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Chapter 214 - 214 84 Cheng Daqi Successfully Ascending to the Dragon!

214: Chapter 84: Cheng Daqi, Successfully Ascending to the Dragon!

214: Chapter 84: Cheng Daqi, Successfully Ascending to the Dragon!

Thor wrapped himself in a yellow waterproof coat, expertly dealing with the corpse of the grey wolf.

Cheng Daqi remained silent; now, the only person who could be panicking was Gru.

He had thought he could intimidate Cheng Daqi, thought he could hold Cheng Daqi at bay, but instead, it was Cheng Daqi who had gotten the upper hand on him.

The anthem of humanity is an anthem of courage.

How many penniless people have traded their bravery for their first pot of gold.

Cheng Daqi, of course, wasn’t lacking his first pot of gold, but he was lacking a strong and powerful partner for an equal partnership.

The wealthy woman with black hair wasn’t it; his relationship with her was very strange now.

Moreover, the woman with black hair didn’t hold direct power.

Although Gru was just a holder of power by proxy, he was the one in power at the moment.

Today, Gru’s attempt to show off had failed, and he had to swallow the bitter fruit himself.

Especially since, in the end, he fired shots to help Cheng Daqi take care of the grey wolf, which further highlighted his inner fear—Gru had reached the stage where he started to value his own safety.

Therefore, Cheng Daqi believed that between Gru and himself, there was hope to start a real and fruitful discussion for cooperation.

The first to break the silence was Gru.

“Chan, you were too careless just now, what were you doing running in there?

Hand over the keys.”

The black-clothed cop laughed it off, trying to blur the lines over the incident.

“Mr.

Gru, the waterproof suit Thor is wearing is very professional; such attire is not commonly prepared in someone’s home,” Cheng Daqi subtly countered.

“This is an old factory, having a protective suit, and a big furnace for cremation—it makes sense, doesn’t it?”

Cheng Daqi needed to tread carefully; Gru had the power to turn every sentence into a threat.

“Weren’t we talking about investment today?

Mr.

Gru, are you still going to invest in my company?”

Cheng Daqi was somewhat annoyed; he felt Gru was too rough.

Although he held a high position, he was still quick to resort to violence and lacked steadiness and composure.

He wanted to end this conversation quickly, after all, a prolonged stalemate would lead to loss.

In the show of strength today, he had seized the initiative and claimed victory, but such a victory and advantage didn’t fundamentally change the power gap between him and Gru.

“Can you handle $500,000?”

Thor, hearing that his boss was going to give this vagrant, Cheng Daqi, $500,000, was incredulous.

You guys made such a mess in the basement, with two wolves dead; boss, you’re still going to give him $500,000.

What a foolish ruler!

Just one of these wolves costs tens of thousands of Dollars, and it’s because of him that they’re dead.

After losing so much money, he still wants to continue giving him more.

Big boss Gru, have you gotten old?

“Boss…”

Red-haired Thor had barely started speaking when Gru directly silenced him with a scolding.

“Shut up, you idiot!

You’re the one who caused all this mess!”

Of course, Gru was talking nonsense, and everyone present, except for Thor, knew he was talking nonsense.

“Don’t get angry, Mr.

Gru.

The issue now is my new company is valued at $2 million, and it has already secured $1 million in investments.

If you’re also putting in $500,000, it would complicate the future capital-raising.”

Gru’s investment philosophy was the same as ‘investment master’ Lisa’s; he was optimistic about Cheng Daqi as a person.

Previously, he cared about what Cheng Daqi’s company did, worrying that the black-haired wealthy woman was helping Cheng Daqi out of emotion, and that he would be the fool to follow suit.

Now, having witnessed Cheng Daqi’s extraordinary abilities, Gru believed Cheng Daqi would bring him returns.

“Speak frankly; you must already have an idea.”

Gru was exhausted mentally, having realized that he had never managed to get even the slightest advantage in his dealings with Cheng Daqi.

Well, he did gain some advantage, the opportunity to cooperate with the bigwigs of the Republican Party in the future.

But those prospects were only possible in the future, too distant from the present.

“Can it be considered a loan?

You lend me $500,000, and I’ll pay you an annual interest of 9%.

If you want to invest, these loans could be given priority to convert into company shares in the next funding round.”

Cheng Daqi was in dire need of money, even with the $1 million from the black-haired wealthy woman and Lisa, he was still short.

In the future, Elder Li and Eris could bring him a very decent cash flow, but right now, he was really running low on funds.

Gru, on the other hand, thought Cheng Daqi’s proposal was pretty good.

Because of his sensitive identity, he couldn’t spend his money openly, even investment had to be cautiously handled using different accounts.

Cheng Daqi’s proposal was right down Gru’s alley.

“Can I lend you $1 million instead?

You’re only earning so much from $500,000 in a year.”

This arrogant request was the first Cheng Daqi had heard of its kind, and he found it a bit outrageous.

But considering the danger he had just faced, he also found it quite reasonable.

The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

“Mr.

Gru, it’s a pleasure doing business with you.”

Cheng Daqi indicated that money was not an issue; he wasn’t at all afraid of having too much.

$1 million, so much could be done with that amount of money.

“You’ve given me many ‘surprises’; I hope you won’t disappoint me this time.”

Gru wasn’t afraid of Cheng Daqi spending his money, or of Cheng Daqi being unable to repay it.

$1 million, for him now, was not too big a number; if he could spend $1 million for peace of mind, it would be well worth it.

Cheng Daqi was too ruthless, and now he couldn’t touch Cheng Daqi; worse, he was unilaterally restrained by Cheng Daqi.

The more Gru thought, the brighter his eyes became.

“This money I’ll lend to you personally, I’ll call the lawyer right now to draft the contract, Chan.”

Cheng Daqi was a bit dazed.