Chapter 250: Chapter 248: Just Pocket Money? [1]

"One hundred million?"

Ye Ling raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

To be honest, this amount of liquid capital already exceeded his expectations. At first, he thought it would only be a few million, or maybe ten million at most!

At that moment, Ye Ling finally understood why the system had given him Celestial Dragon Investment Company. It was because the company was incredibly stable—at the very least, it was unlikely to go bankrupt from a single failed investment.

Ye Ling did a quick calculation. The funds he had on hand were around 2.3 billion.

That was a huge sum of money!

But he still felt it wasn’t quite enough.

After all, this time he was planning to go up against Fruit Group, a behemoth of a corporation with a market capitalization of nearly two trillion.

It’s worth noting that this "trillion" was not in Huaxia Coin, but in US dollars!

If converted to Huaxia Coin, that would be fourteen trillion Huaxia Coin.

Shengding’s current market cap was just a tiny fraction of that. This showed just how terrifyingly massive Fruit Group truly was!

The reason those overseas financial groups were able to crushingly suppress Xia Wei Group this time was inseparable from their powerful financial systems.

Xia Wei Group, after all, was still in its growth phase. There was still a considerable gap between it and these established, colossal financial conglomerates!

To be honest, this was the first time since getting the system that Ye Ling felt he didn’t have enough money.

According to his estimates, if he wanted to maximize profits, he would need at least five billion in liquid capital!

Otherwise, he would most likely only get to drink some soup. As for wanting to eat the meat?

Forget about it!

He’d be lucky if Fruit Group didn’t fleece him like a chump.

Even five billion in liquid capital might not be stable enough; there would still be risks!

After hanging up the phone, Ye Ling began to think about his funding sources.

First, there was Shengding Group!

The liquid capital Ye Ling could mobilize from Shengding Group was estimated to be around 1.5 billion. In other words, including his personal funds and the liquid capital from Celestial Dragon Investment Company, his total funds should reach four billion.

That still left a shortfall of one billion!

’Maybe I should take out a bank loan?’

Ye Ling couldn’t help but ponder this. With his current net worth, getting a one-billion-dollar loan wouldn’t be very difficult, to be honest.

But.

This whole affair was risky, after all, and besides...

The banks weren’t stupid!

To borrow such a huge sum, the price Ye Ling would have to pay would definitely not be small.

"That’s right!"

Ye Ling suddenly thought of something, his eyes lighting up.

It seemed he had forgotten about a certain hidden little rich girl!

Ye Ling went to the bedroom. Ning Ruoxi was lying on the bed, playing on her tablet.

Ever since the vacation started, this girl’s gaming addiction had been getting worse. It had been better during their time in Pingjiang since they were at Ye Ling’s family home and she was more conscious of her image.

Back when they were at Tomson Riviera, she would play games all day long.

Right now, Ning Ruoxi was playing a game that had become popular many years ago.

Angry Birds!

Ning Ruoxi was very skilled. With a casual pull, a small bird soared into the air and perfectly smashed into a green pig’s head not far away.

However, this was probably one of the later levels, so the difficulty was high. She missed by just a little, and the level failed.

"Ugh! This is so frustrating! Stupid green pig, I’m done with this game!"

Ning Ruoxi immediately tossed the tablet onto the quilt, her voice full of annoyance.

"Ruoruo, I need to talk to you about something."

Ye Ling walked over and wrapped his arm around Ning Ruoxi.

"What’s up?"

Ning Ruoxi asked, blinking her eyes.

"Well... it’s just that, I’m a little tight on cash recently."

Ye Ling felt incredibly awkward as he said this.

Who would have thought that the great Ye the Mighty Man would one day be reduced to borrowing money from his girlfriend?

"You’re short on money?"

Ning Ruoxi asked in return upon hearing his words.

"Mm... there’s a project right now, and I’m a bit short on the initial capital," Ye Ling replied.

"About how much are you short?" Ning Ruoxi continued to ask.

"A billion, I guess," Ye Ling said, rubbing his nose.

"Okay, give me your bank card number."

After getting his reply, Ning Ruoxi nodded and said matter-of-factly.

"You’re just giving it to me, just like that?"

Seeing her reaction, Ye Ling was momentarily stunned.

’Shouldn’t she be asking what exactly I’m going to do with it before giving me the money?’

"What else?"

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but chuckle, hugging Ye Ling. "Besides, your money is my money, and my money is your money. It’s fine to give it to you, ya know!"

"And you’re not someone who spends money recklessly, are you? You’re building a career and working hard for our future, so of course I have to support you from behind the scenes!"

"Thank you, baby."

Ye Ling felt a surge of emotion and kissed her on the forehead.

One billion.

This was truly no small sum of money.

’If you don’t believe me, try borrowing money from your social circle.’

’Forget one billion, just try borrowing a thousand bucks. You’d be lucky if one out of ten people lent it to you!’

Ye Ling gave his bank card number to Ning Ruoxi, and she quickly transferred the money to him.

A full one billion!

Not a single cent less.

"How am I just realizing that you, young lady, seem to be even richer than I imagined?"

Ye Ling suddenly raised an eyebrow, looking at Ning Ruoxi beside him.

He suddenly realized that the person next to him was the little princess of Ning International!

"Aw, I’m not actually that rich."

Ning Ruoxi stuck out her little tongue. "Er, maybe I’m a little rich, I guess. I just have a little personal fund. All my New Year’s money, allowance, and stuff from when I was a kid, I saved it all in one bank account. By now, it’s just barely accumulated to a little over a billion, maybe?"

Good heavens!

’Allowance money?’

’Over a billion?’

’Is she even human?’

Looking at Ning Ruoxi, Ye Ling felt for the first time the sheer difference between people.

Before he got the system, forget a billion—he wouldn’t have even dared to dream of a hundred million, right?

But Ning Ruoxi, without doing anything at all, had amassed this much from just her allowance...

This is why stories about a rich, beautiful girl falling for a poor guy can only ever be just that—stories!

Some people might clamor about pursuing true love, but the prerequisite for finding true love is building a relationship on equal footing, isn’t it?

For someone on Ning Ruoxi’s level, clothes that cost one or two thousand aren’t really expensive, and spending tens of thousands is just average.

Could an ordinary poor guy ever get used to that kind of spending?

A single piece of clothing could cost a whole month’s salary!

This is where a conflict arises. The poor guy would think it’s too extravagant and wasteful—after all, he doesn’t even earn enough to cover his own expenses—while the rich girl would feel it’s just her normal daily spending!

It was like that for her even before they got together, right?

And so, slowly, the two of them would find they have less and less in common to talk about.

Even if they really did get together initially because of hormones, they would gradually drift towards a breakup due to their different values!

Fundamentally, neither of them would actually be in the wrong; they just wouldn’t be a good fit.

So, before you start daydreaming, first make sure you’ve worked hard today and achieved your goals. Then you can go and reward yourself properly in your dreams, right?

Who knows, maybe one day you’ll actually succeed, right!

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