It was already midnight, but Walden City was not quiet at all. Gunshots and sirens could be heard from time to time.
Guns are known as the symbol of freedom in the Star-Spangled Kingdom. In the Star-Spangled Country, as long as you have legal procedures, you can buy your own gun in the store. According to some stars, people can only have guns when they have them.
Ability to protect yourself and your family from harm.
This may seem reasonable, but in Lin Zhiming's opinion, it's actually bullshit.
When a country needs its people to have their own guns to protect themselves, then the country is really fucked.
In the Dragon Kingdom, people do not need guns, or even any weapons to protect themselves. Why? Because they have police, firefighters, and People's Liberation Army soldiers.
When the country has the power to protect its people, why would the people take up guns to protect themselves?
You said you have to have a gun when someone else has a gun to feel safe, so why can't you also have a gun and others don't have a gun either? Wouldn't that make you feel safer?
Lin Zhiming stood in front of the window and remembered a familiar sentence.
Free xxx, shooting every day…
At this moment, Lin Zhiming's cell phone suddenly rang.
Lin Zhiming picked up the phone and took a look and found that it was Scarlett calling.
"Is there any good news?" Lin Zhiming asked with a smile.
"I made an appointment with the boss for you, and he agreed to meet you at the Pink Lady Bar." Scarlett said.
"When?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Right now." Scarlett said.
"Now?" Lin Zhiming was stunned for a moment and looked at his watch. It was already 12:30 in the middle of the night.
"Well...he asked you to go find him...it seemed quite urgent." Scarlett said.
"Where is the Pink Lady Bar?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"It's at No. 3 Wesley Avenue." Scarlett said.
"I know, I'll go over now." Lin Zhiming said, hung up the phone, then put on his sunglasses and hat and walked out of his room.
Ten minutes later, Lin Zhiming arrived at the door of Pink Lady Bar.
The lights in the bar are pink and look very ambiguous.
Lin Zhiming opened the door and walked in.
The air conditioner in the bar was turned on very high, but the girls inside were wearing very little.
Each one is a blonde hottie, some wearing mesh black stockings, some wearing nurse uniforms...
Lin Zhiming glanced at the people in the bar and saw Nick sitting on the bar.
Nick seemed to have drunk a little too much. He put one hand on the bar, leaned his head on it, and closed his eyes, as if he was asleep.
Lin Zhiming walked over and sat next to Nick.
"A cup of tequila." Lin Zhiming said to the waiter.
As if hearing Lin Zhiming's voice, Nick woke up and glanced at Lin Zhiming with blurred eyes.
"Ah, you're here!" Nick recognized Lin Zhiming, with a drunken smile on his face.
"How much did you drink?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Yeah, it's not much. William, give me another glass of whiskey. My friend will pay for it." Nick pointed at Lin Zhiming and said.
"You already owe us one hundred and thirty yuan. If you don't pay the money, don't expect me to serve you drinks." The bartender said angrily.
"It's only one hundred and thirty yuan. My friend paid for it for me. Do you know who he is? He is the richest man in the Dragon Kingdom, with a net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars!" Nick said loudly.
The bartender rolled his eyes and regarded Nick's words as bragging, but he still looked at Lin Zhiming and said, "Sir, your friend owes us a lot of money for drinks..."
"It's mine." Lin Zhiming took out a bank card and put it in front of the bartender.
"Okay sir, a glass of tequila, a glass of whiskey... they will be prepared for you right away." The bartender smiled happily and walked aside with his bank card.
"Nick, I heard about you, why didn't you ask me for help earlier? Although my connections in the Star-Spangled Kingdom are not as good as those in the Dragon Kingdom, I have money, so it shouldn't be difficult to keep your position." Lin Zhiming said.
"Stop, stop talking." Nick shook his head and said, "What bothers me the most is you capitalists. When you have money, you can do whatever you want. You can still get away with it despite so much evidence. This is
The sorrow of this country is the sorrow of this world."
Lin Zhiming frowned and looked at Nick and said, "Why don't you stop acting in front of me? I don't think you will give up on yourself because of this!"
Hearing Lin Zhiming's words, Nick suddenly froze and looked straight at Lin Zhiming.
His eyes were bloodshot.
"Do you think I'm acting?" Nick asked.
"Of course, you deliberately put on a self-defeating look to make Alston relax his vigilance and then find the right opportunity to fight back?" Lin Zhiming asked in a low voice.
Nick grinned, shook his head, picked up the wine the bartender had just brought and drank it in one gulp.
"You're thinking too much, hiccup, have another drink." Nick hiccupped, then slapped the glass on the table and shouted to the bartender.
Someone helped Nick pay the bill, and the bartender naturally smiled and picked up Nick's glass and continued to pour him wine.
"Although you are acting, if you drink too much, you will become disabled." Lin Zhiming said.
"I said, you think too much. I have already run out of ideas. You don't know what happened to me in the past few months after you left. I am already desperate for everything. I am desperate!" Nick shook his head.
He nodded and said.
Lin Zhiming frowned, carefully observed Nick's expression, and found that Nick really didn't look like he was acting.
"What have you experienced?" Lin Zhiming asked.
Nick shook his head, as if he didn't want to say anything.
"Okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. But now that I have come to the Stars and Stripes Kingdom, you have a chance to make a comeback. As long as you and I cooperate, you can return to fii, and even move Alstom down."
It's possible." Lin Zhiming said.
"Then what? Then you go back to the Dragon Kingdom, set up a trap for me, let Scarlett do it, and then trick me again?" Nick asked with a joking face.
Lin Zhiming was speechless for a moment. He really didn't expect that his tampering with the CD would have such a big impact on Nick.
"Of course, I don't blame you at all." Nick suddenly grinned, "Because you invited me to drink tonight. It would be great if you could keep inviting me to drinks. After all, you are so rich."
"Did you...really admit defeat?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"No need for me to admit defeat, I've already been defeated, completely defeated, haha!" Nick laughed.
"Hey..." Lin Zhiming sighed. He no longer knew how to persuade Nick to fall.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Zhiming called the bartender over.
"Is your boss here?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Here, do you want me to call him sir?" Facing customers who are willing to spend money, the bartender is still very humane.
"Yeah!" Lin Zhiming nodded.
Afterwards, the bartender left the bar and called over the bar owner who was drinking with his friends.
"Sir, are you looking for me?" the boss asked.
Lin Zhiming put his bank card in front of the boss and said, "I bought your bar."
"ah?"
The boss and the bartender were dumbfounded. They had seen arrogant customers who invited everyone to drink, but they had never seen such a customer who wanted to buy a bar as soon as he opened the door.
"Sir, are you kidding me?" the boss asked with a cold face. In his opinion, Lin Zhiming must have drunk too much and deliberately teased him.
"One million US dollars." Lin Zhiming said.
"Sir, this is the bustling commercial district of Walden City. Do you think..." The boss had just finished speaking, Lin Zhiming said, "Five million US dollars."
The boss' face froze and he said, "The equipment I have here..."
"Ten million US dollars." Lin Zhiming said.
"Swipe your card?" The boss immediately put on a smile.
"Yeah." Lin Zhiming nodded.
The boss decisively brought the POS machine.
Lin Zhiming swiped his card and 10 million US dollars was transferred to his boss's account.
The boss didn't expect that one day he would get a windfall from heaven. Looking at the long string of numbers, he felt his blood pressure soar and his whole body felt numb.
The bartender on the side was also numb, because he never thought in his life that the person who was a customer one moment would become the boss the next moment.
"You can continue to run the bar, and you can split the profits with this friend and me in half. In addition, if he comes here to drink in the future, don't count his money." Lin Zhiming pointed at Nick and said.
"No problem, boss!" the original boss said with a smile.
Lin Zhiming stood up from the chair, patted the shoulder of Nick, who was already asleep at the bar, and said, "Contact me when you wake up tomorrow. I need you to do me a favor. Of course, if you didn't hear what I said,
If so, forget it."
After saying that, Lin Zhiming walked straight out of the bar.
After Lin Zhiming left, Nick woke up faintly.
He looked around with blurred eyes and asked, "Where is my friend?"
"The boss is gone." The bartender smiled enthusiastically.
"Boss?" Nick was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Did he say anything?"
"I think I asked you to contact him tomorrow," the bartender said.
"Oh..." Nick nodded, then turned around and walked out.
After taking two steps, Nick stopped, turned around and asked the bartender doubtfully, "Who is my friend here?"
The bartender was obviously a little annoyed by Nick's drunken remarks, but he still said patiently, "Your friend is from the Dragon Country. You said he is the richest man in the Dragon Country, with a fortune of hundreds of billions of dollars. Now he is
We are the owner of the bar, so you don’t have to spend money to drink in the future, and we will give you dividends every month!”
"Oh..." Nick said oh and continued to walk forward...
The next day.
One day left until the start of America's Stars.
Lin Zhiming waited all day but didn't get Nick's call.
Such a result made Lin Zhiming extremely disappointed, because Nick was a very important part of his plan. If Nick did not cooperate, then his plan would have to make huge changes.
"Mr. Lin, let's take a group photo!" Pino's voice came from the side.
Lin Zhiming came to his senses and walked to the crowd in front with a smile.
These people are all contestants and guests participating in the American Star this time. Because the battle will start tomorrow, everyone will take a group photo together after the dinner tonight.
Standing in the c position is a player from the Stars and Stripes Kingdom, his name is Ryan. He has never been famous before, but he was selected to represent the Stars and Stripes Kingdom in this American Star, and he is also the captain of the Stars and Stripes Kingdom delegation.