The next day, Yin Shan watched the time and arrived at the coffee shop right on the dot, and spotted Lu Yunchao sitting in the corner with a case beside him. Yin Shan steadied herself, pressed down the killing intent churning in her heart, put on a smile and walked over to Lu Yunchao. “Yunchao, you came so early. I just told my parents how you helped our family, and they were very happy. They said to use this as collateral for now. It so happens I have a job and have to travel for over a month, so I might as well give it to you now.” As she spoke, Yin Shan took out that RS7 car key and handed it to Lu Yunchao.
In her previous life, because Lu Yunchao liked this model, Yin Shan had wanted to give him a surprise and bought it, but after the apocalypse a car like this could not move a single step. And now, using this car to squeeze out more money could not be a better deal.
Lu Yunchao’s eyes lit up. The newest RS7. He had only heard Yin Shan say she had picked up a new car a few days ago and did not yet know what car it was, and so it was this one. Greed flashed in Lu Yunchao’s eyes and his hand reached for the car key without his control, then he thought of something and pulled it back, and looked at Yin Shan reproachfully. “What kind of relationship do the two of us have? You don’t need to use a new car as collateral. I trust you, you don’t have to do this. Shanshan, the one I love is you. Whatever you do, I’ll support you!” Yin Shan took in Lu Yunchao’s whole series of expressions and, showing nothing, went on luring him. “My dad has put together a cross-border deal this time. He says it’s for artificial intelligence. Isn’t there some kind of war going on with the Stars and Stripes Nation now? He took the chance to scoop up a batch of some material. Anyway, I don’t really understand it, but from what my dad means, he’s going to put all his liquid funds into it and make several times as much back later.”
Listening to Yin Shan, Lu Yunchao roughly understood what her father meant to do. It was nothing more than that her father had used some channel to get hold of a batch of rare metal, but he did not have enough money to take in that much stock, and the more stock he took in, the more he would make later, because artificial intelligence was invented by the Hua Nation, but the key part, the smart brain, needed a kind of rare metal. Vast and rich as the Hua Nation was, this one metal it did not have, and only by purchasing this metal from the Stars and Stripes Nation could it be made. The Stars and Stripes Nation wanted to use the metal to get the invention, and the two sides had negotiated many times before finally breaking down, which had left the technology stalled.
Lu Yunchao remembered the news reports at the time. One ton of rare metal could make twenty smart brains, and at current market prices one artificial intelligence went for sixty million. High-end as this technology sounded, the key part was all in the smart brain, so of that sixty-million item, the core part alone was worth at least forty million. And artificial intelligence could be used widely in every field. If he could take in one more ton of stock now, what he would make later would be far more than a measly 500,000 commission. At this thought Lu Yunchao was moved, and he said to Yin Shan, “Shanshan, I don’t want the commission, and if you give me two days I can scrape together more. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone!”
Yin Shan raised an eyebrow. He had taken the bait. So Yin Shan said to Lu Yunchao as if greatly annoyed, “Yunchao, my dad is going tomorrow, I’m afraid there isn’t time. I know you’re willing to do anything for me, but don’t refuse this commission. You keep the car and drive it, and once my dad gets the money he’ll give it to you. Don’t worry!”
Hearing that time was so tight, Lu Yunchao pretended to be in a difficult spot and said to Yin Shan, “Shanshan, do you remember Wang Yun? The vice-president back then.” Yin Shan smiled faintly, knowing Lu Yunchao was getting anxious, so she went along with his words. “Of course I know her. There was even a rumor at school that Wang Yun admired you, and in the end didn’t you have the eye to pick me? But what are you bringing her up for? You two aren’t in contact, are you? Lu Yunchao, you said you wouldn’t contact her! Take this one million back, I’ll tell my dad that time was too tight and I didn’t manage to raise the money. Anyway one million only buys one ton of material, one ton less doesn’t matter!”
Having said this, Yin Shan picked up the car key and turned to leave. Lu Yunchao panicked at once. If Yin Shan just walked off like that, where would he go to earn this money? One million could get him a 500,000 commission, and if he could come up with more, then what was Yin Shan, what was Wang Yun? There were plenty of women in the world, why keep playing the simp here!
At this thought Lu Yunchao hurried to grab Yin Shan. “Shanshan, listen to me. Wang Yun’s dad is my boss now. Our company is doing a project and I’m in charge of it. Right now I’m holding 22 million in project start-up funds, but this project actually only needs two million invested up front, and the rest won’t be touched for at least half a year. I’ll take out the 20 million and you take it to Uncle! Don’t worry, it’s absolutely safe, nothing will go wrong.”
Hearing this, Yin Shan knew Wang Yun and Lu Yunchao had hooked up long ago. What 22 million in start-up funds? He simply wanted to go back and tell Wang Yun there was a big deal, that 20 million could bring back 30 million. Yin Shan did a small calculation in her heart. Wang Yun’s family had started out in catering, and in the catering trade 20 million in liquid funds might exist, but it would certainly affect the running of the chain stores, so to keep operating they would have to shed some outlets. But there were only two months left before the apocalypse, and Yin Shan was certain that if the Wang family put up this twenty million, they would be in a bad way when the apocalypse came. So Yin Shan pretended to hesitate. “Really, Yunchao? Don’t throw your whole life away for me again. This isn’t a small matter, are you sure?”
Hearing Yin Shan say this, Lu Yunchao knew she believed him, so he spoke confidently. “Don’t worry, for you, nothing will happen to me. I’ll go arrange it right now. This money has to pass through a few hands so it can’t be traced. It’ll be transferred to you before the bank closes today at the latest. Oh, right, give me Uncle’s account number.”
Yin Shan quickly rattled off a string of account numbers to Lu Yunchao. As for how Lu Yunchao explained it to Wang Yun, Yin Shan did not care. All she wanted was this money to stockpile supplies! Now that her goal was achieved, Yin Shan did not want to spend one more second with him, so she quickly spoke up. “Yunchao, off you go then. Be careful. When I get back from my trip I can celebrate your birthday!”