Chapter 33: Invited!

  Ding-dong!

  Franklin pushed open the door and led Lin Xiao into this humble-looking bar.

  "Hey! Vincent, two shots of vodka!"

  Lin Xiao sat down at the bar with him, and Vincent also brought over two cups and placed them in front of the two people. He opened a bottle of vodka 'glug glug' and poured two cups for the pair.

  "Hey Franklin, it's been a while since I've seen you around!" Vincent said with a smile, his eyes curiously scanning the person standing next to Franklin, Lin Xiao.

  Franklin smiled and picked up his glass, saying to Vincent: "This is my friend Lin, Lin, this is Vincent, the owner of this bar, a very nice guy."

  Lin Xiao smiled and nodded at Vincent, greeting him.

  "Lin, which country are you from?" Vincent asked curiously.

  "China!" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

  "China!" Vincent revealed a relieved smile, "Sorry, I thought you were from that despicable island nation earlier. To show my apology, this drink is on me."

  "Vincent, you're too polite," Lin Xiao said with a smile: "If you don't mind, you can tell me about those detestable islanders. I dislike them very much too."

  "Haha! I knew that, people from your country shouldn't like those bastards!" Vincent laughed and put the wine bottle aside, saying: "My grandfather also participated in World War II and was killed by those bastards' guns. This place doesn't welcome those scum. Recently, I heard they're developing some biochemical weapons again, but I heard their laboratory exploded and ended up killing many of their own people, what a delightful thing!"

  "Oh! It seems we have to make a good effort for this matter!" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

  "Haha! It's indeed worth a toast!" Vincent said with a big laugh.

  Just then, Franklin's mobile phone next to him suddenly rang.

  "Oh! It's Mike!" Franklin excitedly picked up the phone and immediately pressed the answer button.

  "Mike!" Lin Xiao turned his head to look at him, thinking in his heart that Mike called him at this time, was it to invite Franklin to participate in that action?

  "Is it going to start so soon? It seems that they had already offended Martin a few days ago." Lin Xiao thought to himself.

  Franklin, who was next to him, had already started talking to Mike, but after a few words, Franklin's face showed a hint of hesitation, and then his expression became firm again.

  "Alright, Mike, I'll definitely be there."

  Franklin hung up the phone and looked up just in time to catch Vincent and Lin Xiao's gaze directed at him.

  "Oh! It's just a friend of mine." he said.

  "Xiao Fu, you also know Mai Ke?" Lin Xiao looked at him and said: "Oh ~ right! I almost forgot that last time I met you there too, so the Mai Ke we know should be the same person."

  "Do you know Mike too?" This time it was Franklin's turn to be surprised.

  But before Lin Xiao could answer, his phone also rang.

  "Sorry." With an apologetic gaze at Franklin, Lin Xiao pulled out his phone from his pants pocket.

  The number displayed above was unfamiliar, and Lin Xiao felt a slight thrill upon seeing it.

  "Is it Mike?" He pressed the answer button with some expectation in his heart.

  "Hello! I'm Lin Xiao."

  "Hello Lin, I'm Mike, do you still remember me?" A middle-aged man's rich and magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone.

  It's really McDonald's!

  Lin Xiao's excited hands trembled slightly, and he hastily said: "Of course I remember, right, I'm with Little Fu now, so you two know each other too!"

  "Franklin?" The person on the other end of the phone said suspiciously.

  "Yes, it's him."

  "That's perfect, I don't need to introduce you two then." Mike said: "You mentioned last time that you wanted to find a job that makes money, and I happen to have such a job available right now. Are you willing to do it?"

  "Is it a large amount?" Lin Xiao asked back.

  "Hundreds." Mike said directly on the other end of the phone.

  Lin Xiao deliberately hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright then, what's the specific time?"

  "Come over with Xiao Fu tomorrow and we'll talk about it in person then."

  "Okay, I'll go with Xiaofu at that time."

  "See you tomorrow!"

  "See you tomorrow!"

  He hung up the phone and put his mobile back into his pocket, then looked up at Franklin.

  "Xiao Fu, it seems we're going to be colleagues." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

  Franklin had also been listening all along and now hearing Lin Xiao's words, he too smiled and nodded in agreement.

  "Come on, let's have a drink!"

  "Hey! Brother, drink less!"

  "Don't worry, I can hold my liquor!"

  ……

  At night when he returned home, Lin Xiao was so excited that he couldn't sleep until midnight.

  Lying in bed for half a day, Lin Xiao still couldn't sleep, so he sat up and thought quietly.

  "After getting in touch with Ma Ke and them, after completing this first task, I should be able to get a dividend of around 10%, which is about 3 million or so, but that's not the point. What's important are the next few actions, and after getting familiar with Franklin, when he helps Lester later on, I can also make a big profit at the same time. In this way, the task of earning 10 million might be completed smoothly within a month."

  The reward for the first action was not much, thirty million compared to Lin Xiao's need of ten million was just a drop in the bucket, but what was truly important was getting in touch with Maike and others, after that there would be plenty of money to make.

  Especially in Leicester's case, relying on his intelligence, Lin Xiao can make a lot of money from stocks, more than robbing banks and with less risk.

  "As long as I get the first vote right and win their trust, everything else will be much simpler." Lin Xiao thought to himself.

  The night passed quickly and Lin Xiao eventually slept for four or five hours.

  At nine o'clock in the morning, he met Franklin at his front door and they went together to that ready-made clothing factory in Leicester.

  Leicester is a disabled person, with inconvenient legs and feet. When he goes out, he either sits in a wheelchair or uses crutches. He opened a garment factory in Santos. Few people know that he is actually a hacker mastermind who also provides strategic advice to Ma Ke and his gang.

  Lin Xiao had never actually met Lester, but he knew that Lester was very astute. Compared to the miserable Macau who was tormented by his family, single Lester was more dangerous than Macau. One careless move might arouse his suspicion. So before Lin Xiao went, he made sufficient preparations and thought out answers to questions that might be asked of him.

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