Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 500: Secret and Great - Part

Just when Zhou Wang finished instructing Guo Bing, Zhang Dashao and others, he suddenly heard the system prompt again.

……

Ding!
[It is detected that the host intersects with the events of the "past" for the first time, triggering an adventure and opening a hidden round - Secret and Great: Chapter 2]

[Automatically bound to the adventure event: The truth behind the demise of the Jiangnan Guo family]

[After understanding all the causes and consequences, will you choose to wear the mask yourself? ]

[The gods have no merit, the saints have no name, the wise have no self]

……

Zhou Wang stood there in a daze, digesting the information suddenly transmitted by the system with some surprise.

It can only be said that this [hidden round] came beyond Zhou Wang's expectations, but it also seemed reasonable.

What Zhou Wang couldn’t help but complain about was that the triggering conditions for this [Hidden Round] were too damn harsh.

Before time went back, Zhou Wang had not received any clues at all. It was only at this moment, after he had an outline of the whole thing, that the system's prompt popped up.

But based on the system's prompts, Zhou Wang can basically be sure of one thing.

The demise of Guo Nansheng's family was indeed closely related to "himself".

If you are just a bystander, it is impossible to trigger the opening of the hidden round, especially the special chapter [Secret and Great].

Based on the previous experience, this was all a process in which Zhou Wang was exploring "another self".

Unlike [Angels and Demons], they are all exploring others.

Since there is a middle chapter, maybe there may also be a "final chapter"?
Shaking his head, Zhou Wang discarded the random thoughts in his mind. He waved to Lin Ran who had been waiting in the corner.

"Sister Ran, go clear out the meeting room on the other side of the corridor and do some simple decoration... Also, tell Qingkui that she will host the opening dance party. I have some things to take care of."

"what?"

Upon hearing that Zhou Wang was going to miss the dance party, Lin Ran was hesitant to speak.

After all, as the host, according to the etiquette of such an important dinner party, Zhou Wang should lead the first dance.

As for Lin Ran, she still has a bit of unrealistic fantasy... What if Zhou Wang is not good at making a choice and she ends up getting the chance to become Zhou Wang's dance partner?

But now that I heard that Zhou Wang would be absent from the dance, there was naturally no need to think about anything.

Lin Ran subconsciously wanted to persuade him, but when she looked up and caught a glimpse of Zhou Wang's deep gaze staring out the window, she immediately swallowed her words, responded, and turned around and hurried away.

……

"Are you sure this is here?"

Guo Wangshan glanced at his son suspiciously, then looked at the half-open door in front of him. Although there was light, it was obviously a remote room far away from the banquet hall.

"Yes, Uncle Zhou said that he must ask you to come here alone first. He has something important to discuss with you."

Guo Bing, feeling timid under the stare of his father, subconsciously smiled awkwardly.

Obviously he didn't lie, but maybe because he had been taught too many lessons by his father in the past, he lacked confidence.

Fortunately, when he heard that it was Zhou Wang's invitation, Guo Wangshan finally said nothing. After waving his hand to let his son go back, he tidied his clothes and walked into the room alone.

Just after Guo Wangshan walked into the room which should be the conference room, he heard the sound of the door closing behind him. Guo Wangshan turned his head and saw no one behind him. He raised his eyebrows in surprise.

This conference room looks just ordinary, but the door has this automatic sensing function?
But soon, Guo Wangshan was attracted by the conversation coming from the conference room. Hearing some familiar voices, he quickened his pace and walked through the porch. When he turned the corner, he saw five well-dressed middle-aged men and women sitting or standing on both sides of a long table covered with a gorgeous tablecloth in the center of the room.

"Mr. Guo, why are you here too?"

Seeing Guo Wangshan appear, He Jinglun, who was sitting alone at the outermost edge of the long table and smoking a cigar, stood up first, put away his originally nonchalant attitude, and said with some surprise.

The second person to react was a mature woman with a delicate temperament who was standing by the window with her shoulders folded. She had been staring blankly at the night outside the window, looking a little uneasy. When she saw Guo Wangshan appear, the woman glanced at the others, and then her expression changed slightly, as if she had thought of something.

The woman was none other than Mr. Zhang's mother, a well-known business woman in Shanghai, and the eldest daughter of the Zhang Group, Zhang Shiling, who was known as the "Rose of the Bund".

In addition to He Jinglun and Zhang Shiling, the remaining three people in the room were Chen Qiaosheng from Tianqiao Group, Shen Li from Far Eastern Shipping Group and Liu Heng from Sutong Express Group.

The other four men except her seemed to have thought of something at the same time at this moment. They looked at each other and their expressions became a little strange.

Guo Wangshan's eyes narrowed, but he soon regained his composure and said with a smile, "Everyone, it's been a while since we last met... Were you also invited by President Zhou?"

"Yes, it seems that you, Mr. Guo, are also like this. I just don't know why Mr. Zhou invited us here. Why didn't he come to see him? Mr. Guo, has Mr. Zhou told you?"

Chen Qiaosheng looked around and said with some confusion.

"No, it was my son who helped to spread the word. He brought me here directly..."

"It was Zhiyuan who brought me here."

Zhang Shiling said softly.

"So you haven't seen Mr. Zhou either? I was brought here by Mr. Zhou's assistant, Ms. Xu. I thought Mr. Zhou wanted to talk to me alone."

Liu Heng was pouring himself a bottle of 30-year-old Macallan whiskey that cost more than yuan. He paused and frowned, "Mr. Guo, Mr. Zhang, could one of you call Mr. Zhou to ask... After all, Mr. Liu, Mr. Shen, and I don't seem to be very familiar with Mr. Zhou."

"I'll fight."

Guo Wangshan also felt it was a bit strange and immediately took out his cell phone. However, as soon as he took out the phone, Guo Wangshan's expression was stunned.

"Mr. Guo, what's wrong?"

"My cell phone seems to have no signal..."

"Then I'll do it."

He Jinglun, who had exchanged contact information with Zhou Wang last time, immediately took out his mobile phone, but soon his expression became stunned.

“I don’t have a signal on my phone either.”

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, the remaining few people took out their mobile phones to check, and then their expressions changed slightly and they looked at each other.

Obviously, their cell phones, without exception, had no signal.

"Could it be because this room is relatively remote?"

Liu Heng tried to walk to the window. "This is a Class A office building in the center of Magic City. The signal will be full even in the parking lot or elevator, not to mention indoors. It has nothing to do with the location..."

Chen Qiaosheng responded with a frown, then he stood up and walked quickly towards the porch.

After a moment, Chen Qiaosheng turned back with an unpleasant expression, "The door is locked and can't be opened... Mr. Guo?"

Guo Wangshan was also surprised when he heard this. "When I came in, the door of the room closed by itself. I didn't move it..."

Everyone was a little uneasy now.

The door was locked and the phone had no signal. None of this sounded like an unrelated coincidence...

"What is Mr. Zhou going to do?"

Shen Li said incredulously, "What's the point of tricking us here and locking us up here?"

Everyone frowned in silence, not knowing what they were thinking. Guo Wangshan shook his head subconsciously, "Brother Zhou shouldn't make such a boring joke... although I can't think of any other possibilities for now."

After Guo Wangshan finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the porch to check. Just as Chen Qiaosheng said, the door was locked tightly from the outside and could not be opened at all.

"Everyone...could it be that this was not actually instructed by President Zhou?"

At this time, Zhang Shiling, whose face turned a little pale and seemed uncomfortable, could not help but speak out.

"Shi Ling, what do you mean? Aren't we all invited by President Zhou?"

Chen Qiaosheng, who seemed to be quite familiar with Zhang Shiling, asked in confusion.

"Don't you find it strange that there are only six of us? And the layout of this room, one table, seven seats... Wasn't this also the layout when we first formed Wangjiang Club?"

Zhang Shiling murmured.

When they heard the three words Zhang Shiling said, except for Guo Wangshan who just frowned, the expressions of everyone else changed.

"Boss Zhang, why are you bringing up those old stories... Didn't Wangjiang Club disband long ago?"

"Can everything that happened before be erased just by disbanding?"

Zhang Shiling sneered, his eyes sweeping across the other men in the room, "Besides, it's not a long time ago, it's only been two or three years... Of course, everyone's assets have increased several times now, and if you look at the changes in your own families, it can indeed be considered a lifetime ago."

"Mr. Zhang, what's with your sarcastic tone?"

He Jinglun said with some dissatisfaction, "I don't know who you want to mock, but when our temporary Chamber of Commerce still existed, you also made a lot of profit from it, right?"

"I did make a profit, but... I feel uneasy. Everyone, I really want to ask you, can you really feel so at ease?"

"What a joke, why can't we just be at peace with ourselves?"

Liu Heng said in a deep voice, "If you are talking about that incident... then it is Guo Sanli who has brought this upon himself!"

"enough!"

Finally unable to bear it any longer, Guo Wangshan's face darkened and he scolded, "Have you forgotten our previous agreement? We only talk about the future, not the past... Also, I don't want to hear that name again."

Normally, given Guo Wangshan's status among the crowd, after he said this, everyone would have stopped talking. In fact, Chen Qiaosheng, He Jinglun and others did not intend to continue talking about this matter, but Zhang Shiling did not seem to intend to obey.

"Boss Guo, I'm afraid some things are beyond our control..."

"Shi Ling, what happened to you today? Are you stimulated by something?"

Guo Wangshan frowned.

Zhang Shiling smiled nervously, "Exciting? Not really... It's just that, just before entering this conference room, I received a text message like this."

As he spoke, Zhang Shiling unlocked his phone and placed it on the table.

Guo Wangshan glanced down, and the others came over in confusion. When they saw the content of the anonymous text message, their expressions changed.

"Thank you for not removing the roots. Today, the blood debt must be paid with blood."

This seemingly nonsensical text message, in this situation, seemed to have some kind of obvious direction, making everyone look surprised and confused.

"I thought it was some kind of prank and didn't take it seriously."

Zhang Shiling explained with a startled look on his face, "Until we entered this conference room and saw you, and now, we are trapped here. And if I'm not mistaken, you all came here alone, right?"

No one said anything, but their gloomy expressions were tantamount to assent.

None of them brought an assistant or bodyguard. Out of their subconscious trust in Zhou Wang, they all came alone.

"But if it is really as you guessed, this is revenge from the Jiangnan Guo family... then why did Mr. Zhou help them?"

Chen Qiaosheng couldn't help but raise his own questions.

"Brother Zhou and Guo Nansheng were roommates in college and had a good relationship before... If you want to ask what connection Zhou Wang has with their family."

Guo Wangshan, the only one who knew about it, explained it first. When everyone's expressions changed, Guo Wangshan shook his head and said, "But I don't think that all this was really designed by Brother Zhou. He was most likely just used."

"Mr. Guo, how can you be so sure about this?"

He Jinglun was puzzled and said, "I know you and Zhou Wang are good friends. After your reminder, I didn't rashly offend him, and even took the initiative to make friends with him... But from the perspective of a young person, it is normal to help the brother who is on the upper and lower bunks out of impulse, right?"

"Mr. He, the word should be 'blood boiling'..."

Zhang Shiling, who felt uncomfortable hearing this, corrected it subconsciously, but he also stared at Guo Wangshan, wanting to know why he dared to say that Zhou Wang and Guo Nansheng must not be in the same group.

Chen Qiaosheng and the others didn't say anything, but their expressions were different. Some seemed to be thinking about something, some frowned in confusion, and some looked suddenly enlightened.

Guo Wangshan looked at his cell phone and saw that there was still no signal. He thought about it, then sat down at the table and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Before, I had some concerns and I was not sure myself, so I never told you some things. Of course, I believe some of you may have guessed it."

As he spoke, Guo Wangshan pointed to the lonely seat at the top.

"You all remember that there was always an empty seat like this in the Wangjiang Club, right?"

Zhang Shiling nodded upon hearing this.

"Of course I remember this... I also remember asking you why you left the first seat vacant, and you told me that this unregistered secret chamber of commerce would not last too long, so there would be no president. Leaving an empty seat was just to remind everyone that we are always in an equal cooperation relationship."

"What if I tell you now... that this seat has never been vacant?"

Guo Wangshan said lightly with a deep gaze.

(End of this chapter)