Chapter 52(1/2)
The helicopter landed slowly at the dock. Before he could fully land, Gu Yuan jumped out of the cabin and his black windbreaker rose up in the whistling wind.
Not far away, a row of cars parked on the side of the road. Ke Rong stood in front and looked at Gu Yuan coldly while strode and took off his sunglasses.
"Long time no see, my big nephew." Ke Rong reached out to hold it, looking like he was smiling: "Gold is still worthy of being a big face. My uncle's birthday last time, and he couldn't invite you three invitations. Now he finally saw a living person. How are you doing recently?"
Gu Yuan shook hands while turning to the bodyguard behind him: "Go to Xu Ji to buy two bowls of fish egg noodles, separate the soup noodles, add coriander, put them in a heat-insulated bucket and send them to the plane. In addition, I will tell you what you do on the way, and handle it together, and send it to you later."
The bodyguard said "Yes!" and immediately trotted away.
In front of everyone, Ke Rong's face looked quite wonderful, and he squeezed out: "...Nephew has a good appetite recently?"
"Where is the gold bar?"
"I have sent someone to the 'Jinyanting' and prepare a banquet, just waiting for you to take the seat. Why don't we..."
"Lead the way."
Ke Rong's expression was like an egg suddenly stuffed into his throat. After several seconds, he turned around and left without saying a word.
Jin Yanting is the most invested and highest-end hotel under the name of the Ke family.
When I entered the private room, I saw a luxurious hall of more than 200 square meters. In the middle of the room was a large round table and two armchairs. When I approached, I saw that it was the best black rosewood inlaid with golden nanmu. There were two open suitcases on the table, which were dazzling inside, and there were two neat boxes of gold.
Gu Yuan walked forward, picked up a gold bar and bit it with his teeth, and knew that it was undoubtedly the full amount of money he ordered to ship.
He closed the box cover with his left and right hands at the same time, turned around and signaled his subordinates to take the box, and then turned around and left.
Ke Rong said angrily: "Stop!"
Gu Yuan turned a deaf ear.
"He's here all the time. Don't even give me the face to sit down and have a meal? Mr. Gu, don't do it too much. I really think about it, right?!"
Gu Yuan finally stopped and said lightly: "You've thought too much, uncle. But I didn't get toothed in the morning, so I rushed back to eat fish noodles at noon, look--"
Ke Rong suddenly smiled, and the voice was indescribable: "Do you think I tried this boss to find you just for two boxes of gold bars? Nephew, you are so worried that you are so immense. As Mingzong's will is unknown, and you are still thinking about fish egg noodles!"
--really.
Gu Yuan turned around and smiled slightly: "Uncle, this is your fault. If you have something to do with me, you won't be straight to the point. How can I have time to accompany you here? Do you think so?"
Gu Yuan has this ability. As long as he thinks, he can be so arrogant that he can make people angry to death.
Ke Rong's back teeth tightened in an instant, and after a while, he squeezed out a smile with his face and said, "It's my uncle's, it's not... Since Young Master Gu has not eaten breakfast, someone is here to prepare the meal. Our uncle and nephew have eaten and talked!
Ke Rong had indeed prepared it a long time ago. After a while, his subordinates pushed the dining cart into the restaurant, including shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, char siu buns, and fresh bamboo rolls. He served a table of dazzling Cantonese morning tea and snacks.
Ke Rong stood up, poured Gu Yuan a full cup of Pu'er tea, and said, "We haven't had dinner together for a long time. People say that the closest thing is not the closest thing for my uncle. Now that your grandfather and mother have passed away, we should be close to each other, right?"
"——Oh," Gu Yuan seemed quite amused, "How to cooperate?"
Ke Rong said: "I found a clue to Gu Mingzong's will."
He put down the teapot and looked up at Gu Yuan, as if he was disregarded by Gu Dashou's lazy attitude. He even steadily showed a smile of determination: "Gu Mingzong left his property to Gu Yang, and he didn't give you a penny."
Although I was mentally prepared, Gu Yuan was still a little surprised when I heard it.
All of them were given to Gu Yang? What happened to Fang Jin?
Ke Rong seemed to see his question, and waved his entourage secretary to come over, took a cowhide plastic document and threw it to Gu Yuan, and said with a smile: "Look at it for yourself."
Gu Yuan opened the file, and the home page was a two-line inheritance letter and a stamped official seal compared with Chinese and English. He quickly turned over a few pages and immediately said "ah".
I see.
He had previously speculated that Gu Mingzong's idea of distributing a large amount of valuable industry to Gu Yang was incorrect, and Ke Rong's statement was also biased. Gu Mingzong's direct heir was still Fang Jin, but he stipulated a prerequisite through a series of complex provisions, which was to require the heirs to sign an additional consent form.
If Fang Jin has descendants, the descendants can inherit property.
But if Fang Jin had no descendants, he had to designate that the person behind him belonged to Gu Yang.
The inheritance can only be successfully completed if Fang Jin agrees to the above terms, otherwise all the property will be donated without leaving a penny.
——It turns out that the will I show them at sea was only the first half, and the additional consent form behind it was torn off.
Gu Yuan remembered that Chi Wanru hated the Gu family for the past few years and felt a little ridiculous whenever he thought about it. But then he realized that something was wrong. If Gu Mingzong had written this thing back then, why hadn't Gu Yang recalled from Hong Kong for several years?
He knew that Gu Yang ran away angrily because he could not inherit his property, but why did he let it go, which led to the current situation?
Gu Yuan was full of doubts, and only heard Ke Rong say, "I spent a lot of money to get this will. There is a young man in Gu Mingzong's imperial lawyer group who is in Hong Kong. How much has it cost to me... Alas, there is no need to mention it. How about Mr. Gu, what do you think?"
Gu Yuan pondered for a moment, closed the document and said, "I have no idea."
His expression and voice were so dull that Ke Rong was a little confused and asked tentatively: "Are you surprised that Gu Mingzong didn't leave any property for you? I think this will may not be true?"
“…”
Gu Yuan was about to say that I didn't care anyway, so he just heard Ke Rong say, "I should have told you something long ago, my eldest nephew...ah."
He paused and said, "Actually, you are not Gu Mingzong's biological son!"
Gu Yuan was a little stunned for a moment.
His first reaction was that you were kidding. I could see Gu Mingzong’s face twenty years ago in front of the mirror. Am I not his biological son?
But then, more trance details passed through his mind: the tombstone hidden among the grass in the early morning, the tomb of Ji Mingda set up by Fang Jin, the dismissed servant of Gu's family, and the face of Gu Mingzong in the freezer that was very different from the memory...
He opened his mouth and intuition wanted to say what was going on?
But then, the instinct of caution overwhelms the impulse.
Ke Rong's attitude was obviously controlling him, and he was very confident. If he had a trap, Ke Rong would definitely explain it to him next, but that was an explanation of the truth and falsehood that had been prepared in advance. It would be better not to listen to it.
To dig out real things from his mouth, you must take the initiative.
——But when information is extremely unequal, how can we seize the initiative in negotiations?
Gu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Ke Rong. In just a moment, his expression had returned to calmness and even indifference. He gently threw the will back on the table and said:
“—So what.”
Ke Rong was indeed stunned.
Gu Yuan sat in the armchair with golden nanmu inlaid with red wood, his expression was indifferent, as if he was a lazy young lion. Ke Rong could not poke the truth from the unpredictable face. Is this person pretending? Or did he really know it long ago?
Maybe he had already known something from Fang Jin - yes, on the cruise ship, Fang Jin rescued the madman.
If Fang Jin had found out some things in the Gu family in the past few years, if Gu Mingzong wanted to unite Gu Yuan after his death, he would definitely use those secrets as bargaining chips... This is completely possible!
Ke Rong's breathing was slightly rapid. Just when he was in a deadlock, he suddenly smiled when he heard Gu Yuan:
"Uncle, do you really think that the Gu family's territory is so important to me? In recent years, I have already won my own world with the people I took away from the Ke family. I don't know how comfortable I live in Southeast Asia, so why did I come back to the Gu family's golden cage to compete for what Gu Mingzong didn't plan to give me?"
Ke Rong's chest fluctuated several times, and he couldn't help but tempted: "...You really don't care at all? You were raised as the heir of the Gu family. Everyone knows that you should inherit the Gu family..."
Gu Yuan laughed: "Is there any difference? What's the difference for me in Fang Jin's hands now!"
Sure enough, he got it! He and Fang Jin joined forces!
Ke Rong's thoughts were lit up, and he could even hear the sizzling sounds made when his brain rotated.
Fang Jin must have known the content of the will, but he was afraid that a person from the other surname could not resist Gu Yang, so he pulled Gu Yuan in, who had not obtained any of the will, and used a considerable amount of interests and secrets as temptation to convince Gu Yuan to join forces with him. No wonder there were rumors before Gu Mingzong passed away that Fang Jin was looking for Gu Yuan everywhere in Southeast Asia. As soon as Gu Mingzong died, Gu Yuan returned to City G... So that's it!
Gu Yuan has chosen to stand on the same front with Fang Jin to deal with their common enemies - the Chi family and Gu Yang. No wonder he is so confident when facing himself, because he is not ignorant!
Ke Rong had already prepared a set of soft and hard methods to persuade Gu Yuan, but it was obviously impossible to use it now. He suddenly felt depressed in his heart, realizing that he had lost the initiative in this confrontation.
"...Big nephew, maybe my uncle said this too late." Ke Rong took a breath and tried to make the voice sound sincere and tactful: "Some things were done by my uncle back then, which hurt your heart. But as the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, and blood ties cannot be cut off. I have been through this for so many years. Are we a family?
Gu Yuan picked up a shrimp dumpling and ate it, signaling you, I'll listen.
Ke Rong stood up and poured him some sauce, "Oh, in fact, in this world, we hope you are the one with the best name in Ke. This is the same reason why your grandfather insisted on letting the Gu family raise you and grew up - only if you have the power of the Gu family, it is a win-win situation for you and us. How can my uncle not count on you?"
"As for the others, whether Fang Jin or Gu Yang, those people from other surnames have their own plans. How can they believe their words? Fang Jin sold you in minutes for his status and money. Have you forgotten?"
Gu Yuan stopped the chopsticks and seemed to be a little moved: "Uncle, do you mean?"
"Instead of cooperating with Fang Jin's unfamiliar ungrateful wolf, it's better for our uncle and nephew to join forces." Ke Rong said earnestly, "We have the will now, and you have the identity of a serious Gu family. Isn't it easy to kill Gu Yang who can't stand the mud? As long as you take power, don't forget the Ke family and uncle..."
He suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Gu Yuan with great meaning.
But Gu Yuan slowly picked up a piece of ham and tofu and ate it. He drank another sip of tea, his expression calmly.
After several minutes, he said in Ke Rong's already anxious gaze: "The idea is very good."
Ke Rong's expression relaxed, and he heard him teasing again: "But uncle, I heard that you have already cooperated with Chi Wanru - why? Now I turn to come to me again, don't you want to cheat me?"
In fact, it was expected that Ke Rong abandoned the Chi family and came to him: Gu Yang was already the successor of the will anyway. Chi Wan, with Shangfang's sword in her hand, was upright and upright. As long as she sat firmly in the future, how could Ke Rong still be needed? It is foreseeable to kick the Ke family away in the future.
But Gu Yuan is different. First of all, he is indeed the nephew of the Ke family. Secondly, he has no will. If he wants to be promoted, he will inevitably have more places to rely on the Ke family and the greater the space for cooperation.
These are the most basic routines in power craftsmanship. Gu Dashao played with the rest of the things he had in his teens.
"Why would my uncle leave you alone and go to cooperate with the woman in the Chi family?" Sure enough, Ke Rong slapped the table and made a decisive move: "Chi Wanru will only do anything and have no brains to be the leader. Even if the Gu family gives her away for free, she will lose it! Do you know what she is going to do after getting the will?"
Gu Yuan suddenly realized something, and his eyebrows jumped suddenly.
Ke Rong said angrily: "She wants to do it all the time, so she just does Fang Jin! - She also plans to use the will to force Gu Yang to take the position, but she doesn't think about Fang Jin's current status. Can he do it without knowing it? How can he deal with it if something goes wrong?!"
Gu Yuan suddenly froze.
It took him a while to hear his calm voice: "She really wants the other party to take action?"
"I don't want to cooperate with her, just wait for her to kill the Fang man. We can reap the benefits of the fisherman." Ke Rong sneered, "After Fang Jin's death, his people must not let Chi Wanru go. When Gu Yang was in a panic, we will wait for an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and remove Fang Jin and Gu Yang without any effort..."
To be continued...