Eighty-two-year-old Old General Qin strode through the walnut double doors of the Taichu Tianhai Tower main conference hall in his pressed olive military dress uniform. He carried a brass-tipped walking cane as a dozen campaign medals clinked softly against his chest.
Through the fifty-foot panoramic glass wall behind the conference table, the entire harbor of Tianhai was visible in the clean autumn air.
The flags of the Song, Murong, and Ouyang cartels had been taken down from every warehouse gantry, crane tower, and office building across the province. In their place, the golden lotus banner of Taichu Group fluttered proudly in the breeze.
The Four Great Clans that had ruled Jiangnan for a century were no more. Three of them were in maximum-security prison cells, their assets liquidated and deeded forever to fifty thousand honest workers.
Only the Qin family remained standing.
[Target: Old General Qin. Goodness Score: 89/100. Retired battlefield commander, patriotic war hero.]
Walking a half-step behind the general was Young Master Qin Haoran.
He was still wearing his bright neon-yellow volunteer vest over a clean white shirt. In his hands, Qin Haoran carried a heavy red wooden presentation box containing all Qin family commercial deeds, shipping licenses, and corporate seals.
