Chapter Four: Twenty-Four Hours

Xu Zhi had uploaded the emails; the cooperative produced its senior claim. Liang's agreement was now evidence of bankruptcy manipulation. By evening, Yong'an's credit line and wages had been restored. Zhou Lin did not own the factory. He held something stranger: a board proxy signed by 370 people. In the final minute of Bai's borrowed talent, he found a payment made every six years to WQ-0. The next transfer was due at midnight in Haizhou Private Bank's underground vault. His black invitation displayed new words: [Twelve-Seat Preliminary Table. Entrants must bring one thing that cannot be priced.] Xu Zhi gave him her recorder. It contained Shen's answer when she had asked whether he was afraid: “Yes. I did it anyway.”