I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 490 - 488: Make It Deadly

$500 million per person—a fortune sufficient for them to live a lifetime without ever running out of money. How many people in the world possess $500 million in cash?

As for offending one's own country? What can't be done? After this big score, they could completely take their families and children and flee the country. Which nation would not have a place for them? Perhaps in other countries, they could be even happier and more content—as long as they had money.

"Mr. Zhang, what are your demands?" Sharuk and Mortian asked. If Zhang Menglong were to make some meaningless demands or ones that were simply unachievable, such as demanding Brahma Country to compensate him billions of dollars in emotional damages, they would simply give up.

It wasn't that they lacked the skill, but rather that Brahma Country simply couldn't come up with several billion dollars in cash to compensate Zhang Menglong. Even a few billion would likely force this impoverished nation to sell everything but the kitchen sink.

"My demands are not high; I just want a full apology from top to bottom."

"That's it?" Both were stunned.

How did this sound like two people in a spat, one spending a billion dollars on a lawsuit just to force an apology out of sheer spite? Could one get any more capricious? In all their years of legal practice, they had never encountered such an outrageous case.

What baffled them most was, if you sue someone, demanding money is one thing—but not even wanting compensation, just an apology, and even sinking a billion dollars into it? Was it worth it? Anyone without five years of Parkinson's wouldn't engage in such self-destructive behavior.

Or was it that Zhang Menglong had become so capricious that spending a billion dollars was the same to him as spending ten, and as long as it made him happy, any amount of money was inconsequential? If that was the case, they had nothing to say—you're the boss when you have the money.

But who would reject money? For that billion dollars, even if the people of Brahma Country had done nothing wrong, they would still have to nitpick and find some fault!

"How confident are the two of you about this matter?" Zhang Menglong asked with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, if you charge them with defamation, this case might be hard to win because their actions have not caused any direct harm to your reputation for the time being, and they did not directly accuse you of anything in their voice chats, which lacks persuasive power," Sharuk analyzed.

"Then, in your experience, on what grounds should I sue?"

They exchanged a look, and then, years of unspoken understanding led them to think of the same term simultaneously.

"Human rights!"

"What?" Zhang Menglong was taken aback. How did this turn into a matter of human rights? "Can you explain that to me?"

Seeing their expressions, Zhang Menglong knew this was reliable.

"Mr. Zhang, it was mentioned in the call records that they knew your whereabouts intimately. This indicates that they have been surveilling your every move in secret, which is far from friendly behavior."

Zhang Menglong's eyes lit up. Indeed, the power of money was unmatched; these two had found such a unique angle in just a few minutes.

Right, how could you know I went to Xuli? Doesn't that show you're investigating and watching me?

Of course, as a nation, it is necessary to manage immigration, and recording Zhang Menglong's movements was not a problem—any country would document that information.

However, keeping files is one thing; surveilling someone's movements is quite another. Generally, only highly dangerous criminals or other individuals under administrative surveillance would be allowed access to such information.

Although Zhang Menglong was blacklisted by many countries, legally speaking, he had no issues.

To put it mildly, it was a country's routine measure for its own safety.

But if taken seriously, this could be seen as surveillance, a violation of personal freedom.

"Mr. Zhang, as long as we make a case out of this, suing them will be extremely easy," Hong Yi said. "Just think about how many foreigners are in Brahma Country, whether they're students or tourists. If they knew every move they made in this country was being watched, what do you think their reaction would be?"

"Awesome!" Zhang Menglong couldn't help but praise. These two were really bent over by five hundred million US Dollars; they were ready to throw their integrity out the window and start causing trouble for their own country on the spot, and with such precision at that!

The number of foreigners residing in Brahma Country year-round is as high as five to six million. Once these people realize they have no privacy while living in Brahma Country, the resulting impact would turn the world upside down.

Keep in mind, some of these people are Westerners, who value democracy and freedom the most. Let them know about this, and I'm afraid they'd all go insane.

And this matter definitely won't just ferment within Brahma Country. As the saying goes, good news stays at home, but bad news travels far. If this information were to get back to their home countries, it would probably grab the attention of all the nations that cherish freedom. This butterfly effect is truly terrifying.

If we go down an even darker path, since they've surveilled foreigners, who's to say the locals aren't being watched as well?

Although it's impossible for Brahma Country to have the manpower and resources to monitor its population of over a billion people, by that time, with public opinion flying everywhere, everyone would be suffering from paranoia, and those emotions would be uncontrollable.

Zhang Menglong has seen the power of public opinion plenty of times back home!

"Mr. Zhang, we have a very wide network of contacts throughout Brahma Country. We can get in touch with a large number of media outlets to blow this thing up," Hong Yi assured him.

"We can edit this recording and amplify the part where they monitored your personal freedom."

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"Moreover, given that you're the world's richest man, that title alone is enough to draw a massive amount of attention. This will be very beneficial to the fermentation of the incident."

"Brilliant!" Zhang Menglong couldn't help but want to applaud them.

He had originally just wanted to charge them with defamation, but with just a few words, these two lawyers elevated it to a matter of human rights, and they were also shifting the focus from Zhang Menglong alone to all of the foreign population and even the entire populace of Brahma Country.

This was going for the jugular!

"Mr. Zhang, we are 100% confident that we can make them lose the case. You can leave this matter entirely to us," they said confidently.

"Hong Yi, transfer six hundred million US Dollars to their foreign exchange account!" Zhang Menglong ordered.

"Six hundred million?!" They stiffened at such a terrifying number. "Mr. Zhang, this money..."

"Five hundred million of it is your down payment," Zhang Menglong stated. "You'll need funds to arrange those media outlets, so consider this hundred million US Dollars your miscellaneous expenses. Once the job is done, the remaining five hundred million will also be immediately transferred to your account."

Happiness came so suddenly that even after signing the contract with Zhang Menglong, they were still a bit dazed; the amount of money nearly knocked them over on the spot.

Of course, they had to handle the matter efficiently. After Zhang Menglong and his party left, they immediately put aside the cases they were handling.

What are those other cases even worth? Added up, they don't come close to what they would earn from greasing palms and managing public opinion for Zhang Menglong's case. Serving this 'big boss' well was now their top priority.

"Honey, get ready to move. Look into which country has the easiest immigration process and sort out our immigration papers immediately. By next month at the latest, we'll be ready to make a run for it!"

"The firm? Forget it, what do we need it for? We're about to have five hundred million, in US Dollars!"

"I didn't rob a bank!"

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