Yao Hong walked out wearing a bathrobe, towelling her damp hair.
While drying it, she said, “Let us talk serious business. What do you plan to do about Wan Dongchen? Are you really going to kill him?”
Jiang Nan shrugged. “What else? With your petrification combined with my spatial abilities…”
Yao Hong shook her head. “It will not work. My One Glance Eternity cannot petrify anyone a full major rank above me.”
“Even against someone of the same rank, the effect is not that fast. The reason you were petrified so quickly is because you are only Gold rank, two full ranks below me.”
“This move will not work on Wan Dongchen.”
Jiang Nan frowned. “Then it is tricky.”
Yao Hong looked stunned. “Did you not say you could kill Wan Dongchen? I thought you…”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. “Do you really think I am some immortal? Against ordinary Platinum, I am confident. Taking on Diamond alone is basically impossible.”
Back in Metropolis, killing a Diamond had required a full team and Blood Platelet popping pills to win.
If Yao Hong had not been holding back, afraid to kill because of her own position, even she could not have taken him down alone.
Yao Hong was speechless. You are already ridiculously strong, yet you have no self-awareness?
She could not help worrying. “Then what do we do? Or perhaps…”
Jiang Nan looked unconcerned. “It is just one Wan Dongchen. Why worry? This is China, and Kyoto no less! I will get my big brother to deal with him.”
Yao Hong was stunned. “Your big brother is…”
Jiang Nan grinned. “Ye Zhenguo, Old Brother Ye! Taking down a Wan Dongchen would be child’s play for him.”
Yao Hong’s mind blanked. Ye Zhenguo, the Dao Heaven?
That was a Dao Heaven level! How on earth did you two become sworn brothers?
“That is Dao Heaven! You cannot just hire him with money. How do you plan to…”
Jiang Nan said confidently, “Do not worry about that. I have my ways. You just need to find Wan Dongchen’s location.”
“Tell me how you plan to develop Dandelion next. I am quite interested in making money.”
Since Jiang Nan told her to relax, Yao Hong naturally stopped worrying.
At the mention of this, her eyes lit up.
“Before, Dandelion was just struggling to survive. But now that we are with you, I want to take a big step forward.”
Jiang Nan nudged her shoulder. “What is the plan?”
Yao Hong said, “Right now, Dandelion has channels in nearly every underground black market internationally.”
“And in the Abyss Never-Sleep City, the world’s largest underground black market, I have long made arrangements, invested huge manpower and resources to open channels. We have some influence there now.”
“My next step is to use Dandelion’s strengths, connect resources across all major black markets, and with Never-Sleep City as the base, build an international underground black market online trading platform.”
Jiang Nan’s eyes gleamed. “Sounds impressive.”
Yao Hong looked a little proud. “I have been planning this for years, just waiting for the right opportunity.”
“Different factions can list items for sale, or post things they want to buy. The biggest problem in underground black market trades is lack of trust between parties.”
“Dandelion would act as guarantor, eliminating scams. Just the commission would be enough to earn a fortune. Plus, we could sell intelligence on the platform.”
“We could even set up our own dark list for employers to deal with international assassins.”
The more Yao Hong spoke, the more excited she became. She was serious about making money.
“And we have your goods. We can quickly open channels in the black markets and build a reputation.”
“I have been training the necessary talent for years. This is absolutely viable.”
Jiang Nan stroked his chin. He could clearly see the enormous profits involved.
His goods could flow through this channel: things like Vigour 1.0, golden durians, yellow beans, leeks, ginseng, Hulk-brand shorts, all perfectly fine to sell.
But items like invisibility cloaks, lucky cherries, or Passionate Flame gloves, he would never sell carelessly.
Those leaking out could cause massive trouble.
Vigour 1.0 and golden durians were harmless enough.
“Good, good, good! This is worth doing. Let us go for it! I will support you fully.”
Dandelion earning money meant he earned too.
Yao Hong said excitedly, “Really? There is only one last thing needed. Once it is sorted, we can start immediately!”
Jiang Nan raised an eyebrow. “What is it?”
Yao Hong: “Money! A huge amount of money!”
Jiang Nan waved grandly. “If we need money, we go rob… bah! Earn it! Is lack of money even a problem?”
Yao Hong said, “We need at least twenty-odd billion US dollars in startup capital. If I could earn that much, I would have done it long ago.”
She looked at Jiang Nan with pleading eyes.
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Jiang Nan stared wide-eyed. What the hell?
Twenty billion? Where was he supposed to get that much money?
“Why are you looking at me like that? You are not expecting me to give you the money, are you?”
Yao Hong nodded repeatedly, full of expectation.
Jiang Nan glared. “I came here tonight originally to rob you lot. Not only did I not get any money, I even have to put some in myself?”
“And you say I am arrogant? Asking me for money is like asking for my life! You are even more arrogant than me!”
Yao Hong scooted closer, pulled his arm into her embrace.
“You said you would support me. Just sponsor a little! It is not throwing money away. This project will definitely make profit!”
“Besides funding the students’ education and Dandelion’s operating costs, all the remaining money will be yours. I am making money for you!”
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“Why do I feel like you are a big swindler? This is all my wife-fund money! If I lose it all, how will I get a wife?”
Yao Hong’s eyes lit up at the words “wife-fund”. So he did have money?
“If you cannot get a wife, you can have me as compensation. Just support me a bit! You are Dandelion’s boss now. What is mine is yours, right?”
Jiang Nan looked hesitant, as if it made some sense.
“Fine then. I will scrape together a little for you.”
Under Yao Hong’s expectant gaze, he opened his alternate dimension.
“A ten-metre meteorite, do you want it? I have twenty or thirty smaller ones…”
Yao Hong: ???
Meteorites? You actually carry meteorites around with you?
“Yes, yes, yes! Some collectors love extraterrestrial iron. With the right buyer, it can sell for a lot!”
Jiang Nan pulled out a whole load of meteorites and filled the room.
“You really are not a swindler, are you?”
Yao Hong: …
So Jiang Nan began pulling things out of his alternate dimension, each item making his heart bleed.
All stuff he had scammed in Metropolis, things he did not normally use, everything came out at once.
Yao Hong was going mad. You are actually scraping together money!
The two hundred-plus phones were understandable, but what were those bus cards and hair perm cards?
And twelve snake-skin sacks! Filled with glittering diamonds!
Hiss.
If they did not stink so badly they stung the eyes, how much would this be worth?
Just what he had produced already amounted to an astonishing sum. Where on earth had he raked in so much wealth?
At this moment, Yao Hong looked at Jiang Nan like she was looking at a giant fortune-cat.
Jiang Nan produced two contracts. “I also have an island in the Pacific, and an armed hovercraft!”
Yao Hong’s eyes lit up as she looked at the transfer contracts. Hmm? Coppelier? Why did that sound familiar?
“Ah! This island is in the waters near Abyss Never-Sleep City. Perfect as our overseas base. It will save a lot of money!”
Jiang Nan’s heart ached. My wife-fund!
Yao Hong looked at the room full of treasures, thrilled. She was one step closer to her goal.
“Though there is already a lot, we are still far short. Any more cash you can scrape together?”
Jiang Nan shook his head like a rattle. “You might as well sell me!”
Yao Hong stole a glance at him. Time for the ultimate move.
A woman’s innate spirit skill!
Acting cute!
Half an hour later, after Yao Hong’s relentless pleading, silver tongue, and painting grand pictures of the future, Jiang Nan painfully transferred another hundred million US dollars to her.
Now Jiang Nan and Yao Hong sat on the bed, staring at the room full of stuff and worrying.
Yao Hong: “Still far too little! We need at least another thirteen billion!”
A wicked idea rose in Jiang Nan. Evil stirred in his heart. “The rest, we will just have to rob!”
Yao Hong: ???
Eh? Rob?
Is it really okay to be this bandit-like?
Why did it feel like Jiang Nan was even more underground than her own underground organisation!
