AWB Chapter 770 Undercurrent
Chapter 770 Undercurrent
After the previous competition, Lu Cheng took over the position of president of the Nanyang Tang Clan Association, and no one raised any objections.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Zichen announced another important decision, which was to form a large legal team exclusively for the Tang Sect to fight various international lawsuits and resolve some problems through legal means.
Only by controlling the military affairs in one hand and the law in the other, and taking a two-pronged approach, one secretly and the other openly, can the normal development and operation of the Tang Sect be ensured.
After all, the Tang Sect is just a Chinese organization scattered around the world, not a sovereign country. If they only know how to use military force, they will be easily broken. If they are besieged by multiple governments in the future, the Tang Sect will not be able to withstand it even if it is ten times stronger.
In fact, hiring a team of lawyers is not uncommon in some global gangs. For example, the Mafia, the Yamaguchi-gumi, or the Hongmen all have their own professional team of lawyers.
As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the leader of the Hongmen Zhigongtang in the United States hired a professional team of lawyers for his gang. Even one of his lawyers later became the president of the United States.
At the same time as announcing this decision, Tang Zichen had already spent a huge amount of money to hire a number of legal teams from all over the world, and the total number of people added up to nearly a thousand.
Even Zhao Guangrong and Lin Shifeng had to admire Tang Zichen's generosity and amazing courage.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng and Tang Zichen came up with dozens of targeted reform measures to formalize the entire Tang Sect.
After hearing these measures, the Tang Clan elders present were so shocked that they were speechless.
Everything else went smoothly. Although the entire reform process would still take a long time, with Lu Cheng and Tang Zichen personally in charge and able to eliminate all difficulties, I believe that the entire Nanyang Tang Sect would soon be given a brand new look.
Through this Tang Clan Reunion Conference, Lu Cheng also gained a general understanding of the Tang Clan elders in Nanyang.
Next, he only needs to strengthen those who are loyal to him, win over those who are wavering, and eliminate some of the stubborn and hopeless ones, and then he can completely control the entire Nanyang Tang Sect.
Lu Cheng, who has served as a captain many times, is very familiar with these.
With the successful conclusion of the Tang Clan Reunion Conference, various reform measures began to be implemented quickly. Some guys with ulterior motives also began to move frequently and even colluded with the government.
In fact, the composition of these Chinese businessmen who have lived overseas for several generations is very complex.
Some people may still miss their homeland, always consider themselves Chinese, and are willing to unite with their compatriots around them.
Some no longer consider themselves Chinese, and their thinking has been completely Westernized.
There are also some who, on the surface, still mingle in the Chinese circle that upholds tradition, but secretly act as traitors and want to harm their compatriots.
As for those who still contacted the mainland and wanted to return to China, Lu Cheng let them do so. The Flower Clan will become more and more powerful, and the Tang Sect will inevitably cooperate with the Flower Clan in the future. Although it is not convenient to establish contact now, the relationship cannot be too stiff.
As for those completely westernized guys, Lu Cheng no longer regards them as compatriots. As long as they don't cause trouble, Lu Cheng doesn't bother to care about them.
But those traitors who are around us and who are always trying to sell out their friends for fame and fortune cannot be let off easily.
Less than a month after the family reunion meeting ended, the head of the Qian family sent his most capable second son to meet with the new warlord who replaced the Picha family and controlled Surabaya, in order to plot something.
However, just as the two sides were meeting, Qian Jiagen's second son Qian Dahao, the warlord, and another family representative present were suddenly poisoned at the same time and died in the Sishui garrison headquarters in less than a few seconds.
Immediately afterwards, the video of Qian Dahao and another family representative secretly meeting with government warlords and betraying their compatriots was also sent to the mailboxes of major Chinese businessmen in Indonesia.
That night, the Qian family estate on the outskirts of Jakarta was attacked and breached by the Dragon Snake Special Forces, and all of the Qian family's immediate family members were either killed or captured.
Even some of the collateral descendants who were involved in the incident were hunted down by overseas Chinese in Indonesia. The Qian family and another family were completely destroyed in a very short period of time.
Lu Cheng no longer had any psychological burden regarding such matters of property confiscation and extermination of the clan.
Since the Qian family has done something wrong and harmed their compatriots, they must bear the corresponding consequences and bear the collective anger of Southeast Asian Chinese businessmen.
As for humanitarianism and justice, they are nothing but a fig leaf in the power struggle.
Almost at the same time, the Lin family, far away in the Philippines, encountered the same thing.
However, Lin Shifeng, one of the best masters of Hua Jin in the Philippines, was targeted by a group of snipers shortly after he went out after secretly meeting with a government army leader. He was killed by Barrett's bullets. He was hit in the torso and head by seven or eight 12.7mm bullets at the same time, and his entire body was badly damaged.
Similarly, the video of Lin Shifeng’s secret meeting with government troops was also sent to all Chinese businessmen in Nanyang.
For a time, it caused quite a stir in the entire Nanyang Chinese business community.
Everyone hated the betrayal of the Lin family, the Qian family and other families, and was also afraid of the methods of Lu Cheng, the new president of the Tang Clan.
Being able to kill people is one thing, but being able to directly monitor those people's every move, and even record videos inside the government military headquarters or office buildings, is a terrifying method.
This is because the way Qian Dahao and the warlord died was too bizarre and was not announced by the government forces.
Otherwise, it would probably cause an even bigger sensation.
After these events, even the government forces of these three countries began to be somewhat awed by the Tang Clan.
For a time, Lu Cheng, the president of the Nanyang Tang Clan Association, became very famous and even made it onto some bounty lists.
The U.S. Military Intelligence Agency even listed Lu Cheng as the second most important person in the Tang Clan and sent a large number of people to collect intelligence about Lu Cheng, but all they got were useless information.
In the following months, the various reform measures of the Nanyang Tang Clan were quickly implemented, and the Tang Clan mercenaries in Indonesia soon expanded to 5600 people.
The Tangmen mercenaries in the Philippines and Malaysia were also completely controlled by Lu Cheng, who carried out a series of reorganizations, laid off some personnel, and re-selected some people. The total number of people was also expanded to a certain extent.
As a result, the total number of mercenaries in the entire Nanyang Tang Clan has reached about 12,000.
However, after the expansion, the Nanyang Tang Clan did not become arrogant, but instead acted more low-key.
At the same time, the martial arts circles in mainland China and Japan and South Korea also began to become active, and conflicts occurred from time to time.
The Central Plains is indeed a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with many masters hidden, and each school and sect also has some famous martial artists who have mastered the true art.
However, due to the relatively peaceful internal environment, the vast majority of the young generation of people who learn martial arts in the country, except for a few who joined the army and special departments, have never experienced any life-and-death battles.
When facing some martial arts disciples who had been trained in killing overseas, he actually suffered some losses for a while.
As for some older masters with practical experience, they are now old, and their physical strength has begun to decline, or they are restricted by their status and seniority and are not able to take action.
In order to deal with this situation, the higher-ups immediately made a decision to select the younger generation of masters from various schools and factions, widely absorb martial artists from the folks, and combine them with some experienced warriors in the army to prepare to select a martial arts representative similar to a martial arts leader to deal with the challenges from the disciples of some famous foreign martial arts masters.
In addition, over the years, Shaolin Temple has grown rapidly, absorbing many overseas disciples and even establishing branch temples in various places overseas. This has also caused dissatisfaction from the higher-ups, who are preparing to cultivate a force to balance out the Shaolin Temple.
Once the higher-ups intervene in the affairs of the martial arts world, there will be more forces supporting them behind the scenes, and it may even gradually evolve into a game between countries.
Some far-sighted Chinese business owners have foreseen the coming storm and have begun to prepare for it...