"What great invention is it this time?" Hearing the words of the classmate who was acting as the sentry, everyone immediately surrounded him. Ling Yi whispered, "What kind of invention is it? Is it a daily use necessity or is it a weapon?"
"I, too, do not know." The sentry classmate shrugged his shoulders. "Sister Blood Consort seems to be wearing it. Don't ask, she'll be here soon."
Du Xinzhen glanced at Liam, who was reading and tipping novels beside him, and asked sneakily, "Hey, what do you guys think, is Sister Blood Consort here for Big Bro Liam? After a small calculation using my fingers, except for Big Bro Liam, there is no one else worthy for Sister Blood Consort to come to school."
"That's possible!" Everyone nodded their heads. Ling Yi then continued, "Everyone, return to your seats! Quick!"
Everyone in the class immediately rushed back to their seats orderly, not even causing a hint of noise while doing so.
Soon, the classroom door was slowly pushed open, and Sister Blood Consort, who had her blue hair tied into two ponytails, entered the classroom expressionless. She merely looked around and quickly found Liam's seat, and then proceeded to walk over with still no expression on her face.
At this time, Liam was at the crucial moments of the story and was fully concentrated on it, causing him to be unaware of the happenings in his surrounding. He was having fun and giving it his all in tipping the novels. At this time, Kim Jisoo walked to Liam's side, slightly bent down, and stretched out her fingers to poke his shoulders.
"Don't make trouble, I'm currently reading my novels. If there is something, wait till I finish this." Liam did not bother about her and adjusted his seating position before continuing to read.
The eyeballs of the surrounding classmates nearly dropped to the ground due to shock and fear.
They clearly understood the consequences of ignoring Sister Blood Consort. There was a couple who had blocked Sister Blood Consort's path on the campus and delayed her from going home. After Sister Blood Consort tapped on them to no avail... the couple had to lie in the hospital for half a month. It was so miserable for them.
Although many students were talking about her exaggeratingly, it was clear that Sister Blood Consort was deeply imprinted in the students' hearts.
To everyone's surprise, Sister Blood Consort did not flare up this time, but only poked Liam harder.
"What do you want..." Liam turned his head and was ready to viciously swear, but was stunned instantly.
Not only was he stunned, but the rest of the class were also too.
To put it coincidentally, Liam's body was thin and weak, and his height was above average about one meter and seventy-five and Sister Blood Consort was small and petite about one meter and sixty-four. Thus, after Liam turned his head around, his lips were met with Sister Blood Consort's lips!
"Oh my god!" Everyone was stunned, with a hint of fear. One could hear the sound of chins falling to the ground from those around.
The whole classroom became silent at that moment. After a short daze, everyone sat in the most upright position and held their textbooks in their hands. Only their ears remained as long as a rabbit, waiting to hear what would happen next.
After kissing Kim Jisoo on the lips, Liam calmly leaned his head back and kept a distance from Kim Jisoo. "Are you looking for me?"
Everyone around had their hearts shattered.
Ling Yi: "Oh my god, Big Bro Liam is definitely an immortal that has descended from the heavens! He kissed Sister Blood Consort, and yet that's all he says? That's Sister Blood Consort we're talking about!"
Du Xinzhen: "I knew at the back of my hands... heck, how could I have ever foreseen this!"
Lang Hao: "Although I don't look up to Big Bro Liam's squandering behavior, heck, I will definitely kneel in front of him for what he has managed to do today! Is his heart made out of iron?"
Somi: "That's it? If he continues like that, Young Master Liam will be single forever!"
Liam, the protagonist of the incident, thought: That freaking scared me to death. This is Sister Blood Consort we're talking about, the tech geek with an IQ over 180. She was kissed by me just like that. On top of that, I couldn't have any other reaction. Otherwise, there is really no way to guarantee that she will not kill me! I hope I can get away with it. Please, please, God bless me. Amen...
It seemed as if Liam's prayers were heard. Sister Blood Consort, Kim Jisoo, maintained her position without any special reaction, and just faintly replied, "I shall return these to you. In my name, within the agreed time." She stretched out her snowy little hand and put a parcel in Liam's hands, before saying, "The mission is completed. Goodbye."
After saying that, she turned around and was ready to leave. Liam, who took over the parcel, examined it carefully before asking, "What is this?"
Kim Jisoo stopped. "Virtual Reality Projection technology."
"Oh, I seem to have recalled. After I bought this technology that seemed cool the previous time, I lent it to you." Currently, Liam's fear was completely overtaken by curiosity, and both his eyes were shining with golden light. "Oh yea, Jisoo, aren't you a technology geek? Can you let me in your research room when you're free? I'm very curious about what's inside. If I could have a share in it, that would be better. I will pay! If you want space for your experiments, that's fine by me too. I have several hills!"
Kim Jisoo was not interested in most things, but as a technology geek, it was always a good thing to have a bigger research room. Kim Jisoo did not have human feelings, but that did not mean she was stupid. So, after listening to Liam's words, Kim Jisoo turned around, looked at Liam, and nodded lightly before saying, "Ok." Considered as a confirmation.
After saying this, Kim Jisoo pondered for a while. She then took out a small thumb drive-like device from her pocket with a small button on it, and handed it to Liam, saying: "Emergency device. Press this, and I will arrive within fifteen minutes."
"So good!" Liam's eyes widened. "Is it true that if I shout, 'Give me strength, my lord,' then you will be here instantly?!"
After thinking for a while, Kim Jisoo nodded. "Basically, that's how it works."
Ah! With this, wouldn't I become a formidable existence in the school too! A technology geek with an IQ over 180! Answering my calls anytime and anywhere! Wahahaha! After today, this young master here can do whatever he wants on the campus without caring about anything anymore!
Liam decided to satisfy the curiosity in his heart in one go, as he was afraid that he couldn't sleep at night. "Oh, and about that, Jisoo ah, can you show me the thing that's on your neck? Is it a sacred accessory? Exoskeleton armor?" Liam pointed to the metal plate on both sides of Jisoo's neck and asked. There were a small strip and a small slit on the metal plate. Liam was quite sure that this thing was definitely not a simple metal plate.
Only, Liami did not feel as if he were playing with fire.
The hearts of the surrounding students all rose to their throats.
"Okay." Kim Jisoo replied in a monotonous tone. "In my name."
As soon as she finished speaking, a sharp series of mechanical movements could be heard on her whole right arm. She then slowly raised her right hand, with her five fingers spread apart, and directed her palms toward the wall behind Hong Dali's body—at this point, her originally white and tender right hand was completely covered by steel, with a strange ring held in the palm of her hand.
"In my name, target confirmed, Miga particle cannon, fire."
After her voice sounded, the ring in the center of the palm suddenly turned glaringly bright, and then a laser with the thickness of a thumb came out directly. With a bang sound, a hole could be seen in the wall! The hole was about one centimeter deep, and smoke was still fuming out.
"I'm leaving." Putting away the exoskeleton armor on her right arm, Kim Jisoo left without turning back and soon disappeared from everyone's view.
Silence, a strange silence engulfed the entire classroom.
After five seconds, all the classmates in the class suddenly erupted in excitement! Everyone jumped over their table and surrounded Liam before shouting: "Hey brother, I will kneel down to you, but can you tell me how you did it?!"
"Yes, yes, that's Sister Blood Consort we're talking about, the one devoid of human feelings! You actually kissed her!"
"Big Bro Liam, faster, tell us, what emotions did you have at that time? Was there any excitement? What did it feel like?"
"Yeah, that's Sister Blood Consort's lips we're talking about, it looks so attractive. It must have felt good to kiss her!"
At this time, Liam still kept his eyes wide open and continued drooling. His two eyes appeared to be shining stars, and he kept muttering, "It's so cool, it's so cool! Wow, hahaha! Iron Man. That was really Iron Man!"
Although the exoskeleton armor on Sister Blood Consort's right arm was not as cool as the "Iron Man," and the ability and material of the armor were also worse by a large margin, it could, in fact, already be considered very high-end—after all, "Iron Man" was just a movie.
"Squander!" Liam suddenly laughed happily. "When I have the money in the future, I must squander! Technology! High-tech things! Squandering on high-end technology is the best way to squander, hahaha!"
"Young Master Liam?" Somi stretched out her small hand and touched Hong's forehead. "Young Master Liam? Young Master Liam? Wake up!"
"Ah?" Feeling the temperature of Somi's small hand, Liam stood there stunned for a moment, before suddenly reacting and looking at the students around with a strange face. "What's the situation? Why are you guys surrounding me?"
Ling Yi was the first to rush up and ask in a hurry, "Big Bro Liam, how was the feeling when you kissed Sister Blood Consort just now?"
"I didn't feel much." Liam recalled. "It was cool. En, there was also a little sweet scent..."
"Big Bro Liam, I will kneel to you." Du Xinzhen came forward. "This little bro here dare not ask Big Bro Liam to teach the secret techniques, I only hope that Big Bro Liam can teach me how to make girls happy and chase after them! To this day, I'm still single! Every time I chase a girl, it always fails!"
"Oh..." Liam looked at his youthful face which was covered in acne, before finally saying a sentence: "I think you should just use money. This is a relatively more reliable method to chase girls..."
Then, Du Xinzhen became extremely depressed and squatted at the corner of the classroom drawing circles...
"Ok, everything is settled. Please disperse now." Liam took out his mobile phone again. "It was just an accidental kiss with Kim Jisoo. What's there to fuss about? And looking at your reactions is sufficient to prove that you're all frogs in a well."
Although he said so from his mouth, he was already happy in his heart. Keke, speaking of which, Jisoo's mouth is quite sweet...
Time flew by quickly, and it was time for the much-anticipated lunchtime.
Liam swaggered out of the classroom's door. The students who saw him, even those far away, all said with a respectful voice from their heart: "Hello, Big Brother Bird!" "Look, it's 'Big Bird, Not Lazy'! Aiya, once I think about the huge size of his bird, my heart starts to beat faster!"
Completely ignoring the discussions of the students around him, Liam smugly hummed a few songs. "Oh! It's exactly this feeling, so reinvigorating!" He then walked out of the school towards his car.
After walking a short distance, a slender figure in front of him suddenly attracted his attention. "Chewy? Why are you here? Didn't you go to eat?" During lunchtime in school, Tzuyu usually ate with the girls from her class and was not always with Liam. It was just that today's Tzuyu seemed to be under emotional turmoil and had a lot of thoughts in her head, standing there anxiously.
"You're finally out." At the sight of Liam, Tzuyu suddenly rushed up, pulled Liam's hand and hurriedly said, "Come with me, I have something to ask you for help!"
"Hey, hey, walk slowly, walk slowly!" Liam's body was almost pulled along by her and hurriedly said, "What are you so anxious for? It will not make much difference if we were to reach a little slower, hurry up and slow down." Speaking up to here, Liam did not forget to say, "There are five words floating in the sky. That's not a problem. It will be annoying for a while, but it will be solved in a while 1 !"
"How can you have the mood to sing now!" Tzuyu couldn't wait to pinch Liam to death. "Something happened to my family." But after thinking about it, what Liam said had some truth to it, although was definitely not "It will be annoying for a while, but it will be solved in a while!". Being in a hurry could not in any way improve the situation. Thus, she immediately slowed down and said, "We will board the car before I explain what happened."
"Okay." Anyways, there was nothing much to do at noon, and thus, Liam was indifferent. "First, let's look for a quiet place to eat before you tell me what has happened."
Soon after, they went out of school, got on the bus, and managed to find a hotel with a relatively nice environment. After entering a private room, the nine lackeys took turns to act as sentries in triplets. It could be said that even flies were unable to sneak into the room. Tzuyu lowered her voice and said, "My family has met with trouble. When I went home last night, my father had bloodshot eyes. He has a healthy body and never stays up late. Having bloodshot eyes only shows that he has really met with trouble, and it's definitely a big one. It's just that, no matter how much I asked him, he would not reply on the issue, ai."
"En, your guess should be right." When Liam had just transmigrated, he had met Chou Ruisi. He was quite a gentleman, was gentle, and had maintained his body well. Such a person would not stay up late. But now that he had bloodshot eyes, there should only one reason. That was, he had encountered big trouble, leading to insomnia. Liam thought about it and asked, "So what do you think? What kind of trouble do you think Uncle Tang has met?"
Tzuyu supported her chin with her hand and said, "It's definitely not a question of development funds. Last time Uncle Manoban had lent more than two billion to my family. It should be enough for some time—it's impossible to spend so much in such a short period."
"Then, is anything hindering Uncle Chou's company development progress?" Liam asked.
"I don't think that's the reason, either." Tzuyu analyzed. "There would not be many problems in the early phase for scientific research projects. As long as there is progress, it should be fine. However, apart from these two aspects, I can't find any other problems."
"Unless it's a relationship problem between Uncle and Aunt Chou?" Liam asked carefully.
"Definitely not!" Tzuyu's stomped on Liam's foot viciously, and the pitiful Liam could only clench his teeth in pain. Tzuyu continued, "My father's and mother's feelings have always been good, how can their relationship be the problem, you crow mouth!"
Liam struggled and said, "If his relationship is not the problem, money is not the problem, the progress of the company is not the problem, what is there to be frustrated about? It's not like he has met with an opponent that wants to have a death duel with him..."
"Duel... duel?" Tzuyu repeatedly muttered before her eyes suddenly lit up. She excitedly kissed Liam's cheek and blushed. "Yes, I finally found out. It must be commercial competition!"
After kissing Liam, Tzuyu's face turned cherry red. Liam, on the other hand, did not have much of a reaction and continued analyzing, "En, the possibility of this is quite big. Otherwise, if it were any other problem, Uncle Tang would not behave as such."
"You big fool!" This time, Tzuyu redness was caused by her anger that took over. She raised her foot and slammed it on Liam's foot. "You should just continue to be a bachelor for the rest of your life!" He's just too mean. After getting a free kiss from me, he didn't even show any reaction. No matter good or bad, he should at least give a reaction! Do you really just know how to squander?! Why was I so impulsive just now, kissing this blockhead? But if I remember correctly, according to news spreading around the campus, Hong Dali was also kissed by Sister Blood Consort earlier and did not have any reaction as well...
"Ah! Ah!" Liam hugged his foot and started rubbing it intensely. "Why did you have to step on me!" However, his heart was thinking bitterly about his future. Although my dear Chewy is my fiance currently, she will leave and divorce me in the future. Why would she kiss me and even be angry that I did not show any reaction? Should I just have continued on and brought her to bed? But that would just cause her to slap me. Looking at each other with deep emotions? If I were to do that, my eyeballs might even drop out. I could only switch the topic of our conversation, why would she be angry with that?! I really can't understand what women are thinking!
"I will be angered to the death sooner or later by you!" Tzuyu turned her head while huffing and puffing in anger. After a few seconds, she turned and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." She took out a piece of facial tissue and put it on the table, saying, "This is my father's company." And then she proceeded to take out another brand of facial tissue, putting it on the table. "Assume that this is the company of my father's competitor."
By now, she had managed to figure everything out. She then continued, "To cause my father to be so frustrated, it must have been because of the development progress, because my father company's medicine should be selling well. And even if the sales are not as good as that of the competitor's, it would not have caused my dad to be frustrated to such an extent." Tzuyu then pointed towards the facial tissue that represented the competitor. "So, the biggest possibility is that my dad's company and the competitor's company are currently developing the same drug, and their progress is of the same pace, or perhaps my dad's company is slower than the competitor's. In short," Tzuyu decided. "he's facing a great deal of pressure!"
"En, I think that should roughly be the situation." Liam nodded his head in agreement and said, "Except for this, I can't think of anything else that would cause Uncle Chou to be so frustrated. Furthermore, the reason why you and your father came to our house was probably due to this too, right?"
Tzuyu's face turned red in embarrassment, and she replied with a voice like that of a mosquito, "Ye... Yes..."
"There is no need to be embarrassed. Our two families are considered friends." Liam folded his arms and looked at the facial tissue on the table, "A business will always have a reliable and fast source of information. Uncle Chou must know about the progress of the other party's research. Oh right, Chewy, when did Uncle Chou start to research this new drug?"
Tzuyu thought carefully before replying, "It should have started around January last year, and is reaching the one and a half year mark soon."
Liam pondered and then asked, "When did Uncle Chou start to become frustrated?"
Tzuyu: "It only started since last month or so."
"One month..." Liam stroked his chin, "Did he not have any information on the new research carried out by his competitor in the past? If he did, it's impossible that they just started this past month or so. Am I right?"
"After hearing you say this, it sounds about right." Tzuyu carefully recalled the situation in the past and confirmed: "It must be that he had just suddenly discovered that his competitor has started research on the same drug. In the past, I have not heard of my dad mentioning that other companies were researching the same drug, and even at the same pace. Then, just a month ago, my father started to have bad periods of sleep, and soon after, he took me to your home to make you my fiance..." After saying up to here, she carefully continued, "Liam, my father really didn't want to do this. It was because we had no other paths to take..."
"There is no need to say such things now." Liam frowned. "What I'm worried about is this. Think about it Chewy, your Dad's company has always been doing well, but suddenly, a new competitor just pops up researching the same drug with the same progress. What do you think of it?"
"Suddenly? Same progress?" Tzuyu mumbled before her eyes lit up brightly. "This shows that the other company has just started on the research, and definitely did not start at the same time as my Dad's company. So, does this mean that my Dad's company research findings have been leaked? A corporation spy stole the information? The other party just stole the fruits of our labor?! And thus, this resulted in my dad going to your family to borrow money to speed up the research progress, hoping to finish it before the other company?"
Liam: "That's definitely it! I can guarantee that this is more or less what happened."
"Thus, the reason my Dad is so frustrated is that his company's research progress is unable to become faster than the other company?" Tzuyu crushed the packet of facial tissue that represented the competitor's company and fiercely said, "So despicable, they even resort to espionage to steal other people's research materials!"
"No, I don't think that's the reason causing Uncle Chou's frustration." Liam slowly shook his head, "Chewy, let me ask you, what do you think of your Dad's character?"
"Is there even a need to ask? He has been my role model since I was young, and is definitely a good person! I'm sure of it!" Tzuyu said resolutely.
"Then think about it. If a person with a good moral character were to launch a new drug, what is the first thing he would do?" Liam asked.
"First thing he would do?" Tzuyu used her fingers to tap on her reddish-pink lips while thinking. "The first thing he would do should not be to call for a press conference, but to first test it, to ensure that it's safe to use."
"That's right, hehe." Liam continued, "So if we continue thinking along this path, we can conclude that the reason why Uncle Chou is so frustrated now is that he is scared that the other company will release the drug before his company does. Being a person of good character, Uncle Chou would only release the drug after it's deemed safe to use. However, his competitor is probably not the same. Being so despicable to the point that they would resort to using a corporate spy, they're most likely not any good people. Thus, Uncle Chou should be frustrated that they will release the drug when their company is still in the experimental stage."
Speaking up to here, both of their eyes met, and they voiced together: "The problem is that the corporate spy has not yet been found!"
After a long and hard time of brainstorming together, they finally found the key to the problem.
If the corporate spy was not found, there could only be two results. First, the findings of Uncle Chou company's drug research would be stolen during the clinical experiment stage, allowing the other company to release it first. Second, would be for Uncle Chou's company to release it first. However, if there were to be any harmful side effects, the company's reputation would drop significantly.
This was the reason why Chou Ruisi became so frustrated. As the saying goes, if one were to go forward, there would be a wolf waiting for him. However, if he were to move backward, he would be faced with a tiger. No matter what he chose, there would always be problems, making it a tough decision for him.
Even though things had been figured out now, Tzuyu still remained depressed as she was unable to do anything to solve the situation.
Corporate spies were usually hard to uncover, and the most frustrating part was that for every day that the spy remained in the company, the crisis of Chou Ruisi's company would not be solved.
It was absolutely impossible to stop the development and research of the drug. If it were stopped, all the previous efforts and investments would be put to waste. But if the development continued, as said from before, it would not alleviate the crisis. There was nothing to do.
"Liam, you have always been lucky. Can you try to find a solution for my family?" Tzuyu pulled Liam's hand and kept shaking it. "I don't know what to do anymore now. I can only rely on your invincible luck. Can you help me, please?"
"I do want to help." Liam said helplessly. "The question is whether everything can be solved by luck. Besides, the spy is hidden so well. What kind of luck is needed to make him expose himself?"
"What should I do then?" Hearing Liam say so, Tzuyu also had no way around it. She was a very smart girl, after all, and understood that the method of solving the problem purely through luck was unreliable. She bit her lips and continued, "Can I only watch as my father becomes more frustrated as every day passes by? It's very harmful to the body if he becomes angry."
"I don't think that it will be bad to that extent." Liam suddenly took Tzuyu's hand and said. "Let's go, don't think about this for now. Let's walk around the street and see if there is anything fun to cheer us up. It's said that if people are in a good mood, then their luck will become good as well. And once one is lucky, then it will be possible to think of a solution!"
"But why do I feel that such a method is very unreliable?" Tzuyu thought for a while, but in the end, she could only helplessly follow. "Forget it, there is no use thinking about it anyway. I will just listen to you. Maybe hanging out with you will restore my luck."
Liam laughed and took Tzuyu by her hands. "That's for sure, people with no heart and lungs have high luck index!"
After exiting the hotel, the couple and the lackeys walked swaggeringly on the road, looking very formidable.
They did not care about where their destination was, they only wanted to stroll around aimlessly around the streets.
The two were walking with a half meter gap between them and would glance at each other once in a while, having a short conversation, before turning their eyes back to exploring the streets.
"Chewy, do you want to grab an ice cream?" After walking a while, Liam suddenly asked. "I remember that couples always eat this when they go out shopping."
"O... Okay..." Tzuyu's face turned red. "Buy it for me then."
"You," Liam turned around and pointed towards one of his lackeys. "Go buy some ice cream, one for everyone. Get a big one for Xinxin and myself."
"Roger that!" The lackey ran away like the wind.
"Liam Manoban!" Tzuyu said angrily. "Do you have a pig's brain?!"
"Ah?" Liam was stunned for a moment. "What did I do wrong?"
"I'm going to ignore you from now on!" Tzuyu turned her head away angrily.
One minute later.
Liam, Tzuyu, and the nine lackeys followed behind, each holding ice cream, and ate while walking. The passers-by all looked at them. "Is there an ice cream festival today? Why do they all have an ice cream each?"
"That lady is so pretty, and the guy looks good too!"
"Unless eating ice cream can help make us look better? I'm going to get one too!" The crowd walked away while whistling.
A few minutes later, the whole street was filled with people each carrying an ice cream on their hands, licking it while walking...
The group was walking, when suddenly, a young woman's disdainful voice could be heard from a corner of a relatively quiet building. "I told you not to look for me, what are you doing here?"
Ai? This sounds familiar.
Liam eyes brightened instantly and pulled Tzuyu's hand. "We have found something fun!" After saying that, he pulled Tzuyu along and hid carefully, while the nine lackeys quickly dispersed. The process was quick and smooth as if they had practiced it for a long time.
Tzuyu asked questioningly, "What's up? Isn't it just a couple arguing? What's there to look at?"
Liam said while chuckling, "There's a saying that best describes this. If the conditions are right, go have fun. If the conditions are not right, create one to have fun!"
Tzuyu decisively kept her mouth shut.
Sure enough, at this time, one could only hear the man's voice full of grievance. "Tingting, can you please not be angry with me? Aren't I already working hard? Although I don't have a car now, I don't think it will take long before I can buy one. Don't break up with me!"
After he said this, Tzuyu said angrily, "He must have met a gold-digger. This man is also too absurd, how can he have no dignity at all. So shameful."
Liam smiled, called a male lackey, and said, "Go buy a piece of a pie, then take 10,000 yuan to buy a gold chain. Also, get the car keys and room keys ready, I have a use for them!"
Male lackey: "Roger that!" And once again ran away like the wind.
Within two minutes, the lackey rushed back and whispered, "Young Master, I have what you asked for. What do I do next?"
Liam whispered, "First, do this... Then, do that... And also..."
Male lackey: "No problem!" And ran off once again.
Tzuyu asked curiously: "Liam, what do you want to do?"
Liam smiled cheekily. "Wait to see a good show!"
At this moment, the woman's voice could be heard. "We have already dated for at least half a year, right? Has your pay risen? Do you have any hope of being promoted? You can only earn one thousand a month. After deducting the portion for rental fees and food, is there even anything left?"
The male continued in a small voice, "I'm currently on a project, how could it be finished in such a short time? But I can guarantee, in just half a year, no, in just three months, I will definitely complete the project and will definitely receive a pay rise then!"
"Forget it, I have no time to wait for that to happen." The woman continued, "A rise in pay in just three months? That can only happen unless a pie falls from the sky..."
The moment she spoke up to here, a pa sound could be heard. A pie really dropped next to her leg!
The woman: "..."
The male: "..."
Tzuyu: "..."
This time, after staying shocked and rooted to the ground for five minutes, the woman changed what she said. "Who dropped this pie, what if it hits my head?" After that, she continued lecturing the male, "Do you think money can just fall from the sky? Pay rise, pay rise..."
A pa da sound could be heard once more, and a stack of hundred dollar bills fell next to her foot.
The woman: "..."
The male: "..."
Tzuyu: "..."
Ten seconds later, the woman pointed towards the sky. "What the f*ck! I don't believe this! Drop a car if you can!"
A Hua la sound could be heard, and a car key fell.
The woman: "..."
The male: "..."
Tzuyu: "..."
This time, the woman broke out in anger. "Heavens, you're playing with me! Do you think that by giving me a broken car key would change my mind to marry him? Where can we even stay?"
A Hua la sound could once again be heard, and a set of house keys fell next to her foot!
Looking at the set of house keys on the ground, the woman broke down, and only continued after 20 seconds, "Heavens, do you really want to help this fatty so much?! If you're so capable, make him slim down for me then!"
This time, it was Liam who broke down. "What the f*ck, how's that even possible? Poor fatty, this brother here can only help you this much..."
Tzuyu, who was at the side, cracked up in laughter. This Liam was certainly capable of being mischievous.
Unexpectedly, the fatty who had been pleading for the entire time before suddenly stood up! He said with great determination, "Since you say this, then I have nothing more to say. This body was given by my parents—I can't change this. Go, go find him. This time will be the last time we meet."
"You, you knew about it?" After hearing the fatty, the woman became shocked. "You, how did you know?"
"It's no longer important. Goodbye." After saying that, the fatty shouted, "Friend, it's time to come out. I know that you are trying to help me, but sadly, I have disappointed you."
"Who? Who is helping you?!" The woman looked around. Currently, there was a pie, some cash, a car key, and a house key on the ground. Except for the pie that was not worth anything, the rest were worth a lot. However, the woman was not stupid. She knew that they could not be randomly taken away.
"It's me." Liam took Tzuyu and the eight other lackeys out from behind the corner. He smiled and said, "I heard that you were about to break up here. I wanted to help, but unfortunately," Liam went to the fatty and stretched out his hand to pat his stomach. "with regards to your figure, I really can't do anything about it."
After seeing Liam's gang, the woman was stunned, "You... you are Liam Manoban from the Manoban family?"
This time around, it was Liam who was shocked. "Ayia, how did you know?"
"To have this gang following you around, except for you, there isn't anyone else." This time, she was filled with regret. She often heard of the legends of Liam and those who had a good relationship with him could all live a good life. However, it was unfortunate that what was said had been said and couldn't be taken back. Liam too was not willing to give her such a chance. "Well, since you have already broken up, there's nothing much to say. You can leave first. Let me talk with this fatty, he seems fun."
"O... Okay..." The woman's face was ashen white, but she could only leave as she was told.
She did not dare to go against Liam.
"Speaking of which, she's not that attractive, why do you want to be with her so badly?" Liam asked questioningly.
"Ai, it's a long story." The fatty's face was full of helplessness. "Nowadays, it's hard to find a partner. If you want to get married, you will need to have a sufficient amount of money and even a house of your own, right? You will need to purchase some gold and silver jewelry too, right? But my family's background is average, without much money. I work from morning to night, but I can only earn around 1500 a month. Furthermore, I eat quite a lot. After deducting the rent, there's nothing much left," he said, looking in the direction where the woman left and smiled bitterly. "No one would even be attracted to me."
"That's true." There was a saying that a full man did not know how a hungry man felt. Liam had a strong background and was able to spend hundreds of thousands without even having to think about it, but this fatty was not the same. Every month, his meager salary of 1500 might not even be sufficient to live with.
"Liam," Tzuyu pulled Liam's sleeves. "why not help him?"
"En..." Liam looked carefully at the fatty. Speaking of which, although he was fat, he wasn't ugly. He looked meaty, but at the same time, looked quite cute. Liam smiled and said, "Tell me, what do you work as? What did you study last time? I just heard you say that you're on a project? Right, how do I address you?"
"I, I'm called Qiu Qiu..." After being asked about his name, he became slightly embarrassed.
"Keke, a ball?!" After hearing his name, Liam nearly choked on his saliva. However, he nodded and said, "Very suitable." Tzuyu was already laughing until her stomach started to hurt.
"The first name Qiu, it refers to a coat." With a face full of innocence, Qiu Qiu continued, "When my mom gave birth to me, she was scared that I would be faced with difficulties in life, and hence, gave me the name of Qiu Qiu, hoping that I would be able to deal with any hardships—similar to how a ball remains in good condition even if it's kicked around."
"Your mother is definitely very talented." Liam couldn't help but make fun of him. "What a good name!"
Knowing that the person in front of him was the famous prodigal of Tianjing City and seemed easy to talk with, Qiu Qiu couldn't help but want to impress him. "I studied bioengineering in university. In simple terms, it means to investigate the various types of animals. However, what I research on is slightly different. It mainly includes research on the genetics of animals, and more specifically, biological variation in animals."
"What the heck!" Liam's eyes started to shine. "Good friend, you have a bright future!"
Tzuyu couldn't help but say, "More like having a future in wasting money..."
"In fact, it's not so good," said Qiu Qiu, a little embarrassed. "My profession requires a lot of capital investment and money. It is difficult to find a job and, in fact, I'm just an assistant in the project I'm currently responsible for regarding drug development."
"Drug development?!" This time, it was Tzuyu's turn to be surprised. "Liam, your luck is really invincible. We were just casually walking and managed to find a suitable candidate to help my Dad? Ask him if he can help my father!"
"Didn't you hear that he's only an assistant?" Liam shrugged his shoulders. "How is he able to help?"
"That's true..." Tzuyu's eyes dimmed. "Ai, are we really unable to help my Dad?"
"Speaking of which..." Liam stroked his chin. " I might have thought of an excellent idea." After saying that, he pulled Tzuyu to the side and whispered, "I think that we have been spending too much time on a simple problem."
"Too much time on a simple problem?" Tzuyu asked hurriedly. "Why is that? Faster, continue!"
"Think about it." Liam walked closer to her and whispered, "The corporate spy must have hidden deeply, and no one is able to even get a clue of who he is. Even Uncle Chou doesn't know which department the spy is in, right?"
"Yes, that's true. So?" Tzuyu asked.
"There is one point that I'm sure of." Liam said. "This person is definitely not in the drug development department."
Tzuyu was shocked and asked, "Why?"
"Think about it." Liam said with confirmation. "What is the most important criteria of a corporate spy? He must be able to get the information needed easily and hide himself. Thus, he should not be well versed in medical knowledge definitely not in the core of the drug development team. Thus, we shall start with doing... After that, we will..."
"You're saying..." Tzuyu eyes became brighter and brighter. "Liam, you're really capable! This idea should be able to work!"
"Hehe, of course." Liam gleefully stroked his hair. "Didn't I say it before? Once a person has a good mood and is happy, he will definitely meet with something good! Do you finally believe me?"
"Believe, I believe!" Tzuyu nodded her head furiously. "Let's get started now!"
"Of course." Liam smiled and walked to towards Qiu Qiu, hooked his arm around his thick and round neck, and laughed as if he were a 10-year marketing professional. "Fatty, I have a good job for you, do you want it? It includes food and shelter, and a salary of 5000 every month, as well as many other benefits if you perform well. To summarise it in a sentence, you will not lose out! I believe that it will not take long before you will be promoted to become a general manager and even a CEO. You will then be able to have any type of woman you like and reach the peak of your life. Think about it, don't you feel excited?"
"Food and accommodation included! 5000 a month! And even other rewards!" Fatty Qiu Qiu breathed out a few gusts of hot air from his nostrils. "Becoming a general manager and even a CEO. Getting top beauties! I'm in! Big Bro Liam, please let me in, ahhhh!"
"OK!" After a loud reply of confirmation, Liam whispered into his ears, "Firstly, you have to quit your current job. And then... After that... Understand?"
"Understood! I will definitely do as you say!" Qiu Qiu nodded his head as if his life depended on it. "I will go quit my current job first then!"
"This is a tip for you." Liam pointed to the tens of thousands of dollars on the ground. "This 10,000 yuan is compensation for your resignation from your current job. Hahaha, let's go." When he said he was going to leave, he really did so without looking back. He didn't even bother to look and pick up the gold chain, car key, and house key on the ground—these things were naturally done by the lackeys.
...
Time flew past, and soon, it was night time.
Tianjing Satellite TV, Director's office.
Director Huang was resting on the leather sofa, sipping on a cup of tea in his left hand, while holding the mobile phone on his other hand. "Aiya, Manager Zhao. I know that the TV series ratings are good, but I can't do anything either time is too tight, too tight. Think about it, the prime time only lasts for two hours, from 8 pm to 10 pm. Everyone is fighting to get this slot too. I really can't do anything about it."
On the other side of the phone, Manager Zhao hurriedly said, "Director Huang, you must help me out! I can guarantee you that for this TV series, the ratings will definitely be explosive. I dare not say how high it will go, but reaching two to five percentage points of viewership is absolutely guaranteed. If my TV series, which has a good script and a novel concept, is to be broadcast during the prime time, it will definitely be good for the station too!"
"About this..." Director Huang thought again and said, "Manager Zhao, we have known each other for a long time and have cooperated with your company, Warwick Entertainment Media, many times. I will not beat around the bush with you. This time, for the prime time slot, I have to choose the best program which can receive the highest ratings. It's not that your program is not good enough, but more of me being unable to confirm it now. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Director Huang!" Manager Zhao asked anxiously, "How can we confirm it then? Director Huang, if you have anything you need, just tell us. This TV series is really important to us. We only ask for our company's exposure. Anything else is not required. It means that this can just be a contracted production by Warwick Entertainment. As for advertisements, as long as you promise us the prime time slot, you can do whatever you want with it!"
Director Huang said helplessly, "I know that the conditions you're giving are good. However, the incident of Miss Lee Jieun changing companies from Warwick Entertainment has caused your company to fall in popularity. Otherwise, if it were in the past, your company would not even need to worry about such things. But I too am unable to do anything. If the ratings of Tianjing Satellite TV do not go up, I will not be able to keep my position. You have to at least think about it for me, right?"
"Then, what do you need in order to promise us the slot?" An urgent voice could be heard from the other side of the phone. "I really need this prime time slot."
"Don't worry, I will consider carefully." Director Huang said. "I will choose a few similar programs first, compare them, and then give you a reply. If there is none better than yours, I will arrange the prime time slot for you. But if there is..."
"What if there is?" Manager Zhao asked. "Does that mean our TV series will not be broadcasted anymore?"
"Let's do it like this." Director Huang continued. "If there is a show better than yours, I will arrange your show to be broadcast at 10 pm. The viewership will not be bad too. What do you think?"
The phone became quiet for a while before Manager Zhao helplessly continued, "Then, I will just wait I guess. Director Huang, if it's possible, please give priority to our program. Please!"
"Okay. Then we will settle it like this for now. Bye Bye."
Putting down the phone, Director Huang smiled disdainfully and said, "Priority? You didn't even manage to promote Lee Jieun, a golden Phoenix, can you even have any future? If I put on your show, I'm afraid I will be killed. Do you think I'm stupid?"
While he was thinking, the phone suddenly rang again. Picking up the phone and looking at it, he realized it was an unknown number, and thus became curious. Who is this? How do they my phone number? After answering the call, he warmly greeted. "Hello, may I ask who you are? Yes..."
On the other side of the phone, there was a soft female voice. "Hello, are you Director Huang of Tianjing Satellite TV?"
"Ah yes, that's me." Director Huang asked with a hint of confusion. "May I know who you are?"
"I'm Cai Wei Entertainment's Zhang Cai. I wonder if Director Huang has an impression of me?" the female voice slowly said. There was no need to ask, the person was naturally Lee Jieun's agent, Zhang Cai.
"Cai Wei Entertainment? You're Miss Lee Jieun's agent?" Hearing that the person was Zhang Cai, Director Huang was instantly refreshed. Even the way of addressing Zhang Cai changed. "Yes, yes. I'm honored to have you call me. May I know what this is about? Unless..."
Zhang Cai smiled and said, "It's like this. Our young master is intending to broadcast a program called 'I am a Singer.' Young Master has arranged for everything to be settled by us, including recording studios, advertisements, and other related things. You don't need to pay a single cent. We only want our program to be broadcasted on Tianjing Satellite TV."
"'I Am a Singer'?!" Director Huang's eyes suddenly lit up. "Will Miss Lee Jieun be on the show? This program must be tailor-made for her?" It was no wonder he was so excited. At this time, what did Lee Jieun represent? It represented absolute popularity, the guarantee of good ratings! One must know that Lee Jieun's popularity skyrocketed but had not even appeared in a single advertisement. Everyone had been speculating about the reasons, but according to Director Huang's keen sense, he was quite certain that Lee Jieun would still continue to increase in popularity. If she were to pick up an advertisement now, the company would have lost a large amount of potential revenue.
But now the other party was contacting him first. Unless good things really could drop from the sky?
Unfortunately, reality was always cruel. "I'm sorry, Miss Lee Jieun will not be participating in this program."
"Not participating?" Director Huang's enthusiasm was immediately doused. "This... Miss Zhang Cai, you too know that 8 pm is the prime time and is very important. If I don't choose a good program, the ratings will be ruined. I'm afraid that I will then no longer be able to keep my position..."
"Yes, I understand your concern." Zhang Cai thought for a while and softly said, "But our show is our Young Master's idea. You should be quite familiar with his capabilities. Lady Jieun's concert was hosted by him."
Once Zhang Cai said these words, Director Huang, who was in a difficult position, immediately stumbled, obviously muddled.
The Young Master that this manager Zhang Cai is talking about is the one who hosted the concert for Lady Lee Jieun? The Young Master who was walking dogs on television? It really is him?
Director Huang's hands trembled, and he was stunned for a while before asking carefully, "Is it the one who said he was walking the dogs and hang up during the live-broadcast, that... Young Master?"
Hearing Director Huang say this, Liam, who was using Lee Jieun's leg as a pillow, violently jumped up, grabbed the phone and roared, "If you didn't mention this, I would have almost forgotten about it. Why did you guys suddenly hang up on me that time? Can't one even speak the truth now, damn it! I was very serious then, OK? You guys are infringing on human rights, do you believe I will sue you!"
His words came out in quick-fire succession, and at the end, he still wasn't appeased. "Next time, if this happens again and someone dares to hang up on me, I will slap him to death!"
Quietness, a weird quietness.
After an entire half minute, Director Huang's voice sounded from the phone. "That... that is... Young Master, we're from Tianjing Satellite TV here, not Tianjing Variety Channel. The case you're talking about, you have to talk to Station Director Li who is in charge of Tianjing Variety Channel..."
"Damn! I don't care since you are all from Tianjing TV station!" Liam roared again. "Then pass on the message for me! Pass it on! Do you know that that matter deeply hurt my heart? Until now, I still haven't recovered!"
At his side, Lee Jieun and Chou Tzuyu looked at each other and burst out in laughter.
Station Director Huang felt that he was really hit by the bullet even though he was lying down. But he had really heard of this small ancestor before, the super prodigal of Tianjing City. The matter was that his luck was extraordinarily good, to the point that he was like a fortune baby protected by Heaven, a mascot type of person. Who dared to go anger him?
Thinking of this, he decisively changed his words. "Then... then alright, Young Master. Let's carry on discussing the TV show. I wonder if Young Master's 'I Am a Singer' is truly able to ensure that it will get a high viewership rating? You should know that as a Station Director, I have to be responsible for the viewership ratings. If the viewership ratings... Of course, I know that with your wisdom, the viewership ratings definitely won't be low, but I still feel that it would be safer if you invite Lady Jieun to make an appearance, even if it's just for a while..."
"My Sister Jieun isn't free." Liam said in a bad mood. "Just tell me if you agree or not. If you don't, I will just find another TV station instead!"
Now, Liam who already had a few nicknames—'Big Bro Liam', 'Big Bird. Not Lazy,' and so on—spoke very aggressively. I'm helping you increase your viewership rating for free, and you still dare to speak conditions with me!?
"Then... alright then." Station Director Huang didn't dare to offend this small ancestor. After all, he was a legend in the world of prodigals, a prodigy in the world of lucky people. The type of impressive people that might have their foot hit by a gold bar when they're walking on the streets. His show might really become a big hit—even if it didn't, he still could answer to the people below him. After all, Liam didn't lack money. If he were pleased, he would reward them greatly. Even if the viewership ratings were a bit low, it was still acceptable. He instantly said, "Then, then when could I view the show?"
"When the time comes, you just have to air it!" Liam hanged up.
"Oh, my heart..." Station Director Huang clasped his chest. "He doesn't even let me view the program, how am I supposed to air it... when I am supposed to air it... what am I supposed to air!?"
While Station Director Huang was feeling apprehensive, Liam was calm and composed. He was excitedly planning on how to burn money—such a good opportunity to burn money to earn attribute points, if he didn't, even Heaven wouldn't forgive him. "Nayeon, do you have any good plans? Tell them to me. Since we're planning on doing something, it must be a big scene. For the venue, just use that stadium for now. As for the rest, what do you think is the best way to go about it?"
Nayeon said, "The fee for the venue should be the same. But Young Master, this time, I would advise not to make it free anymore. After all, with last time's experience, if this time it's free again, I fear that there will be too many people and cause a stampede to happen."
Her worry wasn't without reason.
Last time for Lee Jieun's concert, numerous people expressed regret for not attending. There were even those who planned to commit suicide because of regret. This time, if it were free again, it could be expected that the people attending would be at least 100,000 or more even if they couldn't see Lee Jieun, it was guaranteed that it would be a big scene since it was hosted by Young Master. If they didn't come, it would be their loss, so why would they not come?
That was an entire 100,000 people. Put together, it would be a grand scene where the people would fill every corner, and any slight accident would result in a big event.
"Yes, that's quite true." Liam touched his chin and said, "Charge a fee then. And not too low either. If it's too low, it won't be any different from being free. Let's do it this way—charge it depending on the seating. Those nearer to the front will be more expensive, those towards the back will slightly cheaper. At the front, mark an area for VIPs—don't make it like last time where a person had to take a beating just to see me to discuss things. Yup, four VIP areas; every seat 2,000 yuan. Front seats 500 yuan each; the nearer seats at the back 100 yuan and more; and those even more towards the back 50 yuan and more."
"This..." The surrounding people all looked around at one another. "Young Master, isn't this price a bit too high?"
Nayeon also said, "Young Master, if we charge the fees this way, I'm afraid that there won't be a lot of people attending. After all, Lady Jieun won't be going on stage they might not be willing to pay such a price then."
Liam thought for a while. "OK, cut the price in half then. VIP seats 1,000 yuan, front seats 200 yuan, those at the back 60 yuan and 30 yuan somewhere about this price. You can adjust them as you see fit. Remember, charging a fee for the seats is not our motive. The motive is to control the number of people attending. Don't let too many people attend and end up having 100,000 plus people crowding in. I don't want a stampede accident to happen—each life is precious!" Actually, according to Liam's plan, he had never intended to make any profit in the first place. The problem was that if he didn't charge a fee, it would be difficult to control the number of attendees. If it were really free, he expected that the entire Tianjing west fourth loop would be paralyzed.
"OK." Nayeon took note of it and said, "As for the stage, Young Master, do you want to follow last time's?"
Liam: "Double it make it a million or more worth. A big scene, I want a big scene! As for the stereo sound system, is there any that's better than the 500,000 yuan one?"
Nayeon shook her head. "Currently speaking, there isn't. 500,000 yuan for one night is already the best available."
Liam: "This is really a pain in the balls. Then just use the 500,000 yuan system. As for the lighting, this time, let's use something even more spectacular! The one we used last time still felt a bit lacking. Nayeon, use all the cars that were used last time and help me hire a few helicopters. This time, let's have a far and near cross lighting experience!"
Tzuyu clasped her head. "This is really playing bigger each time. He even started to use helicopters for the lightings Liam, this prodigal! Making a TV program into such a big scene..."
Previously, he shocked the world by using 40 luxury cars as lighting, and this time he was even planning to use helicopters too. Wouldn't that cause people to go crazy?
Who knew that Liam blandly sniffled and mumbled, "How is this a big scene? My original plan for Sister Jieun's next concert was to build a statue of her first, then hire the army to open the path for her. Unfortunately, the statue is easy, but it might be difficult to hire the army. Should I hire security guards instead... wait, security guards!?"
As he mumbled, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his whole spirit lightened up. "Nayeon, I got an idea! This time, go and hire security guards, a lot of them! Pay them 200 yuan per day. Hire 5,000 of them to open up the road!"
Once he finished, everyone around him was stunned. Then, Tzuyu exclaimed, "Liam, are you planning a revolt!"
Liam: "How is hiring security guards equal to planning a revolt? I'm just hiring them in large numbers..."
"There will be many of them on the road, those informed will know that they're for the concert. Those not informed will think that it's the president going out!" Tzuyu's heart almost burst out. "This is not a small matter!"
"It isn't as serious as you said." Liam looked at Zhang Cai and said, "Sister Cai, inform the related authorities say that we are going to film a big movie. That shouldn't be much of a problem, right? They're just security guards, not some commoners who're planning a riot."
Zhang Cai carefully thought for a while and said, "I can't be sure, but it shouldn't be much of a problem. Yup, as long as they are not equipped with weapons, it should be OK. I will call them and ask about this first thing tomorrow morning."
"Then it's settled!" Liam snapped his fingers. "Such a good way to squander, I'm such a genius! Brouhaha, 5,000 people, that will cost a million in just a single night!"
What was the concept of a million yuan? That was an entire 10 attribute points, that's a million yuan worth of his mission requirement. Now, he was still lacking about seven million yuan to complete his mission. Once he squandered three to four million yuan on the "I Am a Singer" project and some other stuff, he would be able to complete the mission easily. Thus, Hong Dali instantly reached out both hands and counted on his fingers. "One million for the stage and half a million for the stereo sound system. As for the lighting use helicopters... er, Nayeon, how much will the helicopters cost?"
Nayeon thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure about this, but I remember an article last year that talked about how a couple hired helicopters for their marriage. Supposedly, the cost of the helicopters is calculated on an hourly basis. However, helicopters don't exist in large numbers—I'm afraid that if we hire helicopters of several different models, it won't look very nice. Also, the common use ones are also too small and not impressive enough. As for those from the army, they are not for hire."
"Yup, I forgot about that." Liam thought for a while and helplessly said, "Forget it, just hire one or two helicopters to film the show. As for the lighting, let me think about it. Don't worry about that for now."
As a superprodigal, using the same lighting twice was not something worthy of his status.
Very soon, Liam came up with an idea. "Nayeon, for the lighting, there should be quite a number of tall buildings around the sports stadium, right? Install a giant jacklight on each of them the type that can move. My requirement this time is to use the sports cars as lighting surrounding the stage, while the jacklights are in charge of lighting up the celebrities! Also, prepare some normal lightings of different sizes as well."
Liam's words shocked everyone again. Tzuyu opened her mouth in surprise, unable to speak a word. This prodigal, he was going to squander at least a million on the lighting alone!
"But..." Nayeon thought for a while and said, "The jacklights are easy to find, but the light won't be able to reach the stage in the stadium!"
"Isn't that easy?" Liam grinned. "Prepare large mirrors on stage to reflect light you are in charge of settling that. Heh heh, this time, I'm going to be able to enjoy myself again!"
"All... all right..." Nayeon had to admit, she was really shocked this time and took a while to recover. "Young Master, then we might as well prepare more mirrors and use a computer to control their directions. This way, it will be much easier to control the lightings."
"Good idea!" Liam instantly decided. "That's how we shall do it then!"
Now that the lighting was decided, Liam looked at Zhang Cai again. "Sister Cai, what was the name of that singer again? I forgot. The one you mentioned was quite reputable."
Zhang Cai smiled and said, "Chu Zhongqin."
"Yup, that's right, Chu Zhongqin. Have you contacted him? What's his reply?" This person was critical. If he didn't attend, the other celebrities might not join too. It could be said that he was a crucial figure for the "I Am a Singer" show this time.
"I have already contacted his manager, they're still making arrangements for it." Zhang Cai took out her phone and said, "Let me check with them again."
Her call came through very shortly. Zhang Cai asked gently, "Is this Manager Zhou? It's me, Zhang Cai. Regarding the matter that I talked to you about yesterday, are you able to arrange the time for it?"
"Ah, the timing is a bit tight." Manager Zhou was a bit troubled. "You should know that Mr. Chu is always quite busy, and this matter is really a bit hard to arrange. Actually, Mr. Chu is quite keen on joining too..."
Hearing his reply, Zhang Cai was a bit nervous and asked, "Then, Manager Zhou, do you think you could ask Mr. Chu to try his best and make out some time..."
"I will try my best." Manager Zhou said, "I can't be sure if he will agree..."
Liam grew impatient as he heard this and instantly said, "500,000 yuan."
Zhang Cai instantly knew what he meant. "My Young Master asked if 500,000 yuan for his attending is alright."
"This..." Manager Zhou obviously hesitated.
Liam: "700,000 yuan."
Zhang Cai: "If 500,000 yuan isn't enough, my Young Master said that he can increase the price to 700,000 yuan."
"I will try my best! I will definitely try my best!" Manager Zhou instantly got serious.
Liam: "One million yuan."
Zhang Cai: "My Young Master say if you can agree now, he is willing to pay one million yuan."
Manager Zhou was still a little hesitant. Liam sniffled and said, "If they are not willing, then forget it. We can just find someone else."
Zhang Cai immediately passed on the message. "My young master say if you still can't decide even with this price, then we can only be sorry."
Manager Zhou instantly decided. "Deal!"
Liam mumbled, "Boring, I thought that he would still put on a show and hang on for a little longer. I didn't expect him to agree so easily..."
Indeed, this time Manager Zhou replied quite quickly. In fact, he didn't hang up, just that someone else spoke. "Hi, may I know when I should go over? If it's fine, I can go over tomorrow." Needless to say, this must be Chu Zhongqin. Although he was anxious inside his heart, he still put on a solid front. "Of course, please don't be mistaken. I'm mainly going there to seek inspiration, heh heh."
Heh heh, your head. Even though you talked so high-soundingly, aren't you still here for the money?
Of course, Liam didn't care about that—as long as he came, then it would be much easier to invite the other celebrities. The one million yuan was worth it!
It could be said that at the beginning, "I Am a Singer" needed someone with enough influence to attract other contestants. After all, in such a competition, it was fine if they won, but once they lost, it would be quite embarrassing. Now that Chu Zhongqin did "I Am a Singer" such a big favor, he naturally deserved some reward.
Therefore, Liam took over the phone, grinned, and said, "Mr. Chu, you are too polite. If you are not busy, can you come over tomorrow? I will ask Sister Cai to host you and discuss the show, how does that sound?"
"Are you... the legendary Young Master?" Someone who could talk to him in such a situation and sounded so young, it could only be that Young Master. Thus, Chu Zhongqin quickly guessed who he was. "Hello hello, then I shall go over tomorrow? Yup, I will get there around four in the afternoon. Oh my, speaking of which, I saw Lady Jieun's concert too. It was spectacular!"
"You flatter me, I'm always good with luck." Liam placed all the credit to his luckiness and said, "In that case, I shall be awaiting your arrival. I believe that this show will definitely increase your fame."
"No problem, you are too courteous." Chu Zhongqin sounded quite happy. "Since everything's settled, I shan't hold you up anymore. I will see you tomorrow."
"Yup, see you tomorrow." Saying so, Liam hung up the call.
Zhang Cai asked, "Young Master, regarding this Chu Zhongqin... do you have any plans for him?"
Liam smiled and said, "Who knows how capable he is. I'm not concerned with other things, as long as he doesn't make any big mistake on his first performance, then let him get the first position as a token of our appreciation. Although doing such stuff is pretty meaningless." Saying that, Liam laughed and said, "But we should show our sincerity."
What he said was logical.
Frankly speaking, "I Am a Singer" needed someone who could hold the stage. This person did not necessarily have to get first place, but he must have enough prestige. If not, it would be difficult to invite other singers. Therefore, giving him first place for the first performance was a token of his gratitude. As for his results after that, that would have to depend on his own capabilities.
"OK, Young Master." Zhang Cai took back her phone and said, "Now that Chu Zhongqin has agreed to join the show, shall we start inviting the other singers?"
"Yup, you can start calling them now. As for this aspect, you're more familiar. Fine those with different styles, don't let the show become bland."
"Noted."
Zhang Cai instantly started calling the mangers of those singers. When she was a manager in Huawei Entertainment, she collected quite a number of phone numbers. It caused her little effort now to search for those numbers.
At first, it was quite difficult to invite people to join, but once they heard that the Big Brother of the music industry, Chu Zhongqin, was also joining, they were tempted to join as well. After all, if Chu Zhongqin was joining, it also represented the capabilities of the producing team behind the show. Once they heard of the cost of joining the show that Liam offered, quite a number of them instantly agreed. Of course, knowing that the legendary prodigal Hong Dali who squandered excessively was behind the show was the main reason they agreed.
After all, no one would reject money...
Therefore, in just a short two hours or so, the participants for the first and second performances were finalized.
Zhang Cai came back and reported to Liam, who was resting on Li Nianwei's thigh. "Young Master, the participants for the first and second stage have been finalized. They are Chu Zhongqin, Liu Yuqiong, Xia Yuyao, Fei Chang, Yang Jun, Panda, Jiang Ruoyu, Li Xiao."
Liam knew none of them. Of course, he wasn't concerned about this. The show was just purely for fun, the main objective was to spend as much money as possible.
Although he wasn't interested, Liam still had to show some interest. He at least had to know the capabilities of these singers. Otherwise, it would be hard to manage later on. "Sister Cai, how are their capabilities?"
Zhang Cai answered, "Liu Yuqiong is currently a second-rate singer in the country. She has the skills and capability, just that her songs never really got circulated. She's the type that has the talent but doesn't have the opportunity to showcase them. Therefore, when she heard about this show, she was the first to agree. Her cost for joining is 250,000 yuan."
"Xia Yuyao is currently one of the top male singers in the country and is quite well-known. He should be of some help to pull up the viewership rating. His cost of joining is 200,000 yuan this is quite a fair price."
"Fei Chang, quite a well-known singer in the country. He is close to becoming a first-rate singer. He has both the talent and opportunities and didn't plan to join at first. But once he heard that Chu Zhongqin is participating, he also agreed. His cost of joining is 500,000 yuan."
"Yang Jun, the prince of love songs. His popularity is quite high, and his situation is also similar to Fei Chang. His cost of joining is also 500,000 yuan."
"Panda, one of the best baritone singers—his voice is full of strength and oppression when singing. But because of his looks and age, his popularity is not very high. His cost of joining is 200,000 yuan."
"Jiang Ruoyu, a third-rate singer. She's quite skilled and also has the looks, but it is a pity that she's the classic type that doesn't have the opportunity to shine and can't rise in popularity no matter how. She can be considered to be here just to fill the numbers, and her cost of joining is 50,000 yuan. As long as she has the chance to sing on the stage, her requirement is the lowest out of all."
"Li Xiao, second-rate male singer. He had a few albums that were big hits, but towards the back, he didn't have any new good songs. His popularity is getting lower and lower. When he heard of this show, he also instantly agreed to join. His cost of joining is 250,000 yuan.
After she finished introducing these seven people, Liam starting counting on his fingers. "Wait a moment, let me count—25, 20, 50, 50, 20, 5, 25, adding all of them up that will be..."
Tzuyu burst out in laughter and said, "Stupid, that's a total of 1,950,000 yuan. You can't even calculate that."
Liam touched his chin and said, "1,950,000 yuan? Then, for that person called Jiang Ruoyu, give her another 50,000 yuan to make it a round number. Just nice, that will be a total of two million yuan!"
"My god..." Tzuyu covered her face. "If I had known, I would just say two million in the first place..."
Now that everything had been settled, Liam didn't care about that extra 50,000 yuan. The only thing on his mind now was how to enjoy himself. "Sister Cai, these coming two days, prepare a few more capable singers. Our show will eliminate one person every two stages, and it would not be nice if we couldn't find someone to occupy the slot at the last minute. Oh right, tell them that those who are eliminated will have 200,000 yuan as consolation. Let them leave without too many regrets!"
Zhang Cai smiled and said, "Ok, Young Master. I got it. I will arrange for it now."
"Ah, I'm tired, time to go back home and sleep!" Liam stretched his waist and said, "Sister Cai, is Unexpectedly! done? If it is, give me the hardcopy. I shall let my parents view it first."
"It has long been ready." Zhang Cai took out the thumb-drive from her pocket and handed it to Liam. "Here it is."
"OK, let's go back home!"
"Dad, Mum, I'm home!" Once he reached back home, Liam threw his bag on the sofa and started shouting, "I brought Unexpectedly! home! Mum, Mum!"
"Oh my, our little prodigal has returned home? Don't shout so loud, we heard you already!" Lan Ruoxi rushed out, feeling funny and angry at the same time. She helped Liam take off his jacket and asked, "Why are you so rushed, you're like you are shouting at a ghost."
"Heh heh, the short film that I just completed, I have brought it home for you and Dad to watch." Liam grinned and said, "It hasn't been released yet—you will be watching it firsthand!" Saying so, he took out the thumb-drive from his pocket and handed it to his mother.
Lan Ruoxi laughed till she bent over. She stretched out a finger and tapped on his forehead. "The little rascal has grown up, you know to let your Dad and me view the good stuff first now?" Saying so, she turned around and shouted, "Hubby, come out and watch the film that our little prodigal shoot!"
"I have heard already, heh heh." Weiguo held his smoking pipe and walked out of the private room. As he walked, he said, "Look at how excited Liam is, this film must be quite good. Hurry, let me watch it."
Then, Lan Ruoxi plugged the thumb drive into the port on the television. Very quickly, the happy sound of Unexpectedly! sounded out from the television.
Two minutes later.
Lan Ruoxi laughed till she collapsed in Hong Weiguo arms and couldn't catch her breath. "Hahaha, our little rascal can really mess about, this film is quite interesting indeed. Look at his expression, so foolish!"
Weiguo laughed out loud too and said, "I didn't know you could shoot a short film in such a manner, haha. Not bad indeed." Saying so, he touched his chin. "Speaking of which, the attendants that Liam found are not bad too. What's the name of this guy who is acting the antagonist?"
Liam pulled on his hair, thought for a while, before finally shaking his head. "Er, speaking of which, I never asked his name before..."
"..."
Lan Ruoxi: "You little rascal, you're still so careless, heh heh."
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My name is Kang Seulgi, and my hobby since a young age is to run errands. Of course, compared to that, I prefer to be a lackey; that is my interest too. Now, my profession is also to be a lackey.
What's bad about being a lackey? Every day, I follow besides Young Master, eat good stuff, and have money to spend. Especially as Young Master is quite caring towards us lackeys. Normally, when he is in class, we will tend to have more freedom, so we can happily go and flirt around or surf online as long as we are not too far away from Young Master.
After he finishes his class, we will just have to run some errands for him. Every day, we follow Young Master and walk around, and this caused our view of the world to increase too.
Don't see how we don't have any spouses now, in the past it was because we weren't capable of getting one. Now, it's because we are not willing to settle for average standards anymore! Those who want to be the wife of us lackeys, they must at least be pretty and rich, have smooth, long hair, a good figure and must be of a tender age!
A few days ago, there were a number of girls who showed interest in me. Unfortunately, they didn't meet the standards. Sigh, speaking of which, their standards were not too bad actually.
But who am I? I'm the most capable lackey under Young Master! I'm always at the foremost whenever some errand needs to be run!
Don't look down on the lackey profession. If it were someone else, they won't even have the chance to become a lackey!
Young Master once said, since ancient times, there has never been any lackey who was so much lackey-y than I am! Look at that, look at that! Young Master's words are really impressive, a normal person wouldn't be able to say something like that!
Also, being a lackey isn't as simple as just running errands, you have to be able to act too!
A few days ago when we were filming Unexpectedly! with Young Master, guess what? I'm a qualified lackey, Young Master even let me act in an important role! Is that something an ordinary person can act out?
I was excited and was totally immersed in the acting. When I was lying on the floor, my pose was accurate and the expression seducing. If it were an ordinary guy, don't expect for him to be able to act that out.
Of course, that brother of mine wasn't bad either. That scene of him running in the sunset, his pose was perfect and the speed just nice, it was impressive indeed!
Young Madam said that Old Master and Madam will be viewing the film first, before releasing it online.
So, I was pondering. When the film is released, the download rate will definitely be very high. It may even be higher than that of Lady Jieuns concert. At the very least, I predict that it will be around that standard!
Being a lackey, I'm going to be a famous person in the future! Do you know what it means to be a famous person? I don't ask to be the most wealthy, but the most incredible!
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Chenhui Building, 9th floor, Cai Wei Entertainment Private Limited.
"Hello, is this the Chief Editor of So Cool video-sharing website? I'm from Cai Wei Entertainment, Lady Jieun's manager Zhang Cai." Zhang Cai held her phone, her voice projecting a deep sense of confidence. "The first episode of our Young Master's Unexpectedly! has been completed. May I know if it's possible to arrange for a recommendation slot from your website?"
Confidence comes from strength. Ever since Lee Jieun's concert, Zhang Cai was certain that the other person wouldn't reject her request.
Indeed, a young female voice sounded off from the phone. "Miss Zhang Cai, please hold on a second, the Chief Editor said that he couldn't easily make a decision now. We need to hold a short meeting of ten minutes or so." Towards the end, she didn't forget to comfort Zhang Cai. "Miss Zhang Cai, please rest your heart. The meeting is about how best we can give you our resources."
"OK, sure." Zhang Cai smiled and hung up.
"Sister Cai, what did they say?" Lee Jieun normally would stay in the office. Liam especially arranged a room of about 100 square feet for her to use as a bedroom Lee Jieun was quite satisfied with this. After all, staying here would prevent a lot of trouble.
Zhang Cai smiled and said, "It shouldn't be much of a problem. Young Master's products have quite a quite reputation on So Cool video-sharing website, so they won't be unwilling to use their resources on us."
Lee Jieun lightly nodded and said, "Sister Cai, I have seen a lot of prodigies before, but someone like Young Master, this is the first time."
"Heh heh, this Young Master, he can really mess around." Speaking of Liam, Zhang Cai wanted to smile. She said, "He can really come up with all sorts of ideas, and every time, it wouldn't fail to amaze me."
Lee Jieun was quite agreeable with her. "That's right. My concert, the soon to begin 'I Am a Singer,' this Unexpectedly! , each of these ideas will tend to surprise everyone."
Zhang Cai looked out of the window, staring at the night view, and said, "Yup. Actually, in the beginning, both of us were working for Young Master because of our future. But now, I have changed my mind. Jieun, are you curious about what kind of incredible and unimaginable things Young Master will do in the future?"
Lee Jieun nodded and said, "Of course. But being curious is one aspect, I also enjoy seeing how Young Master carefreely squanders his money. At those times, he always tends to attract people to him."
"Have you fallen for Young Master?" Zhang Cai smiled and asked.
"Speaking of which, I'm not too sure." Lee Jieun caressed the Dark Gold Ear Ring on her ear and said, "But I do know, if he gets hurt, my heart will hurt."
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