629: Chapter 629: Money Can Make the Devil Turn the Millstone!
629: Chapter 629: Money Can Make the Devil Turn the Millstone!
A cornered dog will leap over a wall?
Wu Jie’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“No matter how desperate they are, they wouldn’t actually make a move on the cruise ship, right?”
“Do they want to end up like Kun Qianxi, being sent to the Death Ga Hall for the VIPs to tornt and play with?”
Fang Guozhi curled his lip, “It would be impossible to make a move on the cruise ship, but it’s possible they might make a move on your way back or after you’ve arrived at Tianyuan!”
“After all, twenty-three elite martial artists have been annihilated!
How much ti and money must have been spent to train them up?
How could they possibly swallow that kind of grudge?”
Wu Jie smiled faintly.
“Who told them to harbor ill intentions towards my wife?
The more I think about it, the more I believe they don’t want to kill, they want to kidnap!”
“Kidnap?” Fang Guozhi laughed in astonishnt, “Are you mistaken?
Your wife is so capable in a fight, why would they want to kidnap her?”
“For extortion!”
Wu Jie said with a sheepish smile, “Tianyuan He Ying Credit, having suffered a huge loss of four hundred billion, their conglorate being major shareholders, must also bear a significant responsibility, and they’ll definitely have a large shortfall in funds!”
“If I were them, desperate, I’d also take the risk.
After all, on these international waters, no one cares if you murder soone, let alone kidnap and extort!”
Fang Guozhi’s brows were locked tight.
After entering the elevator, he remained in deep thought with a furrowed brow.
“That’s right!
Now that you ntion it, I really think it’s possible!”
“When the captain held a eting to discuss this matter before, I was puzzled!”
“Why were the docunts provided by Muto Sasa, those deceased elite martial artists, almost all from Tianyuan?”
“And at that ti, she also repeatedly ntioned that you and your wife had made quite a few enemies in Tianyuan, especially the deadly enmity with the Mu Family!”
“Later, when the autopsy reports ca out and they all had the uniform Muto Conglorate tattoo, she claid it was a fra-up!”
“Now that I think about it, the damned bitch was clearly trying to cover up by shifting the bla!”
Wu Jie humd with a chuckle.
Now it’s all clear to .
Last night, Muto Sami disguised herself as her sister, probably trying to sneak into the room to scout in advance.
And this morning, sending cakes to butter them up was another step in their probing.
They wanted outsiders to think that their relationship with Wu Jie and his wife was very close, so if Wu Jie and his wife really had an incident, it would definitely have nothing to do with them.
By tonight’s match betting, they had arranged for a large number of elite martial artists, trying to take advantage of the chaos to forcefully abduct Tang Xiao.
Tang Xiao was Wu Jie’s cherished love, and if they took control of her.
Wu Jie would definitely pay whatever it took to have her safely ransod.
A few hundred million?
Several billion?
Given their ruthless ambition, weighing the wealth of Wu Jie and Tang Xiao, they would surely ask for an exorbitant sum.
At least two or three hundred billion Gold Coins, right?
After all, everyone knows Wu Jie hit all three bets tonight alone, winning over one hundred billion Gold Coins just from betting.
It’s like a plump, fat sheep ready for the taking!
However…
If they succeeded, if the money was paid, then both he and his wife might lose their lives.
Those twenty-three elite martial artists, even at the cost of perishing together, would ensure the incident didn’t implicate their conglorate.
Thinking of this, Wu Jie genuinely felt that the ancient saying was right, “n die for money, birds die for food.”
The Yincheng Muto Conglorate must have encountered a severe debt crisis.
After failing to extort money by kidnapping Yuan Shikui’s family, they turned their attention to Wu Jie and Tang Xiao.
Such damn cunning and vile behavior.
But also damn stupid.
A very good plan that ran into a bunch of idiots.
Even the tattoos on their bodies weren’t dealt with cleanly.
Was it because they acted in haste and didn’t have ti to deal with them?
Or did they simply never expect to fail?
Now thinking about it…
Wu Jie felt quite lucky.
If it weren’t for Fang Guozhi’s arrogant provocation that angered Kun Qianxi, triggering an early nasty fight.
Wu Jie would not have had the chance to intervene and managed to grab a gun from Kun Qianxi’s bodyguard to give to Tang Xiao, who then made a spectacular killing spree.
Of course.
Even if that farce hadn’t taken place beforehand, Wu Jie would never let anything happen to Tang Xiao, secrets of the system be damned.
If push ca to shove, he’d just flee, spend energy points to exchange for a super-heavy bomb, and blow up this cruise ship.
Destroying the evidence and leaving no chance for secrets to be leaked.
…
The captain’s office.
After Fang Guozhi brought Wu Jie there, he left first.
The roughly fifty-year-old captain invited Wu Jie to sit and directly said with a smile:
“Mr.
Wu, you are the luckiest gambler in the history of our Super Cruise Ship Brune!”
“From last night to now, in four matches you haven’t spent a di and have won a total of 127 billion Gold Coins!”
“My God!
This is truly an unbelievable fortune for everyone, and we have already cashed it in for you!”
Wu Jie narrowed his eyes with a smile playing on his lips.
This captain in front of him always seed familiar!
No matter how I look at him, he bears a striking resemblance to the special agent Perrio whom I t before.
Could they be relatives?
I checked the system energy point records and made a surprising discovery.
[System: Received jealousy from Hittory Laurentien 20000]
[System…
In the brief mont that the captain spoke, he had been intensely jealous several tis over.
Of course, that included the jealousy from Fang Guozhi as well.
Can’t help it!
“Who let the brother’s luck be so explosively aweso?”
“Just casually bet on four matches, and I ended up winning over a hundred billion Gold Coins effortlessly, like taking candy from a baby.”
“Of course.”
“This is also because the identities of the gamblers betting on the matches were diverse.”
“Not only was there the great rchant Kun Qianxi, but there were many other tycoons as well.”
“Oil oligarchs, telecommunications magnates, e-comrce moguls, film industry godfathers, royal descendants…”
“This betting ga was like gambling with the wealthiest people in the world.”
“The stakes started at a hundred million Gold Coins, so winning over a hundred billion isn’t really much when you think about it.”
“It’s like winning a hundred-plus bucks in a ga of mahjong with just one buck at stake—a good run and there you have it!”
“But we’re talking about over a hundred billion here!”
“Is it any wonder people are green with envy?”
“After the captain finished speaking, Wu Jie laughed and said,”
“However, it just goes to show that I’ve used up all my luck for today in betting on the matches; otherwise, how did I end up being chased like mad?”
The captain listened and imdiately put away his smile.
“I am very sorry for the trouble caused by Kun Qianxi, and I would like to offer my sincere apologies to you and your wife!”
“I’ve already obtained the major shareholder’s consent; your trip on the cruise is on the house, and you can stay as long as you want!”
“I hope this can serve as a token of our apology.
As for the Muto Conglorate from Yincheng…”
Wu Jie interjected with a laugh, “It seems you have already verified it, haven’t you?”
The captain replied with an awkward smile, “The autopsy report is self-explanatory.
Although the sisters Muto Sasa and Muto Sami have been vehently denying any knowledge of the incident, our investigation and accountability process is already underway!”
“Within the next twelve hours, their conglorate must provide a reasonable explanation, or else we, the other shareholders, will take the necessary actions to exact punishnt!”
Wu Jie asked with a curious smile, “Punishnt?
What do you an?
Are you going to fine them, or reduce their shareholding?”
The captain shook his head slightly and said apologetically with a smile,
“I’m sorry, Mr.
Wu, but the exact form of punishnt is still being discussed!”
“Besides, I believe you must already have an idea as to why they targeted you and your wife, right?”
Wu Jie shrugged, “For the money, of course!
Kidnap my wife, and they could extort any amount from !”
“Even if it ant my financial ruin, I would pay anything to ransom her back because she is my woman!”
The captain chuckled, “So…
we can strip their conglorate of its shares, and give them to you and your wife, free of charge!”
“But as for launching a counterstrike, I’m sorry, but we have neither the responsibility nor the obligation to go to Yincheng and seek vengeance for you.”
Wu Jie gave a faint smile.
“I understand that, but regarding the shares…
I need to discuss it with my wife.
If there’s nothing else, I’ll be taking my leave!”
Saying this, Wu Jie stood up, ready to leave.
However, the captain extended a hand in a gesture to stay, all smiles.
“Now that we’ve dealt with the serious matters, there’s sothing else I’d like to discuss with you!”
After a brief pause, the captain stood up.
“I noticed you looked surprised earlier.
You must have realized I bear a striking resemblance to Perrio, right?”
“To be frank, he’s my brother!
My own brother!”
After glancing at Wu Jie, the captain said with a laugh,
“Though the negotiations between your parties are confidential, they’re not so to !”
“No one has ever dared to infuriate him to the point of fainting twice, but after he talked to upon returning ho, he got over it!”
“You are a rare genius in this world, the King that no one in the cyber world dares to provoke!”
“We shouldn’t be adversaries.
We should be forging a powerful alliance!
Do you understand what I an?”
Wu Jie frowned slightly, “The chairman of Laurentien CSA and Heinter as well?”
The captain appeared surprised for a mont and then laughed,
“Wow!
You really are quite smart!”
“Heinter is my best friend, and we’ve both convinced my brother Perrio!”
“We’ve always wanted to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with you, to collaborate on eliminating the other two giants, leaving just our two companies!”
“You have god-like cyber skills and we have the power of a supre leader.
We would be the perfect monopoly duo!”
Wu Jie said with a sly smile, “But there’s a saying that goes, ‘One mountain cannot house two tigers’.”
The captain shook his head, laughing, “But nowadays, the whole world hates monopolies, needing a facade of fairness, justice, and transparency!”
“Therefore, you need a seemingly powerful international giant that’s actually a friend behind the scenes, to appear as competition but actually collaborate covertly.
Otherwise, Tanglong Industrial Group would have difficulty operating its projects, wouldn’t it?”
“Moreover, if our two sides don’t collaborate, we would all protect ourselves with patents, tariffs, and other barriers, and engage in cutthroat competition with low prices, which would ultimately be unprofitable.
Everyone is out here to make money, right?
Why must we be enemies?”
Wu Jie nodded slightly.
The Old Fox, truly shrewd!
With a devilish smile, the captain proudly boasted,
“You needn’t doubt our sincerity.
If you agree, we can make the Muto Conglorate from Yincheng vanish from the face of the earth tonight!”
Wu Jie nodded slightly and remarked, “Capitalists indeed put profits above all else!”
The captain said sternly with a smile,
“Exactly!
As the saying goes, ‘Money makes the world go round.’ With enough incentive, we dare to do anything, even wage war!”
“And you needn’t worry about the other two giants, with the remaining shares worth thirty-six billion Gold Coins!”
“As long as we collaborate strongly, that amount of money is nothing!”
“With the global network communications market generating trillions of Gold Coins in revenue each year, monopoly would an making a killing!”
“In the face of such imnse profits, the Muto Conglorate from Yincheng is nothing but chaff, easily crushed and eradicated at any ti!”
…
Wu Jie knew, the Muto Conglorate from Yincheng…
was dood.
But as they were enjoying their conversation, the red phone on the table rang.
After a few seconds of listening, the cheerful expression on Hittory’s face vanished.
He slamd down the phone and said in a grave tone,
“Muto Sami has gone to the Death Ga Hall and has started a battle with your wife!”
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