385 One hundred billion US dollars

Helena's words made Wang Jianguo secretly alarmed. Patriarch?

The old man before him was the Patriarch of the Hepburn Family? It seemed all his previous guesses were wrong.

Just then, the Lieutenant General from before, Atlantis, approached from not far away. "Let's go, we'll talk inside."

Hearing this, everyone followed him into the meeting room. Ten minutes later, Hels finally learned the cause and effect of the matter from Atlantis's mouth.

However, there was still one thing he didn't understand. Why would a mere Lieutenant General help Wang Jianguo? Even if the other party was the father of the Lord of Tiangong, so what?

This was Cambodia, and their nature was different from that of the Heavenly Palace Group.

One side was a Cambodian Lieutenant General, and the other was a powerful and influential family in Cambodia. There was absolutely no need to suck up to the other party.

In his eyes, Atlantis was trying to curry favor with Wang Jianguo, but as for the reason, he didn't know.

"Patriarch Hels, I believe you understand the situation clearly enough now. Setting aside the fact that your people kidnapped them, as for tonight, that casino belongs to your family. Since you lost the bet, then pay up."

Atlantis looked at Hels and spoke with a calm, composed air.

In contrast, Hels was fuming after learning the truth.

He now knew what it meant for one piece of rat droppings to ruin a whole pot of porridge. This whole matter started because of Brother Bao. If it weren't for the connection to the casino, he wouldn't even want to admit that man was part of the Hepburn Family.

"General, fifty billion us dollars—do you think that's possible? I can pay, but before that, I want to verify if there really are fifty billion us dollars in that black card in his hand."

Hearing this, Atlantis turned his gaze toward Wang Jianguo. "Mr. Wang, what do you think?"

"No problem, go ahead and check."

After saying that, he handed over the black card. Since they were in a military base, he wasn't afraid of the card being stolen.

In less than five minutes, the balance in the black card was checked.

"Reporting to the Chief, the balance in this card is indeed not fifty billion us dollars."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions varied. Hels even burst out laughing. "Hahaha! General, I think you might have been deceived. Fifty billion us dollars—you really dare to say it. Out of respect for you being the father of the Lord of Tiangong, I can compensate you with one hundred million us dollars. How about we write off the past?"

"I don't want to make an enemy of the Lord of Tiangong, but I'm definitely not afraid of him. So, I hope you'll think carefully before making a decision."

Wang Jianguo didn't reply but turned to look at the butler beside him. His eyes seemed to be asking: Didn't you say there was at least fifty billion us dollars in the black card?

Also, this is a military base; your words from before weren't just spoken casually, were they?

Seeing this, the butler didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Rest assured, Eldest Master, there is absolutely no mistake. There is more than fifty billion us dollars, not less."

"Right, right, right... calm down, everyone. I haven't finished yet. The balance in this card is indeed not fifty billion us dollars, but exactly one hundred billion us dollars."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire meeting fell into silence. One could even hear the sound of some people swallowing their saliva.

Wang Jianguo and Wang Jianjun were already numb. Ever since they came out, Wang Shaojun had been giving them surprises at every turn.

They thought fifty billion us dollars was already ridiculous enough. Now, look at this—without checking, you wouldn't know, but once checked, it's a shock. The balance had exactly doubled.

"Impossible! One hundred billion us dollars, how is that possible?"

"Exactly! Do you know what the concept of one hundred billion us dollars is? Even the Lord of Tiangong couldn't produce that much. You must be seeing things."

The several people standing beside Hels heard this, their pupils shrinking as they cried out in shock.

They didn't believe fifty billion us dollars, let alone one hundred billion. In their view, Cambodia must want to take action against the Hepburn Family and was struggling to find an excuse.

Thus, they had set this trap for them, and Atlantis was also involved.

Thinking this way, Hels felt as if he had suddenly seen through everything. Things he couldn't understand before now became traceable.

He couldn't fall out with the other party yet. Once they were placed under house arrest in the base, the fate of the Hepburn Family could well be imagined.

As soon as this thought appeared, he broke out in a cold sweat, and the way he looked at Atlantis changed.

"Enough! All of you, shut up."

Hels turned and shouted at the people behind him, then turned to suggest to Wang Jianguo: "Mr. Wang, one hundred billion us dollars is truly too much. Even if we sold our entire family, we might not be able to scrape together that much money."

"How about this? I'll give you one-fifth, which is twenty billion us dollars, and we'll let this matter drop. As for the person in charge of the casino, he is at your disposal."

Twenty billion us dollars?

Wang Jianguo didn't expect the other party to actually agree to give money. Although it wasn't one hundred billion us dollars, this was twenty billion us dollars. With this money, Carrot Head and the others would develop rapidly.

As for the one hundred billion us dollars in the black card, from the moment he learned there was that much money inside, he never thought about using it.

In his view, this was the capital chain of the Heavenly Palace Group. To be safe, it was better not to use it if possible.

"Fine, then twenty billion us dollars it is. I hope you will transfer this money into my account as soon as possible."

"Good, good, good. Don't worry, it will definitely arrive within three days. Please provide me with an account number."

After getting Wang Jianguo's account number, Hels didn't stay any longer. After greeting Wang Jianguo and Atlantis, he gave Helena a subtle look, then stood up and led his people away.

Seeing this, Helena had an ominous feeling in her heart, but she didn't have time to think much of it. "Chief, I'll go see the Patriarch off."

After seeing Atlantis nod, she quickly followed Hels and the others.

Once they left the meeting room, Atlantis suddenly murmured, "From what I know, this isn't that old fellow Hels's style. Twenty billion us dollars—taking out that much capital is enough to severely damage their family's foundation."

"Could it be that he's afraid I'll move against him? Otherwise, how could he suddenly become so easy to talk to?"

Hearing this, Wang Jianguo's heart skipped a beat. No way, that old fellow wants to go back on his word?

He didn't understand the Hepburn Family, so naturally, he wouldn't understand their way of doing things.

While the two were puzzled, outside the base gates, Helena could no longer contain the confusion in her heart and curiously asked Hels, "Patriarch, are we really going to give them twenty billion us dollars?"

"That's no small sum. Even if the family can produce it in a short time, it will cause serious damage to the family's foundation."

"Exactly, Patriarch. If you ask me, we should find an opportunity to kill them later; that would end everything. Atlantis wouldn't fall out with us over a dead outsider, would he?"

"That's right. Even if we kill him, what can the Lord of Tiangong do when he finds out? This isn't a place where he can run wild."

Hels didn't reply immediately, but the expression on his face appeared particularly heavy, his brows furrowed deeply.

"I'm afraid things aren't as simple as you think. Aren't you curious why Atlantis is helping them?"

"If I'm not mistaken, someone wants to move against us, and this whole matter is just an excuse."

As soon as these words came out, the others all gasped in shock.

"Hiss—what the Patriarch says is not impossible. It's just that there's one thing I don't understand. If that's really the case, why involve the Heavenly Palace Group in this?"

"I don't know either. Perhaps the Heavenly Palace Group is far from being as simple as we thought."

Hearing their Patriarch's analysis, Helena and the others began to let their imaginations run wild, but in the end, they couldn't figure out the reason.

However, in reality, they were completely overthinking it.