After divorcing my celebrity wife, I became the world's richest person

Li Xuezhong was terrified, his body trembling violently, unable to speak clearly.

"Mr. Chen, there must be some misunderstanding, these people have nothing to do with me, they're just a bunch of beggars, it's impossible for someone of my status to be involved with a bunch of beggars, right?"

Despite his desperate defense, Chen Yu simply didn't listen, and dragged Li Xuezhong straight to the group of people.

Upon seeing Li Xuezhong, the people immediately surrounded him.

"Boss Li, we've been hollering here for several days now, when are you going to settle our wages? If you don't pay us, then we'll just leave."

Li Xuezhong's head was filled with black lines; he hadn't expected the people he'd hired to be so dim-witted, exposing his secret as soon as they met.

Chen Yu let out a cold snort.

"I'm afraid Boss Li won't be able to pay your wages. If you want to get your money, it would be best to tell everything that Boss Li instructed you to do, and I'll pay you double."

These people were all unemployed wanderers loitering outside agencies and factory gates, earning small change to get by daily. As soon as they heard there was money to be made, they threw caution to the wind.

"I'll go first!" A man with a scruffy beard stepped forward immediately: "Boss Li told us to block this place, to follow anyone coming out, and to rush into the factory and cause trouble if necessary."

"That's right, Boss Li said, as long as we can bring down your factory, he would give each of us ten thousand yuan."

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A group of people chattered non-stop, as if they had endless complaints, instantly reducing Li Xuezhong to a worthless figure.

Li Xuezhong stood by, his face ashen, he hadn't expected such an outcome.

Chen Yu didn't want to say much more; he paid the people present and sent them away.

As for Li Xuezhong, he was handed over to the relevant authorities.

Chen Yu had already investigated when he arrived; Li Xuezhong was nothing significant, just a pawn.

The real troublemaker in Suzhou City wasn't him.

In the office of the food factory, Chen Yu flipped through the documents in his hand, growing angrier as he read.

He really hadn't expected the situation here to have become such a mess. Hou Jianchang was almost single-handedly contending against the entire business world of Suzhou City and the surrounding provinces and cities.

Even under such pressure, Hou Jianchang managed to keep the company profitable, which was enough to prove his ability.

Chen Yu slightly adjusted his breathing and pulled out a document from a pile of materials.

Hu Sanjiang, the newly appointed president of the Gourmet Association, this guy had no simple background. He was supported not only by the capital of Modu but even by that of the capital city.

No wonder he could be so arrogant in Suzhou City.

Just then, an assistant hurried in and placed a stack of files on the table.

"Mr. Chen, here is what you asked for, all the materials of the emerging catering industry in Suzhou City."

Chen Yu nodded slightly and quickly scanned through the materials before him.

"Where does this Hu Sanjiang usually appear?"

The assistant was startled, then quickly took out a phone.

"This person likes antiques. He's often at auction houses when he has nothing else to do, and lately, it seems he's always hanging around at Tianfeng Jade House."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and pinned the location of Tianfeng Jade House on the map before driving straight there.

This jade house had risen in Suzhou City in recent years.

It was said that the behind-the-scenes owner was from Modu and was very influential, and that all of their raw stones came directly from the south border without any middlemen.

Therefore, everything here was nearly half the price compared with outside, attracting many customers.

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What's important is that the volume of raw stones shipped from here is very high, and some people have even cut ice variety jadeite here.

When Chen Yu arrived, the place was already swarming with people, with the lobby on the first floor packed full. He couldn't even find a spot to stand.

Having no choice, he settled for a small stool to sit on.

The meeting here was full of young people dreaming of wealth, eagerly watching the stones in their hands while waiting in line, hoping to cut open some rare and precious gems.

But in this business, one cut could mean poverty and another riches, with no eternal victors, and some people could accidentally end up losing everything.

Chen Yu just watched all this indifferently while letting the system scan the entire jade industry's three-dimensional schematic into his brain.

Hu Sanjiang was at this moment on the third floor in the VIP hall, cutting a raw stone, surrounded by several wealthy merchants, seemingly discussing jade trade deals.

After Chen Yu had identified his target, he prepared to head upstairs, but as he approached the staircase, he was stopped by two security guards.

"Sorry, sir, our establishment is members-only, and you need to have a ten-year membership to go to the second floor."

Chen Yu frowned immediately, as places like this normally operated with a VIP system.

Yet, he hadn't expected that just to access the second floor would require a ten-year membership; going to the third floor would likely need an even longer membership, wouldn't it?

Just as he was about to force his way up the stairs, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

"The big event is about to start, let's rush over to watch the excitement."

"It's said that anyone who can cut open five pieces of jadeite in a row can go directly to the VIP hall on the third floor."

"Forget about it, ever since that event started, nobody has been able to do it. To cut open five in a row is practically a task for immortals."

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A large crowd had gathered around the podium, peering inside, and some people even paid money and put down their names, wanting to take a gamble.

If you could get to the third floor, you would receive a jade stone as a gift.

It was said that the jade stone was worth more than a million.

Just for that, it was worth giving it a shot.

Furthermore, the registration fee wasn't high, just thirty thousand yuan.

Chen Yu suddenly became interested; he was here to settle accounts with Hu Sanjiang, not to become a distinguished guest of this place, so there was no need to get a membership.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

He directly took out thirty thousand yuan, squeezed into the crowd, and bought a qualification certificate from one of the staff members.

Previously during tournaments, no one could succeed, which deterred many people.

Even so, nearly a hundred people signed up for the competition.

It must be said that this jade business's money-making scheme was quite something; with a hundred people each paying thirty thousand, that was an income of three million.

Even if someone actually won, they wouldn't be at a loss.

A large pile of raw stones was placed on the podium, and the people almost stampeded to pick their stones.

For them, it was a path to riches and skyrocketing success.

It didn't take long for all the stones on the podium to be snatched up.

Chen Yu, however, acted unhurriedly, casually picking up five stones.

Before others could react, he had already taken over a simple stone-cutting machine and started sawing.

"My god, this guy has cut one open!"

No one knew who shouted, but all eyes swiftly focused on Chen Yu.

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