Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

At this moment, on the ninth floor of the building.

The room rented by the notorious bandit Chen Yiyuan and his brothers.

"Boss, the cops have surrounded this place!" One of the thugs pulled back the curtain a little and said to Chen Yiyuan.

After a moment of silence, Chen Yiyuan picked up his weapon and said, "Let's split up. The police are probably evacuating the citizens right now. Let's escape separately and then meet up again! Ah Xin will go with me, and Ah Long and Ah Zhong will go together!"

"Got it, Brother Yuan!" Everyone nodded, then picked up their tools and prepared to leave.

But the moment they pushed open the door, they bumped into another group of people.

He was also holding a weapon and looking at them warily.

"Wait, don't do it!" Chen Yiyuan immediately raised his hand to stop his brother, then said to the other man, "What's your name, brother?"

The burly man said casually, "Just call me Copper Pot!"

"My name is Chen Yiyuan! Which gang are you from, brother?" Chen Yiyuan continued to ask.

The copper pot said coldly, "There's no need to tell you!"

Chen Yiyuan sighed and said, "I don't think you're doing anything legitimate either. There are at least several hundred policemen outside, and we're all in this together!"

After thinking for a moment, the copper pot said, "I take money and do things for people. What about you?"

"Robbery of a gold shop!" Chen Yiyuan said calmly, "I think we can cooperate!"

Copper Pot sneered and said, "No need. The police who came this time are all from the PTU, just patrolling the streets. We can break out when we find an opportunity! I think it's better for us to go our separate ways!"

Chen Yiyuan spread his hands and said, "Fine! Whatever you say!"

As they spoke, both men, armed, watched warily as the other departed in different directions.

Police quickly cut off the power to the building's elevators, and the sounds of them evacuating residents downstairs could be clearly heard.

Chen Yiyuan ordered his men to hide all their weapons, intending to slip away among the residents.

Meanwhile, another PTU team had arrived at the door of the room where Chen Yiyuan had previously rented.

"Officer Fang, we've arrived at the location where the bandits are hiding. Shall we proceed?" the PTU captain asked.

Upon receiving the order, the PTU captain immediately summoned his men, who then smashed the door lock with a breaching tool.

Little did they know that Chen Yiyuan and his accomplices had already made a makeshift cluster bomb using hand grenades and gas cylinders when they left.

The explosion rang out the instant the door was kicked open.

Then, a towering flame engulfed the entire room, even shattering the windows and venting its flames outwards.

Meanwhile, inside the command vehicle on the outskirts of the scene.

A woman walked in.

Fang Jiexia glanced at him, then introduced him to Superintendent Yang beside her: "Sir, this is Inspector Zhou from the Public Relations Section!"

Zhou smiled at the two of them and said, "Sir! Good morning!"

Fang Jiexia asked directly, "How many media outlets are here?"

Inspector Zhou sat down and said, "Three television stations, three radio stations, eighteen newspapers and magazines! And five foreign news agencies! There are about eighty reporters here to interview us!"

Fang Jiexia nodded and said, "I've drafted a key point; can you help me write a press release?"

"No problem, I'll get it to you in ten minutes!" Inspector Zhou nodded and got to work.
Fang Jiexia continued, "Where are the photos we're going to send out?"

"It's all developed. I've picked out a few cool and handsome ones! I'm editing them on the computer now. I found a film director to edit the clips; once it's finished and has music added, it'll definitely have a great effect!" Inspector Zhou answered Fang Jiexia's question while writing his statement. "Very good, get it done and send it to the media as soon as possible!" Fang Jiexia nodded and said, "Also, tell the media that I'll update them every half hour!"

Before he could finish speaking, an explosion suddenly rang out inside the building.

Superintendent Yang and Fang Jiexia immediately ran out to see what was happening and found flames shooting into the sky from a room on the ninth floor.

The explosion came from there.

This situation prompted reporters downstairs to frantically press their camera shutters.

The person holding the camera pointed it at the window that was engulfed in flames.

"Ask Team B how things are going!" Fang Jiexia said to her subordinates immediately, her face ashen.

"Squad B hasn't responded at all, could it be..." the subordinate said cautiously.

"Shut up!" Fang Jiexia immediately snapped, then told her subordinates, "Notify all PTU squads to charge forward."

Helpless, his subordinates could only nod and give orders to the PTU personnel.

Looking at the flames in the room, Fang Jiexia said to Inspector Zhou beside her, "Take care of those media outlets!"

Superintendent Yang frowned and said, "How can we broadcast it when it's blown up like this!"

Unlike Fang Jiexia, Superintendent Yang at least had some sense of right and wrong. These office workers had never participated in frontline activities, and he himself did not approve of this show.

If it weren't for Huang Yuanbin's strong push for this plan, Superintendent Yang would have just played dead like the other senior executives.

Inspector Zhou said with a smile, "Sir, we will re-edit it. In the future, the media will only see the scenes of our PTU bravely chasing down the robbers and rescuing the trapped residents! They won't see anything else!"

"Sir, should we say a few words to the media?" Fang Jiexia continued his shady tactics.

Superintendent Yang said unhappily, "I won't do it at this time!"

“Then I’ll speak!” Fang Jiexia picked up her speech and walked directly toward the media.

It must be said that this woman is quite skilled at fabricating stories. In front of the media, she portrayed the explosion as an accident that occurred during a firefight with the robbers, which temporarily calmed the robbers down.

But then, another unexpected event occurred!

The PTU officers received orders and rushed upstairs, accidentally knocking down Chen Yiyuan and his group.

Seeing Chen Yiyuan and his group so calm, the PTU officers became suspicious and ordered them to take out the contents of their travel bags for inspection.

Chen Yiyuan and his group could no longer dodge, so they drew their guns and opened fire.

This sudden attack caught the police off guard.

The four thugs, armed with AKs, completely blocked off the stairwell; it was as if they would send as many as they came to their deaths.

Fighting and retreating, they could only retreat to a unit on the eighth floor.

Unfortunately, a family in that unit on the eighth floor was unable to evacuate in time.

"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot!" Chen Yiyuan immediately took the father of the family hostage and shouted loudly at the approaching PTU.

Now the PTU dared not act rashly, as they had not expected that there were still hostages inside the building who had not been evacuated.

After forcing the police to back down, Chen Yiyuan said to the father and two children in the family, "We don't want to hurt anyone. We just want to stay here for a while. Do you understand? Don't do anything that makes me feel threatened. You three will be fine after we leave."

The fat man nodded quickly: "Then how should I cooperate with you?"

"Just turn on the TV and watch the live broadcast," Chen Yiyuan said with a smile. (End of Chapter)