Old Master Lu was still not satisfied, so he mocked coldly, “Our Ah Yan was born through a legitimate marriage. His luck is naturally different. An illegitimate child is too shallow. He was unwilling to part with just 15 billion dollars and immediately chose to give up. If the Gu family is really handed to him in the future, it’ll be destroyed by him sooner or later!”
He kept calling him the ‘illegitimate child’. Although he did not say his name, everyone knew who he was talking about.
At this moment, the air in the banquet hall seemed to have frozen. Everyone held their breaths.
Gu Weiming’s face was full of affection. “Ah Yan, don’t worry. I’ll do my best to help you. This plot of land is yours, and the position of heir is also yours!”
“Chairman Gu!!” The higher-up from just now interrupted anxiously, their forehead covered in sweat. “No! It’s not…”
Gu Weiming frowned unhappily. “What are you saying? Don’t you know how to speak? I said that Ah Yan is the heir of the Gu family, but you dare to retort? Ah Yan has the right to develop this land. Who dares to look down on him?”
“I’m not done yet. This plot of land can’t be developed!” The higher-up looked troubled. “So the 15 billion yuan has gone down the drain!”
The crowd fell silent.
Could not be developed? These words echoed in everyone’s minds. Then, they realized the seriousness of the matter.
They had bought a plot of land for 15 billion yuan. If they could not develop it, how were they going to earn money? It would be equivalent to wasting their money.
Gu Weiming’s face darkened. “What? Stop talking nonsense. How is that possible?! We’ve already done the procedures. The rights to develop this plot of land belong to Ah Yan. The contract clearly states that Ah Yan is the owner of that plot of land!”
“But, but…”
The higher-up gritted their teeth and said something that stunned everyone.
“That’s right, but a huge ancient tomb was discovered under that plot of land…”
Bang!
Gu Weiming staggered as if he had lost all his strength. He quickly sat back down.
“No, that’s impossible.”
Seeing that things had come to this, the higher-up did not need to hide anything anymore and blurted out—
“The country has already sent professionals to survey the area. There’s a huge ancient tomb underground, so the plot of land has been sealed up. The archeological team will come to Li City tomorrow to excavate the site. This plot of land can’t be developed. Moreover, it’s already owned by the country.”
According to the country’s laws, as long as a major ancient tomb was discovered, the land would belong to the country. It was illegal to privately occupy or excavate the land. The treasures left behind from history belonged to the country, so it was even more impossible to develop and destroy the ancient tomb.
So… the 15 billion yuan was really wasted?
Old Master Lu almost vomited blood.
“Nonsense! How could there be an ancient tomb underground? That’s just a rumor!” Old Master Lu shouted in disbelief.
The higher-up had been working in the Gu family for many years and was also angry. They pointed at Old Master Lu and scolded, “You still have the cheek to say that about me?! If your Lu family wanted to snatch that plot of land, Gu Corporation wouldn’t interfere. However, Gu Corporation has already spent more than four billion yuan this time. Now, it’s all gone to waste. Four billion yuan! That’s all our company’s money. Don’t I have the right to voice out?”
Lu Yan’s gentle mask cracked. “I have no objections if the country wants to take back that plot of land, but I’m the owner of this land, after all. Even if the country wants to take it back, they have to compensate me for my losses.”
Gu Weiming hurriedly nodded. “Yes, if it can’t be developed, then we can forget about it. But the 15 billion yuan…”
“It’s not like that! This plot of land was won from an auction!”
The higher-up hurriedly interrupted them and said unwillingly, “That plot of land’s valuation is only two billion. According to the country’s law, Mr. Lu will only be paid two billion as compensation. As for the remaining 13 billion yuan, it has nothing to do with the country. That’s the additional cost of Mr. Lu has to bear for choosing to bid for it.”
…!
Gu Weiming almost fainted.
Lu Yan also took a deep breath. He quickly reacted and turned to look at Gu Zheng.
At this moment, President Gu was sitting lazily on the sofa. He swirled the wine glass in his hand and raised it toward him with a victorious smile.
He was so confident that victory was in his hands.
A storm brewed in Lu Yan’s mind as if he had been struck by lightning. His expression gradually became terrified.
No wonder, no wonder!
It turned out that Gu Zheng had long known about this, so he deliberately set up a trap for him!
