Chapter 403

Tianhong got up and went to the safe, taking out two account books, one a clear account, the other a secret account.

Placing it before Jingkun, he then said, 'Brother Kun, all of Prosperity's wealth is here; keep it safe. The underwater registry is with Ba Zhi Shu, and I will also hand over the Punishment Hall to you in full.'

'I will take Brother Wen to Prosperity Development Mountain; the Punishment Hall chief will choose for himself.'

Li Xin nodded silently; Tianhong now handles things with order, settling matters openly and grandly.

Jingkun picked up the account book, glanced at it twice, and directly threw the secret account to Tianhong.

'This account doesn't exist; give some to Mr. Jiang, and the rest can be considered Brother Kun's gift to you.'

Seeing Tianhong about to refuse, Jingkun immediately grew anxious: 'What's wrong? You think it's too little?'

Tianhong explained, 'Brother Kun, I really am not short of money; the nightclubs in Copper Gong Bay bring in large sums every month, and if I run out I can just ask my Big Brother—there's no need to take Prosperity's money.'

What Tianhong said is correct; those nightclubs do not belong to the Copper Gong Bay division, they are entirely his own, except he has to leave a sip of soup for the Copper Gong Bay division.

Jingkun waved his hand and said, 'Tianhong, you truly aren't short of money; if you can hand over the secret account, it means you regard Brother Kun as one of your own.'

'As the elder brother, giving the younger brother some pocket money is only proper; between us brothers, there's no need to wrangle over such a small amount, lest people laugh.'

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Jiang Tian Sheng looked at the two travel bags Tianhong had brought over and joked, 'What's up? You're bringing me a gift even though it's neither holiday nor festival?'

After Tianhong finished explaining the situation, Jiang Tian Sheng laughed helplessly.

He lectured, 'You little idiot, that secret account is the dragon head's little treasury; just keep it for yourself, no need to hand it over—did I give you the secret account when I stepped down?'

Tianhong responded, 'Mr. Jiang, Prosperity bears the Jiang surname; you can do as you please, but I cannot.'

'My Big Brother taught me: I won't let a cent of what I should take go unclaimed, and I won't reach out for what I shouldn't take.'

Jiang Tian Sheng rose and came to Tianhong's side, putting an arm around his shoulders and saying, 'Tianhong, over these two years in office, I can say you have done everything to the utmost; even as the senior, I cannot shortchange you.'

He took out a checkbook from his pocket, added a figure of ten million, and handed it to Tianhong.

'Go buy a nicer villa; don't decline—this is a token of my heart.'

Tianhong carried the two travel bags and the ten-million-dollar cash check back to the Shallow Water Bay villa.

Li Xin didn't leave either; he rested today in Shallow Water Bay.

Seeing Tianhong bring the bags back again, he laughed and asked, 'Mr. Jiang didn't accept them?'

Tianhong produced the check, laughing and said, 'Not only did he not accept it, he even added a bit more—this has caused quite a stir!'

Li Xin said indifferently, 'No problem—just take what he gives; I've often done this before, and I've never taken little from him.'

Tianhong laughed, knowing this; every time he goes to deliver the accounts, Mr. Jiang still has to add a bit to send back to the Big Brother.

Sitting beside Li Xin, Tianhong thought a moment and then said, 'Big Brother, I don't want to be a businessman; could you let me tidy up Prosperity Development Mountain?'

Li Xin patted his head and said, 'You wouldn't think I was joking when I said let you play with Prosperity Development Mountain, would you?'

Tianhong, feeling embarrassed, rubbed his head and gave a silly laugh, saying, 'I actually thought you said that for Brother Kun to hear, so he could ease his mental burden.'

Li Xin put an arm around Tianhong's shoulders and said, 'Tianhong, you can take and play with anything the Big Brother has; don't be afraid of breaking it.'

As long as you don't cause trouble for the security company and the film company, anything else is fine as long as you're happy, after all you are my little brother.

Tianhong couldn't stand this, his eyes red as he said: "Big Brother, I know my limits; apart from the gang-affiliated Hongfa Mountain, I won't touch anything else, after all that's our foundation, we can't afford to lose it!"

Not bad! Not squandering the family!

Hearing Li Xin praise him, Tianhong proudly said: "Big Brother, you don't know, I've also saved quite a bit of money, and A Ji has taken quite a bit from me."

Li Xin asked: "Is A Ji short of money? Why didn't he come to me?"

Tianhong explained: "Big Brother, he's not short of money; isn't he trying to expand the Old Teahouse to Southeast Asia? So he borrowed some from me, saying he'll pay me back after a while."

Besides, for such a small sum he'd be embarrassed to ask you, it'd be embarrassing!

Li Xin picked up the phone and called A Ji, directly asking: "A Ji, you can play around, but don't touch government officials, otherwise it'll be hard to handle later."

A Ji held the phone in one hand and played with a short dagger in the other, replying: "Big Brother, rest assured, I know the limits."

Those government official tasks are all internal power struggles; you told me about this, I won't meddle recklessly—little money, lots of trouble, not worth it!

Li Xin then felt relieved; this kid A Ji has always been bold to the point of recklessness, there's nothing he wouldn't dare to do.

Then that's it; I'll have Tianhong send you more money, don't shortchange yourself for the expansion—Big Brother may lack everything else, but not money, so spend freely!

Alright!

A Ji hung up the phone, looking at the short dagger in his hand, he couldn't help but laugh.

What's with this warm, fuzzy feeling inside?

Really satisfying!

Qiuti came back in the evening; passing by Tianhong's villa gate, she saw Li Xin drinking, holding a bottle in one hand and some grilled squid in the other, drinking heartily.

From time to time he also said to Dachun: "You raise fish?"

Xiaohai also joined in: "Yeah, Dachun, bring out the vigor you had when you went to Kun Ge's place!"

Dachun raised his middle finger at Xiaohai and scolded: "What's it to you that you didn't go? Now you're acting all civilized, there you're more impatient than anyone!"

At this moment Zuowei came up to Li Xin's side and whispered: "Big Brother, what do you think about me going to help A Ji?"

Li Xin put his arm around his shoulder and asked: "How did you come up with that idea?"

Zuowei smiled and replied: "Big Brother, to be frank, after getting to know A Ji through Tianhong, we hit it off; if I could work with him, I think it would be a particularly happy thing."

After thinking, he added: "A Ji is my good friend, a true friend; although Tianhong is also my friend, he mostly uses me as a sparring partner."

Hearing this, Tianhong became unhappy, looking at Zuowei he said: "You have no conscience, huh? Didn't we develop a friendship?"

Not pure!

Is that friendship?

I guess so!

Li Xin paid no attention to those two, instead he started drinking with A Bu.

A Bu, how have Baole'er and Batu been lately?

A Bu heard the boss mention his younger sister and younger brother and became especially happy: "Shuijing and Batu are both doing well, especially Shuijing, who got all As in her subjects this exam except one B."

"Batu's schoolwork is much worse; he often runs to the security company for no reason, but Jianjun says his gun sense is very good."

Xiao En looked at Qiuti and asked: "Qiuti sis, are we still going in?"

Qiuti shook her head: "A Xin rarely gets this happy; let him have fun!"