"Even if you kill me, I will never take a boat again, I swear!" Luke retched. Everything he could vomit in his stomach had already been vomited on the boat, and if he vomited again, it would only be some water. The two guys helped him, one on the left and the other on the right, attracting the attention of many people. He didn't let the people around him let go of him, because he knew that his legs had long been disobedient. This damn ship, when we were on the ship, the whole world was shaking except the sky. Now that we finally landed, I didn't expect that the world would stop shaking. It was the sky's turn to start shaking.
As the sky shook violently again, a nauseating feeling came to his mind again. He retched for a while and spit out a mouthful of saliva.
This time he came to Ilian City with a total of twenty of the most capable men in the mine protection team. These people all had lives on their hands. In order to turn the wealth underground into cash as soon as possible, he took advantage of those who specialized in mine protection. Organizations engaged in human trafficking have bought a lot of cheap labor. These workers were harmless in the human trafficking organization, as docile as castrated stallions, but in his hands they became like wild horses.
The first time I bought 500 people, more than 100 were sold out in just three days, and I lost tens of thousands of yuan in an instant. He tried to give those workers better food, better living conditions and even paid them wages. But the escape still existed, until he realized that kindness could not solve this problem, and the escape finally ended.
In the valley, the corpses hung from the trees were like cocoons ready to turn into butterflies in the autumn bushes, densely packed layer by layer. Hundreds of corpses were hung on the trees, swaying gently in the wind. Those people played a great role, at least they were able to scare these workers into becoming honest and docile.
From only a few hundred workers to tens of thousands now, the mine protection team alone has more than 500 people. These mine protection teams are like Luke's personal armed forces. When necessary, they can be used as an army to suppress those workers. The riots were the most powerful force in the mining area.
He established his mining area into a small kingdom of his own, and he was the supreme king. At the same time, he knew very well that this was only a small place after all. If you want to gain more wealth and a higher status, there is no way out by shrinking in the mining area. You must ascend to the brightest stage of the empire before you can get out of this small place. So he made Corinna famous and planned to conduct social activities as an investor and producer of the first non-color film.
He also wanted to use money to pave the way, get rid of the nouveau riche hat, and become a real master.
But the problem was that the plan was unexpectedly terminated. The entire crew was hospitalized due to a car accident. What made him even more angry was that the car accident did not happen naturally, but was deliberately caused by someone.
He doesn't feel bad that half a million yuan was wasted. What he feels bad is that his plan was sabotaged before it was implemented, so this time he brought twenty of the best members of the mine protection team here. He wanted to ask that guy who was looking for trouble what grudge he had against him, and he had to stop him.
But what he didn't expect was that before he was defeated by the enemy, he was defeated by the sea ship first. He swore that he would never ride on a boat again in his life, whether on inland rivers or on the open sea.
"Boss, where are we going now?" Luke's number one henchman Brandon was standing next to Luke. In the mining area, Brandon had a very tacky but absolutely terrifying nickname called "The Butcher" ". Starting from the first worker he killed for Luke, he killed at least thirty or fifty workers. He was the first to propose the practice of hanging people from trees. In his words, only when people die under their eyes can they know what fear is.
Luke shook his legs, and the sky rotated a little slower. He tried to take a few steps, but finally gave up the idea of walking independently. "Of course, go to the hospital and find out what's going on first."
Brandon made a call and called a few cars. Although Luke didn't invest in any projects in Ilian, he knew some local wealthy people.
Someone once asked a question, why are rich people always out of tune with the general public? They don’t attend parties, don’t participate in social activities, and don’t know what they are doing all day long. In fact, this is just a wrong view, because the person who raised this question does not have the status and power to talk to the rich on an equal footing, and their social circle is not integrated with the top social circles, so they have no idea that the rich are not actually with them. The general public is out of tune, but it is the poor who are out of tune.
The rich have their own social circles and parties held by people of the same status. It's not that they are all lonely, but the people who ask questions are of too low a standard.
Some of the richest people in Ilian also have investments in other places, and some rich people have even moved to live here from other places. It is not surprising that someone knows Luke in the complex social network.
With a few cars in hand, Luke soon arrived at the hospital and saw Corinna. The poor woman was lying on the bed, and the doctor told her that it would take at least half a year to recover. At this time, her face was full of hatred, and she completely exploded when she saw Luke.
"It's that female cousin, it's all my fault for that female cousin, she caused me to be like this!" Corinna shouted hysterically, and she wanted to wave her arms, maybe because of the injury, her face He showed a painful expression.
Luke glanced at the woman a little impatiently. He rarely had a good look on women, especially women like this who he bought with money, and he didn't care. "Don't talk so much nonsense, as long as Just give me a name."
Corinna squeezed out two names from her teeth - Frena and Dulin.
After Brandon registered these two names, Luke turned around and left. Corinna was stunned for a moment and then shouted loudly, "What about my movie? Come back!"
Luke paused and turned sideways to look back at Corinna. There was an indescribable indifference on his face, "Movies? That's not my business. Remember, you owe me half a million from now on. I Give you one year, no matter what method you use to collect the money, even if you lose a penny after one year, you know the consequences!"
Seeing Corinna become like this, Luke immediately gave up on this woman. Taking such a woman out would not only lose face, but would also embarrass himself. He didn't know before that this woman was so... neurotic. She was still thinking about movies
After leaving the hospital, Luke first went to visit one of his old friends, Mr. Fullers. What he didn't expect was that Fulers might not be at home. Later, at the home of the next person he visited, he learned that Fulers' son had died, and he sighed for a moment. Next, he talked about the main topic, about Frena and Dulin.
Frena himself also knew something, so the main target was still Du Lin.
"You mean Mr. 350,000?" Luke's friend was a little surprised. "I heard that that man was very withdrawn. I met him twice, but there was no communication. His reputation was not small, and when he came to Ilian, he I bought a manor worth 350,000 yuan, and I have been making big moves recently. I not only want to get involved in the George family’s business, but I have also invested heavily in District 8!”
Luke felt nauseated when he heard his friend introduce Du Lin in this way. He originally thought that Du Lin was just a little person. After all, he had never even heard of this name. He didn't expect that he was so powerful when he asked casually. His balls hurt a little. As a rich man, Luke knows very well that the word "rich" is composed of "rich" and "powerful", which is why the word rich comes into being.
No rich person is easy to mess with, especially since this is not his small kingdom yet. He has no connections in Ilian and is not familiar with the people in the city hall. It is still a bit tricky to solve this problem.
"Is there any way to meet him?"
His friend thought for a while and said: "There will be a food festival here on the 1st of next month, that is, five days later. He will definitely attend, and so will Frena. I can introduce you to it then. Why, you Do you have any business dealings with him?"
He bared his teeth and smiled, "It's some business dealings." He didn't say the other half of the sentence. That guy ruined his plan, not only the dealings, but also the conflicts.
Luke temporarily lived in a friend's villa, waiting for the food festival to arrive. He wanted to get in touch with Dulin first. He wouldn't mind becoming friends with Du Lin if the other person was easy to talk to. But if Dulin is not a talkative person, he doesn't mind breaking a big news locally.
Just as Luke began to enjoy the leisurely life of Ilian, Juan on the other side was frantically allocating funds to build theaters everywhere, and also frantically launched acquisitions of some theaters.
His friends in the imperial capital told him that the George family had recently reached a rough conclusion and could discuss cooperation with Dulin and him if necessary. With such news, Juan diverted almost all the working capital to do this, even the money for the investment project in District 8 was diverted. He had prepared nearly 6 million for this operation, and he planned to expand the number of cinemas from the original plan of more than 100 to 200 without telling Dulin!
With two hundred or more theater chains in his hands, he will definitely be able to take the initiative in the subsequent cooperation negotiations, and even be on an equal footing with the George family. As for what would happen to Du Lin, that was no longer his concern. From the moment Du Lin betrayed him, they were no longer on the same page.
(End of chapter)