Late at night, a piece of dreadful news reached the Speaker of the Parliant in Brahma Country.
"Speaker, we can't contact Mr. Hui Jie Yan anymore!"
The Speaker was suddenly blinded, as if the sky was about to collapse.
To cooperate with Hui Jie Yan, they had paid a terrible price, not only tearing their faces with Zhang nglong, but even sacrificing the future of their own country!
In that temple, the power of the Ghost Gods had been entirely devoured by Hui Jie Yan, leaving only a small amount of power, which was so weak that it could hardly create a Psychic.
The Psychic power of their Brahma Country could have been ranked in the top ten in the world, but after this batch of Psychics passed, they would be without successors unless they conducted human experints like those Western countries and tried to create Mutants through technology.
But it must be known that the Western countries had been on this path for over 50 years, and they were already late! Unless they attached themselves to those Western families, by then, there would inevitably be many humiliating terms of national degradation.
Zhang nglong was not eliminated, the temple was destroyed, and the front line was still in urgent need, as of today, their second contested territory had also been captured, and just yesterday they even aired a live broadcast, humiliating those prisoners.
They are likely to start attacking the third territory with renewed vigour in a couple of days.
All of this stemd from their greed, for the three trillion US Dollars of assets of the Mahalast Family, what was the price they paid if not more than three trillion US Dollars?
The Speaker seed to have aged ten years in an instant.
"Tomorrow morning, go find Zhang nglong!" the Speaker said, "No matter what conditions he proposes, we agree! Before that, release the apology statent first!"
"Apology statent?" So mbers of the parliant were sowhat confused.
Regarding the lawsuit Zhang nglong filed against them, the parliant had analyzed it, either admitting that they monitored the movents of foreigners, which is to admit their so-called human rights violation.
Or openly admit that they wanted to usurp Zhang nglong's assets, proving the uniqueness of Zhang nglong.
Clearly, the forr charge was almost anti-human, and once admitted, the consequences would be explosive.
The latter, although sowhat more acceptable, blatantly displayed their shalessness to the fullest.
We want to swallow your assets, and to understand your every move and any possible defensive or retaliatory actions, we monitored you, doesn't that make sense?
But from then on, Brahma Country's reputation would likely beco rotten and stink, for a country that would covet soone else's assets is not only embarrassing but also despised.
"Admit that we coveted the assets of the Mahalast Family," the Speaker said through clenched teeth, "Try to guide public opinion towards Domte's younger siblings! Downplay our role in it!"
"That's the only way," the mbers nodded, if they claid they were deceived into doing this, it might be sowhat more acceptable to the people.
...
Apology Statent: Here, we sincerely apologize to Mr. Zhang nglong from Huaxia. There were indeed actions of monitoring his movents, but Brahma Country has never violated the human rights of the general public. Mr. Zhang's case is indeed an exception.
The Clan Leader of Brahma Country's largest family, the Mahalast Family, passed away, leaving three trillion US Dollars of assets by a will to Mr. Zhang nglong. However, so mbers of the Mahalast Family wanted to embezzle the assets and conspired with so corrupt officials, secretly monitoring Mr. Zhang's movents, an act not endorsed by the state will.
The individuals involved have been severely punished, and we hope the international community can view this matter with a discerning eye...
Once the news was released, the reaction was surprisingly good. The voices accusing Brahma Country of anti-human and anti-social behaviors vanished without a trace, and even though it was unknown whether those punished were scapegoats, at least they admitted their mistake.
Moreover, it indeed played a significant role because Zhang nglong was essential in this incident's origin. While the surveillance was illegal, it was indeed understandable from a human perspective. The public only cared about whether such monitoring was widespread; as long as it was not, it didn't concern them much.
Of course, this was just part of the reason; a bigger reason was that the news about the vast assets of the Mahalast Family being returned to Zhang nglong.
Actually, most people didn't know about the Mahalast Family, but after so investigation, they realized that this wasn't just a family; it was more like the overlord of a country!
The Mahalast Family, established an astounding 2000 years ago, now has countless mbers spread across the nation, with family businesses involved in manufacturing, energy, real estate, dical care, finance, and other sectors, practically covering every aspect of life in Brahma Country.
You could almost say that if one day the Mahalast Family suddenly disappeared, the entire social system of Brahma Country would instantly collapse. Their existence was that terrifying!
And indeed, the family's assets nearly reached three trillion US Dollars!
Note that in the statents from Brahma Country, the word used for these assets was "return," not "inheritance." In other words, these three trillion US Dollars originally belonged to Zhang nglong!
On the Forbes ranking list, his current asset evaluation still stood at 1.2 trillion US Dollars, which obviously now seed erroneous, as his assets in just Brahma Country alone amounted to three trillion!
"Good grief, General Manager Zhang missed it again, right? I knew his wealth wasn't just this tiny bit."
"Good grief, three trillion US Dollars, that's even higher than the total assets of Apple Inc., isn't it?"
"Can't bla the people of Brahma Country really, if it were , I'd be drooling too!"
"Did anyone notice the word 'return'? Could this money have been lent to the Mahalast Family by Zhang nglong's family?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's truly deeply terrifying to think about!"
...
That day, Forbes Magazine's hotline was once again overwheld.
"How can your magazine operate like this, can't you be a bit more accurate?"
"Is this supposed to be the world's most authoritative wealth magazine? This is it? You can't even get the assets of the richest person in the world right, better not embarrass yourselves!"
The editors at Forbes Magazine felt like dying.
Before last year, Forbes Magazine would publish a rich list once a year, but since Zhang nglong appeared, the whole ranking list had been modified back and forth at least five tis.
His personal assets were updated from 200 billion US Dollars to 500 billion, 700 billion, then 900 billion, and 1.2 trillion US Dollars.
Every ti everyone thought this must be all his wealth, suddenly, he announced new assets.
This ti it was good, previously it was increases of several hundred billion US Dollars, but this ti it suddenly jumped up by a freaking three trillion US Dollars!
Announcing assets is easy, just a matter of flapping your lips, but it's different for them. They're a magazine company; from content editing to layout to publishing, it all takes ti and costs money, they suspected Zhang nglong was targeting them.
And this ti, they really dared not to and it arbitrarily anymore, who could say for sure that including these three trillion US Dollars he wouldn't have more assets? Today they announce the Mahalast Family, tomorrow another Hamapi Family, could they even keep running the magazine?
Why not give the pen to you, why don't you write for Forbes Magazine?
They were totally losing their minds!
Finally, after much deliberation, Forbes Magazine once again published a number, estimating Zhang nglong's assets at 5 trillion US Dollars!
This staggering number directly outstripped the second place by 20 tis. Was this really the wealth a human could possess?
But regarding this number, the parliantarians of Brahma Country just sneered.
Total assets of 5 trillion US Dollars? Just start by multiplying his cash assets by 20 tis and then talk!
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