Before Ninth Brother could finish speaking, a burly man sitting at the end of the table stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. "You old bastard, are you ever going to stop?" His voice wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear. This burly man was a newly promoted chess player, hot-tempered and ruthless. His promotion was entirely due to his ruthlessness; he had killed the chess player above him to climb up the ranks. Although no one had evidence that he did it, everyone knew the truth.

"Chess player" is a code name used by the underground forces in City B to refer to the leader of a faction, also known as the "boss," "boss," or various other titles. This newly promoted chess player has a name that suits him well: Biaozi, whose full name is Lei Biao.

"Biaozi, don't rush, it's about to start. Now, hand over your pieces." A flash of ruthlessness crossed Ninth Brother's eyes. He finished speaking coldly, and Tiger, carrying a semi-closed box, walked to each player and collected their pieces.

"Everyone sitting here today is a pillar of my gang, Hong Guang. As per your request, all the gang's businesses will be redistributed today. This was your joint proposal, so I hope you won't have any objections when you take the chess pieces later. Otherwise, your chess player qualification will be revoked. The gang has countless underlings waiting to take the chess pieces!" Hong Ye's hoarse voice echoed in the conference room. Everyone present stared at the box in Tiger's hand with sinister eyes, and smoke filled every corner of the room.

"Before we officially begin, let's confirm one last time. Once we start, it's all up to fate. Are you all ready?" Ninth Brother, clearly a strategist, took the box from Tiger's hand, placed it on the table, and said with a serious expression.

The people present exchanged glances and nodded, resigning themselves to fate and decreeing that wealth and status were determined by heaven.

"Alright! Let's start taking the chess pieces again. The handover after taking the pieces must be completed within three months. The club hopes that you can make up for the losses caused by this re-taking of the pieces as soon as possible. Without further ado, let's start taking the pieces!" After Ninth Brother finished speaking, he placed the box on the table, indicating that he was starting while also watching everyone's reactions.

Master Hong sat to the side, observing everyone's behavior with a cold eye. He was secretly taken aback. He had expected that such a situation would inevitably involve disputes and even bloodshed, but the scene before him gave him a sense of unusual atmosphere. The ten chess players actually took their pieces in a certain order, then sat back down and carefully examined the pieces in their hands.

The pieces are not ordinary Go pieces. Each piece has two codes written on it: one code represents the type of business, and the other represents the scope of business involved.

Hong Guang divided the entire City B into several base points. Each district was considered a base point. Each district had two players controlling the game, each managing shady underground businesses.

The ten chess players placed their pieces on the table. Then, seeing Master Hong's gloomy expression, the room fell silent. Tiger's smile had vanished, and his eyes kept glancing at Hong Guang's face. The oppressive atmosphere in the room made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

“Master Hong! We brothers have something we’d like to discuss with you. We wonder if you’d give us a chance to say it?” One of the men sitting in the middle on the left flicked the ash from his cigarette and squinted at Master Hong, who had been sitting silently to the side.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the room paused, many of them clearly putting their hands on their waists. It was obvious that during the two months that Master Hong was in Hong Kong, his men had reached some kind of agreement. After hearing this, a ruthless smile appeared on Master Hong's face. "Ah Liang, what is it? Tell me!"

“Brother Hong, the brothers feel that you are getting old and are still working hard for the gang. We feel bad about it, so we want to choose someone to assist you on this special day so that you can have plenty of time to recuperate.” As soon as Ah Liang said this, all ten men except Biaozi whispered in agreement. It was clear that some kind of agreement had been reached in private. Ah Liang couldn’t help but feel a little smug when he saw everyone’s agreement.

Seeing the sudden change in the scene, Master Hong glanced at Ninth Brother and Tiger beside him, and a surge of murderous intent gradually filled his chest. "Alright! Tell me! Which brother wants to sit in this position?" Master Hong stood up as he spoke, his murderous eyes sweeping over the chess players present.

Several people lowered their heads under Hong Ye's sharp gaze, but only the men around Ah Liang stared back fearlessly at Hong Ye. At the same time, they gritted their teeth, reached into their waistbands, pulled out dark pistols, and slammed them on the table. "Hong Ye, the result of our brothers' research is that Ninth Brother will take over your position! What do you think?!" The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense. Ah Liang was clearly confident in his plan, and the generous reward made him simply throw away all pretense of civility.

"Ninth Brother?" Hong Ye turned his head to look at Ninth Brother, who was expressionless, when he saw Ah Liang's actions. An uncontrollable anger rose in his heart. "Ninth Brother! Is this your idea?"

"This isn't my idea, it's everyone's idea." After saying that, Ninth Brother took out a cell phone from his pocket. "Let's do it!" He then threw the phone on the table, pushed open the door, and walked out.

After the door closed, the people inside immediately pointed their guns at Boss Hong and Biaozi's men. "Boss Hong, I'm sure your henchmen will be waiting for you on the road in a few minutes. Don't blame your brothers. Biaozi, you're a good fighter. I hope you can outrun the bullets, hahaha!" A-Liang finished speaking and laughed as he left the meeting room…

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