Chapter 442: Having No Money is Really No Good
To answer Luo Yi, Xu Cheng replied, “The Mercenary King is indeed very powerful, I heard he’s in the SSS level and is one of the top five masters on the Sky Ranking for the entire world. With him holding down the Land of Mercenaries, indeed not even the M Nation dares to do whatever they want. That place is too chaotic.”
Luo Yi asked, “Then just the three of us go? But, Big Brother Cheng, can you leave the country with your current identity? I mean, will the country let you leave?”
Li Wei also nodded. “Big Brother Cheng, right now, you are the ace of our military. The country probably wouldn’t just let you leave, right?”
Xu Cheng bitterly smiled. “That’s why it wasn’t simple when the five elders acknowledged me as their grandson. Now, I have almost no reason to betray the country. So, in the future, no matter what happens, I would not turn my blade towards the country, and Elder Ye believed this, so they definitely wouldn’t stop me from leaving the country. He knows that we obviously can’t just stay in the country and do nothing since we are still so young. From what he was saying, I think he meant that if I want to stir up something, I shouldn’t do it in our own country, so now I have absolute freedom to leave and go wherever I want!”
“Then that’s awesome!” Luo Yi thought about it and then was a bit confused. “But didn’t you want to go to the M Nation with Sis-in-Law? Why do you want to go to Africa now to go and find the four behemoth families’ mercenary group?”
Li Wei smiled. “Are you stupid? You really think the country would let Big Brother Cheng go? The reason he said he was going to M Nation with Sis-in-Law is just for the other people to hear, at least let people in the country know his whereabouts.”
Xu Cheng nodded and said, “Yanjing probably knows about every move I make, and if I’m not wrong, someone’s probably going to ask me about why I booked a flight to the M Nation tomorrow.”
Upon thinking about this, Xu Cheng curiously asked Auntie Lan, “Oh right, Auntie Lan, Chuxue wants to go to M Nation’s Harvard. Did she receive admission yet?”
“We are still trying to figure a way out. We don’t have many connections there, so we have to go and try to have a chat with a few capitalists over there who have invested in Harvard,” Auntie Lan said.
Xu Cheng nodded, and he just took out his phone and dialed a Middle-Eastern number.
The moment the call connected, an enthusiastic voice shot out the other end. “Hello, Mr. Xu, you really shocked me man! I saw what’s going on in the Wei Nation, but to be honest, I still want to hear you tell me personally. Did you wipe out the Shanling Financial Group?”
Xu Cheng smiled and said, “I think you made a mistake, I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Haber: “Hahaha, I just like how you always give people the feeling of surprise. Right now, I feel that the exchange for you to be my protective umbrella is becoming more and more valuable. Homie, when are you coming to Dubai to play? I promise I will give you my warmest welcome!”
“I’m afraid I don’t have much time for now, but I want to ask you to do me a favor.” Xu Cheng smiled and said, “You have an enormous amount of assets, are you confident in getting me an admission spot at Harvard?”
“A spot at Harvard? Are you insulting me? Is that even a problem?” Haber pretended to be very angry. “Just give me the information on the person you want to send, and you will receive their admission letter right away. Every year, to be frank, we donate a crap ton to their school. What’s so difficult about getting a spot? I’m Haber, remember.”
Xu Cheng: “Alright, I didn’t call to hear you brag. You don’t need to brag too, just do what I asked to prove your capabilities.”
Haber: “Haha, indeed I feel like I’m not in any position to brag to you. It seems like, besides money, I really have nothing.”
Xu Cheng smiled. “Umm. At first, I didn’t really care how much money I have. But now, I feel like having no money really isn’t good. Even if I don’t need it, I still need to think for my next generation.”
Haber laughed. “You have fallen, I just love you talking to me about money, because then, you finally have a weakness that I know. Bro, come and be my bodyguard, you can just name the price and I will pay.”
Xu Cheng: “At least a trillion dollars, is that good?”
Haber: “Come on, man.”
Xu Cheng: “I’m not joking. To be honest, the couple tens of billions in assets in your hand isn’t really enough to fill my appetite. I feel like if I’m going to make money, I should earn at least a couple hundred billion!”
Haber: “Xu, I admit you are very strong, but do you know how many masters are out there that would still do anything if the price is right? If power and money-making skills are proportionate, then the five top masters of the world would be wealthy like countries now.”
“Alright, you can continue ranting about this topic when we meet next time,” Xu Cheng said.
After hanging up, Xu Cheng passed his phone to Auntie Lan and said, “Auntie, you can send Chuxue’s information to this number later.”
“Young Master, you have connections in other countries too?” Auntie Lan asked curiously.
Xu Cheng nodded, and he sighed and said, “I know this guy that’s filthy rich but is so poor that he has nothing other than money. Even his breath reeks with the stink of money. But this guy’s right, things are indeed a lot easier when you have money. In this world, most places only recognize money instead of the person. I’m thinking that in the future, when I become richer than him, I’m going to drown him in money.”
Luo Yi: “Who is it? Someone that dares to claim to be so poor that he has nothing else but money?”
Xu Cheng: “Local magnate of the Middle East, one of Du Bai’s princes.”
Li Wei and Luo Yi: “Then you probably won’t be richer than him in this lifetime.”
Xu Cheng: “Holy crap, whose side are you guys on? Are you really that unconfident in my ability to make money?”
At this time, Lin Dong arrived with the furniture company’s people and said, “Teacher, I got the furniture that this house needs.”
“Dong, come over for a second,” Xu Cheng said to him.
Lin Dong responded and immediately came to the kitchen.
Xu Cheng looked at him and said, “After a bit, I may go abroad, and it may be for a while. As for what I’m going to do, I can’t tell you right now, but you can take your pick. This time when we go, I can’t guarantee your safety, so you don’t have to go. But I do hope that you can come with me, and consider this to be training.”
Lin Dong’s eyes narrowed for a moment, and he said in a low voice, “Can I talk this over with my family?”
Xu Cheng: “Yeah, and if your family rejects, you don’t have to come. I won’t blame you.”
Lin Dong nodded and then went to check on the furniture.
“Big Brother Cheng, why are you dragging this piece of baggage with us?” Luo Yi wasn’t too happy. “We aren’t going on vacation or something, we are going to South Africa’s land of mercenaries… If this brat actually dares to go, then I admit, he’s a real man.”
“If he doesn’t go through this kind of stuff, then he’s indeed not qualified to be my apprentice,” Xu Cheng said.
After Lin Dong settled the furniture, he said goodbye to his teacher and went home.
He called over his dad and big brother, and had a little family meeting. He told them everything Xu Cheng said.
But this time, Lin Hu said, “I don’t agree with you going, who knows what kind of place he’s going to go to? If he can’t even guarantee your safety, then it’s definitely dangerous! Going with him at your age just means death!”
“Dad.” Lin Dong looked over at Lin Han and said, “What do you think?”
Lin Han analyzed, “Dong, this time you go and if you can come back alive, the whole Lin Family will rise to the top of the hierarchy! If you decline, both you and the Lin Family will miss this opportunity. But, do you want to go? Dad won’t force you to do anything you don’t want to anymore.”
Lin Dong said with determination. “I do! That’s the life I want!”
“Alright!” Lin Han said loudly. “No matter what the outcome is, Dad is proud of you!”