Chapter 15

"ah……"

Chao Youqian rolled over on the sofa and wailed, the long strings of numbers from his bank cards and other accounts on his phone irritating his eyes.

He has never had this kind of worry. Why can't he spend all the money?

That's right, after more than ten days of buying houses, warehouses, supplies, renovating cars and remodeling, the total amount left in hands is still several hundred million.

Chao Youqian flipped through the PDF documents of supplies in distress. He bought, bought, and bought more... The storage in City B and City H was enough for the two of them to use until the next life. In addition, in order to cash in more money, they also made preparations in several other super first-tier cities and high-altitude areas. Storage rooms or warehouses in remote areas were bought and filled with supplies.

In order to avoid the underground garage being blocked, the family also has a portable electric scooter. There are several fully fueled and charged scooters parked in the ground parking lots within a few kilometers, which can be used at any time after paying the fee.

What else could we spend money on, something that could still function even after all the current currency was scrapped? Chao You humbly jumped up from the sofa and excitedly said to Lang Xin, "Let's save some gold! We still have too much money. The thought of it becoming worthless makes me sad. But besides buying an RV, the only other option I can think of is buying gold bars."

Lang Xin's attention was half on the TV. Several experts urgently invited by CCTV were explaining that a magnitude 7 volcanic eruption would not cause such serious consequences in the current era. The country's grain and oil reserves were enough to supply the entire nation for at least one year. The developed logistics system and improved rice planting methods would minimize the damage to crops caused by possible abnormal weather.

He smiled when he heard this, and took Chao Youqian to open the safe in this house while the experts' comments and exchanges were over.

After buying the top floor of the building and connecting it with the top floor of the 26th floor, the safe of the same brand and larger size as the one in the apartment in City B was installed in the audio-visual room during the renovation.

The upper layer of the heavy safe is filled with gold bars, and the lower layer contains documents such as the company stock certificates, fund stock accounts, and other documents that the two of them have invested in. Since there is a lot of empty space in the audio-visual room, two emergency backpacks are also placed here.

Chao Youqian felt that the gleam of the gold bars reflected in the light was blinding him. "You actually bought it a long time ago! When did it happen?"

"There's always a lot of stuff to move around during renovations and moves, so I bought this at the time. I have a safe like this back at the villa, where there's more space. I also got a bunch of high-end cigarettes and alcohol to keep, to see if they'll come in handy in the future."

Lang Xin closed the safe again and the password to open it was Chao Youqian's birthday, but his actions were so natural that there was no sense of incongruity at all.

"After all, we have too many assets. If we want to spend them all and make them valuable in the future, the only way to do that is to convert them into real estate. We can't take away too much gold, silver, and other metals, so we can either take some cash and keep it at home, and as usual, invest the rest in fixed-term financial management or savings."

Chao Youqian rubbed his eyes. As an atypical second-generation rich man, he had no objection to this arrangement. Unlike those prodigal sons who squandered their fortunes lavishly, he used to be very frugal with his daily spending. He had a vision that was ahead of his time and kept investing money to make more money. His biggest expense was probably just enjoying delicious food in top restaurants. He was not so extravagant as to spend tens or even hundreds of millions in a few days.

The virus may be in its incubation period, but compared to a magnitude 7 volcanic eruption that occurs only once every few hundred years, neither the public nor the authorities have taken this series of seemingly simple cold and fever cases seriously. Therefore, some expensive and enjoyable activities that involve large gatherings of people, such as skiing and car racing, have been ruled out.

Chao Youqian has prepared enough fun for himself and Lang Xin's stay-at-home plan in the next few months or even years. As long as the battery in an entire room on the 27th floor is fully charged and the solar photovoltaic power generation is sustainable with enough backup panels, the power supply will be absolutely sufficient.

In addition to the audio-visual room, the master and second bedrooms each have large TVs that can be viewed from the bed. A variety of games are downloaded locally, and each controller comes with a collector's edition. From mobile games to console games, there's absolutely everything. The gym also has a large screen, perfect for playing action-packed games like boxing and Just Dance. Two new exercise bikes have also been installed.

I'd already prepared dozens of high-capacity USB flash drives, not to mention movies, novels, and TV shows. During the move, I even ordered a bunch of physical books to cover my limited luggage. The world classics, juxtaposed with the down-to-earth and useful "Friends of Military and Civilian Dual-Use Talent," created a strangely humorous atmosphere.

He still kept in touch with his previous doctor, and since his family was not short of money and he had shares in that private hospital, he quickly resigned, closed his own small private clinic, and went to a sparsely populated foreign country to reunite with his parents who had immigrated long ago.

Lang Xin and Chao Youqian, who heard the news a few days later, were unable to dissuade him. The apocalypse would affect more than just Country Z. Fleeing abroad now was ostensibly about escaping densely populated areas, but in reality, as the chaos of the world unfolded, it would be even more dangerous for a foreigner in a country where personal possession of weapons was permitted. They could only urge him to be careful, to be wary of outsiders, and to get plenty of self-defense gear.

After filling up three large refrigerators and freezers at the supermarket, the couple, who had little cooking experience, realized they didn't need much food each day. Even after not ordering takeout for a few days, the refrigerator was only slightly emptied.

When buying a refrigerator, I focused on its fresh-keeping function. Even after a week of vacuum-packing, there was no change in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator. However, I still need to replace the food with a shorter shelf life in the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer. I also buy some vegetables that don't need to be refrigerated to replace the vegetables I harvested from the balcony.

The perfectly vacuum-packed vegetables and eggs in the fresh-keeping layers of the three refrigerators were packed into a large box, transported to the underground garage with a cart and donated to a charity organization in H City. A wave of fresh food was ordered online and delivered to the home.

As soon as the news of the volcanic eruption came out today, the official authorities promptly refuted the rumor to reduce people's panic. In addition, the elderly people who rushed to buy food usually targeted the affordable vegetable markets and at most crowded the warehouse-style supermarkets. The expensive shopping malls still had sufficient stock of goods, so tens of thousands of orders were successfully placed and the goods were delivered to the shelves at their doorsteps.