Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 998 0983 [Covering the sky with one hand]

In the living room——
When everyone heard Li Luofu say these words in a serious tone, Lin Baixin, Shao Daheng and others almost spit out their tea.

Shen Bi is engaged in financial fraud?
Even Li Luofu himself, who now holds an arrest warrant, probably would not believe such words, but he was able to hold back his laughter and say such words. Even Yan Xiong, Lin Baixin and others admired him.

Who is Shen Bi?

Is it necessary for him to commit financial fraud?

To put it another way, Shen Bi is the god of wealth for many Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong. Even if he doesn't commit fraud, there will be people who will take the initiative to give him huge amounts of money!

Moreover, it is well known that since Shen Bi became the head of HSBC, he has openly supported Hong Kong Chinese businessmen. For this, he was suppressed by the Hong Kong British government and even British capital. He endured tremendous pressure for his career and beliefs. His personal charm is first-class among all foreign bankers and no one can match him.

"Do you know who you are talking to?"

Shen Bi frowned and glared at Li Luofu, not even looking at the arrest warrant in Li Luofu's hand: "I am the head of HSBC Bank in Hong Kong and a citizen of the British Empire. In addition, I am also the chairman of the Hong Kong Financial Association and a director of the Hong Kong Economic Development Department. Even the Governor of Hong Kong has to address me as Mr. Shen when he sees me. What qualifications do you have to arrest me? To be honest, if something really happens, even your boss can't save you!"

While Shen Bi was scolding Li Luofu, his brain had already started to work rapidly. His mood was obviously not as calm as he appeared on the surface. After staying in Hong Kong for so long, this was the first time he felt uneasy.

Since the ICAC dared to do this, there must be someone more powerful than Li Luofu backing them up. The name is obvious - Sir Baili Qu!
For Shen Bi, the Governor of Hong Kong, Murray MacLehose, was not scary, but Bailiqu was.

The reason is simple. Murray MacLehose is the Governor of Hong Kong. Many things must be discussed openly and things must be done with reason and evidence.

Baili Qu is different. He will do anything to achieve his goal. Most importantly, he likes to play tricks behind the scenes. It is even possible that he would frame Shen Bi with some false charges.

A series of speculations appeared in Shen Bi's mind almost at the same time. Before he could sort out the joints, a loud voice sounded from outside the door -
"Mr. Shen Bi is really sharp. If I don't show up today, I'm afraid I won't be able to take you away!"

Everyone at the scene was moved when they heard the voice: "Bai Li Qu?"

"Yes, it's me!" Following the voice, a white-haired foreigner walked in slowly from outside with a cane.

He was in good spirits, with green eyes emitting a faint light, like an old leopard lurking in the forest at night, giving people a strong sense of oppression as soon as he came in.

Even though Shao Daheng, Lin Baixin and others were of extraordinary status, they did not dare to be arrogant in front of Baili Qu. The moment the other party entered, they all stood up and greeted him, "Hello, Sir Baili Qu."

Regardless of whether you are hostile or not, regardless of the other party's character, you still have to do your best to maintain your appearance.

"There are so many people here!" Baili Qu glanced at the crowd with a smile on his face, appearing very friendly.

Shao Daheng smiled slightly and said, "We have nothing to do. Let's drink tea here first."

"Really? It seems that Mr. Shen's tea must be very good, to be able to invite all the big guys here!" Baili Qu said with a wry smile, "If there is a chance, I would like to try it!" After saying that, he looked at Shen Bi, who had a gloomy face.

Shen Bi stared at Baili Qu with a gloomy face, and asked word by word: "Have you had enough of the show? If you have evidence, you can take me away, but before that, I want to call the Governor of Hong Kong!"

From the moment Baili Qu entered the house, all the doubts in Shen Bi's mind were straightened out as if they had found a clue.

As expected, without Baili Qu's support, how could the ICAC dare to take action against him easily?

You have to know that Shen Bi's backer is HSBC! HSBC has a close relationship with London. As a colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong often has to act according to London's wishes.

Now Li Luofu has come forward to arrest him, but he is actually just a vanguard. If something goes wrong, he will be cannon fodder. The one who wants to harm him behind the scenes is the old fox Baili Qu.

The old fox had obviously made up his mind to line up his team and was ready to work with Li Zhaoheng and Li Jiacheng to deal with Du Yongxiao. However, as Du Yongxiao's financial manager, he became a stumbling block, so they had to get rid of Shen Bi first before they could concentrate on dealing with Du Yongxiao.

"Mr. Shen, we have a tainted witness on our side. His testimony can prove that you are suspected of having improper transactions with the Du Group. In addition, his testimony is also about financial fraud! As for your call to the Governor of Hong Kong, I'm sorry, the Governor of Hong Kong is on vacation these days and will not answer any calls! If you really need to contact him, I can apply to talk to you after the Governor's vacation!"

It was Baili Qu's cold voice that answered Shen Bi.

Even though he had guessed that Baili Qu was secretly doing something, Shen Bi still couldn't help but be startled after hearing these words, "Tainted witness? Which witness?"

"Oh, you should know him, Mr. Liu Jianxiong, who used to be the general manager of Hengchuang Real Estate! In order to uphold justice, our Independent Commission Against Corruption took the initiative to invite him back from Japan." Baili Qu said lightly, looking at Shen Bi with his green eyes, as if smiling.

"Really? But based on his confession alone, you are not qualified enough to arrest me."

Shen Bi's eyes shone, and he looked around at everyone in the room, finally landing on Baili Qu, Li Luofu and others, and slowly said: "I will call London. You will pay the price for what happened tonight."

Baili Qu nodded: "We just hope that Mr. Shen can go back and cooperate with the investigation. As for whether you are guilty or not, we will know after the investigation is completed. If you are not guilty, I will personally apologize to you, but for the fairness of Hong Kong law, I still have to inconvenience you..."

Baili Qu's words were flawless and his intentions were obvious.

He really couldn't afford to offend Shen Bi, or to be more precise, he couldn't afford to offend the people at HSBC behind Shen Bi.

Therefore, he is taking precautions first and making things clear directly. He estimates that arresting Shen Bi is just a formality to create an impact on the outside world and tell everyone that Du Yongxiao can do whatever he wants without HSBC as his backer.

As for Shen Bi, he will be released in forty-eight hours at the latest. Even if Baili Qutian is brave enough, he would not dare to frame him, because there are too many big men behind Shen Bi, and there are many interests involved. If you deal with Shen Bi, it is equivalent to dealing with the people in London. Isn't that courting death?
Shen Bi also knew this, so now he was not worrying about himself, but was worried about Du Yongxiao. If he left like this, Du Yongxiao would probably be in great trouble.

"Oh! It all depends on his luck!" Shen Bi shook his head, without thinking any more, and walked out with his head held high.

Yan Xiong saw Shen Bi leave and stood up quickly: "Boss Shen——"

Shen Bi turned a deaf ear to his words and walked quickly toward the door. However, when he was close to the door, he suddenly stopped and turned to Yan Xiong and said, "Tell Mr. Du that I have tried my best and leave everything to fate!"

Yan Xiong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Shen Bi turned around and left.

Bailiqu winked at Li Luofu: "Mr. Shen, please cooperate with us. Why don't you hurry up and catch up?"

"Yes!" Li Luofu hurriedly led his men to catch up with Shen Bi.

Baili Qu turned around and leaned on his cane. He glanced at Yan Xiong, who looked very sad. He then looked at Shao Daheng, Lin Baixin, Lei Juekun and others, who all had different expressions. He smiled contemptuously and said, "The game is almost over. Why don't you guys quickly choose your sides?"

Lin Baixin sighed, "I'm old, I don't like to choose sides! Goodbye!" He clasped his fists towards Bailiqu, turned around and left. Bailiqu's originally smiling face suddenly became gloomy, and his voice was cold and cold: "You don't know the current situation!" Then he looked at Shao Daheng and Lei Juekun.

Shao Daheng and Lei Juekun smiled at each other, and then Shao Daheng said to Baili Qu: "I'm sorry, we are also ignorant of the times!"

"Yes, I'm old now. I don't have many years left to live, but I dare to be so ungrateful! After all -" Lei Juekun didn't avoid Baili Qu's eyes at all: "We are all Chinese!"

After saying that, the two of them laughed, walked away side by side.

Boom!
Baili Qu was furious and slammed his cane on the ground, "Asshole!"

Finally, Baili Qu turned his gaze to the trembling Yan Xiong.

His face had been rejected twice just now, and he had to get it back. Yan Xiong was the best target.

As we all know, Yan Xiong is a notorious "smiling tiger" and "fence-sitter". As long as you give him enough benefits, he will call you his dad.

Baili Qu looked at Yan Xiong, who was trembling with fear at his aura, and was confident that he could control him.

"Yan Xiong, Du Yongxiao is finished this time! What about you? After all, you were once a big shot. Are you going to go down with him?" Baili Qu's tone was full of contempt and a little pity.

Yan Xiong: "I, I——"

"I know you are very loyal to Du Yongxiao and even worship him as your godfather, but now the situation is very clear. He is finished and there is no hope! Do you want to die with him?"

Yan Xiong remained silent, looking grim.

Baili Qu sneered twice, holding his cane, and looked like he had Yan Xiong in his grasp: "Well, now I'll give you a chance. As long as you're willing to kneel down and beg me, and agree to be a witness to testify against Du Yongxiao, then I'll keep you safe!"

After saying that, Baili Qu looked at Yan Xiong with contempt, waiting for Yan Xiong to kneel down and beg him.

A conflicted look appeared on Yan Xiong's face.

one second,

Two seconds--
Baili Qu was getting impatient, frowning, and his tone became cold: "What are you still considering? You loser! You are hopeless! Without me, you are just a waste, a playboy, and a worthless guy!"

Yan Xiong, who was still struggling, suddenly laughed when he heard Baili Qu's words.

He laughed wildly and unbridled.

Baili Qu was completely enraged by him, "What are you laughing at, you damn guy!"

"I laugh at you for not understanding Chinese people at all!" Yan Xiong stopped laughing and looked at Baili Qu with burning eyes, "You know, although I am despicable, shameless, and vulgar, I have betrayed many people and done many wrong things, but since I followed Mr. Du, I have understood a truth, what it means - I will die for a friend!"

"Of course, you are a foreigner, you came from an uncivilized overseas. Of course you don't understand this kind of reason, nor do you understand this kind of spirit! To put it bluntly, you British are actually barbarians!"

"What did you say? Bastard!" Baili Qu's face turned ugly, and he pointed at Yan Xiong's nose: "Do you know what you are saying? Do you know who you are offending?"

"I know, of course I know!" Yan Xiong sneered and looked at Baili Qu with contempt. "You can frame someone like Shen Bi at will, so of course you can frame me at will. Frame me with a crime and put me in the ICAC - oh, by the way, you can only take me to the ICAC, because the police are all my godfather Du Yongxiao's men! Even if you, Baili Qu, are so powerful, those police officers won't listen to you?"

"you you you--"

Yan Xiong's words directly hit Baili Qu's sore spot.

Yes, he can cover the sky with one hand in Hong Kong, but he cannot mobilize the Hong Kong police force.

Because the Hong Kong police are all on Du Yongxiao's side, he even makes the Governor of Hong Kong a little afraid. Because of this, he can only rely on the Independent Commission Against Corruption to carry out these small tricks, and dare not let the police know.

"What do you mean by 'you'? Old man! Others may be afraid of you, but I, Yan Xiong, am not!" Yan Xiong was completely desperate, pointing at Baili Qu's nose and cursing, "If my godfather hadn't been soft-hearted and let you go, you would have been driven out of Hong Kong and returned to London to sell sweet potatoes. How could you be so proud today?"

"Yan Xiong you--" Baili Qu pointed at Yan Xiong angrily and covered his chest with his hands. He was very heartbroken.

Yan Xiong was relentless, "Did I say anything wrong? You and that shitty Governor of Hong Kong have been against my godfather time and again, but he didn't do anything to you for the sake of the overall situation. Who knew you were so mean and mean? Now you want to kill my godfather when his company is in trouble. You have evil intentions and deserve death!"

"Cough cough cough!" Baili Qu was so angry at Yan Xiong that he almost vomited blood. His body was staggering. Fortunately, the servant next to him came forward to support him.

Baili Qu took a long time to recover, his chest heaving violently. He pointed at Yan Xiong and said, "You dare to slander the Governor, slander me, I..."

"What? You want to arrest me? Come on, I'll let you arrest me!" Yan Xiong stepped forward and said in protest. "But even if you want to arrest me, you have to go through the police. After all, I'm not an ordinary person!"

Yan Xiong held his head high and chest out, looking like he was not paying any attention to you.

Baili Qu laughed in anger: "Really? Do we have to go through the police? Do you think Du Yongxiao can really control the police force in Hong Kong and cover the sky with one hand? Let me tell you, in addition to the police, Hong Kong also has the Security Bureau! Now I will arrest you in the name of the Security Bureau!"

"Uh, this-"

The Security Bureau was a department independent of the police system during Hong Kong's colonial era and was directly under the command of London. In addition to being a Hong Kong judicial boss and a founder of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Pak Li Qu was also one of the heads of the Security Bureau.

"Someone come, arrest this Yan Xiong for me!" Baili Qu shouted angrily.

"Yes!"

Two men in black rushed in and tried to arrest Yan Xiong.

at this time--
"Is the Security Bureau very powerful? Is it more powerful than MI6?"

As they were talking, Du Yongxiao, dressed in white, walked in from outside with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face. Next to him was a tall foreigner with an intimidating aura, and it was obvious at first glance that he was not a good person.

(End of this chapter)