The speaker was a young man who was being trampled underfoot by the thugs and couldn't move. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a wealthy young master, but Rong Hao could tell from his accent that he was from Nanjing and not a native of Shanghai. However, people from all over the world came to Shanghai these days, so it wasn't surprising.
Rong Hao turned around and asked the waiter, only to find out that the young man had seen the pretty dancer Red Rose at the opposite table and called the waiter over, threw down a wad of cash, and asked Red Rose to come and drink with him. However, the two people at that table were members of the Green Gang, who were used to bullying others. They were not about to let others bully them, so they threw punches without saying a word, and the two sides started fighting, making a mess of the hall.
Xuan Gaofei, who was standing to the side, was furious when he heard this. He originally thought that the Green Gang disciples were deliberately causing trouble here, but he did not expect that the first one to cause trouble was this young man.
He stepped forward and kicked the young man in the stomach. The intense pain caused the young man to curl up in pain and let out a scream.
"Kid, you've got some nerve causing trouble here. I'll teach you a lesson today, or you'll never learn. Even if you don't say anything, I'll still make you pay me back, and I'll make you pay double!"
Rong Hao glanced around at the onlookers, not wanting to waste any more time, and said, "My wine is expensive. If you're willing to pay for it, I'll let you off this time. You're quite sensible!"
Turning to Xuan Gaofei, he said, "Search all their valuables and then throw them out into the street!"
Xuan Gaofei nodded after Rong Hao spoke up, and said to the four men, "Consider yourself lucky today, otherwise I'd break your legs and make you crawl back down the street!"
After saying that, he waved his hand, and several thugs stepped forward and searched the four people for all their valuables. When they searched the young man, they found a lot of banknotes on him, all of them in US dollars.
After looting the money, the thugs threw the four men onto the street. By then, waiters had already cleaned up the lobby.
Rong Hao then put on a smiling face and said loudly to the guests around him, "I'm sorry to have disturbed your enjoyment. Please don't mind this. Tonight, the guests at the tables that were disturbed will have their meals treated by our dance hall. Please continue!"
After he finished speaking, he nodded to the musicians on the stage, and immediately cheerful music started playing. Soon, the guests all went to the dance floor and started dancing again. The dance hall returned to its original order, as if nothing had happened.
At this moment, the cleaned-up tables were set with drinks again, and the guests took their seats. Rong Hao poured himself a glass of red wine, raised his glass to the guests, and, having just witnessed the imposing presence of Boss Rong, they dared not be negligent and quickly raised their glasses in response.
Just as he raised his glass in invitation, Rong Hao suddenly noticed that the face of a guest directly in front of him was extremely similar to that of the Japanese spy Iwai Nosuke in the photograph. He was startled, but showed no emotion on his face.
The two men faced each other. Rong Hao smiled and nodded slightly in greeting. Iwai nosuke took it as a gesture of goodwill from Rong Hao and nodded in return. Everyone raised their glasses to drink together. Rong Hao gestured for them to drink, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to have bothered you all. Please make yourselves at home!"
After saying that, he turned around and gave Xuan Gaofei a wink. The two of them went up the stairs together and returned to the office.
"What's wrong? Why did you come up here? Weren't you going to leave early?" Xuan Gaofei asked curiously.
Rong Hao strode to the office window, from where he could clearly see the commotion in the dance hall downstairs.
He pointed to the noisy dance hall downstairs and said in a deep voice, "We were right. The Japanese have actually gotten right under our noses."
"What?" Xuan Gaofei was startled and quickly came to the window as well.
"I saw him! He's in the northwest corner, right where the trouble started. He's the guy in the light-colored suit. It's like he was right under our noses! We were looking everywhere for him, but he was right there in front of us. If it weren't for these people causing trouble today, I would have missed him!" Rong Hao said, still a little scared.
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