Chapter 364 - 248: What Is a Fierce Dragon Crossing the River?

Chapter 364: Chapter 248: What Is a Fierce Dragon Crossing the River?

For the rest of the evening, Lin Chu didn’t say anything more to Zhuang Yingcheng.

There was really nothing to talk about.

The night’s events were just a minor episode where Zhuang Yingcheng tried to flex and ended up getting his ass handed to him.

As for the Zhuang Family’s internal strife and battles over inheritance, Lin Chu wasn’t interested.

Lin Chu knew that if he actually helped him, he could probably get a piece of the Zhuang Family’s assets. But it would be a huge headache, and there was simply no need.

’I just can’t bring myself to respect the guy.’

On the other hand...

Tonight was definitely Gao Haitao’s time to shine.

Everything he’d done in the parking garage earlier—his timing, his choice of words, his decisive action—was absolutely perfect.

’It seems my judgment of character is spot on.’

’With his level of competence, running a security company would be no problem at all.’

A 36-year-old man was at the peak of his physical strength and energy.

Before long.

The men Gao Haitao had called all arrived.

There were over a dozen of them, all strapping men, each standing with a back as straight as a spear.

"Captain Gao, thirty-seven of the guys showed up tonight. We came up first to see what was going on. There are three more carloads downstairs. What’s the mission?"

The man in the lead asked, his face grim.

Inside the private room...

Seeing this, Zhuang Yingcheng was momentarily speechless.

’Was this really necessary?’

’What’s going on?’

"This many people came?"

Gao Haitao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

’You guys must have had nothing better to do.’

"Since they’re here, let them come up. Tell everyone to join us. Everything tonight is on me,"

Lin Chu said with a smile. ’What an impressive force.’

Zhuang Yingcheng was even more astonished to hear this.

For a moment, he even felt like Lin Chu was some kind of underworld kingpin.

’These guys are obviously bodyguards.’

’But why treat bodyguards like this?’

He glanced at Lin Chu, lost in thought.

Lin Chu met his gaze and gave a slight smile, offering no explanation.

"Alright, I’ll go get things arranged. You guys go ahead and drink. Young Master Zhuang, why don’t you give me a hand? Come with me."

Gao Haitao said with a smile, calling Zhuang Yingcheng out by name to keep him under his "supervision."

Zhuang Yingcheng was speechless.

’I give up.’

’A damn bodyguard is ordering me around?’

But when he thought back to what had just happened and glanced at Lin Chu, he reluctantly stood up and followed them out the door.

Gao Haitao, still grinning, slung an arm around his shoulders and walked him out of the room.

After they had walked some distance and were at the front desk booking more rooms, Zhuang Yingcheng finally couldn’t resist asking, "Who exactly... is President Lin? What’s his story?"

"He doesn’t have any special story."

"I’m just a regular driver."

"But do you know what the biggest difference is between you and President Lin?"

Gao Haitao leaned in close to his ear and said with a low chuckle.

He wanted to completely crush any thoughts of "revenge."

Though, by this point, Zhuang Yingcheng probably didn’t have any such ideas left.

"What?"

Zhuang Yingcheng asked, confused. He wanted to know too.

"Charisma."

"All the guys here tonight, they’re my guys. President Lin had never met a single one of them before, but once they arrived, they became his friends. Even a lowly security guard is President Lin’s guest tonight. He’d order a bottle of wine worth hundreds of thousands without batting an eye."

"And the guys in the room? I don’t even need to get into the details. Take the most obvious one, the bald guy. His business failed, he was about to kill himself. President Lin paid off his debts, bought him a luxury home, and even got him a Mercedes G-Wagen... And they weren’t even close friends before that, just guys who knew each other online. Believe it or not, if it had been him here tonight instead of me, he would’ve stabbed you without a second thought and then taken the fall for everything, even if it meant facing a firing squad."

"And I don’t even need to mention the others."

Gao Haitao said this with a certain swagger. He wasn’t usually a talkative man, but in this situation, laying it all out for Zhuang Yingcheng felt like both cleaning up a mess and bragging, and it felt damn good.

Zhuang Yingcheng fell completely silent.

"If you had asked him for money, even back when I had you pinned down, if you had just backed down and shown some respect, President Lin probably would’ve loaned it to you. He’s spent nearly a hundred million in just the last few days on giveaways for his stream viewers... just giving it away for free. But you decided to ask for trouble, so there’s nothing to be done."

"See? That’s what you call charisma."

"Scatter wealth, and people will gather."

"I don’t know the situation with the Zhuang Family right now, but it all boils down to that principle. Once the people are gathered, the wealth will naturally follow."

Gao Haitao patted him on the shoulder, then strode to the front desk and booked several more private rooms.

Zhuang Yingcheng stood frozen in place, a flicker of understanding in his eyes as a new feeling washed over him.

He suddenly understood.

’Fuck!’

’Isn’t this just like a young Jackie Chan!’

...

「Two days later.」

「4 PM.」

Lin Chu had enjoyed two quiet days in Xiangjiang, mostly spending money: paying the deposits for a private jet and a yacht, renting a facility for the security company, and officially registering the business.

The headquarters for LC Security would naturally be in Xiangjiang, as it was more convenient.

The headquarters for the parent corporation, however, was planned for Peng City.

He had already sent Zhang Peng to scout for a suitable headquarters building.

Buying an entire commercial office building wasn’t a big deal, and it would solve their office space problems once and for all.

The main reason he was staying in Xiangjiang was to wait for Jackie Chan’s party.

At the same time, he was also trying to lie low and avoid some of the recent buzz online.

He was too famous.

The whole marketing incident had made him incredibly famous.

The crazy spending sprees in his livestreams, a female celebrity pursuing him, a date with a Korean star, the rescue mission in Southeast Asia, and inviting celebrities to his stream...