Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 553 Betty's Revenge

"But why did he give me shares?" This was the question that Lin Yuan was most concerned about: "Would he just give someone something worth hundreds of millions of dollars so casually?"

"His name is Mitsui Tomoo. I went to talk to him in person." Betty said with a smile: "Before coming to Congo, I went to Tokyo."

"What did you say?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I gave him a sealed little bottle of dimethylmercury," Betty replied.

So direct? Is that okay?
The Mitsui Group has never announced the cause of Mitsui Morioh's illness. After all, the family head was suspected of being poisoned, which is not something that can be concluded casually.

Who is the murderer?

The reason for poisoning?
Can I take revenge?

……

Before this series of issues are determined, the whole thing can only be frozen on the grounds of "physical discomfort".

Only after finding out the whole story can we make a response strategy after careful consideration.

After being pushed to the helm, Mitsui Tomoo was surprised to find that he could not find any clues at all.

He mobilized his family's power and tried his best to trace Mitsui Shigeo's itinerary over the past few months, but he found nothing about the two key questions: when and how Mitsui Shigeo was poisoned.

This information was what Betty had told Lin Yuan before.

It is impossible for outsiders to know why Morio Mitsui's health deteriorated.

Now, Betty went straight to Mitsui Tomoo's house and handed a small bottle of dimethylmercury to him. Isn't that confessing her crime?
"It's not like Mitsui Tomoo didn't suspect you," Betty said.

"Did he find evidence?" Lin Yuan asked.

"For people like us, we often don't need evidence to do things. Suspicion is enough," Betty replied. "In the past few months, the only person Mitsui Shigeo has clashed with is you. That's enough for him to suspect you, even if he has no evidence."

"So you are helping me defuse the mine?" Lin Yuan asked.

Lin Yuan was very curious. If Betty went to help him defuse the mine, why didn't she pay any price, but instead Mitsui Tomoo had to bleed a huge amount of money to give away his shares?

"When I sent out the small bottle of dimethylmercury, I was actually telling the Mitsui family that we knew about this and that we were the ones who did it. How do you think Mitsui Tomoo would react when he heard the news?" Betty said with a smile.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Fear, humiliation... and surprise?"

The fear was because even though they knew that it was Lin Yuan who attacked Mitsui Shigeo, they had no idea how Lin Yuan did it.

Since Lin Yuan was able to kill Mitsui Shigeo silently, it would not be difficult to kill Mitsui Tomoo again using the same method.

Lin Yuan's unknown means can threaten the lives of every senior member of the Mitsui family.

It was humiliating because no matter from what angle one looked at it, the Mitsui family could not take revenge on Lin Yuan.

First of all, they had no evidence, so they couldn't retaliate against Lin Yuan in an open manner.

But if they want to use shady means, Betty's appearance is to intimidate the Mitsui family.

As an economic colony of Japan, how could the Mitsui family have the ability to resist the threat of the Adams family?
If they want to have a head-on confrontation, many senior military officers at Kadena Air Base and Yokosuka Military Base were trained by the Adams family.

What can the Mitsui family do?
Without solid evidence and unable to win the battle, of course I can only admit defeat in humiliation.

The last thing was a surprise. Although this incident severely slapped the Mitsui family in the face, it was a beneficiary for Mitsui Tomoo.

After the previously unknown fatal threat was revealed, Mitsui Tomoo was completely relieved.

It was his brother who had a conflict with Lin Yuan, not him.

Since it has been proven that he is completely no match for Lin Yuan, whether in a private contest or in an open comparison of power, then admitting defeat and seeking peace is the best option.

So Mitsui Tomoo gave away his shares, which meant that the Mitsui family admitted defeat and hoped that the matter would end there.

After Lin Yuan received the equity as an apology, he had to let the matter go according to the rules.

Betty nodded. "You guessed right. This is the first time in recent years that I've used my power to bully someone. It feels really good."

Bullying the Mitsui family? Lin Yuan had to admit that Betty was being very Versailles.

"I also visited Morioh Mitsui and showed him the small bottle of dimethylmercury," Betty continued.

"Wow! You..." Lin Yuan said in surprise.

Betty's behavior is simply too close to the face.

You torture someone like this with poison, and you still come to slap them in the face?

"Revenge must not only be achieved, but also be seen to be achieved." Betty said with a smile: "If Mitsui Shigeo died in an unclear way, how could we feel relieved?"

"Didn't he fight you to the death?" Lin Yuan asked worriedly.

"He had long lost his ability to move and could only lie in bed and curse. The more he cursed, the happier I was.

I told him that the Mitsui family would not avenge him and would even offer him shares in exchange for peace."

Betty said: "After I left, his condition deteriorated rapidly."

It turns out that the real reason why Shigeo Mitsui died so quickly was because Betty betrayed him in person.

"Thank you for doing so much." Lin Yuan didn't know how to express his gratitude for a moment.

As for grudges, there is no conflict between Betty and the Mitsui family.

She did this entirely for Lin Yuan, and even mobilized the power of her family to help Lin Yuan remove the hidden danger of the Mitsui family.

Otherwise, if Lin Yuan goes to Japan again in the future, he may face private revenge from the Mitsui family at any time.

Facing Lin Yuan's thanks, Betty shook her head and said, "No need to thank me. Even without considering our personal relationship, the Adams Family is still your solid ally.

Since we started working together, the profits we have earned have pushed me into the position of successor several years earlier.

We have gained quite a bit of profit, and this trip to Congo will also bring us a lot of profit, right?"

Lin Yuan nodded. It’s not really true that he was living off Betty.

Although Betty gave him great help, his rewards to the Adams family were also quite generous.

During the process of expanding Lin Yuan's business empire, he has never been reluctant to share profits with others. Only by using profits to bind more people can he walk steadily on the road.

"Just accept the shares of Mitsui Bank. They will be uneasy if you don't." Betty handed over a pen and motioned Lin Yuan to sign the agreement.

Lin Yuan signed his name decisively.

The two words "Lin Yuan" have earned him a fortune of more than $5 million.

It can be said that each word is worth a billion dollars.

"You can send a director to Mitsui Bank and consider the candidate," Betty said.

"Is it really possible? But I only have 2% of the shares." Lin Yuan asked in confusion.

Under normal circumstances, the company laws of various countries generally stipulate that more than 3% of the shares are required before a director can be recommended to the board of directors.

Lin Yuan's equity obviously has not reached this threshold. He originally thought that he was just sharing a little profit with 2% equity, and selling the equity for cash after a while would also be a good option.

But now, according to Betty, the Mitsui Group is obviously not just willing to give Lin Yuan some money, but is willing to share the management rights of the company, so they asked him to recommend directors.

This surprised Lin Yuan quite a bit.

Previously, Lin Yuan's influence in Japan was mainly concentrated in the Sony Group, and the Sony Group's business was mainly in the two areas of electronic product manufacturing and the entertainment industry. His influence in the financial field was almost zero.

Finance is the blood of modern industry, and its importance is self-evident.

But precisely because of the importance of finance, the inherent interest groups in various countries are often very resistant to outsiders entering the financial industry.

Lin Yuan's move is equivalent to his substantial entry into the Japanese financial field. Even though his influence is still weak now, it is a breakthrough in nature.

"Of course, this is what Mitsui Tomoo specifically mentioned to me. I saw that he wanted to make progress so much, so I reluctantly agreed to it." Betty replied.

Reluctantly...

Lin Yuan discovered Betty's hidden attribute, it turns out she is a bully!

He also knew why Betty had become so high-profile recently. In the past, the gap between him and Betty was too big, and at that time Betty would try her best to suppress her edge.

He was afraid that being too high-profile would hurt Lin Yuan's self-esteem.

Now Lin Yuan has gradually grown up. Although there is still a big gap between him and a giant like the Adams Family, he can already discuss cooperation on a relatively equal footing.

Therefore, Betty can show her brilliance more freely without worrying about accidentally hurting Lin Yuan.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan felt really emotional. What virtue and ability did he have to deserve such a gifted girl to treat him like this?
He could only step forward and hug Betty tightly.

"Don't thank me, I did everything voluntarily. I'm happy every day since I met you." Betty said while hugging him.

"I also want to do my best to do more for you. Tomorrow we will go to see the mine. I hope the reserves will surprise you."

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered something and asked in confusion, "By the way, where is the exploration team that came with you?"

"They live in Kisangani. Mr. Kano has arranged an address for them. I will take them directly to the mine tomorrow," Betty said.

The living conditions at the Xiala Village camp are indeed not very good. Many people still have to live in tents. If another exploration team comes at this time, there will be no place to live.

Therefore, Mr. Kano's act of arranging accommodation in Kisangani can be said to have been a great help.

"Have you met Mr. Kano?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Of course, how could we, a local tyrant, hide the arrival of so many of us from him? He was very enthusiastic, especially when he saw that I brought a media team with me," Betty said.

"Media team?" Lin Yuan asked in confusion.

"I came to Congo not just for mining, my goal is to completely destroy the French Samir Mining Company," said Betty.

Lin Yuan nodded. Samir Mining Company was different from the Mitsui Group. This was a life-and-death relationship.

For such a mining giant with no bottom line, completely eliminating the controller behind it is the best way to eliminate hidden dangers.

According to the previous discussion between Lin Yuan and Betty, the first step is to make the crimes of Samir Mining Company public and completely ruin the company's reputation.

Therefore, a media team is essential.

"Tomorrow I will bring the media team to the scene to collect evidence," Betty said.

"The scenes at the scene may be horrific, so let them be mentally prepared," said Lin Yuan.

Although Lin Yuan himself had not been to the mine, which could be called hell on earth, from the photos that Kano showed him, Lin Yuan knew how many inhumane crimes were left there.

Those journalists who have lived in the "civilized society" of Europe and the United States for many years have never seen such cruel scenes. I am afraid they will be deeply shocked tomorrow.

Lin Yuan just asked Betty to give them a shot of prevention first, but did not stop Betty from going with them.

He knew Betty wasn't a spoiled brat, and she could definitely handle this little bit of hardship. He was just hesitant about whether to take Gakki along. Until recently, Gakki had been just a minor actress, even with her experience on the organizing committee for the World's Second Kendo Tournament. But she was really just a young woman who had barely reached adulthood. Should he expose her to such harsh realities?

GAKKI, who was standing by, immediately guessed what Lin Yuan was thinking. She took Lin Yuan's hand and said firmly, "I'm going tomorrow. I'm your assistant, I can't always avoid you."

Lin Yuan looked at GAKKI-chan, still a little hesitant.

Betty said, "Lin Yuan, take her with you. Someone has to bear the brunt of the darkness in your life, so leave it to me and Gakki. This way, Xixi and Taylor's lives will be much cleaner and brighter."

GAKKI-chan held Lin Yuan's hand tightly, her eyes determined, as if she would never give in unless he agreed.

As an Sakura girl who always obeys men, GAKKI-chan rarely shows such a persistent side.

Lin Yuan knew that if he still wanted to protect her, it would only hurt her feelings.

This is equivalent to pointing at GAKKI-chan and saying: "You are not worthy of facing the wind and rain with me. You can only hide behind me and be a canary-like plaything."

Maybe it's not that serious, but it's certainly true in nature.

So Lin Yuan nodded and said, "You can go with me tomorrow, but I suggest you skip breakfast."

GAKKI-chan said seriously, "Okay, but I will eat breakfast."

"The worst that can happen... the worst that can happen is I just spit it out..." The next moment, her momentum weakened again.

Lin Yuan smiled and touched her head, then picked up the bucket on the ground and went out.

"Where are you going?" Betty asked.

"Go get some water so I can help you wash your bodies," said Lin Yuan.

"I want you to help me wash it!" Betty blushed.

"I had a close contact with Raja today. I smell like a tiger all over. How can I sleep without washing?" Lin Yuan said shamelessly.

He changed the concept. The tiger did need a bath after coming into contact with it, but that didn't mean he needed to "help" wash it.

Betty obviously knew about this logical flaw, but she said nothing.

Lin Yuan diligently brought back a bucket of water.

GAKKI-chan blushed as she walked out the door: "I didn't touch the tiger, so I don't need to wash."

How could Lin Yuan let her escape? He grabbed her.

So on this night, Lin Yuan unlocked another achievement:
Mandarin duck bath and the great harmony of life.

……

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The next morning, Lin Yuan and others set off in Kane's Hummer military vehicle.

The team went all the way to a temporary dock on the Congo River and stopped.

Samir Mining's criminal mining site is located on a tributary of the Congo River.

The road leading to the mining area has not yet been built, so you can only take a motorboat here.

The group boarded the motorboat that had been prepared long ago, and after driving for more than 20 minutes, they finally arrived at the mining area deep in the dense forest.

When Lin Yuan and others stepped onto the sampan and got off the boat, they found that several boats had already been docked on the shore.

"It seems that the exploration team and the media team arrived earlier than us." Betty said.

"They can take a boat directly from Kisangani, which is more convenient than us having to take a car around first." Lin Yuan nodded.

Kane had been here before, and under his leadership, Lin Yuan and others walked forward.

After getting off the boat, we walked more than 20 meters into the dense forest and saw a small camp consisting of thatched houses and tents in the distance, surrounded by the recommended wooden fence.

At the gate of the camp, more than ten people were vomiting violently, and the air was filled with a sour and foul smell.

"They are members of the media team and the exploration team," Betty said.

"It seems that the scenes inside are quite tragic." Lin Yuan turned his head to look at GAKKI-chan.

"It's okay, I can handle it." GAKKI insisted.

"Let's go. I hope such a scene will never happen again." Lin Yuan walked in first.

When they stepped into the gate of the camp, the first thing that caught their eyes was more than a dozen round-headed wooden stakes standing on the ground.

Most of the wooden stakes had been repeatedly soaked in blood, giving them a sticky, dark red and black texture.

On one of the wooden stakes was hung the body of a black man: the stake was inserted from under his body and came out from his mouth.

His body, already mostly rotten in the hot tropical climate, was covered with flies and wriggling insects, emitting an unbearable stench.

Seeing this scene, GAKKI immediately felt her stomach churning and instinctively wanted to squat down and vomit.

But she suppressed her nausea, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes caused by the intense nausea.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that in the 21st century, there are still people using such inhumane torture." Betty's eyes were filled with anger.

This kind of piercing with a wooden stake has a long history.

Historically, Persians, Assyrians, Turks, and Russians were the most fond of using the stake as punishment.

Later, Napoleon learned this punishment in Egypt and brought it back to France.

I didn't expect it to happen again in this French camp at this moment. It's really a long-standing joke from hell.

The general practice of stake torture is to sharpen one end of a wooden stake and insert it into the victim's anus. If the victim is a female, it can also be inserted into another part of the body.

Allow the victim to slowly sink under his own weight, and the stake will gradually penetrate deeper until it comes out from somewhere.

Some stakes were sharpened to cause the victim to die faster, while others were rounded to minimize piercing of the internal organs and cause a slower death.

In the camp, these dozen or so wooden stakes are the most cruel round-headed wooden stakes. On such stakes, victims can generally survive for more than twelve hours, and may even be tortured for three days and three nights.

Even though the black man's body, still on the stake, had mostly decayed, Lin Yuan and the others could still see the despair and pain he had suffered in his lifetime from his unrecognizable face.

From the dark bloodstains that had dried and solidified on these dozen or so wooden stakes, one could easily guess that many people must have endured this kind of cruel abuse and torture.

Lin Yuan could even imagine the Frenchmen gathered in front of the wooden stake, watching the victim's painful struggle, and then laughing like beasts.

There were also other black people who were forced to stand in front of the wooden stakes to watch, all of them trembling with fear.

Lin Yuan clenched his fists. He now felt a little regretful that he did not personally deal with Mael, one of the French leaders, that day.

Otherwise, his master-level massage skills would definitely make him know what it means to live a life worse than death.

"Thank you all for coming." At this time, Kano walked over from the depths of the camp and said, "I'm sorry to have you witness this scene."

"We are still late. If we had arrived earlier, we might have been able to save a lot more people." Lin Yuan sighed.

"Why should you say sorry? You are the victims. The ones who should say sorry are the perpetrators!" Betty said angrily.

"Honestly, this scene made me feel very humiliated. If I hadn't been waiting for the media to arrive, I would have collected the remains of this compatriot long ago.

But for the sake of justice, I can only let him stay on the stake for a while longer. I believe he will understand. ” Kano replied sadly.

"Show me around," Betty said.

"Come this way." Kano led the way inside.

Lin Yuan and others followed Kano into the depths of the camp.

On the way, they saw an iron pillar more than one meter tall.

The black firewood under the pillar and the charred human tissue on the pillar made Lin Yuan immediately know what it was.

It goes without saying how cruel this version of "burning with fire" is to the Chinese.

Lin Yuan and the others followed Kano forward, and all kinds of torture instruments appeared before their eyes one by one: the skinning pole, the blood eagle, the torture wheel, the torture bath barrel, the juicer...

These torture instruments, which had only appeared in books before, are now reproduced.

When seeing these torture instruments, Lin Yuan even had an illusion:
Is this a mining area or a place for torturing prisoners?
At the deepest part of the camp, Lin Yuan and others arrived at the end: a large pit where countless corpses were piled up randomly.

There are countless skeletons at the bottom of the big pit, which is simply the projection of hell on earth.

The stench that rose into the sky was like their endless resentment.

Lin Yuan couldn't imagine how those French guys could endure such an environment!

"After the media team leaves today, let them rest in peace." Lin Yuan said.

"We've prepared a collective funeral according to local customs." Kano nodded and said, "This is all I can do for them."

Betty was silent for a long time. She said to Kano, "Leave the rest to us. I promise you, we will not let Samir Company go. We will make them pay the most terrible price!"

"Thank you, Miss Adams." Kano was obviously in a low mood.

"Revenge is necessary, but it can't change the tragic deaths of these people." Kano said seriously, "I don't want this to happen again. Can you help me?"

What Kano hopes for is to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

But this is easier said than done.

In Africa, horrific events have been repeated time and again. If we want to truly achieve peace, we must essentially end the war and use economic development and a prosperous life to eliminate the soil for unrest.

But the various forces that came to Africa in the past, whether they were French, British, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgians, Americans...

The essence is to plunder this land.

They all regard Africa as their own backyard, colluding with local upper-class tribal rulers to suck the blood of the country.

Under such circumstances, how can we talk about eliminating the soil for unrest?

To put it more bluntly, people like Betty, who represent European and American forces, work together with tribal rulers like Kano.

Isn't this just a repeat of countless collusions in the past?
What are you talking about eliminating unrest?

In the face of this tragedy, Cano completely put aside his selfish desires, but is Betty, representing the Adams family, willing to do the same?

But Kano still had a faint expectation in his heart:

This cooperation is different from previous ones because there is one more person - Lin Yuan!
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　　Some descriptions of torture scenes were modified due to review, but it does not affect the reading experience.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)