After David drove Jane to the hotel she was staying in, he followed Hugh to the Lake Heart Club.
The Lake Heart Club was the most high-end club in Lake City and was built in the center of a man-made lake.
Aside from the beautiful scenery, there were all kinds of games for the rich, including a golf course and a racetrack, Hugh brought David to the golf course.
Seven to eight people in their twenties or thirties were chatting in the lounge.
There was even a man and a woman playing golf outside.
The man had his arms around the woman from the back while his hands held the woman’s arms like he was teaching her.
“Let me introduce you all.
This is my friend, David Lidell.
He’s currently studying at South River University,” Hugh told the people in the lounge.
Then, he said to David, “Dave, these are the members of SCC.”
The people sitting there glanced at David and did not pay any attention to him.
He was too young after all.
“Greene, you asked us here just to introduce us to this David?” A young man who looked about 24 or 25 years old asked.
His name was Andy Lewis, and he was also a middle-tier member of SCC like Hugh.
There were different tiers in SCC.
The higher your tier, the more powerful you were.
So, a low-tier member would not dare to talk back to a high-tier member.
However, since he was on the same tier as Hugh, he did not need to be polite with him.
He would say anything that came to his mind.
Furthermore, Hugh was a smooth and slick businessman, so he was more easy-going.
“Andy, I called you guys here today to be my witness.
I’ll use my privileges as a middle-tier member to invite David into SCC.”
The people sitting there were surprised when they heard what Hugh said and they looked straight at David.
Anyone who could make Hugh use his middle-tier member privileges was definitely not someone ordinary.
One had to know that a middle-tier member could only invite one person to join the club, so the resource was extremely precious.
There were even people who proposed to buy it with tens of millions but still could not get it.
Now, Hugh was giving his only invitation to this young man in front of him?
Who was this kid?
At this moment, a man in his thirties said, “Since Greene is exercising his privileges as a middle-tier member, then David will be a member of SCC from now on.
Come, David, save my contact and send me your ID.
I’ll report this to the headquarters and three days later, you’ll get your badge.
I’ll send you the brief introduction of SCC too.”
After he said that, he took out his phone and exchanged contact details with David.
David was confused.
He did not know what SCC was and what he would get if he joined.
However, since Hugh told him to enter, then he would.
After they exchanged contacts, David sent him his ID and also received a document.
David opened it and took a close look.
It seemed that SCC was just an acronym, and its full name was Springfield Car Club.
Their headquarters was in Springfield, and they had a lot of branches in a lot of first-tier cities.
David looked at the list of cities and saw that Lake City was one of them.
However, these cities were all in the south and there were none in the north.
When SCC was first founded, it was meant to make life easier for people who were obsessed with cars and racing by offering a place for them to gather.
Slowly but surely, it developed into a very tight organization now.
This was the top circle of the upper class.
Not only could they gather to have fun, race, ride horses, and golf, they could even sit together and talk business so that they could mutually aid each other to reach a win-win situation where they could share the spoils.
A lot of the upstarts and nouveau riches badly wanted to enter this circle to get to know some of the elites but did not have a way to do so.
This was not a place they could get into just because they had money.
The requirements were strict, and they had to fulfill all three of them.
Firstly, it was to own a sports car worth tens of millions, which was not hard.
Secondly, the individual must have assets of more than one billion dollars, or the family behind them must have assets of more than ten billion dollars.
Finally, they needed to be recommended by a member with a middle-tier or above.
This was the hardest requirement, and if someone were to give out an invitation, those upstarts would definitely fight for it.
Of course, on the surface, the quota could not be traded with money, but you never knew what went on behind closed doors.
There were 4 tiers to an SCC member.
Normal member, middle-tier member, high-tier member, and core member.
A normal member would not have the right to recommend.
A middle-tier member had one invitation, while the high-tier member had three.
Meanwhile, a core member had no limits.
The ones who could become a core member of SCC were the super big shots who also acted as the management for SCC.
They had to make some contributions to SCC if they wanted to go up a tier.
SCC would host a lot of racing competitions or gatherings every year to increase everyone’s cohesion.
After David saw this, he figured that Hugh was pretty attentive, so he figured he should get to know Hugh more.
If Hugh did not take him into this circle, he would never learn of this kind of place, and he would not have had a place to spend his massive sum of money.
David did not know the reason why Hugh spent his only invitation to bring him into this club was because Bill told him that if David could take out 20 billion to buy Golden Leaf Hotel, then he had to be a child that was directly related to those aristocratic families in hiding.
Hugh had never met anyone from a hidden aristocratic family before.
He might have met one but did not know.
Those people were very mysterious, and they were always hiding behind the scenes.
Naturally, Hugh would not be stingy if he could get to know this kind of person.
“Dave, you still need to show us your proof of property.”
“No need for that.
I sold the Golden Leaf Hotel in River City to Dave a few days ago.
He owns 100% of the shares now,” Hugh said.
The people present were all surprised when they heard that.
The 8-star Golden Leaf Hotel was very famous.
He would need about 20 billion if he wanted to buy it.
If he could spend 20 billion on a hotel, it would mean that his assets were above 50 billion!
It seemed that David’s family was not weak at all.
“Dave, is your family in the hotel business?” Andy asked.
He felt that if David could buy the Golden Leaf Hotel, it would mean that his family was in this industry.
He was only buying it so that he could have a monopoly in Lake City, if not, who would spend 20 billion to buy a hotel?
At this moment, he did not look down on David anymore.
On the contrary, he even wanted to get to know him.
“No, I just think the food there is up to my liking and it’s near to my university, so I bought it,” David answered.
What?
The heck?
Aside from Hugh, everyone present was looking at David with a look of shock on their faces.
He bought an 8-star hotel for 20 billion because the food was to his liking?
That was 20 billion, not 2 million!
The people here were all old members of SCC.
Even though most of them were normal members, they were not the same as those upstarts out there.
However, they had never seen anyone who would spend 20 billion just to fulfill his desire for good food.
“Hehe… Dave, you’re hilarious,” Andy said as he chuckled.
David shrugged and did not explain further.
‘None of you would believe me even if I told the truth.’
Soon the procedure required for David to join SCC was completed.
He was now a normal member of SCC
In reality, as long as he was referred by someone else in SCC, the procedure was just a formality because no one would waste their quota to recommend someone who did not fulfill the requirements It would take 3 days for the badge of SCC to be posted from the headquarters David felt that it was a bit too lowly to be a normal member, but the introduction said that he needed to make some contributions for SCC before he could grade his tier.
What the contribution was, was not stated
Hence, David asked, “Hugh, what kind of contribution should I make to upgrade myself to a middle tier member?”
“What?
Do you want to upgrade the moment you join?”
“I’m just asking.
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“Actually, it’s pretty easy to upgrade from a normal member to a middle-tier member.
Whenever there’s a nactivity, you can try to do something that’s within your power.
You’ll be able to upgrade to the middle tier after you work for a few years.”
“Is there any other way?”
“The easiest and quickest way is to donate one billion.
Then, you’ll be automatically upgraded to the middle tier.”
‘I can upgrade just by donating one billion dollars?’ David was thrilled.
He was still worried as he did not know where to spend his money.
He only had 100 lavish points left.
The lavish points were so powerful.
He needed to save up more in case there was an emergency.
“What if I wanted to upgrade to high-tier?
Can I donate?
How much should I donate?”
“Dave, are you really planning to donate?
It’s not necessary.
You’ll only get a tad more privileges with a higher tier.
It’s not worth spending so much money on.”
“I think it is.
Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem at all!” David said pretentiously.
When everyone heard that, they figured that David was right.
He was so domineering!
“Dave, you’ll need to donate one billion to upgrade from normal to middle-tier.
However, if you want to upgrade to high-tier from middle-tier, the amount will be tenfold, and you’ll need to donate 10 billion.
Do you still want to do it?”
“Sure!”
“Really?”
“Yeah!”
Finally, David spent 11 billion to become a high-tier member of SCC.
At this moment, aside from the other members, even Hugh wondered if David was not right in the nead.
‘Even if you’re the heir of a hidden aristocratic family, this is still 11 billion!
A lot of the listed companies are not even worth this money!’
No more than half of the people present could take out 10 billion.
Even if they could, they would be emptying their family’s assets.
Hugh was the richest among them and 11 billion was about one-fifth of his assets.
However, he would only use his money to invest in projects or fixed assets.
It would be very hard on him i f he were to take out 10 billion right now.
How many people in this world were still working their bottoms off for a salary of thousands of dollars?
Wasn’t it nice to keep the 11 billion and spend it on himself?
This was incomprehensible.
Everyone thought David was insane.
Only David himself was secretly thrilled that he had added another 110 lavish points.
When the gang was racking their brains to try to get close to David and form a relationship with him, a man’s flustered and exasperated voice came from the place where people could practice golfing.
Slap!
“You b*tch, did I give you permission to do that?”
Then, they could hear a woman’s muffled sobbing.
A few of them went over and pulled the man back.
The man who was pulled back was still yelling at the woman as he walked.
“Do you believe that I’ll f*cking destroy your reputation tomorrow?”
The woman also followed behind him.
David felt that this woman was a little familiar.