Chapter 323 It's Not the Time to Talk Rules
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"Is this the big issue?" Jiang Guohao burst into irate laughter.
Such a trivial matter and yet so much hemming and hawing.
Could this even be considered a big deal?
It's a minor issue, as insignificant as sesame seeds or mung beans.
So what if there's bid rigging? We've got thirty companies on our side to participate in the bid rigging; how many real estate companies are there in Jiangcheng? How many can they gather?
Even if you go to another city to look, if you can find them, can't I do the same?
If you can find fifty companies, I can find a hundred.
The other big shots also started laughing.
Jiang Guohao's assistant is no good.
To make such a fuss over such a trivial matter, and to not want them to know about it.
Why keep such an unqualified assistant by your side?
Is it just because the assistant is attractive? To satisfy certain needs of Jiang Guohao?
That must be it; otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
Just then, the assistant spoke again, "President Jiang, Lan Penghua's team is preparing to gather three hundred companies for bid rigging nationwide."
"Heh, isn't it just gathering thirty companies for bid rigging? I'll get a hundred..." Jiang Guohao sneered repeatedly, but as he was speaking, he sensed something was off and looked at his assistant, "How many companies did you say they're gathering for bid rigging?"
"Three hundred," the assistant said.
"Impossible!" Jiang Guohao leaped to his feet, his eyes fixed on the assistant as he demanded, "Tell me clearly, exactly how many companies are they going to gather for bid rigging?"
"Three hundred," the assistant was even intimidated by Jiang Guohao's fierce demeanor, swallowed hard, and repeated.
"How can it be possible, with three million in earnest money per company, three hundred companies would amount to nine hundred million in earnest money, plus the remunerations for each, it's over ten billion, how could Lan Penghua have so much money?" Jiang Guohao shouted loudly.
In the real estate industry, liquidity is not abundant.
When several big shots like them join forces and gather thirty companies for bid rigging, they have to come up with more than one hundred million in earnest money.
If you gather a hundred companies, that's three to four hundred million.
Even if they join forces, coughing up so much money at once would be very painful for them.
Lan Penghua suddenly coming up with over ten billion.
How could this be possible!
The assistant said, "The money came from Xu Yang, he transferred fifteen billion to Huayang Company's account!"
"It's him again!" Xu Yang clenched his teeth in anger!
This guy keeps ruining his plans.
Lan Penghua doesn't have that much money, but Xu Yang does.
There's no question about it.
Not to mention anything else, Xu Yang's Fengcai Guild is simply a cash cow.
Add to that Pioneer Culture and the money made from selling rights, it's enough to make anyone's eyes green with envy.
It's precisely those rights from Pioneer Culture that have made Xu Yang's net worth reach tens of billions.
And Xu Yang getting three hundred companies for bid rigging must specifically be aimed at them.
They get thirty companies; Xu Yang gets three hundred, looking to crush them with an overwhelming stance.
It's fair to say they've lost again on this bid rigging move.
However, he couldn't figure out how Xu Yang knew they were gathering thirty companies for bid rigging.
Thinking of the black material Xu Yang got on others, Jiang Guohao felt enlightened.
This guy has methods others don't know about.
"Old Jiang, how are we going to deal with this?" one of the real estate big shots asked.
The bid-rigging tactic has failed again.
Jiang Guohao's gaze flickered; he took a deep breath and said, "We give up on bid rigging and report their bid rigging!"
Upon hearing this, the other big shots were stunned.
Bid rigging was their own tactic.
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Now, when others are doing the same thing, they want to report them.
This is clearly a violation of the game rules.
In both the underworld and legitimate business, there are certain rules for doing things.
If there were no rules, things would descend into chaos.
Jiang Guohao's behavior is extremely shameful and despised by others.
Aside from those who are utterly shameless, there are few people who would do such things.
Clearly, Jiang Guohao is one of those people.
Seeing their expressions, Jiang Guohao knew what they were thinking and said, "At this point, what are you still worried about?"
Upon hearing this, the several bosses were stunned once more.
Come to think of it, the methods they were using were illegal.
Why bother with what's shameful or violates the rules?
"Since that's the case, let's do as you say, and report them."
"Right, now's not the time to worry about rules."
"Report them and let them get locked up. I'm actually quite looking forward to seeing Xu Yang behind bars, heh heh!"
The bosses quickly changed their stance.
They were cut from the same cloth as Jiang Guohao; otherwise, they wouldn't be involved with him.
They were just a bit taken aback and had some reservations at first, but after Jiang Guohao's words, those concerns evaporated.
"We've got people on our side. If we report them, we can certainly get them arrested right away. Even if they have connections, by the time they manage to sort it out, they'll be out too late—the bidding for the old city district's redevelopment will have finished, and they will have no chance at it!" Jiang Guohao laughed.
At these words, the bosses all nodded in agreement.
Colluding on bids is illegal.
With their connections, once they reported it, they could prompt swift official action and immediate arrests by the authorities.
Once someone's taken into custody, it becomes much harder to get out.
Even if they eventually work their way out through various connections, the opportunity would have already passed.
But there's a problem with this approach: If you play dirty, others can do the same.
Then everything would descend into pure chaos.
They were confident they could take on Lan Penghua.
But when it came to Xu Yang, it wasn't so certain.
One of the bosses said, "Xu Yang has a powerful network. People like the wealthy Wang, Shen Wanpeng, they are all on good terms with him. Can we really get away with this? And let's not forget, Xu Yang's ability to dig up dirt on others is well-known. Look at all the stuff that came out about Li Zixuan. If he pulls the same move on us…"
The boss couldn't finish his sentence, but the others knew exactly what he meant.
All of them had dirty secrets, and if Xu Yang uncovered what they had done, they could be the ones ending up in jail.
"Scared my ass! I don't believe he can find any dirt on us!"
"That stuff with Li Zixuan must have been because the loose ends weren't tied up properly."
"It's even easier to find dirt on those high-ranking officials and celebrities at Hua'an Film and Television."
"Don't you have confidence in the clean-up work you've done?"
Jiang Guohao was very confident in himself and didn't take Xu Yang seriously enough.
"Who said we're not confident? There's no way he could dig up what I've done!"
"Exactly, I don't believe it either, screw it!"
"Once we get Xu Yang and Lan Penghua arrested, the old city redevelopment project will be ours. It's a risk worth taking!"
The bosses also had full confidence in themselves.
"Alright, then let's give the public a major piece of news, haha!"
Jiang Guohao took a puff of his cigar and burst into loud laughter.
Xu Yang's arrest would certainly become known to the whole country, definitely making major headlines.
The others joined in the laughter.
However, what they didn't know was that the webcam on Jiang Guohao's office computer was blinking continuously.