Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Soaring Angel gradually started and moved towards Hongwu Villa.
Lin Yingyi sat at the backseat, his heart furiously beating. He didn’t have to the mood to look at the scenery outside and carefully asked, “May I know where you are taking me?”
“You will know once we reach there.” Their tone was quite polite, one of them said, “We will reach there very quickly. Mr. Lin, please be patient.”
“OK…” At the current state, Lin Yingyi could only take one step at a time. Whatever the case, he couldn’t resist them, anyway.
Very quickly, they arrived at Hongwu Villa. Once they alighted, Lin Yingyi was stunned. “This… this is…”
Hong Weiguo was holding a tobacco pipe and already waiting there. He walked forth, smiled and said, “You must be Mr. Lin? Quick, come in. Please enter.”
“You… you are…” Lin Yingyi felt that there was too much information to take in suddenly. “This must be Hongwu Mountain? You are Hong Weiguo, Director Hong!?”
“Hehe, we are family, there’s no need to be so courteous. Just call me Old Hong or Weiguo.” Hong Weiguo brought Lin Yingyi to the living room and asked him to sit on the sofa. He waved his hand and said, “Bring some tea for Mr. Lin.”
“No need, no need. I don’t deserve such courtesy.” Towards Hong Weiguo’s politeness, Lin Yingyi instinctively felt that this might be a show. But he was unsure of what this show was about and what his objective might be.
“Let’s put it this way. You precious daughter is here at my place.” Hong Weiguo took a puff from the tobacco pipe and gradually said, “I was the one who called you yesterday.”
“You.. you mean to say…” Lin Yingyi was totally stunned. “You mean to say that my Xuanxuan was not kidnapped in the first place?”
“I wanted to inform you at that time, but you thought yourself astray.” Hong Weiguo laughed loudly and said, “I was just following along the meaning in your words.”
Seeing that Lin Zixuan was so anxious, Hong Weiguo patted him on the shoulder. “Mr. Lin, don’t worry. I myself feel that this matter is amazing too.” Hong Weiguo then told him about Hong Dali’s encounter with Lin Zixuan, how he brought her home, and how Hong Weiguo took her as his Goddaughter. Lin Yingyi’s head was full of sweat as he listened. After Hong Weiguo was done, he almost couldn’t believe what he had heard.
“You mean to say, my Xuanxuan is now your… Goddaughter?” Lin Yingyi violently swallowed his saliva. “Not only was she not kidnapped, but she even became you Goddaughter, and you plan to let her stay here?”
“Yup, this is my plan. What does Mr. Lin think about this…” Hong Weiguo nodded.
“Then, then can you let me see Xuanxuan first?” After saying so much, Lin Yingyi still couldn’t believe this was true before physically seeing his daughter first.
“No problem.” Hong Weiguo shouted towards the upper floor. “Xuanxuan, come down now, your Dad is here.”
Once Hong Weiguo finished shouting, a small head popped out from the staircase. Once she saw Lin Yingyi sitting there, she immediately cried. “Dad…” The small lass cried as she ran down and violently threw herself into Lin Yingyi’s arms. “Dad, I missed you, wu wu wu…”
“As long as you are all right, as long as you are all right!” Lin Yingyi teared up too. “From now on, I won’t force you to study anymore, OK? You can play as much as you want. Sigh, compared to your grades, you are much more important to me!”
As the two of them were cried out in both happiness and sorrow, Hong Dali slowly walked out from the room. He didn’t greet Lin Yingyi when he saw him and just carried Quentin in his arms, mumbling, “Dad, I’m going to school…”
Hong Weiguo immediately stopped him. “Little rascal, are you going to carry the tiger to school?”
“Oh, that doesn’t seem to be very nice…” Hong Dali was still dazed from just walking up. “Then, I will leave it here… Never mind, I better just bring it with me.” He had the halo of ‘Animals’ Best Friend,’ so Quentin was fine as long as she was around him. If she were left at home, the items in the house might suffer. Quentin might not bite people yet at her age, but she definitely wouldn’t mind biting other stuff. Hong Dali didn’t want to come back to a house full of chicken feathers.
As he was dressing up, Lin Zixuan saw him and softly asked, “Brother Dali, are you going to school now?”
“Ah, of course.” Hong Dali said, “Play is play, school is school. Oh right, Zixuan, aren’t you going to school? If you are, you better leave now. It’s already 7:30 AM now.”
Thinking about school, Lin Zixuan’s face turned a bit gloomy. Then, Lin Yingyi hurriedly said, “If you really don’t like school, then let’s stop your studies for a year and take a good break. After that, I will find another school for you that’s not as stressful.”
“Actually, it might not be a bad idea to let her study in the same school as Dali.” Hong Weiguo thought for a while. “Why don’t I help her to transfer schools?”
Hong Dali thought for a while. “Attending school? It would be a pity if Zixuan just goes to a normal school. I think that it will be better if we build our own school. Yup, let’s just name it ‘New Lanxiang Institute of Science and Technology,’ focusing on computers, animes, and gaming. Hehe, Zixuan is a genius in gaming, this is a good idea.”
“New Lanxiang Institute of Science and Technology?” Hong Weiguo touched his chin. “This name is quite good.”
Hong Weiguo wasn’t clear what New Lanxiang represented, but Hong Dali was very familiar with it, and the slogan came to him immediately. “For gaming, come to New Lanxiang. We have 800 stainless steel beds and 300 female students with good skills!”
The original sad atmosphere was immediately broken, and Lin Zixuan laughed till she collapsed.
Hong Weiguo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and said, “Little rascal, where do you get these phrases from.”
“Don’t bother about that, I’m going to school now.” Hong Dali took his schoolbag and left the house.
“This little rascal.” Hong Weiguo laughed and shook his head. He looks at Lin Yingyi and said, “Come, since Mr. Lin has graced my house with your presence, you might as well have a meal here. Take it as a means to appease your alarmed spirit. Also, let’s discuss this school that Dali talked about.”
“Huh?” Lin Yingyi was a bit confused. “Are you really going to build a school for my Xuanxuan? That, that’s too troublesome!”
Hong Weiguo proudly said, “It’s fine. Don’t see that Dali is a prodigal, his foresight is really good. If he said that he wants to open a school, I feel that there must be good future prospects in doing this. This little rascal’s luck has always been pretty good.”
Lin Yingyi felt that the information from his words was a bit too much—just a casual word from Hong Dali, and he was really going to open a school? The world of the rich was really something that he couldn’t really understand…
…
Over the next few days, the entertainment industry erupted again.
The 50,000 tickets for the second episode of “I Am a Singer” was immediately sold out directly after being released. A lot of people even started queuing two days before the ticket counter opened. It must also be mentioned that the name of Young Master was revered as a God of Fortune by the scalpers—they earned a large sum of money just by reselling the tickets for “I Am a Singer.” The originally 50 yuan tickets for the furthest seats were sold for over 200 yuan on the black market!
So Cool Video-sharing website, Ku Ge Music, and Tianjin Satellite TV—these three parties placed advertisements all over the place. Momentarily, the worth of the eight singers who joined the show increased sharply. As for Hong Dali’s side, he almost effortlessly signed a 10-year contract with five of them. The remaining three singers were still bound to their current contract and could only watch in pain as the others signed contracts with Hong Dali’s company.
…
Chenghui Building level nine, Caiwei Entertainment.
Zhang Cai was making her report to Hong Dali who was teasing Quentin. “Young Master, the result for the second stage of ‘I Am a Singer’ is out. Xia Yuyao who was placed third in the first stage performed greatly and got the first in the overall points of the two stages. From second to last is, respectively: Jiang Ruoyu, Liu Yuqiong, Panda, Chu Zhongqin, Yang Jun, and Fei Chang. The previous last in place Panda made a comeback, and Li Xiao who was placed seventh in the first stage was eliminated.”
“Oh? This Xia Yuyao seems to be quite formidable, not bad at all.” Hong Dali praised.
Zhang Cai said, “Yup, he is indeed worthy of being one of the most popular male celebrities currently. His skills are top-notch. Also, Jiang Ruoyu’s performances for the last two stages are also very impressive. She’s not bad too.”
Hong Dali smiled and said, “That’s quite good, I really didn’t expect that. At the start, we only invited her to meet the headcount. And she only cost us 50,000…”
Zhang Cai smiled and said, “Young Master, you added another 50,000 after that, so it’s 100,000 now. Actually, I’m surprised as well. After all, her name was too unfamiliar to the audiences. Her image was still not bad, but not top-notch. She was practically useless for increasing the viewership rating.”
“But gold will shine no matter what happens. Those with the capability will definitely shine if they have the space to showcase themselves. It’s only two stages, and she’s already showing her nature as a strong competitor. Even those as strong as Yang Jun, Fei Chang, and even Chu Zhongqin also had to back away from her.”
“Now, Jiang Ruoyu’s popularity is already the highest in ‘I Am a Singer,’ and there are quite some companies that wish for her to endorse their products. Their offer has already gone up to more than 200,000. She can be considered to be a money tree that we unconsciously nurtured.”
Hong Dali touched his chin. “Yup, but this isn’t good.”
Hearing Hong Dali’s words, Zhang Cai strangely asked, “Oh? Why isn’t this a good thing? Jiang Ruoyu only spent two weeks to increase the attraction of our show greatly—this has already caused us a great surprise. According to my original plan, I intended to groom her and push her up to fame. Coupled with her original experience of being a small artist, she is most suitable to be an encouraging figure.”
Hong Dali said, “I know that. The problem is that, if she is going to dominate the rest of the stages, then it won’t be fun anymore.”
Speaking of which, Zhang Cai was indeed an intelligent person. Once she heard Hong Dali say this, she immediately understood. “What Young Master means is that we shouldn’t let her become dominant, because if there isn’t any suspense anymore, the attraction of the show will definitely drop. Is that right?”
Hong Dali grinned and said, “Correct. Think about it, if she gets first place every time, then will the audiences still look at the other singers? Also, I noticed that the audiences don’t seem to like Chu Zhongqin’s performance very much. If he gets eliminated, not only will he lose face, but it won’t look good on us too.”
Therefore, Hong Dali smiled and said, “The most important thing now is one: Let Chu Zhongqin find a reason to leave the stage honorably. Two: Find someone who can fight against Jiang Ruoyu, so that the competition will be filled with suspense.
“Hehe, I think that Chu Zhongqin will definitely be extremely thankful for my idea!”
