The crowd began to cry in distress.

The tattooed man continued, "Chairman Xu, with your vast wealth, you probably wouldn't care about this small amount of money, right? If you compensate us, we'll move out immediately and clear these places for you."

Xu Hao glanced at the tattooed man with a deeper meaning and said, "What you say is indeed a solution, but those who forcibly demolished your houses aren't my people at all, so why should I help them pay you back? Think about it, who in their right mind would develop in a place as remote as where you're living?"

The tattooed man immediately retorted angrily, "Chairman Xu, we respect you as the chairman of the Xu Liu Group, someone with power and influence, so we treat you respectfully, but you can't take our respect as your arrogant capital!

Sure, if it really comes to fighting, all of us together wouldn't be able to take you on, but don't forget, we're not just one person! If all of us unite, I don't believe you'd dare to fight us! If you touch a hair on our heads, we can ruin your reputation!"

Xu Hao was a bit angered. This wasn't something he did, yet they insisted it was his doing. Just because those people claimed to be from the Xu Liu Group, does that necessarily mean they are?

Xu Hao coldly responded, "Ruin my reputation?! I, Xu Hao, am upright and fearless of shadows, do you really think I'm afraid of people like you? Do your worst; I, Xu Hao, will take it all on!"

Everyone was very surprised to see Xu Hao being so unyielding.

Someone muttered, "That shouldn't be. By right, Alliance Master Xu is supposed to be a very upright person, isn't he? If this matter was really done by his employees, he shouldn't have this kind of attitude. He should admit it directly since this compensation is nothing to him."

The tattooed man immediately said, "What do you know? That's how these capitalists are; if they can buy something for ninety-nine cents, they will never spend a dollar. All their goals are to make profits, to squeeze workers' assets as much as possible!

The famous thinker Ma En once told us, when there is suitable profit, capitalists become bold. For fifty percent profit, they will take risks; for a hundred percent profit, they will trample all human laws; for three hundred percent profit, they will commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged!

Don't be fooled by Xu Hao's seemingly honest and upright demeanor. When he truly becomes ruthless, we probably can't even imagine it, right? So don't idealize these capitalists; everything they say is untrustworthy, all just to serve their interests."

Hearing the tattooed man's words, Xu Hao immediately responded, "I thought you were just a big brute, but now I see you know quite a bit. Sadly, you've used this knowledge in the wrong place. Go ahead and reveal your cards; keeping them hidden is pointless."

The tattooed man, seeing Xu Hao was completely unafraid, also knew Xu Hao had the grounds for such confidence, but he also understood his task wasn't to topple Xu Hao; he didn't possess such capability.

All he needed to do was nauseate Xu Hao a bit.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "I need to contact my friend; he's in charge of this matter."

He didn't make a call but sent a message as if afraid others might know what he said to his friend.

After a while, the tattooed man said, "My friend said he could reach out to the famous influencer 'Groundhog,' and this influencer is willing to help us get the word out."

Xu Hao calmly said, "Your friend can reach Groundhog? Interesting. Do you not know that Groundhog has a grudge against me? Since you know Groundhog, can I then say you teamed up with Groundhog to purposely cause me trouble?"

Hearing Xu Hao's questioning, the tattooed man's eyes just flickered a bit before he immediately said, "Xu Hao, you're overthinking. My friend just happened to know the famous influencer 'Groundhog;' no complex relationships you imagine. I'm just a small person and able to contact such a big influencer is a lifetime honor; how could I have more connections?

If you solve this matter now, I won't let this get onto the internet. Otherwise, your hard-earned reputation will be completely destroyed!"

Xu Hao sneered coldly, "Trying to force me with such means? It's utterly laughable! Go ahead, spread it. I absolutely won't stop you, nor will I suppress it. I'm curious to see how many people will support you!"

Xu Hao turned to Liu Ruyan and instructed, "Have someone check who exactly was sent here to work yesterday and the day before!"