Chapter 1061: Forget It?
"Are you Hao Jian!? Madison's enemy!?"
When Hao Jian said his name, Felix's face suddenly changed drastically, and he exclaimed in a low voice.
"You're causing such a commotion over there in Hua City, you've got some nerve! Hua City is my territory!"
Twisting his neck, Hao Jian's gaze gradually turned cold. Since he had revealed his identity, it was time to get down to business!
The trip to San Francisco this time was to deal with Felix, but once Felix was taken care of, he'd have to handle the subsequent troubles himself.
Thinking of those difficult people, Hao Jian felt quite helpless. The FBI and CIA, though not necessarily afraid of them, can be very troublesome if they decide to get serious.
Back when he was still mixing in the mercenary world, whenever he accepted a mission in the USA, these two departments would surely monitor him right away. However, no one could do anything to either side. In the end, these two departments could only reach an agreement: as long as Hao Jian came to the USA and nothing major occurred, they wouldn't interfere!
Making this decision shows just how helpless they were. After all, these are two major intelligence agencies of the USA, yet they couldn't do anything to Hao Jian alone and had to make concessions in the end.
This only shows from another perspective how strong Hao Jian is. At least long ago, he had already reached this level, and now, with time passing, his power only keeps growing stronger.
He used to be alone, but now he's not just one person; he has a force backing him, and even in critical moments, Huaxia will give him certain support. These are his resources!
But Hao Jian is not foolish enough to expose these things. After all, when everything about you is known, you're not far from death.
You must always leave a layer of mist for people to guess; only with suspicion do they become cautious.
"Hao Jian, let's drop that matter! It was a mistake on our side's decision that led Madison to conflict with you!" Realizing it's Hao Jian, Felix's face was struck with panic. That's when he understood why Hao Jian wouldn't even accept an apology—because he's Hao Jian!
His grudge with Madison and the Nicholas Consortium!
At that time, he thought he could kill Hao Jian and then set up his branch in Hua City. But when the news of Madison's death came, he realized he seemed to have provoked someone he shouldn't have.
He sent over four hundred people to Hua City, all of whom were top-level employees within the Nicholas Consortium. Their importance was no less than Madison's.
However, when he received the news, these four hundred people had already lost their lives in Hua City, and the only surviving hundred were locked up in Huaxia's prison.
These days, he has been continuously negotiating, hoping the US government could exert pressure to make Huaxia release his employees, but for some unknown reason, the people over in Huaxia didn't even acknowledge them, leading to an international outcry against Huaxia.
But even so, Huaxia remained indifferent. Soon after, a statement was issued, causing all the uproar to vanish entirely.
When those negotiators returned to the USA, the information was spread out, and one voice after another fell silent, causing Felix's plan to bring back his employees to fail.
He was very influential in the USA because he had the Nicholas Consortium, but compared to Huaxia, he was a nobody in terms of status and power.
After all, those were people from the Ministry of Defense!
Such people, probably only the president could compel to show some face, but Felix himself couldn't influence the president to appear.
The US doesn't have only their consortium; there are many. They are just among those a bit more essential to the president. But if the president gets angry and cuts ties with them, many other consortia would be happy to see that happen.
As soon as they fall, those consortia suppressed by the Nicholas Consortium would seize the opportunity to catch up and directly suppress Nicholas Consortium.
"Oh? Why should I let it go?"
Hao Jian didn't know that the old leader from the Ministry of Defense he often mentioned lately had done him a big favor, so seeing Felix's drastic change in expression, he was quite curious.
"Causing trouble in my Hua City, you should be ready to lose your life! Today I, Hao Jian, dare to stand here, which means I don't care about the consequences, and I'm not afraid of the consequences!"
Upon hearing this, Felix's legs went soft, and he knelt directly, his face full of fear. Ignoring his employees' presence, he bowed his head and trembled, saying: "Young Master Hao, this matter... this matter was a decision-making mistake on our company's part. Considering you're unharmed, please spare us!"
Compared to dying, dignity doesn't count for much. In Hao Jian's presence, Felix sensed strong danger, and he believed that Hao Jian would indeed dare to kill him!
These days, as the situation escalated, he gradually understood Hao Jian's status in Huaxia. A person even the Ministry of Defense would protect, in addition to his identity as the King of Mercenary, Felix was just a minor character!
He fought his whole life for the Nicholas Consortium, but Hao Jian? He could swiftly establish a consortium ten times stronger than Nicholas Consortium just by leveraging these two points!
Unfortunately, Hao Jian didn't intend to use these advantages to gain profit; in his view, having Shu Ya Group and Spice Ginger was enough.
"How could this be... Felix is kneeling to Hao Jian?!"
Sofia widened her eyes, watching Felix kneel before Hao Jian, her mouth slightly agape, and disbelief written across her pretty face. Didn't Hao Jian do nothing? And what exactly were they chatting about? Why did Felix kneel as soon as Hao Jian spoke?
Sofia didn't understand the recent issues between Huaxia and America, or specifically the matters between the Ministry of Defense and the Nicholas Consortium. If she knew, maybe she wouldn't question Felix's behavior.
As long as Felix wanted to live and maintain his status as a major shareholder of the Nicholas Consortium, he had to abandon his dignity because the man in front of him would really kill him.
Not just Sofia couldn't believe it, those employees even more so. In their eyes, Felix was a high figure they couldn't even dream of reaching.
When Felix shook his leg, they felt something big was happening, but today? Felix was actually kneeling before a Huaxia person and begging for mercy!
This kind of scenario, they never dared to imagine.
"As long as you spare us, I... I can pay you for this time's expenses..."
Seeing that his kneeling apology still made no change in Hao Jian, Felix's heart shook even more. Gritting his teeth, he held up two fingers, saying: "Two hundred billion, as long as you spare us, it's yours!"
If kneeling didn't work, then he would use money! Of course, in Huaxia, there's a saying that money can make the devil turn the mill, and he believed Hao Jian was the same, right?
After all, he used to be a mercenary, and isn't being a mercenary all about money? He thought using money to breach Hao Jian would work, right?
"Boss..."
Mikara's face changed dramatically upon hearing Felix's words. She was about to remind Felix but saw the gambler's eyes he had, and her heart sank. It's over...
Hao Jian hates this approach the most! Those who know the inside story about Hao Jian's character know this very well!
"Haha, two hundred billion?"
Hao Jian looked at Felix with a half-smile, his eyes gradually becoming icy cold. Madison's actions threatened those around him, and whenever there's a threat to his loved ones, he doesn't care about the motives; he eliminates the threat in the first instant.
And Felix was the leader of Madison's actions, permitting Madison's actions which caused Hua City's losses, so Felix had to be eliminated.
After all, with Madison gone, Felix could raise another Madison. Maybe in the future, they'd still cross paths, and rather than have irreparable things happen then, it's better to eradicate these hidden threats now!
Perhaps knowing Hao Jian's mindset, the Ministry of Defense is staunchly supporting him, ignoring any domestic pressure. They are determined to help Hao Jian.
The leader of the Ministry continually cursed those ignorant guys; Hao Jian had donated the true relic of The Song of Everlasting Regret to the nation for free, and if those people knew about this piece, they probably would clamor to carve out a piece of interest for themselves.
Furthermore, the conflict between Hao Jian and the Nicholas Consortium this time was sparked precisely because of this piece of the true relic of The Song of Everlasting Regret. If Hao Jian hadn't stepped up, the relic might have been lost overseas.
Thus, Hao Jian's achievement this time was significant. At least in the eyes of the Ministry of Defense, this was a first-class merit!
Watching someone who had given a treasure to the country yet was still being harassed, he couldn't stand idly by. No matter what, he had to help Hao Jian, not just because he saw promise in Hao Jian but also because of Hao Jian's conduct!
"Yes, yes, yes, two hundred billion!"
Felix didn't know the situation he was in. After all, the intricate network surrounding Hao Jian was quite complex; someone like Felix with his capabilities couldn't fully grasp all details.
So, hearing Hao Jian's voice, he immediately felt that Hao Jian was letting up!