American Comics: BOSS Invasion

The Penguin is a clever man; he knows how to assess situations, advance, and retreat appropriately. He possesses a deep cunning, or he wouldn't have risen to his position among all the ruthless individuals.

Today's brief encounter with Qi Shan made the Penguin quickly recognize his place.

From the moment the gun was fired, the initiative was no longer in the Penguin's hands. This deal had to be done, whether he wanted it or not.

Fortunately, the other party didn't care about money. The 70% figure was enough to compensate for all his losses, even making him a significant profit.

In the evening, the Penguin's men arrived as scheduled. They found the vault in a car repair shop and took away the four hundred million in cash in batches.

At the same time, Qi Shan's membership card had an additional one hundred million US dollars.

Gotham City Commercial Bank unexpectedly closed down, with layers of police inside and out. Even several main road intersections in the city had police setting up barriers, focusing on checking for cash.

But as before, the police once again failed to find any useful information.

It took the Penguin three days to transport the cash to his secret location.

Afterward, he sent someone to deliver a document to the Golden Bell Bar.

The document contained information about a large cosmetics manufacturing company with a registered capital of around 50 million.

It had independent property rights, was not listed, and had a chain of beauty salons under its umbrella.

Unfortunately, it hadn't been developing for long, and so far, it only had two beauty salons in Gotham City and Star City.

After deducting liabilities and adding up all the odds and ends, the company was worth about 30 million.

Adding in the underworld intelligence, the Penguin could suppress his profit amount to 35%.

This way, both sides would look much better on the surface.

The underworld intelligence was fragmented and chaotic. The underground world was never peaceful for a moment. In any city, the turnover of gangs was like chives, one crop after another.

Even with the Penguin's intelligence network, he wouldn't dare guarantee that he could grasp all the real-time information.

"Damn it, those bastards got off easy yesterday!" A disheveled, burly man slammed his glass on the bar, venting his resentment.

His complaint aroused widespread agreement. For a time, curses from all over the place rang out, the fierce words concealing their naked jealousy.

Yesterday was just a routine recruitment operation, no different from usual, except that the initiator was a bit more high-profile, a rare talent.

But they never expected that the other party would quietly set up such a big scheme.

Since this morning, the television station had been tracking this case.

All sectors of Gotham City were very shocked.

Gotham City Commercial Bank was different from other banks. Its background was strong, and its anti-theft system was particularly advanced.

Since Batman became famous, it had only suffered a setback once with the Joker. After that, neither the Red Hood nor Black Mask dared to pay attention here.

With its unique security, the Commercial Bank had been tacitly recognized by the banking system as a safe point. Almost every bank had a large amount of advanced storage here.

Qi Shan's action could be said to have robbed the entire Gotham banking system.

No wonder a group of burly men's eyes were red with envy.

At this time, the bartender answered a phone. He showed a moment of stunned surprise, followed by a strange expression.

He picked up a small hammer and rang the golden bell hanging above.

Ding, ding, ding...

The crisp sound rippled out, and the bar instantly fell silent.

Everyone widened their eyes, revealing an unbelievable look.

"Y-you, you, you..."

The bartender said calmly: "That's right, Golden Bell Task, Unlimited Kill Order, two million US dollars each for the five people from last night. Informants will receive ten percent."

Boom!

The bar almost exploded directly, and everyone was excitedly shouting something loudly.

After briefly venting their excited emotions, everyone grabbed their weapons and swarmed out.

The snakes, insects, and rats of the underworld had finally been alarmed.

At this time, Qi Shan was hosting a dinner at a restaurant for two future subordinates.

"Mr. Mike Qi, it's an honor to meet you! I am Charlene Keene, the person in charge of Dream Chain Medical Beauty."

Speaking was a tall blonde woman, over forty but still charming, with three parts of a woman's unique charm and seven parts of a workplace elite's competence, very attractive.

Qi Shan smiled and nodded: "Ms. Keene, it's a pleasure to meet you! Excuse my rudeness, but if I remember correctly, the email requested both you and Blake Darren, the CEO of the beauty company!"

"I'm not too sure about that. Perhaps Mr. Darren has more important matters to attend to!" Charlene smiled and sat opposite him, taking out a cigarette case from her small bag. "Do you mind?"

"Please, go ahead!" Qi Shan smiled: "Ms. Keene seems to be implying something!"

Charlene took out a slender lady's cigarette, lit it, and exhaled a long puff of smoke, saying: "Mr. Qi, before acquiring this company, were you aware of the company's asset-liability status?"

"Is there a problem?"

"It's serious!" Charlene shook her head and said: "The company has always been operating in a state of debt. The competition in the fashion circle has been very fierce in the past two years, and the new products developed by the company have not been recognized by the public. That's not all. More seriously, someone inside the company has been secretly transferring assets. If it weren't for the beauty salon's consistently rising profits, Dream would have collapsed long ago."

"What are you trying to say?"

"I want to say that for an outsider, rashly entering the beauty industry is an inadvisable behavior. Although I don't know how you got the company in your hands, I must admit that you were one step faster than me!"

She took out a check from her small bag and gently placed it on the table.

"I hope you can let go of the company. Here are thirty million US dollars, which is considered a prepayment. As long as the contract takes effect, the subsequent thirty million US dollars will be credited immediately!"

Qi Shan was stunned for a moment.

Looking at Charlene's serious expression with a hint of threat, Qi Shan had an urge to burst out laughing deep down.

As expected of Gotham, always maintaining its style.

Even a small company acquisition can create such a good show out of thin air.

Pfft!

Qi Shan couldn't help but laugh.

Charlene's small hand holding the cigarette paused slightly, and her face turned cold.

"Are you rejecting me?"