After Meng Guangyu left the venue, he sat in his supercar, growing increasingly angry the more he thought about it.
He had paid such a huge price to obtain the sweat-blooded BMW, only to expect to sign the Warlord contract smoothly. To his dismay, he gained nothing and suffered a great loss.
When had his business ventures ever resulted in such a deficit?
If it were anyone else, Meng Guangyu would have already put a blade to their throat and forced them to do business with him.
But this time was different.
He was facing a hero of China – the Dragon Warlord! A super-powerful figure who could command legions of soldiers with a single order. One could not afford to be presumptuous in front of such a person.
Even Meng Guangyu had to swallow his pride and endure the hardship.
"Tmd!!!" Meng Guangyu kicked the back of his seat hard. "Let's go to the club, find some beautiful women, and I need to vent!"
Just as the car was about to start, Meng Guangyu's subordinate sneaked over, his head peeking out, and whispered, "Boss, there's a situation!"
Meng Guangyu paused. "What situation?"
The subordinate said, "I found out that this grand event is fake! That Asura is an impostor, not a Five-Star General at all. And the Dragon Warlord simply doesn't exist! The venue staff all saw it; Asura never met the Dragon Warlord, and the gifts were all his own doing!"
What?
Meng Guangyu was half-believing. "Don't talk nonsense."
The subordinate said, "It's all true. I've brought the staff here, ask them if you don't believe me."
Indeed, a staff member was brought to the car.
Meng Guangyu asked, "Tell me honestly, was this grand event planned by the Warlord? Is that Asura real or fake?"
The staff member glanced around and said cautiously, "It's all fake! The Warlord was not in the office, and Asura hired a temporary actor."
Meng Guangyu clenched his fists.
The staff member continued, "It was all a scheme by Xun Rong! Jiang Lan used this act to sign a contract with the 'Warlord', build her brand, and expand her influence. This way, she can easily negotiate cooperation with major companies, then go public, and her stock price will skyrocket. With this, it's estimated that within two years, Xun Rong will become one of the top ten super-enterprises in Jinling!"
What a 10 billion project, what Warlord cooperation, it turned out to be all a trick.
All the companies that came to negotiate cooperation were fooled by Xun Rong!
"Good, that little girl Jiang Lan has become so cunning," Meng Guangyu sneered. "Her stratagem of 'concealing the truth by the sea' is truly excellent. Everyone was kept in the dark, and even I was almost tricked by her."
He paused.
Meng Guangyu continued, "Now that we know her trick, there's no need to be polite to her! Let's go to the Warlord's office first and expose the truth that the Warlord is absent, and then reveal Jiang Lan's scheme to the public. Xun Rong wants to become famous? Fine, I'll let it become so famous that it burns itself out!"
Meng Guangyu kicked open the car door and, with his group of henchmen, surged into the venue building and took the elevator to the top floor.
A large group of people arrived at the entrance to the Warlord's office.
Coincidentally, Asura was standing at the entrance, with soldiers holding guns on either side.
Seeing Meng Guangyu charging up with his men, Asura asked sternly, "Meng Guangyu, how dare you? Do you know what place this is? The Warlord's office, is this a place you can come to? Get lost!"
Meng Guangyu smiled.
He spread his hands and said, "It is indeed the Warlord's office, but is the Warlord really inside?"
Asura frowned. "What do you mean?"
Meng Guangyu said, "Don't you understand human language? The Dragon Warlord is not inside at all! You are just a fake temporary actor, stop pretending, you dog."
He waved his hand, and all his henchmen rushed forward, rolling up their sleeves and preparing to fight.
The two soldiers raised their guns. "Stop! If you take another step forward, we will open fire!"
Meng Guangyu laughed. "Open fire? Who are you trying to scare? Brothers, charge forward, kick open the door to the Warlord's office!"
The large group continued to charge forward.
The two soldiers immediately fired, but the bullets turned out to be blanks!
Meng Guangyu picked up a blank shell from the ground and laughed heartily. "As expected, it's all fake, even the damn bullets are fake! Little Lan, Little Lan, your performance was quite convincing. If I hadn't been smart enough, I would have been tricked by you."
He waved his hand and ordered, "Brothers, kick the door, charge!"
A large group of people rushed to the door and all kicked it fiercely. The door to the Warlord's office swayed precariously.
Asura did not stop them, but a subtle, eerie smile appeared on his lips.
He said one last time, "Meng Guangyu, I advise you to turn back as soon as possible. The Warlord is inside. If you kick open this door, do you know how great a crime you are committing? The Warlord has the right to kill you on the spot!"
Meng Guangyu was amused. "Kill me on the spot? Oh, oh, oh, I'm so scared. Come on, kill me."
He showed no fear.
This was because Meng Guangyu believed he had seen through Jiang Lan's trick. The testimonies from his subordinate and the staff, along with the blank bullets, all indicated that this was a scam.
The Dragon Warlord could not possibly be inside.
So, what was there to fear?
Meng Guangyu roared, "Kick it harder!!!"
With a loud bang, the door to the Warlord's office was kicked open, creating a hole. The henchmen excitedly reached in, turned the lock, and opened the door.
As the door opened, the scene inside was revealed to them.
The interior was very simply furnished.
A desk, two rows of bookshelves, and nothing else.
Behind the desk was a floor-to-ceiling window. A man in armor stood silently by the window, sunlight slanting through the window and falling on him. His back was to them, appearing as majestic as a god.
This...
The henchmen were stunned.
Someone shouted back, "Director Meng, something's not right. There's someone inside."
Someone?
Meng Guangyu was taken aback; this didn't match the intelligence.
He pushed through the crowd to the front and carefully examined the man by the window. After a long while, he roared, "Who are you?"
The man heard the voice and slowly turned around.
He was wearing a golden mask, an owl-dragon mask with its mouth open and claws extended.
Someone with sharp eyes immediately recognized it and exclaimed, "Dragon, Dragon, he's the Dragon Warlord!"
The person's legs went weak with fear, and they collapsed on the ground.
The Dragon Warlord?
Heh heh.
Meng Guangyu didn't believe it. He kicked the henchman lying on the ground and roared at the man, "Damn it, what time is it, and you're still acting? Wearing a loach mask makes you the Dragon Warlord? Then if I wear a crown, I'm the Jade Emperor!"
Meng Guangyu waved his hand. "Brothers, don't be afraid, this is just a swindler impersonating the Warlord. Let's chop him up and present his corpse to the real Dragon Warlord. Not only will we be innocent, but we will also be rewarded! Brothers, pick up your weapons and chop him up!"