Chapter 1743

Hearing Gu Yanzhong's reminder, Ye Chen immediately nodded and said, "Uncle Gu, don't worry. Since I have decided to transform, everything must be reasonable and legal. I will make this point clear to Wan Pojun!"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added, "Moreover, based on my current understanding of the Cataclysmic Front, most of their soldiers are martial artists. Even without thermal weapons, their combat effectiveness will absolutely not be inferior, and dealing with ordinary armed personnel will certainly be no problem."

Gu Yanzhong smiled slightly and said, "That couldn't be better. As long as it can be ensured to be reasonable and legal, this matter will certainly be able to operate for a long time. If it can be thoroughly whitewashed, that is also a great thing for the Cataclysmic Front!"

Ye Chen nodded, raised his wine glass, and said respectfully, "Come, Uncle Gu, I toast you! Thank you for designing a bright path for the Cataclysmic Front!"

"Not at all!" Gu Yanzhong raised his wine glass and said seriously, "Uncle just hopes that when you lead the Ye family to stand at the pinnacle of the world in the future, you won't be like those nouveau riche and those in power who have countless dark histories. Among the top wealthy people these days, there are truly too few who can guarantee a clean history!"

As he spoke, he sighed, "Not to mention anything else, just look at our own country. Some people relied on selling fake goods to become the richest person on the surface; some relied on piracy and plagiarism to make a fortune; some relied on rogue software to become industry giants, and others relied on embezzling public assets to become billionaires. Those who rely on their wives, rely on their fathers-in-law to engage in speculation, or even engage in empty-handed white-wolf schemes, are even more countless!"

Ye Chen smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Uncle Gu, if you put it that way, my history may not be truly glorious either. The second son of the Kobayashi family is still locked up in Jin Ling."

"That's different." Gu Yanzhong blurted out, "I've heard you talk about the Kobayashi family's matter. If they hadn't coveted your medicinal pills, they naturally wouldn't have brought disaster upon themselves. Since they were at fault first, everything you did was reasonable and well-founded! So you don't need to have any psychological burden!"

Ye Chen smiled awkwardly and added, "This time when I went to Northern Europe, I also extorted 4.5 billion Euros from a collateral branch of the Rothschild family."

The three members of the Gu family were stunned. 4.5 billion Euros, even in the eyes of the Gu family, was a huge sum of money. That Ye Chen could extort so much money from the hands of the Rothschild family was simply unbelievable.

Gu Yanzhong asked very nervously, "Chen'er, how did you come into contact with the Rothschild family so early? This is not a good thing for you. Although the Ye family's strength is very strong now, compared to the Rothschild family, it is still a hundred and eight thousand miles away..."

Ye Chen hurriedly said, "It was just a collateral branch family, and I acted quite decisively, so I won't leave any clues. As for that money, it was all laundered into the Ito family's hands through the Cataclysmic Front's overseas channels. I didn't touch it."

As he spoke, Ye Chen explained the whole story of the conflict between himself and William's family in the Nordic palace to the three of them.

However, regarding his use of Qi to control the dealer, Ye Chen did not explain it so clearly, only saying that he was proficient in some hypnosis techniques.

After hearing this, Gu Qiuyi shouted that it was satisfying and said excitedly, "Brother Ye Chen, this matter was handled so satisfyingly! That William Rothschild actually wanted to cheat Brother Ye Chen's money; he was simply courting death! He deserved to be sent to Syria to experience life!"

Gu Yanzhong also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Since the incident happened inside the palace, and everyone else was controlled, then there is basically nothing to worry about."

Lin Wanqiu on the side hurriedly asked, "By the way, Chen'er, that Aman Abramovich, will there be any risk?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "He was not present for the gambling game and the subsequent events, so he has no idea what happened."

Lin Wanqiu set her mind at ease and nodded, "That's good."

This meal made Ye Chen and Gu Yanzhong very happy.

The two drank at the dinner table until midnight, and only then did they end the drinking session, still feeling unfulfilled, at the request of Lin Wanqiu and Gu Qiuyi.

Gu Qiuyi sent Ye Chen to the guest room. Because she knew Ye Chen had to return to Jin Ling early in the morning, she insisted on driving him to the airport herself tomorrow morning.

Ye Chen readily agreed.

That night, Ye Chen didn't sleep much.

What he was thinking about in his mind was the future of himself and the Ye family.

In addition to the Ye family's current industries, he was looking forward even more to his Yisu Shipping and Nine Mysteries Pharmaceuticals.

If these two industries could be made big and strong, either one of them would have the opportunity to create trillion-level wealth.

Long-distance shipping goes without saying; the vast majority of global logistics rely on shipping, and the future development space will only get larger and larger.

As for Nine Mysteries Pharmaceuticals, Ye Chen had a large number of excellent prescriptions. Even if he just took one out of the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra," it could become a globally best-selling drug.

What is even more valuable is that other pharmaceutical companies, such as Pfizer in the United States, Novartis, Merck in France, etc., have research and development costs of billions of dollars for just one drug, and it takes several years, and the success rate is not high. Therefore, most of their sales proceeds have to be used to fill the R&D costs, but Ye Chen doesn't need to spend a penny on R&D.

What remained was the Cataclysmic Front that he had just brought under his command.

Letting this group of people successfully whitewash as soon as possible had become his top priority at the moment.

Gu Yanzhong's words gave him great inspiration.

For an armed organization like the Cataclysmic Front, whether they continue to be mercenaries in the future or devote part of their energy to international security, they must have a relatively loose and free core base.

And this base must not only satisfy the daily life and training of the Cataclysmic Front members, but also be used to store the Cataclysmic Front's important equipment and supplies.

However, the vast majority of countries and regions would not allow tens of thousands of armed personnel to be stationed in their own countries, so how to choose a location became a very thorny problem.

Initially, the Cataclysmic Front was willing to serve Syria without pay in order to seek a stable base, and subsequently suffered heavy losses at the hands of Hamid and Ye Chen.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Syria is indeed a good choice, and it can even be said to be the best choice at the moment.

Not only because the local situation is turbulent, but also because there is still a Hamid there. The Cataclysmic Front and Hamid can also form a complement to some extent.

As for the official side, pushing it forward shouldn't be too difficult.

After all, if the Cataclysmic Front cooperates with the official side, it can bring many benefits to the official side.

On one hand, the Cataclysmic Front has strong combat effectiveness and can help the official side maintain stability;

On the other hand, it can also help the official side train soldiers.

Even, it can pay the official side a substantial land rental fee.

Anyway, the Cataclysmic Front is not short of money.

Moreover, Syria's geographical location is also good.

It is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, only a few hundred kilometers away from the Suez Canal, the throat of shipping.

And passing through the Suez Canal and then through the Red Sea is the Gulf of Aden, where pirates are rampant.

The Suez Canal is the only way for shipping from Asia to Western Europe, so if shipping security work is to be carried out in the future, the main battlefield will be in the Gulf of Aden area.

If the Cataclysmic Front builds a headquarters base in Syria, the straight-line distance to the Gulf of Aden can be shortened to more than two thousand kilometers. Although it sounds a bit far, for shipping routes that are often tens of thousands of kilometers long, this distance is already considered close.

If they can rely on this headquarters base to establish a forward position around the Gulf of Aden, then providing escort services for passing merchant ships through this forward position will be more convenient.

Therefore, Ye Chen felt that the most important thing at the moment was how to urge the Cataclysmic Front to reach a cooperation with Syria!