Chapter Three: A Billionaire Who Could Not Buy Water

“The fact that I can pay. But the rules bind me too.” Lin Mo displayed his balance. “Purchases return tenfold to me. Nine parts of every return enter a public revolving pool; one part compensates my risk. Every entry is public.” Tang Li had expected a man who had been poor too long to clutch the treasure. Instead, he was distributing power. One phone could not settle a city. If payment belonged only to Lin Mo, it was a medal chained around his neck. If it became a network, it became an order no thief could carry away. Old Qin joined first, followed by the water engineer. The purification plant needed two drums of disinfectant or it would shut down that day.