Chapter 826 - Underground Gladiatorial Match (1/2)
Chapter 826: Underground Gladiatorial Match
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Had it been in the Immortal World, Tang Xiu wouldn’t have believed it if this Water Progenitor Stone was sold as jewelry, but this was Earth. Tang Xiu had seen too many precious treasures in this world that were sold by ordinary people as regular objects.
“Where else can I buy this thing?” Tang Xiu took a deep breath and turned to look at Hao Lei.
Only then did Hao Lei finally realize that Tang Xiu’s expression was unusual. She was surprised and glanced at the Heart of the Ocean again before slowly answering, “To the best of my knowledge, there’s only one such aqua crystal of this quality. There have been several amethyst crystals in existence, the most famous of which is the ‘Gem of Rose’ owned by the Kingdom of Great Britain’s royal family and is currently in the Queen’s crown. Unfortunately, that treasure is not for sale no matter how much is offered.”
Tang Xiu’s eyes shimmered, and he nodded and said, “Help me pay attention to the world’s top crystals or gems. If they are of this quality or better, contact me immediately. Also, I’ll take this Heart of the Ocean as it’s very important to me.”
“For this Heart of the Ocean to be fancied by you is truly a blessing for us, Boss,” replied Hao Lei with a smile.
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Inside an exclusive café near the Grand Fortune Jewelry’s edifice, Qi Changxing drank his coffee with a soulless expression. Even he didn’t pay attention to the goddess he had been trying to court for a long time who was now sitting across from him. The unexpected encounter with Tang Xiu had made him shudder in fear, though it was fortunate that Tang Xiu didn’t embarrass him nor make things difficult. He knew that even if he didn’t lose his life, he would at least have a layer of his skin peeled off.
Undoubtedly, the issue came up because he didn’t remember that the Grand Fortune Jewelry was Tang Xiu’s business. He only suddenly recalled it the moment he saw Hao Lei. Recalling such a thing made him decide that he would never go to Grand Fortune Jewelry to buy anything ever again. He even made up his mind to never approach two kilometers around Grand Fortune Jewelry or the Everlasting Feast Hall, so as not to encounter this fiend, this evil star, ever again.
“Hey, Changxin, you look out of sorts, you know.”
Yang Hui stirred the sugared coffee with a spoon while she wore a strange expression on her pretty face. Her tone sounded casual, yet had some intention to it.
Qi Changxing raised his head and bitterly replied, “I wouldn’t be scared like this even if I were to encounter the richest man in Hong Kong, Li Juren. It can be said that there’s only one person who can scare me. Only one…”
“Who’s exactly this ‘one’?” Yang Hui squinted and quickly asked.
Qi Changxing was silent for a few seconds. He secretly glanced around and found that no one was paying attention to them. He then lowered his voice and answered, “Little Hui, you must not tell this to another soul, else I’ll be damned to die!”
“I promise no one will know what you’re gonna tell me,” said Yang Hui immediately with all seriousness. “Nobody else will learn it from my mouth.”
“His name is Tang Xiu, the Big Boss behind Grand Fortune Jewelry and the Everlasting Feast Hall,” Qi Changxing whispered. “Also, you should have heard about what happened to Jiang Yu, Chen Fei, and Du Yang, right?”
Yang Hui’s eyes instantly turned into saucers as she exclaimed in alarm, “Their industries were struck with accidents last year. The rumors I heard was that they had offended a very powerful person and ended up with bad luck. That’s right, there was still your Qi Family too… Huh, don’t tell me… it all was because of what he did?”
“Of course, it’s him, alright?” Qi Changxin forced a bitter smile and said, “I’m afraid that he’s the only one who can do that in all of China. My Qi Family is quite fine as we only lost two billion. But the other three… damn it, I might as well tell you! Four of us offended Tang Xiu that time and lost 20 billion, at the very least.”
Gasp!
Yang Hui knew what 20 billion yuan meant. Even if her Yang Family was also a major family in Hong Kong with a lot of assets and industries in other places, the total assets they owned was just half of that, 10 billion.
As day blended into night, Tang Xiu had dinner with Hao Lei while Mo Awu arrived in Hong Kong with the other ten of his bodyguards and called him. Tang Xiu was then escorted by Hao Lei in her car to Hong Kong Airport.
“Can I go with you too, Boss?” asked Hao Lei, eyes full of expectation.
“You can’t.” Tang Xiu shook his head and smiled, “Just stay well in Hong Kong and do your best to process that five tons of jade and sell them. I expect that I’ll need a lot of them in September, so I hope that this plan won’t delay what I’ve planned by then.”
“Alright, no problem.” Hao Lei heavily nodded.
It would take six and a half hours to fly from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv. If they took off at 20:00, they would arrive in Tel Aviv around 03:30 in the middle of the night. Tang Xiu used his small green book so that he could take the flight all by himself with no other passengers, leaving only 12 people in the passenger plane.
Tel Aviv was Israel’s second largest city and was a modern international metropolis inhabited by 400,000 people, adjacent to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. It boasted 51.76 square kilometers of an urban area. The location of the labor camp 1319 was not in downtown Tel Aviv but was in Bat Yam, one of the surrounding urban clusters.
Bat Yam was only inhabited by a few hundred thousand people and had a strong economy. Even though it was slightly worse compared to some third-tier cities in China, it was still comparable to many county towns under municipalities.