Chapter 686: Scattering a Thousand Gold

The three chairmen were stunned on the spot.

"Explosives?? What do you want that for?"

Buying bread was understandable, but Lu Yuanzheng couldn't figure out for the life of him why Huang Suyue would want to buy explosives. Was she going to blow up another underground shelter?

"You don't need to worry about that. In short, I want all the explosive reserves of your Dinglu Consortium, as well as all the bread and other short-term emergency rations," Huang Suyue repeated calmly.

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Huang Suyue in confusion. He suddenly realized that he couldn't guess what this girl was thinking at all...

But even so, he still shook his head instinctively:

"No... that won't do. After this disaster, the main city will need to be rebuilt from the ruins. Our Dinglu Consortium needs a large amount of explosives to reclaim the ruins and rebuild buildings. This is our foundation for a comeback... I can't just give it to you!"

"The most important thing for a businessman is to balance risk and return... Even if your Dinglu Consortium keeps the explosives, how long will it take to start from scratch, reclaim the ruins, and build buildings? If the Red Dust Main City suffers heavy casualties by then, how many people will be left to buy your buildings? After this disaster, how much property will be left in the hands of ordinary people? Do I need to teach you how to calculate these risks?"

Huang Suyue waved her hand again, and the bodyguards behind her brought over more briefcases and opened them, exposing a large amount of real money to the air, dazzling everyone.

"A future full of risks, or real money that you can get immediately... I'll give you one more chance to choose."

Huang Suyue's voice was extremely cold.

Lu Yuanzheng looked straight at the assets with a total value of nearly two hundred million in front of him, his brain working at high speed!

Lu Yuanzheng was a businessman after all, and his sense of risk and return was equally sharp. He kept calculating the gains and losses in his mind, and after a moment, he had reached a conclusion and suddenly said:

"I can sell you the explosives... but if you want to buy the future of my Dinglu Consortium with cash, this little money isn't enough."

"All the cash of the Huang Consortium is here."

"You can go into debt."

As soon as this sentence came out, even Su Xiaohong and Pang Shan couldn't sit still. It proved that Lu Yuanzheng's heart was so black that it had no bottom line. Not only did he want all the money of the Huang Consortium, but he also wanted them to go into debt to make the purchase... Uncle Quan behind Huang Suyue opened his eyes wide in anger, about to curse out loud.

"Heh, that's impossible." Huang Suyue sneered, picking up the small briefcase in her hand and slamming it onto the marble table!

Bang—!!

A dull, loud noise echoed in the underground shelter, and everyone's heart trembled.

All of Lu Yuanzheng's bodyguards stepped forward immediately, and a terrifying pressure swept over. The bodyguards behind Huang Suyue also released their aura, but in the struggle between the two, the foundation of Lu Yuanzheng's old-school consortium was still superior.

Lu Yuanzheng frowned, reached into his bosom, and pulled out an exquisite brass-colored revolver, pointing the muzzle directly at Huang Suyue's forehead.

Huang Suyue was pressed by the muzzle, but she was not afraid at all. Instead, she smiled:

"I suppose you all can see that during this main city disaster, my Huang Consortium didn't intend to hide, and I'm not afraid of death... If this deal can't be made, the worst that happens is that my Huang Consortium will flip this place over, and none of us will live!"

This business prodigy, who had always preferred to reason with logic, now showed no restraint in her edge. She placed her very life on the gambling table, and for a moment, her sheer presence actually suppressed the three major consortiums!

The expressions of the three consortium leaders shifted.

They were hiding here, naturally, out of a fear of death. Not only that, they could not let go of their wealth and status... Even though Lu Yuanzheng had just put on a tough front and threatened to lure the silver monster in for mutual destruction, compared to Huang Suyue, his sense of oppression was not even one-tenth of hers.

Everyone knew that Lu Yuanzheng might not actually dare to do it... but the current Huang Suyue absolutely would!

Lu Yuanzheng stared at Huang Suyue for a long time before finally softening his stance, nodding with a pale face:

"Fine... let it be so. Xiao Li, take their people to the warehouse."

The subordinates present immediately split into two groups. One group led Huang Suyue’s people toward the warehouse, while the other stepped forward to take the suitcases. As the real gold and silver were carried away, Huang Suyue was left with nothing but a few meager subordinates by her side.

Not long after, a bodyguard from the Huang Consortium walked over and whispered in her ear: "Miss, the trucks loaded with explosives and bread are ready. We can leave now."

Huang Suyue glanced at the three consortium leaders in the shelter and nodded slightly.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, she seemed to remember something. She turned back, walked to the marble table, and reached out to Lu Yuanzheng:

"That gun of yours is decent. Sell it to me."

"?" Lu Yuanzheng shook his head immediately. "No, this is my weapon for self-defense."

Huang Suyue sneered, "A quail hiding underground, what do you need a self-defense weapon for? With the bullets in your hands, will they ever even get a chance to leave the chamber?"

"You!!"

Lu Yuanzheng felt insulted, his neck turning bright red, yet he had no way to retort... They were hiding here, and they truly had no use for weapons. If the Witchcraft Association really fought their way here, it would mean the entire Red Dust Main City had fallen. In that case, what could a single revolver possibly do?

"Miss Huang, if I recall correctly, your Huang Consortium is already out of money." Lu Yuanzheng gritted his teeth and spoke.

"The Huang Consortium is, but I am not."

Huang Suyue opened the suitcase she was carrying. A dazzling array of jewelry and large-denomination silver notes were dumped onto the table like trash, making a clattering sound.

After emptying it, Huang Suyue tossed the hollow suitcase onto the table and reached directly for the gun in Lu Yuanzheng's hand...

Lu Yuanzheng felt that Huang Suyue had gone mad, and the other two chairmen thought the same. Thus, Lu Yuanzheng dared not forcefully resist the young woman. After hesitating for a moment, he obediently let go, allowing Huang Suyue to take the revolver.

Huang Suyue did not look at them again. Clutching the gun in her palm, she disappeared into the depths of the shelter, surrounded by her entourage in her long yellow dress.

Only after Huang Suyue had completely departed did Lu Yuanzheng finally relax, sinking back into his chair, looking utterly soul-stricken...

The three chairmen let out a long sigh of relief in unison.

……

Huang Suyue walked along the stairs, step by step, returning to the surface estate of the Dinglu Consortium.

At this moment, her motorcade had been waiting at the entrance for a long time. Behind the convoy were over a dozen trucks loaded with various supplies, roaring under the dim sky like steel beasts ready to charge.

Huang Suyue looked at this scene, her expression somewhat complex...

The toughness and dominance from just moments ago were things she had forced herself to project. In the end, she was just a young woman with no strength to truss a chicken; if she hadn't used such methods to intimidate them, the greed of the three consortiums would have been endless.

But now, there was no longer a Huang Consortium in this world.

A cold breeze brushed against Huang Suyue's cheek. She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled... then, as if carrying a heavy burden, she walked straight toward the roaring motorcade.

The wealthy young lady who had once been famous throughout Red Dust had exhausted her family fortune. Now, all that accompanied her were eight trucks of explosives, five trucks of bread, one revolver, and...

A solitary gold bracelet.