Chapter 438: Agreeing to Wang Ge

I am merely a pawn between them.

Wen Han wanted to borrow the Wang family's power, but he didn't want to spend a single penny, so he pushed me onto Wang Ge.

I said, let me come over to deliver a computer to Wang Ge.

I looked at Wang Ge,

then I said, "Mr. Wang, I now have nothing, I truly don't know how to tell you. Da Heng Group has already been seized by the Zhou family."

I can only stay temporarily at Mr. Wen's place.

How should I respond to you."

After I finished speaking,

Wang Ge burst out laughing,

"Zhao Jianqiang, you need to look ahead.

In the future, you will turn things around.

We are looking at the future, just like stock trading, we need to think about future development.

Think about it, after the Zhou family is finished,

your Da Heng Group will surely return to your hands again.

Let me be frank with you, I want your stock options.

I want the same amount as Director Qi, four hundred million in options; once Da Heng Group returns to your hands later, you can cash them out. How about that."

Da Heng Group is worth over ten billion total; Director Qi holds four hundred million, and Wang Ge also wants four hundred million.

Then what do I have left of Da Heng Group?

What is the meaning of my efforts?

But can I refuse Wang Ge?

He proposed it; do I have the right to refuse him?

I smiled,

"Wang Ge, this is all easy to say. As long as I can take Da Heng Group back from the Zhou family, I'll give you everything."

Wang Ge waved his hand,

"I'm not that greedy. Before, I thought I wanted to enter the real estate industry; you go ahead. This option counts as my investment in Da Heng Group.

Four hundred million in options would give me nearly half the company.

That way, later Lao Qi and I can stay behind the scenes.

Zhao Jianqiang, you just keep working hard up front."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll follow your arrangements. Tell me what I need to do; as long as I overthrow the Zhou family and win back Da Heng Group. Do these four hundred million options still require us to sign an agreement between us?"

Wang Ge shook his head,

"Zhao Jianqiang, I believe you are a person of your word. What you say will basically be fulfilled.

Moreover, if you deceive me, the consequences are something you know in your heart.

Zhao Jianqiang, let's stop here for today.

Tell Wen Han, I've already received the computer,

Next, I need to use my connections.

Because the person in that position of the Zhou family cannot be taken down with just a few words; it also requires many procedures."

I hurriedly said, "Goodbye, Mr. Wang, I will convey your words to Mr. Wen."

"Okay, tell Wen Han, don't let him get anxious; even a desperate dog will jump over a wall, let alone a person.

The Zhou family is really desperate; if we cause another death, it would be terrible." Wang Ge said lazily.

I nodded at Wang Ge and hurriedly left his golf course.

When I came, there was an electric cart to pick me up, but when I left, there was no cart to see me off.

As I walked, I looked,

This estate is really damn big, it needs to occupy several hundred mu of land.

In Sijiucheng, land prices are shockingly high; owning this much land makes one a true tycoon.

In society, the poor die poor, the rich die rich.

The Wang, Zhou, and Wen families rely on their ancestors' protection, plundering society's vast wealth.

They are like parasites on society, sucking blood from ordinary people.

But for such people, we have no means at all.

I can only endure it; the intense sunlight beats down on me, making sweat soak my back.

I lifted my head and glanced at the scorching sun in the sky,

Suddenly a folk song came to mind: "The scorching sun burns like fire, fields of grain half-withered, the farmer's heart feels like boiling broth, nobles wave their fans."

Ordinary people toil under the blazing sun for a living, while the rich can leisurely swing their golf clubs.

Wang Ge's meeting with me today, just a few words, got him four hundred million in hand.

Four hundred million is in options; to cash them out, dividends are also needed.

I cursed his grandmother in my heart.

But does my cursing have any effect?

This society that follows the sun,

"The great river flows eastward, the stars in the sky align with the Big Dipper, when seeing injustice one shouts, when it's time to act, act."

I hummed softly under my breath,

and left the estate.

Xiao Yan was waiting for me in the car; when he saw me get out, he hurriedly pulled the door open for me.

I got into the car,

The air‑conditioning inside the car was truly comfortable.

Xiao Yan said, "Mr. Zhao, I've already met Wang Ge."

"I have. Shall we go back and give Mr. Wen a reply?"

"Alright, we'll leave right away," Xiao Yan said.

"Xiao Yan, your accent doesn't sound like you're from Sijiucheng; where are you from?" I asked.

"I'm from the Central Plains. I've been in Sijiucheng for a while, but I can't change my accent," Xiao Yan laughed.

"A Central Plains person, that's quite close to our Qilu Province," I said with a smile.

"Yes, we're both from populous agricultural provinces. Sigh, and both are farming provinces. Relying on a couple of mu of thin land at home, getting rich is harder than climbing to heaven. So I went to the city to work."

"After arriving in Sijiucheng, I finally understood what it means to spend money like dirt. The fuel cost for this car for a day is almost enough to harvest half a mu of land," Xiao Yan sighed.

I hadn't expected that Xiao Yan's family also came from a village.

I thought they were relatives of Wen Han.

"Yes, the rich feast while the road is littered with frozen bones. The very busy Mr. Du, whose poem was written over a thousand years ago, still carries meaning today."

I looked at the bustling traffic outside the window and said.

"Mr. Zhao, back in our hometown, arranging a marriage for a child is extremely difficult,

not only must one buy a house in the city, but the bride price starts at eighty thousand.

Some families, to find a bride for their child, borrow money everywhere; rural incomes are already low,

they scrape a few coins from the fields, yet it's still not enough for the child's marriage.

There are already more than a dozen bachelors in our village, all so poor they can't even afford a bride.

"Mr. Zhao, I think the countryside is finished, with no hope left," Xiao Yan sighed.

I listened to Xiao Yan's sigh and said nothing further.

Xiao Yan was speaking the reality,

that reality is cruel. Back then, in Beishan Village,

at that time, children in the mountain village found it very hard to get married,

I thought after a decade of development things would change, but they haven't.

The rural predicament remains unchanged.

Cities change day by day, while the countryside stays utterly poor.

I recalled the Chuan Yun Bar in Zaocheng, where the owner of Chuan Yun showed a photo of Hulutao Village,

where only the elderly remain,

and their eyes waiting for death.

The countryside shows no hope any more; the young have all left.

Before, at least there were people; now it's even more terrifying.

My Da Heng Group is building all kinds of residential complexes in Zaocheng Xin Cheng, amassing billions of wealth.

In fact, these houses I built were taken from ordinary people of Zaocheng,

I actually never created any wealth for Zaocheng.

Thinking about it now is truly sad.

What use is it to build so many houses in Zaocheng Xin Cheng, what can be left behind?

Just as Wang Changguang scolds me, saying I'm a heartless developer, leaving only a pile of bricks for future generations.

Some don't even leave bricks, only adding generations of unpaid debt to the poor.

This is a sin. I don't know why I have such thoughts,

perhaps after Wang Ge finishes talking with me today, my heart will have no more passion.

What use is there in earning even more money,

but only to contribute to the scions of the powerful.

Even if I defeat the Zhou Family, the Wang Family and the Wen Family have their sights on it again.

Thinking of this, my heart feels a bit weary.