Chapter 63: Should I Be Afraid of Someone in Show Business?

Lin Taiyan quickly lowered his voice and said, "Chairman Yang, the few of us will cover you. You should leave first."

Yang Chen smiled and replied, "There's no need. I'm not even afraid of the Changhui Group, let alone some guy in the entertainment business? All of you go back, don't worry about them."

While Yang Chen told them to leave, there was no way they would actually just walk away at a time like this.

Although the few of them couldn't handle Hua Jun, someone in the creditor group certainly could.

Lin Taiyan and the others immediately contacted heavyweights within the creditor group, such as Xue Hai, the chairman of Beijing Urban Construction. The weight of an executive from a state-backed enterprise like that was more than enough.

Chen Xi paid for a lipstick and an eyebrow pencil, and then Yang Chen put his arm around her and continued browsing other brands.

It took quite a while for Hua Jun to struggle back to his feet, and he immediately called his top henchman, Zhang Hao.

"Hello, Ah Hao, I got beaten up at SKP. Bring some men over right now and show him a good time. Let's see how many people he can take!" Hua Jun said through gritted teeth.

Zhang Hao replied promptly, "Got it, I'll bring the brothers over right away."

Zhang Hao used to run with crowds in the Golden Triangle. When Hua Jun was traveling in Thailand, he was extorted by local gangsters. Zhang Hao stepped in and saved Hua Jun, and ever since then, Hua Jun had generously hired Zhang Hao and his men as his bodyguards and enforcers.

When things were quiet, Hua Jun would arrange minor extra roles for them in movies to help them make a living, and when trouble arose, he would have them step in to fix it.

For instance, when their top starlet Huo Bing wanted to form her own personal studio and go solo after her previous contract ended, Hua Jun had sent Zhang Hao to make her sign the contract extension.

Hua An said angrily, "I must make him kneel and beg for mercy, otherwise my hatred will never be appeased!"

His mother quickly pulled Hua An over to comfort him, "Xiao'an, don't be impulsive. He definitely knows martial arts; let Ah Hao and the others handle it. You guys shouldn't go looking for him."

His younger sister, Hua Xin, also chimed in to comfort him, "Mom is right, let Brother Hao and them handle it, you guys shouldn't go. This is Beijing, not Jiangcheng, he won't be able to run."

Soon, Zhang Hao arrived at SKP with over twenty men.

The surrounding onlookers immediately broke into whispered discussions.

"Holy cow, such a massive lineup, that dude is finished."

"With that many people, isn't this considered gang-related activity?"

"My foot it is. Can someone who can summon this many people with a single phone call be ordinary? I keep feeling like that guy looks a bit familiar, like I've seen him somewhere before."

"He's Hua Jun, the chairman of Yihua Entertainment. He's Huo Bing's boss."

"No way! Really? Then that guy is definitely done for. Yihua Entertainment holds a huge status in the Beijing entertainment circle."

The entertainment industry is also divided into cliques: the Beijing clique, the coastal clique, the Hong Kong clique, and so on.

Among them, the Beijing clique was the strongest, because many people in this circle came from prominent military compound backgrounds. They were not only formidable in the entertainment industry but also influential in other fields.

Hua Jun pointed at Yang Chen and Chen Xi, who were looking at cosmetics in the distance, and said, "Ah Hao, it's them. Do whatever you see fit, we're leaving first."

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Understood. You guys head out, we'll make our move shortly."

Hua Jun nodded, and just as he was about to leave with his family, his phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number calling in.

Hua Jun answered the call and asked, "Hello, who is this?"

"Ha-ha-ha... Chairman Hua, it's Xue Hai, chairman of Beijing Urban Construction. Is this a convenient time to talk?" Xue Hai said with a chuckle.

Hua Jun asked with great puzzlement, "Why would Chairman Ha call me?"

"Ha-ha... I heard Chairman Hua had a bit of a misunderstanding with Chairman Yang. I'm calling to act as a peacemaker, hoping Chairman Hua can grant me some face and stop tangling with Chairman Yang. So many of us creditors are still counting on Chairman Yang to make money and pay off his debts, you mustn't go beating him up into a pulp. Haha..." Xue Hai said in a joking tone.

"No way! My entire family was knocked to the ground by him in public, how could I possibly let it go? It's not that I won't give Chairman Xue face, but this matter cannot just be dropped! I must make him pay the price, or else how am I, Hua Jun, supposed to keep showing my face in Beijing from now on?" Hua Jun said indignantly.

Xue Hai chuckled and said, "If you touch him, you won't just fail to show your face in Beijing; you won't be able to survive anywhere in the entire territory of China. Look at how well you run your company, with so many stars making money for you, you have a long and good life ahead of you. There's no need to ruin a bright future that should be within your grasp just out of a moment of anger. Am I right?"

The words instantly calmed Hua Jun down. After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "What does Chairman Xue mean by this? You are determined to protect him?"

"That's right, I am determined to protect him! Not only am I going to protect him, but the Big Five banks will protect him too. Barring any accidents, the presidents of the headquarters of the Big Five banks will be calling you shortly to say the exact same things I just told you. Think it over carefully, once you figure it out, you'll know what to do. I'm hanging up now, haha," Xue Hai said, and then hung up the phone.

Before Hua Jun could recover his wits, a call came in from Zhao Kun, the president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China headquarters.

Just as Xue Hai had said, Zhao Kun also demanded that Hua Jun not touch Yang Chen; otherwise, not only would there be no place for him in Beijing, but there would be no room for him anywhere across the entire nation of China.

Next came the Bank of Communications, the Agricultural Bank of China, the China Construction Bank...

The presidents of the headquarters of all the banks called Hua Jun, every single one of them demanding that he just let it go and stop harassing Yang Chen.

It was only at this moment that Hua Jun truly calmed down and finally recognized Yang Chen's true strength.

Yang Chen might indeed be powerless and merely a scapehog taking over the wreckage of the Sihai Group, but he could make money, and his creditors would blindly protect him so he could make money to pay back his debts.

Realizing this, Hua Jun let out a helpless, long sigh and said, "Ah Hao! Forget it, you guys go back."

Zhang Hao immediately asked, "Why? Chairman Hua, you know the brothers aren't afraid of trouble, and it won't implicate you in the least."

Hua An also asked incomprehensibly, "Dad, why? Are we just going to take a beating for nothing?"

With so many people watching at the scene, Hua Jun felt immensely humiliated, and some things were difficult to spell out. He immediately ordered in an authoritative tone, "That's enough, say no more, let's go home."

Hua Jun immediately walked away with his head lowered, while Hua Ying and their mother pulled Hua An along behind them.

Hua An felt ten thousand times resentful. As the young master of Yihua Entertainment, considered a person of status among the second-generation elites of Beijing, how could he just let a scapegoat beat them up and walk away without taking revenge?

Zhang Hao glanced at Yang Chen, then looked at Hua Jun's family, and quickly led his underlings to catch up with them.

The onlookers resumed their discussions.

"Holy shit, Chairman Hua just took a few phone calls and immediately backed down?"

"No wonder he dared to beat up their whole family in a place like this. Turns out he has heaven-shaking backing."

"To make the boss of Yihua Entertainment back down with just a few phone calls, ordinary rich people won't cut it. He probably has some real power."

"Indeed, money is worth crap compared to power. They've really lost face big time this time. They put on a huge act calling so many people over, only to scurry away like beaten dogs without even daring to make a peep."

...

Not long after, they arrived at the underground parking garage.

Hua An immediately demanded, "Dad, why on earth? Do you think our family hasn't lost enough face? How can you swallow this kind of ultimate humiliation?"

"You think I want to? Fucking hell, the chairman of Urban Construction and the presidents of the Big Five banks called me one by one to warn me not to touch Yang Chen because they're still counting on him to make money and pay off his debts. What do you expect me to do? An arm can't twist a thigh, can we go toe-to-toe with enterprises backed by state capital?" Hua Jun said, both furious and helpless.

Hua An instantly lost his temper. With so many state-backed mega-groups stepping in to mediate, they really couldn't afford to refuse them face.

However, his family couldn't just take a beating for nothing either.

"Are we really just going to let it go like this?" Hua An asked.

Hua Jun retorted, "What else can we do? Do you really want to end up with nowhere for us to stand in the entire territory of China?"

Silence. Silence so profound it was awkward.