At this moment, Hidden Dragon Hotel.
Though not the most luxurious in South City, Hidden Dragon Hotel is quite renowned since it belongs to the Chu Group. Typically, only for significant internal meetings or hosting important guests would the Chu Group use this hotel.
Last night, Zhuge Yuheng hosted a funeral reception here, inviting all guests attending Chu Renxiong's funeral. Although no one would get overly drunk at such an event, Zhuge Yuheng, out of hospitality, provided rooms for all the guests to stay and rest.
Zhuge Yuheng himself also stayed overnight, chatting with some influential figures late into the night.
These influential people, besides discussing potential collaborations with the Chu Group, offered some well-meaning advice from their perspectives, which Zhuge Yuheng listened to. Of course, whether he would adopt these suggestions in the future remained uncertain.
Early the next morning, Zhuge Yuheng, following his routine, woke up early, tidied up, and sent invites for all the influential guests to join him for breakfast tea.
The guests following Zhuge Yuheng entered the banquet hall, and just as they started enjoying some breakfast, Zhuge Yi hurriedly approached, looking anxious and angry, holding a phone.
"What's the matter?" Zhuge Yuheng rarely saw his son being so rash, especially in front of so many influential figures. He frowned and asked.
"Dad, look at this!" Zhuge Yi didn't say much and directly showed Zhuge Yuheng the phone.
Zhuge Yuheng took a quick look. It was a video recording of a disturbance at the Southern City Hospital: at the door of a special care unit, a group of family-like figures surrounded a young man, berating and scolding him, even intending to get physical!
Of course, to protect privacy, the person who secretly filmed and published the video had some basic decency; the main figures' faces were blurred, not revealing their true identities.
Zhuge Yuheng usually wasn't interested in such matters. He was busy enough with important affairs, where would he find the leisure to watch drama like others? But when he found the young man being "surrounded" somewhat familiar, he was startled and asked, "Is this... Mr. Jiang?"
"Yes! I just figured it out, so I immediately brought it to you." Zhuge Yi said.
Zhuge Yuheng's brows furrowed deeper as he watched Nangong Jinming hurling harsh words at Jiang Feng in the video, his expression so dark it seemed like it could drip water!
Nowadays, Zhuge Yuheng knew quite a bit about the Nangong family's matters, if not entirely. He understood that Jiang Feng wanted to keep a low profile in that family and lead an ordinary life. But, he couldn't stand how the Nangong family continually underestimated Jiang Feng, behaving wildly toward him!
After all, Jiang Feng was a great benefactor of the entire Chu Group!
"These Nangong family fools must have lost their minds to dare surround Brother Jiang. They are simply courting death!" Zhuge Yi coldly remarked. Knowing Jiang Feng's secret, he didn't doubt for a second that if anyone else dared to act so arrogantly toward Jiang Feng, they'd have long been pushing up daisies if Jiang Feng hadn't held back because they were "family"!
"Yuheng, what's going on? What happened?" The big shots were extremely curious and asked one after another.
With a blank expression, Zhuge Yuheng instructed his son Zhuge Yi to show the video to all the influential figures present.
Among the dozen or so big shots, all were prominent figures in Binhai, including some old acquaintances of Jiang Feng: Zhou Rongfa, Pan Haoting, Le Zhengyi, each ranked among Binhai's top ten tycoons!
Now, as everyone watched the video, they found it unbelievable!
In their eyes, Jiang Feng had already become an untouchable, holy being, especially after his dominant actions in creating justice at Chu Renxiong's funeral last night, showcasing his formidable skills!
"What are these people up to? Why is Mr. Jiang tolerating their crap?" One of them, Jia Youcai, a coarse man who hadn't made it into Binhai's top ten tycoons, but had risen from being a peddler, creating the renowned Jia's Pickles and edible oil, almost monopolizing the pickle business in Binhai and surrounding cities—a true nouveau riche.
Such a boss, enveloped in nouveau riche aura, admired a young achiever like Jiang Feng, who rose from obscurity and remained unfathomable, immensely. Seeing Jiang Feng humiliated, he was the first to be displeased.
"You probably don't know that these are Mr. Jiang's family. Early on, when Mr. Jiang was homeless in Binhai, the old master of this family took him in. Mr. Jiang, out of gratitude, always considered himself the old man's adopted grandson." Zhuge Yuheng calmly explained.
He didn't mention that the stunning girl in the video, with her face blurred, was Jiang Feng's fiancée, a secret known to only a select few, including himself. Since Jiang Feng didn't want to disclose it, he wouldn't spill the beans, choosing to illustrate Jiang Feng's relationship with the family in another way.
"I see! Their attitude toward Mr. Jiang is indeed unusual. A whole family ganging up on him, standing at the hospital room's door, could it be that the old master of the family is hospitalized?" Another big shot asked.
"Mr. Jiang is someone with remarkably deep composure disproportionate to his age. When he keeps low, no one can be lower than him; but when he's arrogant, no one can outdo him!"
Zhuge Yuheng continued, "Many of your understandings of Mr. Jiang are superficial, but today I'm here to tell you, Mr. Jiang is stronger than you can imagine!"
Pausing, Zhuge Yuheng looked around and added, "Last night, I had a call with Fei'er. She told me how she managed these past few days. Mr. Jiang, by himself, dove into the sea during the most intense typhoon, saving Fei'er amid the raging waves and bringing her to an isolated island, where they narrowly survived!"
Everyone fell silent, including Zhuge Yi. It was the first time they'd heard of this, and their admiration for Jiang Feng rendered them in utter awe!
They couldn't even imagine how Jiang Feng could rescue someone in such a ferocious storm at sea—something beyond normal comprehension, something even Hollywood wouldn't dare depict.
"Moreover," Zhuge Yuheng continued, "Fei'er also told me that five days ago, while my eldest brother was being betrayed by Chu Yan, Mr. Jiang was simultaneously targeted by Mr. Scar of North City, the Han Family, and an ancient martial sect from outside. The Han Family even hired an overseas mercenary group!"
"Yet, Mr. Jiang single-handedly foiled their plot, rescuing the victim, annihilating Mr. Scar's fifty-seven men, exterminating the two prominent disciples and the elder of the ancient martial sect's Law Enforcement Hall, and easily wiping out the Han Family's mercenary group of twenty-six hired at the cost of ten million euros! Even the Han family's unworthy son, Han Lengxuan's current whereabouts, are linked to him!"
The entire breakfast banquet hall was silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
After a long pause, Zhou Rongfa solemnly stated, "Gentlemen, I think we should visit Mr. Jiang at the hospital and, in passing, prepare gifts to pay our respects to the ill Old Sir Nangong—whatever you decide, given my friendship with Daoist Jiang, I'm going."
"Mr. Jiang and I are kindred spirits; from our first meeting at the Liu family, we've been like old friends lamenting having met too late. I shall join you!" Pan Haoting earnestly nodded, as serious as can be.
"Last time at Chu's Bathhouse, I met Mr. Jiang for the sake of my unworthy son and have always regretted not being able to further connect with him, a lifelong regret! Now there is finally an opportunity to make up for that. I'll accompany the two of you!" Le Zhengyi declared seriously, his face solemn!
"I'm going too! Although Mr. Jiang doesn't know me, just yesterday, his noble spirit immensely impressed me. I was worried I wouldn't have a chance to talk to Mr. Jiang; today is finally a chance to fulfill that wish!"
"Damn it! What are we waiting for? Mr. Jiang is our South City hero; we must show proper etiquette!" Jia Youcai exclaimed, immediately standing up!
In an instant, all the big shots didn't even bother finishing breakfast and hurried to the hospital to visit Jiang Feng. Missing this chance meant no other opportunity—they had to seize this chance to connect with Jiang Feng!