Chapter: 2762
Charlie Wade noticed that Ye Zhongquan seemed less worried than before. He said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now. I’m tired and need some rest.”
Ye Zhongquan quickly replied, “Of course! Please rest well, Grandpa won’t bother you!”
Just as Charlie was about to end the call, he remembered something. “Oh, by the way, I’m planning to start an ocean transportation business. The Ye family won’t try to take this from me, will you?”
“What?” Ye Zhongquan exclaimed. “You want to ship ocean freight?”
“Yes,” Charlie said calmly. “I’m already preparing for it. Once the project starts, I’ll let you know. I hope the Ye family won’t interfere in the market south of the Yangtze River.”
Ye Zhongquan hesitated but then agreed, “Okay! In that case, I fully support your business in Jiangnan!”
“Great,” Charlie replied. “I’ll hang up now.”
After the call ended, Ye Zhongquan felt a mix of emotions.
Tang Sihai, who had been listening quietly, asked, “Master, what did he say?”
Ye Zhongquan summarized his conversation with Charlie for Tang Sihai. Then he sighed, “Chen’er is truly remarkable. She went to Syria alone and even called the opposing commander her brother. She convinced Su Shoudao to pay them 100 million dollars. That’s building overseas connections. With Su Shoudao missing, the Su family is definitely at a disadvantage.”
Ye Zhongquan sighed as he explained his predicament. “Chen’er suddenly decided to enter the ocean transportation business and asked me not to interfere with Jiangnan’s operations. I was hoping to take that market away from the Su family, but now it seems like I have to let them keep it. This will cause us some significant losses…”
Tang Sihai looked at him and asked, “So, what will you do now?”
With a hint of resignation, Ye Zhongquan replied, “For now, I won’t make any moves against the Su family. I want to see if they can handle it. If they succeed and grow the business, I might just give them the Jiangnan market in return for something. I’ll want fair conditions so that they can help me get back into the Ye family’s good graces.”
Meanwhile, Su Chengfeng was anxiously waiting for news from Ye Zhongquan. He ordered his team to gather information about his missing sons. But just like when Su Shoude had vanished, it felt as if the whole city of Jinling had swallowed them up, leaving no trace behind.
Suddenly, Su Anshun rushed in with alarming news. “Master, the eldest master arranged the finances for an overseas company this morning and transferred 100 million U.S. dollars to a Swiss bank account!”
“What?!” Su Chengfeng exclaimed. “Find out who owns that account, quickly!”
Su Anshun hesitated, saying, “Master, that’s nearly impossible. Swiss banks are known for their strict privacy rules. We won’t be able to uncover any information about account holders.”
He continued, “However, Swiss banks have been pressured in the past to sign agreements with certain authorities, which might give us some leads…”
Under certain special circumstances, customer information can be provided for specific countries, but this is limited to the national level.
“I don’t think that exists…” Su Chengfeng said with a sigh. “Everyone in the country is criticizing me. I’m getting a lot of complaints, but no one has directly asked me to explain. If Tian reaches out to them for help now, it would just make things worse for me.”
Su Anshun responded with a sense of resignation, “I guess we don’t have many options left…”
Su Chengfeng frowned and added, “I just don’t get it. Since the Ye family controls 80% of Shoudao, why do they even care about the 100 million dollars? That amount is nothing to them…”