Chapter 282 - One-Eyed Naga King (1/2)
Chapter 282: One-Eyed Naga King
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“This is… Impossible!”
Loong Jun lowered his head, trying to hide the shock and disbelief in his eyes.
He knew Zheng Anqi well and had thought of making a move on this princess of the Zheng family and international supermodel. However, based on the paparazzi news he had read, Zheng Anqi should look like an ugly crone. The picture of her wizened face had been published all over Hong Kong’s news outlets.
However, there and then, the Zheng Anqi standing before Loong Jun was even more attractive than she had been before the downfall of her family. Her porcelain skin scintillated under the bright light.
“Mr. Chen just signed a contract with me and named me his a.s.sistant. When he is gone, I will be sitting in his place as the Board Director. He put forward the motion of electing me as the new CEO of the Zheng’s Financial Group, anyone have a different opinion?”
She didn’t mind the shocked glares around her and made her way toward the director’s seat. Her heels clicked against the hard floor, making her steps sounded imperious and confident. She put the doc.u.ments on the table and scanned the people around her.
Everyone was still stunned by the development, therefore, no one spoke a word.
Half of the board of directors were people related to the Zheng family, the other half consisted of the Zheng’s Financial Group’s former employees who used to work for Old Man Zheng. Therefore, if Chen Fan had nominated a family member of the Zheng family, no one was going to be against it.
Loong Jun and the other alligators that wished to use the power struggle between Chen Fan and the Board members to force Chen to forsake direct control over the company. He had been talking secretly with many board members and had formed a consensus that if Chen Fan had chosen anyone outside of the Zheng family as the new CEO, they would vote Chen Fan’s proposal down, organize strikes and pull their investments out.
To his surprise, Chen Fan had nominated Zheng Anqi as the next CEO.
Zheng Anqi was the heir of the Zheng family and therefore had the support of Old Man Zheng’s former employees. She had exceptional talent and had been considered the official third-generation heir of the Zheng family. Her sudden transformation from an old hag to her youthful and attractive former self was a telltale sign of Chen Fan’s support for her. Her drastic transformation also spoke loudly of Chen Fan’s unimaginable power.
Therefore, with everyone’s acquiescence, Zheng Anqi became the new CEO of the Zheng’s Financial Group and took over the driver’s seat of the company. Loong Jun heaved a sigh, rose from his chair and left the room.
From the moment he saw Zheng Anqi appear in the room, he knew that he had lost the battle.
“Boss Loong, what do we do now? Do we still hedge against Zheng’s Financial Group’s stock?”
A pretty-looking Columbia University grad trailed behind Loong Jun. She was Loong Jun’s secretary. She wore black high heels, back stockings and a pair of silver-rimmed gla.s.ses.
“No, let’s stop for now.”
Although Loong Jun had lost in the first round of the compet.i.tion with Chen Fan, he was unfazed. He paused in a hallway of the Zheng’s Place and looked out through the gla.s.s windows down at entire Hong Kong Island.
“Although Zheng’s Financial Group had capitulated to Chen Beixuan, I won’t.”
“Chen Beixuan has made too many enemies in Hong Kong.”
“We need to find a new Grandmaster in Hong Kong.”
A light came up in Loong Jun’s eyes.
Zheng Anqi’s effective and strong-handed leaders.h.i.+p had the support of all the former employees of Old Man Zheng. After a few weeks of consolidating power, the Zheng’s Financial Group was finally on the right track. Although the company was bound to experience more uncertainty in the future, it had more or less recovered from the turmoil. By now, there was only one last thing left for Chen Fan to do in Hong Kong: collect materials for Dharma Array.
The Green Dragon Grand Array required a tremendous amount of raw materials.
Hong Kong was the capital of spellcasters and the Chinese Esotericism Conference had attracted even more spellcasters to Hong Kong. They should have some raw materials that could be put to better use by Chen Fan. These raw materials could be used to cast a Feng Shui array or refine a Dharma Artifact in the hands of ordinary spellcasters, however, in the hands of Chen Fan, they could be turned into a gigantic Dharma Array that covered over an area of a few square kilometers.
What Chen Fan offered to the spellcasters in exchange for what they had was also very tempting.
Yun Wu Spirit Water, Lesser Essence Enhancing Pill, Arcane Pills, Body Tempering Pill, Essence Gathering Pill, and many small scale dharma arrays. Chen Fan had even promised them that if they could offer him a supreme-grade material, he would teach them the real art of Immortal Cultivation in exchange.
However, so far, no one had brought him a numinous treasures yet.
“Jaundice, Earth Essence, Yin Crystals, Bones of Malice Beast, Arcane Azure Wood, and the scales of Naga…” As Chen Fan had expected, these spellcasters had many precious materials. Some of them had been pa.s.sed down generations and were the sole survivor of its kind. He had even collected a few pieces of material whose rarity was similar to that of the Yin Snake Bones. One of the pieces was no doubt the scale of a Connate Bone Spirit Beast.
Soon, Chen Fan had collected enough material to cast a dozen Green Dragon Grand Arrays. Pleasantly surprised by the results, a broad smile broke over Chen Fan’s face.
Chen Fan had paid for these precious materials with elixirs and some basic spells that cost him nearly nothing.
“I have been collecting materials for three days, I wager I should be able to head back in three more days.” Chen Fan calculated in his mind. He had been staying at the Zheng family’s mansion along the Repulse Bay.
The amount of material he got was similar to that inside of the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect’s vault.