Chapter 3001

In just a few seconds, Steve on the other end of the phone had already cursed all the profanities he knew in his heart.

"Damn Ye Chen, how the hell can he speak so harshly! This bastard, does he really take me, Steve Rothschild, for a greenhorn?!"

"And what 'give me a chance, I'm useless'—what the hell gives you the right to be so arrogant? Do you take me for a dog by your side?!"

"So what if you bet on my father? Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

Thinking of this, Steve's heart suddenly sank, and he thought to himself, "Damn... I really am afraid! If I let the old man preside over my funeral in the future, what kind of life is this?"

At this moment, Steve felt unprecedented despair deep in his heart.

With his status and background, his emotions had not been very rich since the moment he was born.

Unlike the vast majority of people, in his fifty-plus years of life, he had almost never experienced hardship, suffering, grief, or despair.

As the saying goes, a full man does not know the hunger of a starving man.

It is also like those medieval European lords who enjoyed the right of the first night; they could never understand the painful torment of a bachelor tossing and turning alone on the edge of his bed in the middle of the night.

In the past, he had never felt despair. But now, this despair was as clear as if it had been carved into his heart and bones, one cut at a time.

At this moment, Steve really felt like a human who had sold his soul to the devil. Although he had achieved great success in human society, in front of the devil, he was not even as good as a hellhound by the devil's side. Once the ten-year contract expired, the devil could take everything from him at any time.

And right now, Ye Chen was that devil he could not contend with at all.

It wasn't that Ye Chen's comprehensive strength was really much stronger than the Rothschild family's; the key was that he had perfectly found an excellent balance point between him and his father.

His father relied on him to save his life, and as long as his demands were not extremely harsh, his father would never disobey him in any way;

He had leverage in his hands. If he took a step forward, he could use the exposure of his cover-up of the Four Directions Treasure Tower leaving New York to make his father disown him; and if he took a step back, he could help his father continue his life, allowing him to sit in the crown prince's position until he died.

How was he supposed to break this deadlock?

Kill Ye Chen?

Impossible. This guy's personal strength was as ghostly as a demon. Previously at the Zhou family manor, he had ten thousand chances to kill him. In this situation, what could he use to fight him head-on?

Steve thought about it over and over, and felt that Ye Chen was an unsolvable existence for him.

He was exactly like a mage who had glitched a game; he could camp at this bug point and continuously release long-range skills. As long as he camped at this bug, no matter how many monsters, or even the biggest boss, they could not touch him at all.

Steve, in extreme despair, could only act like a pathetic grandson, respectfully saying, "Mr. Ye, don't worry, I will definitely grasp this opportunity well! I will do my utmost to maintain the industries your grandfather's family left in the United States. All profits will definitely not be lower than your expectations!"

Hearing his statement, Ye Chen's tone softened slightly, and he said faintly, "Then I will wait to see your performance."

Having said that, Ye Chen hung up the phone directly.

The three members of the An family, after hearing the conversation between Ye Chen and Steve, were all a bit unable to collect their thoughts.

A moment later, An Qishan spoke up, "Chen'er, actually, those assets don't really matter. If it really doesn't work out, they can be sold at a discount, which would be a clean break. Steve is an arrogant and domineering person; if you provoke him too much, he might bring you trouble one day."

Ye Chen shook his head, "Grandfather, Steve has leverage in my hands and still needs me. It's just that he can't set his own mindset and position straight and always wants to rebel. The more such a person is, the more you have to suppress and torture him, exhausting his excessive dignity and sense of superiority, so that he can be honest."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added, "This matter is actually a good opportunity to polish him."

An Qishan nodded and added, "The corpses of Chen Zhimin and that Earl Zhongyong were cleaned up by Howard's men. I think they might be targeted by the Anti-Qing Society in the future. Will they be able to trace it back to you through this matter? And will the news of the pill you had the Nordic Queen sell to Howard spread and be known by the Anti-Qing Society?"

Ye Chen said, "I'm not sure about Chen Zhimin's matter, but the Four Directions Treasure Tower matter will definitely make Wu Feiyan pay attention to the Rothschild family. However, I actually think Wu Feiyan won't act rashly. The high probability is that she will still arrange for some 'scholars' to enter the interior of the Rothschild family, just like her layout in the An family."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added, "Currently, the only ones in the Rothschild family who know of my existence are Steve and his son, and the only ones who know that Howard took the pill and recovered are Howard, Steve and his son, and a few doctors. However, Howard will definitely seal this news; the outside world doesn't even know he had a stroke, let alone the matter of the pill."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused slightly and continued, "Whether it is my existence or the existence of the pill, it counts as the most core confidential information in the Rothschild family. If the Anti-Qing Society wants to know this information, they must first complete the layer-by-layer infiltration of the Rothschild family, which I'm afraid they won't be able to complete for a while."

"That's true," An Qishan nodded, "Chen Zhimin and Dong Liqin were only allowed to enter the An family after they had appeared by your aunt's and third uncle's side for at least a few years and had reached the point of discussing marriage."

Ye Chen was thoughtful for a moment and said, "Therefore, in the short term, the Anti-Qing Society cannot know of my existence, and I don't need to hide for a long time. Three years, at most three years! Within three years, I want to make the Anti-Qing Society's strength shrink by at least seventy percent! By then, the Anti-Qing Society will no longer be a threat to me."

Ye Chen knew very well that his strength was not only separated from Wu Feiyan by a Niwan Palace, but also by over a hundred years of cultivation. If he wanted to kill her, without a heaven-sent opportunity, I'm afraid he might not achieve it even in a few decades.

Pessimistically speaking, perhaps by the day Wu Feiyan reaches the end of her five-hundred-year lifespan, he might still not be her match.

However, Ye Chen's perspective on this issue had changed.

He realized that to deal with Wu Feiyan, one should raise the height of viewing the problem to the overall situation, starting from the big picture rather than just focusing on the strength gap between the two.

Although Wu Feiyan is very strong, she is still human, not a god. The reason she has been able to not leave the Anti-Qing Society's base for decades while still constantly expanding the Anti-Qing Society's strength relies almost entirely on the Five Armies Governor's Office of the Anti-Qing Society.

The Five Armies Governor's Office develops and cultivates its own forces worldwide, constantly expanding its comprehensive strength. Under its command, there may be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers and Xiaoqi Guards; this is where the Anti-Qing Society is truly terrifying.

Therefore, Ye Chen felt that as long as he could take down at least three of the Anti-Qing Society's Five Armies Governor's Offices and rescue those dead soldiers and Xiaoqi Guards, Wu Feiyan would lose her right-hand men. If he could digest these dead soldiers and Xiaoqi Guards, perhaps he could directly eradicate all forces outside the Anti-Qing Society's base in the future.

If that day really comes, she, Wu Feiyan, will only be able to shrink back to that unknown small island in Antarctica, and she will never have the chance to make a comeback in this lifetime!