Chapter 159: Big Yellow Fish
Liu Dazhi arrived at the Tangchen Yipin (Tomson Riviera) with the help of his subordinates, using a few tricks to blend in with the crowd.
Standing under Xu Youyou’s building, one of his subordinates pointed to her floor.
“Brother Liu, this little girl lives in the penthouse of this building. She’s an orphan, and suddenly moved into the Tomson Riviera. She always has four bodyguards with her and drives an 180 million RMB car…”
Liu Dazhi listened to his subordinate’s introduction and couldn’t help but click his tongue in surprise. Even without an order from the Red Dragon King, he was already interested in Xu Youyou. “Where did she get all this money?”
The subordinate whispered, “It seems her main business is in antiques, and she also runs an entertainment company. The big star, Song Zhi Bai, who became super popular last month, is the face of her company.”
“Song Zhi Bai? Suddenly famous? How big is the fame? Has this been reported to Uncle?” Liu Dazhi asked.
The subordinate answered honestly, “Brother Liu, we don’t handle the entertainment industry, but I heard from Er Ma that they’ve already reported it to Great Uncle.”
The Red Dragon King always said that he wasn’t part of the underworld and that all his subordinates were his family. Depending on their seniority, some would call him Great Uncle, others would call him Big Brother, but only those closest to him could call him Big Brother.
“You think Uncle is involved in the entertainment industry? Why would he care about people from the entertainment world?” Liu Dazhi casually asked his subordinate.
The subordinate gave an awkward chuckle. “Brother Liu, if you ask me, who can answer? Great Uncle certainly has his own reasons. We’re just lowly ones following the money. He must be interested in controlling stars because it makes money quickly.”
Liu Dazhi still felt like something was off, as though he was missing something.
But he didn’t have time to dwell on it; his mind was fully focused on how to threaten Xu Youyou into giving up the house as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, Xu Youyou at home wasn’t idle either. She was thinking about how to deal with the Red Dragon King, who seemed to have connections to the underworld.
She had handed over her investigation to a detective, but as soon as he heard the name “Red Dragon King,” he immediately shook his head.
“Miss Xu, some people can be investigated, but some cannot. I won’t take this case. I also advise you, it’s best not to provoke him.”
Xu Youyou frowned slightly as she listened to the detective. “What’s his background? What kind of business does he do? Can’t you tell me?”
The detective replied, “His background and business don’t matter. What matters is that he’s someone you don’t want to mess with.”
Xu Youyou wanted to ask more, but the detective was so evasive about the Red Dragon King that he hurriedly hung up, seemingly afraid she would ask more.
Seeing that it was impossible to find out his background through normal means, Xu Youyou didn’t insist. She immediately called Lu Jingyao.
“Try not to provoke him,” Lu Jingyao said, echoing the detective’s words.
Xu Youyou was even more surprised. “Is there some kind of communication method in Hucheng that I don’t know about? Aren’t they cracking down on the underworld? How can he act so openly without consequences?”
Lu Jingyao explained, “He’s not entirely part of the criminal underworld.”
Xu Youyou couldn’t understand, especially after seeing his subordinates dressed in black.
Lu Jingyao continued, “He’s deeply involved with Hucheng’s wealthy circles. If you want to say what kind of power he has, it’s more like the metaphysical circles.”
Xu Youyou: …
Xu Youyou thought if it was really the metaphysical circles, it wasn’t about cracking down on crime, but about eradicating feudal superstitions?
“The rich people in the circle all have great faith in him. Whatever he wants, even if it’s tens of millions or billions, they will throw money at him to satisfy him,” Lu Jingyao said.
“And you?” Xu Youyou asked.
Lu Jingyao suddenly laughed.
Xu Youyou heard his deep laughter from the phone, and a strange feeling crawled up her spine, making her ears tingle.
“I actually look forward to interacting with him more, so that I can answer your questions fully,” Lu Jingyao said.
Xu Youyou knew he was joking, and responded, “The rich people worship him, probably because they want to make money. If you also worship him, I’m afraid all the money in the country will end up in your pocket.”
Lu Jingyao said, “If you need, I can step into the game.”
Xu Youyou heard the somewhat ambiguous tone and immediately said, “Okay, okay, no more jokes. Since you don’t know either, I’ll ask someone else.”
Lu Jingyao then asked, “Did someone introduce you to him?”
Xu Youyou felt a little embarrassed. She wasn’t introduced into the wealthy circles, but had crossed paths with the Red Dragon King. “I had some conflicts with his subordinates.”
Lu Jingyao immediately responded, “That’s a bit troublesome. He’s known for being vengeful and petty.”
Xu Youyou asked, “Should I just give in to him?”
Lu Jingyao replied, “If you’re in the right, you have no reason to give in to him. But it’s better to handle it more gently. There’s an old saying: ‘Respect the spirits, but keep your distance.’ Until you know exactly what power the Red Dragon King has, it’s best to avoid him.”
Xu Youyou listened to his advice and quickly figured out how to handle the situation. “I understand.”
After hanging up the phone, Xu Youyou immediately contacted the renovation team. Her request was simple: seal off the secret room in the basement in the shortest time possible.
After taking care of this task, she finally had time to focus on her treasure.
She casually took out a gold bar and weighed it. It came in at 312.5 grams.
She took out a few more bars, and they all weighed similarly.
“Is this number special?” Xu Youyou wondered to herself.
She quickly searched for the reason.
These gold bars were known as “Big Yellow Fish” in the past. Their official weight was ten taels, but during the Republic of China era, a pound was sixteen taels, so a ten-tael gold bar weighed not 500 grams, but a little over 300 grams.
Xu Youyou had so many gold bars, and although they were originally packed into two wooden boxes, gold is very dense. A ton of gold would fit into the size of a microwave. These two large boxes likely contained around four tons of gold.
Xu Youyou took out her calculator. With today’s gold price of 612 RMB per gram, she calculated the total value: 2.4 billion!
Xu Youyou’s eyes turned into dollar signs.
But Xu Youyou also understood that such a large amount of gold couldn’t just be flooded into the market immediately. Not only would it affect the gold price, but it would also attract attention from higher-ups.
“Woof woof! So beautiful!” Guai Guai suddenly appeared beside Xu Youyou.
Xu Youyou petted its little dog head. “You think it’s beautiful too, right? We have the same taste!”
“This is the color of the sun!” the little dog said with a smile.
Xu Youyou locked all the safes and thought about the old mansion with a yard. She picked up the dog and told Xu Fang and the bodyguards to go out.
“Contact a few real estate agents. I want to see some houses—independent villas,” Xu Youyou instructed.
Xu Fang hurriedly agreed.
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