Chapter 500 - 301: Brother Chu, He’s Boosting His Fortune Again

Chapter 500: Chapter 301: Brother Chu, He’s Boosting His Fortune Again

Watching Lu Ming’s gleeful, unrestrained smile, Lin Chu shook his head and chuckled. He lit a cigarette and let out a long puff of smoke.

’Grand Governor of the Middle East, huh?’

’You’re really something else.’

Still, to be fair, conquering new frontiers—the sea of stars—is truly a man’s romance.

’And who’s to say... conquering new frontiers in business doesn’t count as conquering new frontiers?’

’The Lc flag will one day be planted all over the world!’

This rather inspiring thought made Lin Chu instinctively press down harder on the accelerator.

He sped up!

Lu Ming shrieked, "Oh, you’re awful, Brother! So naughty... I love it..."

Lin Chu: "..."

’Get lost!’

"Tone it down. What’s with that flamboyant, squawking voice!"

Lu Ming laughed, stopped his antics, and took out his phone. He snapped a photo of the pre-dawn sky outside and posted it to his Moments.

—Have you ever seen the sky in Dubai at 4 AM?

Then, pleased with himself, he gave his own post a ’like’.

It was... all rather sudden.

He hadn’t expected Lin Chu to suddenly say that he wanted him to be in charge of the business, or rather, the situation, here in the Middle East.

After all, Lu Ming had always thought of himself as just a kid. He wasn’t even twenty-five yet, and it wasn’t time for him to be working so hard.

Back in the country, whenever Lin Chu had tried to assign him tasks, he had always refused, just wanting to live freely and avoid any responsibility.

But now...

Perhaps it was because he was abroad, or because he truly loved this kind of life, but he had actually agreed just now, and he was ecstatic about it.

"Your main job here is to spend money."

"I’ll first buy a plot of land and build a campus. The campus will eventually house two groups of people: one will be our security company, and the other will be a commercial intelligence center."

"Your main task is to recruit talent from all over the world. Whether they’re of Chinese descent or foreigners who don’t want to go to the mainland for now, as long as they have a specialized skill, recruit them all. We’ll just put them on the payroll for now; it won’t cost that much."

"’Grand Governor of the Middle East’ is a bit much, but ’Timely Rain of the Middle East’ is quite fitting. It suits your personality."

Seeing him calm down, Lin Chu spoke in a gentle and steady voice.

Lin Chu didn’t expect him to make money, nor did he need him to.

But when it came to spending money, Lin Chu had 100% confidence in him!

Lu Ming looked toward the driver’s seat, a little lost in thought. A sentimental, almost melodramatic emotion suddenly welled up inside him. ’Brother Chu... I can’t believe Brother Chu thought things through in such detail.’

This wasn’t the tone of a boss, nor was it the tone of a friend.

It was truly like that of an older brother.

A real one.

"Damn, don’t look at me like that. You’re practically drooling. It’s gross."

Lin Chu caught his expression—stunned and moved—out of the corner of his eye and immediately teased him with a laugh.

Lu Ming turned his head away and lit a cigarette. "Heh, alright, I won’t say any more nonsense. I remember something my old man used to say. What is a friend? No, not just a friend, but a brother. And what is a brother?"

"A brother is someone who says, ’Your friends are my friends. Your enemies are my enemies.’"

"Just suddenly remembered it. Heh, pretty old-school, huh."

Lin Chu nodded with a smile. "Of course. If I were born in the era of the *Young and Dangerous* movies, I’d at least be a triad boss."

"Your thinking is too small."

"What’s a triad boss? They all just work for the big-shot tycoon."

"You should at least be a Justice of the Peace!"

They locked eyes, and in the cool morning breeze, their laughter floated up toward the Dubai sky.

They chatted the whole way.

Before long, they arrived at the airport.

The sky was just beginning to lighten. In the underground parking garage, Lin Chu met up with Ma Teng, who had brought three cars.

The airport pickup had been arranged by Gao Haitao, who was, after all, Ma Teng’s direct superior.

The group went upstairs together and waited patiently at the arrivals gate.

The flight information screen showed that the plane had already landed; they were probably waiting for their luggage.

Ma Teng watched Lin Chu thoughtfully. He suddenly realized what a people person the big boss was. Waking up so early to personally come for an airport pickup... ’Wouldn’t President Gao be moved to tears by this?’

Before long, the group emerged from inside.

They didn’t look tired at all; on the contrary, every one of them was full of vigor.

An instinctive smile touched Lin Chu’s lips. He walked over, greeting each person one by one, before they all piled into the cars, with him at the center of the group.

Gathering with such a full retinue in a foreign country was a strange yet wonderful feeling.

「On the way.」

Lin Chu made a call. "Have the goods sent over to me. Burj Al Arab Hotel."

He had already made arrangements with the auction house to have all nine pieces of blue-and-white porcelain delivered at the earliest opportunity.

’Get them delivered first!’

’Once the rebate comes through, I’ll just have them take the pieces back separately later.’

"So, how have you been lately?"

Wang Zhefei asked with a grin from the back seat.

In this car, Lu Ming was in the passenger seat, while Wang Zhefei, Liu Junfeng, and Li Kai were in the back.

Among these brothers, a clear distinction was beginning to form between their personal and professional relationships.

Gao Haitao, Hu Ping’an, Zhang Peng, and a few other company executives were in another car.

Lin Chu noticed this detail but didn’t pay it any mind.

This was all perfectly normal.

"Haha, you have no idea how good my life is every day. Last night I was at a party with a Prince, the night before I was at a yacht party, with beautiful women from all over the world..."

Lin Chu said with no small amount of pride, as it was all true.

"Holy shit!"

"You’re not even human, are you?"

"Tonight, we’re doing it again!"

Wang Zhefei was incredibly tempted, his tone full of exaggeration.

"If you want to party, we’ll party. I’ll just have Ma Teng arrange it. I’m fine with it. We’re here to have fun, after all. Oh, right, I got you guys presents. I’ll give them to you later."