Courtyard House: Why is my time-travel experience so shabby?

After eating something casually to fill his stomach, the sand wolf swiftly got into his sleeping bag. Almost the moment he lay down, he began to snore loudly.

This guy is really exhausted.

In order to meet up with Du Weiguo as soon as possible, he rushed all the way from Jin Xinyue, taking several flights and spending nearly two days and two nights there.

He then plunged into the desert, where he used his abilities many times, further overdrawing his physical strength.

It is because Sand Wolf is a person with special abilities. His physique is much stronger than that of ordinary people. If an ordinary person dared to do this, he would have died suddenly long ago.

Even now, Sand Wolf only has three hours of rest time at most, and he has to get up at daybreak to continue his journey, so of course he has to make every minute count to rest.

It's strange to say, as a child who grew up in a den of assassins, he is also the successor of the brotherhood that Shopkeeper Yu intends to cultivate.

The sand wolf's vigilance is almost ingrained in its bones.

No matter how tired he was, even if he fainted and lost consciousness, he would subconsciously turn a blind eye.

But now, in this unfamiliar environment full of dangers, the sand wolf slept exceptionally soundly. He was completely defenseless and fell directly into a deep sleep without even dreaming.

The current Sand Wolf is so powerful that anyone can easily kill him.

Perhaps in his subconscious, he felt safe and at ease with the world's number one Du Weiguo guarding him?

Come to think of it, who could kill Du Weiguo's companion in front of him?

"Ding~" the lighter made a crisp sound, and Du Weiguo took out the cigarette box and lit a cigarette.

Then he picked up two pieces of solid fuel and threw them into the fire, and the campfire that was about to go out immediately became stronger.

The sleeping sand wolf seemed to be irritated by the smoke. He sniffed subconsciously, frowned, and turned over, but he did not wake up and continued to snore.

"Heh, this guy is really careless. He didn't even know he was sold out."

Seeing him sleeping like this, Du Weiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he was mostly envious.

In fact, at this moment, he also felt a little tired. He had been working non-stop longer than the Sand Wolf, and his eyes were already bloodshot.

He closed his eyes and pinched his slightly sore nose.

In just a moment, when Du Weiguo opened his eyes again, his pupils had regained their former black and white color and were full of spirit.

Although the skill of immortality is magical, it is not omnipotent. At least it cannot soothe his accumulated depression and stress.

However, it can solve all his physical fatigue and discomfort, allowing him to fight for his life without stopping like a perpetual motion machine.

"Whoo~"

Du Weiguo opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of white smoke, then looked into the distance with a distant gaze and murmured softly.

"I don't know what's going on in Hong Kong Island right now. Can Zhao Yingnan handle it?"

Just as he expected, Hong Kong Island has been quite unstable recently, and Zhao Yingnan has been having a hard time.

All of a sudden, Hong Kong Island's political arena, business circle, police force, and even the underworld of dwarf mules were in chaos, the crime rate soared, and the level of public security plummeted.

The landlords will not be so easy to eradicate.

A desperate dog will jump over the wall. Moreover, there are no ordinary people in the landlords' association. Basically, they are either rich or noble. Of course, they will not sit still and wait for death.

Especially the four old families in Hong Kong Island, which have been rooted in this island for nearly a hundred years, with their roots intertwined and infiltrated into all walks of life.

The order Du Weiguo left before leaving was to completely clear the four major families from Hong Kong Island within three months.

He said this in a very domineering way, but how easy is it to actually put it into practice?

The first thing to be affected is money. Even though the four major families are afraid of Du Weiguo's power and ruthlessness, they are willing to sell their properties at a low price.

However, each company has deep roots and countless industries, and requires huge amounts of capital.

Fortunately, this biggest trouble had been predicted and solved in advance by Du Weiguo. Before Zhao Yingnan returned to Hong Kong Island from Siam, he received 20 billion US dollars transferred by him.

This huge sum of money is enough to acquire the assets of the four major families and even the entire landlord association, and there is even some left over.

Is Du Weiguo not good at settling accounts? Of course not, he deliberately left Zhao Yingnan with a slack in order to help her solve the second problem.

There are hundreds of factories of all sizes, as well as shops and shares, involving more than 100,000 employees, and hundreds of thousands of citizens are affected.

Now, what Zhao Yingnan has to do is to make a one-size-fits-all acquisition and then clear out all the people from the four major families and their direct descendants.

These people are often the leaders and pillars of factories and shops.

If you pull out the radish, you will bring out the mud. If you want to get rid of them, it will inevitably lead to large-scale personnel changes.

However, Zhao Yingnan did not have so many capable candidates to fill the vacancies immediately, so many unimportant industries had to be temporarily closed.

This is no small matter. If not handled properly, it may even lead to a wave of closures and unemployment.

The leniency Du Weiguo provided her was to deal with this problem, so that employees of temporarily closed companies could receive a subsidy during the period of suspension.

Of course it can't be full salary. At most it's only one-third of the usual salary, but it's enough.

With this subsidy, at the very least, it can stabilize these employees and allow them to maintain their livelihoods during the shutdown period.

Generally speaking, this subsidy can stabilize the basic stability of the entire Hong Kong Island.

These unemployed people and families will not cause trouble because they still have an income and hope of returning to work.

Of course, the vast majority of people are like this, seeking peace and stability.

However, there is also a small group of people who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Especially after being instigated by some people with ulterior motives, they jump up and down excitedly, trying to take advantage of the situation.

Recently, there have been several protest marches in Wan Chai and Kowloon.

However, the scale was not too large, usually only a few hundred or a thousand people, and no armed confrontation occurred, and they were all dispersed by the police.

In addition to these, the biggest trouble Zhao Yingnan faced was the almost endless lobbyists.

Ever since she landed in Hong Kong Island, the lights of White Sand Bay Manor have almost never been turned off, and luxury cars are constantly driving in and out from morning to night.

All the people who came were big shots, including the current Governor of Hong Kong, the Commissioner of Police, the three chiefs, Mr. Fok, Mr. Bao, and Mr. Ho~

Each of them is a top boss, and the ground in Hong Kong can shake three times with just the stomping of their feet. Ordinary people are not qualified to get close to Baisha Bay Manor, and they don’t even know of Zhao Yingnan’s existence.

Du Weiguo's grandson is too intimidating now, and he has a bad temper. He is very stubborn and never goes back on his word. Even they don't dare to ask him for mercy.

Zhao Yingnan is much gentler, and her roots are in Hong Kong Island. She has to deal with these people on a daily basis, so she always has to leave some room when speaking and doing things.

Late at night, in the study on the third floor of the White Building.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Yingnan had just seen off the last wave of lobbyists. He leaned back in his chair tiredly, let out a long breath, and pinched his sore temples hard.

On the desk in front of her, there was a mountain of documents and materials, all of which were corporate mergers and acquisitions that were about to be executed.

This is just a small part of the data. It is the final result after careful compilation and estimation. The big part is all below. At this time, the first floor of the White Building has been converted into a temporary office area. There are dozens of people working day and night. They are all actuaries and appraisers under Zhao Yingnan.

"Oh~ So annoying." After a moment, Zhao Yingnan opened his eyes, glanced at the information in front of him, and sighed with disgust and helplessness.

Zhao Yingnan is not an ambitious person, and does not care about money, status, or power.

Maybe her original personality was not like this, but it gradually evolved into what it is now.

Especially recently, since she started working with Moran, she doesn't have to worry about anything and doesn't have to show up in public. She has become more and more Buddhist, wishing she could just sit there and not care about worldly affairs.

However, Du Weiguo is now forcing her to become the master of Hong Kong Island.

Once the 20 billion U.S. dollars are spent and the acquisition of the four major companies and the landlords' association is completed, then after some time, these industries will be straightened out.

Zhao Yingnan will monopolize half or even two-thirds of the economic lifeline of Hong Kong Island, and no more!

From now on, she is the sky of Hong Kong Island, and her words are followed by laws. Her control over this Pearl of the Orient is much stronger than that of England.

Forcing himself to stay awake, Zhao Yingnan reluctantly picked up the stack of documents in front of him.

The thickest and most important document on the table is the one that requires the most funds: the Li family's acquisition of Bank of East Asia.

"Drip drop~"

Just as she opened the cover page of the document, Zhao Yingnan's satellite phone rang, and her eyes instantly frowned.

This phone was assigned to her by MI6. Only a few people knew the number: Du Weiguo, Xiao Ma Ge, Rick, and Moran.

"Hey!"

With a hint of expectation, Zhao Yingnan answered the phone. She was very excited because the call was from Du Weiguo.

"Ms. Megan, I'm sorry to bother you so late. It's me, Rick."

When Rick's voice sounded in the microphone, Zhao Yingnan's face instantly darkened and his brows frowned.

"Why? Rick, are you going to plead for someone too?"

"No, no, Miss Megan, you misunderstood. I didn't mean that." Rick's voice was hoarse and he sounded very tired.

His recent situation is even more difficult than Zhao Yingnan's. The Landlord Association is not a group of wealthy businessmen who have no power and can be bullied at will.

Recently, in addition to the tense mergers and acquisitions in Hong Kong, there has been a lot of fighting in secret, with many people dying and a lot of blood being shed almost every night.

Ye Yan and Ye Li, the cat-and-dog duo, always stayed in the White Building to protect Zhao Yingnan.

Lu Yan and Lancelot, along with Mao Aiyi and the three City Hunters, worked tirelessly to eliminate the monsters hiding in the darkness who were attempting to counterattack.

As the head of the six departments in Hong Kong Island, all the dirty work of cleaning up the mess naturally fell on Rick's head.

He has been running around like a firefighter all the time recently, either cleaning up the mess or on his way to clean up the mess.

"Sorry, Rick, you know I'm almost driven crazy by these lobbyists."

Zhao Yingnan's expression lightened slightly, and his voice softened.

"It's okay. I understand. It's like this. Miss Triss has arrived in Hong Kong Island and will land at Kai Tak Airport soon."

"Huh?" Zhao Yingnan was surprised.

"At this critical moment, why is this guy coming to Hong Kong Island instead of staying in Auto City?"

At Wanlun Auto City, the first batch of sample engine testing has entered the final stage and will soon be ready for formal mass production.

In the microphone, Rick's voice was also full of doubts:

"I don't know. Miss Triss didn't contact me in advance, and she didn't come here by private plane."

Zhao Yingnan was even more surprised:

"Then how did she get here? With her pretentiousness, how could she squeeze into a commercial airliner? No way?"

Rick replied with a bit of a smile:

"Yes, Miss Triss did come here on a civilian airliner, but she chartered a whole Boeing 707."

"What is this woman doing? Does she have money to burn?" Zhao Yingnan's brows were twisted into a big lump.

Half an hour later, close to midnight, Kai Tak Airport.

Moran, wearing a flame-red dress, walked down the gangway gracefully, took an exaggerated deep breath, and then stretched her body.

"The air in Hong Kong is still very comfortable, not too cold or too hot, and even the wind is refreshing and sweet."

She twisted her neck and continued talking to herself as if no one was around.

"Damn it, I was deceived by that Du guy before. I foolishly went to Siam and gave up such a Feng Shui treasure land so easily."

"Okay, stop talking, you're taking advantage of me!"

Zhao Yingnan came up to him quickly and mercilessly scolded him:

"Tell me, what the hell are you doing? Why did you suddenly come to Hong Kong Island in the middle of the night? And you chartered such a big plane. Do you have so much money and nowhere to spend it?"

"Hey~"

Moran smiled meaningfully, and suddenly pointed towards the hatch:

"You see, I didn't come here alone."

As she spoke, a large group of people came out of the cabin door one after another, both men and women, old and young, and each of them looked exceptionally smart and capable.

Some of them were people Zhao Yingnan knew. They were all Moran’s direct subordinates and middle and senior management cadres.

Soon, more than a hundred people got off the plane, forming a large black mass. They all stood in front of Zhao Yingnan and Mo Lan in silence with stern expressions.

Moran slowly lit a cigarette, exhaled the smoke slowly, and then waved at them domineeringly.

"Call someone."

"Boss!" Everyone bowed to Zhao Yingnan almost at the same time and shouted in unison.

"Hiss~" Zhao Yingnan's eyes widened, and he looked at Moran with a dull look:

"You, what do you mean? What happened in Siam? Or are you suffering from a terminal illness?"

"Bah! You are the one who has a terminal illness?" Moran spat lightly, her tone was full of contempt and pride:

"Four big pineapples just went off in India. The whole world is shocked by his horrific methods. Those spineless people in Siam are so scared that they almost worship me as their ancestor. What can happen?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yingnan was even more confused: "Then why did you bring all the staff to Hong Kong Island?"

"What are you doing?" Mo Lan smiled and grabbed Zhao Yingnan's shoulder:

"Of course I'm here to help you ascend the throne!" (End of this chapter)