"If you want to limit the total to 12 billion US dollars, please pick them out. I think those gentlemen whose names are crossed off the list will be very distressed and disappointed. My dear Lin, are you willing to do this?"
Looking at Piander McWeasley, who had an innocent look on his face and an extremely serious expression, Lin Yao felt his throat go dry and couldn't say a word.
He didn't actually recognize any of the people on the list. Although Xiaocao could remember their faces and information, asking him to cross out names on the list was a very difficult task.
"Forget it, Yaoyao, let's just put it in the bank. Only $1.2 billion here requires interest payments; the rest are all interest-free loans. If we really transfer the money to the bank, who knows what tricks that old man and the other old men whose names have been crossed out will pull. Let's not go through all that trouble; we still have to go tomb raiding tonight."
Xiaocao's voice rang out, her tone tinged with helplessness. This was a situation she hadn't anticipated. Before coming, she and Lin Yao were both worried about the difficulty of borrowing money, but to their surprise, it was the opposite. Not only was it easy, it was far too easy, so easy that when others wanted to lend her more, she couldn't refuse.
“Alright, we’ll proceed according to Mr. McWeis’s list. I’ll notify the lawyers and financial staff of China Minhong to come to Beijing right away.”
Lin Yao accepted the old man's suggestion, stood up, and bowed to the group of people who were chatting in about ten small groups. "Thank you all for your support of China Minhong. On behalf of China Minhong, I bow to you all. You have gained the friendship of China Minhong. Thank you!"
Applause erupted, and everyone was very satisfied with the result. Although Lin Yao spoke of the friendship of the Chinese people and not the friendship of the angels, given the previous promise and their understanding of Chinese customs, they already knew that the identities of the Chinese people and the angels were equally important. Lin Yao's statement was exactly the promise they had longed for.
Unlike some nouveau riche in China who would climb the social ladder by taking advantage of opportunities, the American tycoons maintained a good balance. None of them came over to bother Lin Yao; they simply watched him leave with their eyes.
Downstairs in Piander McWeas's room, Smidda Winton and Basil Winton discussed with Lin Yao some arrangements and matters concerning the future of the Minhong Overseas Club. Lin Yao then had Basil Winton bring Kerdia Gable, who was about to fall ill, to the room and helped cure his rabies.
As for the consultation fee for Keldia Gable, Gable was to transfer the money himself the next day. Compared to 16 billion US dollars, the consultation fee of 15 million US dollars was nothing. Lin Yao did not want to wait until all the procedures were completed before treating the patient, because old Gable could not wait any longer.
After finishing all these tasks, it was already 1 a.m. Lin Yao was finally able to say goodbye and leave. He didn't call his worried mother in Chengdu, so as not to let such exciting news keep his parents up at night.
"Halt! Who goes there?"
A loud shout came from Lin Yao's side and front, followed by five uniformed SWAT officers. Lin Yao could even feel three sniper rifles aimed at his head.
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Zhao Yunlong lay on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the two medicine bottles hanging on the metal shelf beside the bed. He watched the bubbles rising rhythmically from the mouth to the bottom of the bottles as the IV drips were administered, and felt a pang of sadness.
He felt that his life was like the rising bubbles in the IV drip bottle, about to burst in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Yunlong is 25 years old and comes from Lianhua County in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province. Lianhua County is a key poverty-stricken county in China, with an average annual income of no more than 700 yuan for the rural population. In some mountainous areas, the rural population's annual income is even less than 400 yuan. Zhao Yunlong's family belongs to the poorest mountainous farmers in this national-level poverty-stricken county.
He joined the army at the age of nineteen, served two years as a conscript and continued to serve in the army. Three years later, he reached the age limit for a first-class sergeant but could not be promoted to a second-class sergeant, so he had to retire and return to his hometown.
He originally planned to use his 20,000 yuan demobilization pay to start a small business in Pingxiang City, and then bring his parents and sister, who had suffered all their lives, to the city to live a better life. However, he was deceived by his comrades and fellow villagers from his time in the military. He didn't have a penny left of his demobilization pay, and his wish to bring his parents and sister to live in the city was also dashed.
Zhao Yunlong was unfamiliar with and unaware of this society. His simple and honest nature, typical of people from the mountainous region, made him easily trusting. He didn't even understand how he was deceived. His family's hopes were gone, their money was gone, and he couldn't even cause trouble for his fellow villagers and comrades because the other party claimed to have lost money in business.
Zhao Yunlong didn't understand any of this.
After his business failed, several former comrades-in-arms approached him to do business together. However, Zhao Yunlong immediately refused these so-called business deals after sensing something was wrong, and left Pingxiang City for Nanchang, the largest city in Jiangxi Province.
Zhao Yunlong was hiding from those comrades-in-arms because they were doing petty theft and other illegal things. Although he was poor, he would never do such illegal things that harmed others for personal gain, nor would he sell his dignity for money, because if he did, he would have no face to see his parents and sister.
After arriving in Nanchang, Zhao Yunlong, who is 1.74 meters tall and looks strong, quickly found a job as a security guard.
If veterans don't have any special skills, most of them can only work as security guards in the city. Veterans with discharge certificates are very popular in this industry. Although the work is hard and the pay is low, at least they can make a living. However, their wish to bring their parents and younger sister to the city to live a better life seems like a distant dream.
Now, lying in his hospital bed, Zhao Yunlong feels utterly hopeless. The future is bleak, and he can't even muster the courage to return to his hometown, to the mountains that gave him birth and raised him, because he doesn't want his parents to support him for the rest of his life, and he doesn't want to make his already struggling family suffer even more.
All of this is because of his disability; because he lost his right hand and was unable to work.
All of this, because of his passion and his hatred of evil, has caused his family and loved ones to suffer.
Now, Zhao Yunlong is no longer sure whether his actions in the early morning were worthwhile or right. At the time, he didn't think about anything but fighting criminals and rescuing the weak, but he ended up in such a miserable state.
Midnight is Zhao Yunlong's shift change time. Because his colleague was delayed, he didn't hand over the shift until 1:30 a.m. He was supposed to walk back to the company's assigned accommodation, but he encountered an unexpected incident on the street, which resulted in him losing his right hand.
A group of drunk thugs ambushed a young girl on a dimly lit street, intending to assault her. Hearing her cries for help, Zhao Yunlong rushed forward without thinking and fought the thugs, sustaining seven or eight knife wounds. The most serious was when one of the thugs, wielding what appeared to be a cleaver or some other weapon, slashed his right hand off at the wrist, severing it completely. Blood gushed out, and he nearly fainted from the pain.
Seeing the thugs who had caused such a big incident scatter like birds and beasts, Zhao Yunlong tore off his clothes with his left hand to bandage his right wrist to stop the bleeding. He then picked up his hand from the ground, only to be surprised to find that the girl he had saved was nowhere to be found. She hadn't even helped him call the police, which was truly disheartening.
Despite being dizzy from excessive blood loss, Zhao Yunlong searched for an IC card phone to call the police and dial 120 for help. When he passed a barbecue stall on a night street, he finally collapsed due to weakness. The kind barbecue stall owner used his mobile phone to make a call, which saved his life.
After dialing 120 for emergency medical assistance, the barbecue stall owner also called the Nanchang Minhong Hospital for help. He knew that Zhao Yunlong's act of bravery fell within the scope of assistance provided by Minhong Hospital. Ordinary people know who can truly help them, so the barbecue stall owner tried to ask Minhong Hospital for help on Zhao Yunlong's behalf.
An ambulance from the 120 emergency center arrived first, followed by Jiang Yi from Minhong Hospital. After initial treatment of the severed arm and limb, the hospital asked for a deposit for surgery and hospitalization. Jiang Yi hesitated because he had received instructions from Lin Yao after making a phone call that Minhong Hospital would handle the case independently as a special case.
After a minor disagreement with the hospital that treated him, Jiang Yi transferred Zhao Yunlong to his own hospital, finally giving Minhong Hospital's "inpatient department" a patient.
The severed limbs were frozen in a special freezer in the hospital and covered with a solution diluted with "Baiyun Dan". Zhao Yunlong's severed hand was treated in the same way and bandaged with cactus pulp mucus allocated by Lin Yao to stop the bleeding. They were just waiting for Lin Yao to come and perform the surgery.
Although Minhong Hospitals in various places lack doctors, and Nanchang Minhong Hospital doesn't even have a single formal doctor, Jiang Yi, the head of the security team who was born a special forces soldier, and his subordinate security guards have all undergone basic medical training. They are fully capable of handling these basic nursing tasks, which is why Zhao Yunlong is currently being treated as he waits in bed to accept his fate.