A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 657 Consolidating Jiangdong

Ye Fan didn't speak too softly, so everyone heard him.

But very few of them thought too much about it and thought that Ye Fan was just talking big.

Was Ye Fan powerful?

Of course he was.

He had shocked Jiangdong and every rich and powerful person had come to pay their respects to him today. Even the Provincial Committee Secretary had given him a bottle of Jiangdong Supreme! Very few people in Jiangdong would dare to offend someone of such a status.

But the Meng family of Liaocheng was one of those exceptions.

After all, many people felt that the Meng family's background was more powerful than Ye Fan.

Back when Zhao Wu-Ji was consolidating his power, he didn't dare to touch the Meng family either.

As a result, when Ye Fan let Meng Chun-Hua walk out unscathed, they all thought that Ye Fan was afraid of the Meng family too.

But while that was what they were thinking, nobody dared to actually say it.

Otherwise, they would really be in trouble!

After Meng Chun-Hua left, the rest of them continued to just exchange glances without making a decision.

Ye Fan didn't have so much time to sit around and wait for them, so he quietly asked, "What about the rest? Do you want to leave like Young Master Meng did, or are you willing to help me?" Nobody answered.

The remaining people looked at each other but were unwilling to make a decision.

Ye Fan continued, "You don't have to be so nervous. Go ahead and speak your mind." "No matter what decision you make, I will respect it. I will definitely not force anybody, and I will not use my status to bully anybody," said Ye Fan slowly.

His speech was calm and he even took a sip of tea in between.

Finally, someone spoke up and said apologetically, "Mr Chu, I'm really sorry, but just a few days ago, my family business..."

Before he could finish his words, Ye Fan waved his hand. "Sure, I got it."

"I will bid you farewell with this cup of tea. Once you finish drinking it, I'll get someone to send you down."

Ye Fan got one of the servants to send a cup of tea over.

The man hesitated for a while, then drank the entire cup in one mouthful.

Then just like Meng Chun-Hua, he turned and left in his car.

After this second person left, it was as if a chain reaction had started. One after another got up to take their leave.

All of them drank down one cup of tea and left Mount Yunding.

Li Er shook his head and sighed at the sight of this.

He just knew that letting Meng Chun-Hua leave like that would make the others follow in his footsteps.

Very few were willing to agree to deal that made losses after all.

In just a few moments, Mount Yunding Villa had lost half its guests.

Out of those who remained, some of them grit their teeth and finally decided to support Ye Fan.

The rest said they wanted to go back and think about it before giving Ye Fan an answer.

Ye Fan agreed to that. "If you need time to think about it, I'll give you time. I want an answer before I leave Yunzhou tomorrow night."

In no time, these people also left the villa.

The bungalow was left only with those who had agreed there and then to support Ye Fan.

Of course, everyone was supporting Ye Fan for a variety of reasons.

Some of them were grateful to Ye Fan, some were afraid of Ye Fan and some of them felt that Ye Fan would do well in the future.

But Ye Fan didn't care about their reasons. He just wanted the result.

"Alright now, the Feast of the Sea and Sky has officially come to an end. It's been a long day, so everyone should go back and get some rest. As for the jade, don't worry, I won't let you guys suffer a loss on it." Ye Fan's words made his supporters feel a little more at ease now.

This final batch of people also left the house.

But Ye Fan got Li Er, Lei San and Chen Ao to stay.

"Mr Chu, that's why I said that you shouldn't have let that Meng Chun-Hua leave so easily. More than half of them ended up following him and less than one third of the group remained. I don't think it's going to be easy to get so much jade together with this group," sighed Li Er as he shook his head.

Ye Fan needed a huge amount of jade, so if few people were willing to contribute, that meant that everyone who did would have a greater amount of responsibility to bear, so Li Er was naturally worried about this.

Chen Ao and Lei San nodded along. They agreed with Li Er as well.

But Ye Fan remained as calm as ever.

He was like the calm surface of a lake, and there was no change in his emotions at all.

He even calmly took a sip of tea.

He laughed quietly. "One third? That's enough to consolidate and lead all of Jiangdong. Li Er, Chen Ao, Lei San, put together a report on everything those people who followed Meng Chun-Hua's lead own. I want it by tomorrow."

"Also, put together a list of those who chose to support me like the Xia family."

Hmm?

"Mr Chu, you're doing this because...?" The three men were stunned.

A moment later, all three of them shuddered as if they had just been struck by a bolt of lightning.

"Mr Chu, so you purposely let Meng Chun-Hua go? You also deliberately made such an unreasonable request? You wanted to see who's on your side and who isn't? You wanted to know who is truly on your side and who's faking it?"

The three of them immediately widened

their eyes.

They were shocked!

Before this, they also thought that Ye Fan had gone too far in making all of them contribute jade without giving anything in return. That was as good as robbery.

They felt that Ye Fan was really being heartless.

But now they realized that Ye Fan had done this with other intentions in mind.

Mr Chu was truly someone with great foresight and a good sense of the bigger picture.

They couldn't help but feel great admiration for Ye fan.

Ye Fan nodded and smiled. "If I don't do that, how would I be able to differentiate those who have other intentions?"

The three of them had guessed it right.

Ye Fan had organized the Feast of the Sea

and Sky not just to ask everyone to help him gather jade but also to test their hearts.

He had a mission of his own to complete and couldn't keep watch over Jiangdong all the time.

So he needed a group of families and factions to help him take care of the various parts of Jiangdong.

Of course, more importantly, he wanted to use this chance to get rid of anybody who might potentially rock the boat.

Ye Fan took a sip of tea and said, "Besides those things, give me a report on the Meng family of Liaocheng too. I want to know all their connections, friends and family as well as all their business partners by tomorrow. It's high time we cleaned up the scum that Zhao Wu-Ji left behind back then."

He spoke very calmly and quietly, but it sounded like thunder crashing on the other three men.

"Mr Chu, this...you mean...you mean you intend to attack the Meng family?!"