Lin Chen smiled, "Our real estate company has quite a few external debts, and I'd like to ask Brother Wu to help me collect them."

"Collect debts? That's my specialty. If anyone dares not to pay, I'll break their legs," Brother Wu snorted coldly.

Lin Chen shook his head. "No, we need to collect debts gently."

"Gently collect debts? Brother Lin, don't you know that if these chronic debtors aren't shown some tough love, they simply won't pay up willingly?" Brother Wu shook his head.

Lin Chen handed a list to Brother Wu. "This list contains all the information about the debtors. Later, make company ID cards for your guys. Follow the list to collect the debts, and as for how to collect them," Lin Chen smiled and whispered a few words in Brother Wu's ear.

"Brother Lin, you're really talented," Brother Wu laughed heartily.

"This is a total of over forty million in debts, you can take ten percent of whatever you collect as profit. What do you think?" Lin Chen said, smiling.

Brother Wu did the math; over forty million in debts, that meant a clean profit of four million, and what's more, this money was easy money!

"Brother Lin, I'll take the guys and collect the debts right away. Just wait for my good news," Brother Wu said excitedly.

That afternoon at the 100 Flavors Restaurant, several vans pulled up outside the restaurant right at four o' clock.

About thirty thugs rushed out of the vans and headed straight for the hotel.

This group occupied all the restaurant tables, grouping into threes and fours.

The frightened restaurant owner, Li Daniu, rushed out and upon seeing Brother Wu, his face changed, "Brother Wu, what brings you here?"

Brother Wu snorted coldly and pulled out an IOU, "I'm here to collect a debt."

"To collect a debt?" Li Daniu's face turned pale as he looked at the IOU in Brother Wu's hand.

"What's your relationship with Starlight Real Estate?"

Brother Wu snorted, "Starlight's boss Lin is my little brother, better pay up."

Li Daniu's face showed difficulty, "Brother Wu, it's not that I don't want to give you face, I really don't have the money. Look at my restaurant, it's losing money every day, and I still owe a huge amount of debt!"

"Is that so? Isn't that BMW X5 parked outside yours? Quite bold of you to drive an X5 when you are covered in debts," Brother Wu cursed.

"Brother Wu, that car was given to me in lieu of a debt. How about this, let me have some more time. Give me two more years and when I have the money, I'll definitely pay the debt," Li Daniu said, grinning.

Brother Wu snorted, "Two years, dude, you playing me? Since you're being unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. Guys, we're not leaving. Whenever Mr. Li pays up, that's when we'll leave."

"One day, two days…" Suddenly five days had passed, and Mr. Li couldn't take it anymore.

His restaurant made tens of thousands in profit every day, losing money every day they stalled.

On the sixth day, Mr. Li pulled some strings and brought a few police officers over.

"Officer Li, this group has been making trouble here every day, we can't even run our business," Li Daniu complained with a look of grievance.

Li Daniu, how can you twist the truth like this? It's clear that you owe Starlight, right?" Brother Wu expressed his discontent.

"What I owe Starlight has nothing to do with you. You all are simply disturbing the peace," Li Daniu snorted.

"Brother Wu, you are going too far, openly disturbing the peace," the leading police officer said coldly.

"Chief Wu, how can you just listen to one side? We are lawful citizens, how could we be disturbing the peace?" Saying this, Brother Wu took out a work permit, looking aggrieved.

"You are employees of Starlight?" Chief Wu said, his expression turning stern.

Wuye's gang was famously notorious locally, but when had they turned into regular employees?

"Manager Wu, is it easy for us to find a job? We barely get to payday, but just because this guy refuses to pay up, the company doesn't have the money to pay our wages. We really had no choice but to come here to collect the debt." Wuye was all snot and tears, hardly looking like a local gang leader but more like a bullied young wife.

"This puts Manager Wu in a difficult position." Suddenly, the notorious gang leader had turned into a wage-seeking migrant worker.

Although he and Li Daniu were on good terms, such a situation could get messy if it escalates.

"Manager Wu, if you bully us, the small migrant workers, we'll have no choice but to seek justice elsewhere," Wuye said with determination.

Hearing Wuye's words, Manager Wu was thoroughly frustrated. He knew he couldn't and shouldn't get involved in such matters.

If the situation escalated, he feared he might be implicated too. He had some connections with Li Daniu, but not enough to risk his career.

"Since it's about wage claims, we really shouldn't intervene. You'll have to resolve it yourselves!" Manager Wu said rigidly.

"Manager Wu, Manager Wu!" Li Daniu was startled as he saw Manager Wu about to leave.

"Everyone, retreat!" Ignoring Li Daniu nearby, Manager Wu hastily led his team away.

Seeing Manager Wu leave, Wuye snorted coldly, "Li Daniu, you're good, you want to play with me? I'll give you enough play."

Li Daniu was somewhat stunned upon hearing this, knowing that the restaurant thrives on customer traffic, and without resolving this, it wouldn't take long for his regular customers to be taken by others.

"Wuye, let's talk this out nicely, I really don't have that much money," Li Daniu said, distressed.

Wuye snorted coldly, "Li Daniu, I'll show you a clear path. Our boss said if you pay in full within a week, you can get a 10% discount, which means if you repay by tomorrow, you can enjoy a 10% discount. After tomorrow, sorry, not a penny less."

"Ten percent off?" Li Daniu's eyes flickered, his heart wavering.

Seeing an opening, Wuye continued, "How about this, given our relationship, I'll speak to the boss, see if he can give you another discount."

"Twenty percent off?" Now, Li Daniu was tempted.

With Wuye's gang constantly hanging around, his business just couldn't run. Originally, he owed Xingchen Company five million, and at twenty percent off, it would be like saving two hundred thousand yuan.

"Alright, if I can get twenty percent off, I'll pay the debt," Li Daniu resolved firmly, grinding his teeth.

Wuye dialed Lin Chen's phone, "Boss Lin, I need to discuss something with you. I have a little brother here who owes our company five million. Could you consider giving him a discount for my sake?"

"No? Ten percent off is already the highest discount," Lin Chen flatly refused.

"Boss Lin, this is my own brother, please do this favor for me!" Wuye pleaded.

"Alright, for your sake, I'll give him twenty percent off, but the money must be returned immediately," Lin Chen said.

"Great, thank you, Boss Lin. I'll talk to my brother right away," Wuye said gratefully.

Seeing that Wuye had indeed secured a twenty percent discount, Li Daniu was overjoyed.

Of course, this was a play staged between Lin Chen and Wuye, aimed solely at making Li Daniu willingly settle his debt.

"Alright, since Wuye is so generous, I'll raise the funds and pay it back tomorrow."

Such incidents had occurred with several major debtors of the Xingchen Company.

Over forty million in debts were collected back as thirty-one million within a month, and the additional five hundred thousand were indeed bad debts that couldn't be recovered.

Still, when the board of directors looked at the account statements, everyone was taken aback.