The crackdown on organized crime began with the arrest of the mother-in-law.

Chapter 788 Tang Haobing's Anger

Tang Haobing gave Tang Haorui a real lesson on what brotherly love and respect truly mean.

"By the way, second brother, I heard yesterday that someone went to our company. The police took you away. What happened? Did something happen at the hotel? Let me tell you, those people you brought from abroad are completely unreliable. If you need any help from your older brother, just tell him. In Nanchuan City, my influence still works."

Tang Haorui smiled.

"Yes, something did happen at the hotel. They said there were some gambling, prostitution, and drug-related issues, but the hotel could handle those minor matters. I didn't expect those foreign guys to be so unreasonable and say I was the one who caused it. How could I order these scoundrels to do something like that? I had no choice but to go to the police station and explain."

Tang Haobing frowned.

Tang Haobing knew better than anyone why he was in jail. After all, he was the ultimate mastermind behind the murder of Zhao Lingyu's entire family of four, who were framed by Tang Haorui. So when the police came to arrest him yesterday, Tang Haobing knew better than anyone why Tang Haorui was being arrested.

Moreover, Tang Haobing was clearly not telling the truth.

If it really is just about prostitution, gambling, and drugs, then the people who go to arrest them shouldn't be from the Criminal Investigation Division, right? What does it have to do with the criminal police?

The police from the local police station can just go and arrest you, or the anti-prostitution and anti-illegal publications officers can go and question you. Besides, you're the general manager of all the hotel businesses in the Sihai Group, overseeing more than a dozen large hotels. How could you possibly be arrested and questioned just because you're involved in an anti-prostitution and anti-illegal publications operation?

Different hotels have different legal representatives and hotel managers. What does that have to do with you, Tang Haorui?

"Second brother, you're not telling me the truth, are you? What's really going on? I heard that the criminal police sent people over yesterday. I have some friends in the criminal investigation division, and I asked them to inquire about the results yesterday. They all said it was a big deal, but they wouldn't give me any details."

Tang Haobing began to probe.

The fact that Tang Haorui was able to appear at his villa and leave the Criminal Investigation Division meant that his plan had likely failed.

This won't work.

Tang Haobing had put a lot of thought and effort into framing Tang Haorui and getting him arrested; he had spent a long time figuring it out. If he let the other party get out so easily, wouldn't that make him look too incompetent?

Moreover, although Tang Haorui had accumulated some connections in Nanchuan City over the years, compared to himself, they were nothing.

The connections he had built up were all things he had already exhausted, and Tang Haobing knew everything about Tang Haorui's every move.

However, this time Tang Haorui did not use any of the connections he knew when he came out of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, which made Tang Haobing feel that some things were beyond his control.

The entire Sihai Group can be said to have mastered most of the resources, especially the relationship that the Tang family has maintained over the years. This is the most fundamental reason why the Tang family has prospered to this day and has not declined.

Despite the Tang family's forays into real estate, energy, and hotels over the past two or three decades, and the seemingly vast scale of their business empire, these are all castles in the air, mere illusions.

What has actually protected the Tang family's prosperity and enduring strength is the relationships that Tang Zhentian has cultivated over the years.

From the city leaders of Nanchuan, to the top and second-in-command of various departments, down to the most junior civil servants and those in positions of real power within the public sector, there are actually members of the Tang family at all levels.

These people form a huge protective umbrella for the Tang family. Every node in this network is extremely important, yet relatively independent.

They looked out for and helped each other, gathering together around the huge interest group of the Tang family, forming a force that could not be ignored. Some of these forces had already been handed over to Tang Haobing by Tang Zhentian.

But in the matter of Tang Haorui being released, who exactly did the other party contact and what kind of connections did they use?

Tang Haobing hadn't received a single word from him, and he felt a sense of loss of control. Within the entire Sihai Group, there was only one person who could use family connections without alerting him.

really.

Tang Haorui smiled and said, "Brother, I was going to call you, but my father couldn't sit still and sent someone to the Criminal Investigation Division to bail me out."

Tang Zhentian?

Father?

really!

Tang Haobing's face showed a look of realization, but his heart was filled with immense anger.

It was Tang Haobing who worked so hard for the Tang family all these years.

Although Tang Zhentian built the vast Sihai Group from scratch, his health was poor, especially in the last decade or so. Tang Haobing had effectively managed most of the Tang family's businesses. It was during this time that Tang Haobing gradually took over the power and connections held by Tang Zhentian.

Everything was going well. Tang Zhentian handed everything over to his eldest son, Tang Haobing, hoping that Tang Haobing would take control of the Sihai Group. His health wasn't good, and he didn't want to leave behind a mess, as he might pass away at any time.

But all of this changed after the second son, Tang Haorui, returned from abroad.

Since returning from abroad, Tang Haorui has received high attention from Tang Zhentian. Among his sons, he is the only one who lives with Tang Zhentian.

When Tang Haorui first returned, Tang Haobing had never shortchanged his second brother, sending him enough money every year to squander. He thought that this was how his life would end, and that supporting his second brother wouldn't be a bad thing.

But the other party insisted on returning, and not only did he return, he also wanted to take over the business. There was no other way, so Tang Haobing handed over his hotel business to the other party. He thought that the other party was just a bookworm outside and could not come up with any new ideas. But unexpectedly, in just three years, the hotel business increased in profit by 50% and even more.

In fact, Tang Haobing was initially happy that Tang Haorui was so capable. It was a good thing that his younger brother was so capable and could make so much money. He also had a good helper by his side. However, he did not expect that Tang Zhentian intended to hand over the entire Sihai Group to Tang Haorui to manage.

The Sihai Group is not only the foundation laid by Tang Zhentian, but also the culmination of Tang Haobing's hard work over the past ten years. Why would his second brother hand over the entire Sihai Group to him as soon as he returns?

Regardless of the circumstances, he was the eldest son of the Tang family. According to the ancient family rules of passing the throne to the eldest son and not the younger son, the Sihai Group should be under his control.

As a result, the old man not only wants to hand over the Sihai Group to him, but also uses his connections to get the other party out of the criminal case.

Tang Haobing was furious.