Chapter 197 Meng Jianghua, the thoughtful second son of the Meng family
Chapter 197 Meng Jianghua, the thoughtful second son of the Meng family
Meng family bunker.
Meng Jiangdong brought people to find Shen Liang. Naturally, this matter had been reported to the head of the Meng family and he had been instructed to do so. Otherwise, Dong Qiang would never have followed Meng Jiangdong to make trouble.
even so.
The head of the Meng family was still a little worried.
Along the way.
The head of the Meng family took the initiative to contact Dong Qiang many times, asking about Meng Jiangdong's safety, the progress of the journey, and any situation that might be dangerous to Meng Jiangdong. Although Meng Jiangdong was a bit useless, the Meng family did not want to lose him.
now.
The main floor of the Meng family bunker.
This floor was originally built for the head of the household to live in. Except for those who are allowed to live here by the head of the household, such as personal bodyguards, trusted nannies, and women who serve him in bed, anyone else who wants to come here needs to apply in advance.
No one applied.
There is no way to enter this level.
There are four elevators in the bunker, located in four directions.
Each elevator requires a password and permission.
Access to each level is different.
The main floor is one of the most secure floors in the entire bunker.
now.
The three people were sitting in the reception room on the main floor of the Meng family bunker. Although it was a bunker, the reception room was very grand and luxurious. The area of this room alone was over a hundred square meters, with ornamental fish tanks, old Huanghuali furniture, imported carpets, various antiques, and the most eye-catching thing was the golden bull statue on one side of the reception room.
The entire Taurus statue is almost the same size as a normal bull.
Some weigh several thousand pounds.
Ordinary people would subconsciously think that this golden bull must be gold-plated, or even painted with gold paint. Even so, the workmanship is exquisite enough. Even if the interior is made of stone, the price of buying this golden bull will not be cheap. The stone is not expensive but the exquisite carving is expensive.
However......
Only a few people in the Meng family know about it.
This golden bull is not made of stone.
But it is made of solid gold.
That's right, it is pure gold, and it is made of solid pure gold with almost no hollowness. The casting of the entire Taurus is extremely complicated. Because of its large size, it is quite difficult to form it in one go. First of all, it takes too long to solidify, so the entire Taurus was cast in batches for a full seven times before it finally formed such a perfect condition. It used nearly 3,500 kilograms of gold.
According to the price of gold before the end of the world.
A pound of gold costs about three hundred thousand.
In other words.
This golden bull was built before the end of the world using more than 1 billion worth of gold. As the saying goes, antiques are valuable in prosperous times, and gold is valuable in troubled times. The Meng family took this into consideration at the time, so they cast all the gold bricks accumulated over the generations into this huge and luxurious golden bull.
Unexpectedly.
This time of chaos.
It's much messier than I imagined.
The chaos has almost put humanity on the verge of extinction.
In this chaotic world, nothing, let alone gold, is as valuable as a bite of food. However, although this golden bull currently placed in the bunker seems to be worthless, it does have some ornamental value... well, that's all...
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"Old Zhou, is there any news from Dong Qiang?"
"Is it possible that there's something wrong with the signal receiver in our bunker? Have we sent anyone out?"
Take the first seat.
It was Meng Zhongyuan, the head of the Meng family.
Meng Zhongyuan is now over sixty years old, with slightly gray hair on his temples, but he is still energetic and has a strong body that does not look like what a man of his age should have. This is because he usually insists on fitness training, including weightlifting and stretching. He does these high-intensity exercises, which have not decreased but increased after the apocalypse. At this moment, his voice is full of energy, and his thick eyebrows and sword-like eyes have a kind of majesty that is intimidating without anger.
This is the power that the head of the Meng family should have.
It is also the aura of a superior that Meng Zhongyuan has cultivated after more than 30 years in this position.
these thirty years.
Took over this position from the old patriarch.
Meng Zhongyuan has experienced many political schemes and many difficult tests, and countless conspiracies and tricks, but in the end Meng Zhongyuan managed to get through them all, only because he is a natural political strategist and a man of great wisdom.
If it weren't for the end of the world.
Meng Zhongyuan will surely achieve greater success in politics.
Cooperating with the family's influence in the military.
The Meng family will surely reach greater heights in the future.
It's a pity that Meng Jiangdong, the only son of the family, is not ambitious. He has been eating, drinking and having fun all these years without making any progress. Many times, Meng Zhongyuan was so angry that he locked Meng Jiangdong up and gave him a beating, but it was useless. In the end, he was released and continued to eat and drink.
Meng Jiangdong is a hopeless person.
It's simply a hopeless situation.
There are many times.
Meng Zhongyuan was thinking.
If only my son could have half of my ability.
With his power and status, the cooperation between father and son will surely push the Meng family to the highest peak in the family's history. This is not impossible. At least Meng Zhongyuan has the brains and means to do so. But if it cannot be helped, it cannot be helped. In the end, Meng Zhongyuan gave up, especially when he saw the end of the world coming. Meng Zhongyuan suddenly felt that after the end of the world, the Meng family did not seem to need so many power schemes. As long as they could live safely in the bunker, it would be enough.
Before the end of the world, the Meng family was a behemoth.
It involves businesses across the country, and even some businesses spread across the world. This is just the business aspect, there are also political aspects, military aspects, as well as medical, heavy industry, military industry, etc. These important industries all require a very capable leader, simply put, a person with brains to lead.
The Meng family in that situation.
Definitely rich enough to rival a country.
Meng Jiangdong is absolutely not qualified to master it.
But after the end of the world, only one tenth of the Meng family remained. All their previous industries were instantly reduced to zero. All that was left was this bunker and these two or three hundred people. The control ability required for such a small industry was much weaker.
In Meng Zhongyuan's view.
As long as Meng Jiangdong doesn't make any trouble.
He shouldn't be unable to control even this little bit of property.
"We've already sent someone to check the bunker's signal receivers and confirmed there are no quality issues. When our bunker was first designed, we installed eight spare receivers. Normally, we only need one for long-term use. Even if one breaks, it's easy to switch to another. We use only the best equipment. At the beginning of the design, we expected that even at the worst possible condition, all the receivers would last for ten or twenty years before breaking down..."
"But just to make sure nothing goes wrong."
"I still sent out a team of six, two people in each group, to three different commanding heights. If there is a walkie-talkie signal coming back, they will receive it immediately... But half an hour has passed, and there is still no news..."
As soon as these words came out.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Meng Zhongyuan's face looked visibly uglier.
According to the estimated time.
Even if you have to walk there.
We should be arriving at the designated location soon.
Meng Zhongyuan knew the original location.
Later, the address was changed and the target was set at the stadium. Meng Jiangdong had also mentioned this to Meng Zhongyuan in the previous report, but that was also the last time they had an intercom call. From then until now, according to the agreement with Meng Jiangdong, we should have called at least twice, but we didn't even have a single call...
One less call time.
It can be said that it was delayed due to something.
There was no sound during both calls.
Meng Zhongyuan had to think more about it.
"Could it be...something happened?"
As soon as these words came out.
Lao Zhou didn't know how to respond.
After weighing the pros and cons, he spoke again.
"Dong Qiang, Sun Dayong, Cao Qingxue from the research institute, and Zhao Yi are involved in this operation. Zhao Yi is particularly strong. He may not be as strong as Dong Qiang, but he is not much different. Sun Dayong is also a tough guy. Add to that those weaker mutants, and the total number of mutants alone is incredibly strong..."
"What's more, there are so many elite soldiers following him."
"Nothing will happen, absolutely not. Perhaps they've reached a place where the signal is blocked. After the apocalypse, everyone is on their own, so it's inevitable that such places will appear... But if anyone really dares to provoke this Meng family team, they'll probably die."
Old Zhou said.
I am becoming more and more confident.
When he said this.
I have been observing Meng Zhongyuan's expression.
It's not just Meng Zhongyuan.
Sitting next to him, the young man remained silent. Old Zhou had been silently observing his reaction. However, whether at the beginning or now, the young man was as quiet as ever. He didn't look worried, sad, or nervous at all...
Is he a fool...
Doesn't he care about these things...
Or deafness?
Neither... Quite the contrary. After Lao Zhou got to know this young man, he felt that he was not simple. Not stupid or deaf, but extremely intelligent. He seemed to be only in his early twenties, but in terms of his brain, ten Meng Jiangdongs could not match him.
He is the illegitimate son brought back by Meng Zhongyuan.
21 years old, named Meng Jianghua.
Before the end of the world, I lived almost exclusively with my mother.
He had been living on the money given by Meng Zhongyuan. It stands to reason that children who grew up in such an environment would easily give up and lack ambition. After all, any amount of money given by Meng Zhongyuan was an astronomical figure that an ordinary person could not earn in their entire life. Old Zhou made a rough estimate and came up with an astronomical figure. The money Meng Zhongyuan gave to his illegitimate son and his mother over the years was at least over 100 million.
even so.
The illegitimate son Meng Jianghua did not grow up to be ugly.
Instead, I work hard silently in this environment.
He had always been a good student, and in his spare time he enrolled in many hobby classes. He was proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. He had also been familiar with the art of war since childhood and loved reading officialdom novels and watching TV dramas. He had almost mastered the power struggles of ancient times and the modern officialdom...
He was admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University.
If the end of the world had not come suddenly.
Give Meng Jianghua a few years.
Meng Jiangdong no longer had anything to do with the Meng family.
This seemingly dull young man will use his own strength to step on Meng Jiangdong, take away the identity of the heir of the Meng family, and lead the Meng family to reach greater heights.
But the end of the world has come.
All this has changed.
In addition, although Meng Zhongyuan was very disappointed with his sons, he would not eat his own cubs. He hoped that his two sons could live in harmony. He even slightly favored Meng Jiangdong, but he also recognized Meng Jianghua's talents. Therefore, he always hoped that Meng Jianghua could assist Meng Jiangdong, and the two brothers would ensure the stable development of the Meng family in this doomsday.
however.
Is Meng Jianghua really so obedient?
"Second Young Master, don't you want to say something? I mean, do you have any opinions, such as whether we should do something?"
Lao Zhou suddenly asked.
Meng Zhongyuan frowned slightly.
A little unhappy about this.
Meng Jianghua thought about it and shook his head.
"It's too hasty to do anything right now. I think Big Brother will definitely return victorious with such a strong team. In fact, I agree with your idea, Uncle Zhou, so I didn't say anything..."
Old Zhou sighed in his heart.
This Meng Jianghua is really a low-key person.
But the more this happened, the more Lao Zhou felt it was not simple.
"okay."
"Let's do this for now."
"Stay tuned. If there's still no news in half an hour...let me know then."
No more news.
It's time to send someone out to take a look.
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The reason why I didn’t reply to the message to Meng’s bunker.
Of course it’s because there is no chance.
now.
At the stadium.
Most of the people brought by Meng Jiangdong were already dead. The ground was littered with corpses and blood. The strong smell of blood was pungent. Chen Meng, who was in the air, looked from afar and saw many zombies and monsters attracted by the smell of blood, converging towards the stadium from all directions.
Chen Meng landed next to Shen Liang.
Tell him the news.
But it seems.
Shen Liang was not panicked about this.
"The smell of blood? I almost overlooked that."
"It's okay, just clean it up."
Saying,
Shen Liang waved his hand.
Suddenly, two armored vehicles approached the pile of corpses. The heavy machine guns on the roofs were instantly replaced by flamethrowers. Next to the flamethrowers, there were oil sprayers that looked like water guns, which sprayed a large amount of gasoline on the corpses.
following.
It is the huge flame jet from the flamethrower.
Bodies covered in gasoline.
The moment of contact with flame.
The flames burned up to five or six meters high, and the burning sensation made people nearby quickly move away...
At this moment, apart from Sun Dayong and the younger brothers he brought with him, the only people alive in the Meng family were Dong Qiang and his seven younger brothers.
Of course, there is also Meng Jiangdong.
They are still alive though.
Shen Liang was almost done with the fun.
So next.
Shen Liang planned to speed up the progress of the game, otherwise... the couple at the stadium would run away.
"Chen Meng, please go guard the stadium and keep yourself hidden. Oh, Zhao Yi's wife and daughter are in the stadium, but don't rush in. Be careful not to get into trouble."
Chen Meng nodded.
Ride on the Grey Parrot's Beak and take off into the air again.
Shen Liang looked at Dong Qiang and the others.
He spoke again.
"last chance."
"As long as you kill Meng Jiangdong, I will let you go..."
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