Chapter 2407

Since he could deceive those emperors of the time, he should understand that promises are the most unreliable things; this is like a contract today.

The so-called "preventing gentlemen but not villains"—sometimes these so-called promises and written documents can't solve any problems; the key is to look at personal character.

If a person's character is bad to a certain extent, then naturally no one will believe their so-called promises; conversely, this kind of cooperation can be established.

Of course, the definition of cooperation itself is mutual. Wang Canghai himself is a villain; how could he perform the behavior of a gentleman?

So Zhang Lin could now be one hundred percent certain that Wang Canghai, in essence, didn't believe what King Wannu said, but King Wannu's strength at that time was too powerful, and the things Wang Canghai possessed at that time.

Many were likely given by King Wannu, including his deep-sea laboratory, and the construction of the Cloud Top Palace—none of this could be separated from King Wannu's help.

Under this premise, Wang Canghai, forced by pressure, had to agree to all of King Wannu's requirements, but after so many years, although Wang Canghai guarded the secrets.

It was also not because he truly fantasized that King Wannu could fulfill his former promise, but because he was worried that the former threat.

Or that kind of disguised curse would become reality.

Zhang Lin nodded slowly, thinking to himself that according to this logic, basically everything could be explained.

It seemed Mr. Wang didn't reveal any valuable information, because this promise itself was still as Zhang Lin had guessed before, but the other party's words served to nail things down, turning the problem Zhang Lin was only suspicious of into reality.

After figuring this out, Zhang Lin nodded slowly and continued to ask, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Mr. Wang was speechless when he heard Zhang Lin ask this. He thought to himself, isn't this enough?

In fact, at first, Mr. Wang wanted to occupy a certain initiative, because at least Zhang Lin took the initiative to call him, which proved that the other party had already taken the bait!

So he wanted to use this method to negotiate conditions with the other party. If he threw out all his trump cards at the beginning, what would he use to talk to Zhang Lin later?

The key was that Zhang Lin could go back on his word at any time, or even ignore him. At that time, he couldn't go out to complain and could only swallow the bitter pill.

It was just that this thought only stayed in his mind for a moment before Mr. Wang determined that since he was already in such a passive and awkward situation.

Moreover, a person like Zhang Lin wouldn't be subject to any threats. Even if this matter was interesting to him, Zhang Lin never lacked the ability to explore the answer.

So Zhang Lin didn't need to compromise with anyone. Not knowing things now didn't mean he wouldn't know them later. Anyway, the attitude Zhang Lin showed at the beginning was that he wasn't in a hurry at all.

If he didn't say it, he would investigate it himself.

Precisely because of this, Mr. Wang made the decision to throw out his trump cards directly, but this instead counted as him being smart for once. If he had really used the method he thought of at the beginning, clearly, Zhang Lin would definitely hang up the phone directly.

Just as Zhang Lin said at the beginning, he didn't have time to bicker with the other party about those useless things.

Anyway, he just wanted to get an answer, and what the other party said could only be the icing on the cake for Zhang Lin, and definitely not help in a time of need.

After a long silence, Mr. Wang said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I really only know this much. Of course, I do know some trivial matters, but I don't think you would be interested in these things, right?"

He could only tell the truth, and he didn't hide his inner thoughts. Mr. Wang was very clear that a person like Zhang Lin would absolutely not allow any deception to exist.

If he wanted to surrender, he had to bring sincerity. If he beat around the bush and didn't say what was asked, instead talking about those messy things, it would instead invite Zhang Lin's displeasure.

Mr. Wang was clearer about this than anyone else.

Since that was the case, he wouldn't make that wrong choice. In fact, if he wanted to take a risky move, he shouldn't have exposed his trump cards completely at the beginning, but instead should have used this method to lobby Zhang Lin, but he soon understood that Zhang Lin definitely didn't have such patience.

Now everything proved that his thoughts were correct.

Zhang Lin used the most intuitive performance to tell Mr. Wang that his patience was indeed not much, and fortunately, he chose the most correct path.

The next moment, Zhang Lin also nodded with satisfaction and said, "Alright, I'll contact you if there's anything. Also, you must have conditions for telling me these things. Let me guess, you should want to save your own life, right?"

Mr. Wang's eyes lit up, but soon his mood suddenly became dim, and he said, "Mr. Zhang, not just me, but the entire Wang family."

Zhang Lin immediately interrupted the other party's words, "Stop right there. If you want to save your own life, no problem. If you want to save others' lives, if conditions permit, that's also possible. But there is one thing you must understand: the two words 'Wang family' themselves shouldn't exist. I hope you know what I'm saying and understand what range your requirements can be in."

Zhang Lin could make some choices for the authorities, and he could guarantee to the other party that if the other party was willing to surrender, even if Zhang Lin didn't look down on it, perhaps the authorities would still look at Zhang Lin's face and choose to show extra mercy, and as long as the things over these years weren't too excessive, the authorities wouldn't haggle too much.

Anyway, the Wang family, in a fundamental sense, had the biggest conflicts with those tomb raiders who had different purposes. Based on this, those scattered members of the Wang family had a way out. And the reason Mr. Wang determined that he was in an awkward situation at the beginning was because he was the leader.

He didn't want to betray Wang Canghai in front of everyone right now. Even if it were true, most people wouldn't believe it.

Even if Zhang Lin could prove this, as long as Zhang Lin gave Wang Canghai a chance later, even if Wang Canghai couldn't retaliate against Zhang Lin in his own way, killing him would be very easy.

Zhang Lin also directly dispelled the other party's idea of wanting to reorganize the Wang family at this time. He now wanted to take these members of the Wang family to find a new location and then revitalize it—this was absolutely a fantasy for Zhang Lin.

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