Chapter 47

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"Should be able to." Li Weijun answered confidently, without asking why Qin Yu wanted to investigate the Japanese developer. He directly picked up his phone and made a call. After a few instructions, he hung up.

"Xiao Yu, what's the deal with the developer again?"

"Brother, do you know the importance of the dragon vein?" Qin Yu didn't answer directly but asked a question instead.

"Of course, I know. In GZ City, I've heard that several dragon veins converge, which is why Guangzhou is a prosperous city with talented people."

"Exactly. On a large scale, the dragon vein is related to the development of a nation. On a smaller scale, it nourishes the people living on the land. The existence of a dragon vein is crucial for the people living on that land. If the dragon vein is damaged, the people near it will suffer."

"Moreover, why would the Japanese businessman build such a strange factory right on top of the dragon vein? So many coincidences make it hard to believe there's nothing fishy going on."

"Master Qin, are you saying the Japanese are intentionally damaging GZ City's dragon vein?"

Li Weijun's expression turned serious. He was a native of Guangzhou, and if the dragon vein was damaged, the local people would be the first to suffer. His expression became grim.

"Let's go ask the security guard first to confirm if it's intentional. Also, damaging a dragon vein isn't easy; they must have some hidden methods we haven't discovered yet."

The group fell silent, and soon the car arrived at the back gate. Sure enough, an old man was sitting by the gate, leisurely listening to the radio.

"Hello, sir. Your surname is Gu, right?"

"My surname is Gu, who are you?" The old man's Mandarin was mixed with obvious Cantonese, but Qin Yu, who had been influenced by Hong Kong movies as a child, could understand the common Cantonese words.

"We're here to ask you about something. Do you remember the building in the industrial park that looks like a knife?" Qin Yu leaned closer to the old man's ear and spoke loudly.

"You mean the knife building? This building started construction when I first came here as a security guard."

The old man's response made Qin Yu and his group's eyes light up. Calling it the knife building was quite fitting. Qin Yu continued:

"Sir, can you tell us more about the knife building?"

The back gate was relatively quiet with few vehicles passing by. The old man had some free time, so the group entered his guardhouse. The guardhouse had two rooms: an inner bedroom and an outer room with a table and several chairs. Qin Yu and the others could all sit down.

"Speaking of the knife building, I have a deep impression of it..." The old man, who hadn't chatted with anyone for a long time, started talking like a bamboo tube spilling beans, recounting everything he knew about the knife building.

The industrial park was built in 1984, and the old man had been a security guard there since then. The knife building was constructed in 2003. When it came to the construction of the knife building, the old man had always had a question. The area around the building was completely fenced off with barbed wire, and the workers never came out, eating and sleeping in tents inside.

Moreover, usually, buildings are constructed first, and then the interior is decorated. But the knife building stopped at the first floor. It wasn't that the workers stopped working; the old man could still see workers going in and out of the building every day, even pushing wheelbarrows full of soil out, which piled up to three stories high.

At this point, the old man's face showed a look of shock and he said mysteriously, "You probably don't know, but something terrifying happened during the construction of the knife building."

"I remember one night around 12 AM, I was patrolling the entire industrial park and was about to go to sleep when I suddenly saw a bright light from outside the window, followed by a thunderclap. The sound was so loud, it felt like the thunder was right outside the window, and my ears went deaf."

The old man quickly opened the window and saw black smoke rising from the top of the knife building's only completed floor. Then a group of people rushed out of the building. Under the strong streetlights, he clearly saw that they were carrying several people, putting them in a car, and driving away.

"Maybe they were struck by lightning?" The old man was puzzled but didn't pay much attention. Being struck by lightning, though rare, was not impossible. He just thought these people had bad luck.

However, this strange event happened for three consecutive days. The lightning was also peculiar, with only one strike each time, and no rain. The old man and his colleagues felt something was not right.

After each thunderclap, people were carried out of the building. The old man once secretly watched from outside the fence and discovered that the workers were all Japanese, as they were speaking Japanese when they carried the people out.

"Japanese? That doesn't make sense. It's impossible to find so many Japanese workers in GZ, and if they were brought from Japan, the cost would be too high."

The old man's words made Zhang Hua realize something was off. Not just Zhang Hua, but the others also felt the same. Why were the Japanese so secretive, even bringing workers from their own country? There must be some secret they didn't want others to know. The group exchanged glances, all thinking of Qin Yu's hypothesis, and their expressions became serious.

"What happened after that?"

"After that, everything returned to normal. The knife building was quickly completed, and the Japanese workers left. A few days later, several trucks brought a lot of goods into the building, and then it was locked. It hasn't been opened for many years."

After hearing the old man's story, Li Weijun and Zhang Hua both looked at Qin Yu, waiting for him to make a judgment.

Qin Yu gave them a look that said they would discuss it later. The group said goodbye to the old man, got back into the car, and drove out of the industrial park.

"Xiao Yu, now that there's no one else around, can you tell us if the dragon vein disturbance was caused by the Japanese?" In the car, Zhang Hua couldn't hold back and asked.

"I can confirm it was the Japanese. The three thunderclaps the old man mentioned have another interpretation in our field: 'Dragon Vein Turnover, Three Thunderclaps.' The dragon vein is formed by the mountains and rivers. If it is forcibly changed, it will be punished by heaven with thunder."

Qin Yu didn't say the rest: "Three thunderclaps, good and bad fortune change. The dragon vein turns into a malevolent vein, and the longer it remains, the greater the impact. Eventually, it will completely turn into a yang dragon, which brings disease and misfortune to those living there."

"What should we do?" Li Weijun's expression also changed. This matter would greatly affect him. Publicly, he was a citizen of GZ City, and privately, it would directly impact his real estate sales. He was very concerned about this.

"The best way is to enter the building, find out what method the Japanese used to turn the dragon vein, and then find a way to fix it."

"Okay." Li Weijun nodded, about to speak again when his phone rang. He looked at the number and answered it.

"Found it. Okay, I'm listening." Li Weijun said into the phone.

As the person on the other end spoke, Li Weijun's brows gradually furrowed, eventually forming a frown.

"Alright, I understand."

After hanging up, Li Weijun's expression turned grim. He told Qin Yu, "This Japanese businessman is not simple. His name is Sanjing Boshen, the president of Sanjing Corporation, one of the first foreign investors in China. He has connections with many officials in the city."

"Sanjing Corporation?" Qin Yu repeated, feeling that the name was familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, but couldn't recall where.

"Yes. When the country first opened up, it offered very favorable policies to foreign investors. Sanjing Boshen came to GZ at that time. Back then, attracting foreign investment was considered a significant achievement for officials. Sanjing Boshen used this to build a network of relationships in the city. Now, many officials who have risen from the bottom have ties to him." Li Weijun explained to Qin Yu and Zhang Hua.

"If that's the case, it will be difficult to enter the knife building."

Qin Yu's brows also furrowed. If it were a regular businessman, Li Weijun's connections could probably handle it, but with a foreign investor and the complex relationships with city officials, even Li Weijun would find it challenging.

Li Weijun and Qin Yu fell silent, and Zhang Hua, seeing that they weren't speaking, didn't want to interrupt. The car became quiet. After a long while, Li Weijun suddenly spoke:

"Master Qin, can you be 100% sure that there's something fishy going on in the knife building?"

"Yes."

"Alright, I'll take care of this. Master Qin, stay in GZ for a few days and wait for my news." Li Weijun's tone was firm, as if he had made a decision.