Chapter 2758: A Show of Force for Zhang Lin! Mr. Wang Has Gone Mad!

Half a minute passed without any response, but Zhang Lin wasn't angry; instead, he subconsciously nodded.

For him, Mr. Wang's making this call was indeed an unexpected gain—he could obtain more so-called benefits from it, though these benefits all leaned toward the archaeological team and had nothing to do with him personally.

So the next moment, Zhang Lin glanced at the time and immediately said, "I'll give you ten more seconds to think it over. If you agree, reply to me quickly. If you haven't thought it through, then after this call I'll hang up, and what happens after that probably won't match what you're imagining."

After saying this, Zhang Lin didn't deliberately count down; he felt some things were simply laid out there and didn't need him to emphasize them on purpose.

And if these ten seconds were used to put extreme pressure on the other party, it would actually do no good for the matter—this was also an inevitable outcome Zhang Lin had foreseen.

Given that, Zhang Lin would instead give the other party some breathing room; of course, everything he said carried no joking intent whatsoever.

If the other party refused, then no matter how well this cooperation had been discussed before, it would absolutely fall through afterward—this was the answer Zhang Lin was giving them, and this answer would not change in the slightest.

It wasn't that Zhang Lin was being especially ruthless in how he handled things; it was simply that anyone in his position, holding absolute advantage, would most likely make the same choice—this was an inevitable result.

Mr. Wang should understand even better that this was a life-and-death gamble, especially between him and Wang Canghai—this was no child's game of house.

Whoever lost would have to die, or might even end up with a fate worse than death, and that would be the most tragic outcome of all.

And Zhang Lin was precisely using this method to tell the other party that he had no joking intent, while also letting them think clearly whether to make that choice—if they nodded now and made the corresponding choice, reporting their location and cooperating with the official side's actions.

Then Zhang Lin would widen a gap in their living space, making subsequent matters more properly handled, and even allowing more Wang family members to continue existing.

At the very beginning, Zhang Lin actually hadn't considered letting many Wang family members continue to exist—one had to know that every single person in the Wang family absolutely harbored malicious intent.

Under this premise, it was perfectly normal that Zhang Lin couldn't tolerate them, and according to any normal person's choice, he would absolutely purge all the Wang family members, only then could he truly rest easy without worry.

It wasn't that Zhang Lin was seeing enemies everywhere; rather, these hidden dangers had to be eliminated, because if they weren't eliminated, god knew what kind of trouble they could still stir up—even Zhang Lin had to acknowledge the Wang family's strength.

The most crucial point wasn't how strong any one of them was individually, but that they controlled too many things that had already been lost to history, and precisely because their base number was so large, the influence they could exert would definitely be extremely far-reaching.

So Zhang Lin had to be cautious and careful, but if they were willing to return to the now-exposed Wang family, Zhang Lin also knew in which direction they were; on the basis of the official side's forceful intervention, everything could be well controlled, and at that point the choice would no longer be in their hands.

Zhang Lin could also rest assured handing over all of this to the officials; he just needed to give them a heads-up so their people wouldn't exterminate the Wang family completely, thereby giving them some chances.

Then Zhang Lin could also select from among the existing Wang family members some people he could use, which would create an absolutely win-win situation—this was also the outcome Zhang Lin wanted to see.

But now it all depended on whether Mr. Wang would give in. If Mr. Wang truly refused, then naturally Zhang Lin wouldn't force the issue—of course, he also had no way to demand anything risky by any means now. In short, whether the Wang family as a whole chose to be rats scurrying across the street or to live in the sunlight, they had to make that choice.

Moreover, if they themselves didn't take that step, sooner or later someone else would force them into doing it.

Therefore, for Mr. Wang right now, this was definitely a very good opportunity—as long as he could cherish it, he could grasp everything; why wouldn't he?

Five seconds passed very quickly. For Mr. Wang, he had never imagined Zhang Lin would be so aggressive, because if this matter were raised, it would be a monumental decision for the Wang family—at the very least Zhang Lin should give him a few hours to think it over.

But right at this moment, Zhang Lin simply had no interest in discussing those things with him; giving ten seconds was really too little—even Mr. Wang had at one point doubted whether the other party truly had any sincerity in discussing this matter with him; if not, why bother playing him?

So Mr. Wang felt in the next moment that Zhang Lin definitely had sincerity, and he also wanted to leverage the Wang family's existing strength to accomplish some things for himself. But just looking at everything Zhang Lin had shown, it indicated he didn't have that much patience to listen to him ramble on about these things.

Nor could he give him that much time to think. Under this premise, Mr. Wang had to give the corresponding answer immediately.

Only this way could he secure some vested interests from Zhang Lin; if he kept hesitating, then Zhang Lin wouldn't give him another chance to speak.

Mr. Wang firmly believed that whatever Zhang Lin said was exactly what he meant—this also meant that if he said he'd hang up after ten seconds, then he absolutely would follow through.

If this had been a few days earlier, Mr. Wang would still have had some confidence, and might even have had the courage to use such methods to play a little game with Zhang Lin. But now he had long lost all his courage—in other words, right now it truly was the case that whatever Zhang Lin said went.

He couldn't make any rebuttal, nor could he make any decision—this was the awkward part, and faced with this awkwardness, he had no choice but to submit.

Another two seconds passed, and Mr. Wang suddenly let out a sigh.

Then he said, "Mr. Zhang, I can agree to it."

Zhang Lin on this end of the phone subconsciously nodded, and in an instant, Mr. Wang added, "Since I've agreed to this matter with you, what can I get in return? You have to know that if the entire Wang family joins the official side, very few people can be preserved—when the Wang family collapses, is that really beneficial to you?"

Mr. Wang had thought the matter through very clearly in an extremely short time, and by using this method he was also, in a roundabout way, giving Zhang Lin a show of force.

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