Chapter 1779 — Borrowing Money

Old Master You's words sent a tremor through the hearts of everyone present. It seemed that the strength the hidden You Family had displayed thus far was nothing more than a façade! Just how many masters and trump cards their family held in reserve, no one could say.

"In my view, let's simply say that it was our old friend of the Zhao Family who snatched the Qi-Gathering Pills," Old Master You said after these remarks.

"You... you must not fling mud at us! How could our Zhao Family possibly have robbed the Yu Family of their Qi-Gathering Pills?" Greatly startled, Old Master Zhao hastily denied it.

"..." Old Master You was momentarily at a loss for words. "I say, old friend of the Zhao Family, you are far too worked up! I did not mean that you actually stole the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills. Rather, among us hidden clans, only you have just broken through to the Heaven-rank, so if I said you had taken the pills, it would be the most plausible story: you used the Qi-Gathering Pills to break through, and therefore you fell out with the Yu Family..."

"So that's how it is..." Old Master Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, though he cursed inwardly: that old goat had guessed all too accurately—he really had broken through after swiping the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills! Nevertheless, staging this play would cover things up to some extent. Although his own family would become the target of everyone's arrows, if the fact that he had truly made off with the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills ever came to light later, no one would believe it! But Old Master Zhao was no fool either. After a moment's deliberation, he said, "My in-law and I have staged such a dangerous play for everyone's sake. In the end, everyone stands to gain—aren't we the ones at a bit of a loss?"

"Hahaha!" Old Master You seemed to have expected Old Master Zhao to ask exactly that, so he laughed and said, "Rest assured, we are not ungrateful wolves. Your two families have stepped forward for all of us, and we will not let you suffer for it behind the scenes. This time, the You Family will offer generous pills as a token of thanks!"

"Our Tang Family, though we have no pills, still has some money to spare..." Old Master Tang also said.

"Us as well..." Old Master Pi and the others chimed in one after another, expressing their willingness to quietly offer some benefits.

And so the matter was tentatively settled for the time being!

Over these past few days, the Yu Family had pretended, as if by accident, to receive a secret tip-off from their daughter Xiao Jin, saying that the Qi-Gathering Pills had been taken by the Zhao Family. On their part, the Yu Family also had Yu Huoxing cooperate, atoning for his crimes through meritorious service by falsely accusing the Zhao Family. In this way, a rift would appear between the two families and gradually escalate to an irreconcilable falling-out, at which point the Great Elder could be summoned...

While Wei Zhao was in seclusion, a few things were also happening in Songshan City.

Gu Pengzhan stared at the numbers on his computer screen. Even a man of his experience, who had seen much of the world, could not keep his composure! The speed at which this money was being made was simply too fast! In all his years at the helm of the Gu Group, he had never earned money like this!

He had heard of people who made fortunes in a matter of minutes, and had always dismissed it with a laugh. But now Gu Pengzhan finally understood that such people truly existed—and that he had become one of them!

This futures market really was easy money! Somewhat excited, Gu Pengzhan picked up the phone and dialed An Mingyue's number.

"Brother Pengzhan, why are you calling again? Didn't we just speak a moment ago? I've sent the current profits to your email inbox. Have you checked whether you received them?" An Mingyue asked without a change in expression.

"I received it, of course I received it! Brother Mingyue, it's precisely because I received it that I called you. This futures business... doesn't the money come in a little too fast?" Gu Pengzhan was absolutely delighted. The money he had made during this period already matched the Gu Group's total annual profit in ordinary times!

"Haha, the futures market is exactly like that. What's more, with our friend Jianwen around, it's only natural that we earn a bit more." An Mingyue laughed.

"I truly must thank you, Brother Mingyue. With such a fine way to make money, you haven't forgotten your old neighbor!" Gu Pengzhan said gratefully.

"Brother Pengzhan, you needn't thank me. In futures, the more capital you put in, the more you earn. If you hadn't invested so much money, and I'd been doing it on my own, I might not have earned this much either..." An Mingyue said nonchalantly. "Besides, it was merely a side convenience—one sheep to lead or two sheep to drive, the herding is the same. Haha, it was simply the lift of a hand!"

"Brother Mingyue, in that case, I won't be coy and keep saying thanks. Let's talk about something serious. What do you think—if I add a bit more investment now, how would that be?" Gu Pengzhan looked at the numbers on the screen. It was hard not to be tempted by such returns.

"Add more investment?" An Mingyue was slightly taken aback, then said, "Brother Pengzhan, does your Gu Group still have capital? This futures business is just dabbling—it's your actual industry that matters!"

"Brother Mingyue, to be frank with you, since the futures market has been so good right now, I want to make a killing. The Gu Group's development has hit a bottleneck. Without additional start-up capital, it will be hard to achieve any major growth. So I want to mortgage the family's industries and borrow another sum of money to go all in!" Gu Pengzhan said.

"This... isn't that a bit too risky?" An Mingyue said. "Brother Pengzhan, as your old neighbor, I would advise you that futures carry risk—they're not the sure-win, no-loss venture you imagine! When you make money, someone else loses; that's perfectly normal. So once you've made enough, that's fine, why not call it quits?"

Even as he said these words, An Mingyue was praying inwardly that Gu Pengzhan absolutely must not, having been advised by him, truly give up. That would be the end of it—all his previous plans would have been laid out for nothing, and he would have to pay out a large sum of money to boot!

"Haha, as the old saying goes, wealth and honor are sought amid danger. I want to take this gamble!" Gu Pengzhan said.

"Brother Pengzhan, won't you think it over again?" An Mingyue sighed and asked. "The risk on this kind of investment really is far too great. An occasional bit of fun is fine, but over the long term..."

"Brother Mingyue, I've already made up my mind. This time, if I'm to do it, I'm doing it in a big way!" Gu Pengzhan said. "I hope you won't dissuade me any longer, but instead give me your full support!"

"Ah, well... since you've already decided, I won't say anything more..." An Mingyue sighed once again and said with some helplessness, "How big do you intend to go?"

"Brother Mingyue, could you lend me a little money?" Gu Pengzhan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Since your An family isn't going to keep running its enterprise, how about giving me a bit of support instead?"

"Brother Pengzhan, lending money... actually, given the relationship between us, lending you some money would be no problem for me. But you should also know that the An family is not run by me alone. My elder brother An Mingri and my father are both watching..." An Mingyue said with some reluctance. "If I were to directly take out a sum of money and lend it to you, they certainly would not agree!"

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