There was really no reasoning with a brat like this.
And Qu Jianlei had to admit that Xiao Hu's network surveillance was indeed highly effective and had been a tremendous help to the team.
But the truth was, he really had no money. Adding up all his cash, he only had a little over one billion, and not all of it was on hand.
"How about we make do with something for now? Once we have money, we'll buy a better one."
"You can take out a loan!" Xiao Hu suggested, and it was a rather underhanded idea.
"If things go south, we can run off with the Calculation Unit and default on the loan... We're using fake identities anyway!"
"You really..." Qu Jianlei was practically speechless, but after thinking it over carefully, he realized it actually could work.
He had always been extremely opposed to loans. He had disliked them even back on Blue Star, hating the feeling of borrowing from tomorrow to spend today.
But Xiao Hu's suggestion had made him a little tempted—if it came down to it, they could just run away.
Still, he felt it was a bit shameless. Although banks were the kind of companies that deserved to be taken advantage of.
"Forget it. Ask whether we can get a loan without Ping An guaranteeing it."
For the Ping An Merchant Group to grow this large, it was impossible for it not to have a few original sins.
But as partners, they had always worked well together, so he automatically overlooked those original sins.
Water too clear breeds no fish. At any rate, they had never screwed him over. "I'll have Hua Xiezhi ask."
Hua Xiezhi did not ask about a loan. She only asked how much their share in the abandoned Energy Stone