The Tyrant Billionaire-Chapter 664 Andy Spring

Then came Japan.

In Japan, Hardy collaborated with American financial groups to gain control over most of Japan’s economy. Japan had now become an economic puppet of the United States, allowing America to exploit its resources at will.

Constant exploitation. And in all of this,

Hardy was the mastermind. Beyond profiting, he also forged closer ties with several major American financial groups. These relationships made Hardy’s ventures in the United States infinitely easier.

Even if he were to open public restrooms, they would become wildly profitable.

To illustrate the power of Hardy’s network: in the lottery industry, the first U.S. state to legalize lotteries was Nevada, and it was operated by Hardy’s group. Your adventure continues at novelbuddy

Expanding to other states required lobbying state by state. During the Cayman launch, Hardy gathered financial groups from various states, discussed the lottery industry, and proposed joint operations.

The leaders immediately agreed.

In recent months, legislators in more than thirty U.S. states had proposed lifting lottery bans. With these families working behind the scenes, it was only a matter of time before the bans were lifted.

Once the bans were lifted, Hardy’s group would inevitably become a key partner. With its extensive experience in lottery operations, it would likely secure a major role. From this business alone, Hardy’s group stood to earn enormous profits.

And for Hardy, it was all just a matter of a few words.

This was the power of Hardy’s network.

Now, Hardy had acquired Penang and Malacca. Though they had been wilderness in the past, with Hardy’s involvement, they were destined to rise.

Becoming the next Hong Kong was no question.

Andy stayed for two days. Hardy shared his plans with him.

In the future, Malacca and Penang would focus on several areas:

They would become one of the Eastern financial hubs, establishing multiple banks, reducing financial taxes, and aligning with Cayman to develop into one of Asia’s financial centers.

As for industries, they would include port logistics, precision machinery processing, electronics manufacturing, gemstone cutting, tobacco, and rubber industries.

All of these would synergize with Hardy’s group.

The recent events in Johor had been particularly sensational, drawing Andy’s attention. Initially, Andy thought Hardy was focused solely on his businesses. Later, he wondered if there were political motives. Finally, he realized it was entirely about the development of Penang and Malacca.

Killing a Sultan, gathering most of the Malay capital, businessmen, and integrating all of Malay financial power into one group to launch the Malay Hardy Group, relying entirely on Malayan businessmen’s money.

In all of this, not only did Hardy create another branch of his group in Malay without spending a huge amount of money, but he also directly profited by hundreds of millions of dollars. These are only the short-term benefits, which aren’t comparable to the long-term ones. Not only will these businessmen develop Malacca and Penang for him from their own pockets, but they will also provide more cooperation opportunities with other companies in the Hardy Group.

Andy already thought Hardy was extraordinarily capable. But yesterday, he realized he had still underestimated Hardy’s cunning.

Hardy had purchased half of Johor—9,000 square kilometers of land, including all towns, assets, and population.

This completely stunned Andy.

The transaction had effectively quadrupled the territory of Penang and Malacca.

Andy silently applauded Hardy.

Lying on a beach chair, Andy gazed at Penang’s azure beach, where sailboats dotted the distant waters. A group of young women, walked along the shore. One of them, hearing something amusing, burst into carefree laughter.

The sound of her laughter caught Andy’s attention.

He looked at her just as she turned to glance at him. For a moment, their eyes met.

Both paused for a few seconds.

The girl turned back, continuing her conversation with her companions as they walked past Andy.

For some reason, at that moment, when their eyes met, Andy felt that her smile was incredibly beautiful. In that instant, his heart, once deeply scarred by love, stirred once again.

Unconsciously, Andy’s gaze followed the girl’s silhouette as she walked away.

Andy didn’t know the girl’s last name or first name. As for her beauty, he had seen countless actresses and was not a shallow person.

What caused his heart to flutter for just a moment was her radiant smile, and her lively laughter. That smile, that laughter—it was pure, without any impurities.

Since his heart was scarred, Andy had been left with a permanent wound, making him lose faith in love and leaving him vulnerable. Even the stunning beauties of Hollywood couldn’t penetrate his heart.

But today, the rusty strings of his heart were plucked once again by that girl’s smile.

As the girl walked away, he didn’t move but simply followed her with his gaze until she disappeared from view. Once she was entirely out of sight, Andy slowly lay back down.

Facing presidents, congressmen, high-ranking officials, British prime ministers, princesses, international financial tycoons, and business magnates, he always spoke with confidence and ease.

But just now, he didn’t have the courage to strike up a conversation.

He knew deep down, he hadn’t moved on from his past wounds. His heart still resisted love, afraid of being hurt again.

In fact, if he wanted, with just a wave of his hand, his guards in the distance would have come over, and he could have easily found out information about the girl.

But he didn’t do that either.

Instead, he lay down and stared at the sunset, lost in thought.

Under the sunset, a rainbow-colored cloud appeared on the horizon, which he found rather intriguing.

When Andy returned to Hardy’s temporary governor’s residence—since the official residence was still under construction—he saw Hardy playing in the yard with his little puppy, ’Ekko.’

"Ekko, come here," Andy smiled as he extended his hands.

The little one was cooperative, shifting from Hardy’s arms to Andy’s embrace. Andy threw the little puppy into the sky before catching him again.

Andy did have a dog of his own, but it had grown up a long time ago, and he could no longer throw it into the sky like this one.

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AN:Andy is finally about to get a wife. Totally forgot who asked for Andy to have a wife—hope you’re still with us!

(Today, there is only one chapter. The second one is taking some time because I’m at a crossroads and not sure how to proceed. Let me think about it tonight, and tomorrow you’ll get three.)

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