Lu Ming asked, "Zhu Zilong, is your Tianlong Group really that powerful?"
Zhu Zilong chuckled, "What do you think? My Tianlong Group has annual profits of hundreds of billions, ranking among the top five super-large enterprises in Jinling. Our business scope spans dozens of industries including hotels, department stores, film and television, and catering, covering all aspects. I can tell you clearly, if I, Zhu Zilong, sneeze, the entire Jinling will tremble!"
Jiang Mengxin's heart sank further upon hearing this.
She was a native of Jinling and naturally knew the status of Tianlong Group in the city, understanding what a colossal entity it was.
Now that Zhu Zilong had decided to completely blacklist the Jiang family, it was tantamount to sentencing the Jiang family to death.
Zhu Zilong pointed at Lu Ming, "Tianlong Group is the capital of my pride! And you, penniless and worthless, what can you use to fight me? No matter how skilled you are, you can't stop the Jiang family from being destroyed. By then, even if you beg me on your knees, crying and offering to throw your wife naked onto my bed, I won't spare you!"
Given Zhu Zilong's personality, he would do as he said.
He looked at Lu Ming with a smirk, expecting these words to provoke Lu Ming's anger or make him cower and beg for mercy.
But Lu Ming simply shook his head and said, "Arrogance will be punished by heaven. Zhu Zilong, you're on the brink of death and don't even realize it. Pitiful, pathetic, lamentable."
What was that?
On the brink of death?
Zhu Zilong burst into laughter, "Lu Ming, I find you quite interesting. You're inferior in every aspect yet always like to brag. I'm on the brink of death? Heh, I dare anyone in Jinling to touch me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his secretary rushed over, her expression panicked, and said, "It's bad, Boss Zhu, something big has happened."
Zhu Zilong glared at his secretary with annoyance, "What big thing could have happened to make you so flustered? My Tianlong Group is a first-class enterprise. Don't be like those small families who haven't seen the world and panic at the slightest thing. Tell me, what happened? Did someone under us get into another brawl?"
The secretary shook her head and said, "The health department just called, saying there are problems with our catering establishments. The ingredients used are not clean, and there's even expired and spoiled pork. They've started a large-scale shutdown of our outlets! All Tianlong catering outlets in Jinling have been sealed!"
"What?" Zhu Zilong's face turned ashen. This was indeed a major issue.
Yes, his catering businesses had problems. They used the cheapest ingredients available. Spoiled pork, expired meat, gutter oil, these were commonplace. As long as no one died, it was fine.
Even if someone died, Tianlong Group could bribe their way out.
He had everything covered from top to bottom, and Zhu Zilong believed there would be no problems, that the day of reckoning would never come.
How could it have been discovered?
It was so strange.
As Zhu Zilong pondered this, the manager of the film and television department also rushed over, saying immediately, "It's bad, Boss Zhu. More than ten film and television dramas we invested in are suspected of violating laws, employing artists with tarnished reputations, and have all been removed from distribution. None of the scheduled movies are allowed to be sold, and all the invested money is lost!"
Zhu Zilong felt his blood run cold.
And it wasn't over yet.
In less than ten minutes, managers from dozens of departments rushed over one after another.
"Our shopping mall was found to have construction violations. The authorities have ordered it to be closed for rectification."
"The police found illegal transactions between men and women in multiple Tianlong hotels. Evidence indicates Tianlong Hotels were complicit in harboring criminals, and all our hotels are being comprehensively shut down!"
"..."
One shocking piece of news after another broke out. Almost simultaneously, all the industries that Tianlong Group prided itself on collapsed.
Such a colossal entity, tottering.
The secretary opened the stock market chart, trembling with nervousness, "B-Boss Zhu, look, look at our stock prices."
Zhu Zilong swallowed hard and looked over with trepidation.
The stock market chart was a sea of red. The stock prices of all Tianlong Group's industries were plummeting! In just over ten minutes, they had hit historical lows.
The stock price of Tianlong Group was falling almost vertically, in a cliff-like descent.
Bang!!!
The stock price of Tianlong Group hit its limit down.
Zhu Zilong's vision went black, his legs trembling so much he couldn't stand. He directly sat down on the ground.
His pride, Tianlong Group, was completely finished.
"It's over, everything is over."
Just ten minutes ago, Tianlong Group was a super-large enterprise among the top five in Jinling, but now, Jinling Group was a thing of the past, not worth mentioning.
Its ranking had dropped dozens of places!
The skyscraper had collapsed in an instant.
Zhu Zilong couldn't believe what was happening. "Impossible, I must be dreaming. Yes, this must be a dream, a nightmare. When I wake up, everything will go back to normal."
Lu Ming sneered, "Zhu Zilong, are you still trying to delude yourself at this point? You're finished, the Tianlong people are finished, Tianlong Group is finished!"
Zhu Zilong's eyes turned bloodshot as he looked at Lu Ming.
He was unwilling.
Unwilling!
He muttered to himself, "Why did this happen? Tianlong Group, with annual revenues of hundreds of billions, how could it be finished just like that? Where did things go wrong?"
Even now, Zhu Zilong didn't believe Lu Ming was the one who dealt with him.
In his eyes, Lu Ming was just a useless live-in son-in-law, incapable of such power.
But if not Lu Ming, then who could it be?
At this moment, a large group of soldiers approached, led by the five-star General Dragon King.
Seeing the Dragon King arrive, everyone made way.
The Dragon King approached Zhu Zilong, presented an arrest warrant, and said coldly, "Zhu Zilong, you are suspected of multiple illegal and criminal activities. You are hereby arrested. Come with us."
Zhu Zilong swallowed, "The arrest is this fast?"
The Dragon King chuckled, "Nonsense, I've been waiting for a long time. I originally wanted to give you a chance to repent, but you showed no remorse. So, there's nothing I can do. When the time comes, I can only come and arrest you."
Chance to repent?
The time has come?
These two phrases sounded so familiar.
Suddenly, Zhu Zilong looked at Lu Ming in horror. Weren't these the words Lu Ming had repeatedly said before?
Earlier, Zhu Zilong hadn't believed Lu Ming's words, thinking he was just boasting.
But the facts proved that everything Lu Ming had said had come true.
Did Lu Ming really do this?
But how was that possible? How could he, a live-in son-in-law, have such means?
Zhu Zilong looked at Lu Ming, and simultaneously asked the Dragon King, "To be able to destroy Tianlong Group with such lightning speed, I must have offended someone, right?"
The Dragon King chuckled, "Don't you know in your heart who you offended?"
He knew. Zhu Zilong knew very well.
During this period, he had only offended one person, and that was Lu Ming!
"I... lost."
Zhu Zilong tilted his head back and closed his eyes in despair.