178: Chapter 178 Emergency Family Meeting: We Must Recognize Chen Yuan!

Jinghai Chen Family, Council Hall.

Inside the spacious and ancient hall, it was as if a deep-sea bomb had been dropped; everything was in total chaos.

A dozen or so elders and relatives of the Chen family, who usually carried themselves with the airs of a 'Jinghai prestigious family' when they went out, were now arguing like vendors in a wet market fighting over a few cents, spittle flying everywhere.

"How did Chen Tianba handle this! The old man has been angered to the point of being sent to the emergency room. Can this Chen family even be saved anymore!"

"Exactly! Look at the online reviews now. Our Chen family has become a blood-soaked den of thieves!"

"How can we do business like this? This morning, three suppliers demanded immediate payment, and even the bank called to demand repayment!"

Third Uncle Third Uncle sat at the head of the table on the left, toying with two smooth jade walnuts in his hands.

He watched the chaotic crowd with a hint of irrepressible glee at the corners of his mouth. But he quickly put on a pained expression and let out a heavy sigh.

"Everyone, what is the use of complaining now?"

Third Uncle tapped on the table. His voice was not loud, but it instantly silenced the people around him.

"Our top priority now is how to get through the current crisis."

He pointed to the shocking video still playing on the big screen of Chen Yuan tearing apart a tank with his bare hands, a glint of extreme greed flashing in his eyes.

"Look at the massive setup this kid has created abroad."

"Biological mechs, a private army, a British baron, and that legendary miracle drug that can make people look young again..."

"How many hundreds of billions is this worth!"

Third Uncle swallowed, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"If we can get these things back, let alone filling the current deficit of our Chen family, even buying half of Jinghai would not be a problem!"

This sentence was like throwing a match onto a dry powder keg.

The air in the entire council hall instantly became scorching hot.

Everyone's eyes lit up—it was the primitive greed stimulated by endless wealth and absolute power.

They seemed to have completely forgotten how they had kicked someone when they were down back then, and how they had watched coldly as Chen Tianba drove that thin, frail boy out of the house like a dog.

In the face of profit, so-called kinship and bottom lines were worth less than a piece of scrap paper.

"Third Uncle is right!"

A young relative stood up abruptly, full of excitement.

"No matter what, Chen Yuan has the blood of our Chen family flowing in his veins! His things are naturally our Chen family's things!"

"What kind of experience can an orphan wandering abroad have?"

"As long as the family is willing to accept him and let him acknowledge his ancestors, wouldn't he be grateful and hand everything over with both hands?"

"Exactly, exactly! Blood is thicker than water!"

"Young people don't know any better; it's normal to have a tantrum after suffering grievances outside. As elders, we should just be more tolerant."

A group of people echoed him, talking over one another.

The expressions on their faces were extremely colorful; while using the most vicious language to curse the crisis brought about by Chen Yuan, they were simultaneously using the most hypocritical faces to plan how to carve up Chen Yuan's empire.

"Shut up, all of you!"

A roar mixed with extreme violence came from the entrance of the hall.

Chen Tianba's face was livid, like an enraged lion as he strode in.

His bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at the people who were still talking loudly. The oppression of someone who had long been in a high position instantly silenced the whole hall.

He walked to the main seat and slammed the table hard.

"Bang!"

The solid wood table made a dull, loud noise.

"The old man isn't dead yet, and you're already here discussing how to divide the family property!?!"

Chen Tianba's gaze swept over Third Uncle like a knife.

Third Uncle shrank his neck and laughed dryly: "Big Brother, what are you saying. We are doing this for the sake of the family. After all, what that kid Chen Yuan is holding in his hands is something that can save our lives."

"Save lives?"

Chen Tianba sneered, the flesh on his face trembling.

"Do you think that rebellious son will obediently hand things over?"

"He now wants nothing more than to eat us alive!"

Thinking of the old man's uncertain fate in the emergency room, and the video of Chen Yu wetting himself in a dog cage, his anger could not stop rising.

But he knew Third Uncle was right.

The current Chen family had been pushed to the edge of a cliff.

Without a massive injection of capital, and without an absolutely powerful force to suppress those restless political enemies,

The Chen family would truly be finished.

"Then what do you suggest, Big Brother?" Third Uncle spread his hands, "We can't just sit here and watch the family go bankrupt, right?"

Chen Tianba took a deep breath.

He forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Whether he wants to or not, he must hand it over!"

Chen Tianba gritted his teeth and said word by word, "Chen Yuan's name is still on my Chen family's genealogy!"

"As long as we stand on the moral high ground of the family and use blood ties and ethics to pressure him, if he dares to resist, it will be unfilial!"

"What's more..."

The corners of Chen Tianba's mouth curled into an insidious arc.

"He is doing well abroad now, and the people under him must also value his future."

"If we formally announce to the whole internet in the name of the family that we accept him, and promise to hand over the inheritance rights of the Chen Group to him."

"Do you think he can refuse this temptation of legitimacy and bringing honor to his ancestors?"

The people present looked at each other.

Although this plan sounded extremely shameless, it seemed... it was indeed the only feasible way at the moment.

Play the emotional card.

Draw a pie that could never be realized.

Trick that kid's money and technology back first, and after getting through this crisis, then slowly deal with him.

"Big Brother is wise!"

Third Uncle was the first to give a thumbs up, the smile on his face as sycophantic as it could be.

"Although this kid has some means, he is young and vigorous after all. As long as we lower our posture and give him a way out, he will definitely climb up."

"Yes, yes! Big Brother is the one who thinks things through!"

A group of people echoed again, as if they had already seen the multi-billion dollar account of Umbrella Corporation opening its doors to them.

Chen Tianba looked at them coldly without saying a word.

He turned his head and looked at the butler in the corner of the hall.

"Go, turn on the multimedia equipment."

Chen Tianba tidied his clothes, trying to make his expression look like a magnanimous elder who missed his nephew.

"I will now personally make an overseas video call to him."

He looked at the huge projection screen slowly descending, a sense of desperate madness in his eyes.

"I don't believe it."

"He is just a piece of trash that I used to manipulate at will."

"He would actually dare to defy his elders in front of the whole world!"