Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

After several days of rest, Billy has now fully recovered.

Apart from the two teeth that Chen Jiajun knocked out at the beginning, Bai Lu did not use excessive force.

They're just minor injuries.

After his injury healed, Billy started to become restless.

As usual, after hooking up with a young model, he planned to bring her home.

After all, Billy was attracted to the young model's beauty, while the young model was attracted to Billy's money; it was a win-win situation.

Just as the car stopped in front of Billy's mansion, it lurched, and a gift box swayed off the front seat.

The young model looked at the beautifully packaged gift box and said with some surprise, "Is this for me?"

Billy himself was completely bewildered, and before he could even speak, the little model opened the gift box.

Inside the gift box was a small, exquisite, but oddly shaped robot that made one feel somewhat uncomfortable at first glance.

The young model looked disappointed and said to Billy, "It's just a robot?"

Billy shook his head and said, "I've never bought this, and I don't know whose it is."

The young model was a little angry, threw the gift box at Billy, and got out of the car. But this was just a tactic of playing hard to get; women in this industry are very adept at it.

But Billy didn't chase after it; instead, the more he looked at the robot in front of him, the more suspicious he became.

Suddenly, the robot's eyes glowed red. Sensing something was wrong, Billyton immediately threw the robot aside and got out of the car.

The next moment, the explosion occurred without warning.

The Porsche with Billy's sapphire-colored eyes was blown to the sky.

The massive shockwave sent Billy sprawling to the ground.

After the initial shock came intense fear.

If he had been any slower, he would have been blown to bits along with his car.

The young model who had just gotten off the car looked panicked and screamed on the spot.

The scream brought Billy back to his senses.

He immediately rushed over, covered her mouth, and dragged her into the villa.

Such an explosion will likely attract the attention of the police soon, and Billy needs to sort out his chaotic thoughts first.

"Shut your mouth now and get upstairs."

Billy roared at the young model with a ferocious expression.

I don't know if it's because of Billy's expression or what just happened.

The little model became very obedient and ran upstairs to hide.

After the young model left, Billy sat on the sofa and began to ponder.

He had just put up a bounty for Chen Jiajun at a hotel in mainland China when his car exploded.

These two things are unrelated, and Billy would never believe it even if you beat him to death.

If Chen Jiajun really did this, then Chen Jiajun's background is far more terrifying than he imagined.

The police must not find out about this; if they do, they will drag him down with them.

The heir to the prestigious Watson family sends assassins, but his own car is blown up in the air.
Not to mention the media and public opinion, even his father won't let him off the hook.

As Billy was figuring out how to deal with the police, the phone next to him suddenly rang, startling him.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the phone receiver.

A cold male voice came from the other end of the phone, saying directly, "Mr. Billy, there's a problem with your order. There are some things I need to explain to you."

"Are you from the Continental Hotel?" Billy asked, surprised.

"That's right. Because the information you provided was incomplete, the entire team we sent out to carry out the mission was wiped out. Therefore, we plan to cancel your order," the man said in a very formulaic manner.

"What does that mean?" Billy immediately had a bad feeling.

“Literally, if you want to keep this bounty up, we'd like to increase the bounty to thirty million US dollars. If you intend to cancel, we will refund the amount you previously offered within three days,” the man continued.

But Billy was overwhelmed with emotion upon hearing those words.

Although the other person's words were a bit convoluted, Billy still understood them.

If they want to continue assassinating Chen Jiajun, one million is far from enough.

In other words, Chen Jiajun and his group have far exceeded the scope of "ordinary" people.

Billy learned some things while staying at the hotel in mainland China.

The price differs for ordinary people and professionals.

Clearly, Chen Jiajun and his group belong to the latter category.

After thinking about it for a moment, Billy said, "I think I'll cancel the order."

"Understood. After deducting our losses, we will refund the remaining amount to you in three days. Have a nice day." After saying that, the man hung up the phone.

Billy breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the busy tone on the phone.

Ever since what happened, Billy has absolutely no desire to deal with people like that, not at all.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

He stood by the window and looked out, only breathing a sigh of relief when he saw it was a police car.

Billy made up a story to try and get rid of the police.

But as soon as he opened the door, he saw the beautiful woman who had beaten him up the other day.

This time was no different. Bai Lu punched Billy in the face as soon as she arrived, but this time it was even worse, breaking his nose.

Billy immediately squatted down on the ground, tears streaming down his face from the pain.

"Kid, you actually dared to hire an assassin to kill us? You've got some nerve!"

Bai Lu's long, straight legs landed directly on Billy's head as she spoke with a cold expression.

Billy, no longer caring about the pain in his nose, hurriedly begged for mercy, "I'll never do it again, I'll never do it again. I was bewitched, please let me go."

Bai Lu sneered and said, "You didn't say that last time. Did you receive our boss's gift? Are you satisfied? If not, we'll send your whole family a big gift next time."

Upon hearing Bai Lu's words, Billy turned around in fright.

Although he comes from an elite family, he is ultimately just a rich kid.

His experience alone couldn't compare to those of the wealthy, so upon hearing Bai Lu's words, he immediately cowered: "I'm very satisfied. I will never dare to offend Mr. Chen again. Please forgive me this time."

Bai Lu snorted coldly, kicked Billy away, and said, "Look at you, you coward. Tell me, who told you that the Mainland Hotel can hire assassins?"

"It was a friend of mine named Thompson. He gave me a Continental Hotel Coin and said he could hire an assassin there." Billy betrayed Thompson without a second thought.

"Remember what you said. Next time, it won't be a simple lesson." After getting the information Chen Jiajun wanted, Bai Lu turned and left.

After Bai Lu told Chen Jiajun the news, Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "It's the Ether Society again?"

Chen Jiajun heard the name Thompson from that scoundrel named Du Qi.

This guy's brain was fried by Bai Lu, which made Chen Jiajun feel quite sorry for him.

I originally thought I had a chance to plant a mole within the Ether Society.

Now that the old story has been brought up again, Chen Jiajun immediately understands why Billy, this foolish rich kid, would hire a hitman from a mainland hotel.

It seems that these insidious bastards are behind it all.

However, America was not his main battlefield, so even if Chen Jiajun knew, there was nothing he could do about these bastards.

Just like in Hong Kong, they had no way to deal with Chen Jiajun.

"Damn it, that's disgusting." Chen Jiajun said with a sneer.

Orn immediately perked up again: "Boss, is this Thompson bothering you? Let's go blow him up!" Chen Jiajun said speechlessly, "You're getting more and more irritable. Let's go back soon. After all, this isn't our own territory."

Bai Lu doesn't care, but it's a bit of a pity about Ornn.

This trip to America was incredibly rewarding.

With Chen Jiajun's financial support, he acquired quite a few good items.

This is a good time to rest and digest the benefits I've gained.

Once these benefits are fully realized, Brunei's national strength will inevitably experience an explosive growth.

After transiting in Malaysia, I flew directly back to Brunei.

The expert team from Las Vegas had already left, and the casino would soon be able to start operations.

This means that manpower will definitely be tight for some time to come.

After all, those Americans can produce technical personnel, so they can't possibly solve the problem of ordinary workers, can they?

However, the current atmosphere in Brunei is somewhat poor.

Those damned natives, they're all lazy and good-for-nothing, and the better their living conditions get, the worse their situation becomes.

There are job postings everywhere, but some bastards would rather stay at home eating porridge and pickles, waiting for the Li Yaohua government to give them relief, than go out and work to earn money to improve their lives.

This matter gave Li Yaohua a headache for quite some time.

Fortunately, thanks to Old Sa's arrival, he no longer had to worry about recruiting spies around him, so he quickly assembled his own think tank.

These guys are all elites among elites, but they face discrimination in other countries simply because they are Chinese.

So Li Yaohua's letter spurred these ambitious young people to come to the remote and impoverished country of Brunei without hesitation.

When Chen Jiajun returned to Brunei, Li Yaohua was having a meeting with his think tank.

Chen Jiajun was curious and wanted to see what kind of talent Li Yaohua's think tank had, so he stopped the soldier who wanted to report and went inside directly.

Just as Li Yaohua saw Chen Jiajun about to speak, Chen Jiajun gave him a wink.

Li Yaohua naturally understood and remained silent to continue the discussion.

Chen Jiajun casually found a seat to listen in.

“I think forced labor sounds bad when it's talked about, and it's easy for others to use it against us,” a young man said confidently. “So I think bribery is a better approach.”

"The problem is, the wages offered by construction sites and factories aren't low these days. They're already at the hiring standards of Europe and America. What more do you want?" Another person with a different opinion retorted, "You have to understand that wages are easy to raise, but difficult to lower. You can't just not think about the future, can you? What will you do after this wave of labor shortages?"

"The incentive I'm talking about isn't a raise. Can you stop being so stubborn?" The confident young man rolled his eyes and said, "My suggestion is to set up a reward system where the more hardworking people are, the better they are paid, and the lazier people are paid the lowest level."

“This won’t do. Dividing people into different classes is a step backward in history.”

Another person who disagreed stood up and retorted, "The consequences of this would be terrible."

The confident young man said helplessly, "That's what we say, but when it comes to actually doing it, we'll use a different gimmick. You guys don't understand, but the President should, right?"

Hearing these guys escalate the issue, the confident young man sought Li Yaohua's help.

Before Li Yaohua could speak, Chen Jiajun nodded and said, "It's a good idea. Doing it this way can indeed solve the problem."

"Look, listen to everyone, there are still reasonable people among us." The confident young man became excited when he heard that someone was supporting him.

The others looked at Chen Jiajun with strange expressions. They didn't seem to have such a person in the think tank.

Chen Jiajun raised his hand and asked another question: "But how exactly will you operate? If the actions are too rough, the consequences could be very serious. It might cause another upheaval in Brunei, and could even overthrow the President's rule."

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's words, the confident young man immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The others' expressions turned smug again.

Li Yaohua smiled and said, "I'd also like to hear how you plan to resolve this matter."

The confident young man hesitated for a long time, but finally gave up.

He covered his head and said in a low voice, "I haven't thought about it yet."

As the confident young man dismissed his idea, the others began to discuss it heatedly.

Chen Jiajun tapped the table and said calmly, "Why don't you listen to my thoughts on this idea?"

When Chen Jiajun spoke again, everyone fell silent, wanting to hear how he would resolve the matter.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "It's not that this method is useless, but you've been too presumptuous. You think everyone in the world is as hardworking as the Chinese. But that's not your fault, after all, we all belong to the Chinese civilization sphere."

"Think about it, since ancient times, haven't the people around us particularly despised lazy people? You don't even need to compare. Just take your hometown village now, and try lying at home for a day without doing any work. What would happen? Wouldn't the whole village say that your family has a lazybones?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's humorous remark, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.

Chen Jiajun is absolutely right. Regardless of the era, laziness is always considered shameful in Chinese civilization.

They're even a little too diligent.

This is deeply ingrained in our blood, and changing it is almost impossible.

Li Yaohua's think tank made this mistake: they assumed that everyone in the world was like the Chinese.

“Many of you have studied abroad, so you should know how abnormal those Westerners are, right? So, you need to change your mindset,” Chen Jiajun said to everyone with a smile.

Every man has a tendency to be a know-it-all, and Chen Jiajun is no exception.

Seeing these young people listening attentively made Chen Jiajun secretly pleased.

"After all that talk, you still haven't offered a solution," the confident young man pressed.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "The solution is simple: set an example and reward those who work hard in all walks of life. Don't offer too much financial benefit; just give them honor and privileges. Once their sense of honor is cultivated, lazybones will naturally become the ones despised. Wouldn't the problem be easily solved then?"

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's words, many people applauded, especially the confident young man who said with a look of regret, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Li Yaohua interrupted their conversation and said, "Alright, that's enough for today. Please consider Mr. Chen's proposal carefully."

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, everyone realized that the President was actually addressing this young man as Mr. Chen.

I heard that the big boss behind Brunei is surnamed Chen. Could this be the one?
Li Yaohua's think tank members all left with their own agendas.

"What do you think of these young people?" Li Yaohua asked with a smile.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Although they are young, they are all willing to use their brains, which is good. After training them for a while, it should relieve a lot of your pressure."

Li Yaohua nodded. He had indeed been under a lot of pressure lately, and he already had quite a few gray hairs.

It's a pity he didn't even find a first lady.

Chen Jiajun lit a cigar and said, "I went to America this time and brought back a lot of technology. I plan to test it out and set up a factory."

"Huh? The factory?" Li Yaohua said with some difficulty, "We don't have enough manpower."

Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "Don't worry, if my plan can be completed, there shouldn't be a shortage of labor anymore, at least the factory shouldn't be short of workers."

"Really?" Li Yaohua's eyes lit up immediately.

Brunei has many inherent weaknesses, but what it lacks most right now is manpower.

If the labor shortage problem could be solved, even partially, Li Yaohua would breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Chen Jiajun said seriously, "However, this matter must be kept secret, and strictly secret. I'm telling you, I will mobilize people from the Azeroth Security Company to come over."

"Is it that serious?" Li Yaohua said in surprise.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "If this technology were to leak out, I estimate that spies from all over the world would flock here, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that we would be at odds with the entire world. Brunei is still very weak and cannot withstand such a turmoil."

Li Yaohua knows Chen Jiajun well and knows that he generally doesn't joke about serious matters.

If he says that, it's almost certainly true.

So he nodded seriously: "I understand, I will pass the message on."

“Great, come along tomorrow too. Let me show you my trump card,” Chen Jiajun said, patting Li Yaohua on the shoulder.

Li Yaohua nodded. He was also very curious about what this factory did that made Chen Jiajun value it so much. (End of Chapter)