After the divorce, I started to transfer

Zhao Xingrong was indeed tricked into going to Luzon to discuss mining matters. This is true. At first, he did contact officials from the local mining management department in Luzon. They talked back and forth for more than a month. The main issues were the contract price and the mining period.

As a result, the information was leaked, most likely due to collusion between local mining management officials and local gangsters. They then invited him to conduct an on-site inspection of the mine, while also implying a willingness to lower the price and renegotiate the mining period.

They'd been negotiating for over a month, and Zhao Xingrong was extremely eager to secure the mine and prove himself to Zhao Jinfu. Furthermore, the other party seemed to know every detail of his negotiations with the Luzon authorities, so Zhao Xingrong had no reason to doubt anything. He went straight there and was immediately kidnapped.

After receiving the ransom, the other party didn't kill him immediately to silence him; they wanted to take it slow and keep him under control. After all, while they appeared to be a gang in the area, they were actually an illegal armed organization, and even the local police and army couldn't eliminate them all at once.

Therefore, no matter how powerful Zhao Xingrong's family is, they think it will be very difficult to rescue the hostages and to retaliate against them. They are not afraid of their gang being exposed.

In Luzon, these local gangs' kidnapping and extortion are basically open secrets, considered a traditional business.

Furthermore, they even wanted to indirectly control the iron mine through him, which is why they spared his life.

Unexpectedly, Chen Feng, with his special abilities, was able to pinpoint Zhao Xingrong's exact location. Zhao Jinfu, on the other hand, was incredibly powerful, not only spending all the favors he had accumulated over the decades but also donating nearly a billion yuan to save him.

Then, Zhao Xingrong was actually rescued.

The man was saved, and Zhao Jinfu and Zhao Xingrong certainly didn't want to give up so easily. After all, he had almost died, and they had spent so much money and favors.

While the local gang Abuye who actually carried out the kidnapping is certainly hateful, what they hate most is the person behind the scenes who planned and orchestrated the scheme, and it is certain that this person is an insider in the local mining management department in Luzon.

So, after Zhao Xingrong returned to China, Zhao Jinfu immediately launched his revenge campaign. He had been involved in both Southeast Asia and Luzon, and instead of reporting to the police, he directly asked an old friend to pay him $100,000 to hire a local intelligence broker who had been involved in the underworld for many years to find out who or how many people were plotting against his nephew.

The other party makes a living from this, and Abuye's group is a loosely organized gang, making it difficult to maintain secrecy. In less than a day, they found the two men, both mid-level officials in the mining management department, who had access to the specific details of the negotiations Zhao Xingrong had with their department.

So things became much easier. Zhao Jinfu immediately asked an old friend to place a bounty in the local area: $10 for one life, $20 for two.

In Luzon, a world-renowned impoverished country, people are willing to take risks for a few hundred dollars, let alone $20.

The result was obvious. Less than a day after the bribe was issued, the two people behind the plot were killed. One of them was driving home from get off work and had just gotten out of his car to cross the street when he was first hit by a car and then repeatedly run over and killed.

Another person was also on their way home from get off work, but as soon as they stepped out of the company gate, a motorcycle sped up and hit them both with helmets. The person on the back took out a gun and shot them in the head.

The deaths of the two local mining officials did not cause much of a stir in Luzon.

Firstly, these two officials were not high-ranking. Secondly, in Luzon, feuds and killings happen all the time; it's perfectly normal.

However, this incident had a significant deterrent effect on the local mining management department. It was revealed that the two men had orchestrated and kidnapped Zhao Xingrong, and despite their tight-lipped approach, it seemed that no one in the department knew anything about it.

But no one is a fool, especially those in the department who knew about Zhao Xingrong's previous negotiations with them, including their superiors.

Furthermore, the rescue of Zhao Xingrong caused quite a stir in Zamboanga, especially since this foreign businessman was miraculously rescued.

Therefore, everyone in their department knew that when Zhao Xingrong was invited to negotiate under the guise of their department, there must have been someone from their department involved, colluding with Abuye to set up the scheme.

However, quite a few people knew that Zhao Xingrong was negotiating with their department. Several people were directly involved, and even more were indirectly involved or aware of the situation, at least twenty or thirty people.

Therefore, their department did not know exactly who was involved in Zhao Xingrong's kidnapping case.

But now, one of them was hit by a car and the other was shot in the head; both are dead, and the answer is obvious.

Meanwhile, after killing the two culprits and avenging himself and his nephew, Zhao Jinfu immediately sent his own negotiators, along with local armed bodyguards, to the local mining management department.

He had already retired and didn't care much about business anymore, letting his nephew do whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't lose too much money.

Therefore, when Zhao Xingrong wanted to start a mining business and planned to contract a mine in Luzon, he didn't pay much attention to it and didn't look into it in depth.

Zhao Xingrong is already quite grown up, and he doesn't want his uncle to keep controlling him and treating him like a child.

After the accident, he learned more about the mine that his nephew had his eye on. After a thorough investigation and verification, he too became very interested.

After all, they lost a lot of money this time. If they could win the contract for the Luzon mine, the Zhao family would have a long-term and considerable income for the next few decades. It could be said that this was a gold mine.

He meant this when he said he could be rich for three generations.

Because intelligence work had been done in advance, and with money paving the way, coupled with the deaths of two colleagues, the local mining management department was very cooperative, giving them the green light all the way, and the contract price was much fairer than before.

But this is only the first hurdle; there are still many procedures and departments to deal with. Ultimately, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Luzon government will have to sign an agreement with them.

Because they had fed several key leaders of the local mining management department, and with the added force of military deterrence, they were able to quickly contact a high-ranking official in the local government through their introduction.

The other party had quite an appetite, but it was worth it for the sake of this mine. Zhao Jinfu only considered the amount the other party wanted for a short while, pretending to hesitate for a moment, before giving it to them and transferring it directly to the Swiss bank account designated by the other party.

With the help of this high-ranking leader, the negotiation process was incredibly fast. They quickly reached out to multiple departments in Luzon and got their approvals. In just two or three days, they reached the stage of signing the mining contract, which would require a large sum of money.

Of course, this was also because Zhao Xingrong had done a lot of preliminary work. All the necessary materials had been prepared, and negotiations had been going on for more than a month, so there had been some progress.

However, Zhao Xingrong clearly lacked a deep understanding of the local social conditions and human nature in Luzon, or rather, he had never found the right approach, otherwise it wouldn't have dragged on for so long. Now that Zhao Jinfu has taken over and is personally handling the matter, coupled with his connections in Luzon and his willingness to spend money, progress is naturally rapid.

Therefore, Zhao Jinfu managed to obtain an emergency mortgage loan of 8 million yuan from HSBC through his connections.

Therefore, the promise made to Chen Feng to donate 6 million yuan had to be postponed.

Zhao Jinfu really didn't intend to renege on his debt, after all, he knew that Chen Feng was a special person with unique abilities, even though the other party seemed to only be able to communicate telepathically and didn't seem to have any offensive capabilities.

But just like fortune tellers, if they have real skills, no one would be foolish enough to offend them.

Moreover, Chen Feng is not without a background. Although he had inquired around but had not found out Chen Feng's real backer, he dared not offend Dong Shanming, who was either his younger brother or friend.

After all, he's settled down in Xiuzhou now, living a life of retirement. Many of his companies and businesses are located in Xiuzhou. A local official is more powerful than a county official. He would be foolish to go back and offend Chen Feng, Dong Shanming, and Dong Baiyan.

Zhao Jinfu was truly doing this out of desperation, but Zhao Xingrong didn't quite understand him, which naturally angered him. He continued coldly, "The mining contract is to be signed in Luzon as early as the day after tomorrow. The deposit is $70 million, roughly 500 million RMB. Then there are public relations expenses, at least 200-300 million, making it about 800 million. Other things like legal counsel fees will be 2-3 million dollars, and we must promise to build some welfare projects for the local community, which will cost at least several million, even tens of millions of dollars, such as building bridges, roads, schools, hospitals, and community centers. All of this costs money. So, it's not that I don't want to donate money immediately, but all this money has a purpose."

Zhao Xingrong, however, disagreed, saying, "Since we're almost at the stage of signing the contract, and you've already established good relationships with them, are you still worried about Chen Feng stealing the deal? Just tell him the truth. Uncle, after all, he saved my life. It would be very unethical and immoral for us to scheme against him and lie to him. We should tell him the truth, at least we won't lie to him."

Zhao Jinfu slammed his cane down again in anger, shouting, "What do you mean by immoral? I'm not renege on my debt; I just want to postpone the donation for a while. We didn't agree on a donation date beforehand. Telling him now that I'll donate in installments over a year isn't a breach of contract at all."

Zhao Xingrong, however, was quite blunt, saying, "But you lied to him and said you had no money, when in fact you had money."

Zhao Jinfu was speechless, unable to refute. After a while, he sighed and said, "Arong, I told you, I had no choice but to do this. It's all for the sake of our Zhao family, for our continued prosperity decades from now. Otherwise, what am I doing at my age? This Luzon mine is for you, for our Zhao family's descendants. Chen Feng has a mysterious background. Even though we seem to be close to taking over the mine, we can't let our guard down or let anything go wrong. Besides, I've already told Xiao Jinhan that I can't raise the money in a short time, and Chen Feng knows that. If I go back on my word, where will I put my old face?"

After frowning and thinking for a while, Zhao Xingrong said, "How about this, we'll tell him the truth after the mining contract is signed. I'll apologize to him and say it was my idea, and I won't drag you into it."

Zhao Jinfu was greatly relieved to hear this. Although he still disagreed, he did not immediately object. He simply said, "Then we will discuss it again after the mining contract with Luzon is officially signed."

"What's there to discuss? It's settled then. Uncle, he's my savior, we can't treat him like this."

Zhao Jinfu felt somewhat gratified upon hearing this, after all, his nephew, whom he had raised for decades, was not an ungrateful person, nor was he a heartless ingrate.

"Okay, I'll do as you say." This time, Zhao Jinfu readily agreed.

Anyway, he just needs to spend most of the cash he has before his nephew confronts Chen Feng.

"Thank you, Uncle." Zhao Xingrong finally smiled when his uncle agreed.

Zhao Jinfu then said, "You must go to sign the mining contract this time. After all, you will be the head of our Zhao family from now on, and it can only be you."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xingrong's face turned pale, and his body trembled. He immediately shook his head and refused, saying, "No! I won't go! I barely escaped with my life from there, I would rather die than go."

Zhao Jinfu frowned and said with dissatisfaction, "It's just a kidnapping, isn't it? Although you were beaten badly, it was only some superficial injuries, otherwise you wouldn't have been discharged from the hospital so quickly. I fought with people back then and almost died several times. Once, someone stabbed me in the stomach, and my intestines came out. I thought I was going to die too, but I survived in the end. You need to steer our Zhao family well. This experience is valuable, but you need to overcome this fear even more. Only then can you conquer fear and become a strong person, not a coward. Besides, after we take over the Luzon mine, we'll definitely need you to go there and keep an eye on things often. We can't expect me to do it for you at my age, can we?"

Zhao Xingrong was a dutiful son, so he could only plead with a pained expression, "Uncle, could you postpone it for a while before I go?"

"What's the point of waiting a while before going? Besides, only you, as the chairman, can go to sign the mining contract this time. No one else, including me, can go. Don't worry, for your safety, we will hire a bodyguard team not only here in China, but also in Luzon. The entire bodyguard team will have at least twenty people, and they will all be armed. There will definitely be no problem with your safety. Moreover, I will go with you, and we can also meet some old friends and colleagues, expand your network there, get to know some important local figures, and continue public relations to ultimately secure the mine."

After Zhao Jinfu said that, Zhao Xingrong really couldn't find any reason to object or delay, so he could only sit there with a gloomy face and remain silent.

……

After separating from Xiao Panpan, Chen Feng went to Bibo Garden to see his daughter. He played with his daughter and son for more than half an hour. After they were tired and went to drink milk and go to sleep, Hong Xiaodan tactfully left on her own.

Liu Ying then dragged Chen Feng to the bedroom to look at her newly bought lipstick, saying it was peach-flavored.

Around 3 p.m., Chen Feng left Bibo Garden and returned to his home in Zijin Garden. He then stayed in the training room, meditating and absorbing energy.

While having dinner with the two women that evening, Wu Mengting announced that her new script, "Her Century," had been officially completed.

Sun Xiaorui immediately applauded and said happily, "Congratulations! This drama is sure to be another huge hit. I wish it great success in ratings."

Chen Feng also said with a smile, "This drama is your turning point. Although I haven't seen the specific content yet, from what you said before, it tells the story of two women who love and hate each other, and I think it will be very interesting. At least the women will definitely like it very much."

Wu Mengting also said confidently: "This story mainly tells about the rise and confrontation of women in the new era in the workplace and personal relationships. It has a broad scope and is not just about love and family conflicts. In addition, it also presents the personal charm of women in the new era and their various shining points."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng frowned and asked, "It's not going to be about feminism or something, is it?"

“Of course not,” Wu Mengting immediately denied. “This story is about female independence and self-reliance, about women’s struggles in modern society.”

"That's good. Gender equality means that both men and women should be independent, self-reliant, and strive for their own success. Don't create topics of gender antagonism and conflict in the script; everyone is very sensitive about that now."

Wu Mengting nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, I know that, so I was very careful when writing it, trying my best to avoid these sensitive issues." (End of Chapter)