Chapter 493


    Jiang Zhe gave Qiao Zhan a thumbs up, signaling for him to continue.


    After getting Jiang Zhe’s affirmation, Qiao Zhan’s expression became even prouder.


    Thinking that he had done a good job, he finally felt superior to Jiang Zhe.


    “I initially wanted to look for these few people, but I couldn’t. They probably left the city already. This


    shows that the other party is very meticulous. Knowing that we’ll investigate, they’ve sent those people


    away in advance,” remarked Qiao Zhan.


    “So, have you run out of ideas now, Captain Qiao?” asked Jiang Zhe.


    “Yeah. Do you have an ingenious idea, Assistant Jiang?” Qiao Zhan looked at Jiang Zhe.


    “These people are just ordinary employees who don’t hold any grudges with Ms. Ding. In fact, they


    probably don’t even know each other. Hence, they must have acted based on their boss’ orders. Can’t


    we just investigate who their boss is?” scoffed Jiang Zhe.


    Agreeing with him, Nan Chen turned his gaze to Qiao Zhan.


    Qiao Zhan apuded. “Gotta hand it to you, you’re pretty smart to have thought of this, Assistant


    Jiang, but unfortunately, I’m one step ahead of you. I have already look into it and I found that the


    owner of the nightclub is a certain Mr. Gao. However, he’s not the actual boss—Bao is the man behind


    him.”


    “Bao?”


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    “Yep. He’s the president of Rainbow Entertainment, Gao Bao. He calls himself the ‘King of the Night’ in


    Flower City, controlling more than half of the nightclubs here. He even owns some secret gambling and


    prostitution dens. He’s a very scheming man. You haven’t heard of him, have you, Assistant Jiang?”


    said Qiao Zhan.


    Indeed, Jiang Zhe had never heard of him.


    Jiang Zhe was a finance executive in Nanshi Corporation, familiar with global politics and economic


    trends. He was also well-versed with both spoken and unspoken rules in various industries, but never


    was he involved in the underworld scene.


    Normally, he was so busy working for Nan Chen that he did not have time to visit nightclubs. At the


    most, he would asionally drink at some clubs. As such, he never had the opportunity to interact with


    the underworld scene and he was oblivious to the shady things that urred there.


    “King of the Night? He sounds quite formidable,”mented Jiang Zhe.


    “That’s the title he gave himself. He just likes to brag about himself. That being said, to me, he’s


    nothing but an insignificant ant,” said Qiao Zhan confidently.


    “Well, if even you look down on him, he’s probably not a big shot then,” remarked Jiang Zhe


    disdainfully.


    “If that’s what you thought, then you’re wrong! Gao Bao is not just any ordinary man. All celebrities that


    wished to hold a concert in Flower City will need to pay their respects to him, sometimes even


    personally. Otherwise, they would not be able to hold their concert.”


    “Why? Does he own the venues?” Jiang Zhe was still skeptical.


    “He can’t interfere with the venue bookings. However, he can mobilize more than a thousand people to


    create a ruckus at the concert. If a celebrity decides to hold a concert, but the audience kept hurling


    insults at said celebrity, do you think that they’ll be able to continue with the concert?”


    “Aren’t the police doing anything about him?” Jiang Zhe became even more confused.


    “They can’t do anything. Who can prove that he’s the one who mobilized the crowd? It’s not just one or


    two troublemakers, we’re talking about thousands here. The police can’t possibly detain all of them,


    right?”


    “So, does that mean that the police is helpless to do anything about him? He can just continue living a


    lawless life like this?”


    “Why do you think he calls himself the ‘King of the Night’?” Qiao Zhan threw the question back at him.


    “There’s someone backing him up,”mented Nan Chen.


    “That’s right. Sir Chen, you truly understand what’s happening.” Qiao Zhan shot a disdainful look at


    Jiang Zhe.


    “So what?”


    “Gao Bao doesn’t know Young Mistress. ording to my analysis, he must have been instructed by


    someone to sabotage her. This is the first thing,” dered Qiao Zhan with a great sense of


    aplishment.


    “But it’s difficult to find out who gave him those orders unless you catch him and interrogate him


    directly. However, without any evidence, we can’t touch him—and even if we do, we can’t kidnap him


    just like that. It’s against thew,” said Jiang Zhe as he frowned.


    Qiao Zhen looked even smugger. “That’s why I said that there’s a lot of things you don’t understand,


    Assistant Jiang. If you’re free, have a drink with me and I’ll teach you.”


    Nan Chen signaled for him to cut the nonsense short and continue.


    “The second thing is to investigate Huang Chen, whom Young Mistress mentioned. There are ten


    people called Huang Chen in Flower City, with two of them being women...”


    When Nan Chen heard that, he shot a sharp nce at him.


    Qiao Zhan quickly corrected himself, “Well, it’s the women’s fault they’re called Huang Chen—it’s so


    obviously a masculine name!”


    “Cut the crap and go straight to the point,” instructed Nan Chen coldly.


    “Anyway, none of those people called Huang Chen are big shots. Hence, I asked my friend to search


    the database. There’s indeed only one deputymissioner with the surname Huang.”


    “We know about this already. Can you investigate that person with the surname Huang?” asked Jiang


    Zhe impatiently.


    “I can’t, but my friend can. There’s nothing shady about that man. However, his son who’s studying in


    the States owns five properties under his name. All of them are located in luxury residential areas in the


    States, costing tens of millions each. If his son is still studying, where did he get all those money from?


    After further investigation, we discovered that the son also owns a foreign enterprise. It specializes in


    producing all sorts of alcohol which are mainly supplied to nightclubs. Gao Bao is thepany’s most


    important customer. They are long-term business partners,” revealed Qiao Zhan.


    By then, even Jiang Zhe, who was an outsider to all these, understood what was happening.


    “So thispany is a tform through which Gao Bao channels profits to the Huang fe. It’s just to


    launder dirty money. Because of that, that Huang fe kept protecting Gao Bao, which gave him the


    confidence to call himself the King of the Night,” eximed Jiang Zhe.


    Qiao Zhan mockingly apuded. “How impressive, Assistant Jiang! You even understood this. As


    expected of a highly educated elite.”


    “Stop mocking me and just tell us what else you found.” Jiang Zhe adjusted his gold-rimmed sses.


    “They’re also rted in another way. That Huang fe is actually Wang Shengli’s brother-inw. That


    foreign enterprise has two big shareholders—thergest is his son, followed by Wang Shengli. His son


    also owns stocks in Wang Shengli’s real estatepany. They share a mutually beneficial


    rtionship,” continued Qiao Zhan.


    “What about that government officer who instructed our cosmeticpany to cease operations? Does


    he have anything to do with them?” asked Nan Chen.


    “Yes. He’s the Huang fe’s high school ssmate. It is said that they be sworn brothers in high


    school. After they joined politics, they stopped making that known. However, they have always shared


    a close rtionship—it’s something all the insiders are aware of,” exined Qiao Zhan.


    Nan Chen nodded. “We’re clear about that now. What do you n to do next?”


    “We can’t afford to anger that Huang fe. After all, he’s a government official. On the other hand, I can


    offend Gao Bao. I’m nning to make a personal visit to this so-called King of the Night.” Qiao Zhan


    looked very excited.


    “What about that Huang fe? He’s the one controlling everything,” remarked Jiang Zhe.


    “We’re living in aw-governed society. If we can’t teach him a lesson, someone else can. He’s


    involved in many corruption cases, so the relevant departments will certainly investigate him,” replied


    Qiao Zhan.


    Nan Chen nodded in agreement to Qiao Zhan’s words.


    “But that Huang fe is still not the main mastermind. He doesn’t hold any grudges against Ms. Ding,


    so why did he still instruct Gao Bao to do all that?” Jiang Zhe raised his query.


    Qiao Zhan could not think of an answer to his question as he could not figure out who directed that


    Huang fe.


    I was only able to find out this much... Any more than this is really beyond my capabilities.


    “I have no idea. This is all I can find,” admitted Qiao Zhan.


    “It’s good enough. The Nan family has a lot of rivals who are all potential suspects. The most important


    thing is to solve our current problem,” said Nan Chen.