Chapter 36

Li Xuan put down the phone, his face somewhat displeased. Just now, Scarface Qiang had repeatedly hinted on the phone that Uncle Jian was very optimistic about him, this young man, and the words he used suggested an intention to invite him to join the Hele Hall.

Being part of a gang was never Li Xuan's goal in life. Li Xuan suspected that his previous performance might have been a bit over the top, making others think he was a rare talent and wanting to recruit him, which left him speechless. He needed to come up with a good plan to make the other party back off without causing a rift. Li Xuan scratched his head, feeling somewhat troubled.

"Wow, these later levels are too crazy! These tanks have so much health, I need three shots to take them down, but they only need one to take me out. And this map is a nightmare, impossible to defend!" Lin Yuhao was playing Tank Battle on Li Xuan's computer and failed again.

When Li Xuan designed Tank Battle, the difficulty started to increase from the third level, and by the tenth level, it was already quite challenging. Not only was the map unfavorable for the player's defense, but the enemy tanks' health also increased, requiring at least two to three shots to take them down. Players would be easily defeated if they weren't careful.

One of the key principles in designing arcade games is to attract players' enthusiasm and then quickly make them fail so they continue to insert coins, thus maximizing profits in a unit of time.

In this aspect, Tank Battle is much easier to achieve than Hong Kong Blocks. Not only can the map be adjusted, but the intelligence and health of the enemy tanks can also be modified, ensuring that players won't easily pass each level.

Suddenly, Li Xuan looked at his roommate and smiled, an idea forming in his mind.

"Ao Hao, I'll take you to a nightclub to pick up girls tonight!" Li Xuan said as he plopped down on his bed.

"You already have a girlfriend and you still want to go out and flirt! Be careful, I'll report you to your girlfriend, Red Bean!" Lin Yuhao said without looking up, quickly starting the next game.

"How can a real man give up the whole forest for just one tree!" Li Xuan looked at the otaku with some helplessness, "Do you want to go or not? You spend all day in the dorm playing games, I'm really ruining you!"

Lin Yuhao, being close to Li Xuan, became one of the earliest testers of Li Xuan's new game and got hooked, playing several rounds every day.

"Fine, I'll go! By the way, didn't you say you could modify the game settings? Why don't you make it so I have infinite lives, otherwise I can't pass the levels!" Lin Yuhao's attention was still on the game.

As long as he agreed to go with him tonight, Li Xuan didn't bother with him and picked up a book to review. The final exams had already started, and he had an exam tomorrow afternoon.

Shao Yongqiang originally said that Uncle Jian wanted to have dinner with him, but Li Xuan used the excuse of having an exam in the afternoon to decline, setting the meeting time for 9 PM.

Before 8 PM, Li Xuan changed into a casual suit and took his roommate Lin Yuhao out. The two stood together, with Lin Yuhao dressed ordinarily, while Li Xuan's attire had a more aristocratic air. He even drove a Chevrolet Camaro muscle car, making it hard for anyone to guess that Lin Yuhao was the true scion of a wealthy family.

The agreed meeting place was a luxurious nightclub called Jin Fang on Nathan Road in Mong Kok. At 9 PM, Mong Kok was bustling with tourists. Li Xuan parked the car in front of the Jin Fang nightclub, threw the car keys and a ten-dollar Hong Kong bill to the valet, and walked in with Lin Yuhao.

"Master Xuan! Brother Qiang told me to bring you to him as soon as you arrived!" A man in a dark suit greeted Li Xuan as he entered.

"You lead the way!" Li Xuan nodded at him and then turned to his roommate, "Ao Hao, I'm going to meet an elder, I'll be back soon. You can look around for some pretty girls, and when I come back, we'll take action!"

"Pfft, by the time you come back, I'll already have a girl on each arm!" Lin Yuhao boasted.

Li Xuan gave him the middle finger and left. He followed the valet to a gilded VIP room. Inside, three or four men and a group of girls in revealing clothing were sitting and chatting. Everyone looked at Li Xuan as he entered.

Shao Yongqiang whispered a few words to a man sitting in the center of a semi-circular sofa and then smiled and waved at Li Xuan.

"This is Uncle Jian! The one on the left is Uncle Jian's sworn brother, Uncle Xing, and the one on the right is Uncle Jian's right-hand man, a powerful figure in our Hele Hall, you can call him Brother Da Fei!"

"You are Li Xuan, the younger brother of Ke Zai, truly a young and capable man!" Uncle Xing, who was about fifty, laughed heartily.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Xing, Brother Da Fei, I am Li Xuan!" Li Xuan politely greeted them and then sat down next to Shao Yongqiang.

"Brother Qiang mentioned his intentions to you. I also see great potential in your Oriental Electronics and would like to invest in it personally. Everything will be done according to business rules, and I will pay the full amount!" Uncle Jian spoke straightforwardly.

Li Xuan looked troubled and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Personally, I welcome Uncle Jian's investment. However, this company is not solely mine; I have a partner who is my roommate, and he might not agree!"

Uncle Jian's smile faded slightly, but he still didn't believe it and asked, "Why wouldn't he agree?"

"He doesn't lack money!" Li Xuan glanced at Shao Yongqiang.

Shao Yongqiang understood and added, "What's the background of your roommate?"

"My roommate is Lin Yuhao, and his father is Lin Guaitai of the Lin Group!" Li Xuan explained, "Uncle Jian, you might not know, but my roommate is Lin Guaitai's illegitimate son, recognized by the family only three years ago. He is often marginalized by his two older brothers. However, Lin Guaitai dotes on this youngest son and registered a personal fund for him in the Cayman Islands early on, transferring part of his wealth to my roommate's name. My roommate is a game enthusiast and became interested when he saw me writing a new game on my computer in the dorm. When I decided to start a company, he invested through his personal fund.

If you check the information on Oriental Electronics, you'll see that it is controlled by an investment company in the Cayman Islands. This was done at the suggestion of the Lin family's professional tax lawyers, supposedly to facilitate future tax avoidance!"

Li Xuan's fabricated story was plausible, and he had spent the afternoon making it consistent.

When Lin Guaitai, Uncle Jian, and Shao Yongqiang heard this name, they all frowned. Lin Guaitai was a tycoon in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong New News, the Lin family's total assets were estimated to be over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, giving his son a good reason not to lack money.

"Since you are already in partnership with the Lin family, I naturally won't interfere. Consider this matter as if I never mentioned it!" Uncle Jian quickly made a decision, knowing that Lin Guaitai was not someone to be trifled with.

Everything was within Li Xuan's plan. Fortunately, he had specially registered a holding company in the Cayman Islands when he founded Oriental Electronics, making his story today very plausible. Most Hong Kong people, except for the super-rich, had never heard of offshore tax avoidance.

Li Xuan was sure that the Hele Hall would not actively provoke a giant like the Lin Group. Today, he successfully used his roommate's father's name to avoid a major hassle!

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