lcionline Chapter 1178 You still need money, lots and lots of money.
Chapter 1178 You still need money, lots and lots of money.
Guo Yingnan, Da Bao, and the heavily pregnant Zuo Mingyue arrived at 7:20. Since they weren't part of the organizers, arriving any later would have been impolite.
Guo Yingnan still had his slicked-back hair and wore a tuxedo, but he no longer held a cigar in his hand. Ever since Da Bao kicked him twice, he dared not smoke or smoke cigars in front of Zuo Mingyue. Without a cigar in his hand, Guo Yingnan always felt that he had lost the demeanor of a Hong Kong tycoon.
Guo Yingnan waved his two carrot-shaped fingers and held them up to Da Bao's eyes, implying that he had made a great sacrifice for Da Bao and his wife.
Da Bao glared at him, stretched out his index finger and pretended to break it, meaning, if you keep showing off, I'll break your finger.
Guo Yingnan immediately understood Da Bao's pantomime. He pursed his lips, grabbed Chen Zhichao who was coming to greet him, and ran off. Chen Zhichao was completely dumbfounded. He hadn't even greeted Young Master Qin yet, and they were just running away like that—it was so rude!
Guo Yingnan dragged him to the smoking room, and only then did he exhale a heavy breath. He eagerly took a cigar from the waiter and took two forceful puffs.
Chen Zhichao patted him on the shoulder, amused.
"What's up? It seems like you haven't smoked in ages, right?"
After taking two puffs of his cigar, Guo Yingnan said contentedly.
"That brat, I've never seen anyone spoil his wife like that. No one is allowed to smoke in front of his wife, he says it's to avoid affecting the baby's development. I haven't touched a cigar for three whole hours now."
Chen Zhichao laughed heartily. He was currently pursuing Bai Meigui, a famous Hong Kong singer, and knew what that feeling was like...
Despite her large pregnant belly, Zuo Mingyue was still the most beautiful woman at the party. Da Bao was supporting her, which was understandable, as Zuo Mingyue had completely transformed from a well-behaved girl into a curious one since arriving in Macau and Hong Kong.
In the afternoon, Da Bao accompanied her shopping. At a curry fish ball stall on the roadside, she ate a total of twelve bowls of curry fish balls, shaking her head and saying how delicious they were. As a result, she became a living advertisement for the stall, and the auntie selling curry fish balls was too busy to keep up with the demand. The stall was packed with people who wanted to try what this foreign woman was eating while shaking her head and wagging her tail.
The entire Hong Kong was obsessed with foreigners, simply because foreigners in Hong Kong were all high-ranking officials who held the power of life and death. Even Lui Lok told Crippled Ho that in Hong Kong you could kill anyone, but you couldn't kill a foreigner.
Zuo Mingyue's looks were such a huge advantage, coupled with her expensive clothes, that when she went to the mall, all the shop assistants fawned over her. Even Da Bao, who had such a strong presence, became just a foil. Da Bao was both amused and exasperated.
Ten minutes before the party started, Zuo Mingyue became the center of attention, with people constantly coming over to chat her up, making Da Bao, who was standing next to her, look like a mere background figure. Da Bao was so angry that he almost turned into a hippopotamus. Then, a guy actually tried to kiss Zuo Mingyue's hand, which made Da Bao so angry that he kicked him out of the banquet hall...
The banquet hall finally quieted down, but when the Secretary for Security, Strauss, limped in, supported by the Chief Secretary for Administration, he roared at the entire banquet hall.
"Who? Who did this? Who kicked Tommy from Dingsheng Group out? He almost killed me."
This commotion brought Da Bao to the attention of Long Sihai, who had just returned from the restroom. Long Sihai approached Fujiwara Shizuka and muttered something under his breath.
"Why is this guy here?"
Fujiwara Shizuka was watching Da Bao with great interest. She had never met Da Bao before. Back on the beach in Fujian, she only had time to fire a few shots at Cuicui and didn't pay any attention to Da Bao and Zuo Mingyue in the distance. Now that she saw Da Bao, she immediately took a liking to him.
Fujiwara Shizuka was unaware that Da Bao's main purpose in coming to Hong Kong was for her. Five tons of gold meant nothing to Da Bao; the gold in his spatial storage had long since become a mountain of gold, at least two or three hundred tons. Why would he care about a mere five tons of gold?
Da Bao's main concern was for his younger sister. He had said long ago that whoever hurt Cuicui must pay with a hundred or a thousand times more lives.
When Fujiwara Shizuka heard Long Sihai say that, she asked without turning her head.
"Taro, do you know this young man?"
Long Sihai could only nod; he hadn't wanted to hide it from Fujiwara Shizuka in the first place.
"This person's surname is Qin. He owns half of Haojiang. He is the big boss of the Sands International and Yongle Palace under construction. I heard that he is a descendant of the Manchu royal family and his surname is Aisin Gioro, but I can't find any specific information about him."
"Yoshi!"
Upon hearing that Daibao was a descendant of the royal family, Fujiwara Shizuka's eyes lit up. It was hard to find a man who was both rich and of noble lineage. If she had a child with such a man, she could inherit the title of prince in Japan.
Da Bao's consciousness noticed Fujiwara Shizuka, but he didn't know that Fujiwara Shizuka now regarded him as the father of her child. He could control life, but he couldn't control other people's thoughts.
The Secretary for Security, Strauss, was incredibly unlucky. He, along with the Chief Secretary for Administration, Robert, and several subordinates, were chatting and laughing as they arrived at the banquet hall entrance when suddenly a person flew out of the hall and knocked Strauss to the ground.
Strauss rolled on the ground with the man in his arms. It wasn't until the crowd came over and helped them up that they recognized the man as Tommy Chen, a senior executive of Dingsheng Group. Tommy Chen had already fainted. Robert could only order someone to take him to the hospital first, and then help Strauss to the banquet hall to confront him.
Da Bao helped Zuo Mingyue take two steps forward. He glanced at Robert arrogantly. Robert looked closely and realized that, to foreigners, all Asians looked the same, but he could still tell that this was Mr. Qin from Haojiang.
Although Robert and his family came from the British mainland and were quite worldly-wise, they had an innate awe of the super-rich, and Da Bao was one of those super-rich people.
Robert quickly let go, nearly causing Strauss to fall. Robert, all smiles, gave Da Bao and his wife a respectful bow with his hand on his chest.
“My God, Mr. Qin, when did you arrive in Hong Kong? Why didn’t you inform the Governor and me? We could have picked you up at the pier, otherwise it would have been very impolite.”
Da Bao shook hands with Robert, and Strauss also came over with a smile. Da Bao patted Strauss on the shoulder.
“Mr. Strauss, are you alright? It seems you’ve been working hard all day and worrying yourself sick. Well then, I’ll donate one million pounds to the Security Bureau tomorrow. Hopefully, this money will make your work a little smoother.”
Upon hearing this, Strauss immediately perked up. His backache and leg pain disappeared, and now he could carry 200 pounds of rice up to the sixth floor without even taking a breath...