Chapter 573 - 277: The Price of Wanting a Bag
Chapter 573: Chapter 277: The Price of Wanting a Bag
Everything Mateo knew about Lin Shen came from Zhao Jianing.
He and his girlfriend were apparently starting a business together.
And this was the stage when you needed money the most.
The cash they had on hand and in their bank accounts combined might not even add up to what some salaried employees had in savings.
After all, every part of a new venture requires funding.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many entrepreneurs looking for sponsors and investors.
Yet, Lin Shen’s actions were something Mateo couldn’t wrap his head around.
A guy who’s starting a business can somehow pull out forty million to buy a car?
If he were buying office space, that would be understandable.
But a car is arguably completely useless for a start-up!
Does driving a limited-edition, worldwide-release LaFerrari to a business meeting make people respect you more?
Of course not!
In any case, from Mateo’s point of view, he couldn’t understand why Lin Shen would buy a Ferrari LaFerrari worth forty million.
If it was for charity, there would be plenty of opportunities to be philanthropic after his business became successful.
He’d even get approached by local government departments for publicity.
"Mr. Lin, are you sure you want to pay in full?"
Just to be safe, Mateo decided to confirm.
"I remember you’re in the middle of starting a business. You should probably keep some disposable liquid capital in your account for emergencies."
"Don’t worry, I do."
Lin Shen patted Mateo’s shoulder and chuckled.
"You don’t have to worry about the money. I’ll call the bank and have them wire it over. Is it the same account as last time?"
"Yes."
When he heard Lin Shen was ready to pay immediately, Mateo couldn’t help but marvel at his wealth.
"Mr. Lin, it seems your funds are more than sufficient. You truly are a worthy friend of Miss Jianing. The Huaxia People she introduces me to are always so exceptional!"
"There are plenty of people more exceptional than me. I’m quite ordinary."
Lin Shen said humbly, but Mateo just slapped his shoulder and roared with laughter.
"You Huaxia People really are too modest!"
After chatting with Mateo for a while longer, Lin Shen called Jiang He and had his private banking manager wire the funds to Ferrari’s official account.
Four million in total.
Of course, before doing so, Lin Shen had used the [Dream Vehicle Card MAX].
Unsurprisingly, it worked.
Mateo, who had just received a forty-million-yuan wire transfer, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
"Mr. Lin, you are the most prompt and reliable customer I have ever seen. Thank you for your support of Ferrari!"
"I actually just wanted to do a good deed."
Lin Shen rubbed the bridge of his nose, joking self-deprecatingly.
"I’ve been playing the field a little too much lately. I’m afraid of karmic retribution."
"I understand."
Mateo shot Lin Shen a knowing, meaningful smile that only another man would understand.
"Mr. Lin, it’s perfectly normal for a man to play the field. As long as you treat each woman with sincerity, they will all be deeply captivated by your Charm."
"Thank you for your advice."
After another brief chat with Mateo, Lin Shen watched him leave to take care of the final details of the evening’s banquet.
He, on the other hand, couldn’t wait to pull out his phone and check the ReceivePal app.
[Item: Dream Vehicle Card MAX (You have three opportunities to purchase your dream car for 10% of its price and receive a cashback reward equal to double the original price. Current usage: 1/3)]
[Detected Host’s purchase of a Ferrari LaFerrari. Original price: 40,000,000. Actual payment required: 4,000,000. Amount paid: 4,000,000. Price difference covered: 36,000,000. Cashback reward: 72,000,000. Total received: 76,000,000.]
[Construction Bank: Your account ending in 7946 received an inbound transfer of 76,000,000 on September 24 at 21:54. Current balance: 92,680,000]
"..."
Over ninety million!?
Lin Shen’s right hand trembled slightly.
What does it feel like to suddenly have over seventy million more in your bank account?
As for what Lin Shen actually felt... nothing much.
It was no different from watching a number tick up. The first digit of the eight-figure sum had simply changed from a 1 to a 9.
The change in the number failed to stir even the slightest ripple within him.
This was one of the downsides of digital currency.
The ever-increasing numbers just make you lose your concept of money, to forget its actual meaning.
But if you put it another way, the feeling became much more visceral.
If you put a hundred million in the bank and handed it over to a professional financial manager like Jiang He, you could earn around six thousand yuan a day in interest alone.
In other words, if you slept until noon, your bank account would already be three thousand yuan richer.
And while you were still figuring out how to spend that three thousand, another three thousand would have arrived for the afternoon.
For an ordinary person, that was something they couldn’t even dream of.
This was also why Lin Shen kept ten thousand yuan in cash at home without spending it.
Because in the digital world, ten thousand yuan was just a 1 followed by four zeros.
But in the real world, ten thousand yuan—a stack of one hundred red banknotes—had a thickness that could inspire greed in anyone who saw it.
Thus, the swelling number in his bank account didn’t make Lin Shen happy. His emotions remained as placid as ever.
But the reality was that his eight-figure savings were now approaching nine figures, placing him on the threshold of becoming a hundred-millionaire.
’My assets are over a hundred million?’
At that moment, Lin Shen had only this single, brief thought.
After all, his assets were growing far too quickly. Completing a single task had caused his savings to multiply by nearly ten times!
’But true financial freedom is still a long way off.’
Lin Shen let out a slow breath, his restless heart gradually calming.
’He needed to think carefully about how to use this hundred million.’
Lin Shen left the backstage area and returned to the banquet hall.