Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God Chapter 1517 1516: The Tables Turn

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Previously on Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God...
Lin Fan and Li Zixia are staying in a hotel, prompting an encounter with Cui Wenwen. Cui Wenwen, feeling inferior to Li Zixia, attempts to assert her superiority by showing off her success and offering Li Zixia a job. She wrongly assumes Lin Fan is Li Zixia's boyfriend and criticizes him, only to be corrected. Li Zixia clarifies Lin Fan is her partner, leaving Cui Wenwen dismissive.

Chen Junhao had been silent all along, watching the spectacle from the sidelines, with an air of superiority as he observed his girlfriend Cui Wenwen's performance.

Cui Wenwen was just borrowing the authority of a tiger to bully others, but Chen Junhao enjoyed this feeling because he was that tiger. The feeling of being a tiger is something no one dislikes, because if someone is borrowing your authority, it means you are the one with power; who wouldn't want to be that person?

So when Cui Wenwen mocked Lin Fan and Li Zixia with sarcasm, Chen Junhao quietly watched from the side. As Cui Wenwen expressed her sense of superiority, he also felt a full sense of superiority.

Until he heard Lin Fan's name from Li Zixia's mouth.

Lin Fan?

Chen Junhao's expression changed; isn't this the richest person in Yun City?

The first time Chen Junhao saw Lin Fan, he found him familiar, but he didn't pay much attention. Upon hearing Lin Fan's name, he took a closer look—oh my god, isn't this the richest person in Yun City!

Chen Junhao knew of Lin Fan. As the Young Master of the Chen Family in Hang City, he was a motivated child of wealth. While other rich kids were idly roaming around, he was already helping his family manage the company.

Chen Junhao's dream is to become a wealthy person on the ranking list, with the small goal of entering the Jiangnan rich list first.

So he usually paid close attention to this list; the big shots on the list were all his targets to pursue, and he had researched these big shots.

The big shots on the list are almost all people with years of struggle and effort, and being on the list is the result of their years of hard work, so most of the big shots on the list are middle-aged or older, many even in their sixties and seventies.

Getting on the rich list is indeed not an easy task.

But there is an exception on this list.

That's Lin Fan!

Lin Fan is only 21 years old this year!

In just half a year, Lin Fan came out of nowhere, not only entering the Jiangnan rich list but also ranking second!

According to the latest ranking statistics, Lin Fan's wealth is second only to Wei Tiansheng, the richest man in Jiangnan, and the gap is already not large!

In other words, Lin Fan will inevitably one day become the richest man in Jiangnan and top the Jiangnan rich list.

For Chen Junhao, who keeps his eyes on the rich list every day and treats it as his striving goal, it's hard not to take notice of a figure like Lin Fan.

He frantically collected all available information about Lin Fan, just to study the path of Lin Fan's success. If he could replicate it, he would.

In Chen Junhao's view, success can be replicated, and after researching, he found that his starting point is much better than Lin Fan's. Lin Fan initially was just a rural guy, rising only because he inherited the wealth of his uncle, Lin Beixuan.

Chen Junhao's starting point is as a Rich Second Generation, with family assets exceeding hundreds of millions. If he inherits the Chen Family's industry, his net worth will reach 1 billion. Although not yet enough to enter the Jiangnan rich list, it's not bad either.

Of course, with the emergence of Lin Fan, Chen Junhao's ambition swelled. If a rural guy like Lin Fan could succeed, why couldn't he? He also wants to be the richest man in Jiangnan!

Chen Junhao took Lin Fan as his pursuit target, his model to emulate, and couldn't help but admire Lin Fan in the process of understanding him.

He discovered that in this mere half year, every decision Lin Fan made was correct, each one taking Lin Fan a step further, and all his investments yielded positive returns.

During Lin Fan's frenzy of investments, he bought shares in many companies, whether through angel investments or the expansion projects of Mortal Group itself, and amazingly, he never made a wrong move.

The more he understood, the more Chen Junhao admired Lin Fan!

As Chen Junhao fell into astonishment, Cui Wenwen was completely oblivious to his change.

She was still intent on flaunting her superiority and trampling Lin Fan and Li Zixia underfoot.

"You two are partners selling rice noodle rolls by the roadside, right?" Cui Wenwen chuckled, finding the idea so comical, she laughed even louder.

Lin Fan and Li Zixia exchanged a glance, both speechless.

"Is it that funny?" Lin Fan asked.

Cui Wenwen laughed while clutching her belly, "Of course, it's funny. She used to be a rich young lady, carefree, with servants attending to her meals and daily life. Can you imagine her selling rice noodle rolls by the roadside, face greasy from the oil smoke, covered in flour? I'm already feeling sorry for her, hahaha..."

Lin Fan said, "You think it's funny because, subconsciously, you believe selling rice noodle rolls by the roadside is degrading."

Cui Wenwen said, "Isn't it degrading? Isn't it low-level to sell rice noodle rolls by the roadside? Wealthy bosses sit in their offices, enjoying air-conditioning and coffee, while poor bosses endure the oil smoke at the roadside. Isn't that what I said? I know you're trying to morally criticize me; don't give me any more motivational clichés, I won't listen!"

Lin Fan smiled, "I'm not giving you motivational clichés. What you said is indeed a fact. If someone has done many bad things and falls from a wealthy position to selling rice noodle rolls by the roadside, it would indeed be deserved. But I don't know what Zixia did to deserve your schadenfreude. What did she ever do to you? Seeing you act this way, it's as if she once dug up your family's ancestral grave."

Cui Wenwen's face turned dark upon hearing this, as if struck a chord: "A dignified rich young lady ends up hanging out with someone as shabby as you, I find that laughable, what's the problem?"

Lin Fan glanced at Li Zixia, "It's like she really did dig up your family's ancestral grave?"

Li Zixia said, "I didn't. Actually, our relationship has always been quite good. I don't know why she's acting this way."

Lin Fan said, "You can never truly understand someone's heart from their outward appearance. You might have treated her well, but her inferiority complex made her envious of you. Envy twists people, and now that she's gained some success while you're coincidentally down on your luck, she found an opportunity and is naturally venting it out. Truly a poor soul!"

Li Zixia said, "Mm, so I don't want to dispute with her."

Their conversation was heard word for word by Cui Wenwen, who was almost exploding with anger. There was nothing she could do; what they said hit her weaknesses precisely, stepping on her tail with every word.

Cui Wenwen sneered, "Say whatever you want, but it's the poor who'll end up embarrassed! You might as well go back and research how to make rice noodle rolls that taste better. Maybe one day, when this young lady here feels charitable, I'll visit your stall and give you a tip! Of course, if it's not tasty, I will make you pay!"

Lin Fan said, "You're imagining things. Who told you we're going to sell rice noodle rolls by the roadside?"

Cui Wenwen replied disdainfully, "Even if it's not rice noodle rolls, looking at you two, whatever business you can do is nothing but low-level small business like selling rice noodle rolls!"

Lin Fan touched his chin and smiled, "Oh, a hundred-billion-dollar investment is considered a small business, huh? Is it because Miss Cui has eaten too much garlic, or is she actually a trillionaire, to have such big talk?"

What?

Cui Wenwen was stunned. A hundred-billion-dollar investment project, did she hear wrong?