Chapter 514 Dragon Capital God of Wealth - Zuo Xinghe!
Longdu Center, Qianlong Street.
This is the financial center of Longdu. The streets less than one kilometer long are dotted with dozens of offline branches of banks and financial institutions.
Even in this post-apocalyptic wasteland era.
Money is still one of the most important themes in human civilization!
Countless people take desperate risks in pursuit of profits, and even more people gradually lose themselves in the desire for money.
A towering building stands right in the most conspicuous prime location of Qianlong Street.
Here is the headquarters of the Zuo family in Longdu - Zuo's Financial Building!
As the Zuo family controls most of the financial power of Longdu, its base camp is naturally extremely extravagant.
The entire building has a total of forty-six floors, including a four-story underground parking garage and a rooftop sky garden with excellent views. The total height reaches 280 meters.
All the forces and institutions attached to the Zuo family work in this building.
Through the efforts of several generations, the Zuo family has built a financial empire centered on finance and commercial loans!
In the sky garden on the top floor of the building.
Various types of vegetation are flourishing, and the artificial waterfalls and lakes make it look like a fairyland on earth and look magnificent.
A huge villa is located in the corner of the garden.
The entire villa is made entirely of transparent tempered glass, and the floor is covered with milky white marble. The antique decoration perfectly blends with the scenery of the hanging garden.
The melodious music echoed in the guest room for a long time.
In front of the black and white chessboard, Hu Haiquan, the lord of Longdu City, was playing chess leisurely with a rickety old man with gray hair.
"hiss......"
Raise your hand to hold the black man.
Hu Haiquan frowned slightly, as if he was in a dilemma. He hesitated for a long time but did not place the chess piece.
"how?"
Raise your head slightly.
The old man smiled lazily and asked, "We've only played half of the chess game, and the city lord is already hesitant?"
"Alas, Mr. Zuo's chess skills are getting better and better..."
He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Hu Haiquan uncharacteristically restrained his sharpness and sighed to himself: "With my three-legged chess skills, I am really no match for you, so I won't accept it!"
The two of them smiled slightly, picked up the tea beside them and drank from each other.
The seventy-year-old man in front of him is the patriarch of the Zuo family, who is jokingly called the God of Wealth in Longdu - Zuo Xinghe!
"Life is like chess, chess is like life..."
Slowly put down the tea cup in your hand.
Zuo Xinghe drooped his eyelids and smiled silently: "The secret on this chessboard is actually the same as how people do things. Everyone has their own methods and temperament, but in the end it is just for the word 'win'... .”
"It seems like the result is actually far more important than the process."
Speak slowly.
The old man in front of him picked up a white piece and slowly placed it on the Tianyuan position in the center of the chessboard.
Slightly startled, Hu Haiquan raised his head and stared at Zuo Xinghe, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.
Early in the morning.
The servants of the Zuo family came to the city lord's mansion to meet Hu Haiquan, saying that they had invited him to play chess and drink tea on Zuo Xinghe's order.
Zuo Xinghe is not only the head of the Zuo family, but also an older generation of night watchmen at the same time as Hu Haiquan's father.
The depth and strength are by no means as simple as they appear on the surface.
It's just that for so many years, the Zuo family has been unintentionally involved in Longdu's affairs, and it has become so marginalized that the public has forgotten how terrible they are.
Others may not know it, but Hu Haiquan knows it very well.
The influence of the Zuo family in Longdu is no less than that of the Huan family, and may even surpass them!
After all, they have been controlling the economic lifeline of the entire Long City for many years.
Quite literally.
If anyone from the Zuo family stamps their feet, the economy of most of Longdu will collapse, and thousands of people will be on the verge of bankruptcy.
By that time, Dragon City will definitely be in chaos!
Therefore, facing this seemingly harmless old man, even Hu Haiquan, the city lord, did not dare to show any slightness.
"If you have anything to say, Mr. Zuo might as well say it directly."
He personally filled up the tea for Zuo Xinghe.
Hu Haiquan said respectfully: "Back then, my father and Mr. Zuo were colleagues who lived and died together. When my father was still alive, he often reminded me that I must be humble towards my elders. If I, the city lord, have neglected my duty in any way, please do not hesitate to Mr. Zuo."
Give me some advice?"
"The city lord made a serious statement..."
The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together.
Zuo Xinghe slowly shook his head and said: "My old bones are already half buried in the earth. Logically speaking, I really shouldn't rely on my old age. However, the current situation in Longdu has been too turbulent recently, so I risked the disapproval of the world and intervened.
Let’s talk about the political affairs of Longdu.”
"Mr. Zuo, please speak!" Hu Haiquan said calmly as he picked up the tea cup.
"Then the old man boldly spoke out."
Smile slightly.
Zuo Xinghe asked slowly: "May I ask the city lord, has the War Preparedness Department ever cooperated with Tianqin Metal Smelting Company to secretly research and develop matters related to artificial monsters?"
The tea cup in my hand suddenly stopped!
Hu Haiquan's whole body felt as if he had been electrocuted, and he did not move for a long time.
When the Longdu War Preparedness Department and Qin Zhiqiang collaborated on the project of developing artificial monsters, all of this was Longdu's top secret.
Except for him and An Gufeng who knew the details, the rest of the people involved only had a partial understanding.
How did Zuo Xinghe know this secret!?
"Haha, Mr. Zuo is really a man of great powers!"
Picking up the tea cup and drinking it all in one gulp, Hu Haiquan joked: "Such a dirty business can't escape your eyes..."
"The city lord has given you a reward."
With a calm smile on his face, Zuo Xinghe murmured: "Although I am old, I am not dim-sighted. Such a large project requires a huge amount of funds, but I just want my little brats to check it out.
I just checked the direction of the capital flow and got some news accidentally..."
Playing with the empty tea cup in his hand, Hu Haiquan was obviously unable to sit still.
In the five hundred years since the Great Cataclysm, Longdu has maintained a stable situation with the separation of the three powers.
Hu, An, and the Zuo family are in charge of the three major powers of government, military, and finance. They not only cooperate closely with each other, but also share the cake together.
As long as it does not affect the stability and prosperity of Longdu, the boundaries between the three families will rarely be crossed.
But what Zuo Xinghe is doing now is obviously a little too much!
Thinking of this old man using the entire Longdu financial platform to secretly spy on various confidential matters of the War Preparedness Department, Hu Haiquan felt chills running down his spine, and there was a vague sense of frustration...
"I don't need to worry about this matter, Mr. Zuo."
Slightly unhappy, Hu Haiquan said coldly: "Qin Zhiqiang has been eliminated by the War Preparedness Department. As for the laboratory outside the city, it has also been cleaned up by the children of the Intelligence Department. All experimental data has been destroyed on the spot, leaving no trace.
Leave any evidence to prove it."
"That's not necessarily the case..."
He took a sip of tea.
Zuo Xinghe looked at Hu Haiquan with deep eyes and said: "As far as I know, there is an artificial freak who developed self-awareness in the laboratory, and it has long been lost among the people of Longdu by chance."
"What!?"
Hear the words.
Hu Haiquan stood up suddenly with a look of horror on his face. His movements were so big that he accidentally knocked the chessboard in front of him to the ground!