Wang Liang hung up the phone, gave a disdainful tch, and casually tossed his phone onto the coffee table.
As for Zhao Kaiming, this was the only way he could prevent the Starving Ghost incident—one that had nearly destroyed an entire city—from erupting within the country, while also satisfying his own feelings and venting his anger.
As for it breaking out in the island nation, that did not matter.
He had chosen not to inform headquarters because he felt it would not be of much use.
For one thing, Zhao Kaiming had not yet begun raising the ghost infant. Even if he had, and headquarters discovered it through Wang Liang’s warning, it would still be extremely difficult for them to deal with him. Instead, it would only make the situation more troublesome.
The Wishing Ghost would not give up the ghost infant. If they tried to take it by force, they would not be able to.
And directly stopping the Wishing Ghost was far too difficult. Headquarters might only have Elder Qin with that capability, but Elder Qin was stationed at headquarters and most likely would not come out.
If he really wanted to come out, he would have driven the bus out long ago.
That old man liked “raising gu.” His entire goal was to end the supernatural era, and even the fall of a city would have to make way for that.
And if Elder Qin did not act, then if headquarters tried to move against Zhao Kaiming, the most likely result would be that a batch of people died first.
Then Zhao Kaiming would rely on the Wishing Ghost to flee with the ghost infant, becoming difficult to locate, until one day the Starving Ghost incident suddenly erupted in some city and a haze sealed it off.
Rather than that, it would be better for Wang Liang to threaten him and make Zhao Kaiming get lost to the island nation, personally confirm where the Starving Ghost incident would break out, and understand its movements.
Then, once the best opportunity to deal with the Starving Ghost and the Wishing Ghost arrived, he would personally take the coffin nail and resolve it, so as to prevent the situation from completely spinning out of control and the entire state of affairs from collapsing.
“But before that, I at least need enough strength, and I must possess a ghost domain. I hope the next film ghost in a week has a ghost domain.”
Wang Liang was not too worried. The system and those film ghosts from his previous life were his greatest backing. What he needed was only time.
For the Starving Ghost to grow, judging from the original plot, it would need at least a month.
Even if the location changed, and some unexpected development occurred midway, causing the timeline to move forward, if he still had not controlled a ghost with a ghost domain by then and could not act personally...
At worst, he would pull Yang Jian out and have him use his ghost domain to carry out the operation to snipe the Starving Ghost.
In any case, the Starving Ghost could not truly be left completely alone and allowed to roam freely.
This ghost’s potential was too great. If it was truly left unchecked, it would definitely become an “Evil Yang Jian” later on, and then things would be disastrous.
However, Wang Liang felt there should still be enough time. He refused to believe that during this period, he would not be able to get even a single ghost with a ghost domain.
At worst, he could use headquarters to search for targets, find Sadako a few passable puzzle pieces, and try to raise her level of terror, piecing together a ghost domain first.
After finishing with Zhao Kaiming’s matter, Wang Liang got up and went to the computer room. He turned on the computer and looked through the documents Gao Yan had sent him.
According to the descent time, at midnight seven days later, the film ghost would descend. At the latest, he would have to rush over in advance on the sixth day.
Wang Liang did not know how long it would take to imprison that descending film ghost. If, right after taking office in Da’an City, he did nothing at all and then disappeared again, that would be somewhat unfair to the special privileges he had obtained from headquarters.
So Wang Liang planned to take advantage of these few days to swiftly resolve several supernatural incidents, then set off for Wangshan Village in Dahuai City.
After spending the entire morning carefully studying the documents Gao Yan had sent him, Wang Liang called Gao Yan.
“At two in the afternoon, I want to hold a shareholders’ meeting. It’s time we met.”
Da’an City had already been regarded by Wang Liang as his future home ground. Naturally, he had to meet some of the local wealthy businessmen, especially those who had jointly established the company serving the city’s person in charge. He had to let those people know who would be in charge here from now on.
He ordered takeout and simply finished lunch. Afterward, Wang Liang opened the villa’s garage, where several vehicles for the person in charge’s use were parked.
It had to be said that during Sun Su’s tenure, he had set up a company dedicated to serving the person in charge. Now, it truly made things much more convenient for Wang Liang and saved him quite a bit of trouble.
Wang Liang drove a luxury car out of the garage and made his way to the foot of Tianhuan Tower.
There was only one enterprise in this building: Tianhuan Enterprise. It was the company that Sun Su and those local wealthy businessmen had previously established together to serve the person in charge.
The entire Tianhuan Tower was used to serve the person in charge of this city. Even if many floors in the building were vacant, and many departments were no different from retirement departments—nothing more than empty shells—there really were no other companies in the entire building.
Wang Liang drove straight to the entrance of the building, got out, tossed the keys to a greeter who had come forward to receive him, and strode into the building.
Along the way, the hostesses, receptionists, and others he encountered all bowed when he approached and said, “Good day, President Wang.” Clearly, someone had long since notified all parties of his identity.
At the elevator entrance, Gao Yan and a woman in high heels, black stockings, a hip-hugging skirt, and a white women’s suit shirt had just walked out. After seeing Wang Liang, they quickly came forward to greet him.
“Mr. Wang.”
“Good day, President Wang. I’m your secretary, Xia Wei. I’ll usually assist in communication between you and the company’s internal departments, as well as report the company’s daily affairs and so on.”
Xia Wei was the refined type of woman. Her hair had been tied into a bun at the back of her head. Her face was exquisite and beautiful, with light makeup, and there was always a faint smile on her face.
Her figure was shapely, and her bearing was elegant and composed. Such poise and temperament made it seem as though she did not resemble a secretary at all.
“New here?” Wang Liang glanced at Xia Wei and asked.
Because judging from the documents Gao Yan had given him, as well as some information he had found online himself, among Tianhuan Enterprise’s high-level positions, there had previously been no one named Xia Wei. Originally, there had also been no such position as secretary here.
After Sun Su set up this company, he only took money to build safe houses and handle supernatural incidents. He basically did not participate in the company’s ordinary management, leaving it all to Gao Yan and the shareholders.
Sun Su had always communicated only with Gao Yan in ordinary times, basically paying attention only to supernatural matters.
“Yes, President Wang. Recently, after looking over the company’s structure, I felt that the company might need a secretary to better coordinate all parties and ensure that no major problems arise internally. That is why I wished to take on this position. I hope President Wang will allow it.”
The elevator doors opened. Wang Liang was the first to step inside, and the two followed close behind.
After entering the elevator, Wang Liang smiled and asked Xia Wei,
“This shell company usually has a lot of business too? It even needs a secretary to avoid problems?”
With a polite smile, Xia Wei replied seriously,
“It does. After the shareholders invested their money, those funds were not simply left there to earn interest.
“Although there are not many people, there are indeed dedicated departments here, such as an investment department and a finance department, to handle that money, making investments, developments, acquisitions, and so on in certain places in order to satisfy the needs of the previous person in charge and the shareholders, as well as certain plans for the future.”
Wang Liang nodded and did not ask anything else.