ng went through a fierce internal struggle and managed to control himself from peeking at her."What are you up to!" Wang Zheng gave Yang Ming a hard smack on the head."Brother Zheng, I came here to re...Chapter 608 Extortion Call

Aside from his son Chen Maidong, almost no one knew that Chen Anshi had a high-end dual SIM card phone. Normally, he only used the public SIM card and hid the other one so it would never be displayed; it could only be activated via remote password.

At this moment, Chen Anshi looked at his screen to see that the incoming call was from his hidden encrypted number!

Why did his son Chen Maidong contact him now

Frowning, Chen Anshi hesitated for a second before answering but didn’t speak first. Although he hoped it was from his son, he still held back with caution.

"Hello, Dad, it's me," Chen Maidong’s voice came through, sounding panicked.

Chen Anshi looked around him and then walked cautiously to a more private area before whispering, "You damned brat! Where have you run off to Don't you know that the police are looking for you everywhere"

"I know I know! Can't I possibly know!" Chen Maidong shouted. "Dad, I’ve been kidnapped!"

Chen Anshi’s eyes immediately narrowed dangerously upon hearing this: "What Kidnapped"

Chen Maidong seemed like he wanted to say something more, but the phone was taken by someone else.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, how are you" The voice on the other end of the line carried a hint of coldness and amusement.

"I'm fine," said Chen Anshi calmly. "Who are you"

"I've kidnapped your son. Would I tell you my identity Do you think I'm an idiot" The voice on the other end was equally calm, not at all like a kidnapper's usual frantic manner.

"What do you want to do in order to release my son" Chen Anshi said coldly. "Tell me your conditions."

"It’s much easier talking with a smart person. Mr. Chen, I really appreciate your straightforward way of speaking. It seems like when you were part of the underworld, you must have done this kind of thing quite often."

Chen Anshi's facial muscles twitched several times as he said coldly, "Just get to the point. What exactly do you want My condition is that Ma Dong should be safe and unharmed."

"Rest assured about this. Your son appears to have no physical injuries on the surface, but there might be some psychological trauma. That shouldn't be a problem, right"

"Say it, what do you want Just as long as Chen Maodong is safe." Chen Anshi was direct and straightforward, caring only about his son's safety. In the early days of his involvement in the underworld, he had indeed committed numerous kidnappings for ransom, which helped him amass his initial fortune. It was ironic that after achieving success and fame, someone would attempt to extort him using kidnapping, and it even worked.

"Others might not know this, but I’m well aware of your almost obsessive preference for gold," the voice on the other end said with a touch of amusement.

When Chen Anshi heard these words, his heart was chilled by an icy sensation!

Brought up in poverty and enduring much disdain and cold treatment, Chen Anshi has an almost obsessive fascination with money, especially gold. He is captivated by the glittering shine of gold; though he appears calm and ruthless on the surface now, deep down this Southern Jiang criminal mastermind feels unparalleled satisfaction when surrounded by his hoard.

These matters are even unknown to his closest son, so how could anyone else know

"What do you want" Chen Anshi forced himself not to let any emotion leak into his voice as he asked.

"It's simple. Hand over all the gold bars you've accumulated over the years in exchange for your son’s life."

The one who kidnapped Chen Maidong was Qiang Dongsong. After narrowly escaping death from a National Security Bureau sharpshooter, this man immediately went into hiding. As an influential figure within Dark Military School's eastern operations, he has more than just one identity. Despite the Chinese police’s efforts to track him down, there has been no trace of him.

Hearing Qiang Dongsong's demand, Chen Anshi couldn't help but tremble: "I don’t have much gold here, are you sure about these terms"

"Stop pretending, great Mr. Chen," sneered Qiang Dongsong. "Three tons of gold bars worth one billion Chinese yuan—do you actually think your son's life isn't worth this price"

Three tons—that’s twelve billion!

Hearing these words, Chen Anshi finally started shaking uncontrollably.

In the years he had dominated Southern Jiang’s underworld and later gradually legitimized his business empire, Chen Anshi amassed immense wealth. However, due to his own almost obsessive love for gold, Chen Anshi personally converted large sums of cash into gold bars which he secretly transported to his vaults to be hoarded.

Over the years, Chen Anshi had accumulated three tons of gold bars. Whenever he found himself in a place that was filled with golden hues, he would feel an unprecedented sense of fulfillment, as if the meaning of life lay right there!

He was obsessed with this color more than the intrinsic value of the gold itself!

Even when the price of gold plummeted recently and Chen Anshi's gold lost several hundred million yuan in value overnight, it didn't shake his resolve. He kept these gold bars for appreciation and to satisfy his youthful longing and dreams about money. The significance behind this was far greater than the worth of the gold itself.

Even though he had arranged people to help transport the gold before, Chen Anshi never told them what it contained; only he knew its value and weight. But how did this kidnapper know that he possessed gold worth over a billion yuan

Sweat trickled down Chen Anshi's forehead as he felt a chill run down his spine. It was like being an invisible person whose every possession had been thoroughly scrutinized by others, a feeling too uncomfortable to bear.

"How about it, Mr. Chen You have only one minute to decide," Qiang Dongsong sneered coldly. "And I forgot to tell you earlier: the explosion at Jinling Hotel was my doing."

"Whether or not you blew up Jinling Hotel is none of my business," Chen Anshi replied icily, forcing himself to remain calm. Using several hundred million yuan worth of gold to exchange for his son's life, he knew full well what was more important. But this tycoon from the southern Jiang region had to make the kidnapper pay a price; it had always been him putting pressure on others—when could anyone ever get away with riding over his head and acting high and mighty

"But I do know the exact location of your vault," Qiang Dongsong said with relish. "I can make your vault share the same fate as the rooms in Jinling Hotel, turning them into fragments. Then everyone will see what you've been keeping secret."

Chen Anshi's hand holding the phone was trembling slightly.

"If gold spills all over the place, would the citizens loot it Of course, I know that with your financial clout, you wouldn't mind a little money being lost. But I also know how dear these gold bars are to you—dearer than even your parents. If the vault is destroyed, you'll go insane." come on!" Seeing Wang Zheng really dared to show up, the number one beast's heart was set. He pounded his fists against the railings and roared.Everyone waited for the number one beast to crush Wang...