After taking a beating, Wei Xinghuo unexpectedly calmed down. Otherwise, with his temper, he’d have surely told Wang Zhao to round up some guys with weapons, only to get reported and then wait for the whole lot of them to be taken down in one fell swoop.
Once he’d cooled off, something clicked in Wei Xinghuo’s mind. He carefully replayed the scene in his head: the free transfer contract Xu Fei had pulled out did look incredibly authentic, complete with the Yao family head’s signature.
But it seemed to lack any official seal! That had to mean it was a fake!
With today’s technology so advanced, forging a signature wasn’t that hard. The real trick was faking both a signature and an official seal together.
With this realisation, Wei Xinghuo immediately pulled out his phone and dialled a number.
“Hello, Mr. Yao? It’s Wei Xinghuo. Here’s the thing, I’ve run into a bit of trouble at Wangjing Tower. It looks like someone’s forged a free transfer contract from your Yao family. What do you think about this…”
Before Wei Xinghuo could finish, Mr. Yao on the other end erupted in fury, “What? Someone’s got the gall to forge a free transfer contract from my Yao family? They must’ve eaten a bear’s heart and a leopard’s guts! You wait there, I’m coming over right now!”
After hanging up, Yao Dehai immediately grabbed his driver and sped off in his Mercedes S-Class straight for Wangjing Tower.
Forging a free transfer contract was no small matter. After all, the Yao family controlled a vast array of real estate holdings.
If just anyone could forge a contract like that and pull it off even once, the profits would be astronomical!
In less than twenty minutes, Yao Dehai stormed into the Wangjing Tower property office.
When he arrived and saw the office reduced to rubble and broken walls, like a demolition site, his anger flared even hotter.
Spotting Wei Xinghuo off to the side, Yao Dehai charged over, grabbed him by the collar, and barked, “Wei Xinghuo! Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because your godfather’s the commander of the capital! We’ve got a contract between us! What the hell is this? I handed Wangjing Tower over to you to manage, and this is what you turn it into?”
Yao Dehai was just one member of the sprawling Yao family branches. With their extensive real estate empire, the core assets were reserved for the direct and close collateral lines to manage.
By the time it trickled down to Yao Dehai, he’d landed the cushy job of overseeing Wangjing Tower.
But running the whole of Wangjing Tower wasn’t a walk in the park. When Yao Dehai, by chance, crossed paths with Wei Xinghuo and learned about his background, he struck a deal to temporarily hand over management rights.
Yao Dehai’s reasoning was straightforward: with Wei Xinghuo’s connections, no one would dare stir trouble at Wangjing Tower anymore.
And that’s how it played out. Forget Wei Xinghuo’s family ties—his own reputation, carved out in the capital’s underworld, was enough to keep people at bay.
So Yao Dehai enjoyed a few peaceful years. Even when he later found out Wei Xinghuo was skimming profits, he turned a blind eye.
After all, the money Wei Xinghuo pocketed was peanuts compared to Yao Dehai’s annual income, so he couldn’t be bothered to care.
But today, seeing Wangjing Tower trashed like this, Yao Dehai’s pent-up fury finally exploded.
Caught in Yao Dehai’s wrath, Wei Xinghuo didn’t dare push back head-on. After all, as Yao had pointed out, they had a signed contract.
