214: Chapter 214 The Arrogant Young Master

Looking at the serious Shen Yan, Chen Guangke remained silent for a long while before speaking.

"...Fine, since you've put it that way, what else can I say?"

...

In the blink of an eye, the day of the banquet arrived.

Dozens of luxury cars were parked in the lavish private estate.

Shen Yan and Chen Guangke walked into the estate and were led by a Waitress to the banquet hall under the dazzling lights.

"Holy crap, this place is huge!"

Shen Yan had been to He Yunri's private estate before, so he didn't have much of a reaction upon seeing this one.

Chen Guangke was different; it was his first time seeing a fabled private estate.

Entering a private estate for the first time, he was like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time, looking around curiously.

"Are you sure you've handled the matters I entrusted to you earlier?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Chen Guangke patted his chest and replied, "When I handle things, you can rest easy!"

Shen Yan nodded in satisfaction.

Scanning the banquet hall, he found that he basically didn't recognize anyone there.

It seemed Chen Guangke's friend was right; the Gu Corporation only invited people from their field and the same social circle.

Thinking this, he turned to Chen Guangke and said, "Let's go, let's head over and hear what they're talking about."

Chen Guangke had no objections and followed Shen Yan.

The two walked over to a high-top round table.

Just as they were about to strike up a conversation with a young, successful-looking man in a suit, they saw his eyes light up as if he had spotted some rare treasure. He brushed past them and headed straight for the person behind them.

"Young Master Gu, long time no see!"

The man's greeting was completely ignored by the one he called Young Master Gu.

That Young Master Gu directly ignored the man, walked over to a sofa, sat down, and started chatting with several men sitting around him.

Seeing this, the man was not discouraged. Holding his wine glass and wearing a fawning smile, he leaned in to continue forcing a conversation.

Besides him, others in the banquet hall also became more restless due to Young Master Gu's entrance.

They instinctively gathered toward Young Master Gu's direction.

Soon, Young Master Gu was surrounded by people.

Shen Yan and Chen Guangke watched all these changes unfold. Chen Guangke leaned in and whispered into Shen Yan's ear.

"What's going on? Is that Young Master Gu part of the Gu Corporation?"

Shen Yan nodded.

Before coming, he had investigated the Gu Corporation.

According to his investigation, the current person in power at the Gu Corporation was an Old Master.

The Old Master had only one son, but he had poor luck and died in a car accident several years ago.

Just as he was about to carry out the plan with Chen Guangke to find a way to talk to Young Master Gu...

The tycoon system spoke up.

[Ding! Special mission completed. Issuing advanced wealth intelligence now!]

[Ding! advanced wealth intelligence has been issued. Open it now?]

After thinking about it, Shen Yan decided to check the advanced wealth intelligence immediately.

[Ding! advanced wealth intelligence: The Gu Corporation has an illegitimate son named Gu Mingming. He is currently competing with Gu Xuantian for the Old Master's reward. To succeed in the competition, he has decided to invest the 200 million in activity funds he previously saved up.]

After reading it, Shen Yan frowned, feeling that this piece of advanced wealth intelligence wasn't very useful to him.

Although he wanted to attract powerful people at the banquet to invest in his company's projects, an illegitimate son of the Gu Corporation only had 200 million in activity funds, which was far from enough for his company.

He remained silent for quite a while.

Chen Guangke thought he was spacing out and waved a hand in front of him, asking, "What are you doing? Why did you suddenly start spacing out? Should the two of us squeeze in there now?"

As he spoke, he looked toward Young Master Gu's direction with some urgency.

The crowd around Young Master Gu was growing larger.

If they didn't go now, they probably wouldn't be able to squeeze in.

"Let's go."

Shen Yan snapped back to reality, put the contents of the advanced wealth intelligence out of his mind, and led Chen Guangke toward Young Master Gu.

The two of them had a very clear order of targets tonight: the Gu Corporation, then the others at the banquet.

They thought: If they could get an investment from the Gu Corporation, they wouldn't have to worry much about funding later on.

If they couldn't, they would have to settle for the next best thing.

Look for other powerful people at the banquet and see if they had any interest in investing.

Just as the two squeezed into the circle around Young Master Gu, they heard him say with an arrogant smile:

"My family is hosting this banquet today not only for me to get to know people in the circle but also for another purpose: to let me choose a promising investment project to invest in."

At this point, Young Master Gu scanned the people around him and asked with a drawl, "Does anyone here want to show me your company's projects?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd erupted.

Basically everyone who could come here was either wealthy or influential.

They had already heard some rumors before coming, so they all came prepared this time.

"Of course! Projects are the one thing we aren't short of. What kind of project are you looking to invest in, Young Master Gu?"

Someone in the crowd shouted this out.

A sharp glint flashed in Young Master Gu's eyes as he wore an inscrutable smile. "If you don't tell me what projects you have, how would I know what to invest in? Who knows, I might become interested once you've explained them."

As his voice trailed off...

...the surrounding crowd cheered again.

To be honest, Chen Guangke didn't understand why the people around cheered every time Young Master Gu spoke a sentence.

He gave Shen Yan's sleeve a light tug and whispered in his ear, "What on earth are these people shouting about?"

Shen Yan smirked and, following suit, whispered back into Chen Guangke's ear, "They just want to fawn over that Young Master Gu."

Chen Guangke blinked and said, "Then do we have to be like them? Cheer every time that Gu guy finishes a sentence?"

Suppressing a laugh, Shen Yan replied, "If you want to, you can do that."

After hearing this, Chen Guangke frowned and then relaxed, as if he had made a decision.

At this moment, Young Master Gu was still speaking.

"Don't worry about me not having enough money. This time, my Old Master has allocated 2 billion in funds to me. As long as your projects satisfy me, I guarantee I can bury you in cash..."

Before he could finish, Chen Guangke started heckling, "Oh wow, that's amazing! Two billion!"