Chapter 572: To Get Rich, Find Brother Chu in Dubai

Chapter 572 -335: To Get Rich, Find Brother Chu in Dubai

Tsk, so much money.

There was no way to spend it all. Really, no way at all.

Of course, Bian Gaige’s bank acquisition still required a huge sum of capital, but it was still tied up in procedures, so there was a window of time.

Back in school, he’d read news about that soccer star with a few screws loose, Balotelli, also known as Ba God. The guy didn’t know how to spend his money, so he drove his sports car around, throwing cash into the streets… It was pretty wild, pretty surreal.

But now, Lin Chu could understand how he felt.

‘I’m fucking rich!’

Money was nothing, really. You just want to feel good, to spend it, to flex. You spend every day thinking up new and creative ways to burn through it.

Then there was the news media…

All news about him in the country had been completely censored. Not a single article could be found. Even his Baidu page was deleted, and his Douyin account was banned.

Er.

‘That’s fine, too.’

Of course, plenty of people must have found out when the story first broke, but time has a way of dulling such things.

Internationally, his name had also fallen off the trending lists, but the discussions on various platforms served as a lingering memory.

To the world at large, his personal situation wasn’t something anyone, aside from those directly involved, would continue to pay attention to.

It seemed… all was quiet on the western front.

However, Lin Chu didn’t believe for a second that Liszt’s methods would stop here.

He had already mentioned that a lawsuit had been filed. Lin Chu, of course, had ways to deal with it, but the waiting process was still somewhat annoying.

Besides, this definitely wouldn’t be Liszt’s only move.

He wanted to push him to his absolute limit.

‘If I break, then I break. He wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.’

‘If I withstand it, then I’ll have passed his test.’

‘Is this old man really not afraid I’ll hate him? Not afraid that once I take over, I’ll burn his whole empire to the ground?’

For a moment, Lin Chu suddenly felt that this test seemed a little… bugged.

Although the transfer of “power” was always accompanied by various schemes, they weren’t usually this intense… A do-or-die struggle?

“Besides the nation and the people, no one gets to test me…”

Shaking his head with a chuckle, Lin Chu muttered the line.

But another possibility surfaced in his mind again. ‘Or maybe, the old man is just using me. Or using me as a whetstone for someone else.’

‘And… there was still the “secret” I carried, the one that mattered to him.’

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.

Just then, a knock came from the study door.

“Come in.”

Lu Ming pushed the door open and entered, a broad smile on his face. He looked as pleased as punch.

“What’s up? Why the huge grin?”

“Oh, nothing. I was just downstairs chatting with you-know-who. Tsk, you’re really something else. You never miss one you set your eyes on.”

Lu Ming teased with a laugh, sitting down in the chair opposite Lin Chu. “But I have to say, Sister An is great, too. Very classy. From a prominent family, after all. I’d say she’s no less than a princess, even if she’s a fallen one.”

Lin Chu shot him a look, casually pushing the cigarettes and lighter over. “Get to business. Cut the crap.”

“I think this *is* business.”

Lu Ming replied with a cheeky grin, “Anyway, I’ve notified everyone about the meeting. What’s the plan for after? The Little Prince has left. He wanted to invite you to a party tonight, but I told him you were busy and needed a couple of days to rest, so I turned it down.”

In Dubai, it was practically home turf anyway.

If there was nothing to do, they could spend every day feasting and every night carousing.

“Then we’ll rest… I have been pretty tired lately. Give my dad a call, that sort of thing. For now, I’m a hidden dragon, and a hidden dragon bides its time. No need for pointless struggles.”

Lin Chu said casually with a smile.

Lu Ming could sense that Lin Chu was heavily preoccupied, but he could more or less guess what Brother Chu was mulling over.

But the topic was so far beyond his own scope, so grand, that he couldn’t even offer an opinion.

Unlike Lin Chu, he believed that if you had money, you should spend it on partying and women. All that sentimental nonsense about patriotism and national duty didn’t matter. It was all about having fun, and the party was over when you couldn’t have fun anymore.

But here was Lin Chu, getting himself tangled up in “taking Chinese luxury global,” moving capital overseas, and even this patriotic sentimentality… The more you stir the pot, the more trouble you attract. Wasn’t it exhausting?

‘So much entropy.’

And now, he’d finally stirred up enough trouble to turn himself into a “hidden dragon.”

“Why don’t we just put a bounty on that old bastard and have him taken out? How hard could it be? I feel like if you offer enough money, it’s doable.”

Lu Ming joked, sounding a little bored. Solve the problem at its root, right? It’s not like he’d be doing it himself. You could find plenty of those kinds of jobs on the dark web.

Lin Chu glanced at him, stroking his chin. With a flicker in his eyes, he smiled, nodded, and said, “Sure. Go ahead and get started on that.”

Lu Ming: ???

For a moment, he was completely stunned.

‘Wait, he just agreed?’

‘Just like that?’

‘And he sounded so damn casual about it?’

“Are you serious? Don’t mess with me, I’m totally lost. You’re making us sound like some kind of… armed militia.”

Having said that, Lu Ming’s confidence wavered, and he continued hesitantly.

If they really did something like that, all pretenses would be dropped. It would be back to a primal game of him against them, an eye for an eye.

A knot of anxiety formed in his stomach.

“If you want to do it, then do it. I don’t care. It might actually be good to cause him some trouble. Tit for tat…”

“Also, I’ll make a list. Find some reliable guys, see if there are any openings to infiltrate their ranks and do some recon…”

Lin Chu was talking about the figures behind the other seats in the club. It was a game of give and take. He had already caught their people on the cruise ship; it was only proper to return the favor.

“What kind of people?”

Lu Ming asked curiously.

“All big shots. People from the Forbes list. This counts as high-level corporate warfare, doesn’t it?”

“One more thing. The club’s headquarters should be in the Solomon Islands. Send some people to check it out. Whether they can get in or not is another matter. Just make a show of force for me. I want to see what other tricks the old man has up his sleeve.”

“Also, organize a team and leak all the information about the club across the entire internet… Let me see how the old man handles that. I’m actually looking forward to it.”

Lin Chu said with a serene smile, looking utterly unconcerned, but his eyes held a glint of madness.

In any case, he was perfectly safe for now.

It was just that his “freedom” was restricted in a certain sense, and he was facing unknown dangers.

But cowering in a shell wasn’t his style. If he was in trouble, he’d be damned if he’d let them have an easy time.

Meet war with war, and you will find peace.

“Alright! Fuck, now I’m getting pumped!”

“Is there more?”

Lu Ming was quickly won over. He would have been hesitant to make such a decision himself, but since Lin Chu had made the call, he was all in. It felt like they were about to stir up a storm.

“There’s also… hiring. Hire people at any cost. Recruit them from back home for me—veterans, logistics workers, delivery drivers, you name it. We’re building a logistics park, right? Even though it isn’t finished, get them here first. Keep them on the payroll, pay them well, and you handle all their paperwork.”

“Let’s start with ten thousand men.”

“And get this slogan out there: ‘Want to get rich? Find Brother Chu in Dubai!'”

His mind racing, Lin Chu continued.

‘Let’s just do it!’

‘Hand out the cash!’

‘Money sitting in an account is just a string of numbers. Get it out there!’

‘People are my core asset.’

‘Once the pool is large enough, we can filter the best talent to the top.’

‘As the old saying goes… the throne belongs to the one with the strongest army!’

‘Of course, it’s not like I want to be some emperor—that’s ancient history. But… the world is a chaotic place. There’s nothing wrong with recruiting a few more brothers, right?’

Ten thousand men!

Lu Ming took a deep breath and licked his lips. He suddenly felt the pressure. The number was fucking terrifying. If they really had that many people, plus their training base and rented weapons…

Honestly, it made him feel like an old-time warlord.

Even if it was an old-fashioned force held together by money, in a foreign country, that was a hell of a powerful group!

“This isn’t going to get me thrown in jail, is it?”

“Why am I suddenly feeling a little panicked?”

Lu Ming said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Lin Chu couldn’t help but smile. “Don’t worry. If you go to jail, I’ll bring you your meals… I’ll take care of your wife, your kids… I’ve already had Old Liu look into buying a prison, and I’ve hired a team of lawyers…”

Lu Ming: …

He couldn’t help but flip him the middle finger.

‘Is that something a human being would actually say?!’

Staring speechlessly at Lin Chu, he finally broke into a laugh. “You’re unbelievable. So this is it, huh? Follow the big boss and get a rod up the ass…”

Lin Chu laughed along. “You don’t need to worry so much. It’s for self-preservation. Everything we’re doing is for self-preservation. It’s legal, it’s compliant. We don’t start trouble, but we aren’t afraid of it. We’re just gathering ambitious young people to open up global trade routes, that’s all…”