Chapter 121: Chapter 120: Just Na Your Price
"Stole your sports car and helicopter? Heh, I think you might be using the wrong word. Whether it was the car or the helicopter, I paid for them with cold, hard cash. If you wanted them, all you had to do was offer more money, and they would have been yours. What’s the matter? Don’t tell
you people from the Middle East are short on cash?"
Fang Chenyi shrugged, speaking with a breezy, nonchalant air.
But while his tone was casual, his words nearly made Demo Did choke with rage.
’Seriously? My family is one of the top three crude oil suppliers in the Middle East, and he’s asking if I’m short on cash? That’s a blatant insult!’
’That’s like asking if there are rocks on a mountain or water in the ocean.’
And yet, in both auctions, the man had well and truly crushed him with money!
But Demo Did refused to accept it. Whether it was the Bugatti or the Apache, his opponent had caught him completely off guard, not even giving him a chance to compete fairly before using so back channel to snatch the prize away.
If they had gone head-to-head in a proper bidding war, Demo Did was absolutely confident he would have easily defeated Fang Chenyi. That was precisely why he had sought him out.
After all, in his entire life, this was the first ti he had been so thoroughly humiliated by soone’s wealth not once, but twice in a row!
Staring at Fang Chenyi’s incredibly punchable face, Demo Did desperately wanted to have him seized and forced into a duel with the pet lion he kept.
Of course, that was just a fleeting thought. This was Huaxia, not a place where he could run wild.
"Oh, nonono, Fang, am I to assu you’re joking? , short on cash? How could I possibly be short on cash? The toilets in my ho are made of solid gold, you know! But if we’re being honest, Fang, your ho is rather... shabby."
He let his gaze sweep around the area, then smacked his lips and continued, "This house of yours... it’s about the size of what our servants rent. Oh, Fang, don’t get
wrong. I don’t an anything by it. I’m just being objective."
Seeing that the man was clearly here to settle a score, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but laugh.
"Heh, Young Master Demo Did, I assu you didn’t co all this way just to show off to , did you? Of course, if you’re only here to brag about how rich you are, then I’m afraid I’m busy. I don’t have ti to entertain you."
As he spoke, Fang Chenyi deliberately brandished the large, woven plastic bag he was holding.
This snapped Demo Did back to reality; he was here for the Apache. He stopped beating around the bush, slapped his forehead, and gave Fang Chenyi an apologetic smile before getting straight to the point.
"Oh, my apologies, Fang. As you said, I am indeed here for that."
As he spoke, he pointed to the Apache helicopter on the lawn. "It’s like this," he continued.
"Originally, I was dead set on getting that helicopter. I don’t know what tricks you pulled, Fang, but you managed to buy it before it even went through the auction process. To be honest, if it had actually gone to auction, I wouldn’t have even batted an eye at your three hundred and fifty million US dollars."
Seeing Fang Chenyi’s expression darken, Demo Did realized this probably wasn’t the best ti to be posturing. He quickly changed his tune and continued with a laugh.
"Haha, sorry, Fang! Let’s just forget about what happened before. This helicopter is extrely important to , so I’ve decided I’m going to buy it. Fang, you na a price. Whatever it is, I absolutely will not haggle! Oh, and by the way, I was the one who bought the weapons system for this aircraft, so you don’t need to worry about my financial resources."
Hearing this, Fang Chenyi thought to himself, ’Just as I thought. He really is here for this state-of-the-art Apache.’ Looking at the man’s determined expression, Fang Chenyi wasn’t annoyed at all. On the contrary, he was delighted. After all, here was a big, fat lamb ripe for the shearing.
’If not now, when would be a better ti to fleece him? More importantly, an attack helicopter was of no damn use to
on Huaxia soil. It was far more practical to trade it for so cold, hard cash than to let it sit here and rust.’
’And from the sound of it, Demo Did probably wouldn’t even haggle if he asked for five hundred million US dollars.’
RING RING RING~~
Just as Fang Chenyi was contemplating how high a price to demand, the phone in his pocket began to ring.
He shot an apologetic smile at Demo Did, then pulled out his phone. The screen didn’t show a number. Instead, two large words were displayed: ’Confidential Call’.
Seeing those words, Fang Chenyi’s heart skipped a beat. ’What’s this? Have the ’relevant authorities’ taken notice of ?’
Though he felt a surge of anxiety, the phone continued to ring. The ringing was persistent, clearly not a normal call; it had been going for a long ti now without disconnecting.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Chenyi held up his phone toward Demo Did, then walked a few paces over to his car. Finally, his finger swiped to answer the call.
"Hello? May I ask who is calling?"
The mont he spoke, a hearty laugh bood from the other end of the line.
"Haha, is this Xiaofang? Hello, I’m Ouyang Jun from the Aerospace Academy! I heard you managed to acquire a latest-generation Apache that... found its way onto the market. Is that true?"
The man was incredibly direct. Hearing his question, Fang Chenyi let out a long, internal sigh of relief. ’Looks like he isn’t after my secrets. That’s a relief.’
With that thought, he quickly replied,
"Hello, yes, I did purchase a helicopter like that. It was just delivered today. May I ask why you’re calling?"
Once he heard Fang Chenyi confirm it, the man on the other end laughed heartily again.
"Haha, you’re really sothing else! Is there anyone around you right now? We need to discuss sothing private."
Fang Chenyi glanced around and saw that Demo Did was definitely too far away to overhear his conversation, so he replied that he was alone.
Ouyang Jun continued from the other end of the line.
"Good. I’m a straightforward person, Xiaofang, so I’ll get right to the point. The thing is, we were wondering if you could lend us the aircraft for a while. We’d like to run so experints with it."
[To be continued...]
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