Rebirth Of The Godly Prodigal

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Chapter 541: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Twelve)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After the phone call, Hong Dali smiled at Gong Zhiwen and said, "It's done, Uncle Gong. Yes, since you are my dad's ally, then I think there should be some changes to our terms."

"Okay, tell us about it, Young Master Dali." After he heard that Hong Dali thought there should be some changes to their terms, Gong Zhiwen quickly nodded. "I am listening."

"Right, it's like this." Hong Dali bobbed his head as he spoke. "I'm a squanderer and have no hobbies except spending money. I will take all the rough stone. I want to have the first pick of whatever gets prospected and you can have the rest. Are you okay with that?"

Gong Zhiwen took in a sharp breath when he heard what Hong Dali said.

He was undeniably the legendary super prodigal. See how extravagantly he spends!

The best offer he had given was to claim 20% of the profit after taking out the cost of the rocks and give the remaining 80% to Young Master Dali. Now, Young Master Dali was going to pay for the rough rocks and give whatever he did not want to him for free! With Young Master Dali's character, he would definitely not take all of it. At most, he would take a few pieces, perhaps a few that he liked, and give all the rest of it away. Gong Zhiwen would not have to come out with a single cent!

If they really managed to prospect one of those magical stones that had health-giving properties...

Such a good deal, he would be a fool not to accept!

Damn, this was a big gamble, undeniably a big gamble! If this gamble paid off, he would be able to strut proudly in the Chamber of Commerce in the future!

Gong Zhiwen nodded his head like a chicken eating rice. "No problem, absolutely no problem! If Young Master Dali likes such things, we can cooperate more often in the future. Of course, I guarantee you will not lose out. Young Master Dali will get half of the profits!"

"Forget it." Hong Dali waved his hand graciously. "This is just a small amount. It doesn't matter. Anyway, I only care about squandering, not earning!"

Stone-gambling. The last time Hong Dali went stone-gambling he was just trying it out and spent only a total of ten million. The amount involved this time was totally unlike the previous time. This time his purchase of uncut rocks would cost at least hundreds of millions!

A few hundred million! Gong Zhiwen's good friend CEO Zhou, who dealt in uncut jade rocks, had to use a freighter to transport the uncut rocks. Otherwise, there would be no way to transport it by sea. It was hundreds of thousands of tonnes of uncut rocks this time, and on a completely different scale as compared to the previous time he went stone-gambling.

Now that he had finished negotiating with Young Master Dali, Gong Zhiwen immediately called out to CEO Zhou who was on the freighter. "CEO Zhou, Young Master Dali has agreed. Do you want to come down and take a look, too? Everyone else who has followed us to get an eyeful can come down, too!"

Once he had finished speaking, a few heads immediately stuck out from the freighter. Hong Dali took one look and exclaimed happily, "Ah, Brother Chao! I never thought you would be here!"

One of the heads that stuck out among the group of the second-generation rich was someone Hong Dali knew. When Lao Deming brought Hong Dali to Beijing City the first time he went stone-gambling, they met Hong Dali's diehard fan, Yang Chao!

"Hahaha, Young Master Dali, we have not seen each other for a long time!" Yang Chao greeted Hong Dali from the freighter. "I heard CEO Gong say that he was going to look for you to do stone-gambling. That's my favorite activity, so I brought a few friends and came along to take a look. How does Young Master Dali intend to play today?"

The group of second-generation rich young masters headed by Yang Chao was crazy and loved excitement. Stone-gambling was their favorite past time. Almost everyone knew that Hong Dali had unbeatable luck. Once they heard that something interesting was going to happen, all of them came over to have a look.

"Today we're just having some casual fun." Hong Dali smiled and waved at Yang Chao. "Brother Chao, do you want to come down and play? It's quite fun. These little darlings don't bite!"

"This..." Yang Chao and his group of fair-weathered friends looked down at the sea that was teeming with sharks and gulped.

At the moment, it looked like these sharks really did not bite. However, knowing about it was one thing, actually jumping down was another matter...

"You have no guts!!" Yang Chao's fiancée, Su Yan, stood behind him and gave him a vicious kick on his bottom. "Get down there and test the water!"

Yang Chao: "Ahhhhhhhhh—!!!"

Two minutes later, when they saw Yang Chao sitting steadily on the back of a shark and cruising the seas like riding a motorbike, all the other young masters could no longer stay still. They all started jumping into the sea one by one like dumplings going into a pot. Plonk, plonk, plonk, they all dropped into the sea before being lifted on the backs of sharks which went in under them. The feeling was unlike any other!

This group of rich young masters was usually in the city racing cars, hitting on girls, and stone-gambling. They were just looking for something exciting to do. However, no matter how exciting those activities were, they were completely incomparable to this shark riding.

"Idol!" A rich second generation exclaimed. "I feel that I am very impressive driving my two-million-dollar luxury car and dating the hottest girl. Compared to Young Master Dali today, that's just child's play. Comparisons are odious!"

He asked next, "That, Young Master Dali, teach me how to squander? I want to learn, too!"

Can this be taught? Squandering was a type of skill!

"Ahahaha." Hong Dali immediately changed the subject. "Let's go stone-gambling first..."

Seeing that Hong Hong was finally ready to gamble on stones, Gong Zhiwen finally set his mind at ease. Okay, great. As long as Hong Dali has decided that he will do stone-gambling, everything will be fine. To be honest, he had already found out that this fellow was carefree and thoughtless. He did everything based on his mood. If he had decided that he did not want to do stone-gambling, it would be super depressing!

Since it had already been decided, Hong Dali and his followers followed Gong Zhiwen, CEO Zhou, and Yang Chao onto the freighter. The group chatted and laughed as they boarded and made their way onto the deck of the freighter. There were indeed countless large containers on the deck. The doors of these containers had been opened. They were filled with hundreds of uncut rocks of various sizes, all of which were huge jade stones. The smallest looked to weigh at least a ton. There was also a variety of stone cutting equipment around the stones. It seemed that they had moved an entire stone-gambling den here.

Before they came, Yang Chao already knew that he would have a good time today. However, when he and his group of friends saw the large number of uncut stones, they were still rendered speechless and their eyes glinted with excitement. If not for the fact that Hong Dali was right next to him and he was afraid of appearing foolish, he would have rushed forward and licked the stones.

"Young Master Dali," Gong Zhiwen asked tentatively. "The stones here have all been carefully selected. All of them are of superior quality and almost guaranteed to contain jades. However, I cannot confirm their qualities. Now, it's up to Young Master Dali to choose one yourself."

"Yes, I know." Hong Dali asked CEO Zhou, "Uncle Zhou, these things, what do you call them, uncut jade, right? How much are they worth?"

Getting the facts straight at the beginning would prevent disagreements later on. It was right that the price should be decided upon first.

"A total of three hundred and seventy-five million yuan," CEO Zhou said quickly. "If it were someone else, I would not give them a discount. But Young Master Dali is a friend introduced by CEO Gong. I definitely have to charge you cheaper. Make it three hundred and sixty million."

He cut the price by fifteen million yuan right from the beginning, which was really giving Hong Dali due respect.

However, the prodigal Hong Dali didn't care about such things. He sniffled and told Ling Xiaoyi, who was next to him, "No need for a discount. I will give you a round figure of four hundred million. Xiaoyi, transfer the funds."

Yang Chao and everyone else exclaimed, "My god, Young Master Dali is really generous! I have finally seen it for myself today!"

"..." CEO Zhou was stunned for a long time before he thanked Hong Dali profusely. "Thank you, my Lord!"

To be honest, the cost price of his uncut stones was at most 40 to 50 million. Hong Dali increased his profit by another hundred percent with just one sentence!

"Young Master Dali is great!" Gong Zhiwen wiped the cold sweat off his forehead vehemently. Hong Dali really lived up to his name. "Shall we start cutting the stones?"

"Ah, no hurry." Although he did not really want to wait for Ling Xiaoyi and CEO Zhou to complete the funds' transfer, Hong Dali was in no hurry to get started. He shook his head. "Well, cutting jade it's all about luck, we should have some kind of ceremony or ritual—wait, let me chant a spell. Yes, yes!"

Was it necessary to have a ritual and chant spells before cutting stones? Everyone was amazed and yet respectful at the same time—did you see that? Otherwise, how could his luck be so good? He was obviously a reincarnation of Buddha!

In fact, Hong Dali was pulling up the Great Prodigal System in his mind. He said, "Points available for exchange." During that period of time, he had bought materials to revamp the aircraft carrier, miscellaneous spendings, as well as the money he had just spent to buy the uncut jade. All of it should add up to a substantial amount.

With a "Ding" sound, the System's cold, mechanical voice said—

"The Host has a total of 58 attribute points available for exchange. Please select where to use them."

"Usage Method 1: Upgrade Skills [Machine breakdown, assembly, and transformation]. Method 2: Upgrade Skills [Gem processing, embedding, and magic enhancement]. Method 3: Exchange for science and technology blueprint. Method 4: Exchange for Survival Side Branch Skills."

Right at that moment, he was not in a hurry to upgrade the other skill trees. The uncut jade was right in front of him. Hong Dali had obviously pulled up the System at that time to deal with it. "Upgrade Skills [Gem processing, embedding, and magic enhancement]!"

Gem processing, embedding, and magic enhancement could enhance any rock that contained precious minerals or stones. The enhanced stone would have additional attributes. Finally, Hong Dali could choose to imbue it with up to three attributes from strength, agility, reaction, health, and energy. The higher the skill level, the better the quality of the gem, and the higher level of the attributes added.

What did Hong Dali need the most? It was not all kinds of other attributes, it was energy!

The Mechanical Holy Garment required energy, the Granzon required energy, the two aircraft carriers needed energy, even the Mechanical arm, Running Dog needed energy!

At present, Hong Dali's Gem processing, embedding, and magic enhancement had thirty basic skill points added to it. That was the maximum points needed for Skill Level One. When he chose to upgrade this skill, the System's voice suddenly explained, "The host needs to upgrade this branch to unlock the next level. Branch upgrade requires 10 attribute points. After unlocking, there will be new features available."

"Unlock." Need he even consider? Unlock it immediately!

Chapter 542: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Thirteen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Soon, with a "ding" sound, the System explained, "Gem processing, embedding, and magic enhancement upgrade completed. Current skill status: Gem advancement. The remaining materials from processing as well as unprocessed materials will possess 75% of its attributes. (Additional note: Embedding can only be done once. Multiple embedding will cause loss of attributes. Only completed products of more than two kilograms will have attributes.)

"This is good, this is good." Hong Dali beamed as he heard the explanation. "With this, I have nothing to worry about. Haha!"

It may not seem like much on the surface. But on deeper thought, one would understand its importance.

Before, when Hong Dali processed anything, the remaining materials had no attributes. However, with the advancement of the skill, the remaining scraps or materials would contain three-quarters of its attributes! What did that mean? It meant that when Hong Dali gave away unprocessed gems, those would have attributes!

That was a whole new level completely! With the abundance of raw materials, Hong Dali no longer needed to process them himself—all he had to do was give instructions!

The System continued—

"31-40, each point added to the skill will consume 1 attribute point. Additionally, 4 attribute points can be added to gems.

"41-50, each point added to the skill will consume 2 attribute points. Additionally, 6 attribute points can be added to gems.

"51-60, each point added to the skill will consume 3 attribute points. Additionally, 8 attribute points can be added to gems.

"Level 60 and above, unable to level up. System needs to be upgraded before it can continue to level up."

Hong Dali was stunned. He could add so many attribute points to the gems. That's awesome!

After he unlocked the branch upgrade, he had 48 attribute points. After the first level, he had 38 attribute points left. After the second level, he had 18 attribute points left. With one more upgrade, he added a total of 54 attribute points directly to gem processing!

In that case, there would be 8 additional attribute points for gems that he processed.

That was terrifying!

After adding all the attribute points, Hong Dali took a deep breath. "Wahahahaha. The ritual is completed. Let's begin!"

Hearing that, Gong Zhiwen and the rest got interested. Gong Zhiwen said, "Young Master Dali, the uncut stones are of the best quality. With Young Master Dali's luck, I'm sure you will be able to get the best gems out of it. Aiya, this is exciting. With one cut, it will be hard to tell what precious gems could come out of it."

"Yes, yes. I know." Hong Dali pointed to an uncut stone that looked to weigh about two tons. "Squandering is a skill. We need to test the waters first—this one, then!"

See, see. Young Master Dali was indeed different from others. He pointed to an uncut stone worth 22 million just like that!

Stone-gambling was considered safe for Hong Dali. The jade that he gambled on was no problem as long as it was not sold to others. The jade that he gambled on previously, Hong Dali used it to exchange for the most important Health attributes. Now, most of his friends' and families' Health attribute was almost full. Those that were not full also reached about 90%. Hence, he was not in a hurry. The attribute gem that he needed the most was energy gem.

In this era of energy, with energy, one could control the economy—especially with the head of Heavenly State backing him, there was no need for him to hesitate.

Stone-gambling was akin to gambling with money. Nine out of ten times were losses. After Hong Dali claimed that he did the necessary rituals, followed by the selection of an uncut stone worth 22 million, this shocked Gong Zhiwen and most people present.

"It seems squandering really is a skill!" Gong Zhiwen thought. "Aye, CEO Hong had a son who squanders but is able to multiply money, comparisons are odious. Young Master Dali is one exotic prodigal!"

While they appeared shocked, the lackeys around Hong Dali were calm—twenty over million was just pocket money to Young Master. It was not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning at all!

Those willing to follow the freighter were all fanatics of the jade market. They would try their luck on uncut stones worth millions in their free time. When they heard Hong Dali was going to cut this stone worth 22 million, all of them looked forward to it.

One person asked, "Brother Chao, I've heard of Young Master Dali's luck, but should he have tried on a smaller stone first? He chose the best one on his first try?"

Yang Chao spread his hands. "Young Master Dali is not easily understood. I don't know what's going on, too. Just watch on."

Another person agreed. "That's right. Young Master Dali is a miracle creator. He's not ordinary. He's the reincarnation of the God of Fortune. We must not doubt him. Let's just watch quietly!"

...

Tianhai Military District Headquarters.

"Bureau Chief, oh no! Something big happened!" Mu Huishou rushed into the Bureau Chief's temporary office like a whirlwind. He was sweating profusely and shouting, "Something happened to Young Master Dali's luck detector device!"

"Luck detector device?" The Bureau Chief was shocked. He asked anxiously, "Isn't he out at the sea? The distance from the mainland is at least a few hundred kilometers. There is a reaction from the luck detector device despite the distance?!"

The Bureau Chief remembered clearly that the best distance for the luck detector device was five kilometers. There was actually a reaction with a few hundred kilometers apart?!

"Yes, yes..." Mu Huishou looked like he was just fished out of water. "There is a reaction. And it's very strong!"

"What is going on?!" The Bureau Chief was worried. It was not easy to have a bit of progress, was something about to happen? "What did the little rascal Hong Dali do now? Why is it affecting the luck detector? What level is it on now?!"

"It's... it's..." Mu Huishou gulped. "Level Twelve, Good Fortune Befalls You!"

"Finished!" The Bureau Chief felt weak all over and sat on the sofa. "Something big is bound to happen! Go find out, go investigate now and see what happened!"

"I've investigated." Mu Huishou hurriedly replied. "Hong Weiguo sent Gong Zhiwen to look for Young Master Dali with a huge freighter before he got impeached. The freighter contained uncut jade stones. And, just like that..."

Hearing that, the Bureau Chief took a deep breath.

He was quiet for a while, then he said, "Things are going to change. Go make arrangements immediately. Other than blocking the news, stop everything else! Wait for the latest news!"

"Yes!"

...

Tianhai, on the deck of the freighter.

"Young Master Dali, shall we get ready to cut the stone?" Since Hong Dali had selected the uncut stone, next was the cutting. Gong Zhiwen summoned a professional stonecutter and said, "Let's begin?"

"Of course." Hong Dali beamed. "Cut it open and see if there are any rocks!"

There would definitely be rocks, jade would be a different matter. Gong Zhiwen waved his hand decisively. "Get ready, cut!"

With his instruction, everyone held their breath. Young Master Dali was undefeatable in his luck. Just one uncut stone had amassed such a big scene. What would they find?

Naturally, Hong Dali was calm—he only needed to squander...

This was an uncut stone worth 22 million. It was no small matter. The stonecutter was sweating profusely. He carefully cut the stone with undivided attention!

An uncut stone of such quality, the quality of jade aside, as long as there was any, it would definitely be huge. If he accidentally spoiled it, it wouldn't be enough to throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.

He was right to take extra care. But Hong Dali implied that it was too slow. Hence, he instructed his lackey, "This cutting is too slow. You, get a hammer and hammer it. Either there is jade or there is nothing!"

Gong Zhiwen: "..." Yang Chao: "..." CEO Zhou: "..." Stonecutter: "..." The others: "..."

Damn! This was the most exciting moment of stone-cutting. Who would use a hammer to knock it?!

Everyone feared when they heard that. Hong Dali's lackey didn't care too much. He took the hammer and knocked hard on it once. He almost scared everyone to death—if he had destroyed the jade inside...

Before everyone could react, the stonecutter exclaimed, "It's out, it's out! There's green! Wait, let me take a look!" He carefully pried the stone open with his hands and looked using his magnifying glass. He stared with his eyes wide open and shuddered.

"What is out? Quick, say!" Gong Zhiwen said anxiously, "What kind is it?"

"This... this..." The stonecutter was stunned for almost three minutes. Then, he howled with all his might. "Ice-type, it's ice-type! Such a big piece of ice-type jade! My god, am I... dreaming?!"

Gong Zhiwen: "..." Yang Chao: "..." CEO Zhou: "..." Stonecutter: "..." The others: "..."

"Ice-type. Its transparency and luster were a little lacking compared to the glass type. As its name implied, it was as transparent as ice. This was a type of jade that was worth quite a lot.

Especially such a big piece...

Pudong!

Tang Muxin exclaimed, "Uncle Gong, CEO Zhou jumped into the sea!" It seemed CEO Zhou had suffered a blow. If he had cut it himself, he could sell it for at least 200 million...

Everyone was shocked!

It was indeed the reincarnation of the God of Fortune, Young Master Dali. Just a stone, cracked opened with a hammer, and it was ice-type!

Everyone present thought. "In the future, we'll use a hammer for stone cutting!"

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Instead, Gong Zhiwen breathed deeply. He was still feeling a little dejected. Regardless of how much of a wastrel Young Master Dali was, an ice-type piece of jade of such superior quality would definitely be kept for himself. Besides, something worth two to three hundred million yuan wouldn't be gifted to someone so easily.

Unexpectedly, such a massive piece of jade worth tremendous value had instead caused Hong Dali to feel disappointed. "This isn't good, really disheartening..." All he saw was what was cut—a mere large piece of +6 Health gem.

Did he have a use for a piece of Health gem? That did not have a single use for him! Hence, Hong Dali sniffled and glanced at Gong Zhiwen. "I don't have much use for this. I'll gift this to you, Uncle Gong, as a gift for our first meeting."

"Aye?!" Upon hearing Hong Dali's words, everyone present knelt down...

"My heart... I can't stand this. Let's energize ourselves down there!" With a plop, someone jumped down again...

"This... really... you're really gifting it to me?" Gong Zhiwen's mouth was agape. Honestly speaking, he was quite happy. At the same time, he was a little worried. It seemed like this large piece of jade was really only an ordinary one. Otherwise, if the jade was of superior quality like the one used in Director Hong's smoking pipe, Hong Dali probably wouldn't be so generous.

"Yes. Uncle Gong, you are a good friend of my father's. Just treat it as me being filial towards you." Hong Dali grinned without a care in the world.

It was as if what he just gifted was just a large brick.

"Sure enough, just like they say, there'll only be benefits by following Young Master!" Tears trailed down Gong Zhiwen's face.

Regardless, even though this piece of jade's attribute was useless to Hong Dali, it was worth a lot of money to others. Gong Zhiwen walked over with a face full of surprise before stretching out his hand to touch it. Aiya, such a big piece of ice-type jade was his. With a good refinement, it would be pretty good...

His hand had just touched the jade when he became momentarily stunned. "Aye? Aye?! This... this is..."

Gong Zhiwen only felt a warmth against his hand. A refreshing and invigorating feeling traveled up his arm to his brain. It was as if he was originally drenched with sweat from a summer day but brought into an air conditioned room suddenly, as refreshing as eating a slice of frozen watermelon!

The feeling was the same as Director Hong's mysterious smoking pipe! It was basically the same!

However, how big was Hong Weiguo's smoking pipe? It was only a few centimeters long.

Yet, this piece of ice-type jade was close to two tons! Close to two tons!

If it was refined, how many smoking pipes could it produce? An ocean, this time an amount equivalent to an ocean could be earned!

Everyone marveled at Hong Dali's splurge. Such a big piece of ice-type jade was gifted away like it was just a piece of brick. It seemed like Hong Dali was obviously getting ready to cut the next stone. Anyway, this entire boat of stones was Hong Dali's!

"Ah, just a piece of stone." Hong Dali grinned, completely disregarding it. He pointed to a lackey next to him and said, "Continue. Let's cut the next one."

This time, his target was focused on a piece of uncut stone that was approximately 350 to 400 kilograms. "This round, let's do this one. Dig a few hammer-fulls, let's see if there's anything good inside!"

"Alright!" The lackey, Li Yang, held the big hammer and licked his lips excitedly.

The feeling of using the big hammer to smash away at the rock was too invigorating. He simply couldn't stop!

The first stone revealed an ice-type jade approximately two tons in weight. It was actually nothing much. Hong Dali's good luck was well-known to them. However, nobody had come across someone who casually gifted it away.

Hence, everyone had gathered around and looked on with eager eyes. They stared at the piece of jade in front of them. The first ice-type jade, what good things could be created from this?

"Big hammer, go!" Hong Dali snapped his finger loudly. Hence, Li Yang, the lackey whose name was casually changed to Great Hammer Li, carried the great hammer and rushed forward. Spitting his hands twice, he said, "Ptui! Ptui! Young Lord, I'll begin!"

As he said so, he raised the large hammer and pounded furiously at the stone. After a short while, the stonecutter exclaimed, "It's green! It's green!" Upon hearing the stonecutter's voice, everyone "Oh-ed" in unison. Everyone's eyes were wide as they awaited what good thing this stone would produce.

The stonecutter held a magnifying glass in his hand and looked back and forth for a while. The more he looked, the softer his voice became. "This... maybe... perhaps... vaguely... it can be considered valuable..."

Gong Zhiwen asked urgently, "What exactly is it, tell us!"

"Huaqing." The stonecutter was pretty regretful. "The texture is a little rough. It's not as valuable as the first."

"F*ck!" Gong Zhiwen cursed. "It's enough just for one jade to be produced. Otherwise, you expect every piece to be an ice-type jade?!" After scolding the stonecutter, Gong Zhiwen looked towards Hong Dali obsequiously. He said as he laughed, "Young Master Dali, don't listen to him spout nonsense. This Huaqing is worth a lot of money as well. Anyway, it'll definitely earn a lot."

"Oh, I'm aware that this is rubbish." Hong Dali looked towards Yang Chao, whose neck was stretched long. "Brother Chao, I'll gift this to you." *A piece with Agility +4, I'll just gift this away decisively! *

Look, another piece of jade gifted away casually! Even if it were a Huaqing with a slightly rough texture, it was still a big piece...

That group of second-generation rich young masters accompanying Yang Chao were definitely nouveau riches. Usually, they spent 1.8 million yuan without even batting an eye. However, in comparison to Hong Dali...

Quite a few second-generation young masters were about to throw themselves onto Hong Dali's thighs. "God-level Nouveau Riche, be friends with us!"

"Oh, alright." Hong Dali sniffled. "Anyway, there are so many stones here. Since everyone likes them, I'll gift some to you... Oh right, let me make myself clear. Whatever I give to you, it's yours. Whatever I don't, nobody can snatch it!"

"Understood!" The group of nouveau riches looked at Hong Dali, this God-level nouveau riche, with eyes full of admiration.

"Continue, continue!" Gong Zhiwen looked at Hong Dali. His gaze was as if he was the most devoted disciple looking at his own God. He said humbly, "Young Master Dali, shall we continue?"

"Yes, continue!" Hong Dali snapped his finger loudly once more. "Big hammer, continue hammering. There are so many rocks. Finish hammering quickly so we can have lunch." Hong Dali said as he glanced at Gong Zhiwen, Yang Chao, and the others. "My family's Xiao Bai caught a few giant squids from the bottom of the ocean this morning. Those things are allegedly delicious."

Gong Zhiwen: "..." Yang Chao: "..." CEO Zhou that just returned from the ocean: "..." Everyone else: "..."

The shark that Young Master Dali was raising could even bring its owner squid to eat!

Hence, Lackey Li Yang, who was currently Great Hammer Li, struck the stones continuously and furiously. Some of the rocks were practically pounded into powder, yet there were no hints of green on them. After two strikes, some rocks showed hints of green so quickly that the stonecutter shouted loudly from the side, "It's green, it's green!" Ice-type, Youqing, Bingnuo, Huaqing, so on and so forth. CEO Zhou watching from the side had already passed away more than twenty times. Just from the current amount of stones hammered that was not even half of the total, the amount of jade produced could be sold for at least 500 to 600 million yuan. There was still more than half leftover there...

If I had known it would be like this, I would have cut them myself!

Fortunately, Hong Dali was still pretty generous. He tossed a large piece of ice-type jade to him, approximately worth 60 million yuan.

It comforted his hurting small heart a little...

At that moment, everyone present was filled with great joy. How could they not be when practically everyone was given a jade of quite good quality. The cheaper ones were approximately a few million, while the better ones were approximately 20 to 30 million yuan. The remainder were gifted to Gong Zhiwen for refinement. Anyway, he was dad's ally, giving more was right!

However, although others were extremely excited, Hong Dali was a little depressed.

Such a large pile of uncut stones, roughly a hundred pieces with exactly 34 producing jade pieces. However, that wasn't important. What was important was that among the 34 pieces of jade, there wasn't even one Energy gem!

The majority were Power, Agility, and Reaction gems, while the minority were Health gems.

Unfortunately, there wasn't a single Energy gem!

"Why are they all rubbish." Hong Dali immediately pointed to the next batch. "Large hammer, go!"

Everyone rushed forward. Since almost everyone received a piece of jade, they were too embarrassed to ask for more from Hong Dali. Besides, they had the mindset of watching a good show. Today was a real eye-opener, such a situation would not be encountered again for the rest of their lives!

This time, for the remaining stones, Great Hammer Li continued to strike and pound furiously!

The first piece had a Strength +4, Bingnuo type, with a weight of approximately 500 kilograms. The second piece, Huaqing type, with a weight of approximately 300 kilograms—rubbish, gifted away. The third piece, Agility +4, Youqing type, with a weight of approximately 100 kilograms—rubbish, gifted away...

At this moment, everyone around Hong Dali looked at him like he was a God. According to the legends, stone-gambling resulted in losses most of the time. Young Master Dali was instead doing great. Like plucking out Chinese cabbage from the roadside, he could produce jade from whatever stone he cut. He was simply a deity!

"Why isn't it out yet?" Hong Dali muttered, "Are there any?"

At this moment, there was only one piece left on the freighter. It looked like it was approximately three tons in weight, the largest uncut stone. If this piece of uncut stone did not contain an Energy gem, then there would be none.

Reaching such a stage, Hong Dali started feeling a little nervous as well. *Goddess of Mercy, Buddha, Jesus, God, Amen... Regardless of whether you exist in the world or not, you have to bless me! *

After a simple prayer, Hong Dali pointed to Great Hammer Li. "Large hammer, go!"

"Alright!" Great Hammer Li raised the hammer and pounded furiously. After a short while, the stonecutter shouted, "It's green! It's green!"

Such a large piece of uncut stone and it was green. What kind of superior level jade was it?!

Everyone craned their necks and watched as the stone was revealed. Ultimately, Li Yang pounded a few more times before the stonecutter widened his eyes. "This... this is... Glass type! This is the Glass type!"

Chapter 544: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Fifteen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Glass jade was the best type of jade available—its texture was pure, delicate, free from impurities, and gave off a clear sound when knocked on. This type of jade had high transparency and a glossy luster, giving the overall feeling of being clear and transparent like glass. Therefore, it was called the "glass type" jade, or just glass jade.

Just a small piece of glass jade would already be worth a fortune, not to mention this super large one. No matter how thick the outer layer of stone was, the glass jade inside must be at least a few hundred kilograms heavies! What kind of concept was that? It wasn't an overstatement to say that just this piece of jade alone was worth at least 500 to 600 million.

Everyone was stunned this time. Glass type jade! And such a large one, too!

This thing could cause anyone to be tempted to commit crimes to obtain it!

"God..." Gong Zhiwen looked at the super-large cut stone in front of him, his eyes spiritless, and he mumbled to himself, "Am... am I dreaming? Such a large piece of glass type jade!?"

Everyone else was totally numbed as well. Such a large piece of glass type jade would definitely be worth a fortune!

"Treasure. It's a treasure!" Even Hong Dali was dazed as well, his eyes deadly focused on... This dude wasn't looking at the glass type jade. Instead, he rushed forward and held up a part of the uncut stone that was chopped off, weighing a few dozen kilograms. He looked at it nonstop and laughed as he did so, his saliva even drooling out!

"Brouhaha! This is the real treasure!" Hong Dali hugged that piece of stone and laughed out loud.

The others looked at one another, not sure what was going on. Gong Zhiwen carefully asked, "Young Master Dali, the top-grade jade is here, this one. This is a glass type jade, it's definitely the best type of jade there is out there. What you are hugging now is just a normal piece of stone..."

However, before he finished his words, he instantly went crazy from what Hong Dali said...

"That's just trash, you can have it if you like it." Hong Dali didn't give a single look at the glass type jade, as if it was just a large piece of glass. He just hugged his stone and smiled foolishly. "This one is the real top-grade one, hahaha!"

What the heck! The large piece of glass type jade is trash, that stone is the real treasure?

Everyone felt cold wind blew by. Could it be that Hong Dali was possessed by a ghost? Just as they were all confused, they heard Hong Dali say, "Big Hammer, smash this one. Be careful, this is a treasure, don't damage it!"

Li Yang's head was full of sweat as he replied, "OK!" Then, holding the 15 kg hammer like it was just 250 grams, he slowly broke down the stone bit by bit. Everyone's curiosity was aroused now, they all wanted to see what this real "treasure" was. A short while later, the stonecutter exclaimed, "It's green! It's green! This... this... this is just a normal ice-type jade..."

It was no wonder he felt weird. Although ice-type jades were quite precious too, it was nothing compared to that large piece of glass type jade. The stonecutter felt strange and said, "Strange, why are there two types of jades on one uncut stone..."

However, no one was concerned about that now.

They were all guessing why Hong Dali said that this ordinary piece of ice-type jade was a treasure, yet the glass type jade was trash.

Of course, although the others didn't know why, Hong Dali himself knew. Because on this piece of jade that he said was a treasure he could see these few words on it—

"Energy +8."

Energy +8. Just from these words alone, there didn't seem to be anything special. However, for Hong Dali, these words had a whole different meaning! After all, this was the only piece of jade that added Energy out of all the uncut stones there. No doubt, this was a powerful attribute.

"Energy +8: Increase the power outflow by 80%, able to be embedded on perfect-grade machinery."

Increase the power outflow by 80%!

Others might not know what this meant, but Hong Dali was definitely very clear of its meaning!

What he most needed now was exactly an improvement of the energy source! An improvement of the energy source that was able to be used for explosive power!

Using his Granzon as an example, although it could reach a speed limit of 310 mph on the surface, the biggest problem was that it couldn't be sustained!

With its current fuel capacity, to activate the turbine engine to reach this speed, the fuel would be exhausted very quickly—even though the Granzon had an attribute that decreased fuel consumption, it still couldn't sustain this speed for too long.

And as for electric energy, there wasn't a need to talk about its explosive power.

But with this energy stone, things would be different! Hong Dali was able to add a further 8 attribute points on the gems he processed now. And, although he could add this energy attribute point to other gems, the other types of gems couldn't be embedded into machines.

Which means to say, he could only embed gems that were originally energy gems in the first place. With this one in his hand now which had a base attribute of Energy +8, he could add a further eight attribute points onto it, increasing the extra power outflow to 160%. What did that imply?

This was definitely not as simple as just decreasing the fuel needed.

Using heat, for example, a ton of coal could produce a maximum heat of 3,000 degrees. Using the extra power outflow from this gem, the heat could reach up to 7,800 degrees! To have such an increase without using the gem, not to mention just 2.6 tons of coal, even using 2,600 tons of coal might not achieve this degree of heat too!

Therefore, with this energy gem, the power outflow wouldn't be a problem anymore. Next time, the Granzon might be able to reach the speed that initially required using the turbine engine with just using electric energy alone!

And this was just for the improvement in power for the Granzon.

If he used it on the Mechanical Holy Garment, coupled with the ion wind driving force that he and Lin Chuyin were researching on recently, it would be even more incredible.

The ion wind driving force's concept was actually quite simple. Based on the principle of neutralization of positive and negative electrons, a positive ion was generated from one end of a pair of electrodes, and a negative ion that was flying to the other end could drive the air to form a stable airflow. That was, "ion wind."

Currently, the ion wind driving force they developed could only blow out a fire, it was impossible to use it to fly around like Iron Man. However, with this energy gem now...

"Brouhaha! This is a treasure, this is the real treasure!" Hong Dali tightly hugged the Energy +8 ice-type jade, sat on the floor, and laughed like a lunatic. "With this, I can finally try to fly!"

The others all took two steps back in unison—who was this fellow, they didn't know him!

Whatever the case, things ended well. Gong Zhiwen hurriedly said, "Young Master Dali, since all of the jades have been cut, I shan't stay here any longer. Please proceed with your matters, I shall hurry back now to process these things."

"Ah, OK, OK, no problem. Uncle Gong, please go ahead. We shall be going back now. Hahaha, today is a really satisfying day!"

Hong Dali only cared about the energy gem and hugged it tightly. As for the glass type jade that was worth a fortune... who cared about it!

...

Two days later, Shanghai Tianhai City, Door to Heaven.

An inner member said to his companion, "Hey, have you heard? That Gong Zhiwen who's into the jewelry industry is hosting an auction to auction an amazing treasure. I wonder if it's real or fake."

The companion nodded and said, "I have heard of it. The auction is 10 AM today, just half an hour later. He's being very mysterious about it this time, I wonder if it really is a treasure. Also, I heard that there's only one item to be auctioned. That's really weird."

The previous person said, "Exactly. How about it, do you want to go take a look?"

The companion thought for a while and said, "Although we are on opposing sides with him, we are all members of the Chamber of Commerce, after all. We still need to show him some respect. Since there's only one item to be auctioned, it shouldn't take too long, so let's go take a look too."

The previous person said, "Yup, then let's go take a look together later."

Half an hour later, in the large conference room on the 96th floor of Door to Heaven, Gong Zhiwen was hosting the temporary auction here.

This time, the slogan Gong Zhiwen used was that it was definitely a treasure that was never seen before in history. It was up to the others if they wanted to attend the auction or not, but they would definitely regret not coming in the future.

It should be known that for their level, if an item wasn't worth a few hundred million, no one would dare to call it a treasure. But now, Gong Zhiwen actually said that it was definitely a treasure and it was one of a kind. Wouldn't it be worth a few billion, then?

There were already quite a lot of people in the conference room now, seated in their own small groups. There were also people continuously coming in from the entrance. When the time finally reached 10 AM sharp, the doors were closed and by then, there were already two to three hundred people seated inside. Everyone stretched their necks out, waiting to see what kind of treasure it was for Gong Zhiwen to gather so many people here.

Now that the hour arrived, just a short moment later, Gong Zhiwen smilingly walked up to the stage, which was also the display booth for the auction today, and said, "Everyone, I gathered all of you here today because I wish to auction an amazing piece of treasure."

After he said this, the people downstage hurriedly said, "Director Gong, stop the suspense and just go straight to the main topic. What kind of treasure is it for you to gather us here? Hurry up and tell us, my heart is already itching from curiosity."

The rest all agreed and said, "Exactly, don't waste time, just tell us!"

"Alright, alright." Gong Zhiwen put his hands together, bowed 1, and said, "Since that's the case, I shan't leave you all in suspense anymore." He softly clapped his hands and an attendant immediately carried a tray up.

The tray wasn't very big, the center was covered with a red cloth, and the item beneath it didn't seem to be large in size too.

"This item is definitely an amazing treasure." Gong Zhiwen didn't introduce its history and only said, "The starting bid is one yuan. All of you can look and touch it, then you can call any price you want."

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An ancient type of Chinese greeting.

Chapter 545: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Sixteen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Upon hearing this, everyone was astonished.

He made such a large scene, invited almost all of the inner members here, and quite a number of outer members too, and the item only had a starting bid of one yuan!? And what's more, there was only just this one item?

There was a saying that went: Humans are "cheap" in nature. If Gong Zhiwen had said that the item had a starting bid of 100 million, those present would have the mentality that this was just another normal treasure and therefore wouldn't consider it to be very precious.

But with a starting bid of one yuan, things were different—they were all instantly excited. Priceless, this was definitely a precious item. Only priceless items didn't have specific starting prices and depended on their eyesight!

Instantly, everyone's curiosity was aroused. The person who was anxious previously asked, "Can we really look and touch it as much as we want?"

"That's right." Gong Zhiwen smiled, nodded and said.

"Then let me take a look first!" That person instantly stood up, walked up, removed the red cloth, and looked at the item. "Hm?" He shook his head and touched it. Then, his expression instantly changed. He sucked in a cold breath and covered the item again, directly calling out his bid. "20 million. I will increase the price if this is not enough."

An item with a starting price of one yuan, yet the first person instantly called out a bid of 20 million, even experienced and successful people like those sitting down there had never seen something like this happen before. Therefore, a few people instantly prepared to come up and take a look at the item.

Then, an eerie thing happened!

Those who came up and viewed the item all bid their price. The rate at which the price increased almost caused their jaws to drop.

"I bid 30 million."

"40 million."

"60 million."

"80 million!"

Only a few people had gone up and the price had already raised to 80 million.

The rest was even more curious now. All of them stretched their necks out, trying to see what the item was.

The price continued to rise as more people came up. Another 20 plus people later, a middle-aged man stretched out his hand, touched the item, and his face turned full of delight. Without another word, he called his bid: "I bid 500 million."

500 million!

Upon hearing this price, everyone present was astonished.

The starting bid was one yuan, and just a short while later, the price became 500 million! That was 500 million! Most of the outer members only had a net worth of two to three billion!

What was this treasure!?

However, before they had time to be surprised, just another short while later, another person who just touched the item called, "800 million."

800 million! The price actually increased to 800 million!

This time, everyone in the conference room was astonished.

They had already expected the treasure to be quite good before they came to the auction, but no one had expected the price to go as high as 800 million!

Then, the person who bid 500 million anxiously said, "Old Yang, this is just an ice-type jade, is there really a need to fight with me for it?"

Old Yang instantly rebuked. "You are very aware why this thing is worth so much. I know you have gastric cancer early stage, but mine is lung cancer middle stage. I need this thing more than you do. I bid 800 million. If you want it, raise the price, but don't talk about other stuff. Nothing is more important than life!"

This treasure was the ice-type jade Hong Dali opened previously that increased the Health attribute!

Although this item didn't add a lot of Health points, just five, the problem was that it could suppress the development of the disease! Just this point alone was incredible enough—no amount of money was more precious than life! Especially for those people here who had already achieved such a level, they would definitely be willing to spend billions to prolong their life for another 10 to 20 years!

By this time, everyone present finally knew what this amazing treasure was. Simply put, it was an ice-type jade that could prolong their life. Also, its effect acted very quickly!

When a person's net worth reached a billion, 10 billion, what was the most important, then? Without a doubt, it was health!

Wasn't there a saying that put it aptly: The most unfortunate thing that can happen to a human is that when he dies, he still hasn't finished spending his money.

Especially for these two tycoons who had a terminal illness. When such an amazing jade that could prolong their life for another eight to ten years appeared in front of them when they were about to die, there was no reason for them to not fight for it with all they had, right!?

Now, everyone present got excited.

The outer members weren't able to fight for it because they were not as rich as the inner members, but the inner members didn't have such a concern. There was only one such treasure. They all called their price frantically, especially those who had terminal illnesses or illnesses that were hard to treat. They all fought till their eyes went red!

"900 million!"

"1 billion!"

"1.2 billion!"

"I bid 1.5 billion, this item is definitely going to be mine!"

Just a short while later, this jade's price had gone up as high as 1.5 billion!

Of course, seeing a fight was about to happen, Gong Zhiwen naturally knew when to call it a stop. He took over the microphone, coughed softly, smiled, and said, "OK, since everyone already knows the benefit of this item, I have something to say now."

Hearing that Gong Zhiwen had something to say to them, everyone present went quiet. After all, he was the one who took out the jade. Seeing him appear quite prepared now, could it be that he still had more!?

"Everyone, your guess is right, this piece of jade can increase your health, helping to prolong your life." Gong Zhiwen smilingly said, "Yup, I know that words alone are not enough. Although quite a few of you have already touched it, not everyone has done so. Therefore, I am going to show a video to all of you now. You will understand once you've viewed it."

Very quickly, his assistant brought up the laptop and projector. After everything was set up, a person appeared on the screen.

This person seemed quite old, his hair was white, but his mental state seemed quite good and he was actually kicking a shuttlecock on a patch of grass!

"I believe that some of you have recognized who this person is." Gong Zhiwen pointed at the screen and slowly said, "That's right, he is Turkey Enterprise's President Liu Yihui's father, Liu Zhongyuan. I believe quite a lot of you have heard of his body condition before."

Upon hearing Gong Zhiwen say this, the people present instantly exclaimed, "It's actually Old Master Liu! God, didn't I hear that he had gastric cancer? Why is he looking so energetic now!?"

"That's right, it was said that his was late-stage cancer when it was discovered!"

Hearing the discussion downstage, Gong Zhiwen smiled and said, "That's right. Old Master Liu did indeed had late-stage gastric cancer. However, Young Master Dali gave him an amazing health ball. It had the same effect as the one I am auctioning today. As for the rest, I don't think I need to continue, right?"

This time, everyone was dazed.

The Old Master Liu who had late-stage gastric cancer actually had such great spirit now and could even kick shuttlecock! Then, this jade that could prolong their life...

Especially those tycoons who had terminal illnesses too, their eyes almost shone like lasers as they looked at the video...

Everyone knew that since Gong Zhiwen said this, he definitely still had more of this stuff in his hands!

"Director Gong, this is indeed good stuff." A person downstage shouted, "Enough talk. State your condition, we are all listening. We should share the good stuff with one another, isn't that right?"

"Hehe, since everyone says so, I shall not keep the suspense." Gong Zhiwen nodded, smiled, and said, "I believe everyone has already realized, almost all of the inner members are here, but there is one exception."

They instantly scanned around the place, and very quickly, someone said, "Director Qian Guangzhao isn't here! Director Gong, your meaning is..."

"Correct." Gong Zhiwen smiled and said, "My condition is very simple, impeach Qian Guangzhao. As long as everyone agrees, everyone can have one of these amazing jade. The price is only... 50 million. If anyone doesn't agree, all you have to do is just leave this place now."

As long as they impeached Qian Guangzhao, plus 50 million, they could get a piece of jade that could increase their health!

No one could refuse such a condition!

After all, all kinds of other collaborations, agreements, and partnerships were all useless, only their life was their own!

"Let's do it!" Some people were still hesitating, but the two people who were fighting for the jade the most ferociously just now both agreed without any hesitation.

Once someone led in front, very quickly, the rest all came around too—although Gong Zhiwen only asked 50 million for this jade that could increase a person's health, this item's true value wasn't on its price, but the connections that it could gather!

Which person could ensure that they would never fall sick during their entire life? If they didn't agree now, next time, they wouldn't have another chance! Also, without a doubt, Hong Weiguo would definitely be able to gain a lot of popularity in the future because of this item. It wasn't an overstatement to said that things were already decided and settled. They would be fools if they didn't agree now!

"Let's do it. Damn it, nothing is more important than our own life!"

"Exactly, let's do it! Those who don't agree are idiots!"

After just a short hesitation, not a single person left, everyone present agreed.

Liu Yihui and Mu Tie shared a look and secretly nodded.

Previously, when Hong Weiguo was impeached, they had already thought of this together. But at that time, Hong Weiguo wasn't confident that they could do it because they needed luck to achieve this. Luckily, Hong Dali was indeed reliable, really coming up with more of this type of amazing jade.

Now that they had health as their weapon, even ten Qian Guangzhaos wouldn't be Hong Weiguo's match.

"Things are finally turning for the better. This really wasn't simple." Mu Family sighed and said, "Looking back now, it was really a wise decision standing alongside the Hong Family."

Liu Yihui nodded and said, "That's right. Once I think back on how I plotted against the Hong Family last time, I still have cold sweat. This little prodigal Hong Dali, he's really... A small move from him could shake the sky!"

Chapter 546: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Seventeen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Early the next morning, before the Chamber of Commerce started, the atmosphere in the International Convention Center on the 99th floor already felt very different.

Everyone came very early, it was only 7:30 AM and the seats were already full. The eeriest thing wasn't this, but that practically no one was talking at all.

The entire International Convention Center was completely silent.

Qian Guangzhao, who was seated in front, strangely looked around, felt puzzled, and said, "What is this situation?" Not only this, he didn't know why, but whoever he looked at, the person would lower his head and not look at him. Even those inner members whom he allied previously were looking at documents, looking at the floor, looking at the ceiling, but no one looked at him.

"What's wrong with them today?" Qian Guangzhao felt like he was sitting on needles. He wanted to ask someone, but he felt it was too embarrassing to do so.

Luckily, not too long later, Wen Jianan and the other four magnates came in with their assistants. After everyone was seated, Wen Jianan knocked the mallet and asked in a deep voice, "The conference shall continue today..."

But before he finished, Mu Tie, who was sitting below, raised his hand and loudly said, "Director Wen, I request to impeach Qian Guangzhao!"

"Hm?" Wen Jianan and the other four shared a look, then Wen Jianan strangely asked, "Director Mu, are you really requesting to impeach Qian Guangzhao?" It was no wonder he felt puzzled. Although it was rare for a call for impeachment to happen, it wasn't really a strange thing. However, having two impeachments in one conference, that was a bit...

Mu Tie nodded and said, "According to the Chamber of Commerce's rules, the party who requested the impeachment could also be impeached by the other inner members once, to prevent him from gathering too many supporters and affecting the balance. Am I right?"

What Mu Tie said was one of the Chamber of Commerce's rules.

Simply put, this was a supplementary rule to limit the members from gathering too many supporters, therefore gaining a huge advantage. For example, to impeach Hong Weiguo, Qian Guangzhao would naturally need to gather a large number of inner members to support him in order to succeed. But this led to another problem—for a short period of time, Qian Guangzhao's influence and power would be significantly boosted. Therefore, to prevent the Chamber of Commerce from becoming a single person or party's rule, once Qian Guangzhao started impeaching Hong Weiguo, the other inner members could directly request to impeach Qian Guangzhao. This would prevent Qian Guangzhao from becoming too arrogant and attack other members for nothing.

Originally, this type of situation was secretly controlled by the five magnates. If they discovered that Qian Guangzhao was attacking the members who were against him through this power, they would contact the other members to kick him out to prevent the Chamber of Commerce from going astray.

But today, Mu Tie actually directly requested for his impeachment. This...

"Director Mu, are you sure?" Wen Jianan asked.

"Of course." Mu Tie glanced at Qian Guangzhao and said, "This isn't child's play. Of course I am sure."

"Impeach me? You?" Qian Guangzhao laughed loudly and said, "To impeach an inner member, you need the signature of more than two-thirds of the members, and the total net worth must exceed the impeached party by five times! Hong Weiguo has already been kicked out by me, you guys don't have a leader now, and you still want to impeach me!?"

"Whether I am able to impeach you or not, it's not your call." Mu Tie told out the same document that Qian Guangzhao told out when he impeached Hong Weiguo and put it on the table. "This is what matters!"

"Good! I shall wait and see how are you going to impeach me!" Qian Guangzhao gritted his teeth and said, "I hope you won't regret this!"

"Of course I won't regret this." Mu Tie looked at Wen Jianan and said, "Director Wen, please take a look."

What proceeded next totally exceeded Qian Guangzhao's imagination.

Wen Jianan looked at the signatures on the document, gave a deep sigh, and said, "The impeaching party, a total of 117 people, the signatures are all valid. Therefore, I declare—

"Heavenly State Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd., Director Qian Guangzhao is now impeached."

After he said this and landed the mallet, things were finalized.

The entire International Convention Center was completely silent.

Hong Dali only made a small move, but he didn't even know that Hong Weiguo was already impeached out of the Chamber of Commerce, and the previously mighty and influential Qian Guangzhao was instantly sent to hell.

"This is impossible! This is impossible!" Qian Guangzhao was totally stunned! Out of all of the inner members, other than himself who was impeached and Mu Tie who requested the impeaching, the other 117 members had all agreed!

How was this possible!? How was this possible!?

"You! You! You! And you!" Qian Guangzhao continuously pointed at the other members. "I promised you all so many conditions and benefits, you guys actually betrayed me like this! Why! Why did you guys do this! What other benefits could Hong Weiguo have given you all!?"

"I'm really sorry." Cheng Qifu, who was seated beside him, looked at him and slowly said, "Compared to those conditions and benefits, health is more important. Director Qian, if I say that you can extend your life for another 10 years, will you agree to whatever conditions that I ask?"

"Health!?" Qian Guangzhao looked around at the other inner members. "Hong Weiguo, he can give you all health!? How is that possible!"

Everyone opened their hands and shrugged. "That's indeed the case."

Qian Guangzhao totally panicked now. In order to impeach Hong Weiguo and defeat the Hong Family, he had given his all. Gathering supporters, suppressing his enemies, dividing them, agreeing to numerous conditions! He even got the support of the five magnates. Only then did he really dare to strike at Hong Weiguo.

But he had never expected that just a few days later, even before Hong Weiguo's Sangle had suffered any major damage, he was already impeached just like this? What's more, it was by all of the inner members!?

Cold sweat instantly covered his head and face.

Previously, when he impeached Hong Weiguo, many inner members weren't willing, in fear of offending Hong Weiguo's loyal supporters.

But this time it was totally different! All 117 inner members stood on Hong Weiguo's side!

In this case, once they made their move against him...

"Qian Guangzhao." Wen Jianan looked at Qian Guangzhao with complex eyes and slowly said, "According to the rules..."

"Rules... Hehe... Rules..." Qian Guangzhao laughed and suddenly scolded. "To hell with the rules! I'm not even a member of the Chamber of Commerce anymore, why should I care about the rules! You! You! And you! All of you! Just wait, all of you just wait!"

"Silence!" Wen Jianan pounded hard on the gavel. "Impeachment is over. All inner circle members are to go back to prepare. Adjourn!"

...

Door to Heaven, top-level large conference room.

"Qian Guangzhao didn't even last a single round and is already kicked out." Wen Jianan's face was full of depression. "He was knocked down too fast. We have to adjust our plans immediately. If not, our plans will all be affected greatly."

Sun Yuanzhou rubbed his temple with both hands and said, "Damn it. I knew it. I knew that this kid Hong Dali was a big variable to our plans. We had already specially chosen the timing when he went out to sea to ask Qian Guangzhao to impeach Hong Weiguo, but I never expected that Hong Dali only just moved a finger and this traitor Qian Guangzhao is already defeated."

The other three magnates all nodded violently. "Exactly. Hong Dali this prodigal is really too frightening."

"We already expected him to cause some accidents for us and prepared dozens of countermeasures, but I never expected that none of them came in handy and Qian Guangzhao already got defeated."

"What's the point of saying all these now? What we need to do now is to hurriedly think of something. Things must not go out of control, especially regarding Hong Weiguo."

"Yes, it's no use whatever we say now. The most important now is two things." Wen Jianan slowly said, "One, contact the Bureau Chief and ask for new instructions. Two, protect Hong Weiguo's safety. I suspect that Qian Guangzhao might have thrown caution to the wind and is ready to go down together with Hong Weiguo. Everything started because of Hong Weiguo, Qian Guangzhao definitely won't stop at this. Therefore, the most important thing is to prevent Qian Guangzhao from harming Hong Weiguo!"

"Yup, I shall contact the Bureau Chief now." Sun Yuanzhou nodded and said, "Now that Qian Guangzhao is defeated, this traitor is useless now. He can be disposed of. To be honest, every time I see him boot-licking Shiroishi Kazuma, I feel wholly uncomfortable!"

"OK. Everyone, go back and make arrangements." Wen Jianan concluded. "Remember, Hong Weiguo's safety is of the utmost concern now. There definitely can't be any accidents regarding this."

...

Tianhai City, inside Li Jing Hotel.

Qian Guangzhao was kicked out by Hong Weiguo and the other two, they naturally needed to host a celebration party.

Today, those present finally truly understood how powerful Hong Dali was. It wasn't an overstatement to say that Hong Dali's influence and power were already fully grown. Other than hugging the Hong Family's thighs, they didn't have a second option anymore.

It was frightening, it was really too frightening.

Hong Dali only just casually made a move and Qian Guangzhao already ended up like this, and they were enemies with him previously... Once they thought of this, all those present felt their body go cold...

Therefore, the numerous people were trying to improve their relationships with Hong Weiguo now—

"Director Hong, I am truly sorry. My heart was blinded previously, that's why I stood on Qian Guangzhao's side. You are a magnanimous person, please don't hold it against me!"

"Director Hong, oh my, I was really terrified of your Dali previously, that's why I stood on the wrong side. Please don't put it to heart. From now on, I will definitely follow your lead closely and definitely not have a second heart!"

"Director Hong, thank you. Thank your Dali, too! My gastric cancer was really tormenting me. I shan't talk about that anymore, it's just all tears! Now, it's finally over, just this short while and I already felt very energetic. My stomach doesn't hurt anymore! You really saved my life!"

"Exactly, exactly. I even coughed blood because of my lung cancer previously. Now, it doesn't hurt anymore. Oh my, this item is really fabulous. Director Hong, rest assured, I will definitely attack wherever you point at. Although money is a good thing, life is still more important!"

Numerous people came to pull connections with him, Hong Weiguo put on a smile and entertained them.

After he finally replied to every single one of them, Gong Zhiwen walked over and softly said, "Director Hong, this time, just selling the stones that increase health alone, I have sold 364 pieces. That's a total of 18.2 billion—it's all in this card. Director Hong, please take a look!"

Chapter 547: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Eighteen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

18.2 billion! The health attribute stones that Hong Dali came up with this time actually sold for as much as 18.2 billion!

This was definitely a miracle!

Even Liu Yihui and Mu Tie who were chatting beside him were both stunned upon hearing this figure!

This... wasn't this a bit too much? It was true that health stones were precious, but selling for as much as 18.2 billion in total...

"Let's go to another spot to talk about this!" Hong Weiguo pulled Gong Zhiwen along with him, while Liu Yihui and Mu Tie hurriedly followed. After they entered an empty room, Hong Weiguo exclaimed, "Little Gong, how much did you say just now? 18.2 billion!?"

"Yes, that's right!" Gong Zhiwen was so excited that he was shaking. "I never expected that we would earn so much, too! 18.2 billion! Director Hong, just the sale this time alone has earned us so much, this is even easier than robbing a bank!"

He was indeed very excited! The sale this time made them 18.2 billion, then next time...

"Don't be so agitated yet. Tell me first, how did you manage to sell for so much money?" Hong Weiguo was more composed, he wasn't as excited as Gong Zhiwen and instead asked, "According to our original plan, I expected to earn about two billion or so. After all, 50 million isn't a small figure, only those inner members who're unhealthy would buy it. But how did you manage to sell so much?"

Actually, according to their original plan, they could sell at most 30 to 40 health stones, to a maximum of 50. Although 50 million wasn't a large figure to those inner members, it wasn't a small figure, either. There would be demand for the stones, but definitely not as much as one piece per person—not everyone had cancer, after all.

"Ah, it's like this." Upon hearing this question, Gong Zhiwen instantly smiled and said, "I was surprised at first as well, but after I secretly asked a few close friends, I found out the reason.

"Although these stones are precious, it isn't very meaningful to healthy people. But the thing is, they can give them away to other people. Plus the fact I lied to them that those stones were all I had, so they basically bought one each. Simply put, just one of these each and their entire family would not need to go to a hospital again in the future. Also, in times of crisis, they could even use the stones to save lives."

Upon hearing Gong Zhiwen's words, Hong Weiguo slowly nodded.

He forgot about the fact that just because a person bought the stone, it didn't mean that only one person could use it. If they didn't need it, they could let their parents, children, or spouses use it; basically, whoever wasn't healthy could use it.

Spending just 50 million to buy the health of an entire family, for these rich people, this was much more worth than treating their illness in the hospital—at least these stones didn't cause discomfort or cause them concern. Also, even if no one was ill, they could use it to ensure their health...

After all, who could guarantee they would never fall ill? The more wealthy a person was, the more he was afraid of dying. There was no doubt about that.

"So that's the case." Hong Weiguo pondered for a while and asked, "Little Gong, how much raw material is needed to make one such stone?"

Gong Zhiwen said, "I have asked the workers to calculate carefully about this. Speaking of this, it's quite amazing. A raw jade weighing two kilograms and so can produce one such health stone. The end product has this effect, but the residue jades are just normal jades. Also, products made from raw jades weighing less than two kilograms don't have this effect. This is really weird."

"Two kilograms... How much did that ice-type jade weight?" Hong Weiguo asked again.

"It weighed around 1.4 tons, 1,400 kg. According to the calculation, for two kilograms to make one product, we can make about 650 of it." Gong Zhiwen treated this piece of ice-type jade like a treasure. "If we use it carefully, I predict that we can produce almost 700 of it."

"Don't make so many!" Unexpectedly, Hong Weiguo resolutely shook his head and said, "Things are only precious when they are rare. We sold so many this time because we needed their support, so we had no choice. But if we continue to sell them next time, these health stones will become valueless, and its influence will definitely decrease greatly. Little Gong, save the remaining ice-type jade as a strategic resource and announce to the outside that we don't have any more of it. If they want, they need to wait, or buy it from those who already have it for a big price!"

Hong Weiguo's words were very resolute. Liu Yihui and Mu Tie violently nodded their heads in agreement. Gong Zhiwen very quickly understood his intention and hurriedly said, "I understand. Director Hong Weiguo, I shall go and make a call to tell them to seal up the remaining jades that have these types of amazing effects. Unless we need them next time, no one shall be able to touch them!"

"Yup, go now. Come back after you make the call, we shall discuss our next step of action." Hong Weiguo nodded in approval.

A total of 364 of these health stones were circulated into the market now, this was already beyond his expectation. If they didn't control the outflow and sell as much as they could, the effect of using these health stones to gain support from others next time wouldn't be so effective anymore. Therefore, what they needed to do now was to control the market!

"Director Hong, I have informed the factory." Very quickly, Gong Zhiwen made the call and came back. "They have stopped processing more of the health stones. Director Hong, as for the money we made from selling these stones..."

Speaking up to this point, Gong Zhiwen's eyes were full of anticipation.

That was an entire 18.2 billion yuan, not 1.8 billion yuan. As for this money, Gong Zhiwen naturally didn't dare to ask for as much as half of it. In fact, he felt that receiving 5% of it was already not bad. After all, he practically didn't invest a single cent. The cost for stone-gambling was paid by Hong Dali, and he also wasn't the one who got the uncut stones. He was basically only in charge of the process—his investment in it was practically negligible.

"Hehe, you naturally have a share of this money." Hong Weiguo touched his chin and said, "I shall give you 20% and keep the rest as capital, what do you think?"

20% didn't sound like a lot, but considering the base sum...

"Huh!?" Gong Zhiwen was stunned. He was obviously dazed for a while, and then frantically shook his head. "No, Director Hong, I don't deserve so much. I only put in a bit of physical strength this time and didn't invest any money in it. In fact, if I didn't choose to stand on your side at the start, no one knows what my outcome would be! Director Hong, I shall just take 5%, that's more than enough for me."

"Haha." Hong Weiguo, Liu Yihui, and Mu Tie shared a look and all laughed out loud. Hong Weiguo said, "Let's make it 10%, then. You spent quite a lot of effort this time, you can't get less than 10%. If not, I will treat it as you looking down on me."

"O... OK..." Gong Zhiwen was so excited that tears trailed down his face.

Indeed, following Young Master Dali was the right move! Just making a trip outside and I earned a profit of 1.8 billion!

I have decided. From now on, if Young Master Dali asks me to go East, I will definitely not go West. If he asks me to catch dogs, I will definitely not catch chicken!

After settling this issue, the four of them sat down around the tea table. Liu Yihui smiled and said, "Hahaha, Weiguo, we fought a beautiful battle this time." Saying so, he knocked his wine glass with Hong Weiguo's and said, "I still keep thinking of Qian Guangzhao's expression when he was kicked out, that was really interesting."

Mu Tie also smiled and said, "Exactly. I reckon he wasn't in the least prepared at all, haha. This battle was fought beautifully, next is the encirclement of the Chamber of Commerce. Practically all of the inner members came to the party today, they will all be providing us with resources from now on. Next time if we need to collaborate for something, we will be much stronger than before. Oh right, what do you plan to do with the money from selling the health stones?"

"This child Dali, I am really amazed by him now." Hong Weiguo smiled and shook his head. "I didn't expect him to cause such a big scene this time. Hm, now that we have this liquid capital of 16 plus billion, why not do something big!"

Hong Weiguo wanted to do something big! Indeed, both father and son were not simple. A tiger didn't give birth to a dog!

Gong Zhiwen could only express his worship for them now...

"Yup, I agree!" Liu Yihui nodded and said, "What are your plans?"

Hong Weiguo looked at the other three and said, "Qian Guangzhao is out of the Chamber of Commerce now—given his character, he will definitely make some preparations. But he wouldn't be trying to try anything with his company. I reckon he will be using his family's influence and resources to negotiate with the Nation. We don't need to bother about what conditions he will make, what we need to do now is to make a move on his company!"

"Correct!" Upon hearing Hong Weiguo's words, Mu Tie's eyes shone. "His company! Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd! When he's being encircled by the Chamber of Commerce, his company will definitely become unstable, too. We shall think of a plan to do something about it! All of the members of the Chamber of Commerce are on our side now, once we let out news of this fact, his company's shares price will definitely plunge, hehe!"

"Let's do that!" Liu Yihui slapped his thigh and said, "Old Tie, Little Gong, let's gather all of our capital. Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd. is a large cake! If we can really swallow it, we wouldn't be talking about just a few billion or tens of billions anymore!"

"That's the way we shall do it!" Hong Weiguo violently slapped the table. "Out of the money from selling the heath stones, I shall transfer three billion to Dali for him to squander. Although I am not sure what he will use it for, it should be useful."

"That's right!" Liu Yihui nodded. "If Dali has money, whatever he does will definitely be a surprise for us."

"Correct!" Hong Weiguo smiled and said, "As for the rest, let's use it to play with Qian Guangzhao!"

"Sure, no problem!" Gong Zhiwen's eyes shone. "I shall go back and prepare the capital now!"

Chapter 548: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Nineteen)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Tianhai Military District Headquarters.

The Bureau Chief anxiously sat in the main chair, ferociously rubbing his forehead.

Hong Dali only made a casual move and Qian Guangzhao had already been entirely defeated. This was at least one week earlier than they planned.

"This little rascal." The Bureau Chief had a headache. "I knew he would cause an accident for us, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. We didn't even have the time to make any arrangements."

A person said, "Bureau Chief, what should we do now? Qian Guangzhao has fallen too fast, our plans..."

"I can't say what plans we shall make now." The Bureau Chief closed his eyes and thought for a while, before he slowly said, "We need to make new arrangements for Hong Weiguo's side. The Chamber of Commerce has almost eliminated all of his companies which were losing money. After that, they will be focusing on encircling Qian Guangzhao, so Hong Weiguo will be fine in the short term. But what I am worried about now is Shiroishi Kazuma's reaction."

"That's right." The other person also felt quite depressed. "I fear that Shiroishi Kazuma will be scared and cower back. If he doesn't dare to make a move, we will have to do it ourselves. Although we can do it, it's not very safe-proof, after all."

"Yup, this matter is really difficult to handle." The Bureau Chief tapped his finger on the conference table and thought for a while. Then, he suddenly said, "Looks like we have to stop our actions on Hong Weiguo's side for now and see how things progress, there's no use worrying about it now. What I am worried about instead is Qian Guangzhao."

"Qian Guangzhao?" His subordinates discussed for a while and someone said, "Bureau Chief, could it be that he will make some sneaky moves?"

"Yes, not maybe, it's definitely!" The Bureau Chief nodded his head affirmatively. "Qian Guangzhao has the characteristics of an owl-hero. I don't believe that he will just stand by and let the Chamber of Commerce destroy his company."

Owls, known for its ferocious nature. Heroes, normally virtuous in nature. An owl-hero, normally tended to be vicious.

Owl-heroes tended to be heartless. Heroes believed in justice and treated others with kindness. Even if the whole world betrayed them, heroes stayed true to their beliefs and always carried out justice.

Owl-heroes were different. They were ruthless and ambitious, they would rather betray the whole world and let the world betray them. Heroes sacrificed themselves for a just cause, while owl-heroes would kill all those that opposed them and forced others to obey them.

Qian Guangzhao was such a person. He wanted to be the center of attention. He could be heartless to others, but he wouldn't allow others to betray him.

His ambition was very big. Previously, when he impeached Hong Weiguo, partly it was because of jealousy, partly was because he wanted to use this opportunity to enforce the Qian Family's power and influence so that only the five magnates were above him!

And now, he was unexpectedly kicked out of the Chamber of Commerce. It was impossible for him not to react!

"That's true. Then, Bureau Chief, give us your orders." Qian Guangzhao was a target of these people here since the start. Now that he was impeached, they naturally had to start preparing for the next course of action.

"The Qian Family is a prestigious family with hundreds of years of history, they will definitely have bank accounts in other countries." The Bureau Chief slowly said, "Find out these bank accounts, freeze as many of them as possible. Qian Guangzhao colluded with the Jabanese and also has a close relationship with Merika. By right, we should have just captured him directly, but the consequences of that might be him sacrificing everything to cause big trouble for us too. Before we discover all of his hidden trump cards we mustn't touch him, we must do everything in secret."

Upon hearing the Bureau Chief's words, his subordinates didn't dare to believe what they heard. A person asked, "Bureau Chief, the Qian Family is only a business family, it shouldn't be possible for their trump cards to be so powerful, right?"

"This is just a precaution." The Bureau Chief slowly said, "According to our original plan, after everything succeeded, we just have to let Hong Weiguo deal with him. But now there are changes to the plan. Therefore, we must be careful about this. Being cautious is never wrong."

"Understood!"

...

Tianhai City southern part, Wangxiang Mountain garden villa district.

Being a prestigious family that had existed for several hundreds of years, the Qian Family had naturally bought a villa in Tianhai City to use as a resort.

The most important thing about villas that were worth more than hundreds of millions was the land where they were built. Within the Wangxiang Mountain garden district lied its most important value. The villas there had good Chinese geomancy, built against the mountain and facing the river. Besides the villas were the garden viewing attraction, two five-star hotels, and the largest botanic garden in Tianhai City. Just this piece of land was already worth hundreds of millions.

Being a prestigious family that was into the energy resources industry, the estate that the Qian Family bought here was definitely the most top-grade tailored villa. Last time, Qian Guangzhao had his eyes on the land here and finally built a villa after choosing from three to five construction projects. The total worth of the villa was about 120 million.

But now, in this villa which could be considered the best in the entire Heavenly State, the atmosphere was almost frozen. Everyone had worried faces, and the air was depressing and gloomy.

"Dad, our Qian Family has also been impeached!?" At this moment, Qian Youjin's face was filled with fear and shock. He nervously said, "What should we do now, what should we do!?"

The other family members present were also shaking. They were all quite clear of the consequences of being impeached by the Chamber of Commerce.

Even though the Qian Family was large and wealthy, they wouldn't be able to withstand even half a month of harassment!

"You rascal, you lose your calm so easily!" Qian Guangzhao suddenly turned around and slapped Qian Youjin. He scolded. "Isn't it just being impeached? What are you so afraid of? The Qian Family is hundred of years old, what kind of situation haven't we encountered before?"

"Dad, but..." Qian Youjin was stunned after being slapped by his father. He clasped his face and said, "What should we do, then? I don't want to become poor, I don't want to be poor! Even if there is really no other way, why don't we learn from Hong Weiguo and reorganize our company and just retain the most useless ones..."

"You good-for-nothing piece of shit, how did I have such a useless son like you!" Qian Guangzhao angrily sat down on the sofa and scolded. "Reorganize the company? Are you able to find someone reliable enough to entrust the company to? Who do you think is suitable? If I dare to split the company into a few parts now, I will be left with nothing in less than three days!"

Qian Guangzhao was different from Hong Weiguo, after all. Hong Weiguo had Hong Dali to rely on, so he wasn't afraid that Mu Tie and Liu Yihui would betray him. After all, they were all very well aware of Hong Dali's capability, so Hong Weiguo wasn't afraid to entrust his company to them at all.

But what about Qian Guangzhao? What did he have? The useless Young Master Qian Youjin? If he handed over the company to someone else, he would definitely lose it immediately. He would then end up even worse!

"Then what should we do?" Qian Youjin nervously said, "We can't just sit here and wait for our death!"

"The more I look at you, the angrier I get!" Qian Guangzhao scolded again and waved his hand. "All of you go out first. Unless I call, no one is allowed to enter!"

"Yes, Master." Upon hearing Qian Guangzhao's words, the other family members all retreated. Shortly later, only Qian Guangzhao and his son were left in the living room.

"Youjin, listen carefully!" Qian Guangzhao said in a deep voice, "Our Qian Family is a hundred years old family. Because you weren't capable enough, there's a lot of things that I never told you before. But now, it's time for me to tell you so you can be prepared."

"I... I..." Qian Youjin was dazed for a while and hurriedly focused his attention to listen carefully.

Very obviously, his father was going to tell him a big secret!

"Being hundreds of years old, we naturally had to be prepared to face all kinds of situations!" Qian Guangzhao slowly said, "Hong Weiguo have loyal allies, I admit I lose to him at that. However, our Qian Family also has a hidden trump card, and that is the resources that we have accumulated over the years!"

Accumulation of recourses. For super prestigious families such as the Qian Family, the manpower, finance, connections, and network that they built over this long period of time was definitely very terrifying!

Even though the Qian Family was impeached and was about to be encircled by the Chamber of Commerce, so there would be a lot of connections, finance, and resources that they couldn't use, even without all these, the other resources that the Qian Family accumulated were still massive!

"Youjin, listen carefully now!" Qian Guangzhao said, "Our Qian Family has a lot of special accords in all the major banks overseas. Now that we are being impeached by the Chamber of Commerce, our fixed assets are definitely not reclaimable anymore. Therefore, we must forgo them. This is to cut our losses."

"Now, go and prepare to leave. Throw away all the useless stuff and just bring a small luggage. You shall immediately board the plane to Swizerland, there will be someone picking you up there. Our Qian Family has a special bank account there, there's about six billion emergency cash left inside."

"As for the other family members, they are definitely unable to leave in such a short time. Therefore, I will stay behind in Heavenly State to negotiate with the Nation in order to buy time for them! Humph, it isn't so easy to bring down our Qian Family!"

Having heard Qian Guangzhao's words, Qian Youjin said in surprise, "Dad, do we still have anything left to be able to talk conditions with the Nation? If you stay behind..."

"Nonsense, of course I still have bargaining chips left! If I didn't gain anything from the Toyoda Conglomerate, why would I have worked for them? Also, we have been keeping a close relationship with Merika since a long time ago. It's time to put it to use!" With a malicious smile on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't want to make this move, but since things have already come to this, there's no point withholding it back anymore!"

"This..." Since Qian Guangzhao still had other bargaining chips to use, Qian Youjin didn't ask anymore. He decisively nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I shall go and prepare now. I will be ready to leave in 10 minutes." Before he left, Qian Youjin took a deep look at Qian Guangzhao. Eyes red, he said, "Dad, be careful, if there is really no other way, just surrender to them. I don't want something to happen to you..."

"You gutless coward!" Qian Guangzhao angrily jumped to his feet. "Get out of my face! Just seeing your face annoys me!"

Chapter 549: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Twenty)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Tianhai Military District Headquarters.

"Bureau Chief, Qian Guangzhao's son Qian Youjin has just boarded a plane to Swizerland." Mu Huishou came in and hurriedly reported. "Our men have already followed him there."

"OK, good." The Bureau Chief nodded. "Keep a close eye on the other members of the Qian Family as well. We don't need to do anything to them yet, just be sure not to lose them. Where is Qian Guangzhao now?"

Mu Huishou replied, "He's still in Tianhai City and hasn't made any move yet."

"OK, continue watching him." The Bureau Chief lightly tapped on the table and carefully thought for a while. Then, he asked, "Is there any updated news regarding Jaban State?"

"There isn't anything new." Mu Huishou replied, "Everything is the same as before, they are being quite low-profile lately."

"OK, I understand. You may go now."

"OK."

...

Shiroishi Kazuma's secret lair.

"Shiroishi Kazuma, help! Help me!" Once Qian Guangzhao entered Shiroishi Kazuma's room, he instantly shouted loudly, "It's over! Everything's over! I have been impeached, I am impeached! Shiroishi Kazuma, help me!"

"Hm? You got impeached, too? So fast?" Shiroishi Kazuma frowned. "What happened? Don't rush, tell me slowly."

"I'm not sure what Hong Weiguo did, but he says he gave them health!" Qian Guangzhao angrily said, "Health! For people of our level, who isn't concerned about health? After all, no matter how much money we make, it's useless if we are dead! Therefore, they all gathered together, all of them! Even the process of inspecting the validity of the impeaching was saved, I directly got kicked out! What should I do? What should I do now!?"

"Health?" Shiroishi Kazuma chewed this word for a while, then suddenly said, "Looks like we can't wait anymore! Mr. Qian, you go back first, just sustain a few more days. As long as you can do it, you will have a chance of making a comeback."

"Sustain? What can I do to sustain the Chamber of Commerce's encirclement against me?" Qian Guangzhao almost broke down. "That's an encirclement, an encirclement from all aspects. This isn't some small trouble that can be easily settled! That's 117 companies working together to destroy my company! I don't have anyone to rely on now, how am I supposed to sustain!?"

"Don't worry, I will help you in secret." Shiroishi Kazuma insipidly said, "Mr. Qian, all you have to do now is just go back and wait. During this period, you can use the time to get ready and pack your stuff. After the situation becomes a mess, I will send you to Europa. There will be someone there to assist you."

"O... OK..." Qian Guangzhao instantly walked out and said, "Mr. Shi, please protect my Qian Family!"

Shiroishi Kazuma nodded. "Don't worry."

Yet, once Qian Guangzhao left the room, he immediately laughed and muttered, "Hehe, Hong Weiguo, although you kicked me out, I won't let you have a good time. From what Shiroishi Kazuma said, he's preparing to take action against you, hahaha!"

Inside the room.

After Qian Guangzhao left, Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "Looks like we have to bring forward our plan. Get ready, within the next two days, assassinate Lan Ruoxi!"

"Roger." From within the shadows, a low voice replied, "Chief Shiroishi, rest assured." After saying so, the person instantly vanished.

"Sir Shiroishi is indeed Sir Shiroishi." Wada Nakamasa walked inside the room from a secret entrance, smiled, and said, "Currently, Heavenly State will definitely be carefully protecting Hong Weiguo from assassins, but Sir Shiroishi instead asked Hattori Jiro to assassinate Lan Ruoxi, whose defense is comparatively weaker. I believe that Heavenly State definitely wouldn't think of this."

"Hehe, they are both Hong Dali's closest kin, it doesn't matter which one dies." Shiroishi Kazuma's face twisted into a malicious smile and said, "Once Lan Ruoxi is dead, Hong Dali will definitely go berserk. With his incredible luck, the entire Heavenly State will be in trouble. That will be the best opportunity for the conglomerates from our Jaban State to enter their country to seize their resources and money."

Wada Nakamasa nodded and said, "Yes. Then, all we have to do now is just wait for the good news."

...

August 26th, 2014, the second day after Qian Guangzhao, the Director of Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd., was impeached, 7:30 AM, Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd. headquarters which was based in Hanwu City.

Hanwu City's police force.

One of the three big generals from the military, Hao Ren, stood in the parade square and looked at the criminal police task force formed up below him.

"We have investigated everything clearly." Hao Ren spoke in a much more civilized manner than An Yangxu, but the contents of his speech weren't. "Qian Enterprise has colluded with Jaban State's Toyoda Conglomerate to obtain our Sea Turtle Island. Therefore, everyone shall move out today. There is no need to hesitate, we have already confirmed all of his crimes during the planning stage. Today, all of you shall move out and not give them any time to react!"

Since the general from the military had already spoken, there wasn't anything else that needed to be said. The criminal police task force replied in unison, "Roger that!"

"Good." Hao Ren viciously said, "Those who aren't one of our own cannot be trusted! Qian Enterprise colluded with Jaban State, this is treason! If I find anyone going easy on him, don't blame me for not going easy on you!"

"Understood!"

After he was done with his speech, Hao Ren waved his hand and said, "Since everyone has understood, you can all move out now!"

...

The encirclement on the Qian Enterprise started. Compared to the encirclement on Sangle, the encirclement this time was stronger by more than a hundred times! After all, the encircling on Sangle was only an act, but encircling Qian Enterprise wasn't. This time it was for real!

And by this time, the Resource Chamber of Commerce, this huge machine finally showed its prowess!

Heavenly State Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd. headquarters.

"Manager Wang, bad news!" Qian Enterprise's Finance Department's Manager Wang's secretary Little Zhang rushed in with his head full of sweat and shouted, "The city Tax Bureau is here for a sudden spot check. They... they said there's something wrong with our tax and they want to check the records. Also... also, our company's finances have been frozen!"

"What did you say? There's something wrong with our tax!? Even our finances have been frozen!?" Upon hearing Little Zhang's words, Manager Wang was shocked. He violently stood up and rushed out, at the same time shouting, "They have found out about our tax problem? Where are they? Where? Quick, bring me there! God, why wasn't there even a call beforehand? I don't even have the time to make arrangements!"

They came too sudden, Manager Wang didn't even have time to find connections to bribe them.

However, before Manager Wang left the room, two people bringing four police officers rushed in without even knocking. The lead person immediately took out his identification upon seeing Manager Wang. "You are Manager Wang, right? I am from Hanwu City's discipline inspection commission. We suspect you of corruption, bribery, and alleged prostitution. Please follow us back for investigations."

Upon hearing him say that, Manager Wang was instantly stupefied.

Corruption and bribery? They have found out about this? I did it so secretly previously, how did they...

Upon hearing his charges, Manager Wang didn't have anything to say.

For people of their position, entertaining clients at nightclubs was inevitable, they naturally wouldn't avoid the various services there.

Now that they had shown their identity, they didn't give any time for Manager Wang to react. The four policemen walked up and expressionlessly said, "Manager Wang, please."

"OK... OK..." Whatever the case, Manager Wang was still just an ordinary human. Also, being the finance manager of such a big company, no one could be sure of what he had done before. At the very least, going to nightclubs, massages, and such with clients had definitely happened before. Therefore, from the mental aspect alone, Manager Wang had already surrendered. He definitely wouldn't dare to resist following them back for investigations.

"This... this... why did it end up like this?" After Manager Wang and the police officers left, secretary Little Zhang dumbly looked at the empty office, his head full of cold sweat. "It's over, everything's over now. According to Manager Wang's character, those charges should be true. And those people are still doing a sudden check on the accounts... God, I better go and take a look, the accounts are definitely going to have a big problem!"

Thinking of this, Little Zhang rushed out. Yet, once he left the room, he became astonished.

Everyone in the finance department had dejected faces. Upon seeing Little Zhang come out of the room, they surrounded him and said, "Secretary Zhang, bad news, those people said there's something wrong with the accounts and have confiscated all of them. The finances of the company have already been frozen, and we don't know when they will unfreeze it!"

"That's right, there isn't anything wrong with our company. We have always been paying our due taxes, why did this happen? Now that the finances have been frozen, I reckon we can't even get our paycheck now!"

"This... this... how did this happen?" Little Zhang was completed dumbfounded.

For a company as large as theirs, even if they paid their due taxes on time, it was impossible for there to not be any single problem in the company!

It was just like we can't see something wrong on a healthy person, but when the person went through a thorough checkup, it was entirely normal to find small problems here and there. They would at least have acne, right? There would be some small injury or pain somewhere, right? It was impossible not to have any problems at all, right?

For such a large company like the Qian Company, if they really wanted to check them strictly, it was impossible for the company to be as clean as purified water. Therefore, this time, everyone knew that they had a serious problem when the government did a sudden inspection of their company!

The most deadly thing was that their finance was frozen, they couldn't get their paycheck. After all, no matter what happened, they still had to eat.

There were almost 40,000 workers in the company. Even if the average salary was 2,000 yuan, that would mean a total of 80 million a month! Now that the finance was frozen...

They could tolerate inspections and whatnot, but definitely not able to tolerate not getting their paycheck!

"This... what should we do now? What should we do?" Little Zhang anxiously walked around randomly like a fly. At this moment, another person ran over and hurriedly said, "Secretary Zhang, bad news. It's not just us, the other departments are facing problems, too!"

Chapter 550: Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Part Twenty-one)Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"What!?" The other departments were facing problems, too!?

Little Zhang loudly shouted, "What happened to the other departments? Quick, tell me!"

"The other departments... the other departments..." That person was almost scared to tears and said, "Their managers were all taken away, too! All of the management people were taken! All of the departments! This time, all of the department's managers were taken away! For all kinds of reasons—some being corruption and bribery, some for alleged prostitution, some for taking drugs—the reasons are more than what I can even imagine!"

After he said this, everyone's hearts sank.

Being a department manager in such a large company like this, corruption and bribery aside, when they went out with clients to drink, finding ladies in a nightclub was definitely not something uncommon. If the government really wanted to check on them, no one could promise to be clean.

Now that all of the managers were taken away and the company's finance was frozen, their almost 40,000 workers would not be able to get their paycheck. Such a setback caused everyone to be dumbfounded.

Riiiing—!!!

Just as they were standing dumbly there not knowing what to do, the phone ringed. Little Zhang used his fastest speed and picked it up. It was from a steadfast friend of his who was working in the legal department. This friend of his was always a very composed person and could keep his calm in any kind of situation. However, this time, his voice actually sounded like he was crying and shouted, "Little Zhang, bad news! All of the chief department heads in the legal department were taken away! That's not the most severe thing, the more severe thing is... Just today alone, about 70 plus large companies have sued us!"

"How... how many!?" Little Zhang was almost shocked to the point of falling on his butt. "70 plus companies? Large companies and the related authorities!?"

"Yes, 70 plus of them!" His friend wailed. "Come over here quick. There's too much stress here, I can't hold it any longer!"

"I will come over right now!" Little Zhang hung up and ran over. The other people in the finance department looked at one another and hurriedly followed him.

They weren't clear of other things, but no matter how slow they were, they knew that something big was happening today! The company had encountered a big problem for reasons unknown to them!

This time, they didn't know if the company would be able to pull through, but from the looks of things, it was unlikely!

Three minutes later, Little Zhang and the rest rushed over to the legal department. Upon seeing his steadfast friend and the situation here, Little Zhang was completed stunned.

Everyone in the legal department was dejected lying on their desks, no longer having the same spirit as in the past.

"What happened?" Little Zhang grabbed his friend's arm and hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? Which companies sued us!?"

"There's too many of them! Too many!" His friend was still feeling dazed right now. "All of them were large companies with net worths over 10 billion yuan! They are not just some normal small company, all of them are large corporations! Some of them sued us for monopoly, some of them sued us for quality problems, and there's even some who sued us for rising up the prices. Basically, there are all kinds of reasons! Now, all of our managers and heads here were taken away. Even if we wanted to think of something to react to them, there's no one to lead us now!"

"What... what exactly is happening!" Little Zhang angrily scolded.

His steadfast friend wasn't wrong, their opponents' method this time was terrifying. They captured all of their management and above leaders in one shot so there was no one left to lead them. Only secretaries and assistants, the kinds who had no deciding power, were left.

If that was the only problem, things were still not the worse. But now even their finance was frozen, this caused everyone to be worried and scared. Coupled with so many companies suing them now, these people who didn't have a leader anymore instantly panicked.

Without a leader or someone to depend on, what could they do!?

"Where's Director Qian? Who is able to contact him!?" Little Zhang panicked and took out his phone, wanting to call Qian Guangzhao. But Qian Guangzhao was the director of the company, how would low position employees like him be able to have his number? Now, there wasn't even anyone left who was able to contact Qian Guangzhao.

"The company's finances are frozen, we can't even get our paycheck now." At this moment, an employee fiercely threw his work pass on the floor and said, "Looks like the company definitely did something and caused this. I am going to leave now, to prevent myself from being captured in too!"

"That's right, we better leave too and not land up in jail. If not, it will be totally over for us!"

With someone leading them, the rest of the people instead agreed and one by one threw down their work pass. "Secretary Zhang, when Manager Lee from the Human Resources Department come, tell him I quit. I don't need the paycheck for this month anymore. Goodbye!"

At first, only two people left. Then, very quickly, this trend spread like a virus.

Just five or six minutes later, everyone had left.

Little Zhang looked at the empty office and fell to the floor on his butt, muttering, "It's over... the company... is over..."

After mumbled for a while, his friend pulled him up and nervously said, "What are you in a daze for? We need to leave now! Any later and we might we be captured, too!"

"Yes... Yes!" Violently coming to his senses, Little Zhang hurriedly threw down his work pass as well. "Let's go!"

Employees were the foundation of a company. No matter how large a company was, without employees, the company would definitely be finished in just a few days.

This was the purpose of the attacks this time.

Pressure from various aspects caused the confidence of the employees to be destroyed in a short period of time. Then, the result would be large batches of employees resigning and quitting. Then, there's no doubt about what would happen after that.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Chamber of Commerce!

Encirclement! All kinds of methods were used! As long as there was a way of destroying a company, they would use as many of them as possible!

...

In a pub near Qian Enterprise.

A middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie was chatting with someone opposite him.

"Engineer Lee, greetings to you, I am the Human Resources Manager of Leap Energy Corporation. I believe you have already received news by now." The middle-aged man passed a name card to Engineer Lee and said, "The Qian Enterprise is finished, I am definitely not just scaring you. You are famous in the industry, that's why my company wishes to invite you to be our technical director. The annual wage is 800,000, plus a house in the city. Please consider our offer."

This treatment was indeed already quite high.

After Engineer Lee received the name card, he smiled and said, "Your company's conditions are indeed tempting. Yup, I will give careful consideration to your offer."

"Alright." The manager smiled and said, "Then, I shall wait for your good news."

"Definitely."

...

The most terrifying aspect of the Chamber of Commerce was their encirclement! When the Chamber of Commerce was just formed, the purpose was to set a control to the large corporations in the country to prevent them from allying with enemy countries and causing harm to the country. Although it was an era of peace now, this most important feature of the Chamber of Commerce was still left intact.

Now, after the Chamber of Commerce truly showed its capability, the Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd was already half-dead after just the first day.

Investigations from the government, freezing the cashflow, other large companies suing them, buying over their employees, after all these, no single company could withstand it.

After all, the civilians didn't fight with the government. If the government wanted to destroy a company, it was very easy to do so—investigations every two or three days and no one would be able to withstand this. Investigations on the tax today, investigations on the workers tomorrow, investigations on the power circuit the day after, investigations of the fire exit after that...

No company could be entire flawless and clean. As long as the government found something, the company would be fined and needed to be restructured. All kinds of methods were used together, especially taking away their management personals and freezing their finance, the company would then not have both people and money. Against the charges of the other companies, the company was unable to find any lawyer to defend as well, and the lawsuit would definitely end up in a loss. Doing so continuously for a few times and a company would be finished not long later.

Although Qian Enterprise's influence and connections were very massive and wouldn't be destroyed so fast, the problem was not only these methods but also the influence of news in this world!

Being a listed company, the effect on their share prices was even bigger!

On the Internet, news regarding the Qian Enterprise evading tax and the managers taking drugs, bribery, and such were everywhere—

"August 26, before noon, the Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd was reported to be pressed with eighty-one charges including tax evasion, false VAT invoices, and cheating of bank loans. The total amount of money involved is 23.7 billion. Currently, Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd has stopped work and is undergoing full investigations."

"According to the latest news, the magnate in energy resources Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd is being sued by hundreds of companies, having a total of 219 charges. Currently, the company has stopped operations and is undergoing restructuring."

"Latest news..."

On the television: "The magnate in energy resources Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd is pressed with 81 charges, this case involves a total of 23.7 billion yuan. The company is under orders to stop work and undergoing restructuring."

"According to the latest news, Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd is involved in tax evasions, colluding with the mafia and so on, a total of 81 charges. It's under orders to stop operations and undergoing reconstruction now, at the same time undergoing investigations by the discipline inspection department."

On Weibo, Senior Finance Expert Si Hongzhuang: "This time, the shocking scandal of Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd has a far-reaching impact on the country. We all know that large corporations are linked with their share price. This time, Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd might not be able to recover and those holding on to the shares of this company are advised to sell them as soon as possible."

Senior Reviewer Chen Xiuzhen: "This time, the big tiger Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd is probably finished for good. What we can focus on now is who will be taking over Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd's position. I wish that it will be Young Master Hong Dali. Given his large spendings, if he takes over Qian Family Energy Group Co., Ltd's position, it will be our fortune—at the very least, oil prices will definitely drop."

After Chen Xiuzhen's Weibo post came out, numerous people responded in agreement!

With the Young Master's character, if he took over the Qian Family's energy company, the electricity and oil prices in the country would definitely drop...