NOVEL NEXT Chapter 585 Unfortunate to be Targeted by You
Just as Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong were negotiating an endorsement with Chen Long, Li Guangming in the capital, Beijing, received a call from his American friend Jimmy.
"Li, I've found a hitman for you, ranked eighteenth among dark web assassins. He's completed ninety-nine missions without a single failure. Just one more mission and he'll reach a hundred, earning him a spot in the top ten. Are you satisfied with this hitman?" Jimmy said.
"Satisfied? I'm more than satisfied; this is exactly the kind of hitman I need!" Li Guangming exclaimed excitedly.
This hitman had completed ninety-nine missions without any fails.
He believed the one hundredth mission would not fail either.
"How much does such a good hitman cost?" Li Guangming asked.
"Thirty million dollars," Jimmy said. "For his level, twenty-five million dollars would usually suffice. But since it's a special location in your Huaxia, an additional five million dollars is required."
Huaxia was dangerous and many hitmen were reluctant to take on jobs there.
But money talks; extra cash could persuade a hitman to take on a mission in Huaxia.
Five million dollars was enough to make a hitman take the risk. Find adventures on My Virtual Library Empire
The hitman business was, after all, a high-risk profession.
One slip, and death was the consequence.
An extra five million, no matter how high the risk, was not a problem.
"No problem, I'll transfer it to you right away. Please pass it on to the hitman for me," Li Guangming readily agreed.
This price was well within his ability to pay.
"Alright, once the hitman receives the money, he will head to Huaxia within three working days and carry out the mission within half a month. You just wait for the good news," Jimmy said.
"Good, I'll be waiting for the good news." Li Guangming was already imagining the gruesome scene of Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong meeting their demise.
In his opinion, with such a high-caliber hitman involved, Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong were as good as dead.
...
Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong returned to the Crown Hotel.
Wang Xiaocong checked the advertisement released by the gaming company to see how effective it was.
Without checking, he had no idea; the moment he did, he was startled.
The internet was flooded with their gaming company's advertisement.
"Holy shit!" Wang Xiaocong couldn't help but exclaim, "Xu Yang, the ad you had me work on is freakin' amazing. Anyone who's online knows about it; come and see for yourself!"
Xu Yang shook his head, "I don't need to see it to know its impact."
Wang Xiaocong suddenly had a strange look on his face, "I just don't know what Gu Tianle would think after seeing this ad."
Xu Yang burst out laughing, "What else could he think? If it were you, what would you think?"
Without hesitation, Wang Xiaocong blurted out, "Definitely furious!"
Xu Yang laughed, "Exactly, Gu Tianle must be fuming as well."
Shaking his head, Wang Xiaocong said, "Gu Tianle is really unlucky to have gotten on your radar."
Xu Yang smiled, "When it's time to negotiate the endorsement, we'll give him more money as compensation. Moreover, I respect him for doing charity work low-key."
Wang Xiaocong nodded, "That's the only way."
...
In Beijing, Shengshi Biyuan residential community.
The homeowner Pan Jinlong, with a modest education, ordinary appearance, and crude manner of speaking...
This very man rode the nation's real estate wave, dabbled in the building materials business, and earned his first bucket of gold.
After making money, Pan Jinlong went to buy properties in the Shengshi Biyuan community, snapping up ten apartments in one go.
In his mind, with property in hand, there was nothing to worry about.
Indeed, ever since he bought his house, Pan Jinlong's restless heart had become much more stable.
Back when he bought his house, it was only eleven thousand per square meter, but now it had skyrocketed to one hundred and ten thousand per square meter.
That is to say, the real estate he had purchased had appreciated tenfold!
This rate of appreciation left Pan Jinlong dumbfounded.
He had a friend who had also made a fortune in the building materials business with him, but his friend didn't buy a house, thinking it was less profitable than industrial enterprises. So instead, he had set up a manufacturing factory and ventured into industry.
More than ten years had passed.
His friend's factory was on the brink of collapse, ready to close down at any moment.
Every day, he was worried about where to get money to keep the factory alive.
Meanwhile, Pan Jinlong, simply because he had bought houses, did nothing else, and relying on those ten properties, had become a billionaire with a net worth of over ten billion.
Latter, when Pan Jinlong watched the news and saw reports that many listed companies' annual net profits were no match for even one of his houses, he felt even happier.
He believed that the real estate industry truly deserved to be a pillar of the national economy. It was this pillar that had turned him into a billionaire.
Out of those ten houses, Pan Jinlong lived in one and rented out the other nine, becoming a landlord.
He stopped doing building material business and lived a comfortable life, unimaginable to the average worker, just by collecting rent.
The white-collar workers who rented his places worked themselves to the bone every day, yet a quarter of their monthly income went to him.
These hard-working office employees couldn't see a future for themselves, working day in and day out.
As a landlord, Pan Jinlong did nothing all day; he would walk his dog in the morning, go out for breakfast, play with his phone, take an afternoon nap, watch a free pirated movie online upon waking up, and dine and sing with friends at night, enjoying every day to the fullest.
Pan Jinlong had divorced before buying the houses and became a billionaire afterward. He had no intentions of marrying again.
He thought marriage lacked freedom and inevitably led to quarrels and vexation in life.
As for his physical needs, Pan Jinlong met them through entertainment clubs.
The women there were often college students, providing services that were both comfortable and hassle-free.
Whenever he felt like it, he'd just go; after all, money was not an issue.
Life was quite pleasant this way.
Living alone, he didn't have to accommodate anyone and could do whatever he pleased.
Recently, Pan Jinlong had become fascinated with web novels.
These web novels added much joy to Pan Jinlong's wealthy life.
Reading them, Pan Jinlong often imagined himself as a returning soldier king in the city, romancing cold and proud female CEOs.
Or traversing to another world to slaughter his way through, becoming a top powerhouse.
Since he became addicted to web novels, Pan Jinlong was practically inseparable from his phone.
He spent his days engrossed in the novels on his phone.
Reading while eating, reading in the bathroom, and listening while showering.
He even stopped watching previously enjoyed pirated movies.
He reduced his social gatherings, only attending friends' meetups when absolutely necessary.
Most of his days were spent lounging on the sofa on the balcony, devouring all kinds of novels—fantasy, martial arts, urban, the works.
Even though Pan Jinlong was worth over ten billion, he never paid for a VIP membership to remove ads when reading novels.
His phone was loaded with many free novel apps, which featured ads while reading.
That was understandable; after all, if you're getting novels for free, an ad or two isn't unreasonable. Otherwise, how would they make money? They couldn't serve you for free—the people behind those apps needed to live too.