43 Robert’s Problem (1/2)

Chapter 43: Robert’s Problem

Translator: _Min_Editor: Lis_, Rundi

The phone rang for a long time without an answer.

Just as Jiang Chen was about to hang up, someone picked up.

”Hello?” an unfamiliar voice curtly said in English.

The voice was deep and slightly scratchy—not at all like Robert.

”Jiang Chen, Robert’s Han friend. And you are?” Jiang Chen used his broken English to slowly answer.

”Nick. My boss is currently in trouble... can I trust you?” Nick asked after some hesitation.

”Of course. Robert is a good guy. Even though I’m in Han, I still miss him dearly. Also, we have unfinished business.” Jiang Chen dug deeply into his vocabulary to finally articulate what he needed to say.

The other side remained silent for a while before Nick finally explained the situation.

Because of Jiang Chen’s terrible English, Nick purposely slowed down for him, and after a while, Jiang Chen finally understood what happened.

To put it simply, Robert went on a business trip to Iraq two days ago and was kidnapped.

With Nick’s combat ability, this normally would not have happened, but the insider they worked with multiple times turned out to be a traitor; the group that came out to meet them weren’t local militants but instead masked terrorists.

This was going to be problematic.

[Fu*k, you have your gold business, but you ended up going to this ghetto place and dropped the ball at such a critical moment.]

Regardless of Jiang Chen’s internal curses, however, Robert had his own reasons.

During this period of time, he planned on staying safe, but because Jiang Chen failed to follow up with him, he started to question the deal.

Did the Eastern man really have business for him? There were no other messages, so Robert decided to stop waiting and accepted the insider deal that had a ”low” risk.

Curses aside, Jiang Chen still had to find a way to solve the problem.

For now, he didn’t have any other routes to sell the gold for cash since it would be insane to sell 500 million USD worth of gold without proof of ownership. He did not wish to get tangled up with the authorities.

So how about a visit to Iraq?

Jiang Chen was hesitant at first, but upon further thought, a smile appeared on his face. Perhaps it wasn’t such a bad idea. With his special equipment and superman-like body conditions, he was not afraid about the possible danger, especially since he could just run away if there was trouble. Turn the corner and travel to the apocalypse for a few days, and no one would catch him.

At the same time, Jiang Chen also had other considerations as well.

If he helped Robert, not only would the gold problem be resolved, but he would also gain another backup option. Even if he had to leave the country in the future, there would always be a place for him to go. He trusted that Robert would help him out if he was in need.

Although they only met once, he could tell that Robert had a spirit that respected contracts.

This was especially critical.

If he was someone who only chased after profit without any regard to promises, then he was a waste of emotional investment. Even if Jiang Chen decided to save him, it was easier to find another partner.

Once Jiang Chen made up his mind, he didn’t waste a second as he immediately booked the tickets online to Dubai. He planned to layover in Dubai before heading to Baghdad. Since he already has his passport, all he needed was a travel visa before departing.

Once ticketing was resolved, he immediately packed and left. No longer staying at his rented apartment, he found a hotel to stay at instead. Only after taking care of the gold problem would he consider buying a house.

Although selling several tons of gold at once would be difficult, trading in a few kilograms wasn’t entirely impossible. Jiang Chen, who was running out of money, retrieved a business card and called Mr. Liu at the gold store to book an appointment.

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Jiang Chen ended up exchanging seven kilograms of gold, but since he didn’t care about the decimals, he sold it for 1.5 million.

What Jiang Chen didn’t notice as he left the gold store, however, was the look of greed that flashed across Liu Anshan’s poker face.

The more he thought about it, Liu Anshan was certain that this guy had a special means of acquiring large amounts of gold. Perhaps by digging in graves? Or through illegal mines? Liu Anshan didn’t know. All he knew was that this guy had much more gold!

He had Jiang Chen secretly investigated. After acquiring the funds last time, he immediately spent everything. Now in less than a month later, he came again to sell more gold.

What did this mean?

It meant that he had an unimaginable amount of gold! If he came to possess it accidentally, there was no way for him to have spent it all so quickly.

As for how dangerous Jiang Chen was? Liu Anshan already had him investigated with the help of a friend.

He was just an employee at a clothing store in Shimao who ended up fired. There was no way he had any special background.

It was time to contact his brother.

When he thought about his brother, however, he was slightly hesitant. He didn’t want to have anything to do with his brother, but in this case, he had no choice.

Despite his misgivings, Liu Anshan made up his mind and called the number.

”Hello? Brother? It’s me, Liu Anshan. Let’s cut the small talk. I want to propose a business deal if you’re interested. Let’s split it fifty-fifty, but the lowest I’m willing to go is forty-sixty! No less.”

His brother was Liu Changlong, the head of Hongyi Gang and a prominent figure among Wanghai City’s crime scene.

Jiang Chen even had a small conflict with the Hongyi Gang before.

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After leaving the gold store, Jiang Chen took a taxi to a rural area. He needed to rent a storage space to hold the supplies he needed in the apocalypse. Although online shopping was convenient, it was not a good long-term strategy. With thirty people now living in the base, it would be much easier to purchase in bulk from food distributors and also save on cost.

After paying for one year of rent, Jiang Chen rented a small storage space. The area around and inside had excellent privacy protection which pleased him. The rent was not expensive either for a rural area at three thousand a month.

After renting the storage space, Jiang Chen didn’t rest but instead found the number of a Wanghai City food distributor online and dialed. He cut straight to the point and ordered ten tons of rice, five tons of flour, 300 boxes of canned meat, and 200 boxes of canned vegetables, as well as salt and oil. With such a large order coming in, the boss of the distributing company eagerly took the order. After getting the address, he guaranteed that the goods would arrive within two hours, but only after paying a down payment up front.

Jiang Chen instead paid for the full amount.

Once the full amount of 160,000 RMB arrived in his bank account, the boss became frantic. He didn’t know how he got lucky to have met someone this rich. The full amount had been paid without hesitation.

Immediately, he began to prepare and even personally rode the truck as they arrived at the storage.