130: Chapter 130 Just who did we mess with?

"Five hundred thousand—the Qin Family can certainly afford such a small amount."

A smile curled the corners of Lawyer Yang's mouth, and his eyes revealed a greedy gaze, as if a dragon had spotted a treasure.

"I said five million!"

Qin Lang's slightly murky eyes seemed to clear up in an instant, and the aura of a person in a position of power was fully revealed, causing an invisible pressure to rise in Lawyer Yang's heart.

Qin Lang spoke slowly:

"Lawyer Yang, having a big appetite is a good thing; for a young man, having ambition is normal. But do you know what five million represents? The average wage in Chengdu is only over four thousand, with an annual income of about fifty thousand. You are asking for wealth that an ordinary person wouldn't obtain in one or even two lifetimes, and you want to get it with just a few words. Isn't that too greedy?"

"I believe that if I spend a little time, I won't need five million; I can find out all the information clearly with one million. I wonder if you believe that, Lawyer Yang?"

The glasses on Lawyer Yang's nose bridge slipped slightly due to the lubrication of his sweat, so he hurriedly reached out to push them back up. He also knew that his asking price this time was a bit too high—so high that the Qin Family might not work with him again after this.

But thinking of the two million in gambling debts he had incurred in Macau last month, he gritted his teeth.

This was five million. After paying off the gambling debts, three million would remain, enough for him to move to a northern city, buy a house and a car, and even open a small law firm.

"I want five million. Chairman Qin, you could indeed spend time finding it out, but would that take a day or two, or a week or two? I believe you are well aware that time is money. This five million is absolutely money well spent."

Qin Lang closed his eyes as if he were asleep, his somewhat aged right hand tapping continuously on the solid wood desk; each tap felt like a heavy hammer falling on Lawyer Yang's heart.

After a long while, Qin Lang opened his eyes and said:

"Speak. I agree."

Five million was not a small amount for the Qin Family, but it wasn't a large one either; it just depended on whether it was worth it. Qin Lang had been working with Lawyer Yang for some time and knew that although this man was greedy, he wouldn't speak without reason, and he certainly wouldn't dare to toy with the Qin Family.

The heavy stone in Lawyer Yang's heart dropped, and he let out a long sigh of relief. Information is only valuable if it's sold; if it can't be sold and becomes outdated, it just becomes fodder for gossip after tea and dinner, worthless.

"Chairman Qin, you are as generous as always."

"Then I won't beat around the bush. Having worked together for so long, I also trust your character, Chairman Qin. This information is divided into four parts. First, the reason Zongheng Law Firm is investigating the Qin Family's situation is because their top client, Su Ye, previously deposited one hundred million in consulting fees at Zongheng. At the time, this matter caused quite a stir in our circle."

Hearing Lawyer Yang's words, Qin Lang paused inwardly. Giving one hundred million to a law firm? As a personal consulting fee? Let alone the Qin Family, even the Yu Family, the local power in Sichuan Province, wouldn't do something like that. Isn't that pure profligacy?

You have to know that to earn a commission of one hundred million, one basically has to participate in the acquisition and restructuring of super-large commercial transactions, usually charging a fee of 0.1% - 1% of the transaction amount. If the transaction scale reaches the hundreds of billions, the commission might exceed one hundred million. Alternatively, it would involve major litigation and risk agency, cross-border arbitration and international disputes, or top-tier capital market projects—these four categories.

Among them, the easiest is the acquisition and restructuring of super-large commercial transactions, followed by major litigation and risk agency. As for cross-border arbitration and top-tier capital projects, those are once-in-a-millennium occurrences.

Even the first two are events that happen once every few years or even a decade. Once word gets out, a whole bunch of politically connected law firms will swarm like sharks smelling blood.

Lawyer Yang, with a look of jealousy and envy in his eyes, continued:

"You also know that in recent years, the only projects in the legal circle that have reached one hundred million have been the Xiahua acquisition and the Douyin acquisition. The former had a transaction value of 43 billion dollars, and the latter also had a transaction value of over ten billion dollars. This undoubtedly required the mobilization of huge amounts of manpower, material resources, and public relations, and the profit wasn't even that much. But Su Ye's case is a personal consulting fee! I've been in the industry for over a decade and have never seen such a thing. Even if this Su Ye is a spendthrift, you can imagine how deep his pockets are."

Qin Lang felt his tooth roots aching. He hadn't expected that his son, who went out to attend a party, not only offended an enemy but now seemed to be a major player?

Lawyer Yang continued:

"So, the person commissioned to be investigated by Zongheng is Su Ye. This is the first piece of information. The second piece of information is Su Ye's current disclosed assets. It can be said that this once again proves that his strength is very formidable, and his background is extraordinary, to be able to almost simultaneously acquire two groups worth billions with good prospects in full."

Qin Lang took the documents Lawyer Yang pulled out of his briefcase and flipped through them. Hongxing Chain and Yuanda Logistics—neither of them could compare to the Qin Family, but they were entities not far behind the Qin Family. If it were just one, Qin Lang would be confident of winning, but if both came at him, Qin Lang felt that even if he won, it would be a pyrrhic victory, and there wouldn't be much left of the Qin Family.

Now Qin Lang regretted it more and more; perhaps he shouldn't have been so excited that night, perhaps he should have just wiped it on the wall.

Lawyer Yang watched as Qin Lang's hands trembled involuntarily while looking at the report, and he laughed inwardly. This time, the Qin Family had kicked a titanium alloy steel plate; it was even more troublesome than offending a ten-billion-dollar group.

After all, if you offend a ten-billion-dollar group, they likely won't fight you to the death; you can apologize, offer some compensation, and then get away.

But this Su Ye is clearly someone who isn't short of money. He isn't afraid of fighting you, isn't afraid of losses; perhaps for that mysterious Su Ye, this might just be a game.

Lawyer Yang hurriedly added the final fuel to the fire:

"Just before I came here, I received news that besides having a very good relationship with Chaoyang Group and the Yu Family, Su Ye also has an intimate relationship with Secretary Yan from the High-Tech Zone, and now he also has a very good relationship with Director Chang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. And today, Su Ye booked a private room at Zhilan, and it just so happens that Secretary Yan from the High-Tech Zone and Director Chang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau both canceled their meetings for the evening—"

Smart people don't need much to be said; just a hint is enough to understand.

Su Ye booked a room, and two big leaders canceled their meetings—is it not clear what they are going to do?

It was just short of pointing at Qin Lang's nose and saying: Keep watching, we've come to finish you off!

Qin Lang knew about Chaoyang Group and the Yu Family, but Chaoyang Group was in the midst of a transition between the old and new leadership, so they couldn't exert much force. As for the Yu Family, he heard the old master's health hadn't been good lately, and the Liu Family had previously promised Qin Lang they would stop the Yu Family from taking action, so Qin Lang wasn't worried.

But now, with two big shots from the official side involved, Qin Lang couldn't afford not to take it seriously, especially since the Qin Family's background wasn't clean.

He let out a long sigh:

"Lawyer Yang, thank you. The information is worth five million. I will have someone transfer it to your account in a moment."

After speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table.

Lawyer Yang didn't mind; he knew that Qin Lang must be having a massive headache right now. He simply didn't delay any further, nodded, turned around, and left the study. As for whether Qin Lang wouldn't pay? That wouldn't happen; this concerned the Qin Family's reputation, which they had cared about quite a bit over the years.

Walking to the villa's main gate, as the villa's door slowly closed, Lawyer Yang turned his head to look. He saw that, under the setting sun, this luxurious villa worth over one hundred million inexplicably gave off a feeling like an old man on the verge of death—decayed and tottering.