Chapter 379: A Powerful Coward

'What do you mean by a little trick? Zhou Ming, what do you think you are? This is the Great Wood Manor, what makes you qualified to be arrogant here?'

Wood stood up and pointed at Zhou Ming and shouted, obviously Zhou Ming's little trick had hurt his young self-esteem.

In contrast, Zhou Ming was much more calm about it. He didn't say anything back to Wood, but simply asked indifferently, 'Who can handle this?', and then the mercenary wearing a turban kicked Wood with a leg and sent him flying. Zhou Ming grinned and said, 'Sir, I think it will be quiet now. Do whatever you want to do without worry. I am your bodyguard, and we Arctic Wolf mercenaries will stand firmly by your side.'

Zhou Ming said thank you to him, while George, on the other hand, did not even look at his son, but just said to Zhou Ming, 'I'm very sorry about this, and I hope Mr. Zhou Ming doesn't mind.'

Zhou Ming could hear that George was saying this with gritted teeth, but there was nothing else he could do now. Although he didn't know the exact relationship between this pack of Arctic wolf mercenaries and Zhou Ming's bodyguards, it was enough to make these mercenaries, who only cared about money, betray their beliefs. However, he understood that if Zhou Ming gave the order, the Arctic wolf mercenaries would kill him without hesitation, even if they had clearly taken his money.

At this moment George hated himself for hiring the mercenaries to scare Zhou Ming. But he never imagined that the mercenaries he hired would have such a good relationship with them. How could he have known that there was a bodyguard of the king of soldiers there? But things had come to George had no choice but to compromise. As long as his son was not killed, he had to negotiate with Zhou Ming first to keep the peace. After all, the family was always the most important thing.

'I don't mind. Compared to that, I'm just more curious as to why you're bothering me,' asked Zhou Ming.

Faced with this question, George just lowered his head and didn't answer. Zhou Ming knew that he was afraid to betray the person or force behind him. After all, it was probably the "outside world", and it was not something that the Daewood family could afford to provoke.

However, Zhou Ming did not intend to get an answer to this question, so he continued, 'Mr. George, you invited me here this time, don't you want to say something?'

George became embarrassed as soon as he immediately became embarrassed after hearing this question, and after hesitating for a long time, he made up his mind and said, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, let's end this matter here. The Wood family concedes.'

Zhou Ming gave a cold smile and then asked, 'What did you just say, Mr. George?'

Zhou Ming's question with an innocent expression, was like a sledgehammer that smashed George's chest, leaving him feeling very suffocated. He had to know that he was a member of the royal family of the automobile kingdom, and had never been treated like this before.

But the situation was stronger out of his control. George had no choice but to take a deep breath, calm his emotions, and repeat: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, I think we should leave it at that.'

'What about the rest? Don't tell me that was all you said just now, Mr. George?' Zhou Ming asked again.

George was about to vomit blood, but he gritted his teeth and repeated, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, I said that the Daewood family concedes defeat to you and the Tang family.'

Zhou Ming gently shook his head: 'It seems that the situation of the Daewood family is really very bad, to the point where even Mr. George can't even get enough to eat? Otherwise, why is his voice so small? If I remember said it correctly, you used to speak very loudly, didn't you?'

George glared at Zhou Ming angrily, 'Zhou Ming, don't go too far!'

'Go too far? Mr. George, don't you think it's ridiculous for you to say this? I'm just asking you repeat what you yourself have said? And what about you, Mr George? What did the Down family ever do to offend you? You travelled all the way from Ettelbruck to cause trouble, and you even tried to tear the Down family apart?'

Zhou Ming continued asked, 'What did Lady Margaret do wrong? Not only did you destroy her chastity and disgrace her, driving her out of the family, but now she is just a poor woman with a child.'

Zhou Ming became more and more agitated as he spoke more and more excited, and finally roared, 'Lady Margaret is now suffering from uremia. She is in great pain because she has no money to go to the hospital for dialysis. She and her daughter can't even guarantee a meal of mashed potatoes are not guaranteed. But even so, you still wouldn't relent, and you let her burn alive in her room. Isn't what you did just too much? Do you still remember that she was your sister?'

Facing Zhou Ming George hung his head in shame and said, 'It's not my fault. Being born into a wealthy family is a kind of original sin. There are some things that must be endured...'

Before George could finish, Zhou Ming angrily interrupted him, 'Then why don't you bear this original sin yourself? It's obvious that You are obviously incapable of winning the fight for inheritance, so you resort to such a vicious trick. And you use it on a woman who poses no threat to you. You are a coward. You are incapable of dealing with the strong, so you can only prey on a vulnerable woman.'

After this rant, George's head dropped even lower. Zhou Ming continued, 'Since you know, Mr. George, that being born into a wealthy family is a sin, and that there are some things you must accept, then I want I would say that it is the same in a showdown between consortia. Since you are the loser, you must have the awareness of a loser. Don't talk to me about false righteousness about being too much or not enough. I'm afraid you don't even believe in that yourself, do you?'

'You piece of shit, you're full of shit. How can that bitch Margaret be compared to us? She is family scum, we can do whatever we want to her!'

At this time, a voice came from behind, it was Wood's. Zhou Ming immediately sneered, stood up, and then swung the chair he was sitting on, and in George's scream, it slammed down hard on Wood's face. Wood was smashed to the ground, his face covered in blood, and he had lost several teeth.

George tried to to stop him, but he was held down in his chair by the arctic wolf mercenaries. He could only shout at Zhou Ming, 'Zhou Ming, how dare you hit him? The Wood family will never let you go! Although you have the advantage now, the strength of the Wood family is not something you can imagine!'

George shouted shouted angrily, but anyone could see that he was actually just bluffing and could only show off his verbal skills.

Zhou Ming ignored him and just said to Wood, 'My boy, the most important thing in life is to respect people. Since you have no upbringing, let me teach you.'

With these words and Zhou Ming sat back in his chair, lit a cigarette and looked across at George, saying, 'I know the Bigwood family has a lot of depth, otherwise I wouldn't have come to Itely myself. Do you know that you can brag about me coming in person for the rest of your life? Besides, if you really had the Daewood family firmly united and in your grasp, we wouldn't be sitting here like this today, would we?'

George was froze, then collapsed in his chair like a deflated balloon, his face full of despair, because Zhou Ming's words had hit him right where he was most afraid.

All along George had always relied on the strength of the Bigwood family. Of course, the Bigwoods were the number one family in the automobile kingdom of Etrile and controlled the absolute shareholding of the three major automobile companies, so they were indeed very powerful. But the problem was that this power belonged to the entire family, not George.

You have to understand that the Greatwood family is very large. Since George used very despicable means to come to power back then, although no one said anything, in their hearts, the others still looked down on George. This also directly led to the fact that George, become the head of the Bigwood family, but not to mention getting the family united, there were even many people who were holding a grudge and wanted to get rid of him, such as those who had fallen from power back then.

It was also for this reason, once there is a problem with Dawood Bank, the first thing he will have to deal with is probably the internal conflict within the family. If he can't even handle the internal conflict, how can he possibly muster the full strength of the family and fight to the death with Zhou Ming?

George already understood that Zhou Ming had completely seen through him. He had completely lost out to Zhou Ming and there was no way he could turn the tables.

'So, Mr. Zhou Ming, what would it take for you to let me go?' George asked, his tone of voice very weak.

Zhou Ming did not question, Zhou Ming did not give a direct answer, but instead told him, 'Before I left San Francisco, I promised the Downes that I would ensure that the Daewoods would no longer pose a threat to them.'

George eagerly said George anxiously, 'Mr. Chow Ming, I promise that I will never interfere in the affairs of the Downes family again. We can also sell the shares we have in the Downes Bank back to the Downes family at a low price to show our sincerity!'

'Unfortunately, Mr. George, your sincerity and promises are worthless,' Chow Ming continued said Zhou Ming, 'And also, Lady Margaret was burned to death in her room in front of me. I was unable to save her from the flames, so I could only promise Julia, Lady Margaret's daughter, that I would have the Greatwood family and this Etruscan bury her mother with her.

'So Mr. Mr Zhou Ming, are you still determined to finish them off?' George asked bitterly.

'Not to the point of finishing them off, but the Daewood family has been in Etly for too long, it's time for a change, and this half-dead city of Etly should also die,' Zhou Ming added 'And even if I don't do it, with the Great Wood family already fallen, can you guarantee that no one else will pounce and take a bite?'

George was now was completely desperate. He fell to his knees before Zhou Ming and muttered, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, I beg you to let me off this time, okay? I'll do whatever you want!'

Zhou Ming looked down on George and asked him, 'I only have one question. If I were the one who failed today, would you let me off?'

Zhou Ming's words was like a cold wind, sending shivers down George's spine. But then Zhou Ming said something else that made him freeze again.

'However, the way we Chinese do things is different from yours. We don't simply break things and kill people to achieve our goals, no matter what the means. Very often, we take a more indirect approach,' Zhou Ming said.