Chapter 8 (1/2)

The Eternal Club 8: The Rong Family

Lu Li walked down the crowded streets.

He simply couldn’t stop smiling.

The first transaction had gone way better than he had expected.

Now, he had purchased one year’s worth of time.

He then walked into a fairly hipster looking café in his white shirt, black dress pants, a pair of gold rimmed glasses on his nose and that document folder in his hands.

“Hello, could I get a cup of cappuccino as well as a lemon cheese tart to go along with it? Thank you,” the tall and slim Lu Li said warmly to the young lady behind the cash register with a confident smile on his face.

After he had paid for his coffee, he sat down at a table near a window.

He opened the folder to look at the contract that had just been signed.

The reference number started from 1,000,001 because he didn’t want anybody to be able to guess that he had only just started out. He was also hoping to make himself seem more mysterious.

The contract was only one page long, so it didn’t take him long to finish looking through it.

He shut the folder again and started thinking about what he should do next.

“My first step was to purchase time from someone. So, my next step would naturally be to sell time to someone else…But who should I sell to? What sort of person would be a good choice?”

Lu Li began to rub his thumb and index finger together subconsciously.

Time was the most precious commodity in this world, so a merchant with time as his prime goods definitely had the upper hand in this economy.

But he also had to select a buyer carefully so that this transaction could pave the way for the future to come.

“Sir, here’s your cappuccino and lemon cheese tart,” said a waitress gently in a maid uniform as she put Lu Li’s order onto his table.

Lu Li nodded slightly and watched as the waitress then walked away. He fixed his gaze on her fair ankles, then slowly shifted his gaze upwards before calmly looking away again.

Lu Li tore open a sachet of fine white sugar and poured two thirds of it into his cappuccino. Then he picked up the stirrer and gently stirred his coffee.

After that, he took his phone out and began to search online for the wealthiest and most powerful families living in Shanghai.

Countless results instantly appeared before him after he hit the search button.

“These are the 7 richest districts in Shanghai! This is where the top tycoons live!”

“How many millionaires and billionaires does Shanghai have? Who are they?”

“The top 4 super-rich families of Shanghai today!”