Chapter 417: Chapter 304: A Terrifying Guess!
Studied overseas... lived abroad, and studied abroad until thirty years old before returning to the Eastern Country!?
The implications of these words are truly significant!
"That’s right." Yang Ruoxi nodded, having already memorized Zhu Haoyi and Li Yang’s identity information by heart last night, she now answered with ease.
"By calculating the time... he has at least more than twenty years of life experience overseas."
"As for his parents... it seems like his parents died, they died more than twenty years ago."
Twenty years.
How many twenty years are there in a lifetime!?
Who knows, at least Xu Liang has only lived twenty-four years from birth to the present.
If put in his own life, it’s only four years living in the Eastern Country.
"Hiss...."
"There is a bit of a problem."
Xu Liang furrowed his brows, his face showing concern as he sat in the chair lost in thought.
Where is the problem?
Firstly, the first point, why did the other party return to the Eastern Country?
Let’s say, anyone who has lived in the Western Country since childhood and returned from the port, with his parents leaving immediately, the family factors are certainly disdainful or even dislike the Eastern Country.
Given this, his parents would definitely not transmit some so-called ’Eastern Country nationality’ or ’home’ concepts to Zhu Haoyi.
Thus, it eliminates the possibility of Zhu Haoyi having feelings for the Eastern Country.
And Zhu Haoyi, having stayed in the Western Country for so long, should theoretically know that for a capitalist, the Western Country is definitely more comfortable than the Eastern Country, so as such...
"No feelings, no benefits, yet returning to the Eastern Country..."
Xu Liang mumbled, his voice neither loud nor small, making its way into the ears of those around him.
Hearing this, Yang Ruoxi was slightly startled, seemingly realizing something, yet somewhat reluctant to think more deeply.
"Then there must be a profit to be made!"
There’s profit to be made...
If Zhu Haoyi is indeed a ruthless capitalist, targeting Zhengyang City for exploitation, causing countless people to become nothing more than greens deposited into his bank account, then it does fit the point of profit-making.
But...
"Rare earth minerals... cooperation with state-owned enterprises...."
Xu Liang paused, his brows knitted into a tight knot, his thoughts a chaotic mess.
At that moment, he overturned all his previous thoughts and spoke:
"Xiaoyang, Zhengyang Mining Company... when did it start searching for rare earth minerals?"
Judging from Yangshan Gully and the other party quickly cooperating with state enterprises, Xu Liang assumed Zhengyang Mining Company, led by Zhu Haoyi, was undoubtedly there for the rare earth minerals, and any mining venture cannot bypass prospecting and exploration.
If the prospecting and exploration time can be confirmed... then the time from the start to now can often prove the other party’s determination!
Thus revealing how much they actually need it!
"This... I don’t know."
Yang Ruoxi hesitated, indeed he didn’t know that.
Not only did he not know, it’s estimated that other than Zhu Haoyi and the prospecting personnel, even those responsible for the mining veins in Zhengyang City didn’t know!
But one thing is certain....
"The timing is definitely quite early because five years ago, the other party engaged in rare earth cooperation with others, but in the end, it ended unhappily."
Yang Ruoxi spoke.
Cooperation with others in rare earth....
Xu Liang’s eyes suddenly sharpened.
He realized... perhaps he could delve deep into the rare earth minerals!
As for Zhang Shan’s death... it’s indeed important, but Zhengyang City really can’t find solid proof anyone murdered Zhang Shan, not even whether his wife is alive has been determined.
And with the trial looming, he must have certain evidence to proceed!
As for whether the evidence is related to the case....
That’s not a big issue, as long as the evidence gathered is solid and significant, even if the clues are unrelated to the case....
The court will have to accept it with pinched noses!
"Who did Zhu Haoyi cooperate with?"
Xu Liang suddenly asked, preparing for a thorough investigation.
"A medium-sized mining company in Yangnan City, Beihai Province." Yang Ruoxi, after recalling for a moment, spoke leisurely.
She is now like an encyclopedia; almost everything Xu Liang asks, she knows, and all this memorized just within one night!
"Can you contact this mining company?" Xu Liang asked again.
"Probably... yes?"
Yang Ruoxi hesitated.
Companies are generally quite easy to contact, as, after all, a company needs to do business; if you can’t contact them, how do you do business?
The difficulty lies in accurately contacting the company’s boss!
"Do you know the phone number?" Xu Liang’s face was animated with interest.
"Yes, I noted it last night."
While speaking, Yang Ruoxi took out a small notebook with the public contact number of Yangnan City’s mining company written on it!
"Here."
She extended it to Xu Liang, who took it without hesitation, immediately fishing out his phone from his pocket.
Then, he began to dial the number written on the notebook.
"Beep Beep Beep~"
The sound of dialing echoed from the phone, and before long, the call was connected, and a sweet voice came from the other end.
"Hello~?"
"This is Sky Resources Limited Company, how can I help you?"
Hearing this, Xu Liang didn’t hesitate, decisively speaking and getting straight to the point:
"This is the Upper City Supreme Court, there is currently a case needing your company’s cooperation."
"Please find your manager and ask the manager to pass the phone to the company boss."
Upper City Supreme Court....
Xu Liang is, of course, not a member of the Supreme Court, but he can certainly claim the tiger’s skin as a banner!
After all, he never said he was from the Supreme Court, so it can’t be considered as deceiving the other party!
As for whether the other party will believe it... To be honest, when the words ’Supreme Court’ are mentioned, few people don’t treat it seriously.
Sure enough, the moment the words were spoken, the girl on the other end was momentarily speechless.
"Please hold on."
Soon, there was a hurried sound of footsteps.
Not long after.
A middle-aged man’s voice came through the phone speaker; it was the company manager. After verifying, he realized the call was indeed from Upper City and didn’t hesitate to find his boss.
If it were other companies, they might still be suspicious.
But a mining company wouldn’t.
A mining company is genuinely likely to receive such a call, he couldn’t afford to be careless!
After a long time, the boss of the Sky Resources Company finally had a proper conversation with Xu Liang.
"Hello, may I ask who you are...?"
On the other side, President Duan cautiously hesitated and inquired.
"Have you read the news? The headline lawsuit case at the Upper City Supreme Court."
Xu Liang’s tone was calm, as if chatting normally with the other party.
News, headline lawsuit case...
President Duan paused, then suddenly realized, as information flooded his mind.
He had to watch the news; it was related to policies and future trends. If he wanted to start a business and catch the trend, he had to observe the daily news!
Just...
"Then you...?" President Duan tightened his breath, becoming alert.
He was initially frightened when he saw it in the morning; the case was so significant that he thought he had switched to some low-grade channel!
Eventually, he realized it was indeed a national broadcast...
"This case is very big. I am currently in the Supreme Court responsible for this case."
Xu Liang said calmly.
Supreme Court, responsible for the case...
The answer was already apparent.
Judge!
And still a senior judge at the Supreme Court!!!
President Duan instantly became solemn, braced himself, and then was filled with anxiety and chill, saying:
"How should I address you?"
"My surname is Xu."
"Judge Xu, does this case have anything to do with me... or my company?"
President Duan asked with a frightened heartbeat.
He didn’t know how he was related to this case, but he knew if he was even remotely involved, it wouldn’t end well for him!
He wanted to clarify the situation as soon as possible to benefit himself!
"Do you know Zhu Haoyi?" Xu Liang inquired.
Zhu Haoyi...
President Duan paused, began to think related to this name, and eventually was taken aback, saying:
"No impression."
"I’ll give you a hint, five years ago, rare earth mine."
Xu Liang reminded him.
Now, President Duan paused, some keywords emerged in his mind. He quickly understood and hurriedly said:
"Nanhai Province, Zhengyang City, Zhu Haoyi!?"
"Correct."
Xu Liang nodded, then said:
"Five years ago, Zhu Haoyi and you cooperated on a small rare earth mine, both parties excavated together."
"Later, why didn’t this project continue?"
Although President Duan didn’t know how the Upper City headline lawsuit case related to his project five years ago, he still answered honestly:
"Sales problem."
"I had financial issues at the time, and cooperating with Zhengyang Mining Company could relieve urgent problems."
"The intention was to simply purify the rare earth mine, then trade and sell for profit, but... Zhu Haoyi said the purification technology was too crude, just wasting raw materials."
"But our company’s business purification method has already reached a 3n level!"
"Globally comparable, it can even match some national-level purification standards, the purity is absolutely sufficient!"
As he spoke, President Duan’s tone carried some anger and he said:
"But Zhu Haoyi firmly disagreed with using the company’s purification method!"
"He insisted on deep collaboration with a state-owned enterprise, using the state-owned enterprise’s extraction method for cooperation..."
The extraction method was indeed strong, as President Duan understood; the purification level approached nearly one hundred percent!
It wasn’t something his 3n level could compare with... But then came the problem.
"I’m not an advanced technology production company!"
"I’m merely someone who sells mines for profit, and a 3n level purification globally has others vying for it!"
"As long as he’s willing to fund to ease my financial chain, when the items are sold, everyone could earn abundantly!"
President Duan was angry when explaining this, and his tone became slightly agitated.
"But he insisted on collaborating with a state-owned enterprise dominating... When a state-owned enterprise comes, what can I earn!?"
For example.
You have something that can sell for ten dollars; with your technology, it can be sold for twelve dollars.
However, cooperating with a state-owned enterprise equates to the other party letting ten-dollar resources sell for fourteen, but when sharing equally, you find you only get seven, far less than twelve.
Moreover, President Duan wasn’t even splitting fifty-fifty, and it was among three companies.
Looking at it this way, if he cooperated, he was indeed losing money!
"State-owned enterprise..."
Xu Liang squinted, his mind instantly turning, countless possibilities flashed through his brain.
After a long time, he eventually said:
"Regarding Zhu Haoyi... do you know anything else?"
