After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 293 He will stand at the pinnacle of the world (career)

This is a high-class private ball for the white elite of the upper world.

Inside a large villa in Berlin.

The people attending the private dance party were all white; there were no Asians or Blacks present.

As a person of Asian descent, Xu Lin felt completely out of place here.

He is the only person of Asian descent here.

But speaking of skin color, Xu Lin's skin is whiter than many of the white people here, while many white people have very yellow skin.

Who exactly is behind this?
Everyone noticed Xu Lin.

A person with an Asian face.

Everyone noticed him.

Everyone here is white, and you're the only Asian. It's no wonder you get so much attention.

However, Xu Lin's kingly aura was overwhelming and quite intimidating.

One of the mainstream values ​​in the Western world is the veneration of the strong.

Standing here, Xu Lin is a top-tier expert, one who has excelled in every aspect.

So, nobody paid attention to how he got in.

Unless you're an idiot.

But idiots exist everywhere.

Not all social elites are polite and courteous, unaware that people in the upper class are vulgar.

In Xu Lin's view, people of all social classes are vulgar; everyone is vulgar. Truly noble people, regardless of their social class, are a very small minority.

The difference lies in whether people become more indulgent and will do whatever they want after they have everything.

Xu Lin has everything he wants now. If he wanted to be a scumbag, he would be an extreme threat to society.

Moreover, given his current achievements, even if he committed murder, someone would cover for him and smooth things over for him.

When people acquire many things, such as desires, their desires will continue to expand as the amount of money they have increases.

When people are broke, they all think they have high moral standards and are very virtuous. They say things like, "I can't make money because I'm too clean." They really think of themselves as Qu Yuan (a legendary figure known for his moral corruption). They just don't have the opportunity to make money through dishonest means. If there were a lot of money in front of them, and they were asked to do something illegal and disorderly, they would most likely do it without hesitation.

Whether he can uphold his so-called noble character if he has money is another matter entirely.

"Hey, you Asian, where did you come from? This is a white people's ball, people of color are not allowed in!"

Here comes an idiot.

Xu Lin looked at him. This guy was over 1.8 meters tall, very strong, the kind who works out.

Even if he's over 1.8 meters tall and very strong, his physique is like an older version of Schwarzenegger.

Schwarzenegger, now in his seventies, is even more muscular than when he was younger.

This man's physique is very imposing just by standing there.

A world that reveres the strong will naturally also revere the fist.

Men also have a flawed tendency: they like to flaunt their excellence and strength in front of women. They do this by suppressing the weak or those who are different, thus attracting everyone's attention.

For example, at a banquet, if a beautiful woman suddenly appears, then the idiots there will jump out and belittle the smallest or weakest man. The idiots will then attract attention, and the women will also notice them.

This is a private dance party.

In the Western world, people of Asian descent are inherently weaker, and Xu Lin is an anomaly here. He is of Asian descent, and therefore possesses the greatest charisma.

He was definitely one of those who were suppressed.

Who made him appear here, in such a special way?

If he's polite and courteous at this moment, then he's an idiot.

The West doesn't recognize your Confucianism. What are you talking about, the gentleman, the land of etiquette? They're completely useless.

After World War I, China's diplomacy failed because it was still in the Republic of China era. China was a weak country that could be bullied, and the rogue states of the Western world did not take the country seriously.

It was only after it gradually became stronger that the West began to take a more respectful view of the country, and even began to fear it.

As the ancients said: "Barbarians fear power but not virtue."

So, Xu Lin lifted his leg.

Raise it high.

Vertical splits.

Xu Lin can definitely do the splits.

Xu Lin's left leg suddenly pressed down on the other person's left shoulder.

Actually, his right leg was stronger, but his left leg was enough.

With a bang.

The tall man knelt down directly in front of him, and there was even a sound of his kneecaps cracking. Even though it was grass, Xu Lin's strength was considerable.

If you offend someone, especially a very important person, you can simply take a plane and flee overnight.

In the world of business, strategy is key. You need to act when the time is right, and run when the time is right.

"Oh!"

"Oh my God!"

This scene astonished everyone present; no one had ever imagined that this Asian man could be so fierce.

The man kneeling on the ground roared, tears streaming down his face from the excruciating pain in his knees.

At this moment, a man in his thirties walked over, extended his right hand, and indicated that he wanted to shake hands with Xu Lin.

"Fernandi, I'm hosting this ball. What should I call you?"

He introduced himself.

"May!"

Xu Lin also extended his hand and shook hands with the other person.

Fernandi looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "The lively atmosphere shouldn't be disturbed by people like this. Tonight should be a happy night."

"Ok."

So Xu Lin punched him unconscious.

"You're really crazy, I've never seen anyone like you."

Fernandi laughed: "But you have a lot of personality, and you probably aren't a brute."

"No, you've misjudged me. If I offend someone, I can just run away tonight," Xu Lin said with a smile.

"Haha, no need for that. This man is nothing here, just a small businessman."

Fernandi then asked, "By the way, where are you from?"

"Chinese people!"

"it is good."

At this moment, Fernandi clapped his hands and introduced him to everyone: "Everyone, this charismatic gentleman is named Xu, Mr. Xu! He comes from the superpower of the East, China. Let's give him a round of applause and welcome him!"

A burst of applause erupted immediately.

With Fernandin standing by, Xu Lin was able to gain a foothold here.

When you're traveling, having connections makes things easier.

The two sat together on the sofa.

"You are a very special person."

After lighting a cigar for himself, Fernandi began to speak.

Xu Lin didn't say anything.

Fernandi added, "Your aura is incredibly powerful, almost unparalleled, giving me the feeling of a god descending to earth. This is the first time I've met someone like you. You shouldn't be unknown; you must be quite famous in your country."

"I am just an unknown person."

If Mr. Xu were placed in high society, he would be an unknown figure, nothing special. Countless people would be desperate to get ahead of him.

A celebrity worth hundreds of millions, glamorous and dazzling, standing there, to put it bluntly, is just a slightly higher-class prostitute. If they offend someone, and their backing isn't strong enough, they can be blacklisted at will. In order to avoid being blacklisted, they can only grovel and fawn over the big shots, singing and playing music for them, and they have to keep them satisfied before the big shots might even consider giving them a chance.

Young Master Xu is already famous throughout the world.

However, Xu Lin would not say that he was Young Master Xu.

Therefore, he was just an unknown person.

Fernandi smiled, knowing that Xu Lin didn't want to talk about it, so of course he didn't need to ask any further.

How could a man like this be an unknown nobody?

He pointed to the women inside the ball.

Which one have you chosen?

"I didn't like any of them."

"No way, there are a lot of beautiful women here, all of them are top-notch women from high society."

"It's alright, but I'm not interested."

"Haha, what about that one?"

Fernandi pointed to a stunning blonde woman with blue eyes.

Xu Lin looked at her, but the girl was too thin; he didn't feel anything for her.

Actually, quite a few women wanted to ask him to dance, but Xu Lin wasn't very interested.

He poured himself a glass of red wine.

Fernandi put down his cigar. "I'm going to dance first. Come on, let's go together."

Xu Lin: "Okay."

As soon as Fernandin went dancing, a woman came over and invited Xu Lin to dance.

She stood in front of Xu Lin, bent over, her dress was V-shaped, and her cleavage was on full display.

"Xu, may I dance with you?"

Xu Lin didn't say anything, but simply reached out and took her hand, and together they went to the dance floor and started dancing ballroom.

"You are like a combination of two beautiful Western women."

"Who?"

"Her face is like Sophie Marceau's, and her figure is like Monica Bellucci's."

Sophie Marceau has a beautiful face, but her figure is a bit lacking, while Monica Bellucci has a stunning figure.

"Thank you for the compliment!"

Her face turned red, very red.

Nowadays, few women can remain calm in front of Xu Lin.

He is so dazzling that he has already stood at the pinnacle of masculine charm.

How many women can remain calm and unmoved when facing him?

Xu Lin danced with her for a bit to blend in with the atmosphere; otherwise, he would have felt completely out of place. Everyone was dancing, and it wouldn't have been right for him to be sitting there alone.

Thirty minutes later, he declined the other party's invitation to take things further that evening and returned to the sofa.

Fernandi had already returned here by then.

"Xu, how was your time?"

"not bad."

"Speaking of which, since you've come to Berlin and to my ball, is there anything we can do together?"

What kind of business does Mr. Fernandi do?

"I can probably do any business you can think of, including arms dealing or black market business."

Fernandi poured Xu Lin a glass of red wine.

This is Château Leroy Musigny Grand Cru red wine, which costs more than 300,000 RMB per bottle in China.

And this is before tax.

Xu Lin's cup already starts at 100,000.

Fernandi laughed and said, "I walk between light and darkness; you can think of me as a speculator."

"Speculator?"

"I'll be wherever there's money."

Fernandi smiled mysteriously: "If you have anything you'd like to collaborate on, maybe I can help. You can treat me as an intermediary; you just need to pay me a portion of the intermediary fee, and I'll handle the rest."

"What about the agency fee?"

"I'm willing to be friends with a man of your caliber, just give me 10% of the goods."

Fernandi said, "When I do business with others, I usually take 30 percent. Some people even charge more than double that. Of course, this is a riskier business."

Xu Lin thought for a moment.

He said, "I do have business opportunities to cooperate with, and if things go smoothly, we can do business together frequently in the future."

"Tell me about it." "I have a batch of GPUs in Los Angeles that need to be exported. Can you get them here? You set the price."

"GPU?"

Fernandi paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "I thought you were going to talk about arms or some kind of illegal business that the government is watching."

"This is just the first transaction. My volume will be much larger in the future, and the GPUs I need will start at a price of one billion US dollars."

"This quantity...it seems I underestimated you. You're involved in smuggling?"

“Mr. Fernandi is a businessman; he should know not to ask questions he shouldn’t ask.”

"I was offended."

"besides."

Xu Lin then said, "I need a batch of high-performance servers. Can you get me some new ones at a low price?"

Which specific server?

“I need 300 Dell EMC PowerEdge XE9680s, the highest configuration without GPU.”

Excluding the GPU, the highest configuration of this type of server costs over 160 million RMB. The market price fluctuates, but in general, it costs over one million RMB to buy one.

"I need to ask first, give me one night."

Fernandi: "This is the first time I've done this kind of business, and it has touched a blind spot in my business world. But for me, there should be nothing I can't do."

You see, Fernandi usually does business that would be considered a death sentence by most people, but Xu Lin asked him to help set up a server, which was clearly a bit beyond his capabilities.

Xu Lin: "Okay."

Fernandi: "Where will all these GPUs and servers eventually go?"

Xu Lin wants to create a server cluster; three hundred servers are enough to form a server cluster.

As for where to put it, it's not something you can just put anywhere.

Training artificial intelligence, like the large-scale training program Xu Lin developed, requires a massive amount of electricity, starting at millions of kilowatt-hours, while an average household only uses a few thousand kilowatt-hours a year.

Therefore, Xu Lin needs a huge amount of electricity to support him, so he can't act recklessly; he needs to have enough electricity to supply it.

Europe is definitely out of the question; electricity prices here are outrageously high. For household use, one kilowatt-hour costs more than three RMB.

Therefore, we need to find countries with relatively cheap electricity.

Actually, it's quite suitable domestically.

However, Xu Lin's goods need to enter the country, which means he has to pay high tariffs.

Sneak it in secretly?
Forget it then; I underestimated the safety level in China.

North Russia boasts of its global arms delivery capabilities, claiming there's no place on the map they can't reach, except for China.

Xu Lin needs to be more flexible.

As for his private island, it's still under construction and unavailable for use; you'll have to go somewhere else.

Moreover, Xu Lin didn't want to do illegal business in China, but he could do whatever he wanted abroad.

Xu Lin thought for a moment: "Get me to Dubai!"

Electricity prices in Dubai are relatively reasonable. For industrial use, the cost of more than 10,000 kilowatt-hours is only 72 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Five million kilowatt-hours of electricity would cost several million.

The price was cheap for Xu Lin, but the key was that he was able to buy it.

This power consumption is outrageous.

Then there are issues like venue rental, which all require grease and haggling. And sometimes it's not just about having money; you also need connections.

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, let alone Xu Lin, who isn't even a powerful dragon.

Having connections becomes very important.

Fernandi: "I happen to know someone in Dubai. If your goods go there, you can save on customs duties."

"The person you know seems to be someone important."

"Having connections makes things easier, haha..."

"If I want to buy five million kilowatt-hours of electricity in Dubai, is it possible to do so?"

Out-of-towner, what are you going to do with so much electricity?

At this point, you really need to know the right people, otherwise you won't be able to get past the government.

Five million kilowatt-hours of electricity, for a small town with 5,000 households, is more than half a year's worth of electricity consumption.

This power consumption is so high that even Ultraman would have to beat it to a standstill.

"Theoretically yes."

"So that means we should spend more money on Mr. Fernandi?"

"Correct."

"Mr. Fernandi, please give me a price for these deals."

“Your business will be somewhat challenging, but not too difficult. I will do my best to get you the lowest possible prices. Plus, I want to be friends with you. Just give me a commission of thirty million US dollars.”

Three times seven equals twenty-one, which is more than two hundred million RMB.

acceptable.

Without someone like him to help, if Xu Lin had to do it secretly on his own, the extra costs would have been much higher, far exceeding 200 million. The tariffs alone would have been a huge problem, not to mention the various favors and bribes along the way. All of these costs would have amounted to an astronomical figure.

It's normal to spend a lot of money to do big things; there's no such thing as accomplishing something great without spending a lot of money.

Xu Lin: "Deal."

Fernandin: "It's a pleasure working with you."

Xu Lin stayed at the dance until after 2 a.m.

Just simple eating and drinking.

He left around 2 a.m. He had a romantic encounter tonight, but Xu Lin wasn't interested.

The next morning, Fernandi sent a message saying that he could get the server Xu Lin needed. The original server cost more than 169 million RMB, but he could get a new one for one million.

Xu Lin thought to himself, "Isn't this just the factory price?"
One cut costs almost 700,000.

One million per unit, Xu Lin wants three hundred units, that's three hundred million.

This made Xu Lin want to buy several hundred more units.

He currently has over a billion yuan in his account.

This is the money he recently earned from games and software, but he hasn't reported it for tax yet. In reality, he only has a little over 800 million yuan at his disposal.

This sum of over 800 million is enough for Xu Lin to squander, but he can't afford to squander it recklessly.

There will be times when he spends money later.

However, the tax can be dealt with later.

Xu Lin met with Fernandi at noon.

Fernandi: "Your server will be ready from North America the day after tomorrow, and it will be out of the country the day after that. Also, the goods you left in Los Angeles, I had someone pick them up from the address you gave me, and they will be out of the country tonight."

Xu Lin: "I'd like to buy another 1000 H100 GPUs. What's the price then?"

He has $500 in Los Angeles, plus $1000, which is enough for initial training.

Xu Lin was only there to work on the model, not to formally train the artificial intelligence. He was just laying the foundation; the money needed later would be staggering.

"give me sometime."

The question was asked quite quickly this time; Fernandinho's information network is very impressive.

“1000 dollars, not a large amount. You can get new ones on the black market. On the open market, one dollar is worth between $25,000 and $40,000. On the black market, I can get you $23,000 per dollar. 1000 dollars is $23 million. I won’t charge you a commission. Let’s just include it all together this time. You just need to give me another $23 million.”

Finally, the total cost of 300 servers, 1000 H100 GPUs, and 30 million US dollars in intermediary fees amounted to 9476 million US dollars, which is approximately 680 million RMB.

"Ok."

"Xu, you're destined for great things, and I'm so glad to have met this kind of man!"

Fernandi already knew who Xu Lin was last night. In fact, after Fernandi went back and did some research, he understood that Xu Lin needed GPUs and servers for training artificial intelligence. At that time, he realized that Xu Lin, who called himself Xu, must be the same Xu Gongzi.

Furthermore, now that Xu Lin says he needs five million kilowatt-hours of electricity, it's obvious without even thinking that Xu Lin is planning something big in Dubai.

He is that world-renowned and mysterious artificial intelligence scientist from the superpower of the East—

Young Master Xu!
This is a man who stands at the pinnacle of the world, and if he doesn't now, he will be in the future.

Fernandi was happy to get to know this kind of man and, following business ethics, kept his secret.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too!"

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

The two shook hands.

Xu Lin gave him the money.

The two then said goodbye.

This time, Xu Lin has fully demonstrated the benefits of having connections.

Local time in the afternoon, after having lunch, Xu Lin took a plane directly to Dubai.

Once the goods arrived, Xu Lin immediately began work.

However, before that, Xu Lin had to prepare the venue.

For example, first set up a factory, and at the same time, buy several million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

That evening, Xu Lin landed at Dubai Airport.

"Xu, I've made all the arrangements. A high-ranking official from Dubai will meet with you tomorrow. Your identity is that of a businesswoman, and I've taken care of everything."

"Thanks."

“It’s alright. You’re a man destined for great things, and I’m happy to make things convenient for you.”

"The official I introduced is a scoundrel, but I've already taken care of him."

"However, you need to keep a low profile and not talk about what you're doing. The major Western powers are all looking for you now."

"Ok."

Xu Lin understood that Fernandin already knew who he was.

However, Fernandin was a very kind person, so Xu Lin was at ease.

"Now, your identity is that of a businessman who has come to invest in building a factory."

The next day, Xu Lin met with the official.

His name is Bont.

It gave Xu Lin an aura he didn't like; Fernandi had also said that this person was a scumbag.

However, scum is better.

This at least shows that it is feasible; the worst thing is that he is an unyielding and incorrigible gentleman.

After discussing with the other party, Xu Lin took over a factory with an area of ​​10,000 square meters. Xu Lin temporarily rented it for one year, with a rent of more than 6.3 million yuan.

As for the battery capacity, Xu Lin bought ten million kilowatt-hours in one go, not five million kilowatt-hours.

Ten million kilowatt-hours is about 720 million RMB here. In fact, the price for electricity purchased by people from other places is more than 5% higher.

But Fernandi had already made arrangements, so Xu Lin wouldn't have to pay the extra amount.

With Fernandi taking care of things in advance, the factory and electricity purchases were all settled in half a day.

night.

Xu Lin also treated the official to a meal at a top-tier club, where he ordered three beautiful women for him.

The "Golden Beauty" is a woman who wears a bikini covered in gold powder, making her shimmer and sparkle, as if she were covered in gold dust.

Do you need to apply pressure, but not too much?

not that simple.

Xu Lin will still have to trouble that scumbag Bonte later, so he can't keep asking Fernandi for help.

He needs local talent to get things done.

Xu Lin knew what to do; he had to make this guy happy first.

When Bonte was feeling comfortable, he drove back to the Burj Al Arab.

Dubai is famous for its Burj Al Arab hotel.

Xu Lin stayed in the presidential suite, which cost a staggering 390,000 yuan per night.

However, Xu Lin doesn't need to spend money.

Thanks to Fernandi's connections, Xu Lin is staying here for free and enjoying the most top-notch service.

In the last two days, Xu Lin spent nearly 700 million yuan in one go.

I need to work hard to make money.

This was the first time he had spent so much money at once, which made Xu Lin realize that if he didn't make money faster, he would probably not have enough money to burn later on.

Therefore, he needs to strengthen and expand his channels for making money.

(End of this chapter)