After divorcing my celebrity wife, I became the world's richest person

Zhou Shengtao patted Chen Yu on the shoulder and directly took out a sign from his body and placed it in his hand.

"Little Chen, could I possibly forget about you with such a good opportunity? I've already prepared it for you. Just take this sign with you tomorrow at 10 a.m. to the specified location for the legal auction, and not only these buildings but other assets will be on sale as well. If you're interested, you might even buy them all together," he said.

Chen Yu immediately became excited. If he followed the normal procedures, one building would cost him over ten billion yuan, but through the legal auction process, he might get it for several billion yuan.

"Thank you, Officer Zhou. Why don't we go to the shop and have something to eat? I'll treat everyone today!" Chen Yu suggested.

Zhou Shengtao waved his hand, "I've got some matters to attend to. You have no idea, these past few days Wu Zhonghe has mobilized all of Suzhou City's underground forces, causing us a lot of chaos."

After a few more words, Zhou Shengtao hurriedly left with the others.

Chen Yu took a moment to steady his breathing and tried his best to suppress his joy before he began to calculate his current assets.

The revenue from his shop had basically fixed the major profits, mostly coming from the factory, and the recent orders from the West and domestically combined were worth several billion yuan in profit. He could fully mobilize these funds.

Adding on the several billion yuan in savings he already had, it should be enough to buy the ownership of these buildings.

Thinking of this added a bit more excitement in Chen Yu's heart, but he didn't linger there and hurried back to his shop.

He had not paid enough attention to his shop recently, and it was time to make amends.

Chen Yu, who had personally experienced the situation for the day, found that the scale of his shop was indeed insufficient.

Even at 8 p.m. when the shop was supposed to close, it was still full of people, and even delivery boys were queuing at the door.

Having no choice, Chen Yu had to continue operating the business, which went on until 2 a.m. before it finally ended.

If it continued like this, he feared he might have to create a special midnight menu.

The next morning at nine o'clock, Chen Yu dragged his tired body to the auction.

When he arrived, he saw the place was already crowded. It seemed everyone wanted to look for a bargain since the assets sold at the legal auction were about half the price of those on the market.

Chen Yu didn't care about that and just found a place to sit.

After all, he had received the auction identity card beforehand, which saved him a lot of trouble.

While he was waiting for the auction to start, a familiar voice suddenly appeared behind him.

"Son-in-law, you're here too!" someone called out.

Chen Yu turned around to see Tong Ming walking in through a side door with several bodyguards.

"Dad!" Chen Yu quickly stood up as he hadn't seen Tong Ming for a while.

Tong Ming didn't say much but just patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, then sat down next to him.

"It's rare to encounter an auction on this scale, and Wu Zhonghe used to be quite an influential figure in Suzhou City," Tong Ming commented.

"The assets he controls are considerable in scale. If someone could acquire all of his assets, they could definitely become the richest person in Suzhou City!"

Before coming to the auction, Chen Yu had already thoroughly investigated all of Wu Zhonghe's assets and found that this man had a lot of illegal assets, both openly and in secret.

Although Wu didn't rank as the wealthiest in Suzhou City on the surface, if all his assets were combined, they could even make it onto the Forbes list.

"Dad, it looks like you're set on acquiring Wu Zhonghe's assets," Chen Yu surmised.

Tong Ming gestured dismissively, "It's not so much about desire as it is about competition. Many in Suzhou City are eyeing his assets, and I believe this auction will be extremely fierce," he said.

Chen Yu nodded in agreement, knowing well that with such a bargain at stake, anyone with a bit of sense would want a piece of the pie. Moreover, today's crowd included not only Suzhou City's wealthy but also top families from other cities.

If these individuals bid recklessly, the final auction price could end up being higher than the original value of the assets.

Chen Yu exhaled a deep breath and was about to have the system analyze the asset status of all the attendees when Tong Ming suddenly handed him a detailed list of assets.

"If I'm not mistaken, your target this time is those buildings across from your shop, right?" Tong Ming asked.

Chen Yu didn't say much but nodded. After all, Tong Ming was the man who had singlehandedly built up the Tong Group, and his business acumen and thinking were far beyond the average person's. A brief analysis was enough for him to know about Chen Yu's intentions.

"I thought that opening the factory would allow the restaurant to maintain the status quo, but it's become even more popular, and many out-of-towners and internet celebrities come just to check in and tour. There are simply no accommodations nearby my place..." Chen Yu began.

"I get it!" Tong Ming laughed heartily. "When I first started doing business, there were many things I didn't anticipate, and it's always been a matter of taking it one step at a time. Moreover, your business already has its own model, some things will still depend on you, and with me backing you up, what do you have to fear?"

Chen Yu felt very reassured, chuckled, and said no more, simply waiting quietly for the auction to begin.

Just then, a female host dressed exquisitely slowly walked up to the podium, and as her gavel fell upon the table, the venue instantly quieted down.

"Thank you all for attending the auction. I won't go into extraneous details. Our first asset up for auction is the Wu Family's amusement park in the eastern suburbs of Suzhou City. Interested bidders may start bidding now," she announced.

As her voice fell, a starting price appeared on the big screen beside her.

Chen Yu had no real interest in the amusement park, moreover, its location was too remote to be of any practical use, even if he acquired it.

Still, there were many bidders who started bidding, and not long after, the amusement park was sold for eight billion yuan.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

To be honest, this price was already quite low. Constructing a similar amusement park would cost at least 24 billion yuan.

The excitement in the room reached a climax, with everyone eagerly anticipating the next auctioned asset.

At that moment, Tong Ming suddenly stood up and raised his bid card.

It was a piece of undeveloped land littered with construction debris and located away from the city center, which in many people's eyes was practically a wasteland.

But to Tong Ming, this plot was near one of his industrial development zones, and acquiring it could increase its value at least tenfold.

Therefore, no one contested Tong Ming, and he snapped up the land for the minimum price possible.