Following Qiu Tu's words, several richly dressed old men appeared in the distance.
Their hair was already gray, but it was combed meticulously, and the silver threads shone in the light of Longshan Road.
Perhaps because they have been in high positions for a long time, their faces are majestic, their eyes are as deep as pool water, and they have an aura of calmness and authority.
They are the legendary figures who have controlled New Territories City for more than ten years and are known as the "Five Elders".
The starting experiences of the "five elders" are different, but they are all similar: they all started in gangs, then started industry, controlled people's livelihood, and finally established urban order.
When he first took charge of the New Territories, the relationship between the five elders was not good, and there was a lot of overt and covert fighting with each other.
Unexpectedly, after being purged by Yan Ai and General Ye in two waves and driven out of the power center of New Territories City, they actually lived together and even became good friends.
It can also be said to be a meeting by chance.
However, just as Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman chatted, although these five old men have withdrawn from the core power stage of New Territories City, they still have considerable influence on New Territories City.
Qiu Tu took the time to have an in-depth exchange with Tang Feifei this afternoon - well, it was a real in-depth exchange.
As they went deeper, the two of them also reached a consensus: the power they obtained now was temporary and illusory.
Only by using this power to win over more people and solidifying one's foundation at the bottom can this power continue.
Only in this way, when Yan Ai comes back, can the two of them fight against Yan Ai in a separate court, or even isolate Yan Ai!
In New Territories City, who has the most influence at the bottom of the three major power agencies?
Obviously it's Wu Lao
After all, the bottom members of the three major power agencies were all the middle-class people in New Territories City, or their children.
And they are all the former subordinates of Wu Lao
Therefore, as long as they can get the support of the five elders, the two of them are likely to quickly penetrate the power to the bottom of the Investigation Agency, thereby achieving their purpose of evading Yan Ai.
After setting the goal of winning over the "Five Elders".
The remaining question is: Are the "Five Elders" still willing to get involved in these struggles for power?
How do Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei impress the "Five Elders"?
Regarding the previous question, Qiu Tu quickly gave Tang Feifei an accurate answer.
During this period of time, the "Five Elders" were actually already a little ready to make a move. (Chapter 138)
According to the objective development laws of cities in areas to be planned, when a city is established between one and three years ago, many of the contradictions that were suppressed at the beginning of the city's establishment begin to explode.
After the city's original major families and major forces gradually adapt to the rules of the area to be planned, they will begin to find ways to compete for power with the middle and high-level people who came down from the shelter.
And the "Five Elders" are no exception.
Therefore, the two of them have a basis for cooperation with them.
As for the second question, how to impress the "five elders", Qiu Tu also thought about several aspects.
The first aspect is definitely "inducement".
Since the Five Elders still love power and want to exert their influence, Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei will give them power and influence.
Anyway, the Investigation Bureau belongs to Yan Ai, so the two of them don't feel bad about it.
After all, Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei's foundation in New Territories City is shallow and they don't have many cronies to install them. Then, they will install the five elders.
Promote some of Wu Lao's cronies or transfer them to key departments. Give Wu Lao power.
In this way, you can not only draw Wu Lao into your own lineup, but also lay the groundwork between Lao Wu and Yan Ai.
——After Yan Ai comes out of seclusion, if the positions of these people are not adjusted, then the five elders can continue to exert their influence; but once they are adjusted, the two sides will inevitably intensify conflicts.
In addition to "inducement", the second aspect is "showing strength".
Simply giving benefits will only make people more and more greedy; only by showing your strength can both parties have a real basis for cooperation.
Moreover, this kind of power is not only about power, but also about real strength.
In other words, Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei want the "Five Elders" to see that they have the ability to deal with them at any time.
Only in this way can the "five elders" not take the benefits given by the two people, but then turn around and sell them out.
Hence the grand performance tonight.
Qiu Tu "bounced" the rocket with one hand, and then threatened three RUF squads alone! Finally, hundreds of special service agents showed up and captured all the RUF thugs alive.
In fact, Qiu Tu didn't know at first that he would be facing rockets tonight.
He used his second-order "ordered space" this afternoon, and he has been practicing "stationary bullets".
He wanted to achieve the shocking scene of countless bullets flying towards him, but instead he stood still in the air.
For this reason, he practiced for an entire afternoon, and finally he was able to master the trajectory of stopping the bullet.
That is to say, after he became a second-level catastrophic, his mental power was greatly enhanced, and the "Order Space" could also "pause" and "move". (Chapter 218)
Otherwise, he would not be able to complete such a "performance" at all.
Of course, even so, he is still wearing a defensive cataclysmic treasure, so he is afraid that if his abilities fail to succeed, he will be fooled if he fails to show off.
Fortunately, even though the RUF used rocket launchers instead of firearms, it was still within the range of the ability's effectiveness, allowing Qiu Tu to successfully demonstrate a wave of his terrifying strength in front of the "Five Elders".
After thinking about all his arrangements for this afternoon, Qiu Tu also came back to his senses.
He whispered to Qin Shuman for a few words, hung up the phone, and then walked towards Wulao.
Soon, the two sides met together.
Qiu Tu took the lead in saying hello, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Fang, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Wei, Mr. Xie. Thank you very much for your help today in freeing up my neighbor's villa to hide troops."
"And they also transferred the patrol manpower away."
"Otherwise, my plan to 'lure the enemy deep' and 'catch them all in one sweep' tonight would be really difficult to complete."
Although Qiu Tu's main purpose was to show force in front of the five elders, his excuse was: the RUF were as slippery as loaches. If it was an encounter or if they were captured in advance, they would most likely escape half the time.
Therefore, Qiu Tu wanted to use his body as bait to fish them into Longshan Road, and then catch them all in one fell swoop after catching his own villa.
This reason is very valid and reasonable.
In addition, Wu Lao probably guessed Qiu Tu's true inner thoughts and wanted to see Qiu Tu's "force", so the two parties hit it off and directed this drama.
At this time, after watching the big show, the five elders were obviously in a complicated mood.
Mr. Lu, the leader of the five elders, took a deep look at Qiu Tu, and then said sincerely, "Times have really changed."
As he spoke, his mind was still recalling the terrifying scene of Qiu Tu flicking off a rocket with one hand.
At that time, through the cameras installed in advance around Qiu Tu's villa, all the five elders witnessed the shocking scene with their own eyes.
Although they have already known about the catastrophes and the power of catastrophes from various channels.
But knowing and seeing are different.
In particular, Qiu Tu's catastrophic ability is very special, and this scene was specially trained and performed by him, and the perspective effect is extremely shocking.
So at that moment, the five people had only one thought: Times have really changed.
This is no longer the era of thermal weapons, but the era of catastrophe
Following this line of thinking, the five people thought more:
If Qiu Tulai assassinated them, would they be able to escape?
The answer is obviously no
So, at that moment, they knew: Either they don't cooperate, or if they cooperate, they must keep their promises.
This is a cooperation that cannot be regretted!
With this in mind, Mr. Lu took the initiative to gesture to Qiu Tu after finishing his emotion, "Minister Qiu, let's go to my villa to talk in detail."
"We also prepared some gifts for you."
Hearing this, Qiu Tu smiled and nodded, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
With that said, the group of people walked towards Mr. Lu's villa.
Because the Five Elders were the five most distinguished people in New Territories City at that time, their villa was of course located in the core area of ​​Lung Shan Road.
The defense force along the way here is obviously stronger, and with the RUF attack today, Wulao has sent a lot of extra manpower.
Therefore, Qiu Tu saw a lot of private armed forces along the way, and they were no worse than the Secret Service Department in terms of physique and equipment.
It may even be that because he has experienced hundreds of battles, he is even better than the service department.
When Qiu Tu got rid of Jia Shu, in addition to wanting to use Liu Xiongyuan, his backup plan was actually the private arm of [Longshan Road] (Chapter 184).
At first, he was thinking that if Liu Xiongyuan didn't agree, then he would borrow a spear from Longshan Road through Fang Ming, and then lead someone to snipe Jia Shu personally.
Arriving at Mr. Lu's villa in the center of Longshan Road, the six of them walked in.
Entering the living room of the villa, the six of them sat down. Mr. Lu looked at Qiu Tu and said with a smile, "I heard. Minister Qiu seems to particularly like the 'facial cleanser' service in the Jade City Nightclub."
"It just so happens that we old guys haven't washed our faces in a while."
"So, I also asked someone to specially select a batch of good quality facial cleansers today."
"I'll call them in now, let's wash our faces and talk about cooperation at the same time!"
After saying that, Mr. Lu put away his smile and clapped his hands.
After a while, two rows of beautiful and hot-looking women walked in.
They wore scantily clad clothes, with a silk skirt underneath that only protected their vital parts, and a gauze bellyband above.
The pair of white and broad jade bamboo shoots were looming in the gauze bellyband, making them even more attractive.
Arriving in front of the six people, they bowed to them in unison, "Welcome all distinguished guests~~~"
Hearing the sweet voice like an oriole, Qiu Tu pretended to have an expression of intoxication and appreciation on his face, but the corner of his eye glanced at the five old men.
The five of them have obviously seen big scenes, and women have played a lot in recent years, so even though the scene in front of them is so erotic, their expressions are still a bit serious, and there is not much hope in their eyes.
'Sure enough, those who achieve great things cannot indulge in beauty.'
'I will start quitting sex tomorrow!'
'Oh, no. Let's start today! After all, they forced me to do it tonight. I'm doing this all for work.'
While Qiu Tu was thinking this, Mr. Lu also slowly spoke.
He leaned on the sofa, then smiled at Qiu Tu and said, "Shall we start now?"
Qiu Tudao, "Let's start~"
After hearing Qiu Tu's agreement, the girls quickly sat down next to the six of them in order.
As expected, Mr. Lu arranged the arrangements very sincerely, and everyone hugged each other, making them very happy.
"Papa~~papa~~" Feeling the soft comfort on his face, Qiu Tu raised his head from the facial cleanser and asked, "Mr. Lu, how was the show tonight?"
After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Mr. Lu raised his head from the facial cleanser.
Maybe it had been a long time since he had washed his face with milk, and his face was much rosier.
He looked at Qiu Tu, then said with a smile, "Minister Qiu's proposal is very interesting."
"You said at that time that we should all work together so that New Territories City would still be left to the people of the New Territories to make decisions."
"You are here to open up the relationship with the higher-ups, and we will do the work below. Everyone cooperates and takes control of the Exploration Agency."
"To be honest, several of us are really interested."
"But we are old and have lost power. We really don't know whether the people below will listen to us or how much we can listen to them."
Hearing Mr. Lu's words, Qiu Tu swallowed the facial cleanser of the girl in front of him, and then said in a depressed voice, "Mr. Lu is humbled."
"My brothers and I have heard of your reputation since we were in gangs."
"Control the pure water source in the New Territories City. Whether millions of people in the New Territories City can drink water depends on your eyes."
"In addition to two large business groups, I also have seven or eight gangs."
"The Wenshan Gang we belong to is said to be one of the gangs you control."
"So, I know best how the people down there feel about you."
"The same goes for Mr. Fang, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Wei, and Mr. Xie."
"So I believe that as long as you are willing to stand up, you will definitely respond."
After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Mr. Fang, who ranked second, said slowly, "Actually, in addition to whether our subordinates still recognize us, we are also worried about Director Yan's attitude after the retreat."
Compared with Mr. Lu's Tai Chi, he is obviously much more practical. "You promised to promote our people, but when Director Yan comes back, will he demote these people again? Will he be dissatisfied with us?"
"These are all things we need to consider."
After hearing what Mr. Fang said, Qiu Tu smiled, pinched the dough in front of him, and then said directly, "How can there be so many perfect things in this world?"
"If you want to gain something, you have to bear the corresponding risks."
"If there is something really profitable and risk-free, how could it be an outsider's turn?"
"We have already digested it internally."
"So, this is a big gamble. If the bet wins, we will run the Investigation Bureau together. If the bet loses,"
Speaking of this, Qiu Tu smiled and said, "With your status here, it is impossible for Yan Ai to kill you all."
"It seems that you are still retiring here as you are now."
"It's not much of a loss, right?"
"And haven't you been humbled by your age recently and been looking for various opportunities?"
Although the five elders had a high status in the past, they were equivalent to the current Big Three in New Territories City.
But after all, it has already retreated and was directly eliminated by the three giants.
Therefore, although he still has a certain degree of influence, compared with Qiu Tu, a powerful deputy minister who holds the power of the Exploration Agency, it is no longer enough.
Therefore, although Qiu Tu respects them on the surface, he has always firmly controlled the conversation.
At first, Qiu Tu talked about this topic in a roundabout way, but now that the "Five Elders" were really hesitant, he simply opened up the conversation and showed his cards directly.
At this time, I heard Qiu Tu Na talk about this sensitive matter directly.
The five elders looked at each other, as if communicating their opinions with their eyes.
After a moment, Mr. Lu suddenly spoke and started talking about another topic.
He smiled and asked Qiu Tu, "By the way, is Minister Qiu not married yet?"
"The pharmacist you keep in the villa is yours?"
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