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The Hidden Billionaire Chapter 46

Chapter 46 Financial Backing

“I’m only saying this out of consideration for you. Besides, it isn’t as if you can actually follow me, not in that Bentley at least.”

With this, I didn’t bother with words anymore. Instead, I showed them exactly what I meant. Winding up the window, I shifted into gear and slammed the foot down onto the accelerator. The engine of the Porsche roared joyously as it sped down the highway, tearing through the dark of the night in the heavy rain like a drawn arrow finally granted the freedom to fly. Before Chen Ruhai realized, I already left him in my tail light.

Taking a glance at them through the rearview mirror, I noticed that they might have tried to catch up, but it doesn’t matter whether they actually did or not, since by now their Bentley was nothing but a pair of tiny and dim light. It was night time already, and in this heavy downpour, there were hardly any cars on the highway. I kept shifting up the gear and let my Porsche run wild like the way it was meant to run before it was unfortunate enough to find itself shipped to a foreign land such as mine. Soon, I could no longer see even their headlight.

I found an exit, and turned off out of the highway, ending the Porsche’s momentary freedom and once again subjugating it under the traffic laws of this land. I took out my phone, and headed towards the address that Zhao Gongming had sent me.

Devil’s Eyes, I’ve heard of this place, but I’ve never been there before.

Even when I was still in school, years back, this place has already made quite a name for itself, most of the time in various bad ways. Since then, it was a common gathering place for gangsters and thugs, and was full of junkies looking to get high and dealers providing them with the substance they need. Every single year, the school would always remind us time and time again to stay away from that place.

It would appear, that this Zhao Zichen wasn’t such a nice cookie after all. Any self respecting citizen would avoid this place like the plague, and he said that he came here to relax and wind down over a couple of drinks?

I no longer wanted anything more to do with this Zhao Zichen. But, since I already promised Zhao Gongming, I didn’t want to go back on my words. I thought as I drove, conceding that I’ll drag that precious son of his away the moment I see him, and then I’ll throw him back to his father. Whatever happens next would be their own business.

In the heavy rain, there were only a few people standing at the entrance of the Devil’s Eyes. The light from the neon signpost almost seemed to discolor and blend in the downpour. At the entrance of the pub, a few young girls wearing miniskirts, so tight and short that they might as well have not worn them at all, stood and posed.

When I stopped my Porsche right at the entrance, their eyes lit up and soon a small crowd of dresses and heels formed around my car door despite the heavy rain.

“Sister, you just take it easy. I got this.”

“You dirty tramp, who are you calling ‘sister’? This one is mine.”

I unlocked the door, and at least three hands shot out to open the door for me. But as soon as they saw my face, the expressions on their faces froze.

“You’re… you’re… Zhang Chao?” One of the girls spat, “Sister, I’ll let you have this one, you need it more than I do.”

“Get back here you pig! I’m not letting you weasel out of this and make me deal with it by myself!”

Looking at them backing off back to the pub entrance, I laughed. I didn’t think that I was so famous that even all the girls who worked the streets knew about me.

I waited for all of them to go back fully under the roof and out of the rain, then reached inside my bag and slowly took out a thick bundle of hundred dollar notes. Giving them a sideway glance, I gave the cash in my hand a little wave.

When they saw the money in my hand, the girls became visibly conflicted. They looked among each other, but in the end, the temptation of money was too great for them to bear, and a few of the girls ran back to my car through the heavy rain. By the time they got back again, the thin fabric that passes for their clothes was already soaking with water, their makeup was ruined, and droplets of water dripped from their hair.

But when they got here, I put the money in my hand away back into my bag, one note at a time.

When they saw this, anger exploded on their face as they glared at me with eyes opened as wide and round as coins.

In fact, they were so angry that they looked like they could lunge at me and claw my face out any second.

“Let’s get out of here, sisters. Scums like that deserved whatever the Chen’s will do to him!”

Then they ran back underneath the shelter of the roof. All who weren’t moved enough by my money laughed at them, at their greed for money, and at them being played like a fool for it.

But when they all went back under, I took out the money again. Two bundles this time. But this time, none of them moved an inch.

“Zhang Chao, you have the heart of a rotten egg! Are you even human!? Do you think it’s fun to play all my sisters here like fools!?”

“Sister, never mind him. He won’t have much more time. Didn’t you see what they say about him on the internet? The guy is rotten to the core. He even messed with Chen Yuzhou. Don’t worry, the Chen’s won’t let him off for that.”

“That’s right. Just wait, when the Chen’s finally do away with this trash, let’s go celebrate over some nice food and drinks.” One girl spat on the ground again.

I ignored everything they said and minded my own business. After a while when they began to grow tired of their trash talks, I glanced at them and threw the bundles of cash out of the window of my car. They scattered, and soon there was puddles of wet cash everywhere on the ground beside my car door.

All their voices stopped to a halt, with their eyes plastered to the pile of cash on the ground, in speechlessness.

Then, less than one second later, they seemed to have forgotten that they were badmouthing me just an instance before, and every single one of them darted out into the rain and threw themselves onto the ground, their hands busying with securing whatever cash they could gather. When they stood before, their skimpy low cut tops barely covered their chest at all, and now as they bent down to pick up the money on the ground, the two lumps on their torso either showed through their thin and soaked low cut tops, or popped out and hanging loose entirely. It must be freezing out here in the downpour, and in the middle of the night too, but none of them cared.

“Hey, that one was mine!”

“Too slow, mine now!”

And sure enough, though there were a lot of bank notes in the two bundles of cash, they quickly picked up every single note on the ground. But even after they got all of it, they still kept their eyes peeled and looked everywhere on the ground, watching out for anything that their “sisters” might have missed.

Only when I stopped the engine of my Porsche, did they lift their head up to look at me. Their eyes spoke, and even urged, for me to throw out some more cash.

“I have plenty more where those come from. But, I’m only interested in those who are actually serious about making money.” I said.

“Pick me! Mister, I’m serious about making money.”

“Get lost, as if. It’s me! Me me me! Mister, just speak, I know every position that you could possibly think of.”

“You tramps get your grubby paws off him! Look, I’m not in this for your money mister, I just thought that you look like the kind of guy who is nice to be around. Why don’t we have a little chat inside?”

I wasn’t surprised at their sudden changes of hearts, at all.

I laughed a little, “I think all of you looked fine. So, you girls come here often?”

“You bet, we’re here to party every day, and every night.”

“Yeah, and when we see good looking studs like you, we go and find a warm room for him. Speaking of which, Mr. Zhang, don’t you feel cold?”

She began stuffing herself into the Porsche, but before I even need to open my mouth to object, her “sisters” already pried her out and shoved her aside.

I asked them, “So how did you girls knew me? On the internet?”

Immediately they fell silent. They looked and nudged at each other, but none of them spoke a word.

I made a show of pulling the door shut, “Looks like none of you know anything. Well, guess I better find someone else who knew.”

“No don’t! Please! Mr. Zhang, it’s the Chen’s. Right now, just about every place in Tong City got word from them already, especially those who still want to run a business.”

“Oh? Looks like this Chen Ruhai really is well connected, with every sort of people.”

“None of us dared to disobey, unless they’re mad and didn’t want to run a business anymore. If anyone dared to say otherwise, they’d have the Black Dragons on them the next instant later. No one dared to oppose the Chen’s, not if we still want to live in the Tong City!”

“The Black Dragon? What do they have anything to do with the Chen’s?”

If my memory serves, the Black Dragon should be Jiang Ming’s people. What could they possibly have anything to do with the Chen’s? I did think that perhaps the Chen’s has some sort of connection to the local gangs, but that night at the Night Wolves, I educated Chen Yuzhou so good that if he really had the Black Dragons backing him up, he would have called them and razed the entire place to the ground.

In the Tong City, most gang members belonged to either the Black Dragon or the Red Lantern. Out of the two, the Black Dragons were a lot more verbose and physical about their business, trashing up places and threatening people into paying up “protection fees”. Except for the places that run under Junran, just about everyone else in Tong City fears the Black Dragons.

Of course, it wasn’t as if the Black Dragon was nice enough to leave Junran alone out of respect, but that Junran had always hired and maintained guards and watchers of their own. All of their businesses were under 24 hour surveillance. Of course, the cost associated was heavy, but at the same time it guaranteed that they won’t be hassled by thugs and gangs.

But for every other shops and store fronts in Tong City, without Junran’s incomes and financial backings, they had little choice but to give in to the Black Dragons.

And as for the Red Lanterns, they operate somewhat similar to how Junran does. They never threatened anyone for money, but the business they had their hands in wasn’t exactly legal either.

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The Hidden Billionaire Chapter 46

The Hidden Billionaire Chapter 46

Chapter 46 Financial Backing “I’m only saying this out of consideration for you. Besides, it isn’t as if you can actually follow me, not in that Bentley at least.” With this, I didn’t bother with words anymore. Instead, I showed them exactly what I meant. Winding up the window, I shifted into gear and slammed the foot down onto the accelerator. The engine of the Porsche roared joyously as it sped down the highway, tearing through the dark of the night in the heavy rain like a drawn arrow finally granted the freedom to fly. Before Chen Ruhai realized, I already left him in my tail light. Taking a glance at them through the rearview mirror, I noticed that they might have tried to catch up, but it doesn’t matter whether they actually did or not, since by now their Bentley was nothing but a pair of tiny and dim light. It was night time already, and in this heavy downpour, there were hardly any cars on the highway. I kept shifting up the gear and let my Porsche run wild like the way it was meant to run before it was unfortunate enough to find itself shipped to a foreign land such as mine. Soon, I could no longer see even their headlight. I found an exit, and turned off out of the highway, ending the Porsche’s momentary freedom and once again subjugating it under the traffic laws of this land. I took out my phone, and headed towards the address that Zhao Gongming had sent me. Devil’s Eyes, I’ve heard of this place, but I’ve never been there before. Even when I was still in school, years back, this place has already made quite a name for itself, most of the time in various bad ways. Since then, it was a common gathering place for gangsters and thugs, and was full of junkies looking to get high and dealers providing them with the substance they need. Every single year, the school would always remind us time and time again to stay away from that place. It would appear, that this Zhao Zichen wasn’t such a nice cookie after all. Any self respecting citizen would avoid this place like the plague, and he said that he came here to relax and wind down over a couple of drinks? I no longer wanted anything more to do with this Zhao Zichen. But, since I already promised Zhao Gongming, I didn’t want to go back on my words. I thought as I drove, conceding that I’ll drag that precious son of his away the moment I see him, and then I’ll throw him back to his father. Whatever happens next would be their own business. In the heavy rain, there were only a few people standing at the entrance of the Devil’s Eyes. The light from the neon signpost almost seemed to discolor and blend in the downpour. At the entrance of the pub, a few young girls wearing miniskirts, so tight and short that they might as well have not worn them at all, stood and posed. When I stopped my Porsche right at the entrance, their eyes lit up and soon a small crowd of dresses and heels formed around my car door despite the heavy rain. “Sister, you just take it easy. I got this.” “You dirty tramp, who are you calling ‘sister’? This one is mine.” I unlocked the door, and at least three hands shot out to open the door for me. But as soon as they saw my face, the expressions on their faces froze. “You’re... you’re... Zhang Chao?” One of the girls spat, “Sister, I’ll let you have this one, you need it more than I do.” “Get back here you pig! I’m not letting you weasel out of this and make me deal with it by myself!” Looking at them backing off back to the pub entrance, I laughed. I didn’t think that I was so famous that even all the girls who worked the streets knew about me. I waited for all of them to go back fully under the roof and out of the rain, then reached inside my bag and slowly took out a thick bundle of hundred dollar notes. Giving them a sideway glance, I gave the cash in my hand a little wave. When they saw the money in my hand, the girls became visibly conflicted. They looked among each other, but in the end, the temptation of money was too great for them to bear, and a few of the girls ran back to my car through the heavy rain. By the time they got back again, the thin fabric that passes for their clothes was already soaking with water, their makeup was ruined, and droplets of water dripped from their hair. But when they got here, I put the money in my hand away back into my bag, one note at a time. When they saw this, anger exploded on their face as they glared at me with eyes opened as wide and round as coins. In fact, they were so angry that they looked like they could lunge at me and claw my face out any second. “Let’s get out of here, sisters. Scums like that deserved whatever the Chen’s will do to him!” Then they ran back underneath the shelter of the roof. All who weren’t moved enough by my money laughed at them, at their greed for money, and at them being played like a fool for it. But when they all went back under, I took out the money again. Two bundles this time. But this time, none of them moved an inch. “Zhang Chao, you have the heart of a rotten egg! Are you even human!? Do you think it’s fun to play all my sisters here like fools!?” “Sister, never mind him. He won’t have much more time. Didn’t you see what they say about him on the internet? The guy is rotten to the core. He even messed with Chen Yuzhou. Don’t worry, the Chen’s won’t let him off for that.” “That’s right. Just wait, when the Chen’s finally do away with this trash, let’s go celebrate over some nice food and drinks.” One girl spat on the ground again. I ignored everything they said and minded my own business. After a while when they began to grow tired of their trash talks, I glanced at them and threw the bundles of cash out of the window of my car. They scattered, and soon there was puddles of wet cash everywhere on the ground beside my car door. All their voices stopped to a halt, with their eyes plastered to the pile of cash on the ground, in speechlessness. Then, less than one second later, they seemed to have forgotten that they were badmouthing me just an instance before, and every single one of them darted out into the rain and threw themselves onto the ground, their hands busying with securing whatever cash they could gather. When they stood before, their skimpy low cut tops barely covered their chest at all, and now as they bent down to pick up the money on the ground, the two lumps on their torso either showed through their thin and soaked low cut tops, or popped out and hanging loose entirely. It must be freezing out here in the downpour, and in the middle of the night too, but none of them cared. “Hey, that one was mine!” “Too slow, mine now!” And sure enough, though there were a lot of bank notes in the two bundles of cash, they quickly picked up every single note on the ground. But even after they got all of it, they still kept their eyes peeled and looked everywhere on the ground, watching out for anything that their “sisters” might have missed. Only when I stopped the engine of my Porsche, did they lift their head up to look at me. Their eyes spoke, and even urged, for me to throw out some more cash. “I have plenty more where those come from. But, I’m only interested in those who are actually serious about making money.” I said. “Pick me! Mister, I’m serious about making money.” “Get lost, as if. It’s me! Me me me! Mister, just speak, I know every position that you could possibly think of.” “You tramps get your grubby paws off him! Look, I’m not in this for your money mister, I just thought that you look like the kind of guy who is nice to be around. Why don’t we have a little chat inside?” I wasn’t surprised at their sudden changes of hearts, at all. I laughed a little, “I think all of you looked fine. So, you girls come here often?” “You bet, we’re here to party every day, and every night.” “Yeah, and when we see good looking studs like you, we go and find a warm room for him. Speaking of which, Mr. Zhang, don’t you feel cold?” She began stuffing herself into the Porsche, but before I even need to open my mouth to object, her “sisters” already pried her out and shoved her aside. I asked them, “So how did you girls knew me? On the internet?” Immediately they fell silent. They looked and nudged at each other, but none of them spoke a word. I made a show of pulling the door shut, “Looks like none of you know anything. Well, guess I better find someone else who knew.” “No don’t! Please! Mr. Zhang, it’s the Chen’s. Right now, just about every place in Tong City got word from them already, especially those who still want to run a business.” “Oh? Looks like this Chen Ruhai really is well connected, with every sort of people.” “None of us dared to disobey, unless they’re mad and didn’t want to run a business anymore. If anyone dared to say otherwise, they’d have the Black Dragons on them the next instant later. No one dared to oppose the Chen’s, not if we still want to live in the Tong City!” “The Black Dragon? What do they have anything to do with the Chen’s?” If my memory serves, the Black Dragon should be Jiang Ming’s people. What could they possibly have anything to do with the Chen’s? I did think that perhaps the Chen’s has some sort of connection to the local gangs, but that night at the Night Wolves, I educated Chen Yuzhou so good that if he really had the Black Dragons backing him up, he would have called them and razed the entire place to the ground. In the Tong City, most gang members belonged to either the Black Dragon or the Red Lantern. Out of the two, the Black Dragons were a lot more verbose and physical about their business, trashing up places and threatening people into paying up “protection fees”. Except for the places that run under Junran, just about everyone else in Tong City fears the Black Dragons. Of course, it wasn’t as if the Black Dragon was nice enough to leave Junran alone out of respect, but that Junran had always hired and maintained guards and watchers of their own. All of their businesses were under 24 hour surveillance. Of course, the cost associated was heavy, but at the same time it guaranteed that they won’t be hassled by thugs and gangs. But for every other shops and store fronts in Tong City, without Junran’s incomes and financial backings, they had little choice but to give in to the Black Dragons. And as for the Red Lanterns, they operate somewhat similar to how Junran does. They never threatened anyone for money, but the business they had their hands in wasn’t exactly legal either.

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