OFR – Chapter 240 What is a Super Rich Person (Part 1)

After finishing reading, Mu Bai began to feel a bit drowsy.

In the stillness of the night, he quickly fell asleep while lying on the bed.

The night passed without any events.

At nine o’clock the next morning.

After having breakfast in the luxurious private room of Dejing Hotel, Mu Bai, Nalan Yunshao, Dongfang Jing, and the others headed toward the upcoming Daoke Exchange.

The venue for the Daoke Exchange was the most luxurious and spacious hall in Yue’an City, a high-end venue modeled after Beijing’s Water Cube, with extremely tight security.

Guards were stationed every three steps, and a lookout stood every five.

Everyone entering the Daoke Exchange needed an invitation; anyone without one would be denied entry.

At the Daoke Exchange, it didn’t matter who you were—an influential figure or a member of an elite family.

Unless you could turn the world upside down and directly destroy the Daoke Alliance in Yue’an City, the rules wouldn’t change.

All of this was for safety.

This was also why the Daoke Alliance had grown so large and influential.

They had rules, and they adhered to them.

Even in a chaotic environment, the Daoke Exchange hosted by the Daoke Alliance remained a place of absolute safety.

Not just physical safety—privacy was also meticulously protected.

After the exchange, regardless of what you did there or how extravagantly you spent, all people would know about you was your code name. And even that code name was known only among the participants.

No journalists could attend the exchange, and any rumors of its extravagance in the media would remain baseless and without evidence.

Of course, once the exchange ended, this level of protection would no longer be guaranteed.

At this moment, Mu Bai and his group, led by Kang Yunyun, arrived at the dedicated passageway for VIP guests.

The VIP passage had dedicated hostesses who softly and kindly guided the guests, making them feel very welcome.

“Dear Mr. Leng, Mr. Yun, and Ms. Dongfang, please wait a moment. This year, all VIP guests from China must have their identities verified, as requested by the VIP guests from other countries and regions. We at the Daoke Alliance have no choice but to comply. Our sincere apologies.”

Seeing the nationality listed on their VIP invitations as Chinese, the beautiful hostess immediately showed an apologetic expression.

“Hmm? Verification? They want to examine us?”

Mu Bai, Nalan Yunshao, and Dongfang Jing frowned upon hearing this. A faint chill appeared in their expressions.

After all, it was rare for anyone or any organization to scrutinize them with such a condescending attitude.

“My apologies, ladies and gentlemen. I am only following instructions from the higher-ups of the Daoke Alliance. I do not know the specific reasons, but I heard that one of the Chinese VIP guests this time brought along a journalist intending to report on the exchange’s internal affairs. In response to this and the joint request from other international VIP guests, we had to take such measures to ensure everyone’s privacy and safety.”

Sensing the icy, irritated looks of the VIP guests before her, the hostess quickly apologized with great respect.

“Hmm? You ‘heard’? And based on mere rumors, you subject us to this arrogant verification?” Mu Bai frowned even more.

“Apologies, sir. These are orders from the higher-ups, which we cannot disobey.”

The hostess remained respectful but helpless. She knew that any VIP guest who could afford a 15-million-dollar gold chip would be extremely displeased by such a baseless investigation.

Even she couldn’t understand why the higher-ups had made such a foolish decision.

Fortunately, the procedure wasn’t too excessive. Since Mu Bai and the others were here to purchase rare items, despite their displeasure, they suppressed their dissatisfaction amid the hostess’s continuous apologies.

They handed over their invitations to the hostess and allowed the security personnel nearby to check that they weren’t carrying any professional recording equipment.

Even their phone cameras were temporarily covered with a blocking device.

After a few minutes, once everything was in order, the hostess returned the phones and invitations to Mu Bai and the others, repeatedly apologizing. “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your cooperation. We are truly grateful. You may now enter.”

Under the hostess’s endless apologies, Mu Bai and his group chuckled coldly twice and then, with icy expressions and without saying another word, stepped into the venue.

Their previously pleasant mood had soured slightly.

Once inside, they saw that quite a few people were already seated in the venue.

The hall had about seven to eight thousand people, not counting the 100 VIP rooms on the second floor.

Every attendee had to purchase at least $50,000 worth of chips to enter, meaning nearly everyone here was worth millions.

Outside, any of them could be called wealthy.

But here, most of them were just ordinary participants.

Only those in the 100 VIP rooms on the second floor could barely be considered a cut above the rest.

But as Mu Bai, Nalan Yunshao, and Dongfang Jing entered, they noticed something interesting.

All the VIP guests from other countries and regions in the second-floor rooms turned their gazes towards them.

And those gazes were mixed with a hint of caution, even a trace of obvious scrutiny.

Not only were they scrutinizing the three of them, but they were also observing the other seven Chinese VIP guests.

This made their group frown once more, their expressions turning even colder.

Mu Bai and the others could understand the desire for privacy and the Daoke Alliance’s need to ensure no journalists were present.

But everything had a limit.

And now, that limit had been crossed.

Truly crossed.

Even after passing the security check to enter, they were still subjected to these baseless suspicions, doubts, and scrutiny!

Their limited patience was wearing thin.

Just as the ten Chinese VIP guests’ expressions all turned icy, a host standing on the stage suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly jogged over.

But the host’s actions upon approaching completely infuriated the ten Chinese VIP guests.

Mu Bai, Nalan Yunshao, Dongfang Jing, the Vice Chairman of the Liang Group, and others—all their gazes turned ice-cold in an instant.