw his love-struck youngest daughter.
Seeing his youngest daughter gave Chen Xinrong a headache. Back then, this child secretly registered their marriage with that bastard scoundrel for the sake of that dog bastard live-in son-in-law and then held a press conference.
By the time he found out, everything was already set in stone and could not be changed. Fortunately, because his daughter was still young, the family's shareholding companies had not yet been transferred to her.
Thinking of this, and then thinking of the large sum of money given away today, Chen Xinrong's expression turned terrifyingly grim:
"What are you doing here?"
Chen Xiang looked at her father's hair, which looked even more aged due to being summoned for discussions in the middle of the night, and her own face, which had been tense, suddenly welled up with tears.
"Father."
Chen Xinrong looked at his youngest daughter's tear-filled eyes and could only sigh in his heart. Indeed, children are debts.
"It's already been discussed with the Blue House. Go back. I don't want to see you, my unfilial daughter."
Having said that, Chen Xinrong no longer looked at his tearful youngest daughter and walked straight back to the study.
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By the time Liu Chen woke up, this incident had already reached a preliminary conclusion.
Shen Hong looked at the explanation given by the Korean official news: "They said that this incident was a personal act of a friend named Kim by the nightclub owner. Kim has already been arrested at the police station for this incident and is fully responsible for it."
After reading this news, Shen Hong was so angry that he cursed:
"Bullshit Kim! I clearly heard those bodyguards yesterday say that the boss invited us up, damn it! This must be a scapegoat found by the Shunyang Group!"
Shen Hong roared furiously in the room, while Liu Chen turned on the TV to the news channel. The news channel was currently broadcasting the arrest of the suspect in this case.
Liu Chen looked at the man in handcuffs on TV. It was precisely the head of the Shunyang family's game company whom they had dinner with the previous evening.
Seeing this person, Liu Chen really didn't know what to say for a moment. She glanced at Ren Yu's expression. It was calm, as if he had expected this outcome long ago.
Only Shen Hong was dumbfounded. This was the person he had dinner with last night! Moreover, because he knew Korean, most of his dealings with Old Kim were handled by him. Seeing the news of Old Kim being handcuffed and sent to a police car, Shen Hong was the most shocked.
"This, this! This isn't Old Kim! Yesterday, yesterday, it was this guy who helped us get the booth. Damn it! He's definitely taking the fall!"
As soon as Shen Hong said this, the faces of everyone in the room became even worse.
Mi Zhuzhu had secretly cried countless times since last night. After all, if she hadn't kept persuading everyone to go out and have fun at the nightclub, where would all this trouble have come from!
Liu Chen nodded upon hearing Shen Hong's words.
"This Old Kim is probably taking the fall, but the Shunyang Group must have given him an offer he couldn't refuse. However, will this incident cause problems with your game cooperation?"
Ren Yu shook his head.
"The contract has already been signed. The annual operating fees are on a profit-sharing basis. If they don't operate it well, they will be the ones losing money. Moreover, we have the right to terminate the contract. Don't worry, we are not the ones who should be worried at this time, but them."
Hearing this, Liu Chen nodded. She did know some gossip. This Shunyang live-in son-in-law, who was now all-powerful, would be kicked out by his wife with nothing but an empty purse in a few years. Of course, it wasn't completely empty-handed, as he still received tens of millions of RMB in property.
But this amount could not be compared to Shunyang's hundreds of billions. And she had read this gossip. It was said that several years ago, Shunyang's youngest princess had already separated from her husband due to a lack of common language.
The reason they hadn't divorced was because they had a child, and although the live-in son-in-law seemed unreliable, he outwardly acted very considerately. Even though they were separated, he would pick up and drop off the child every day and cook meals for the family.
Now that this incident had occurred, would it be able to push the Shunyang youngest princess to divorce?
As Liu Chen was pondering, over there, Shunyang's youngest princess Chen Xiang was sitting in her father's study, handing her phone to her father Chen Xinrong.
"Father, I want a divorce."