Chapter 121: Beating Up the Rich Young Master 1

  In the evening, the two old men didn't make any more trouble. They said that when people get old, they become like little children again. The Second Old Master is now sitting in the big courtyard playing chess. No matter how many people outside want to see Chu Yuan Shan and Chu Tian Xiong, they are all blocked by the soldiers guarding the outside.

  The day after tomorrow is Zhao Shumin's 75th birthday, and Zhao Hong and others will also prepare in advance. At that time, many people will come to celebrate his birthday. After all, Zhao Shumin is China's last marshal and a former national leader, so it's easy to imagine how prestigious his status is.

  "Big brother, you've just arrived in Beijing, why don't we take you on a tour around?"

  You Ran and the three maidservants were clearly unable to stay at home, wanting to go out and play, but Yang Zhenxian was strict in her management, so they could only pull Chu Zi Feng along with them, in which case Yang Zhenxian probably wouldn't stop them.

  Actually, You Ran and her two sisters were all raised by Zhao Shu Min and his wife. There was no other choice because among their parents, only You Ran's mother lived in Beijing, the others worked elsewhere, and they didn't feel at ease with hiring a nanny, so it could only be taken care of by the elderly couple.

  Chu Zi thought of going out to have some fun and, with Murong Zhenzhu not having returned for ten years, they were all young people, so they naturally agreed.

  Before leaving, Yang Zhenxian specifically instructed that Chu Zifeng was visiting Beijing for the first time and was not familiar with the city. He told You Ran and her two friends not to wander around everywhere and get this big cousin lost.

  You Ran and three others responded in unison, still feeling that Yang Zhenxian was too wordy, so they pulled Chu Zi Feng and Mu Rong Zhen Zhu to run out of the courtyard.

  At several turns, You Ran waved his hand at a soldier holding a rifle and said softly, "Little boy, this way, we're over here."

  Chu Zi Feng and Mu Rong Zhen Zhu didn't know what the three of them were up to, weren't they supposed to go have fun? Why did you call a soldier over, I'm not used to having a bodyguard around me. But then again, since Yang Zhen Xian didn't even bring anyone when we went out, it's likely that this central leader's offspring isn't as heavily protected as the outside world says, and besides Beijing is under the emperor's feet, who would dare cause trouble here, don't they want to live a long life?

  The man in military uniform was about thirty years old, but he didn't look like a soldier at all. He sneaked up to You Ran's side and glanced towards the main gate before saying, "Miss, you'd better return early this time. If Old Master and Madam find out, I'll be in trouble again!"

  "Kid, how did your guts get smaller and smaller? It's just borrowing a car for a drive, why are you so scared?"

  The little soldier is sweating, I reckon he's thinking to himself, "My big sister, please, you three are still so young, not even old enough to take the driver's test, and now I'm letting you guys drive a military vehicle? That's against military regulations! We were already caught once before, if it happens again, I'll be out of here!"

  "In short, be careful, don't let Lao Shou Zhang and his wife find out. And also... uh, this must be Master Chu, right?"

  The son of Chu nodded and smiled, but didn't say a word.

  "I've already filled up with gas, you guys mustn't speed!"

  "Stop talking nonsense! Where is the car?"

  "Uh, I'll stop at the street corner, you guys go ahead and open it yourselves!"

  Taking the car key from Xiao Tong, You Ran and the three of them also sneaked away to the street, leaving Chu Zi Feng and Mu Rong Zhen Zhu very helpless!

  "Little brother, it seems like you should just buy a car, I feel like we're doing something sneaky!"

  Guo Xiangxiang said: "Pearl sister, you can rest assured, even if we are thieves, we are stealing from our own family, it's okay."

  How did Chu Zi Wind associate with an old saying "Day and night defense, family thief is hard to prevent"!

  You Ruan Yu drove a military jeep, just starting from the street, she stepped on the accelerator and shouted: "We're off, everyone, our destination is Beijing Auction House."

  "Slow down, little one, you'll be chased by traffic police." Chu Zifeng said.

  "Don't worry, big brother, this car has a military license plate, the traffic police don't dare to mess with it."

  With a screech, the car sped through the red light. A traffic policeman on the side of the road pulled out a small notebook and said while recording something: "The 130th time, Zhao's three sisters driving a military vehicle ran the red light! Ah, this fine will probably be resolved by our battalion commander again!"

  Half an hour later, You Ran stopped the car in front of a large iron gate at Wangfujing, and after getting out of the car, Chu Zifeng saw that on the large iron gate were written five words "Beijing Auction House".

  "Little baby, you wouldn't bring your big brother here to buy things, would you?" Chu Zifeng asked.

  Deng Yi said: "Big brother, you really think we're out here to have fun! In two days it's Grandpa's birthday, how can we not prepare a decent gift? Otherwise, my parents will say that we're just freeloading!"

  Look, nowadays these young ladies are really something. They know they shouldn't freeload at their uncle's house and even came out to buy gifts before his birthday! However, buying gifts at an auction house is a bit too much, isn't it? Where did these three girls get so much money from? This is the number one auction house in Beijing, after all. The things being auctioned off aren't cheap.

  After entering the auction house, the hall was already packed with people, at least a hundred, and I didn't expect business to be so good here.

  "Oh dear, we're late again and there are no good seats left. It looks like we can only sit in the back!" Guo Xiangxiang said as she found a few seats at the very back and they all sat down.

  Murong Zhenzhu said: "When I was in Beijing, there wasn't this place. What kind of things are sold here?"

  "Jen Pearl, I heard from my mom that you've been in Yanjing for ten years, so of course you wouldn't know about the development over here. Let me tell you, we have everything here and they're all top-notch, limited edition stuff - far better than those international limited-edition brands, who knows how many times better? We often come here to buy things."

  "Little infant, you three are still in middle school, where did you get so much money?"

  "Hehe, red envelope money, birthday money, all added together, can buy a lot of things in a year."

  Wow, the red envelope money and birthday money combined can buy a lot of things at this auction house. I said to the miss, your red envelope money and birthday money are also quite generous, aren't they?

  However, these three girls are all Chu Zifeng's sisters and it is their first meeting, so the meeting gift is still necessary.

  "What did you guys pick out today? Big brother will give it to you."

  "Really, Big Sister? You're giving it to us?" Deng Yi asked.

  "Of course, Big Brother would never deceive anyone, especially you young girls."

  "They're not young anymore, they're already fifteen... Look quickly, the first auction item is out... Wow, what a beautiful diamond ring... But, big brother, this..."

  Chu Zi Feng smiled and said: "Go ahead and name your price, no need to give any discounts for Big Brother."

  In their opinion, Chu Zifeng was supposed to be the successor of Tenglong Group, so money was naturally not a problem for him. However, they had no idea that all the money Chu Zifeng had now was earned by his own ability, and he hadn't even used a single penny of the money Zhao Jinhong gave him last time.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our auction house. The first item up for bidding today is this diamond ring, with a starting price of 100,000 RMB."

  The man who was hosting the auction had just finished speaking when someone in front shouted, "One and a half million! Nobody else bid, or I'll fight him!"

  Alright, this auction just started and some idiot pops out, not even letting others bid against him, what the heck is he doing!

  However, things are just so strange. When the person in front shouted, the whole scene was silent, and the host also nailed it with one hammer, without any hesitation, saying: "This diamond ring belongs to Mr. Xiang now."

  As soon as the host finished speaking, a stout young man of about twenty-five or six stood up and looked around the room with disdain, saying loudly: "A bunch of poor devils, no money but also dare to come here."

  "I'm saying you're inferior, but with your family's influence and your father's power, who in the capital would dare to compete with you?"

  That young master was accompanied by a thin youth about his age who smiled and said, "These two guys don't look like good stuff."

  And then Guo Xiangxiang saw those two guys and said: "It's that Item Jinbao and Ma Dingxian, those two bastards again."

  You Ran Yin said: "It's really a narrow road, how come every time I come here, I run into the two of them, they really think this auction house is their family's."

  "Xiang Xiang, is that young man the grandson of Item Progress?" asked Murong Zhenzhu.

  "Besides Lao Tzu's grandson, who else in this capital city is so annoying?"

  Chu Zi Feng asked: "What kind of people are you all talking about?"

  "Big brother, that Xiang Jinbao's grandfather is Xiang Jinqiu, the former vice-premier. His old man is called Xiang Baisheng, who just took over Xiang Jinqiu's position and is now the vice-premier, also a sworn enemy of Big Auntie."

  "What's wrong with my mom?"

  "Yes. Originally, the position of Prime Minister should have been taken over by the Deputy Prime Minister, but because of his performance, Item Baisheng was not satisfactory to the No. 1 leader and Premier Yun, so he was directly removed from office in the next month's reshuffle, and replaced by Big Aunt as Prime Minister. It is precisely for this reason that the Item family has been opposing our Zhao family everywhere, but my grandfather is constrained by his position and cannot intervene, so the Item family has become more and more overbearing."

  After You Ran finished speaking, Guo Xiangxiang said: "I heard that Xiang Baisheng has also joined forces with a group of old guys from the State Council to oppose Dajie's ascension. Fortunately, they were suppressed by the No. 1 leader and Premier Yun. However, the Xiang family did not give up like this. During this period, they openly and secretly opposed Dajie."

  After listening to You Ran and the others, Chu Zi Feng felt that this capital city was indeed not to be trifled with. No matter how great your power or high your status, others may appear to respect you on the surface, but secretly, who knows what evil intentions they harbor to harm you? This political circle is really a bit hair-raising!

  Murong Zhenzhu said: "Although I haven't been back for ten years, but also heard Xiaosang mention that in the Central Committee, it was divided into two factions early on. One faction is led by your mother, Zhao's faction, and the other faction is led by Xiang's family, Xiang's faction. Although the leaders of both sides have never had an open confrontation, the people below them have never stopped making small moves. And Number One and Premier Yun are standing on your mother's side, but it's not good for them to directly intervene in the struggle between the two factions. Even this time when it was decided that your mother would be the next premier, no one from Xiang's faction attended the meeting, clearly very dissatisfied. If I'm not mistaken, before the change of leadership, Xiang's family will definitely make a large-scale move."

  You Ran said: "This is all because of Grandpa, he didn't stand up and say a word. Otherwise, with Grandpa's status, I don't think anyone in the Yeom family would dare to cause trouble."

  Murong Zhenzhu smiled and said, "Xiaoying, you should know that although Grandfather Zhao's one word can turn the tide of events, if he does so, he will be known for being biased towards his own family. I believe Auntie Zhao and the others wouldn't want outsiders to gossip either!"

  As for those political things, Chu Zi Feng may not understand, but since the people of the Xiang family are against his own mother, he should also help his mother do something. At least now, he can make that young master Xiang unable to swallow his anger.