"All right, let's sign the contract." Li Rui was already itching to experience the allure of a supercar.
A short while later, with the contract signed, Li Rui was about to take the McLaren P1 out and experience beautiful women approaching him of their own accord.
Suddenly, he remembered that he was now a big shot driving a luxury car worth over ten million, with a net worth exceeding a hundred billion. He had to ensure his own safety. Otherwise, if some blind little thug suddenly jumped out and killed him, wouldn't that be a tremendous loss?
Considering that he was in the country and couldn't use firearms, Li Rui searched the system for biological bodyguards.
The system panel immediately displayed: basic biological bodyguard, 2 million yuan (could fight 3 ordinary adult men barehanded); intermediate biological bodyguard, 5 million yuan (could fight 10 adult men barehanded); advanced biological bodyguard, 10 million yuan (could fight 30 adult men barehanded).
The prices were the same as those of the biological special forces soldiers. But on second thought, that made sense. Truly qualified bodyguards were elites, just like special forces soldiers.
It was just that special forces soldiers excelled at using firearms and weapons, while bodyguards might be better at close-quarters combat.
"System, I want to buy 10 basic biological bodyguards, 6 intermediate biological bodyguards, and 4 advanced biological bodyguards."
Public security in the country was actually quite good. With these 20 biological bodyguards, his safety would be fully assured.
"Understood, host. The system has deducted 90 million Dragon Country Currency from your overseas financial account. Please select the biological bodyguards' ages, sexes, heights, weights, and nationalities."
Li Rui was taken aback for a moment. Wasn't this pretty much like customizing a character in a game? But Li Rui hated hassle more than anything, so he would go with whatever was simplest.
"System, make them all male, between 1.8 and 2 meters tall, between 80 and 100 kilograms, and between 20 and 30 years old. Give them all Dragon Country nationality."
As for why he wanted them so tall and muscular, sometimes sheer size could scare enemies away. Why bother getting physical?
"Understood, host. The 20 biological bodyguards have been deployed within one kilometer of you. Plausible identities have been arranged. All the biological humans are orphans and have legal identities."
There were hundreds of thousands of orphans throughout Dragon Country, and the number left uncounted would only be higher. So never mind 20 extra orphans suddenly appearing-even several hundred or a thousand more wouldn't attract attention. After all, with legal identities modified by the system, no investigation would turn up any problems.
The thought of soon having 20 muscular men protecting him delighted Li Rui. But now that he had the muscular men, he needed to arrange transportation too. Since he hadn't left the dealership yet, he could simply buy it here.
Although buying the bodyguards through the system seemed to have taken a long time, only a little over a minute had actually passed.
After signing the contract, Wang Zhongtian stood nearby watching Li Rui sit motionless in a daze. Just as he was wondering what was going on, Li Rui spoke. "Manager Wang, I also want to buy 10 Land Rover Range Rovers. Do you have them here?"
Hearing that Li Rui wanted another 10 Land Rover Range Rovers, Wang Zhongtian was delighted once again. He really was a rich young master. At 1.3 million each, he had casually asked for 10 more Land Rover Range Rovers. That was another 13 million.
"Yes, of course we do. But they won't be ready for pickup for another two hours. Would that be acceptable, Young Master Li?" Whether deliberately or not, Wang Zhongtian had started calling him Young Master Li and speaking respectfully. Perhaps this was the allure of money.
"That's fine. Someone will come to collect them in two hours. Sorry for the trouble, Manager Wang," Li Rui said with a nod.
The biological humans were nearby, so he could simply have them collect the cars themselves when the time came. Fortunately, driving was an essential skill for bodyguards, so these biological bodyguards all had driver's licenses too, saving him a great deal of trouble.
Once they had settled the matter, they began signing the contract again. As he signed, he noticed Wang Lili, who had been accompanying them the whole time, hesitating as though she wanted to say something.
Li Rui immediately understood something and said to Manager Wang, "Manager Wang, about the commission on these ten Land Rover Range Rovers..."
At Li Rui's words, Manager Wang turned to glance at Wang Lili, who stood beside them hesitating to speak, then looked at Li Rui and immediately understood. Smiling, he said, "Rest assured, Mr. Li. You're Little Wang's client, so the commission on your vehicle purchases naturally goes to her. No one can take that away from her. Don't worry."
Leaving aside the fact that Wang Lili shared his surname and could be considered part of the same clan, the fact that she had made a favorable impression on the rich young master before him meant he wouldn't dare withhold her commission. After all, he was still counting on this rich young master to keep patronizing his business.
Li Rui did have a somewhat favorable impression of Wang Lili, but it was only the goodwill he felt toward someone who worked hard. A small effort on his part could let someone who worked hard receive her rightful reward. Why wouldn't he do it?
Hearing Manager Wang's firm assurance from beside them, Wang Lili was overjoyed. Ten Land Rover Range Rovers, worth 13 million-although the commission wasn't as high as that on the 13-million-yuan McLaren P1, it still totaled over a hundred thousand. She had earned over four hundred thousand in a single day. She really had met a benefactor today.
"Thank you, Mr. Li. Thank you, Manager Wang." Wang Lili bent at the waist and bowed, expressing her sincere gratitude.
"Ha, ha." Li Rui and Manager Wang exchanged a smile.
It wasn't so long ago that I was at the very bottom too. Now I can change someone's fate with a casual gesture. I really have to thank the system, Li Rui silently marveled.
Driving the black McLaren P1 leisurely down the road, Li Rui felt utterly at ease.
He kept feeling as though every pedestrian on the street was staring at him, their eyes full of envy. And that really was the case. A brand-new supercar like this was something 99.99% of people couldn't afford, yet everyone wanted to own. Who wouldn't be envious?
If Li Rui stopped the car now, beautiful women would definitely come up to chat with him within minutes. That was reality. The goddesses poor men yearned for in vain would approach wealthy men of their own accord.
Just as Li Rui spotted a fairly attractive woman by the roadside and was about to whistle to tease her, something interrupted him.
The phone beside the passenger seat rang. A call came in from the contact saved as Mom.
Answering the call, Li Rui asked, "Hello, Mom. Is something wrong?" His mother had called him just two days ago. Normally, they spoke once every two weeks, so why was she calling again after only two days? Something must have happened, Li Rui thought worriedly.
"Xiao Rui, nothing's wrong. I just wanted to ask if you've eaten. Are you busy at work?" Wang Sumei replied haltingly.
Hearing his mother's hesitant, hoarse voice on the other end, Li Rui sensed that something was wrong. "Mom, is something going on?"
"N-no, nothing..." A faint voice came through the phone.
Li Rui frowned. Something must have happened, or his mother wouldn't be so hesitant. But now he had money. Anything that could be solved with money wasn't a problem.
"Mom, just tell me what's going on. I'm an adult now." In his mother's eyes, even when he was thirty or forty, he would still be the child who nestled in her arms and acted spoiled.
On the other end of the line, Wang Sumei's eyes reddened at her son's words. She thought to herself that the son who had once needed his parents' protection really had grown up.
There was no way to keep it hidden, and they had already reached the point where the mountains ended and the waters ran dry. She might as well see whether her son had any ideas.
"Xiao Rui, Yiyi has leukemia." Hearing his mother's hoarse voice, choked with tears, over the phone, Li Rui was stunned.