Since ancient times, money has been an indispensable and fiercely contested possession. Who would willingly hand over the money in their possession to someone else, whether it was stolen, robbed, or earned through hard work?
In their hands, it is their own, and from ancient times to the present, countless examples have proved that many great figures met their ends over money—not because they were insatiably greedy, but because they could not bear to part with it.
The middle-aged man was now torn in a fierce internal battle, to give or not to give. If he gave the money, the matter might be settled for good, but parting with nine million would cause him a long period of heartache, especially since part of the operations at his company would also need to stop.
But not giving it also seemed unreasonable. Wang Dong had put it so plainly that if he did not heed his advice today, whether or not Wang Dong would help him in the future was another matter.
