Trillionaire's Slice of Life

The call was from Lin Hongqiang, the chairman of Meibao.

Qiu Guodong, the chairman of Kangmei shares, Lin Hongqiang, the chairman of Meibao, Sun Shangwu, the chairman of Fuli Industry Group, and Li Tianming, the chairman of Li Group.

Among these four tycoons, all within the top two hundred on the Forbes list, the ones with closer relations to Chu Mo were Li Tianming and Lin Hongqiang.

The former was the previous owner of Emperor's Mansion Villa Number One, and truth be told, Chu Mo's acquaintance with the other three was due to Li Tianming's introductions.

As for Lin Hongqiang, this plump man who would smile like the Maitreya Buddha, was particularly close to Chu Mo, because he had expressed a desire to sell the Green Lawn Avenue villa to him. Lin Hongqiang's demeanor was the most amicable, even somewhat eager.

And in the end, Chu Mo not only signed for the Green Lawn Avenue Villa for seven billion yuan, but he also acquired Lin's set of Yuan blue-and-white porcelain antiques for a billion yuan.

Naturally, it was Chu Mo's cash that allowed the other party to promptly gather the funds to buy Bafang International, boosting the investment from merely three billion yuan to a sudden total of eleven billion yuan.

Therefore, afterward, Chu Mo's contacts with Lin Hongqiang were slightly more frequent than with the other three men.

And that probably was the reason Lin Hongqiang was calling him now.

The exceptional performance of the Rolls-Royce meant that Chu Mo in the back seat didn't feel the slightest bump, and the bodyguard driving was very cautious—whether braking or accelerating, the movements were always smooth and comfortable, never sudden or jarring.

Chu Mo, holding the phone, reclined lazily in the soft seat and, after listening to Lin Hongqiang's words, slightly hooked up the corners of his mouth before responding indifferently,

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, the plump man on the other end of the line paused briefly. Although Chu Mo couldn't see his face, he could almost imagine the man slightly frowning.

"Chu, brother... there are ninety-four five-star hotels in Magic City altogether, and our Bafang International, located near The Bund with its prime location, along with top-notch facilities and a professional management team, can stand its ground amid fierce competition. However, we can't afford the slightest negligence. A minor slip could lead others to surpass us.

Currently, our hotel has just changed its leadership team. Everything should be aimed at a smooth transition. Any radical action might trigger unnecessary chain reactions, so, brother, you should consider the bigger picture."

Sure enough, a tycoon worth over ten billion was a sly old fox, persuasive in speech, scene after scene.

However, when Chu Mo thought about how these four wily old foxes joined hands to reject his financial oversight proposal and continuously planted their own people in key positions at the hotel, the only thing left in his heart was a cold laugh.

This was the classic case of "officials may set fires but the common people are not allowed to light lamps".

Turning his gaze out of the car window, the convoy was currently on Harbour Avenue. It was the lunchtime rush hour, so the road was somewhat congested, but luckily not as severe as during the evening rush, and traffic was still slowly moving forward.

Drawing his gaze back from the high-rises outside the window, Chu Mo spoke indifferently,

"Elder Brother Lin seems to have misunderstood something."

Not waiting for the other party to ask, Chu Mo continued,

"Elder Brother Lin must think that Xiao Xue's actions at the board meeting this morning were under my instruction. Actually, I have completely refrained from interfering in the hotel's affairs—to give you a heads-up.

Bafang International is just a small toy I gave Xiao Xue to practice with. As for how the hotel is actually run, whether it's making or losing money, I really don't care.

To be honest, a mere thirty billion yuan isn't worth much of my attention. Of course, I still hope the hotel will do well; after all, it is also the hard work of you older brothers, but..."

He paused for a moment and continued in the midst of slightly heavy breathing on the other end of the line, eyes narrowing a bit,

"However, if someone makes Xiao Xue unhappy and the girl throws a tantrum, there's not much I can do about it. Elder Brother, you know that a woman's mind is the most difficult to guess."

Chu Mo's lips curled slightly.

Facing someone like himself who didn't play by the rules and didn't care about money, he guessed those four old foxes must have had a terrible headache.

A hint of coldness flashed in his heart. Since you treat me as an easy target, you can't blame me for being ruthless. A mere thirty billion, I can let it go, but in the end, I will definitely make you four shed a layer of skin.

And it was precisely with this indifferent attitude that Chu Mo had already claimed an unbeatable position.

"I understand, what a bold move, little brother."

After leaving this message, Lin Hongqiang hung up the phone.

Chu Mo took the phone away from his ear and opened Zhan Bingxue's WeChat, gently typing a few words. But in a moment, Chu Mo deleted the sentence "Be mindful of your methods and be somewhat gentler in your approach," and then he re-edited a few words and pressed send.

"No compromise!"

That was the instruction Chu Mo sent.

He didn't have to wait long. As the Rolls-Royce just turned a corner, the phone vibrated. When he unlocked it, sure enough, there was a WeChat reply from Zhan Bingxue.

"Understood!"

No need for further words. Chu Mo put away his phone, guessing that Lin Hongqiang, Sun Shangwu, and the other three old foxes must be huddling together to discuss their strategy.

However, no matter how the four of them tried to probe in the future, Chu Mo didn't plan to get involved anymore. He would let Zhan Bingxue match wits and bravery with them.

With his own support behind her, and having already made a do-or-die resolution, if Zhan Bingxue still couldn't defeat the four of them, Chu Mo could only wonder if he had misjudged her.

Adjusting his mindset, Chu Mo quickly put the matter behind him and closed his eyes to rest. After being delayed by this incident, although he had felt hungry before, now he surprisingly lost all appetite, leaning back in the soft seat, he drifted into a state between sleep and wakefulness.

Half an hour later, when the vehicle slowed down, he opened his eyes and saw that the convoy had returned to the front gate of Emperor Xuan Villas. Just as he was about to look away, he suddenly caught sight of a slender figure standing quietly next to the flower bed at the entrance of the community.

"Shou Bo, stop here!"

With that, the Rolls-Royce came to a slow stop at the villa gate, and Chu Mo lowered the car window. As the glass in front of him slowly descended, Chu Mo, with a touch of curiosity in his eyes, waved to the figure by the flowerbed.

Moments later, the young woman in a snow-white dress approached swiftly. When she reached the car, the cute girl with a childlike face and a stunning figure pouted and said:

"Chu Brother, I've been waiting for you for ages. If you were five minutes later, I would have gone back."

Without speaking, after the bodyguard Shou Bo opened the car door on the other side, the girl named Tao Yun sat beside him. Once the car windows were closed, the motorcade slowly moved forward, and Chu Mo, with curiosity in his eyes, finally asked:

"What is it? Did something happen to Xin'er again?"

At his words, a shadow flickered in Tao Yun's eyes, but she quickly adjusted her emotions and said desperately:

"Xin'er has been behaving very well recently. A couple of days ago, a senior boy confessed to her, but I fended him off... I'm here to see you, Chu Brother, not because of Xin'er's issues."

Under Chu Mo's somewhat puzzled gaze, the belle of the University of Science and Technology's Financial Management department, also a youthful goddess secretly admired by countless male students, blushed slightly:

"Chu Brother, let's make a deal!"