Supreme Warrior in the City
Chapter 499 - 498: With You, Without Me

Chapter 499: Chapter 498: With You, Without Me

Su Yang said coldly, "I told you to stop these projects!"

"Say that again!" Director Wang shouted angrily, "I’m warning you, don’t regret this!"

"If you don’t stop them, then I’ll personally put an end to these projects!" Su Yang’s voice was icy to the extreme.

"You... you... you..." Director Wang was dumbfounded. When had he ever encountered such a person? What on earth was going on?

"Master Su, please don’t be angry!" Elder Yue hastily said, "Director Wang didn’t mean it, please don’t take it to heart. Xiao Wang, what are you doing speaking to Master Su like that? Apologize to Master Su right now!"

"Apologize for what!" Director Wang barked, "The country has invested so much money in these projects, they’re given such high priority, and he wants to stop them just like that? Hmph, I’ll tell you, it’s you who aren’t cooperating with the research on these projects, and I will hold you accountable for that!"

"Wang Dinghai, aren’t you overstepping your bounds!" Elder Hua also frowned and said, "Just now it was clearly you who threatened Master Su first, and now it’s suddenly Master Su who isn’t cooperating with these projects?"

"Elder Hua, I was just speaking off the cuff, but he’s now unilaterally stopping the projects—that certainly makes it his responsibility!" Director Wang argued.

Elder Hua wanted to speak up, but Su Yang said directly and decisively, "That’s right, I’m going to stop these projects. Go out and notify them now, as long as you’re in charge of managing these projects, as long as you’re still in position, I will withdraw from these projects!"

"Fine, you said it, you said it!" Director Wang exploded in rage, "Do you know how much money and resources the country has poured into these projects, and now you say you want to pull out, do you know how much the country will lose? You won’t be able to cover these losses in your lifetime, I will make sure you rot in jail!"

Elder Yue could no longer stand by silently and angrily said, "Wang Dinghai, have you lost your damn mind? What does this have to do with Master Su?"

Wang Dinghai frowned and glanced at Elder Yue, then said gravely, "Elder Yue, I respect you, but please watch your language!"

"I’ve been very careful with my words already. If I weren’t, I’d have hit you by now!" Elder Yue shouted angrily, "Before you came here, didn’t you do any research on these projects? While it’s true that the state funded them, in fact, Master Su didn’t take a single dime from them. In other words, Master Su is cooperating with the research voluntarily. It’s our luck that he is willing to participate, and if he chooses not to, it’s his right, and we have no say in the matter. And you’re going to hold Master Su accountable? Where exactly are you going to pursue this so-called responsibility of his?"

"Ah?" Wang Dinghai was stunned; he indeed knew very little about these projects. His approach to business was actually quite simple; he didn’t need to know the specifics of the projects—just who was in charge and how much was invested was enough.

Before coming here, seeing the investment in these projects was over ten billion, he thought it was a good opportunity to extort. Therefore, he was exceptionally tough on Su Yang.

But unexpectedly, these projects were completely different from the ones he’d encountered before. Su Yang hadn’t taken a cent and was only collaborating on the research!

If Su Yang had profited, they would have gained leverage over him. But if Su Yang hadn’t profited, then they had no hold over him at all.

Moreover, the key point was, if due to his actions, Su Yang stopped cooperating, then the responsibility would all fall on him. If the higher-ups were to investigate, the person who really wouldn’t be able to get away with it was him!

At this thought, Director Wang was already sweating profusely. He suddenly realized what a huge mistake he had made.

"Elder Hua, Elder Yue, I’ll be leaving first. This matter, I leave it to Director Wang to handle," said Su Yang.

"Master Su..." Elder Hua’s and Elder Yue’s expressions changed drastically, these projects were too important. If they were to be stopped like this, who could accept that?

Elder Hua looked furiously at Director Wang, who knew he was in trouble. If he didn’t rectify this mistake, he was finished.

Taking a deep breath, Director Wang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Su, why must you be like this? Our country has invested so much funding and resources, and if you say you won’t do it, isn’t that a bit unsuitable?"

"It’s not that I said I wouldn’t do it!" Su Yang said, "Didn’t I make myself clear just now? As long as you’re still responsible for managing these projects, as long as you are in position, I won’t do it."

"You... what do you mean..." Director Wang’s expression changed rapidly.

"My meaning is simple; if you want me to continue collaborating on these projects, that’s possible too. But the condition is that you’re not in charge of these projects. Plus, you have to pay the price for what you did before," Su Yang said softly, "Otherwise, I will cease to cooperate!"

"You... how can you dictate the decisions from above!" Director Wang said anxiously.

"I’m not planning to dictate anything, I’m just making a suggestion. Whether or not to follow it is your matter, not mine," Su Yang said with a smile, "Of course, you can also choose not to do as I suggest. After all, Director Wang, you have such a big clout—you could stop these projects at a moment’s notice. Surely, if I don’t cooperate with the research, it won’t have much of an impact on you, right?"

Director Wang felt an urge to cry; how could the impact not be significant? If these projects were stopped because of him, he definitely couldn’t bear that blame!

"Su, don’t go too far!" Director Wang said urgently, "Do you know who I am? I’m from the Wang Family, do you really think you can take me down?"

"I have no intentions of taking you down. Anyway, that’s the way it is. It’s either you or me, how does that sound?" Su Yang said very calmly.

Just then, as Director Wang was fuming, Elder Hua beside him shakily stood up and said gravely, "Xiao Wang, the way you handled this situation was truly excessive. I will communicate with your superiors and suggest that you no longer be in charge of these projects!"

"Ah?" Director Wang was flabbergasted. When Elder Hua personally spoke up, it wasn’t merely a suggestion—it was an outright command. If Elder Hua were to speak up, even his Family Head couldn’t protect him.

"Elder Hua, you... why should you be influenced by such people..." Director Wang became desperate.

Elder Hua didn’t pay him any attention and coldly said, "Someone, take Director Wang out!"

Immediately, several people entered from the doorway and dragged Director Wang away without further discussion.

"Let me go! Let me go! I’m from the Wang Family..." Director Wang shouted, but no one paid him any heed.

Elder Hua’s command held much more weight than that of the Family Head of the Wang Family; who would care about him?

Elder Hua then made a phone call, arranging someone to investigate Director Wang. With his character, going to prison was inevitable.