The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 505 Paramount Blood Case

"Night Shanghai, Night Shanghai, you are a city that never sleeps..."

The swaying dance and the soft music.

Paramount Ballroom.

The place is packed with guests every night and business is booming. This is a paradise for all men in Shanghai!

As a long-standing and prestigious dance hall in the Far East, its name is known even in London, Paris and New York thousands of miles away.

The owner of Paramount is Miss Sheng Qi. The Sheng family was the richest family in the Qing Dynasty. Even though it has declined now, its financial resources are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The little bit of assets that Cheng Mo has accumulated now is probably not even worth the Sheng family's attention. However, prosperity will eventually decline, and wealth will last forever.

The decline of the Sheng family was foreseeable, but they are still a lean camel.

Although the Sheng family is showing signs of decline, they have woven a large network in the political arena through various means, including but not limited to marriage. Therefore, those who covet Paramount should think twice.

Paramount makes a ton of money every day, but no one knows whose pocket it goes to.

In fact, no one knew this secret except the person in charge of Paramount.

Whether in the badlands or the concessions, these dignitaries who are used to living a life of luxury and extravagance are extremely fond of the Paramount.

Not only is there fine wine here, but also the most beautiful beauties in Shanghai.

There is no man who doesn't like beautiful women.

Even among the eunuchs in the palace, he had never met someone he liked. If he did, even if they were completely separated, he would always have thoughts about her.

As for women, women in troubled times are like grass. There is never a shortage of beauties in Paramount. We can find you whatever you want.

Whether it’s a beautiful girl next door, a charming little wild cat, or an iceberg beauty, you can find any one you want to play with.

The premise is that you have enough money in your pocket.

Peng Nian, a heavy smoker, used to be an administrative inspector of a province and was considered a top figure. Now he works at No. 76 and is the secretary-general of the Purge Committee.

One of Ding Mo-cun’s two most loyal fans.

There is no smoker who is not lustful. If he is not lustful, there is only one reason, that is, he has no money in his pocket. The limited money can only be used to smoke opium, and lust has to take a back seat.

Ding Mo-cun used to be a heavy smoker. If it weren't for his lung disease, I guess he would be similar to Peng Nian.

Ding Mo-chun is afraid of death and rarely comes to places like Paramount, but Peng Nian is different. He has a small goal and only does things for Ding Mo-chun. He must have done bad things, but it's not obvious.

He can live a life of debauchery.

On the weekend night, Peng Nian took his bodyguard to the Paramount to relax as usual. As a man, he can't party every night, so at least he should relax occasionally.

The atmosphere inside No. 76 started to tense again.

The open and covert confrontation between Ding Mo-chun and Lin Shi-qun was showing signs of spreading. Peng Nian knew about his relationship with Ding Mo-chun and had long been hated by Lin Shi-qun.

Old Tang was dismissed by Lin Shiqun, and Ding Mocun only had the title of director in No. 76, but it was difficult for him to exercise power. It can be said that without Lin Shiqun's approval, Ding Mocun's orders could only be carried out in No. 76.

But Ding Mocun was not a good person either. He was also the Minister of the Social Department of the Wang Puppet Government. His status in the Wang Puppet Party was higher than that of Lin Shiqun, and the Wang Puppet Government recognized Ding Mocun more.

This time, after Ma Xiaotian made a mistake, a combination of punches sent Ma Xiaotian to Jinling and promoted Su Chengde.

Both of them seem to be inferior to Lin Shiqun, but Su is more ambitious, while Ma is not very ambitious and always obeys Lin Shiqun's orders.

Although Ma's transfer seemed to have no impact on Lin Shiqun on the surface, it actually caused a slight shake in his authority, because this appointment was promoted by Ding Mo-cun and Lin Shiqun did not object.

Those who know the inside story will definitely not have any other thoughts, but the people below are unaware of the intrigues between the top leaders.

As soon as they saw that Director No. 76 Ding was not a mascot and still had some power, those who were dissatisfied with Lin Shiqun would inevitably move closer to Ding...

There is no need to consider people like Peng Nian who are clearly branded as Dings. Even if you try to please him, you will not get any benefits and will be considered a two-faced villain.

But since Lin Shiqun suffered such a huge loss, he would definitely seek revenge.

He also knew Lin Shiqun. This man's revenge would surely come quickly and very cruelly. Wasn't that how the Cao father and son died?

He doesn't want to become like the Cao father and son.

Thinking of this, Peng Nian couldn't help but pause. At this moment, the band in the dance hall was playing jazz, the lights were flashing in the dance floor, and a group of men and women in cool clothes were hugging each other. They didn't feel that this was a regression of 30 years and was still an immoral behavior.

These foreigners say that it is to liberate nature, but this is already a bit too debauched. Alas, this is more attractive than opium!
Peng Nian shook off the random thoughts in his mind and walked quickly inside.

He has made an appointment with a few friends to play at the Paramount tonight, so he certainly doesn't want this bad mood to ruin the wonderful atmosphere.

At the booth next to him, he saw a familiar figure. It should be the friend he had made an appointment with. He walked over quickly and was about to raise his hand to say hello.

Suddenly, a gunshot was heard.

The whole dance hall exploded in an instant, the band stopped instantly, the dancing men and women lowered their heads and squatted, then began to swarm towards the door of the hall.

Screams, cries...

Peng Nian was also confused. He didn't know what was going on, but it was obviously an assassination. He didn't know who it was aimed at. He was also experienced and didn't care about the safety of his friends. He quickly lowered his head, found a direction, and ran towards the door.

When he rushed to the door, he suddenly looked up and saw a man in the crowd in front of him and the popular dancer Chen Manli, who often danced with him, fell to the ground at the sound of a gunshot.

When Peng Nian saw this scene, he was so sensitive that he was instantly frightened. Chen Manli was just a dancer and she would not make enemies with others easily, let alone send killers to enter the Paramount Ballroom to kill people.

Chen Manli is not a special person. If she is too simple, wouldn’t the killer be afraid of being hunted down by the police station if she made such a big fuss?

The killer must be targeting the person who escaped with Chen Manli.

who's that person?
Peng Nian remembered that he had an appointment with Chen Manli tonight and had left all the time for himself. If he hadn't seen an acquaintance and wanted to say hello just now, he should have been with Chen Manli at this moment!
Peng Nian was so frightened that the hairs on the back of his head stood up. He quickly pulled off his coat, lowered his head, bent over, and rushed out of the Paramount Ballroom among the crowd.

He didn't dare to get on his own car, but jumped onto a rickshaw regardless of everything, and threw down a dollar: "Hurry, get out of here immediately."

He hadn't thought about where to go yet, but the most important thing at the moment was to leave this dangerous place. The killer was most likely targeting him.

(End of this chapter)