Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital, Chapter Thirteen: Facing Death Without Flinching (Part One)

Qi Ren sent someone with an invitation, asking Luo Qian to visit him.

Luo Qian had not seen Qi Ren or Lei Laohu since the last auction. The two big fish had been scheming to seize Zhang Xiunian's Riversea Horse Ranch; he wondered how that had turned out. Zhang Xiunian was no easy mark, though, and Luo Qian did not want both sides to come away battered. For now, he still needed Lei Laohu's sales channels.

When Luo Qian arrived at the Black Jade Bank, Lei Laohu was there too. Both men looked grim. Luo Qian guessed they must have run headfirst into an iron wall—Zhang Xiunian was a hard man to deal with.

Lei Laohu came straight to the point. "Brother Luo, I asked you here to discuss our next step, and to get your opinion on something."

"I sold another Game Console recently, but something unexpected happened this time." Lei Laohu looked uncomfortable. "The buyer bid Three Million High-Grade Immortal Jade, then changed his mind at the last minute and offered an item in payment. Old Qi and I couldn't decide for you. After all, the console was yours."

"What did he offer?" Luo Qian asked. Lei Laohu took out an item with some reluctance. "This is on me. That fellow has always kept his word. I never expected him to pull this." The buyer must have had powerful backing. Otherwise, Lei Laohu would never have considered accepting goods instead of payment; he would have done everything he could to collect the money.

Realizing this, Luo Qian had already decided to accept whatever the man had offered. It was only one Game Console. They would be working together again, and he did not want to make things too difficult for Lei Laohu.

In Lei Laohu's hand was a