Chapter 2657 Looking for Trouble!

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This night, Beverly Hills was destined to be anything but peaceful…

Steve Manor was even more crammed full of military and police vehicles… you could even see armed helicopters circling over the manor; the mess that had been stirred up was frankly a bit over the top.

Though it hadn't been blown sky-high like Rose Manor, hundreds of people had still died here…

And the culprit?

It seemed to have just vanished into thin air, not leaving behind a single decent clue…

The Eighteen Underworld Beasts struck with ruthless precision, never leaving any survivors. They were Nether Beasts, extremely sensitive to the aura of life; even if someone tried to play dead to escape disaster, there wasn't the slightest chance of success!

Even though the Temple Executors were terrifyingly strong and possessed an Undying Body, when faced with the joint ambush of the Eighteen Underworld Beasts and the Split Wind Wolf King, they still had only one path—death… the entire Golden Knight Order had been wiped out, let alone those slightly weaker than them.

The commotion lasted the whole night, and when dawn came, the military and police withdrew the vast majority of their forces from Steve Manor… aside from leaving behind a few necessary guards, everyone else was gone.

Who knew whether they were afraid of causing some unnecessary panic, or if they had received orders and instructions from Steve…

In any case, this matter had temporarily come to an end, and only now could Qin Fang set his mind at ease.

Avalon Club.

A very famous entertainment club in Los Angeles… also an extremely luxurious private club, and right now it was hosting a very grand party. As for the host, it was the very well-known Los Angeles playboy and socialite, Ron Neville.

After Ron Neville returned from Dragon Country, he immediately began working on the acquisition of Reade Pharmaceutical Group…

Now everything had already entered the right track, and today the agreement between both parties was formally signed. Hui De Pharmaceutical Group, controlled by the Neville Family, officially acquired Reid Pharmaceuticals, taking nearly 40% of the shares and becoming the largest shareholder.

And all of this had been orchestrated by Ron from start to finish, so his功劳 was enormous; personally he held 5.7% of the shares… while not enough to make him a major shareholder, this slice of equity, in the near future, might well surpass the current total assets of Reid Pharmaceuticals.

Of course, with this deal completed, Ron's status within the Neville Family also became even more secure…

Though it wasn't yet enough to completely cement his position as the Family's first heir, his spot in the top three was at least rock solid… as long as he didn't commit some extremely serious personal blunder in the near future, his position would be hard to shake.

If he could ride on the success of the Heart Nourishing Pill cooperation with Dragon Country's Daqin Pharmaceutical, then his ascent to the Neville Family's first heir would only be a matter of time… this was a cooperative project with a very broad and promising future.

You could say that, in order to acquire Reid Pharmaceuticals, the entire Neville Family was mobilized, leveraging resources from all sides, and only then forced the sale of most of Reid Pharmaceuticals' shares… otherwise, how could the Family behind Helen possibly hand over such a good project for no reason?

If the entire project was operated well, the Reid Family could have completely grown into a powerful Family on par with the Neville Family…

Unfortunately, the Reid Family's influence was far from as strong as the Neville Family's. After multiple resources were brought to bear, the Reid Family, in order to protect itself, had no choice but to hand over such a great project to someone else!

Even though the Reid Family still held more than 20% of Reid's shares, the agreement between the two sides clearly stated that this cooperative project no longer had anything to do with the Reid Family; it was to be taken over by Hui De Pharmaceutical of the Neville Family.

"Ron, congratulations, congratulations…"

A rather handsome white man raised the champagne in his hand and offered his congratulations with a grin.

"Many thanks, many thanks…"

Ron was also in an extremely good mood tonight, dressed in an eye-catchingly dashing style, absolutely the very image of Prince Charming in the hearts of countless women… if not, he couldn't have attracted a beauty like Chu Yunxuan.

But compared to the Family and his career, Ron naturally didn't value women that much…

Sometimes, for the sake of the Family and his career, Ron could abandon or hurt those women who loved him without the slightest hesitation… he was a man who was self-centered and extremely selfish.

Tonight, Ron had booked out the entire Avalon Club, and most of the invitees were affluent friends from Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, or partners from Skull and Bones, such as his sworn brother Nora Gambino…

This son of a Mafia godfather had quite the reputation in America… in the Los Angeles and Hollywood area, he was an illustrious young master of a prominent family. Almost every woman who mixed in these circles knew him, and knew that "brother" dangling in his pants even better.

"Brother Nora, tell me… do you think anything might go wrong? I just can't shake this feeling of unease in my heart…"

Ron was very happy, but beneath the excitement there was always a sort of uneasiness and fear in his heart; he couldn't help but confide a bit to his good brother!

"Brother Ron, you're being way too pessimistic! The agreement's already been signed—would the Reid Family still dare to go back on their word?"

Nora Gambino spoke with outright disdain.

He was actually one of the participants in this matter, and benefited by getting a tiny slice of equity. Though it wasn't much, if you really did the math, this piece of stock would soon turn into a very hefty return.

Not only because he wanted to support his good brother, but also for the sake of this generous profit, Geno Gambino absolutely did not want any mistakes in this acquisition… not a single slip-up could be allowed.

"I'm not worried about the Reid Family's side at all, I mean… the Dragon Country side…"

Ron just shook his head, then pointed into the air toward the Western Regions.

Dragon Country is nominally in the East, but Earth is a sphere, and Los Angeles is on America's west coast—head west from here across the Pacific Ocean and you're right opposite Dragon Country, so of course he pointed west as he spoke.

"The Dragon Country side?"

Nora froze for a moment, but quickly shook her head and said,

"Didn't we already go through their agreement? After extremely meticulous legal review, it's been confirmed that we're not in breach anywhere. Even Dragon Country won't be able to pick out any loopholes… unless Dragon Country can afford to pay a massive compensation of ten billion US Dollars…"

"That's impossible…"

Ron also shook his head with absolute certainty as he spoke.

Ten billion US Dollars in compensation—that's the equivalent of six to seven hundred billion RMB in damages…

If the Heart Nourishing Pill project kept running, that kind of revenue definitely wouldn't be a problem, but the issue is this project has only just started not long ago… Daqin Pharmaceutical hasn't made much money yet; there's no way they can afford that kind of astronomical penalty.

This project is excellent, and the returns will be quite substantial…

Even if the cooperation ultimately fails, the Neville Family pulling in such a huge compensation check would still be a massive profit!

However, Ron believed Daqin Pharmaceutical wouldn't do something so suicidal…

"In that case, what's there to worry about?"

Nora nodded in full agreement, then slung an arm around Ron's shoulders, smiling as he pointed at the tide-like crowd of beauties in the club and said,

"See that? There are countless beauties waiting for us over there… Tonight, if you don't take at least three girls, you'll be wasting your brother's good intentions…"

This guy mixed around Hollywood like a fish in water, and he'd played with more kinds of beauties than he could count. The women invited tonight weren't just plentiful in number—their quality was jaw-dropping. He was genuinely throwing a celebration for this cooperation.

"Three? Too few… at least five!"

After Nora's pep talk, Ron's mood improved at once, and he burst out laughing.

Only…

"Young Master Ron…"

Just as he was about to enter the club to pop champagne in celebration, one of his trusted bodyguards suddenly hurried over, walked straight up to Ron, and leaned close to his ear to whisper a sentence.

"What?"

Ron's face, which had been full of excitement and joy, instantly lost its smile, replaced by deep shock and wariness. He blurted out subconsciously, "How did he end up here?"

"Who's here?"

Nora hadn't left; hearing Ron say that, he asked with some curiosity.

"Qin… that guy from Dragon Country!"

Ron answered with an extremely grim expression.

"The Dragon Country man who snatched Chu away?"

Nora asked back, sounding a bit unsure.

"That's right, him…"

Ron nodded in confirmation. "And he's also the true owner of Daqin Pharmaceutical… We might be in for some trouble this time!"

The agreement had just been signed, and Qin Fang showed up out of nowhere; that trace of unease in Ron's heart was instantly magnified many times over… Even though he didn't fear Qin Fang, he still had the feeling things wouldn't be simple.

"Trouble? What trouble? That Dragon Country guy dares come looking for trouble with us?"

Nora said with utter disdain, "If he really has the guts to stir up shit, I don't mind letting the beaches of Los Angeles gain one more corpse…"

As the Mafia godfather's son, Nora might not directly run Mafia operations, but he could still mobilize part of the Mafia's power… Making someone mysteriously disappear really wasn't all that difficult; stuff like that happened in Los Angeles every single day, nothing strange about it.

"What's there to be afraid of! Let's go meet this Dragon Country guy together…"

Nora directly dragged Ron along and headed straight for the club's front hall… with a fierce, oppressive aura, clearly intending to rely on his own dominant power to crush the outsider Qin Fang. (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)