Chapter 49 - A Bluff in the Shadow of the Throne

#1 - The Prologue 209 #2 - The demon lord of the M&A world. 5902 #3 - The Grand Initiative : CK Group. 486 #4 - The Enforced Return 597 #5 - Viper Queen 575 #6 - The Hidden Hand 522 #7 - The Master Strategist 605 #8 - The Dragon’s Kitchen & The Wildcard 660 #9 - Reluctant Allies 710 #10 - The New Identity 499 #11 - The Red Slide 714 #12 - The Convertible Debt Trap 689 #13 - The Counter-Check 488 #14 - Arrival in Shanghai 552 #15 - Lu Rong’s Gambit 529 #16 - The Rat-Hole Restaurant 661 #17 - The Cold Incarnation 374 #18 - Entrance into the Sanctum 471 #19 - The Billion-Dollar Pivot 671 #20 - The Exposed Nerve 621 #21 - A Strategic Autopsy 651 #22 - A Coronation in the Crosshairs 714 #23 - Whispers of ZX Capital 483 #24 - The Success Hunters 443 #25 - The Butterfly’s Funeral 746 #26 - All-In on the Edge of Ruin 577 #27 - A Masterclass in Baiting 583 #28 - A Madman’s Gambit 361 #29 - A Symphony of Calculated Risks 739 #30 - Decapitating the VCC Shadow 622 #31 - The Sovereign Contract 497 #32 - A Cold War of Smiling Assassins 610 #33 - Fragile Glass in a Storm of Iron 447 #34 - The Pawn in Red 502 #35 - The Honeyed Blade 647 #36 - When the Vulture Bares Its Fangs 543 #37 - Chains of the Golden Patent 482 #38 - A Blood Covenant in the Boardroom 846 #39 - A Feast of Betrayal and Bitter Truths 733 #40 - Trojan Horses 735 #41 - The Mole and the Masterpiece 575 #42 - War of the Analysts 863 #43 - The Lightning Maneuver 531 #44 - The Old Dragon’s Maw 561 #45 - Ash, Embers, and the Third Pillar 755 #46 - The Puppet Master’s Script 516 #47 - A Pawn No More 729 #48 - The Canteen Conspiracy 698 #49 - A Bluff in the Shadow of the Throne 627 #50 - A Vision Built on Fault Lines 889