342: Chapter 342 What do you think of me?

"Oh... it's just one percent, nothing major."

"This is equivalent to Lin Heng giving you a gift. I certainly have no objections. It's all for the sake of Long Country anyway. Besides, it's all hard-earned money for you all; didn't you all work for it? It mainly depends on you... Hmm??"

Ah!?

Long Anyou stopped halfway through what he was saying, suddenly realizing something was wrong.

Wait!

"How... how much!?"

Long Anyou was so shocked his tongue stumbled over his words.

His voice was almost changing pitch!

As soon as these words came out, the members of the Longan Bureau hesitated for a moment, clearly showing a wave of embarrassment on their faces.

"One... one percent, one percent per person..."

The other party spoke with a trembling voice.

Good heavens!?

Long Anyou was stunned.

One percent??

This was no small figure!

After all, the scale of this massive oil field was extraordinary!

Even one percent was measured in the hundreds of millions...

Damn it!

Long Anyou almost couldn't hold back an expletive.

He had previously doubted the loyalty of these people to the Longan Bureau and Long Country!

Good heavens!

Let alone these people!

In that split second just now, even he had been tempted.

Long Anyou swallowed hard.

He took a deep breath and finally managed to calm his emotions.

"You're only talking about the oil field in this specific area, right?"

The air fell silent for a long time after those words were spoken.

Long Anyou stared dryly at the other party, saw the embarrassment in their eyes, and a dark cloud gradually spread across his face.

"Hmm?"

He slightly raised his volume.

Only then did that person nod timidly, fearfully...

Pfft...!

How ruthless!

Long Anyou clutched his chest, feeling a palpitation as if he were about to suffer a myocardial infarction the next second.

Lin Heng!

"Fine, fine, fine... Lin Heng, so this is how you play, huh?"

He glared fiercely at Lin Heng.

As if he wanted to devour him!

As soon as he said this, the person who had braved the pressure to answer the question quickly lowered his head.

Even the other members of the Longan Bureau looked terrified at this moment, completely unable to raise their heads.

However, Lin Heng remained completely indifferent, seemingly not believing that what he did was wrong in any way.

Lubisang and the others around him had already proactively stepped forward, shielding Lin Heng behind them.

Click... the sound of a firearm being cocked...

"What? This was something they agreed to willingly. Why make things difficult for them? Did I hold a knife to their necks? What law did I break? Or did I betray the country for personal gain?"

Lin Heng said calmly.

The air was filled with an awkward atmosphere.

Long Anyou's face was ashen, and he remained silent.

He just stood there, emanating immense pressure.

At this moment, the members of the Longan Bureau finally couldn't hold on. They gritted their teeth, quickly knelt on the ground, and explained to Long Anyou:

"Director Long! It's our fault. We shouldn't have accepted Lin Heng's benefits..."

"How about this, we don't want it anymore, not a single cent. We'll turn all the resources we obtained over to the state... We don't want a single cent..."

Heh heh...

This conscience was unusually grand!

Lin Heng stood with his arms crossed, saying nothing.

He just quietly watched the person before him.

This awkward situation was nothing to Lin Heng.

It was just people.

If Long Anyou and his group didn't want it, plenty of others would!

Although the geographical location here was somewhat poor, surrounded by fellow strugglers, the advantage was the large number of people. Lin Heng was giving benefits to the Longan Bureau precisely because he didn't want the good fortune to fall into outsiders' hands, right?

If these people were ungrateful, Lin Heng wouldn't mind finding someone else.

He lightly sipped his tea, crossed his legs, and quietly watched the scene.

Long Anyou's mouth twitched upon hearing that.

"Scoundrels!"

"You people are concealing information!"

"Director Long, we were wrong, truly wrong... Please forgive us this once!"

The crowd wailed.

But in the next second...

Long Anyou's eyes widened.

"How could you not tell me about such a good thing the first moment you knew? As your Director, how have I treated you all usually? Have you forgotten?"

Huh???

The crowd was stunned upon hearing this.

What, what situation?

Good... good thing?

This was...

The crowd couldn't process it immediately, not quite understanding what Long Anyou meant.

However, Lin Heng almost choked on his tea.

He looked up, glanced at Long Anyou whose expression had drastically changed, and his own expression became somewhat playful.

Long Anyou spoke with regret for their lack of ambition:

"I've truly been too good to you all!"

And then...

A smile quickly appeared on his face.

Facing Lin Heng, he looked at him with a smile he had never shown to outsiders, ingratiatingly:

"Lin Heng... Although we haven't known each other for long, you know my character and abilities. Moreover, I won't hide it from you, I actually graduated from Long Country University of Science and Technology, and I have done some research on machinery..."

Hearing this, Lin Heng roughly understood the man's meaning.

Good heavens?

So he also wanted a piece of the pie from Lin Heng!

Long Anyou grinned, his smile a bit unnatural.

"Regarding the development of the Africa oil fields... How about... given our relationship, ah, pardon me! My technical skills are quite passable. I've managed two projects before. I guarantee I can handle it beautifully for you!"

This was already stated very clearly.

It was just short of explicitly asking to work for Lin Heng.

When the members of the Longan Bureau witnessed this scene, they all stretched their necks out, eyes wide, looking utterly incredulous.

Good... Good heavens??

Was this still the Director Long who had just severely reprimanded them, who had stood for righteousness?

They could no longer tell anymore.

"I can..."

Lin Heng quickly spoke.

"Considering Director Long's professional skills, I'll make an exception and grant you five percent of the shares."

"I mean for all of Africa!"

That single sentence struck everyone present awake.

Long Anyou's throat choked up with excitement. He licked his dry lips again and again!

Light was almost shining out of his eyes!

"Hahahaha... Thank you! Oh my heavens! I knew it! I never misjudged you!"

"You truly are a hidden dragon! You will soar to the heavens sooner or later!"

Long Anyou looked excited and invigorated.

He gave a thumbs-up in front of everyone, praising him profusely.

But at this time...

Those members of the Longan Bureau who had just been lectured by Long Anyou were all frozen in place, looking at Long Anyou in utter confusion.

This... was still their Director Long?

"Who was it that insulted me just now?"

"It seemed to be Director Long..."

The crowd murmured to themselves.

"Huh?!"

Someone quickly rubbed the back of his head.

"It doesn't look like him..."