Chapter 2602: The Mastermind

"That's true!" Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Investment, naturally, is high risk, high return. If the risk is high but the return on investment is low, there's really no need to do it."

As he spoke, Zhou Andong slowly stood up, walked behind the desk, sat down, reached out to pick up the phone on the desk, and skillfully dialed a string of numbers: "I'll ask around to see who the mastermind behind this matter is, and then decide whether to invest or not."

Only two people understood Zhou Andong and Nie Wen's words. One was Wu Hongkang, and the other was Shen Wenqi. The "risk" in Zhou Andong's mouth was not as simple as its surface meaning.

Its actual meaning was how large the power behind this matter was. If the power was too immense, then the risks associated with it would undoubtedly multiply.

For Bai Hui, if she couldn't offer a return commensurate with the risk, Zhou Andong naturally couldn't help. After all, no one would offend a powerful enemy for no reason for someone they weren't related to.

Bai Hui didn't understand, but her eyes had been watching Zhou Andong making the call, with a trace of disbelief in them. Ever since she and her husband took over the pharmaceutical factory, their social circle had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Whether it was status or social standing, it was completely different from the past. Those dignitaries, celebrities, and business elites who were once out of reach had become frequent guests in their daily interactions.

However, ever since the sudden misfortune at home, everything had changed. Those brothers and sisters who used to speak so loudly, and those seemingly intimate business partners, had all disappeared overnight.

Bai Hui was anxious and ran around frantically seeking help. She didn't hesitate to lower her status, begging everyone who might be able to help her, and even made heavy promises, willing to take out all her family assets in exchange for her husband's safety.

But facing her crying and pleading, these former friends avoided her like snakes and scorpions. Let alone meeting, they wouldn't even answer a phone call. After failing to find help, she retreated to the next best thing, just wanting to know the true identity of the mastermind.

For this, she expressed willingness to pay two million to buy the information. Unfortunately, until this moment, until today, no one dared to earn this two million. From this, it could be seen that the power of this mastermind hidden in the dark was simply beyond imagination, to the point where everyone felt fear toward them, to the point where even with such a huge reward offered, no one dared to sell the information to her. In the end, having truly run out of options, she ran to Beijing to find Shen Wenqi.

Bai Hui watched Zhou Andong without blinking. Could Zhou Andong really know the information she couldn't buy for two million with just one phone call?

Bai Hui suddenly felt her heartbeat accelerate, her nerves suddenly tightened, and her spirit began to tense up. If Zhou Andong could really find out who the mastermind was with just one phone call, then his energy absolutely exceeded her imagination. If he was willing to take action, he would definitely be able to save her husband.

"Who is this!" Zhou Andong tilted his neck, clamped the receiver, then took out a cigarette from his pocket, and just as he was about to light it with a lighter, Zhao Liangping's somewhat lazy voice came from the receiver.

"Damn it!" Zhou Andong cursed, then pressed the lighter and lit the cigarette: "Are you sleeping?"

"Oh, Chairman Zhou!" Zhao Liangping's voice immediately became spirited: "I'm truly flattered to receive your call."

Zhou Andong gave a 'heh' of a laugh: "Did you kid not do anything good, sleeping so early?"

"I didn't sleep all night last night." Zhao Liangping yawned: "I only slept at 1:00 PM."

Zhou Andong didn't chat with Zhao Liangping anymore and said: "I want to ask you about something."

"I knew it; you definitely have something when you call me." Zhao Liangping returned to his lazy state: "Say it, what's the matter."

Zhou Andong took a drag of his cigarette and asked: "You know about Baijian Pharmaceutical in Yangcheng, right?"

"Hmm?" Zhao Liangping became spirited again: "Old Zhou, don't tell me you have a relationship with Baijian Pharmaceutical's boss, Shen Wenli."

Zhou Andong sighed: "I don't have a relationship with Shen Wenli, but I am a business partner with his cousin, Shen Wenqi."

"Damn it!" Zhao Liangping cursed: "You really want to intervene?"

A smile appeared on Zhou Andong's face. For this kind of thing, asking anyone else was useless; only top-tier second-generation kids like Zhao Liangping were useful, because their information was more well-informed than anyone else's.

"Let's not talk about that for now. First, tell me, who is the person behind this matter!"

Zhao Liangping pondered and said: "I haven't paid special attention to Shen Wenli's matter, but I heard that the pusher behind it is Zhuo Ning."

"Zhuo Ning?" Zhou Andong's brows furrowed: "What is his status?"

Zhao Liangping said with a smile: "The younger brother of the Provincial Public Security Department Deputy Director, Zhuo Hua."

Zhou Andong's eyebrows raised: "Can the younger brother of a provincial department deputy director make such a big commotion?"

"I also think it's impossible." Zhao Liangping pondered and said: "If Zhuo Ning wants to swallow Baijian Pharmaceutical, he'll choke to death. So, there should be another person behind Zhuo Ning, and this person has a bit of a relationship with you."

"Has a bit of a relationship with me?" Zhou Andong pondered, and a flash of light crossed his mind: "Are you saying it's Wu Hui?"

There was no sound from the receiver for a moment. After about five or eight seconds, he heard Zhao Liangping explode with a foul word: "Damn it, are you even human? You can guess this?"

"Is this hard to guess?" Zhou Andong said as a matter of course: "In Guangdong Province, I don't know many people, and there are only two people who have the ability to push this matter, one of whom is you.

But we have a very deep friendship, not just 'a bit of a relationship.' Therefore, it can only be Wu Hui, whom I haven't met yet but have already formed a grudge with."

"I'm convinced!" Zhao Liangping said in admiration: "Actually, Zhuo Hua also has a bit of a relationship with you."

Zhou Andong blinked: "But I really don't know Zhuo Hua, and I don't even know there's such a person in the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department."

Zhao Liangping chuckled: "You took down Dongtai, and the Provincial Full-time Deputy Secretary Wu Hangshu was furious. He immediately ran to the department and threw a tantrum, then demanded the department set up a special investigation team to investigate the Dongguan Municipal Bureau's abuse of law enforcement power, and the head of the special investigation team is this Zhuo Hua."

Zhou Andong rubbed his nose: "I haven't paid attention to the Dongtai case for a long time. To what extent has it reached?"

"The Dongtai case is still under investigation and is in the confidential stage." Zhao Liangping said: "However, pulling out the radish brings out the mud; I heard it involves quite a few people. Moreover, the entire Guangdong Province is currently in a 'strike hard' campaign, and Rao Zhanhua's life is likely to be forfeited."

Speaking of this, Zhao Liangping suddenly asked: "Chairman Zhou, I heard that on the day Rao Zhanhua was arrested, you went to see him and even told his fortune, saying he wouldn't live past this year. Is it true or false?"

"Of course it's true." Zhou Andong said solemnly: "Looking at yin and yang and determining life and death is my family's ancestral craft."

"Brother!" Zhao Liangping's voice suddenly rose several degrees: "When you have time, take a look for me. Mainly about marriage—see when I can find a woman who truly and sincerely likes me."

Zhou Andong opened his mouth and smiled silently: "No problem, as long as you can pay the divination fee."

"Good!" Zhao Liangping agreed very readily: "When you come to Guangdong Province, notify me in advance. I'll set up a table then and introduce you to a few friends."

"That works!" Zhou Andong agreed: "Then that's it; I have things to do here."

"Wait!" Zhao Liangping hurriedly said: "Do you need my help?"

Zhou Andong thought for a moment: "Not for now. If I need it, I definitely won't let you help for nothing."

"That's being too formal." Zhao Liangping said with a smile: "If we brothers talk about money, the relationship will fade."

"Fine, then that's it." Zhou Andong laughed along, put down the phone, and then faced everyone's gazes: "The mastermind behind this is Wu Hui, and his father is the Provincial No. 3." ===== CHAPTER 2603 =====