The burly man's idea was not unreasonable.
Many countries had an uncompromising attitude towards hostage kidnapping, especially Da Xia. As long as the victim's family called the police, no kidnapper had ever been able to get away with the ransom, even if it meant sacrificing the hostage.
Therefore, the incidence of kidnapping cases in Great Xia was very low. This was because criminals were very clear that the risk of making money through kidnapping was too high. Unless they were driven into a corner and had lost their minds, it was best not to challenge the determination of the police.
Going back to the kidnapping of Gu Kai and Zhang Wei, in the past, Chinatown and the slum gangs lived in harmony. After paying the protection fee, such a situation should not have happened. Iron Fist Paul had broken the rules.
If Zhang Yaoming paid the ransom, it would only make the other party more unscrupulous, and the same thing would happen again.
"Iron Fist Paul …"
Zhang Yaoming of course understood this, but he was also helpless. "It's not as simple as you think."
Iron Fist Paul was the representative of the Hellfire Gang and the idol of the young gang members. He had a great appeal within the gang, and he had a strong ambition.
Everyone knew that he wanted to unify the slum of St. George, and for this reason, he kept recruiting and expanding his power.
If Iron Fist Paul wanted to realize his ambition, it was not enough to rely on tyrannical force alone. He also had to have matching financial resources.
He had always thought that Chinatown paid too little protection fee, and tried to let his power enter Chinatown.
In order to achieve his goal, Iron Fist Paul would do anything. If Huaixia Hall fought with him, then he would most likely use the lives of Gu Kai and Zhang Wei to show his attitude and determination.
Therefore, no matter how reasonable Senior Gao of Huaixia Hall was, Zhang Yaoming did not want to see his cousin and brother-in-law become sacrifices in the conflict between the two sides. He would rather spend money to avoid disaster.
Senior Gao's face immediately darkened. He did not look at Zhang Yaoming, but stared at Director Chen. "Director Chen, you should know that I'm thinking of everyone's interests and safety."
He knew that Zhang Yaoming did not like him, but Director Chen was enough to suppress him.
Director Chen was silent, but he seemed to be tempted by the idea.
Miss Sun frowned and did not say anything.
Senior Gao smiled coldly and said to Zhang Yaoming, "Mr. Zhang, please consider the big picture and don't act on your own."
His gaze swept across the million dollar bills on the table, and a trace of undetectable greed flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Yaoming was both shocked and angry. "You!"
"Don't meddle in other people's business …"
At this moment, Zuo Yi suddenly said, "Mr. Zhang, call them now."
Senior Brother Gao was stunned for a moment before he flew into a rage. "Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to speak here? I … "
Pa!
Before he could finish, Zuo Yi slapped him across the face.
Senior Brother Gao saw Zuo Yi's slap coming, but when he wanted to dodge, his face was hit hard. Suddenly, the world in front of him exploded, and after a while, he lost consciousness.
His tall and sturdy body swayed for a moment as if he was drunk. Then, he fell to the ground with a loud bang!
Everyone was shocked.
Miss Sun was even more shocked.
Her Senior Brother Gao had been gifted since he was young. He had been practicing the secret techniques of Huaixia Hall, and his progress had been very fast. At the age of 15, he was already invincible among his peers. After awakening as an Extraordinary, his combat strength was ranked in the top ten of the entire Hall.
Most importantly, his father was a founding member of Huaixia Hall, and his mother was a famous Chinese businesswoman in St. George. They were both powerful and had endless potential.
In many people's opinion, Senior Brother Gao would definitely become the leader of Huaixia Hall in the future.
Although Miss Sun didn't like this arrogant senior brother of hers, she was very clear about how strong he was.
In a way, Senior Brother Gao and Iron Fist Paul were the same kind of people!
However, in the hands of Zuo Yi, this tyrannical Senior Brother Gao could not even withstand a single blow.
It was unbelievable!
"Senior Brother!" "Brother Gao!"
The people Senior Brother Gao had brought with him were all panicking. Some wanted to save Senior Brother Gao, who was lying on the ground, while others were furious and wanted to fight Zuo Yi. The atmosphere in the private room suddenly became very tense.
"Stop!"
Miss Sun suddenly stood up and scolded, "If you don't want to die, stand aside!"
Her voice carried a bone-chilling coldness. It was as if ice water had been poured over those hot-headed people, causing them to instantly sober up and keep quiet out of fear.
If Senior Brother Gao was still standing here, they would not be afraid of Miss Sun.
However, their idol was lying on the ground like a dead dog at the moment!
After suppressing these people, Miss Sun apologized to Zuo Yi, "Chief Zuo, please forgive their rudeness. We respect your decision and are willing to do our part to save Mr. and Mrs. Gu."
Miss Sun's strength was far inferior to Senior Brother Gao's, but her EQ and IQ were much higher than his.
She was clearly aware of Zuo Yi's strength, so her attitude was completely different from that of Senior Brother Gao, who was arrogant.
Zuo Yi nodded, "Okay."
He did not want to argue with the people of Huaixia Hall, so he looked at Zhang Yaoming.
Zhang Yaoming did not hesitate and immediately called the kidnappers.
The call was quickly connected. After a few words with the other party, he nervously covered the phone and said to Zuo Yi, "Mr. Zuo, they want us to bring the money to St. Paul's Monastery to ransom them."
Zuo Yi asked, "Is there a problem?"
It was really a big problem.
St. Paul's Monastery was located in the center of the St. George slums. In fact, its history was longer than the slums. Back then, some poor people worked for the monastery and built straw huts and wooden houses nearby to live, which attracted more poor people to live there.
As the slum grew larger and larger, the people in the monastery were forced to leave.
Although the people of the church left, the monastery's buildings were left behind and were occupied by the gangs in the slum.
Now, it was the territory of Hellfire and also the nest of Iron Fist Paul!
It was said that Iron Fist Paul thought that Paul Monastery was built for him and he was the rightful owner.
In fact, in the slum of St. George, there were at least eight thousand people named "Paul".
Now, the other party asked Zhang Yaoming to take the money to ransom them. The degree of danger could be imagined.
"Promise them."
Zuo Yi replied without hesitation, "Let Yun Xi's parents talk to you."
"Okay."
Zhang Yaoming hurriedly continued to negotiate with the other party and asked for a call.
"Sister, are you okay?"
Two minutes later, he got in touch with Zhang Wei as he wished and confirmed that the two were still safe.
"Let's go."
After Zhang Yaoming ended the call with the kidnappers, Zuo Yi swept the US dollar bills on the table into his backpack.
He wanted to save people in his own way!
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