The Secret to Picking Up Girls

Just as Zhang Yuze was about to leave, Gu Zhenxiong's hearty laughter echoed from the side. He boomed to Zhang Yuze, "Young brother, now that you're here, how can you leave without even attending the banquet? If I hadn't noticed early, I would have really let Little Brother Zhang slip away. If other guests found out, they might think I, Gu Zhenxiong, was being remiss in my hospitality!"

As he spoke, Gu Zhenxiong glared at the young man's face and said impolitely, "How can you treat my guests like this? Since Mr. Zhang Yuze vouched for him, what are you afraid of? I believe he's not a problem."

Turning back to Zhang Yuze, Gu Zhenxiong said with a smile, "Young brother, please come in. Now, you don't need to be checked."

Seeing this, Zhang Yuze smiled and said to Gu Zhenxiong, "Thank you for your kind words, Old Master." After speaking, Zhang Yuze led his brothers inside.

The hotel was very large, and the hall was filled with dozens of tables for the banquet, with people seated everywhere. From the appearance of these guests, Zhang Yuze could tell that they were likely the heads of Po Jun's forces in various parts of FJ, the most crucial backbone maintaining Po Jun's power.

Of course, not everyone here belonged to Po Jun. Some were local underworld factions from FZ. Although their power wasn't great, Gu Zhenxiong still valued them highly. Finally, there were gangs like Zhang Yuze's, unaffected by Po Jun's influence. The headquarters of these gangs were naturally in QZ, Xiamen, and his own Nanmin.

What surprised Zhang Yuze even more was that representatives from Hongye and Baihu, forces in FZ that had always been at odds with Po Jun, were also present. This would have been unlikely in the past. You should know that Hongye and Baihu were now opposed to Po Jun, almost irreconcilably. To the point where even superficial courtesies were unnecessary. Yet, they had all come, probably due to the pressure brought by the return of the Old Master Gu.

Seeing a table with an empty seat, Zhang Yuze nodded to the people beside it and sat down.

The men looked at Zhang Yuze with considerable suspicion, clearly surprised by his age. One of the men narrowed his eyes at Zhang Yuze and said, "May I ask, who are you with? Is it appropriate for you to sit at this table?"

The man's words were simple: if you want to sit here, you must first see if you are qualified.

Looking at the man with the effeminate face before him, Zhang Yuze flipped through the information in his mind. This person was none other than Zhou Jian, the leader of the Qing Gang in Quanzhou. He had started his career at the age of twenty-five and, after ten years of hard work, had achieved the current scale of the Qing Gang. The Qing Gang was one of the three major gangs in Quanzhou, and its scale was no longer below his own Tianxia Gang. Moreover, the Quanzhou area was more developed than Nanmin, and the economic strength of the underworld forces there was also very strong.

Although Zhang Yuze knew this person, it didn't mean that Zhou Jian knew Zhang Yuze. Zhang Yuze knew the other party because Zhang Yuze's Tianxia Gang had now basically gained a foothold in Nanmin, and expanding outwards had become an inevitable trend. That's why he had taken the trouble to collect the other party's information. However, although the Qing Gang was one of the three major gangs in Quanzhou, it still couldn't compare to the Tianxia Gang's current dominant position in Nanmin. At least, he had no plans to expand outwards for the time being.