32: The president personally received them.

Deloitte accounting firm, one of the Big Four global accounting firms, occupies ten entire floors in its Central office.

The crystal chandelier in the lobby on the first floor was dazzling enough to make one dizzy.

Financial elites wearing well-tailored suits and skirt suits hurried about.

The air was thick with the scent of money and caffeine.

A lobby manager wearing gold-rimmed glasses and sporting slicked-back hair immediately plastered a professional smile onto his face when he saw Chu Tianbiao and his entourage stride in.

This clearly looked like a big deal!

“Hello, sirs! How may I help you?” He bowed slightly, adopting a very humble posture.

“I want to start a company!”

Chu Tianbiao pushed his sunglasses onto his head, exuding the air of a powerful boss.

The manager's gaze swept over the crowd, pausing briefly on the slightly rustic attire of Lin Chuan and Lin Jiang, before he shrewdly asked:

“Excuse me, are you all together?”

“Of course not!”

As if afraid of catching bad luck, Chu Tianbiao immediately jumped a step away, pointed at Lin Chuan, and curled his lip at the manager.

“Look, we don't know them.”

“I'm telling you, these guys are from the mainland countryside, specifically coming to Hong Kong Island to try their luck.”

“Their pockets are probably cleaner than their faces. You need to be careful not to let them cheat you out of tea money.”

Upon hearing this, the manager's smiling face underwent a subtle change.

He became much more enthusiastic toward Chu Tianbiao's group and immediately waved over several key business executives.

“Mr. Chu, please come this way! We have a specialized team of lawyers to serve you!”

“Miss Chu, please come this way! Have a coffee first!”

A large group instantly surrounded Chu Tianbiao and Chu Jiaojiao, treating them like the moon surrounded by stars.

Lin Chuan and his two companions were left standing in the middle of the bustling lobby, looking like three telephone poles, completely out of place.

Just then, a timid voice came from the side.

“Ge... gentlemen, how may I help you?”

Lin Chuan turned his head and saw a young girl wearing a corporate intern's skirt suit, with a hint of baby fat still on her face.

She looked to be in her early twenties, wearing a ponytail, her eyes clear but filled with nervousness and unease.

Her Mandarin was halting and heavily accented with Hong Kong-style pronunciation.

In Chu Tianbiao's group, a financial lawyer wearing an Armani suit saw this scene and let out a sneer.

“Look, Miss Su is picking up those clients who have no money again.”

“I bet they're the type who come here just to open a payroll card so they can work illegally on Hong Kong Island. This kind of case is time-consuming and tedious, with zero commission.”

“This girl is truly stupid. She's been here so long and still hasn't learned to judge people properly.”

The girl, who was called Miss Su, heard the comments. Her face flushed scarlet, and she lowered her head even further, but she still mustered her courage and asked again.

“Sir, I... I can help you with your business application?”

“Sounds good.”

Lin Chuan smiled, his expression as refreshing as a spring breeze.

As he looked at the slightly embarrassed girl before him, his heart was churning with massive waves.

Miss Su!

Wasn't this the legendary woman who dominated Hong Kong Island's financial sector in his past life, later known as the “Financial Queen”?

He hadn't expected her to look like this when she was just starting out.

“My name is Lin Chuan, this is my older brother Lin Jiang, and this is my brother Long Wu.”

Lin Chuan proactively extended his hand and introduced himself in standard Mandarin, “We want to register a company.”

“Oh, okay, okay. My name is Miss Su.”

Miss Su was a little overwhelmed. She quickly reached out and lightly shook hands with Lin Chuan, then hurriedly took out paper and a pen.

“Mr. Lin, what type of company are you preparing to register, and what is the approximate registered capital? I need this information to prepare the forms for you.”

Lin Chuan did not answer directly.

He simply unbuttoned his trench coat unhurriedly and pulled a leather card holder from his inner pocket.

Then, he very casually pulled out a black card and handed it to Miss Su.

“Please check the balance of this card first. Consider it capital verification.”

This card was exactly the HSBC Bank Top Black Gold Card that he had materialized from the system using his mind, containing 100 million US dollars in liquid assets.

The System was truly awesome; it could materialize all kinds of money and bank cards instantly with a thought.

100 million US dollars!

In this era, Bill Gates' net worth was only tens of billions of US dollars; this amount of money was enough to let him walk sideways anywhere on Hong Kong Island.

“Understood, Mr. Lin.”

Miss Su didn't understand the significance, but she politely took the card and turned to walk toward the capital verification counter nearby.

She was thinking that this Mr. Lin seemed very polite, but she wondered how much money was actually on the card.

If the verified capital was too small, it would be very difficult to register a company of significant scale.

She swiped the card on the verification machine.

Beep—

A long string of numbers appeared on the machine's screen.

Miss Su didn't pay attention at first, thinking it was a decimal point.

But she looked closely, rubbed her eyes, and looked again.

One... followed by eight zeros!

And the currency unit was! USD!

US dollars?!

100 million US dollars!!!

Miss Su's mind went blank with a loud buzz.

She felt like her heart was about to leap out of her throat.

Her hand trembled, and the black gold card nearly dropped to the floor.

She spun around abruptly and looked at Lin Chuan, who was chatting leisurely with his older brother, her eyes wide as if she had seen a ghost.

“What's wrong?”

A nearby senior employee noticed her pale face and leaned over to ask.

When she also saw the numbers on the screen, the scream was violently stifled in her throat, turning into a sharp gasp of cold air.

“Quick! Go call the manager! No! Call the General President's office directly!”

Only then did Miss Su react. Holding the card that felt heavy as a thousand pounds, she scrambled and dashed toward the upper floors.

She ran so fast that she almost knocked over a colleague carrying coffee.

In the lobby, Chu Tianbiao was still bragging to the beautiful lawyers around him.

“See that? That's real power!”

“I didn't expect that I, the Little Prince of Ice City, would be so famous even here on Hong Kong Island that the General President himself is coming down to receive me personally!”

He was speaking animatedly, spitting everywhere.

Suddenly, the VIP elevator from the top floor opened with a “ding.”

A Japanese elder with white hair, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and possessing an extremely powerful aura, hurried out, surrounded by a group of executives in sharp suits.

It was none other than Deloitte's General President of the Asia-Pacific Region, Uchiha Ginji!

“Here he comes, here he comes!”

Chu Tianbiao's eyes lit up. He immediately straightened his Versace shirt, puffed out his chest, and walked up to meet him with what he thought was his handsomest smile.

“President Gin! I've long admired you! I am Chu Tianbiao of the Chu Family from Harbin!”

He hadn't even finished speaking, and his hand was still outstretched.

But Uchiha Ginji walked right past him, as if he hadn't seen him at all.

Under Chu Tianbiao's astonished gaze, this major figure—who could cause an earthquake in the Hong Kong Island financial sector just by stomping his foot—quickly walked up to Lin Chuan.

Then, performing a standard 90-degree bow, he spoke in Mandarin that was stiff but extremely respectful:

“Mr. Lin! I am deeply sorry! We have neglected you, our most distinguished guest! Please forgive our lapse in duty!”

The entire hall fell silent.

Everyone's eyes focused on the young man in the trench coat.

Chu Tianbiao's hand, suspended in mid-air, froze.

The smile on his face also solidified.

The beautiful lawyer's mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg.

“Wha... what is going on?” Chu Tianbiao muttered to himself, feeling like his brain couldn't process the situation.

“General, General President? Are you mistaken?

He's just someone from the mainland countryside! He's a fraud!”

He continued to shout, unwilling to accept the truth.

Uchiha Ginji suddenly turned his head, and cold light shot out from his shrewd eyes.

Beside him, an executive who appeared to be at the General Manager level immediately stepped forward and said coldly to Chu Tianbiao:

“Mr. Chu, if you continue to be disrespectful to our most distinguished VIP, we will immediately terminate all business transactions currently being processed for you!

Furthermore, we will place the Chu Corporation on Deloitte's permanent blacklist!”

“Please mind your words!”

Chu Tianbiao shivered all over and instantly fell silent.

Uchiha Ginji, meanwhile, bowed respectfully to Lin Chuan once more and made a gesture for him to follow.

“Mr. Lin, please move to our VIP room. All your business will be handled by me personally!”

Lin Chuan smiled faintly and patted the shoulder of his older brother, Lin Jiang, who was already dumbfounded.

“Bro, let's go get the paperwork done.”

After speaking, Lin Chuan even turned back and waved at Chu Tianbiao, whose face was green with embarrassment.

“Biaozi, we're heading up now. Farewell!”

With that, under the shocked gazes of everyone present, he led his older brother, Long Wu, and the young Miss Su.

Surrounded by the group of executives, they headed toward the VIP elevator.