I practiced my spirituality alone in Hong Kong.

Fu Zongze shook his head and handed Li Chang'an a black and gold business card.

"You're really interesting. There aren't many young people as interesting as you these days."

This is my contact information. I'll ask you to go for a drive sometime when I have time. It's getting late, I should head back now.

"Xiao Lan, I want to talk to you alone for a couple of minutes."

After Li Chang'an avoided the question, Fu Zongze said to Wen Zhilan:

"Actually, I just wanted to scare Anzai, but he was completely unfazed and didn't take the bait at all. It was really boring."

Wen Zhilan covered her mouth in surprise, "Uncle Fu, you're not telling my dad!"

"Who said I didn't tell Lao Wen? I always abide by the bookmaker's bet and contract. I will definitely tell Lao Wen about you sneaking off to Kowloon with Anzai tonight."

But you have good taste. Anzai made me have a great time tonight, so I won't tell Lao Wen anytime soon. We'll talk about it later~"

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhilan felt both relieved and speechless.

Uncle Fu is indeed a master bookmaker; his wordplay is so sophisticated, he always comes out on top no matter what.

Fu Zongze continued:

"I won't interfere with the two of you tonight, but Xiaolan, you need to know your place. Don't go to a hotel with Anzai, understand?"

If your boyfriend tries to coax you into giving in, remember to use protection. If you two end up with someone pregnant, Old Wen won't let me off the hook...

Before Wen Zhilan could even breathe a sigh of relief, her face was too embarrassed to lift up because of his next words.

"Uncle Fu! Please don't talk nonsense! Li Chang'an is really just my friend!"

Besides, besides, he definitely wouldn't beg and plead with me to do...that kind of bad thing!

Fu Zongze yawned. "Whether it is or not, you know it in your heart."

"By the way, please pass on a message to Anzai: I look forward to his performance in the Hong Kong Motorcycle Race."

Fu Zongze waved to Wen Zhilan and got into the car with the driver's escort.

Snapped--

A cigar was lit, and the rising smoke slowly spread throughout the car.

Fu Zongze's composed eyes pierced through the smoke of his cigar as he stared at the dice cup that Li Chang'an had just handed to him.

After a long silence, he did not open the dice cup to see the numbers inside.

Instead, he rolled down the car window.

As the salty, damp sea air from Kowloon Bay blew into the car through the window, he tossed the dice cup into the sea outside.

Although the probability of Li Chang'an drawing the "One of a Kind" is negligible, Fu Zongze felt it was unlucky if he couldn't control the outcome.

Therefore, this unlucky dice cup should not be kept; let it sink into the sea with its forever unknown number.

……

……

After Fu Zongze left, Li Chang'an rode a mountain bike to take Wen Zhilan back to Hong Kong Island.

On the way, Li Chang'an learned about Fu Zongze's identity from Wen Zhilan.

It turns out that he is the head of the famous Fu Group in Macau, and is known as one of the four major families in Hong Kong and Macau, along with the Gao family of Gao Kening, the He family of He Dong, and the Luo family of Luo Wenjin.

Connecting this to the news that Brother Lu had previously mentioned—that a wealthy French investor was going to invest in Hong Kong—Li Chang'an quickly received an answer.

"Mr. Fu came to Hong Kong because of that French tycoon? But isn't his family's influence in Macau?"

After a moment of contemplation, Wen Zhilan whispered some of the Fu family's secrets.

"Because the Fu family has been marginalized in Macau, Uncle Fu had no choice but to come to Hong Kong to seek opportunities in order to survive the family's crisis."

About twenty years ago, after Mr. Fu Laorong, Uncle Fu's grandfather, passed away, the Fu family fell into a period of leaderlessness.

The then Governor of Macau, Marques, wanted to take this opportunity to balance the power of Chinese families in Macau and break the Fu family's monopoly on the gambling industry.

"After the casino franchise was taken away, the entire Fu family was furious. They not only offered a bounty for the assassination of the new gambling king, but also shut down all hotels and shipping companies in Macau, prohibiting them from receiving any gamblers. They even dispatched gangsters to besiege the newly opened casino. It is said that they even had hand grenades at that time..."

"However, the Governor of Macau ultimately stood against the Fu family, and the Fu family's counterattack was quickly extinguished. From then on, the Fu family's influence in Macau began to decline."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an understood the meaning of the saying, "There is always a higher mountain than the one above."

To most people, the Fu family is already a behemoth.

However, even such wealthy Chinese families were nothing more than pawns on a chessboard that could be arranged and balanced at will in front of the Governor of Macau.

If I make you prosper, you will prosper; if I make you decline, you will decline.

If the power to decide the future is not in your own hands, it is ultimately just a fleeting dream.

Wen Zhilan continued:

"As for why Uncle Fu attaches so much importance to that French investor."

Li Chang'an, if you watch the news, you should know that the pace of economic integration within the European Community has been accelerating in the past two years, and the integration of the whole of Europe is an unstoppable trend.

In the future, if Europe unites, it will surely become a giant that cannot be ignored in the world.

That French tycoon is likely there to investigate Hong Kong on a mission from the future EU.

Uncle Fu's visit to Hong Kong this time is probably also to take advantage of this great opportunity, seize the chance of Hong Kong's rapid development, and seize the opportunity to shift the family's strategic focus to Hong Kong.

"Besides Uncle Fu, I'm afraid that more heads of conglomerates and prominent families from various countries will come to Hong Kong in the future to seize this opportunity, and it won't just be limited to Hong Kong..."

My father told me, "And there's Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea... The opportunity for us to take off and thrive on the world stage in the next ten years lies in these four regions of Asia!"

"How about it, Li Chang'an? After hearing about the current state of affairs, are you feeling excited?"

It just so happens that Uncle Fu also admires you. If you'd like, I can sponsor you together with Uncle Fu.

With your abilities and the support of the times, I believe you will soon achieve great things.

Otherwise, staying in the martial arts world as a junior martial arts instructor would be a waste of his talents.

The allure of a promising future and grand ambitions is something few men could resist, Wen Zhilan believes.

Wen Zhilan smiled as she looked at the boy riding the bicycle in front of her, trying to see excitement on his face.

At the same time, he also harbored a little selfishness of his own.

After meeting Uncle Fu tonight, she wanted Li Chang'an to gain the approval of those around him.

But when she looked at Li Chang'an, she found his expression to be unexpectedly calm.

The boy looked up at the moonlight on the horizon, and it seemed that the future trends of the world, the grand scene of dragons and snakes gathering, were not as moving as the bright moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival before him.

"Thank you for your kindness, class monitor."

"However, I'm used to a leisurely life and I'm not some kind of business genius, so building a career isn't for me."

Moreover, whether it's a convergence of powerful figures in this era or a golden age for the next decade, it doesn't matter.

After the mysterious narrator appeared in his life, Li Chang'an already had the answer to how he should live his life.

He quietly cultivates himself, content to simply observe the changing winds and the fierce battles.