Resignation

Thump, thump!!!

Fan Yu's heart pounded wildly, and he felt like pinching the spot beneath his nose to stay conscious.

Twenty billion?

Were they printing money? Collecting rent could bring in twenty billion a year?

What Fan Yu did not know was that the rent from the entire Financial Street really was that much. Magic City's Financial Street was the center where wealth gathered. State-owned banks and private enterprises were all packed into Magic City's Financial Street. It could be said that every profitable business was located on Financial Street.

The annual rent for a single building could reach one hundred million, while some high-end Grade 5A office buildings charged even more, exceeding two hundred million. So an annual rental income of twenty billion was not much at all.

No matter how turbulent his heart was, Fan Yu suppressed his emotions. Ever since learning that he possessed the system, he had prepared himself for this.

After speaking, Liu Jian waited cautiously beside him without showing the slightest impatience. Fan Yu was a big shot as well as his immediate boss; Liu Jian did not dare show any disrespect.

Coming back to his senses, Fan Yu smiled. "Manager Liu, take me to the office building."

He had no idea how luxurious an office building exclusive to Financial Street would be. He desperately wanted to see what the world of the ultra-rich was really like.

Liu Jian hurriedly replied respectfully, "Certainly, Mr. Fan."

In the parking lot outside the Starbucks restaurant, Liu Jian took out his keys and unlocked a Mercedes-Benz S450.

"Please, Mr. Fan."

Liu Jian opened the car door and invited Fan Yu inside.

Fan Yu casually took a seat in the back, while Liu Jian quickly got in and started the car.

One hundred and eight buildings were gathered along the entire Financial Street, filling it with towering structures and giving it a grand, imposing air.

Fan Yu looked out at the scenery with great interest. This place would belong to him from now on, and another twenty billion in funds was about to arrive. The thought alone made it hard to hide his excitement.

His private office building was an eighty-eight-story skyscraper. At its very top stood an independent villa, from which the entire Financial Street could be taken in at a glance. Standing there gave one a commanding, domineering feeling.

The Financial Street document folder Liu Jian had given him contained an access card for the villa.

He took out the access card and opened the villa. A massive living room came into view, covering more than three hundred square meters by itself and resembling an imperial palace hall.

Fan Yu nodded slightly. "Not bad. I'm quite satisfied."

"All right, go handle your work. I'll look around on my own."

Liu Jian left respectfully.

With only himself remaining in the entire villa, Fan Yu finally stopped holding back.

"Hahaha..."

His wild laughter echoed throughout the villa. He had merely been a loser in his previous life, yet after transmigrating, he had become one of Magic City's top powerhouses, with an annual rental income of twenty billion on top of that.

The villa was luxurious to the extreme: a sky garden, an outdoor swimming pool, a four-story duplex layout, a wine cellar filled with red wine, a fully intelligent management system. Every last detail was astonishing.

When he opened the walk-in closet, he found world-class luxury brands inside, including over a hundred expensive suits handcrafted overseas.

They were all brand-new, as if the owner of this villa had specially had them tailored for him.

Living in a place like this truly was an emperor's enjoyment.

His standalone office building was the tallest structure on Financial Street. Even the neighboring Tomson Riviera was visible with perfect clarity.

The four Tomson Riviera towers stood beside Financial Street along the banks of the Huangpu River, offering a full view of the river's scenery.

After his excitement faded, Fan Yu's mindset gradually changed as well. With this kind of status, he ought to change his old temperament. He could no longer handle matters with the same methods he had used as a loser.

He should remain unflustered even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. Yes, the kind of person whose expression would not change even if Mount Tai came crashing down.

Entering the spacious and impressive study, Fan Yu took out the Financial Street documents and began reading.

The annual capital flow through all of Financial Street exceeded one trillion. There were more than two hundred listed companies and over fifty companies with assets worth tens of billions, including many corporate giants with assets in the hundreds of billions.

As for financial giants such as HSBC Bank, there was no need to study them in detail. Their very names represented wealth.

The total assets of the entire Financial Street had already reached tens of trillions. Since he owned Financial Street, he was the coolest guy on the whole block.

After reading all the documents, Fan Yu carefully locked the Financial Street materials and property ownership papers in the safe. These were his lifeline; nothing could happen to them.

At that moment, he was the landlord of those financial leviathans. Yes, the kind of landlord who could raise their rent if he was unhappy, or make them move out if he felt like it.

The strongest landlord.

Once Fan Yu finished dealing with everything, he remembered that he apparently had not clocked in at work today.

"I'm already the owner of Financial Street. It seems I don't need to go to work anymore, right?"

"Resign."

"Yes, resign."

He was already a boss, so why would he still work? There was no way he would work again in this lifetime.

Based on the original owner's memories, the company where he worked seemed to be on Financial Street as well. However, it was only a small company called Arcane Photonics Technology Company.

The company paid more than five hundred thousand in annual rent, yet it only leased a small office area of just over a hundred square meters. Land there truly was worth its weight in gold.

If he had not expanded the company's business during the year after graduating from university, Aoshu Company probably would not have lasted this long.

In truth, a small company like the one where he worked should not have rented office space on Financial Street at all. If it failed to make money, the annual rent alone could crush it.

But Financial Street was a brand. Having an office there represented status and greatly improved a company's business performance.

Many clients did not care how good a company's products were; they looked at the company's strength. Even a small company on Financial Street inspired more confidence than major companies outside Financial Street.

That was the effect of branding. After all, Financial Street had produced tens of thousands of billionaires and had itself become a symbol of miracles and wealth.

Baolan Building, where his company was located, was not far from Fan Yu's private office building.

After arriving downstairs, Fan Yu walked for less than ten minutes before reaching Baolan Building. Since it was so close, there was no need to drive the Mercedes-Benz S450 Liu Jian had left for him.

Looking at the fiery red Cadillac CT6 in the parking lot, Fan Yu curved his lips and walked inside.

Fan Yu was very handsome, the rugged masculine sort—the more one looked at him, the more handsome he seemed, the more irresistible he became.

Fan Yu had changed into a set of Armani casual clothes and had casually found a brand-new watch in the villa, one no one had ever worn, fastening it around his wrist.

Arriving on the seventh floor of Baolan Building, the elevator doors opened and Fan Yu stepped out.

This was the floor where Arcane Photonics Technology Company was located.

But when he reached the company entrance and saw countless former colleagues carrying document boxes in and out, he could not help asking in surprise.

"Xiao He, what's going on?"

When that colleague saw Fan Yu, he shook his head and sighed. "Fan Yu, you don't know? The company declared bankruptcy this morning. A manager from the Financial Street property company came to collect rent. The boss couldn't pay it, so we were ordered to leave Financial Street immediately."

"It went bankrupt that quickly?"

Fan Yu had come to resign, yet the company had gone bankrupt directly. Did that not mean he no longer needed to hand in a resignation letter?

A pure-looking young woman suddenly bumped headfirst into Fan Yu's arms.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The young woman hurriedly apologized, but when she looked up and saw Fan Yu, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Fan Yu?"

"Damn, I feel like you're especially handsome today, Fan Yu. Those clothes, that watch."

"Tell me quickly, did you win the lottery?"

Fan Yu had always been handsome, but after changing into Armani casual wear today, he had become so handsome it was almost inhuman.

"Yang Shuang, how did the company go bankrupt?"

"Wasn't everything fine yesterday?"

The company receptionist, who had been utterly captivated by Fan Yu, came back to her senses after hearing his question. Her face flushed as she said, "The boss's supply source was cut off overseas, and the client orders happened to come due. The boss had to pay a huge amount in breach-of-contract penalties, causing the company's capital chain to break. So it went bankrupt this morning."

"So there really was a problem."

Although Fan Yu had only just graduated from university, he had once mentioned the company's hidden risks to Zhang Qian.

The domestic market for photonic products was already very small. To make money, the company could only use foreign products. If foreign suppliers cut off the goods, the company would probably collapse in an instant.

His prediction had come true.

Although the company's bankruptcy did not have much to do with him, he still felt some regret. After all, this was the company where he had worked hard for a year after graduation.

He was the business department manager, and he had secured most of the company's deals. The boss, Zhang Qian, thought highly of him.

He had thought he could rely on his own efforts to grow the company, but in the end, it still went bankrupt.

"Where is Sister Qian?"

Fan Yu asked.

Yang Shuang said, "She's in her office."

The general manager's office.

Fan Yu knocked lightly on the door.

A faintly sobbing voice came from inside the office.

"Come in."

Fan Yu pushed open the door and walked inside. It was a rather cramped office, the sort of office separated off by independent glass partitions.

"Sister Qian, what's wrong?"

Fan Yu had noticed something wrong with the sound of her voice outside the office. Seeing Zhang Qian's reddened eyes after entering, he could not help asking.

Zhang Qian forced a smile and shook her head. "Nothing. I'm just reluctant to let go of the company I worked so hard on for a year."

Fan Yu sighed.

There was nothing anyone could do about a company going bankrupt.

After graduating from university, he had joined Zhang Qian's company.

At that time, Aoshu Company had only just been established.

One had lofty ambitions, while the other was fresh and inexperienced. They were both passionate, had no generation gap between them, and were full of hope for the company.

Fan Yu's position in the company was practically that of a founding minister. When he had first started running business deals, he lived on bottled water and bread, while Zhang Qian worked day and night handling company matters. Through their tireless efforts, they finally got the company on track within half a year, and monthly sales reached more than seven hundred thousand.

But just when they thought the company was about to thrive and annual sales were about to surpass ten million, foreign suppliers suddenly cut off their goods, dealing Aoshu Company a devastating blow.

After paying out massive breach-of-contract penalties, Aoshu went bankrupt outright. Even the three million Zhang Qian had invested in the company was never recovered.

"Sister Qian, we're still young. We still have time to work hard. Don't give up."

Fan Yu did not know how to comfort her, so he could only offer encouragement.

Zhang Qian gave a strained smile. "Thank you, Xiao Yu. I just feel a little sorry for you. You gave so much to the company, yet before you could receive anything in return, it all went to waste."

Fan Yu smiled faintly. "It's fine. I may not have gained anything this past year, but I gained social experience. If I hadn't been running business and meeting all kinds of people, how could I have grown this quickly?"

"Mm, I'll definitely make a comeback."