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217: Chapter 217: That Kid is Like a Hedgehog 217: Chapter 217: That Kid is Like a Hedgehog On the other side, Elder Bai had just hung up the phone when a call from a senior official came in.

“Come to the meeting, a few of us will have a session.”

“Just the few of us?” Elder Bai said, somewhat surprised.

“Yes, just us,” Elder Ye responded and then hung up.

Was this matter so significant?

Elder Bai muttered to himself.

They, holding high positions, were gathering for a meeting.

It was well known that big issues are discussed in small meetings.

Considering this, he better hurry over.

Upon arrival, Elder Bai looked around.

In addition to senior official Elder Ye, there were three others.

These were Elder Meng from the military, Elder Han who handled finance, and Elder He who managed education.

Including himself, who was in charge of public security, these few people could stir up a massive storm across the nation.

Seeing Elder Bai arrive, Elder Ye immediately said, “Good, everyone is here.

Let’s begin.”

“As you all know, I handle foreign trade, so I’m quite familiar with the affairs abroad.

Do you know what that young man has been up to these days?

He’s been aggressively selling gold overseas.”

“I was wondering why the gold prices were fluctuating so violently these days.

How much did he sell?” Elder Han asked, surprised.

He was responsible for finance, mainly the banking sector, so he was particularly sensitive to these matters.

At this moment, the most spirited Elder Meng spoke up, “What are you talking about?

What gold?”

“I hadn’t even asked yet, how come you are here?” Elder Bai looked at his old companion with some surprise.

“It was I who brought him.

When Elder Ye called me, Elder Meng just happened to be nearby, so he came along.

I figured, this matter isn’t too big but also not too minor, so it wouldn’t be a problem to have him over,” Elder He explained.

In fact, they wanted a powerful military figure involved.

If any problems arose later, they would have one more person to share the burden.

The others rolled their eyes, typical of someone from education, always keen on involving a bunch of people.

But taking him along wasn’t any better than finding someone from agriculture, since that young man had been heavily investing in pig farming recently.

“Alright, since everyone is here, it’s fine to tell you.”

Elder Ye quickly relayed the matter.

The others kept quiet, listening to Elder Ye, who held the highest position among them.

“So, if the kid doesn’t behave, just smack him directly.

A few more beatings and he’ll fall in line,” Elder Meng said disdainfully.

“How do you plan to hit him?

He’s a peasant with no military background and hasn’t partaken our benefits.

Can we even intervene?

Besides, haven’t you noticed?

That young lad is like a hedgehog.”

Elder Ye rolled his eyes, the youth these days really were difficult, never listening to anything.

In their time, disobedience would not leave you unscathed.

“In my opinion, this is your own fault.

Why promise something you couldn’t deliver, and then send the younger ones to test the waters?

Now look, he’s thrown a wrench in our works because he finds it bothersome,” Elder He observed, completely disappointed in them, “If you promised something, you should deliver.

If you can’t, you shouldn’t have agreed—it undermines our credibility.”

“Enough, enough, we are almost at the grave, don’t start with that educational talk,”.

Suddenly, Elder Han spoke up, “May I ask, during this period, how much has the young man shipped out?”

Elder Ye touched his head, “Almost three tons, I guess, and it’s all spot transactions.

He dumped it all at once these past few days, and it caused the international gold price to plummet.

If he has more, we might have trouble ahead.”

A drop in the international gold price isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but letting him continue like this is also not good.

“So, what should we do, arrest him directly?”

“He hasn’t broken any laws, why would you arrest him?”

Finally, Elder Meng caught on, “Wait a minute, something’s not right here.

The young man hasn’t done anything wrong from the beginning to the end, hasn’t offended anyone, and has invested all the money he earned into domestic animal husbandry, right?”

Everyone nodded, then Elder Meng continued, “That means, this is really your fault, isn’t it?”

“Don’t look at me, this was all Elder Bai’s doing, not ours,”.

Elder Bai interrupted anxiously: “What do you mean ‘my doing’?

Didn’t you all agree to this because you saw your young man starting to act?

Don’t you understand giving face?”

Elder Bai quickly raised both hands, “Alright, alright, it’s my fault, okay?

But we haven’t reached an irreparable situation yet.

We can’t continue to provoke that young man now, who knows what he might do.”

Elder Han nodded, “Yes, if that young man suddenly withdraws funds, should we stop him or not?”

This was indeed a problem.

If they intercept, foreign markets would surely criticize their financial market, impacting the entire nation’s finance.

But if they didn’t, the outflow of so much capital could be a major issue.

To put it mildly, it would be a massive outflow of capital, affecting domestic development.

To put it seriously, it could crush the promising signs just beginning to show in that province—this was now a public welfare issue.

If it escalated, they would all be deeply troubled.

“Why are you all discussing and discussing here?

In my opinion, just call the young man directly, tell him to stop, and then ask what he wants for compensation,” Elder Meng said.

Hearing Elder Meng’s words, everyone brightened up; yes, what were they even debating here?

This wasn’t something they could resolve by merely giving orders; the key lay with that young man.

Elder Ye stroked his chin, “You’re right indeed; years of meetings have made us foolish.

This issue isn’t hard to resolve.

Since this was Little Bai’s doing, let him handle the contact.”

“Wait, you aren’t planning to let him know about all this, are you?”

Elder Ye waved his hand, “So what if he knows?

It’s not like it’s top-secret information.

Besides, the younger ones don’t get along without a few scuffles, who knows, they might even become friends.”

You really think positively, quietly co-opting a talented individual—probably a real talent.

But recalling the records in the data, Elder Bai felt a headache coming on.

That young man was really unruly, often seeming mentally disturbed.

Hopefully, his grandson wouldn’t follow in those footsteps.

It was really tough on you.

Elder Bai silently mourned for Bai Heng for a minute, then decisively declared, “Alright, that’s settled then.

For national development, what’s a grandchild in the grand scheme of things?”