Cosmic Trading System

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 Choice

"Over a billion!"

Secretary Zhu and his group of officials were quite shocked.

Quickly, Secretary Zhu turned his head, looking at the official who had voluntarily inquired about the balance in the bank card.

Seeing this, that particular official could do nothing but brace himself, pick up the bank card that Lin Yun had thrown out, and begin to check its balance.

"One billion five hundred and seventy million..."

Quickly, the result came out, and the official's face turned pale, his voice trembling slightly.

This young man's bank card actually held one billion five hundred and seventy million!

What did this mean!

Could this young man really be the owner of a top-notch restaurant in Shen City?

But that was too incredible. A restaurant owner could have so much money!

No!

This young man was able to produce cash worth one billion five hundred and seventy million. Moreover, such a colossal amount of cash was in just one bank card, so this young man's assets would have to be even larger, likely double or triple that amount!

At that moment, they seemed to understand just how impressive a top-level restaurant in Shen City could be.

So, everything that the boss Wang had previously said was true!

This young man, not only was he the owner of a top restaurant in Shen City, that wine... really did cost one million one hundred and eighty-eight thousand per bottle!

He was so rich, he wouldn't likely lie to them about this sort of thing.

The taste of that bottle of wine, it was incredibly delicious, unlike anything he had ever tasted before.

Even those wines worth tens of thousands he had tasted before, were far from being this delicious.

Considering this, the price of one million one hundred and eighty-eight thousand for a bottle of wine didn't seem impossible.

The thought brought about various emotions on his face.

A bottle of wine costing one million one hundred and eighty-eight thousand, they were foolish enough to ask for it earlier...

And even said they would buy it at double the price.

Although they themselves had some money, moreover twenty million... was too much for them. Many of them didn't have such an amount, if they put it together it shouldn't be a problem… The biggest issue was that many of them had money they couldn't reveal!

Now, with so many people looking at this matter, it would be very difficult for them to back out.

Upon hearing that the bank card Lin Yun had casually tossed out actually had one billion five hundred and seventy million, everyone was left shocked.

It was one thing for Lin Yun to say it.

But when it was verified by someone, it meant quite another.

The impact created was completely different.

Those who were shocked also included boss Wang, who had a wealth of seven to eight hundred million.

He suspected that Lin Yun could have a large power backing him, but he hadn't expected that Lin Yun could casually bring out a bank card with over one and a half billion in it. This signified that Lin Yun's total wealth could possibly be two to three times this amount.

He was further convinced that Lin Yun might be backed by a mighty power.

Qingyun Restaurant hadn't been open long, but Lin Yun already possessed such massive wealth, something which couldn't have been achieved in such a short span of time.

"How is it possible...how can he be this rich..." The waiter leader Zhao was completely dumbfounded, his body slightly trembling, mumbling continuously, he was stunned by the amount of money.

"Mr... Boss Lin, there may be some misunderstanding about what just happened," Secretary Zhu took a deep breath and said.

"What misunderstanding?" said Lin Yun indifferently.

"We didn't know that the bottle of wine was so expensive..." Secretary Zhu muttered.

Although he was the top official in Immortal Origin County, when faced with so much money, he had to lower his head.

Most importantly, they were clearly to blame for this situation.

"So you mean, the wrongdoing was not to have touched someone else's wine, but to have failed to realize the wine was so precious?" Lin Yun said indifferently.

Upon hearing Lin Yun's words, an eruption of anger rose in Secretary Zhu's heart.

He was the top official of an entire county and yet he had lowered his head. Was this man seriously being so relentless?

Ever since his official position had reached a certain level, when had he ever felt so humiliated?

And all this was coming from a young man...

Twenty million was a lot, but in reality, he couldn't care less about it.

As a county's top official, he had the power to command the resources of the entire county. Immortal Origin County, although small, had rapidly developed real estate in recent years. It had an annual fiscal revenue of over a billion. Plus, he had access to large amounts of resources. This brought him benefits that far exceeded twenty million.

However, those benefits were not easy for him to use.

But he could just issue a policy and the resultant benefits would exceed twenty million, possibly reaching up to a hundred million.

But this young man, dared to...

However, considering the wealth of this young man, he suppressed his anger and said, "Twenty million is too much. We are public officials, not millionaires. We don't have that kind of money. Although we were in the wrong initially, we hope you can understand and accept our retraction of the earlier promise to pay double for the bottle of wine..."

"And then?" Lin Yun calmly responded.

In Huaxia at present, official corruption was rampant. These individuals were the top-rank officials of Immortal Origin County. Who would believe that they didn't have that kind of money?

Taking Secretary Zhu as an example, his lie detector indicated that he was lying as he said those words.

Lin Yun didn't feel the need to expose these people.

Just a while ago, he had ordered his supercomputer to search for these people's various information online.

On the internet, some concealed information was unattainable for ordinary people, but he could access some of it through his supercomputer by piecing together the fragmentary clues.

However, this would take time.

Once he had collected some information, he would decide how to deal with this situation.

"Even if it's just the original price, we can't afford it. But as for this bottle of wine, we only had a few sips..." Pause for a moment, Secretary Zhu continued.

At this moment, Lin Yun noticed that Secretary Zhu subtly gave someone in the crowd a signal.

"Ha ha, a bottle of fine wine worth more than ten million... I'm quite envious too. I would like to buy the remaining wine for ten million, is that acceptable?" The message was received by a man in his thirties, who promptly stepped forward, laughing and jesting.

"Is this Qi Shengli, the boss of Harri Real Estate?"

"Ten million for the remaining wine, what a big spender..."

Some people gasped in surprise.

Although they were already aware that the bottle of wine was worth one million one hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seeing someone willing to spend ten million for half a bottle of wine was still shocking.

No matter how good the wine was, in the end, it was just a bottle of wine...

Ten million, that is a sum that many people can't earn even in several lifetimes.

"Tsk, hard to tell, perhaps he just wants to curry favor with Secretary Zhu and his people..."

Some people, though they didn't see the signal from Secretary Zhu to Qi Shengli, they understood what was going on clearly.

Seeing this, Secretary Zhu looked at Lin Yun and said, "The original price of this wine is one million one hundred eighty-eight thousand. It wasn't full when we drank it. Now, someone is willing to pay ten million for the remaining wine, and we are willing to put in another two hundred thousand. Is that okay?"

One million two hundred thousand, that already exceeded the original price for the whole bottle of wine.

"You might not understand the value of this type of wine. Even at Qingyun Restaurant, not just any customer can purchase it. I'll give you two options. If you want to take the remaining wine, pay one and a half million. If not, pay half a million." Lin Yun glanced at them casually and said lightly.

"This..." Secretary Zhu took a deep breath.

If they took the remaining wine, they would have to pay one and a half million, if not, half a million. This was a ten million difference.

This was truly ten million for the leftover wine.

If it were up to him, he really wouldn't want the remaining wine.

Although the wine was excellent, only an inept person would spend ten million on this small amount of wine.

However, if the leftover wine was not taken, then Qi Shengli would have no reason to pay up.

This outcome left him speechless.

No matter which option, asking these officials to contribute half a million...though the amount was insignificant to them, how could their money be spent so openly?

Thinking of this, he once again subtly glanced at Qi Shengli.

"Ha ha, since that's the case, I'll cover the entire one and a half million," Qi Shengli immediately understood Secretary Zhu's meaning and said with a laugh.

He simply undertook the responsibility for the entire sum.

Just a moment ago, he too hadn't thought that ten million wouldn't resolve the matter.

He also misunderstood Secretary Zhu's words. He thought that when Zhu said they couldn't honor their double pay promise, he meant they could clear it with just the original price, or ten million.

Otherwise, he would have taken on that two hundred thousand that Secretary Zhu mentioned.

Now, though investing one and a half million, he wasn't scared of not recouping the cost.

He was a real estate mogul, he only needed Secretary Zhu and his group to extend some preferences or privileges, during his subsequent land acquisition ventures or such, and the benefit he received would far exceed this amount.

Since someone had assumed the one and a half million, the follow-up matters became easier to handle.

After transferring one and a half million to Lin Yun, Qi Shengli picked up the bottle of wine and left.

After such an incident, Secretary Zhu and his entourage didn't have the face to stick around any longer. They left with gloomy faces.

Before leaving, many officials glared at the dumbstruck Waiter Leader, resentment in their eyes. At this moment, they despised this Waiter Leader.

If not for this Waiter Leader, how would they have ended up in such an embarrassing situation today?

Drank a few sips and lost one and a half million, they were also quite depressed.

Fortunately, in the end, there was someone to pick up the tab, sparing them any significant loss. Otherwise, they would have been heartbroken.