Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 443 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind!

Liao Yubo gasped.

I never dreamed that Watanabe Kameyu would want to kill Zhao Ruilong.

Who is Zhao Ruilong?

He was not only the beloved son of Zhao Lichun, the Secretary of the Han Dong History, but also the darling of many high-ranking officials!

He led to a surge in China's foreign exchange reserves, rapid development of high-end industries, and increased income and wealth for tens of millions of people...

It is said that his Huilong Group has increased the GDP of the Dragon Kingdom by at least two percentage points in the past two years!

Such a national treasure-level talent naturally receives considerable attention from the higher-ups, who have long since arranged for strict security protection.

This is absolutely unique among the children of the powerful and wealthy!

of course.

In Liao Yubo's view, Zhao Ruilong's status has long surpassed that of a privileged son of a powerful family.

Today, Zhao Ruilong is a super patriotic entrepreneur who is both politically sound and professionally competent, possesses substantial capital and a forward-looking vision, and is dedicated to serving the country through science and technology industries.

His continuous and aggressive investments and strong guidance have enabled China to achieve leapfrog development in many high-tech fields and major infrastructure projects.

Putting aside everything else, without Zhao Ruilong, many large-scale scientific research projects such as high-speed rail, large aircraft, tunnel boring machines, lithography machines, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging instruments would have taken at least several more years to start.

And these are just the 'civilian projects' that people are aware of.

Zhao Ruilong also played a little-known but significant role in military reform and equipment development.

He promoted the integration of military and civilian development and accelerated the military's transition from mechanization to informatization.

He was also deeply involved in the development of new fighter jets, aircraft carriers, and information-based combat platforms.

If, as Watanabe Kameyu suggested, Zhao Ruilong were to be eliminated...

For the Dragon Kingdom, that was naturally an extremely heavy loss.

To put it bluntly, it's even more serious than the death of a few academicians and scientists.

After all, Zhao Ruilong is not only capable of raising funds and promoting development for the country, but he can also provide correct guidance in scientific research.

Such a talented and wealthy genius is truly rare.

Therefore, Liao Yubo felt that it was not an exaggeration at all to say that eliminating him could allow China to rise for another twenty years.

"What's wrong, Liao Sang? Don't you think that getting rid of Zhao Ruilong is the best option?"

"In the short term, if he dies, he won't be able to disrupt our Northeast high-speed rail project!"

"In the long run, even without his accelerated assistance, the fact that China rose to prominence twenty years later will be very beneficial to our great Sakura!"

After taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Watanabe Kameyu continued:

"Although in the thirty years since the restoration of diplomatic relations between our two countries, economic and trade relations have continued to warm up and cultural exchanges have become more frequent, we are even preparing to have a grand celebration in a few days."

"But Liao Sang, don't forget that there is a deep-seated blood feud between our two countries, and we still haven't acknowledged our historical mistakes. Our superficial friendship is just a means for each of us to get what we want."

"Our export-oriented economy needs a broad market for industrial products, and the Dragon Kingdom, which wants to prosper and become strong, also needs to endure humiliation and bide its time in order to develop its economy faster and better."

"But once China develops into a first-class industrial power, will they still rely on the investment and products of our Sakura companies? Obviously not. On the contrary, they will compete with us fiercely for the global market!"

"Just like after Huilong Electronics' MP3 music players became a hit, the market share of our Songxia, Suoni and other manufacturers' CD players plummeted. After games like CF and Warcraft became popular, arcade machines also stopped selling well."

"Similar to this, there are mobile phones, computers, printers, LCD TVs, and so on. Under Zhao Ruilong's leadership, these more advanced and user-friendly products are already frantically seizing market share from our Sakura company."

"And the new energy, power equipment, construction machinery, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, and other areas that he continues to invest in research and development are all direct competitors of our Sakura company..."

Watanabe Kameyu spoke at length about the enormous harm that allowing Zhao Ruilong to continue his efforts would bring to Sakura.

Zhao Ruilong's words clearly indicate that he has become a major concern for the national economy of Japan.

In recent years, the economy of cherry blossoms has been sluggish.

The glorious era when it was said that selling Eastwell could buy the entire United States is long gone.

In recent years, China has faced the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the continuous aging of its population. Domestic consumption was already sluggish, so foreign trade exports naturally could not remain weak.

Therefore, eliminating Zhao Ruilong, while not stopping the rise of the Dragon Kingdom, would buy precious time for Sakura's economic transformation by delaying it by ten or twenty years.

Liao Yubo finished his cigarette and stubbed it out.

"Mr. Watanabe, your idea is excellent, and you have great courage and vision."

"But what I want to say is that taking down Zhao Ruilong is not a simple or easy thing."

“He is a national treasure-level important figure who is under strict guard 24 hours a day.”

"It would be really difficult to pinpoint his exact whereabouts and plan an assassination accordingly."

Watanabe Kameyu gave an awkward smile.

He turned around and took out a report from his handbag.

“We’ve wanted to get rid of him for a long time. After the application was approved, I quickly assigned a team to carry out the operation.”

"Starting in July, we began a thorough investigation into his family background, upbringing, interpersonal relationships, activity patterns, and so on!"

"Frankly speaking, he is indeed quite difficult to deal with, not only because he is protected by guards, but also because his whereabouts are very elusive and hard to predict."

"He is not a person who likes to show his face, so he does not appear at every major event, and although he has many women around him, the time he meets with them is not fixed."

Liao Yubo raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.

"My dad told me to come to him for lunch after I get to Yanjing. Just tell him what he needs us to do!"

Watanabe Kameyu put down the report and said with a serious expression:

"I don't care if you try to find out indirectly or approach him directly, I just want you to get his private cell phone number for me as soon as possible!"

"Huh? You just want me to get his phone number? I thought you were going to have me infiltrate his ranks as an undercover agent so you could arrange for a sniper to take me out!"

Liao Yubo chuckled, not finding it difficult at all.

Watanabe Kameyu chuckled and shook his head.

"Once he dies, everyone around him will be thoroughly investigated and interrogated. Sending you as an undercover agent would be like walking into a trap."

"In contrast, obtaining his private cell phone number and using cell tower triangulation to pinpoint his location before launching an operation would be safer and more covert."

"The key to the success of this mission lies in the fact that the number you get must be the number on his personal cell phone, not a work number."

Liao Yubo nodded repeatedly.

"I understand. I also have this kind of number. I only use it to contact important people. I don't give it to just anyone."

After saying that, Liao Yubo got up to leave.

"Oh right, did the Huilong Group get invited to the grand celebration of the 30th anniversary of friendly exchanges between the two countries?"

Watanabe Kameyu let out a sigh.

"Even if we invited him, Zhao Ruilong wouldn't be able to attend!"

"I reckon it'll be Du Bozhong, the mascot, who'll be attending again!"

Liao Yubo raised an eyebrow and gave a wicked, cold smile:

"I think we really shouldn't underestimate Du Bozhong."

"He is not only the chairman of Huilong Group, but also a partner of the Zhao siblings."

"If we can bribe him, wouldn't it be easy to get information about Zhao Ruilong?"

"Bribe him?"

Watanabe Kameyu decisively shook his head.

“The Zhao siblings certainly didn’t make him a puppet for nothing.”

“Every year he does nothing and still gets a lot of salary, bonuses and stock dividends for free.”

"How much money do you think we need to spend to make him betray the Zhao family and choose to cooperate with us?"

Liao Yubo laughed and said, "That's true. But everyone has weaknesses. Why don't you try planting a spy next to him? What if you succeed?"

"If he really does represent Huilong Group at the celebration, wouldn't those beautiful female celebrities you brought from Japan come in handy?"

Watanabe Kameyu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That's a good idea, I'll think about it carefully!"

Liao Yubo bowed and scraped, then turned and left.

After exiting the restaurant through the back door, Liao Yubo walked for quite a while before waving to flag down a taxi.

After much searching, he finally arrived at the Ningyuan Liaison Office in Beijing and met his father, Liao Chenxi, only to receive two devastating pieces of news.

One was Fang Qiming, who set off at nine o'clock in the morning to meet President Shen.

Secondly, Zhao Ruilong came from Jingzhou and also went to see President Shen.

It's estimated that the three of them have already started having lunch together!

"It's over, we're doomed!"

"President Shen definitely wants to take advantage of Old Ge's illness and hospitalization to force the Northeast high-speed rail project into a fait accompli!"

"He summoned Zhao Ruilong from Handong, definitely to get Huilong Group to invest in building a high-speed railway and to have Jingzhoupuzhen Rolling Stock Plant cooperate with Changchun Passenger Car Plant to develop high-speed trains!"

At this point, Liao Yubo couldn't wait to remind him:

"Dad, for our own good, you must hold on!"

"We've received so much money, we absolutely cannot let Sakura Enterprise be denied even the qualification to participate in the bidding!"

"You must find a way, under the guise of fairness, impartiality, and transparency, to get this project through the bidding process..."

Liao Chenxi put down her wine glass and asked with a bitter and resentful expression:

"Do I need you to remind me of this?"

"The question is, even if they hold a bidding process, can they beat Zhao Ruilong?"

"That bastard is not only rich and skilled, but also deeply favored by the higher-ups!"

After glancing around, Liao Yubo leaned closer to Liao Chenxi and whispered:

"So the Sakura people are planning to get rid of him, they can't let him lead the Dragon Kingdom to rapid development!"

"..."

Liao Chenxi was shocked.

"Have they...have they gone mad?"

"To kill Zhao Ruilong, what a crazy idea!"

"If he gets killed, President Shen and the others will be furious!"

Liao Yubo chuckled.

"Wouldn't it be better if they went crazy?"

"Besides, even if they know it was the Sakura people who did it, so what?"

"Now that the economic and trade relations between the two countries are becoming increasingly close, China still needs to rely on the investment and technology transfer from China."

"For the sake of the overall development, we can only swallow our pride and bear it. Are we supposed to declare war over this?"

Liao Chenxi was stunned.

"Of course not, you can only suffer in silence for something like that!"

"Besides, if a professional agent is involved, they will definitely have a detailed plan in advance, and they will have several escape plans prepared."

"They not only make the deaths of their targets appear accidental, but they also disappear without a trace shortly after the incident."

"Speaking of this, I suddenly realized that we had some very talented scientists in the past who probably didn't die from sudden illnesses."

Liao Yubo picked up his chopsticks and ate some food.

"So we don't need to worry too much about whether his death will implicate us."