Tycoon: I can see the goddess's wish list

Chen Bolin smiled faintly. "Indeed, those three families are no worse than ours, and you have indeed found out the news. We weren't the first to act, but we have our own advantages, which I believe you've already investigated, haven't you?"

"Oh? What advantages? I truly don't know what advantages you have," Luofeng said with a smile.

Chen Bolin, however, remained silent.

Luofeng continued, "That's why I said you made a mistake before. If you hadn't fallen out with the Wu Family, if you hadn't incited Wu Fanyu, you would already have secured the corresponding benefits. Even if the Wu Family's asking price was high, I believe you could have reached an agreement through negotiation. But now, Wu Fanyu is gone. The Chen Family bears a significant responsibility for that, although there's hardly any evidence. But do you think such a matter requires any evidence?"

Luofeng went on, "In fact, you've always been giving away opportunities. If it weren't for that initial beginning, if you hadn't instigated Wu Fanyu, if you had just held back a little, if Wu Yufan's black and white photo wasn't on the wall—in all those scenarios, you were bound to win. I wouldn't even have noticed this matter."

If, at any single juncture, Chen Bolin had chosen correctly, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Chen Bolin was somewhat silent. He knew Luofeng was right. This time he had acted impulsively. He had misjudged Luofeng's identity. He had wanted to humiliate Li Bo Kai and Lin Xiaoyun, which led to a series of events, especially dragging Wu Yufan into it.

"Oh? No more room for negotiation?" Chen Bolin didn't waste words.

"Do you know what the biggest difference between us is?" Luofeng asked.

"What is it?"

"I prefer to attract allies through sharing, Naturally having more friends and thereby standing on invincible ground. You were wrong from the start. You used Wu Yufan, you schemed against him, treating him like an enemy. And you also regarded Li Bo Kai and Lin Xiaoyun as enemies. Am I not your enemy too? Don't you think you have too many enemies?"

After Luofeng said this, Chen Boli's smile faded.

Luofeng, as if he hadn't noticed the change in his expression, continued, "We could also walk away from the gold mine, but what about the Chen Family? What compensation can you offer us?"

Before Chen Bolin could speak, Li Boshui said, "Bo Kai, the Li Family will not get involved in this matter."

"Is that for you to decide?" Li Bo Kai couldn't hold back and immediately started a confrontation.

"You..."

"What about 'you'? Are you going to use that bookish logic again? You, a bookworm, mixing with Chen Ergou. I'm really worried that one day you'll be gone," Li Bo Kai retorted.

"I'm your brother."

"Oh? Is that so? You remember you're my brother now? Then why are you taking Chen Ergou's side? What's the meaning of this? Got nothing but bean dregs in your head?" Li Bo Kai continued his tirade.

"Li Boshui, let me tell you, don't meddle so much. Just go back home and sleep," Li Bo Kai kept on firing.

Li Boshui was about to say something.

But Li Bo Kai interrupted him, "If you say one more word, don't even think about getting a penny from me. A scholar is useless for anything but asking for money—what else can you do?"

Li Boshui's expression turned ugly, but he remained silent, stood up in anger, and left.

When Li Boshui left, Li Bo Kai turned to Chen Ergou, "Ergou, did you deliberately invite him to annoy me?"

"You underestimate me. For so many years, you've all called me the Dog-headed Military Division. Why don't you think more about that?" Chen Bolin chuckled.

Luofeng interjected from the side, "Using Brother Li Er, he confirmed my determination."

"That's why I like to deal with intelligent people," Chen Bolin indirectly affirmed what Luofeng said.

"Spinach, your cultivation hasn't improved in the slightest. I'm truly worried for you," Chen Bolin feigned concern, but his speech was actually full of yin and yang.

"Brother Luofeng, since you've made up your mind now, how shall we proceed?" Chen Bolin asked.

"Two proposals."

"Oh? Let's hear them."

Luofeng said, "The first proposal: we join in too, including myself. Each family splits everything evenly."

"Do you think that's possible?" Chen Bolin, seeing this, chuckled.

"Not very likely," Luofeng said. "According to what you said, the Wu Family's asking price was too high, so you ousted them. If we go with the first proposal, you would have to give up eighty percent of the profits, which you wouldn't accept."

"Get to the second proposal!" Chen Bolin said.

Luofeng assumed as much. If the Chen Family were willing to accept such a proposal, they wouldn't have resorted to underhanded tactics against Wu Yufan.

Luofeng said, "The second proposal is that you provide compensation. We've spent a lot of manpower and resources; there has to be some compensation."

"How much?"

"How much can your Chen Family offer?"

Chen Bolin let out a light 'Hmm'. "Just name your price. If we can talk, we'll talk; if not, we each rely on our own abilities. I'll remind you, our Chen Family has been setting things up there for over a year now. Are you sure you want to compete?"

"Why not?" Luofeng glanced at the three people. "Whether it's the resources of the three families or my own, we're all eager to make a move."

Chen Bolin's threat seemed rather feeble.

And, facing Luofeng's threat, Chen Bolin was quite speechless. Both the three families and Luofeng made the Chen Family weary.

They hadn't shown any flaws, had they? How had they been found out?

"Name your price!" Chen Boli gritted his teeth.

"This much," Luofeng gestured with one finger.

"10 million?"

Before Luofeng could answer, Li Bo Kai retorted directly, "10 million? Are you trying to appease beggars?"

"10 million isn't enough? Think we're robbing a Bank?" Chen Bolin scoffed.

"Robbing a Bank is too exhausting. Who knows how much money is in there? It might only be a few million. Isn't robbing you directly much better?" Li Bo Kai said with dark humor.

Luofeng laughed. "I'm talking about one billion."

"Are you crazy?" Chen Bolin looked at Luofeng as if he were an idiot.

Of course, Chen Dali, Li Bo Kai, and the others were also looking at Luofeng in great surprise.

They had assumed it was one hundred million, but they hadn't expected one billion.

"Whether I'm crazy or not, don't you already know?"

Luofeng's words made Chen Bolin silent.

"I suggest you go back and ask your parents for their opinion. If you're willing to agree, we can back out of this project. If not, then it's as you said at the beginning: we'll each rely on our own skill," Luofeng said with a smile.

Chen Bolin took a deep breath, grabbed a large kidney, chewed it savagely a few times, and then threw it away without finishing it.

"You're ruthless!"

As he spoke, Chen Bolin stood up and left.

"I trust you know how to contact me," Luofeng said, watching Chen Bolin's retreating figure.

After Chen Bolin had left, Chen Dali said, "Luofeng, are you serious?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Luofeng replied with a smile.

Excitement filled the eyes of Chen Dali and the others. If Luofeng could demand one billion, it meant that the gold mine in the Rainbow Region must be extremely valuable.

"Could it be about the gold mine's reserves over there? Luofeng, have you already figured it all out?" Chen Dali inquired.

In fact, the System had already informed Luofeng. The reserves there were in the tens of billions. Even after paying various taxes and accounting for all costs, there was still a net profit in the five billion range. Although it would take ten years to extract, it would mean a profit of five hundred million a year. Even if divided among four families, with each getting a 'small goal,' wouldn't that be good? The key was, controlling gold meant controlling power, not to mention the alliances that could be built with the gold mine as a bond. That's why Luofeng had asked for one billion. It was a price neither too high nor too low. He hadn't expected the Chen Family to accept this price, but through this price, he could indicate the value of the gold mine to Chen Dali and the others.

"Originally, I hadn't fully investigated it either. But just now, by testing Chen Bolin's attitude, it's clear there are huge benefits involved," Luofeng said, feigning a sudden realization.

"Seeing that Chen Ergou didn't outright refuse, it's evident that the stakes are considerable." Chen Dali knew that if Chen Bolin had rejected angrily, the gold mine surely wouldn't be that significant. However, the reactions just now all indicated that the gold mine was indeed awesome.