When He Shumin opened his eyes, he felt everything in front of him was blurry, and vaguely saw a figure swaying in front of him.
"Director He? Director He?" The earnest calls persistently drilled into He Shumin's ears. He Shumin closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with two fingers. When he opened his eyes again, he finally woke up.
He Shumin fumbled to pick up his glasses from beside the pillow and put them on. He looked around and found that he seemed to be in a hotel room.
"Director He, you're finally awake." A fat man with a greasy face was squatting beside He Shumin's bed. When he saw that He Shumin's eyes had regained focus, he quickly grabbed He Shumin's hand and choked with sobs.
If He Shumin hadn't been so sure this was his first time seeing this fat man, he would have thought he'd been a adopted son from nowhere. His two sons had never been so attentive to him before.
"Who are you?" After He Shumin regained consciousness, his mind started working rapidly.
He Shumin remembered being kidnapped, blindfolded, and tied to a stool. There was no sound around him, and he only smelled a faint odor of dust. Some time later, he felt a headache and lost consciousness again. When he regained consciousness, he saw a very beautiful woman, wrapped only in a bath towel.
Needless to say, this woman was definitely being used to seduce him. In such a dangerous situation, how could He Shumin be fooled by the "enemy's" sugar-coated bullets? Therefore, He Shumin did not hesitate to control the woman and threaten her to let him go.
But whether he was dreaming or what, he couldn't hear a word he said. The woman's mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. Just when He Shumin was extremely anxious, he felt a headache and fainted again.
If Zhou Yuanyuan knew what He Shumin was thinking, she'd surely be beaming. Isn't that right? Under Zhou Yuanyuan's control, she could easily wake He Shumin up at any time, and temporarily deafen him was even easier. Zhou Yuanyuan initially thought it was just for fun, wanting to create a "ghost girl" scare He Shumin. The result? Surprisingly, He Shumin was now being targeted by Boss Hong and Cao Dabiao's gang, and things were getting more and more interesting!
At the Zhou family home, over twenty kilometers away from the Venus Building, Zhou Yuanyuan's spirit sense "saw" He Shumin's current plight, and her mood brightened. Who had caused this four-eyed frog to cause trouble for her great-grandfather? Treating someone the way they treat you can be surprisingly wonderful.
Zhou Yuanyuan had no qualms about bullying ordinary people. If she didn't have the ability, if General Zhou fell prey to He Shumin's scheme, who would pity them? Zhou Yuanyuan knew that the entertainment city called "Paradise on Earth" was He Boqian's property, and that the woman named Xuejiao was also one of He Boqian's lovers. She placed He Shumin there to make the father and son suspicious of each other, hoping for a dog-eat-dog situation!
He Shumin didn't know that Zhou Yuanyuan had plotted against him. He suspected that his kidnapping was related to the fat man in front of him. The fat man was the first person to appear in front of him after he had been unconscious several times. He couldn't say that he was saved by the fat man now, right?
"Director He, I'm Hong Dabao, the boss of Paradise on Earth." When He Shumin asked his name, Boss Hong's chubby face grinned so brightly that his eyes were almost invisible. After recognizing He Shumin, Boss Hong struggled for a moment before finally formulating a plan he believed was perfect. If it worked, he and Cao Dabiao wouldn't have to worry about money anymore. He even had Cao Dabiao take lots of nude photos of He Shumin and Xuejiao. If they kept those photos, they could always order He Shumin and his son to do things for them. Such a wonderful thing was something Boss Hong had never dreamed of.
If this matter was not too risky, and Boss Hong alone could not handle it, Boss Hong really did not want Cao Dabiao to have a share.
"Paradise on Earth?" He Shumin thought it sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall when he'd heard it before. Thinking about it again gave him a headache and he felt like vomiting.
"Director He, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about your affairs." Boss Hong winked at He Shumin, hinting.
"What's the matter?" He Shumin was shocked when he saw Boss Hong's expression.
"It's about Xuejiao." Boss Hong chuckled inwardly. When he'd seen He Shumin on TV before, he'd always thought he was a dignified and righteous figure. Now that he saw the real He Shumin, he realized all that righteousness was just an act. He'd already gone into Xuejiao's room, and Cao Dabiao had witnessed He Shumin's attempt to force himself on her. It'd only been half an hour, and this shameless old man was already pretending nothing had happened. What a feign!
"I don't know this Xuejiao you're talking about." He Shumin's face darkened, and he felt more and more like he'd fallen into a trap. These people had gone to such great lengths to kidnap him and then tie him up with this woman. What exactly did they want from him?
"Director He, isn't it a bit unkind of you to say that? Xuejiao is a virgin. She must be dying after what you did to her." The smile on Boss Hong's face disappeared, and his aura immediately became cold and hard.
Boss Hong had already thought about this. Now that he had started what he was doing, there was no turning back. Besides, even if he wanted to stop now, Cao Dabiao would definitely not let him! Fortune and wealth are sought in danger. As long as they could deal with Old Man He, this "paradise on earth" would belong to him and Cao Dabiao.
"Tell me! What do you want?" He Shumin, a true "old fox," immediately recognized the threat in Boss Hong's words. He was using a woman to coerce him into submission? Humph! Once he was free, he would make those who schemed against him pay an unimaginable price!
"Director He, I would like to ask you to be considerate of me. I am in fear and trepidation in managing this entertainment city every day. To put it nicely, I am the boss here, but to put it bluntly, I am just a poor worker. I only get two or three hundred yuan a month as salary, and I can't even support my wife and children at home. Could you please talk to Brother Qian?" Boss Hong saw that He Shumin's words had a hint of compromise, so he quickly put forward his request.
In reality, Boss Hong's three hundred yuan a month salary was already quite a bit. Outside, a director of a state-owned factory would only make a few hundred yuan a month. However, the profits from "Paradise on Earth" were truly staggering. Boss Hong watched helplessly as the entertainment city's tens of thousands of yuan in monthly revenue was completely taken away by his own boss, leaving him with no real income. One can imagine the pain he felt.
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