Chapter 281: 282. Chapter 282: An Exquisite Gift

282. Chapter 282: An Exquisite Gift

After recuperating for several days, Billy was considered fully recovered.

Aside from the two teeth knocked out by Chen Jiajun at the very beginning, White Deer had not dealt any heavy blows.

They were all just superficial injuries.

Once his wounds healed, Billy began to get restless.

After picking up a young model as usual, he intended to take her home.

After all, Billy coveted the young model's beauty, and the young model coveted Billy's money; it could be considered a mutual exchange of needs.

Just as the car stopped at the entrance of Billy's mansion, the vehicle jolted, and a gift box slid down from the front seat.

Looking at the beautifully wrapped gift box, the young model said with some surprise, "Is this for me?"

Billy himself was also dumbfounded, and before he could speak, the young model opened the gift box.

Inside the gift box was a small, exquisite, yet bizarre-looking robot; at first glance, it made one feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Clearly, Chen Jiajun and his group belonged to the latter.

If this matter was truly done by Chen Jiajun, then the background of this guy Chen Jiajun was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

The young model was somewhat disappointed and said to Billy, "It's just a robot?"

With an explosion like this, he believed it would soon attract the attention of the Police, and Billy needed to sort through his chaotic thoughts first.

Billy roared at the young model with a ferocious expression.

After the shock came intense lingering fear.

"Understood. After deducting our losses, the remaining funds will be refunded to you in three days. Have a pleasant life." After the man finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

While Billy was thinking about how to deal with the Police, the phone beside him suddenly rang, giving him a start.

It blew Billy's sapphire-colored Porsche straight into the sky.

The young model became very obedient and ran upstairs to hide.

Hearing the busy signal on the phone, Billy breathed a sigh of relief.

The massive shockwave caused Billy to tumble on the spot.

The price for dealing with ordinary people and professionals is not the same.

The young model who had just gotten out of the car was also panicked and screamed on the spot.

"It means exactly what it says. If you still wish to keep this bounty posted, we hope to adjust the bounty price to thirty million dollars. If you intend to cancel, we will refund the amount you previously offered within three days," the man continued.

A dignified heir of the Watson Family sends people to assassinate, yet his own vehicle gets blown into the sky?

Never mind media public opinion, even his father would not spare him.

If he wanted to continue assassinating Chen Jiajun, one million was far from enough.

The next moment, the explosion rang out without warning.

"Now shut your mouth and go upstairs."

It was unclear if it was because of Billy's expression or what had just happened.

He immediately rushed up to cover her mouth and then dragged her into the villa.

A cold man's voice came over the phone, and he spoke directly: "Mr. Billy, there is a problem with your order. There are some things I must clarify with you."

"That's right. Because the information you provided was incomplete, the people sent to carry out the mission were wiped out, so we intend to cancel your order," the man said in a very formulaic tone.

This scream brought Billy back to his senses immediately.

He had only just posted the bounty for Chen Jiajun at the Continental Hotel, and now his own car had exploded.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the phone receiver.

Although the other party's words were a bit convoluted, Billy still understood.

But Billy did not chase after it; instead, the more he looked at the robot before him, the more wrong it seemed.

"What do you mean?" Billy immediately had a bad premonition.

But after hearing this, a monstrous wave surged in Billy's heart.

This matter could not let the Police know; if the Police knew, they would also drag him down with them.

In other words, Chen Jiajun and his group had far exceeded the category of "ordinary" people.

Suddenly, the robot's eyes glowed red; Billy sensed something was wrong and immediately threw the robot aside and got out of the car.

After the young model left, Billy sat on the sofa and pondered.

The young model was somewhat angry, threw the gift box at Billy, and got out of the car. However, this was just her technique of playing hard to get; women in this circle were all very proficient at it.

That these two things were unrelated, Billy would not believe even if he were beaten to death.

At the Continental Hotel, Billy had roughly understood some things.

Billy shook his head and said, "I didn't buy this thing, and I don't know whose it is."

"Are you from the Continental Hotel?" Billy was stunned for a moment and said.

Thinking of this, Billy hesitated for a while and said, "I'd better cancel the order."

If he had been a moment slower just now, he would have been blown into the sky along with his car.

Ever since encountering what had just happened, Billy did not want to deal with this kind of person at all—not at all.

Just at this moment, the doorbell at the entrance rang.

He stood by the window and looked out, only breathing a sigh of relief after discovering it was a Police car.

Billy casually thought of a set of excuses to try and deal with the Police.

But as soon as he opened the door, he saw the beautiful woman who had beaten him up that day.

It was the same this time; White Deer came to the door and smashed a fist into Billy's face, only this time it was even more ruthless, directly breaking his nose bridge.

Billy squatted on the ground on the spot, tears streaming down from the pain.

"Kid, you actually dared to hire a killer to assassinate us; you've got some nerve."

Bai Lu's straight, long legs stepped directly onto Billy's head, and she said with a cold expression.

At this moment, Billy could no longer care about the pain in his nose and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I won't dare to do it again, I really won't. I was just possessed by a ghost; please, let me go."

Bai Lu sneered and said: "You didn't say that last time. Did you receive our Boss's gift? Are you satisfied? If you aren't satisfied, we'll send a big gift to your whole family next time."

Hearing Bai Lu's words, Billy was terrified.

Although he came from an elite family, he was ultimately just a rich second-generation heir.

His life experience alone couldn't compare to those wealthy tycoons, so upon hearing Bai Lu's words, he cowered on the spot: "I'm very satisfied, I won't dare to offend Mr. Chen again, please spare me this one time."

Bai Lu gave a cold snort, kicked Billy flying with one foot, and then said: "Look at how pathetic you are. Tell me, who told you that you could hire killers at the Continental Hotel?"

"It—it was a friend of mine, named Thompson. He gave me a Continental Hotel gold coin and said I could hire killers there." Billy sold Thompson out immediately without even thinking.

"Remember your words; next time, it won't be as simple as a small lesson." After getting the information Chen Jiajun wanted, Bai Lu turned and left.

After Bai Lu told Chen Jiajun the news, Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said: "It's the Ether Society again, damn it?"

Chen Jiajun had heard the name Thompson from that loser named Du Qi earlier.

This guy's brain had been fried by Bai Lu, which made Chen Jiajun feel quite a pity.

He had originally thought there might be a chance to plant an undercover agent inside the Ether Society.

Now that the matter was brought up again, Chen Jiajun immediately understood why this stupid rich second-generation heir, Billy, had looked for a killer at the Continental Hotel.

It seemed all these insidious bastards were pushing things from behind the scenes.

However, the United States was not his main battlefield, so even if Chen Jiajun knew, there was nothing he could do about these bastards.

Just like in Hong Kong, they had no tricks to deal with Chen Jiajun either.

"Damn it, it really is disgusting enough," Chen Jiajun said with a curl of his lip, feeling displeased.

Ao En immediately became excited again: "Boss, does this Thompson make you unhappy? Let's go blow him up."

Chen Jiajun said speechlessly: "You guy really are getting more and more irritable. Let's head back early; after all, this isn't our own territory."

Bai Lu didn't mind, but Ao En looked a bit disappointed.

This trip to the United States could be said to be full of gains.

With the support of Chen Jiajun's money cannons, he had obtained quite a few good things.

He could take a good rest for a while during this period to digest these benefits he had obtained.

As long as these benefits were fully digested, the national strength of Brunei would inevitably see a wave of explosive growth.

After taking a plane and transferring in Malaysia, they flew directly back to Brunei.

At this time, the expert team in Las Vegas had already left, and the casino would be able to start operations soon.

This meant that for the next period of time, manpower would definitely be very tight.

After all, those Gweilo in the United States could provide technical personnel, but they couldn't possibly solve the issue of ordinary laborers too, right?

However, the atmosphere within Brunei was currently quite poor.

Those damn indigenous people were all lazy and gluttonous; as living conditions improved, this situation of theirs became even more severe.

Even though the streets were full of job postings, some bastards would rather stay at home eating porridge and pickled vegetables, waiting for the Li Yaohua government to issue relief, than go out to work and earn money to improve their own lives.

This matter gave Li Yaohua quite a headache.

But fortunately, because of Lao Sa's arrival, he didn't have to worry about recruiting spies into his inner circle, so he quickly formed his own think tank.

These guys were all elites among elites, only because of their Chinese identity, they were heavily marginalized in other countries.

So, with one letter from Li Yaohua, these young people who wanted to realize their ambitions came to the backwater of Brunei without hesitation.

When Chen Jiajun returned to Brunei, Li Yaohua was holding a meeting with his think tank.

Chen Jiajun was a bit curious and also wanted to see what kind of caliber Li Yaohua's think tank had, so he held back the soldier who wanted to announce him and walked straight in.

When Li Yaohua saw Chen Jiajun and was just about to speak, Chen Jiajun gave him a look.

Li Yaohua naturally understood and continued the discussion without speaking.

And Chen Jiajun found a seat at random to listen in.

"I think that things like forced labor don't sound very good when talked about, and it's easy to give others a handle to attack us with," a young man said confidently and eloquently: "So I think using incentives is easier to handle."

"The problem is, the wages offered by various construction sites and factories now are not low. They have already reached the employment standards of Europe and America. What more do you want?" another person with a different opinion retorted: "You have to know that it's easy for wages to go up, but difficult to bring them down. You can't not consider the future, right? What will you do after this labor boom passes?"

"The incentives I'm talking about are not wage hikes; can you not be so single-minded?" The confident young man rolled his eyes and said: "My suggestion is to set up a reward system; the more diligent people are, the better their treatment, and the lazier people are, the lower their treatment will be."

"That won't do; dividing people into different classes is turning back the clock on history."

Another person with an opposing view stood up and refuted: "The consequences caused by this would be terrible."

The confident young man said helplessly: "That may be so, but when it comes to implementation, we can use other gimmicks. Sigh, you guys don't understand; the President should be able to understand, right?"

Hearing these guys blowing things out of proportion, the confident young man sought help from Li Yaohua.

Before Li Yaohua could speak, Chen Jiajun nodded and said: "That's a good idea; doing this can indeed solve this problem."

"Look, listen to that; there are still people who understand reason." The confident young man became excited immediately upon hearing someone support him.

The others looked at Chen Jiajun with strange expressions; in their impression, there didn't seem to be such a person in the think tank, right?

But Chen Jiajun raised his hand and raised another question: "But how exactly will you operate it? If the actions are too crude, the consequences caused will be very serious. It might even trigger another turmoil in Brunei and potentially overthrow the President's rule."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, that confident young man immediately broke into a cold sweat.

The expressions of the others became smug again.

Li Yaohua smiled and said: "I also want to hear how you plan to solve this matter."

The confident young man struggled for a long time, but in the end, he gave up.

Covering his head, he said in a low voice: "I haven't thought it through yet."

As the confident young man overturned his own idea, the others began to discuss fiercely again.

Chen Jiajun tapped the table and said indifferently: "Why not listen to my thoughts on this approach?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun speak again, everyone quieted down, wanting to hear how Chen Jiajun would solve this matter.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "It's not that this method is useless, but that you all take things too much for granted. You think people all over the world are as hardworking as the people of Huaxia. But I don't blame you; after all, we are all people within the Huaxia cultural sphere."

"Think about it, since ancient times, haven't the people around us particularly despised lazybones? There's no need for comparison; just take it that if you go back to your home village now, try lying at home for a day without working and see what happens. Won't it be spread throughout the whole village that your family has produced a lazy ghost?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's humorous words, the crowd couldn't help but chuckle.

Chen Jiajun was absolutely right; no matter the era, within Huaxia civilization, laziness is extremely shameful.

It is even a bit too hardworking.

This is deeply rooted in the bloodline, and wanting to change it is almost a very difficult thing.

Li Yaohua's think tank made exactly this mistake, thinking that people all over the world are the same as the people of Huaxia.

"Many of you have studied abroad, so you should know how abnormal the brains of those Western Gweilo are, right? Therefore, you need to change this line of thinking," Chen Jiajun said to the crowd with a smile.

Every man has a side that likes to play the teacher, and Chen Jiajun was naturally no exception.

Watching these young people listen obediently made Chen Jiajun feel secretly pleased.

"You've said so much, but you still haven't mentioned the solution," the confident young man pressed.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "The method of resolution is very simple: put on a show, and give certain rewards to those who labor actively in every industry. You don't need to give too many benefits; give honor, give courtesy. Once their sense of honor is cultivated, the lazybones will naturally become the side that is despised. By then, won't the problem be solved easily?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, many people slapped the table in admiration, especially that confident young man, who said with a look of annoyance, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Li Yaohua interrupted the exchange between a few people and said, "Alright, that's it for today. Everyone, think carefully about Mr. Chen's proposal."

Hearing Li Yaohua's words, the crowd only then realized that the President actually addressed this young man as Mr. Chen.

It is rumored that the Big Boss behind Brunei is surnamed Chen; could it be this person?

These members of Li Yaohua's think tank left with various thoughts.

"What do you think of these young people?" Li Yaohua asked with a smile.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Although they are young, they are all willing to use their brains; it's quite good. After training for a while, they should be able to relieve quite a bit of pressure for you."

Li Yaohua nodded; his pressure had indeed been too great recently, and he already had quite a few white hairs.

It is a pity that he hasn't even found a First Lady.

Chen Jiajun lit a Cigar and said, "I went to the United States this time and brought back a lot of technology. I plan to test it first and set up a factory."

"Ah? A factory?" Li Yaohua said with some difficulty: "We don't have enough manpower."

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "Rest assured, if I can complete this plan, there shouldn't be a shortage of labor anymore; at the very least, there shouldn't be a shortage of labor within the factory."

"Really?" Li Yaohua's eyes lit up instantly.

Brunei has many fatal weaknesses, but the thing it lacks most at present is people.

If the problem of labor shortage could be solved, even if only partially, it would allow Li Yaohua to heave a huge sigh of relief.

Chen Jiajun said solemnly: "However, this matter must be kept secret, and strictly kept secret. I'm telling you now, I will mobilize people from the Azeroth Security Company to come over."

"Is it that serious?" Li Yaohua said with some surprise.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "If this technology were to leak out, I estimate that spies from all over the world would gather here; it wouldn't even be an exaggeration to say we would be enemies with the whole world. Brunei is still very weak and cannot withstand such turmoil."

Li Yaohua understood Chen Jiajun and knew that he generally would not joke about serious matters.

If he said it like this, it was definitely close to the truth.

So he nodded seriously: "I understand, I will notify the others."

"Very good, come along tomorrow too. See my trump card for yourself," Chen Jiajun said, patting Li Yaohua on the shoulder.

Li Yaohua nodded; he was also very curious about what this factory was actually doing to be so highly valued by Chen Jiajun. (End of chapter)