With a Richard Mille now on his wrist, Lin Chu still felt a little out of place.
'I've never been one for accessories.' When he first started working, he'd bought a Tissot for over two thousand yuan, partly for the novelty and partly because of his line of work. The novelty wore off after a few days, and he later sold it on a second-hand app when he couldn't make rent.
Lin Chu never paid much mind to sayings like "the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches." In fact, he found them rather contemptible.
Xiangjiang's richest man, Li Bancheng, always wore a Casio to public events, openly proclaiming his simple lifestyle. The reality was... he was the world's biggest Patek Philippe collector.
The convictions of the poor serve the interests of the rich.
And both were incredibly difficult to change.
'But today... isn't it all for show?'
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