Chapter 220: Secret Protection
After the banquet, naturally, it came to the moment everyone was most looking forward to.
As everyone sat quietly in the hall waiting, the banquet hall doors were suddenly pushed open and a group of men in white entered one after another, lining up on both sides of the front stage.
Mr. Duan, the Duan Family patriarch Duan Congxing, in a white suit, came out from behind the scenes and stood directly in front of the microphone: "Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend the gathering I’ve arranged. You’ve all given me face, and naturally, I’ll return the favor. This banquet has taken quite some effort to prepare, and I hope everyone has found it satisfactory?"
Duan Congxing finished with a smile on his face, but not a single person in the audience clapped for him, all watching him with cold stares.
Indeed, the main purpose of their visit was to re-divide the power across Shanghai.
The power structure in Shanghai had been established decades ago. Over these decades, all the major families had remained in their own lanes, but Duan Congxing’s move had put the entire Duan Family in opposition to the other families.
"Hmph!" Mr. Sima, sitting next to Mr. Ouyang, sneered dismissively, "After so many years, this Old Duan hasn’t changed a bit, still loves to hog the limelight."
"Let him enjoy the limelight if he wants," Mr. Ouyang glanced at Duan Congxing and shook his head, "I’d like to see whose territory he plans to cut into!"
Duan Congxing soon realized he was embarrassing himself. After repeating himself a few times, he began to introduce the location of the meeting.
Actually, the meeting hall was right next to the banquet hall. All the family patriarchs followed Duan Congxing into the meeting hall, but all the bodyguards were stopped outside.