Chapter Five: One Deed Cannot Buy a City

Zhao Kun waited beside mountains of grain while reporters and angry homeowners gathered. Gu Chengyue called Lin Mo personally. The silver-haired chairman spoke as though discussing an ordinary acquisition. “Your father believed in fairness too. It killed him. Give me the root terminal. I will restore your legal identity and grant you ten percent of Horizon.” “Who owns the Origin reserve?” Lin Mo asked. “Crisis assets pledged by twelve global institutions.” “Including frozen customer funds?” Gu ended the call. That silence was answer enough. Lin Mo published the recording and Origin's reserve warning. Horizon was using citizens' assets as collateral while exploiting unreadable accounts to seize their homes.