Considering that the overland situation along the route through Iraq was unstable, after dealing with Mr. Dan, the group unanimously decided to cross the Arabian Sea from Karachi and enter the United Arab Emirates.
Even though it was 1987, thanks to the oil economy, the cities here were already among the wealthiest in the world. So, after putting their heads together, Yang Yun and Joseph figured that since they had traveled such a long way and faced so many dangers, they deserved to enjoy themselves a little.
With a grand wave of their hands, the two bought a Rolls-Royce right there at a local dealership for a cool 6.4 million US dollars. In future times, a price like that might be affordable for a moderately successful wealthy merchant, but this was 1987. Its purchasing power was equivalent to multiple courtyard houses in the imperial capital, easily amounting to hundreds of millions of yuan. This explained why, upon hearing about the 10 billion US dollars, Stand Users worldwide went crazy for it; it was comparable to the decades-long economy of some smaller nations—truly wealth that could rival a country. Yet, buying a car at this price was something only top global tycoons like Yang Yun and Joseph could do with such nonchalance.
Chapter 92