A Valiant Life

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

They felt that something must have happened since the President’s facial expression looked really different after picking up the call.

President Niu didn’t speak much on the phone.

“Yeah.”

“I know.”

“I understand.”

They were confused but they knew that something bad must have happened.

President Niu looked at the two of them and sighed. “I might have to go back to Beijing. Someone is going to take my place as the President.”

“What?” Jiang Fei and Wang Yun Jie stood up in disbelief. “President, you’re doing well here. Why are they chasing you away?”

“I knew it. Someone must have seen the power that our association is going to obtain and he probably wants to take over it.”

Wang Yun Jie was furious. “In the past, when we weren’t doing well, all of them didn’t want to come over. Now that we’re on the rise, they are actually fighting to come over. We can’t let them get what they want.”

President Niu waved his hand, “Alright, let’s not talk about it. After all, this is what the headquarters commanded. I have to respect their decision. Alright, tell me more about what happened in the mountains. I couldn’t really see from the video.”

Although he said that he wasn’t bothered by it, he sounded pretty disappointed.

“President, we can’t possibly talk about that at this time. Let us speak to the headquarters and see if we can figure something out.”

…

At the Beijing headquarters.

“I didn’t expect the Shanghai branch to have such a positive change. It is something extremely unexpected,” a pair of middle-aged men was conversing about the Shanghai association.

“Yeah, the trip to Kunlun Mountain really helped them a lot. We’ve already informed President Niu about the change in appointment. You’re going to take over him.”

The middle-aged man smiled and his face reddened. “Thank you, thank you.”

“You don’t have to thank me. We’re all a family. We would be relieved for you to go over. Elder Niu should retire soon, given his old age. We need to find someone young.”

“However, will this cause any trouble?” The middle-aged man asked.

“Don’t worry, nothing will happen. This is a normal transfer of appointment. Furthermore, Elder Niu should really retire.”

…

Cloud Street!

When Lin Fan and the others returned, the other shop owners gathered around them.

“Little Boss, you really made a name for yourself this time. All of us saw the video and it was insane.”

“Yeah. My son keeps whining that he wants to meet you and he’s been practicing martial arts in the living room. Should we open a class in Cloud Street so that Little Boss can teach him some skills?”

“Yeah, that sounds good. Perhaps he could even become a professional next time.”

Lin Fan rolled his eyes after hearing that. “Everyone, don’t you think that that would be too much for me to handle?”

They became quiet. They were the type to speak their minds and they were used to being shut down.

They would just start to brag to anyone they saw about knowing Master Lin.

“Little Boss, the townsfolk have been going crazy ever since you left. They feel that they’ve been lacking energy as they haven’t smelled the goodness of the scallion pancakes in a long time,” Elder Liang said.

Lin Fan said helplessly, “That’s crazy. In the past, people said that they don’t have energy when they don’t eat. Now, they’re saying that they don’t have energy because they can’t smell it.”

He realized that the townsfolk had to give in to the daily fixed limit of the scallion pancakes and even though they couldn’t buy it most of the time, they could at least smell it and indulge in the smell of it.

“Little Boss, don’t be surprised but someone actually made a business out of that. A whiff of the scallion pancakes costs $1.”

Lin Fan was stunned after hearing that. How could anyone start a business with that idea?

Then, Wang Ming Yang called.

Lin Fan wanted to ask what the situation was regarding the research lab.

“Hello, Ming Yang, how’s the research lab going?”

Wang Ming Yang replied, “It’s still under construction. Don’t be too anxious. This is very technical and we have to find professionals to do it. Anyway, bro, you’re really awesome for what you did at Kunlun Mountain. Tell me, how good did that feel?”

Lin Fan smiled, “Let’s not talk about how good it felt. I should’ve asked you along too.”

“D*mn it, you always say that but you don’t even think about me,” Wang Ming Yang complained.

Lin Fan replied, “You’re so busy. How could you just follow me around like that?”

Wang Ming Yang rebutted, “What am I busy with? I spend so much money to hire people to work for me. If I have to handle everything, I’d be dead by now.”

Lin Fan thought about it and agreed with what he said. “Alright, tell me what’s your intentions of calling me.”

Wang Ming Yang smiled. “Nothing much. I just feel like treating you to a meal tonight. My wife is going to cook a feast and she’s asking you to come over with Huan Yue. Are you going to come over?”

“Sure. I’ll definitely be there. Alright, I have another incoming call.” Lin Fan looked at his phone and saw another caller ID. Then, he hung up on Wang Ming Yang’s call.

“Elder Jiang, what’s wrong?” Lin Fan didn’t know why Jiang Fei was calling.

Jiang Fei said hurriedly, “President Lin, something bad happened. The Beijing headquarters want to chase President Niu away and replace him with someone else.”

Initially, Lin Fan had still been smiling but when he heard that, he furrowed his brows. “What happened?”

Jiang Fei was furious. “They must have realized the rising power of our association and they want to get rid of President Niu because of his old age. They’re forcing him to retire in view of the increasing responsibilities that he will have to take up. I think that’s all excuses. They just want to be a part of this.”

“Alright, I’ll hang up now. I’ll resolve this.

Lin Fan furrowed his brows and hung up the call. Then, he opened the Weibo app and saw the post by the Beijing headquarters.

He replied to the post immediately.

“F*ck you. Can you not be so shameless? President Niu is the President of the Shanghai association and that has nothing to do with you.”

When the post was published, the netizens were confused about what had happened.

The Beijing headquarters responded quickly.

“Vice-President Lin, this is a command. President Niu is just going to be re-allocated to Beijing. Don’t get so worked up.”

Lin Fan replied: “Worked up? What do you mean that he is re-allocated? If the new president dares to come over, I will get crush him.”

Those words were reckless.

The netizens were stunned and they didn’t know why Master Lin was so furious.

The members of the Beijing association were also furious and they started to scold Master Lin on Weibo.

“President Lin, how could you be so unreasonable?”

Lin Fan replied: “What do you mean by that? If you dare to do that, I will go to Beijing now and get crush all of you.”

After that was posted, things went downhill from there.

The members of the Beijing association started to get even angrier. “Fine, come over then.”

Lin Fan: “Sure. I’m not afraid to do so. Just wait for me. I’ll be there in the afternoon. Watch me.”

The netizens were all confused and they didn’t know what was going on.