NOVPUB"Are you by any chance offending someone in the business world?" Chen Nan said with a teasing smile.
Wang Guodong gave a wry smile, "Is it that obvious?"
"Hm?" Chen Nan frowned, "Did I actually guess right?"
Wang Guodong smiled and said, "Business is like a battlefield. If you want to rise to the top, you’re bound to offend many people along the way. You never know when disaster might strike. It’s all part of the game!"
The speaker was casual, but the listener was keen. Upon hearing Wang Guodong’s words, Chen Nan thought of his father, who had died in a car accident, and the barren mountain he had contracted.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Nan said, "President Wang, do you have some time now? Can we meet and have a chat?"
Wang Guodong readily agreed: "Sure, where are you? I’ll come to you."
After setting a meeting place with him, Chen Nan made another phone call to Yan Jin.
"Aunt Yan, I have something to take care of and won’t be able to come back for now. You go ahead and eat; don’t wait for me."
Then, Chen Nan returned to Jinxiu Qiancheng District, took out a piece of nephrite, crafted an amulet, and drove to a quiet teahouse.
At the moment.
Wang Guodong had already been waiting for a long time.
After giving the amulet to Wang Guodong, Wang Guodong directly transferred twenty million to Chen Nan.
Chen Nan cut to the chase, "President Wang, have you ever heard of Chen Dashan?"
"Chen Dashan?" Wang Guodong frowned, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes, "Could it be that Mr. Chen knows Mr. Chen?"
Chen Nan said, "Chen Dashan is indeed my father!"
"No wonder, no wonder!" Wang Guodong exclaimed with a smile, "When we met at Old Master Lu’s home, I thought you looked a bit familiar. I had no idea you were Mr. Chen’s son."
"I was very close friends with your dad; according to seniority, you should call me Uncle Wang!"
Chen Nan was surprised, not expecting Wang Guodong and his father to have been such close friends. He smiled and said, "Then I shall address you as Uncle Wang from now on!"
"Good, good, good!" Wang Guodong laughed heartily, pleased by the title. This new acknowledgment made their relationship even closer, which to him was a cause for great joy.
Chen Nan asked, "Uncle Wang, since you were so close to my dad, you must surely know that he bought a barren mountain?"
Wang Guodong sighed softly, his expression complicated, "He should never have bought that mountain."
Chen Nan didn’t know where the barren mountain his father had contracted was located, but he could tell from Wang Guodong’s expression that there was something extraordinary about it, so he asked out of curiosity, "Uncle Wang, do you know something?"
Wang Guodong took a deep breath, striving to calm his emotions, and said solemnly, "The barren mountain your dad purchased is located in Siyang County’s Nanshan Town. It’s the southernmost township of Jizhou, about one hundred and eighty kilometers from here."
"That mountain is bare, with no value or significance for development."
"My dad would really spend fifty million to buy that mountain?" Chen Nan was full of doubt. His dad, although only having a high school education, was a man with a great business acumen. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have become the somewhat famous Chen Family of Jizhou.
Wang Guodong spoke gravely, "At first, I also questioned why your dad would pay a fortune for that mountain, until he brought me a certain rock. That’s when I realized how exceptional your dad’s vision was."
"I, Wang Guodong, have lived half my life. Apart from admiring you, young man, the one I admire the most is your dad."
"Because he held a pair of aces!"
"And those aces were none other than the Tuo Feng Mountain he bought."
At this point, he paused and asked, "Do you know what the most important mineral element for batteries is?"
Chen Nan pondered for a moment before saying, "Lithium?"
"Exactly!" Wang Guodong confirmed, "Tuo Feng Mountain isn’t just any barren mountain; beneath it lies a very rare lithium mine!"
"Lithium mines are scarcely distributed in our country."
"The lithium reserves under Tuo Feng Mountain are quite plentiful. If mining rights could be obtained, the Chen Family would surely rise rapidly."
"After all, with the rapid development of technology, both electronic devices and new energy vehicles are indispensable without lithium," Wang Guodong lamented.
A towering wave rose within Chen Nan’s heart.
He had never imagined his father had actually purchased a lithium mine of immeasurable value!
Just like what Wang Guodong had said before,
This was a trump card!
A super trump card!
Wang Guodong’s tone shifted, expressing regret, "Although Tuo Feng Mountain is incredibly valuable, capable of granting wealth that rivals nations,"
"But how can an ordinary person get a mining license?"
"Let alone your dad, even with my connections, I couldn’t get a mining license either!"
Chen Nan remained silent.
Just as Wang Guodong had explained, a mining license was not something the average person could obtain.
Even if his father had purchased Tuo Feng Mountain, they would be unable to mine it legitimately.
"Uncle Wang, do you think my dad’s car accident was accidental, or was it a premeditated murder?" Chen Nan couldn’t help but ask.
Wang Guodong spoke through gritted teeth, "Murder!"
"Your dad has been dead for two and a half months now, right?"
Chen Nan hummed in affirmation.
Wang Guodong continued, "A week before his accident, I introduced two friends to him, and he went alone to the provincial city."
"He thought of pulling some strings to get a mining license, but it didn’t pan out."
"Not only that, but a big shot from the provincial city even found your dad and offered to buy Tuo Feng Mountain from him for one billion."
"However, your dad refused."
"Your dad made it clear to the other party that even if Tuo Feng Mountain lay wasted in his own hands, he would not sell it to anyone else."
"Because he knew that as long as Tuo Feng Mountain was in the hands of the Chen Family, there would always be a possibility for the Chens to rise again."
Pausing, Wang Guodong sighed, "Your dad came back to Jizhou dejected, found me, and said that he might have offended a big shot. At the time, I still comforted him, saying that even if we offended some big shot, they wouldn’t stoop to our level, common folks..."
"But just a week later, your dad encountered a disaster while he was out."
He spoke with regret on his face, "I was too naive, underestimating the evils of human nature."
"If I hadn’t reassured your dad then, he wouldn’t have been so careless, and matters probably wouldn’t have escalated to this extent!"
Chen Nan consoled in a soft voice, "Uncle Wang, as you said, you underestimated the evils of human nature."
"So, my dad’s accidental death has nothing to do with you. If someone really wanted to kill my dad, even if he was extremely cautious, it would have been in vain!"
Wang Guodong looked at him with complex emotions, "Chen Nan, strictly speaking, Uncle Wang shouldn’t be telling you this."
"Because I don’t have hard evidence to prove that your dad was murdered."
"Even if he really was killed by someone, that kind of person is not someone we can afford to offend."
"But you are different, you have miraculous medical skills that can bring people back from the dead and abilities to foresee the future."
"I believe you will certainly be able to find out the truth about this matter and get justice for your dad!"
Chen Nan nodded solemnly, his eyes flickering with chilling intent, "Uncle Wang, rest assured, I will definitely investigate the truth."
"If my dad really died at the hands of someone else, no matter who they are or what vast power they wield!"
"I will make their entire family pay with their lives for my dad!"
