Chapter 589
David had thought it was the Laurent family who had come to send someone to let him go.
As he was the chief judge of the iff Awards, he at least had access to the Laurent family.
He was more familiar with them than Ying Zigui’s group of Chinese.
The Laurent family won’t make things difficult for their own people for a group of Chinese people.
He was able to hire a team of mercenaries with the help of the Laurent family’s connections.
Otherwise, he would not have been qualified to enter the underground world.
But after hearing this sentence, David’s body stiffened: “First, sir?”
What do you mean?
“Miss Ying of First Light Media, even if she is the master, she must still be respected and revered.” Jobe laughed again, with a bit of sarcastic mockery in his eyes, “Tell me, what kind of a thing are you?”
David couldn’t believe his ears.
It was like a million bees were buzzing in his ears and his brain was filling up with blood.
For a moment, it was as if all his strength had been drained from him.
David slumped back in his chair, completely disoriented.
My Lord!
David was not a member of the Laurent family, but having made contact, he knew a few things.
In the Laurent family, the only person who could be called master was the mysterious person in power.
Even the head of the family, even the respected group of elders, had to be called master.
Everyone on the continent knows that without this person in power, the Laurent family would not be what it is today.
He deserves the respect of the entire Laurent family.
And what was the status of the man who commanded the respect of the man in power?
David’s mind was a jumbled mess and had become mush.
“Listen, you said you were going to leave them behind and not let them leave Fiddlesticks, do you even dare now?” Jobe looked at him and spoke faintly, “You don’t want to get out? I can let you out now, go ahead.”
And with that, he actually opened the door and made way.
But David didn’t dare to move at all.
His lips twitched and his face was bloodless: “She, she exactly ……”
What the hell is she, Ying Zidian?!
“David, you said that if you were to settle down after being dismissed, and apologise, and clearly realise your mistake, it might not be that the Laurent family would not reappoint you in future.” Jobe was indifferent, “It’s a pity that you don’t recognise the situation as it is.”
“Do you know who the master hates the most? The Pazzi family!”
David’s eyes went wide once more.
“And you -” Jobe’s eyes grew more compa*sionate, “you turn around and bully Miss Ying so as not to offend Miss Pazzi’s family, tell me again, what would the master do?”
At this, David’s spirit did not bear up and he simply broke down
He cried out, his face turning even whiter.
“The master has ordered that you can never set foot in Fei Leng Cui.” Jobe called for two guards and escorted the pale-faced David out.
David’s legs were so confined by the two guards that he couldn’t even muster the strength.
His body was shaking like sieve chaff and he was in a cold sweat.
This time, he had really kicked the iron plate.
If he had known that Ying had such a deep relationship with the head of the Laurent family, how would he have dared to do this?
David was incomparably regretful.
But in this world, there was no medicine for regret.
**
After settling this matter, Jobe was ready to return to the core of the castle to give his report to Cesar.
When he came out, he bumped into a woman in a dark purple English dress.
Jobe nodded slightly and simply greeted, “Miss Elizabeth.”
The woman turned back, took off her hat and was polite, “Jobe butler, how is the master?”
“The master is well.” Treating the core members of this generation of the Laurent family, Jobe did not hold back, “It should be some time before the master meets everyone officially.”
For the last time Cesar had asked him to find out specifically the members of the family who studied physics within the family and call up the list.
Among that list was Elizabeth.
So Jobe asked one more question, “How is Miss Elizabeth’s experimental project going?”
Elizabeth was somewhat flattered: “It is going well, thank you, Steward Jobe.”
“Then congratulations in advance Miss Elizabeth.” Jobe nodded and didn’t ask anything else, going inside.
Cesar wasn’t there, though; he’d snuck out two hours ago.
He had taken the fake identity information and got on the intercity train to find Ying, and by this time he was at the hotel.
The female secretary then saw a tall figure, deliberately bending down and sneaking towards them.
She immediately became alert: “Boss, someone is trying to a*sa*sinate you.”
Ying Ziji: “?”
She turned her head and also saw the young man who was cautiously walking this way.
Looking at his golden hair, she was silent for a moment, “One of our own, don’t worry.”
The female secretary froze, but immediately reacted and went to move a chair and placed it next to the girl.
Shang Yaozhi and the others looked over as well.
“Cesar Laurent.” The young man sat down, took off his mask and greeted lazily, “Everyone, meet.”
It was an all too handsome face.
Blonde hair, blue eyes and a high nose, the standard Western fare.
The agent’s professional sickness instantly kicked in and he was about to ask Cesar if he wanted to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
Luckily he held his tongue in time.
He was about to ask if he wanted to go into the entertainment industry.
This surname is the emperor of this side of the o-continent.
If he dared to ask that question, he would be gone in the next second.
So their boss really knew someone from the Laurent family!
The female secretary didn’t hold back, “Mr. Cesar, what is your status in the Laurent family?”
“What’s my status in the Laurent family?” Cesar rubbed his chin, “Not many people have seen it anyway, and I’ve only just come out, what a hard life.”
That was true.
But to the ears of the others, it meant that Cesar was not high up in the Laurent family and did not have access to the core family members.
The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
They were really quite wary of sharing a table with a member of the Laurent family.
Cesar asked for a gla*s of red wine, took out a solid gold card and lowered his voice: “Boss, a gold card from the Laurent Bank, apart from me, you are the only one who has it, it’s good for worldwide use, withdraw money at will, no credit limit.”
Ying took it, “You can really change the colour next time.”
“No, gold is my bottom line.” Cesar was tough, “Other colours are too ugly for my liking.”
Ying pressed his head.
“Boss, I’ll go first.” Cesar catcalls down again, “Let’s talk on video later before I’m officially out, yes there are quite a few people watching me, I’m not as tough as that Norton guy, I need to practice for fear of another hiccup.”
Ying Ziji: “……”
She really couldn’t understand why Cesar spoke such fluent Chinese.
This local words were also used in one way or another.
Ying Ziji thought about it and threw him an incense bag.
Xize took it and smelled it, but it didn’t smell.
He was a bit curious: “What is this?”
“Poison.” Ying Zidian was light, “It can kill ten people of your elder rank.”
Xize gave a pause: “Boss, you’re too tough for a little girl, aren’t you?”
Ying Ziji saw what he was thinking and was expressionless, “A few hundred years old, don’t try to hug my thighs.”
Xize: “……”
Where was he a few hundred years old, the two hundred years he slept in the ice coffin, his body skills were also in ice.
He wouldn’t admit it, he was only a hundred years old now, much younger than Dog Norton!
He must be able to find a girlfriend.
Cesar was a little sad: “Boss, why didn’t you answer my call last night? I was going to ask you about iff.”
“Watching TV with my boyfriend.”
“……”
Cesar was really turning around and walking away this time.
He couldn’t stand this double standard boss at all anymore.
In the box, the agent who was eating suddenly burst into a frenzy.
“Yaozie! Do you remember that in the history of the Laurent family, there was also a family head named Cesar?”
Shang Yaozhi thought for a moment, “It seems like there was when you mention it like that.”
As it was not a field he was going to study per se, he hadn’t specifically come across this part of O Continent’s history either.
The agent swallowed hard, “I don’t know why, but I just feel that he is the same person as the historical Cesar.”
Shang Yaozhi was stunned, “What are you talking about?”
The agent still took out his phone and searched the names of all the generations of the Laurent family in power.
Sure enough, there was a family head in the 16th century by the name of Cesar.
The agent clicked on the accompanying portrait again.
In those days there were no cameras, only oil paintings.
The oil paintings are obviously extremely distorted.
Small eyes, wide chin, thick lips.
Looking at the unlikeable painting, the agent fell into silence.
He could not connect the painting with the too handsome blond young man from earlier.
It was also.
He was really demonic.
How could anyone live that long.
It is too rare in o continent for a son or grandson to have the same name as his ancestor.
There are even people who give their sons the same name as themselves specifically.
The agent also thought he was overthinking things, knowing that his mental capacity had improved over the past few days.
He pressed his phone out and looked up, “Yaozhi, let’s go, to the airport.”
Although the trophy hadn’t reached Shang Yaozhi by now, it really didn’t matter anymore.
Just last night, film companies from various countries had contacted First Light Media to buy the broadcast rights to The New Life.
The film has not yet been officially released in China, but has only had a few screenings.
The official release date is at the end of March, with a simultaneous worldwide release.
One can foresee how much benefit this will bring to Shang Yaozhi, Primeval Light Media and Chinese cinema.
**
The Pazzi Family.
The more Dana read the news, the harder her face looked.
To put it mildly, this matter didn’t really affect her too much.
She had absolute power in her hands and was not looking to make a career in the entertainment industry in the future, but she had really lost face.
David can’t be reached even now.
And, as a result, there’s more conflict with the Laurent family.
This is not what the Pazzi family wants.
Although up to now, the Laurent family hadn’t bothered them either.
Dana took a deep breath and asked the butler at the side, “What did father say?”
“Your father has sent someone to the airport and will invite them to the family.” The butler was respectful, “Don’t worry Miss Dana, the reason why the Laurent family is making such a fuss is because the iff Golden Awards are not fair.”
“Even if it wasn’t China’s First Light Media and it was a small company in Q, they would still do it, and they wouldn’t care about what happened after that.”
The Laurent family is only doing this for the family’s reputation, it has nothing to do with who it is.
How could the Laurent family have so much time to care about other people’s business?
First Light Media had made the Pazzi family lose face as well, especially that Ying Executive Director.
It was impossible to let it go easily.
Dana forced down her impatience and exhaled slowly, “Then I’ll wait.”
**
On the other hand, the airport.
The alarm was suddenly sounded.
[Attention all pa*sengers, attention all pa*sengers, temporary control notice received, there is an emergency emergency.
All planes are suspended, all planes are suspended, please wait patiently, as soon as there is news, the airport will inform everyone and arrange for the planes to take off.]
The city where the airport is located is close to Filippo and is the territory of the Pazzi family.
When the Pazzi family controls the airport, no plane can really take off, including special planes.
After all, the planes had to use the airport’s runway and depart from the airport.
For a while, the whole airport was in chaos.
Although the airport here is not as big as Filippo, it is still an important transport hub.
Pa*sengers from all over the world were in a state of panic.
After all, there have been many terrorist attacks on the O Continent.
In particular, the last bombing over in University City had not even been identified as the source to date.
A group of people broke in on the special plane where the First Light Media group was.
Luke was at the head of the group, followed by the Pazzi family’s escort.
The female secretary looked aghast.
Luke swept a glance and snorted, “Just you guys? Where’s your boss? Run off without you?”
“She’s still at the hotel isn’t she?” Luke scowled, “Here, now give her the message to come over here immediately, or else you really won’t be leaving o-continent.”
“Of course, the body is available for you to be shipped back home, free of charge, without asking for any fees.”
Chapter 590
The Pazzi family has been in the O Continent for so long, and as the head of the four major plutocrats, they have handled so many black deals.
The forces involved are also too many.
Half of the mercenaries in the underground world are related to the Pazzi family.
Who has not had a few lives on their hands?
The Pazzi family has developed from the 15th century to the present day by absolute force and power.
Just the year before last, the Pazzi family kidnapped the entire top management of an electronics company in order to acquire it.
They were held in captivity for eight whole months.
If they didn’t want to be bought out, they had to be forced to.
In the end the company was taken over by the Pazzi family and became the family’s private property.
In those centuries when Filippo was at its height, the Pazzi family was the only one able to stand up to the Laurent family.
It was even more powerful than the Laurent family, who for a time had the Pazzi family at their back, with the Pope and the Holy See, holding the Laurent family at bay.
That is, until the emergence of Cesar Laurent.
This, coupled with the Divine Reckoner, made the Laurent family absolute royalty in Filippo.
Despite the recent rumours that the current head of the Laurent family is coming out, the Pazzi family has only had a few family meetings, but not as much as an enemy.
Without the Divine Reckoner, the Laurent family didn’t have the strength to swallow up the entire Pazzi family.
Luke did not bother to tell these Chinese people about the glorious history of the Pazzi family, for they would not understand if he did.
He looked at the group of people and became more or less impatient: “Hurry up, you have five minutes.”
The female secretary calmly took out her mobile phone and started making calls.
After the iff Golden Statue Awards were over, Ying had given her several times to talk about it.
If the Pazzi family really came looking for trouble, they should contact her directly and not cause unnecessary casualties or losses.
Of course she had to listen to what her boss said.
The female secretary also believed in Ying Zigui’s strength.
Although Shang Yaozhi, the agent and the director were a little nervous, they did not say anything.
Seeing this scene, Luke, however, snorted a laugh
He thought how hard-headed these Chinese people were, and he gave in before he could say anything.
Luke also took a call, he listened and nodded, “Yes, Master of the House.”
The call ended and he raised his phone, “Count yourselves lucky, the house master said it would be fine as long as your boss went.”
The female secretary remained calm, “Then you’ll have to move too.”
“Come on, don’t think that just because you’ve got the investment from the Laurent family that you’re partners with the Laurent family as well.” Another snort from Luke, “Even the venus group hasn’t got the Laurent family to admit to being partners themselves, let alone that they have a partnership.”
Twenty minutes hadn’t even elapsed when Ying Ziyang arrived.
She glanced at the mercenaries surrounding the place and her gaze fell on Luke: “Let them go, I’ll go with you.”
“Miss Ying, how sensible.” Luke smiled and clapped his hands, “If you are so sensible, the Pazzi family won’t make things difficult for you, and we just want to talk to you about a partnership.”
With so many people at the airport, Luke didn’t want to get his hands dirty.
He waved his hand and gestured for the other mercenaries to disperse.
He also called the airport and asked them to arrange for a plane to take off, before taking the girl away.
“Is Miss Ying going to be alright?” The agent was still worried, “Was she just contemplating how to sacrifice herself to save us?”
“No.” The female secretary gave him a strange look, a serious one, “That look from the boss was clearly, stupid, glad you mercenaries didn’t do anything, otherwise no one would have gotten out alive.”
After saying that, she covered her mouth, “No, the boss never says dirty words, I was wrong.”
Broker: “……”
**
Meanwhile, another cosmopolitan city, thousands of miles away from Filippo.
The headquarters of venus was located here.
Fu Yunshen had changed his face to that of a westerner and was handling venus group’s business.
Until the emergency call rang.
“Young master.” Cloud Mist had a paralyzed face, but his tone was one of unconcealed anxiety, “Miss Ying has been taken to the Pazzi family’s castle, and she is surrounded by fifty S-rank mercenaries.”
The equivalent of fifty ancient martial artists with fifty years of cultivation.
Fu Yunshen’s eyes deepened, “The Pazzi family?”
“They don’t know that Miss Ying knows Ancient Martial Arts and is about to become an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster.” Cloud Mist said, “It’s to talk to her about cooperation, but this stance is clearly not.”
Fu Yunshen smiled, “It’s good, it’s been a long time since I’ve done anything and I’m bored.”
He switched pages.
It was the nok forum hidden board.
There was an A-rank account hanging on it.
Fu Yunshen’s hand paused, logged out of the a-rank account, and re-entered another id and a string of pa*swords.
He hit enter and logged into the system.
It was also at this moment that all the sand carving bigwigs gossiping in the forum heard a sound.
[Ding–]
At the same time a black box floated across the screen.
[devil is online.]
No matter if they were old or new members of the Hidden Alliance Society, they would definitely not be unfamiliar with this codename.
devil’s rise could be called terrifying, there was no other Hunter Rank 1 that was as fast as he was.
This was the first time he had appeared on the nok forum after a gap of three years.
The forum shook.
However, before a new discussion post could be made, the alert rang out once again.
This time it was a string.
[Ding, bounty 98 has been picked up by devil].
[Ding, bounty 124 has been taken up by devil.] [Ding, bounty 124 has been taken up by devil.]
[Ding, bounty 132 has been picked up by devil.
[Ding ……]
Listening to this series of dings, the inner sandy-eyed bigwigs in the forum were stunned.
When a hunter of devil’s caliber showed up, the bounty section would float on the screen.
Moreover, the few bounties he had taken up were coincidentally all from the Pazzi family.
The powerful men of the four major plutocrats were basically on the bounty list, and all of them were done by the opposite family, but not many hunters dared to take them.
After all, the four plutocrats are so powerful that it’s questionable whether they can get away with it.
Even moon, the fifth on the killers list, walked away from the Manson family with a serious injury.
Not to mention the Pazzi family.
The whole forum was in an uproar, and the last time there was such an uproar was when the Divine Reckoner showed up.
[Crap! Is devil out of his mind if he doesn’t come out? How many bounties is this, can someone count them for me, I’m blind.
[Nine! Eight are elders of the Pazzi family and one is the Pazzi family head.
Why did devil go after the Pazzi family last time, oh, I think it was because something happened to his friend?
But last time he only killed one of the elders, but this time the whole group of elders is on his a*sa*sination list. Did you kill his father or take his wife?
The first time I placed a bet on devil, I hope he succeeds in his bounty and I’ll be rich.
The bartender called him just after Fu Yunshen had taken all the bounties related to the Pazzi family
“Why are you taking bounties all of a sudden? Are you short of money? You can just kill the Pazzi family now, can’t you?”
Fu Yunshen turned off his computer: “Why not earn the money?”
The bartender on the other end of the phone: “……”
He was a bit incredulous: “That’s not what you used to say, you were clearly talking about what’s the point of money, boring, it’s just a pile of paper sitting there.”
Many people think that devil is all about the reward amount, but actually it is not.
The bartender was clear that Fu Yunshen was all about honing himself apart from getting rid of evil and promoting good.
Money had never been very important to him.
“Well…” Fu Yunshen picked up his jacket and slung it over his right shoulder, lazily, “because the concept of money is gradually winning.”
The woman sings.
The bartender: “???”
He is not very good at Chinese and somewhat unable to understand such a profound word.
**
This way.
The general territory of the Pazzi family.
Luke led Ying Zigui into the castle.
The Pazzi family’s castle was also inherited from the medieval period and was built in the ancient Roman style.
Luke took the girl directly to the middle-aged man who respectfully said, “Master of the family.”
“Miss Ying, sit down.” The middle-aged man nodded and gestured for Luke to stand down, “First of all, introduce yourself, I am Germaine Pazzi, the one hundred and thirty-second head of the Pazzi family.”
One hundred and thirty-two, a very long heritage indeed.
Ying did not look at him, but looked back, “Who is that?”
Germaine frowned.
But he turned back anyway and glanced at the hanging painting on the mantel.
It showed a man in riding clothes, with a knight’s sword in his hand.
Germain’s expression inevitably took on an arrogant tone, “This is the 77th head of the house, Lord Ancestor Vincent.”
He tsked, “Miss Ying is from China and may not know our history. In the early eighteenth century, the ancestor was a man who called the Pope’s coronation his brother.”
“He was one of the most distinguished householders in our family’s history and deserves to be remembered.”
Ying nodded slowly and smiled back, “Do you know how he died back then?”