50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 608 Another scholar courting death
Before leaving, Sun Zhiwei didn't forget to submit his ideological report from last month, and he also received a small task from Xu Yimin.

The story begins in August. At that time, a guest from Sun Moon Lake named Liu Yiliang came to our office in San Francisco. As soon as he entered, he said that he had offended the eldest son of the bald man and hoped to get protection.

Ten years ago, if someone surrendered, we would certainly welcome them.

However, in recent years we have been focused on development, and relations between the two sides have gradually eased. We haven't even fired any cannons, so it's not easy to respond.

Furthermore, we didn't have anyone in San Francisco specifically to investigate the other party's situation, so the matter remained unresolved.

Since Sun Zhiwei's flight was going to pass through San Francisco, Xu Yimin asked him to take the opportunity to investigate and find out what was going on.

Sun Zhiwei didn't take it seriously. He planned to check it out as soon as he got there and give the other party a result. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good to keep it hanging like this.

On the afternoon of the 6th, Sun Zhiwei got off the plane at San Francisco International Airport and went straight to the office.

He had originally planned to settle this minor matter on the same day and then fly to New York on the same flight. However, when he received the information of the person involved, Sun Zhiwei's memory was activated.

Because in history, this Liu Yiliang was indeed a famous person.

It wasn't because he was so powerful, but because he would be assassinated a few days later, and the "Jiangnan Case" that would be exposed would cause a global sensation, directly affecting the United States' relationship with Sun Moon Lake.

The incident itself was not complicated; it was simply that the other party had offended the eldest son.

This Liu Yiliang is a scholar who used to be a member of the intelligence department over Sun Moon Lake.

However, this guy was very bold. After becoming famous by writing a few books, he got a little arrogant and wanted to write a book called "The Biography of the Eldest Son".

These celebrity biographies naturally contain a lot of dirt on the eldest son, which is why he angered him.

But he didn't stop there. Not long after, he announced that he would write a biography of Wu Guozhen.

Wu Guozhen was a veteran of the Qing Dynasty and served as the mayor of four major provinces in China. He was exceptionally capable, but unfortunately, he was not one of us.

Most importantly, he's dead. He died of illness this June. Everyone says that death is a serious matter, but Liu Yiliang actually wanted to desecrate his corpse after death, which naturally angered even more people.

So people at Sun Moon Lake started saying they wanted to kill him.

As a well-known writer, Liu Yiliang naturally has some friends.

After receiving the message from his friend, he panicked a bit and came to our office, hoping to use us as a shield.

In short, this is just a dog-eat-dog farce, and the final outcome is good for us.

Therefore, after thinking it through, Sun Zhiwei decided to wait and see what happened.

Of course, he wasn't prepared to wait several years for the event to unfold naturally before a result was reached; instead, he wanted to accelerate the process.

Moreover, since the assassin wouldn't arrive in San Francisco for several more days, he naturally wouldn't wait here foolishly.

It just so happens that all three of his gold mines in the United States are located in the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains. He hasn't visited the newest gold mine yet, so this is a good opportunity to inspect it.

So he simply found a hotel to stay in and then went to Pacific Heights, where Liu Yiliang's residence was located.

At this time, Liu Yiliang was not at home. After finding the other party's address, he drove around the neighborhood a few times and memorized the surrounding roads.

Then, he continued driving to Fisherman's Wharf. There was a video store there that belonged to Liu Yiliang, who usually shuttled between his home and the store. Although, in his memory, the assassin shot the man in front of Liu Yiliang's house.

But in this current time and space, with him constantly flapping his wings, it's uncertain whether it will affect the occurrence of this matter.

So he decided to be cautious and thoroughly survey the terrain around both his home and shop to prepare for any eventuality.

After finishing all that work, it was already dark when he returned to the hotel to rest. He also made a phone call to the mine to inform them that he would be going to check on things the next day.

Ryan Clark has managed the three gold mines very well in recent years, giving Sun Zhiwei little to worry about, and the profits have been steadily increasing every year.

Therefore, he did not intend to launch any surprise attack.

If he were to see something that caused embarrassment for everyone, he wouldn't even have a replacement. He figured that if the water was too clear, there would be no fish, so he was prepared to turn a blind eye to minor issues.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, as soon as Sun Zhiwei got up, the phone in his room rang. It turned out that Clark had personally driven over to pick him up.

Thinking that the other party might have set off before dawn, Sun Zhiwei simply told him to go to the hotel restaurant and have breakfast with him before going over.

While having breakfast, Sun Zhiwei briefly learned about the current situation at the mine.

As the number of mining areas increased, the workload of the main managers at the mines also increased, but their commissions also increased, which made everyone very happy.

The global economy has been in a bad state in recent years. Although the United States is not experiencing the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s, the overall environment is still poor due to the impact of the oil crisis.

Having such a stable job is important to everyone in the mine.

Especially the managers, who received generous commissions from their boss, Mr. James, had no reason not to cherish their jobs.

Therefore, all three gold mines are now operating very stably.

Clark was a little worried about the last mine, which was an old mine. Although it had the highest output of the three mines, no one knew how long it could last.

Sun Zhiwei had also thought about this problem, so he decided to solve it this time.

"Clark, are there any other gold mines around our three mines?"

“Sir, there is another area with concentrated mineral veins 50 kilometers to the northwest. There are six gold mines there, belonging to three different local mining companies.”

"Further to the southeast, there is another mineral vein, but that belongs to Newmont Mining Corporation of Colorado."

Sun Zhiwei knew about Newmont Mining, the largest gold and copper producer in the United States, with operations in the United States, Australia, Ghana, Peru, and Suriname.

These multinational corporations have one characteristic: they only value rich mines because they prefer to use large machinery for large-scale mining to reduce production costs.

So, that mining area to the southeast must be a top-tier gold mine. He's planning to steal some ore to supplement his own mine, so naturally he'd choose a good one.

So he said to Clark, "Take me to that rich mine in Newmont today, and then we'll go back."

Although he didn't know what Sun Zhiwei wanted to do, it wouldn't take much time to drive there, so he agreed immediately.

(End of this chapter)