Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Nominee Number 108, Hong Dali.”
The lady responsible for broadcasting at the Chairman’s table looked at the information in her hands and announced them indifferently. “Hong Dali, 18, just completed the coming of age ceremony. 2013 descendants ranking: none. Currently running projects as below: One nightclub, three hotels, housing estates and so on.” She could no longer continue reading up till there, and the voice towards the end became softer and softer. “All kinds of pet dogs, several of them. Stray dogs, several of them. One hilltop, one lake…
After which, the woman’s face turned red—probably having a hard time holding in her laughter. Thus, she decisively went to seek help from Old Elder Hong Tu. “Old Elder, what do you suggest…”
Those descendants below were already a laughing mess.
“Hahaha, he definitely deserves to be called the Number One prodigal of our family. As expected, this chap is just too good at squandering!”
“Sigh, he’s really embarrassed our entire family, who does things like him.”
“If not for the sake of Fifth Elder, I reckon that he would not even be able to enter this big conference room.”
“Sigh, what a waste for such a good family background. I can’t even understand how he’s turned into this kind of person?”
“Who knows, man’s fate is truly as uncertain as the weather…”
Cough cough! Upon hearing the mockings and sighs of the descendants below, Hong Tu’s face couldn’t help but turn red as well. He violently coughed once, and eventually, when they had finally become silent, he said with a solemn voice, “Dali! Dali! Hurry up and stand up to report at once!”
He called for the first time, but nobody stood up. He called for two more times, but there was still nobody standing up.
The entire conference room was silent by this time, then everyone searched all around and, suddenly, a descendant exclaimed. “He’s here!”
Everyone looked towards that direction, and afterward, the whole conference room went completely silent.
The only sound that traveled was Hong Dali’s mild snore. “Hu… hu…”
By this time, even Hong Tu had broken down. “This… this…”
Abruptly, all the descendants burst out laughing, with some of them even laughing till their back could not straighten, and the entire conference room was left with sounds of explosive laughter that could almost break through the sky. “Hahahahahahahaahaha-!!!”
Hong Dali: “Hu… Hu…”
Hong Tu didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. He wanted to wake Hong Dali up, but he knew, too, that he might as well let Hong Dali continue sleeping, or else he’d be greatly embarrassed. He thought for quite a while when suddenly, he told the woman beside him who was in charge of taking the attendance, “I remember that there was someone called Ling Xiaoyi among Dali’s followers. I heard that she’s responsible for handling all these matters for Dali, call her over now.”
“Yes.” The woman left instantly. However, her face was extremely red as she walked away while covering her mouth tightly—she’d definitely laughed while running.
“Ehemm!” Hong Tu cleared his throat. “Dali’s daily matters are all handled by his subordinate. Everyone, let’s wait here first.”
Now that Old Elder Hong Tu had spoken, those descendants naturally didn’t dare to go too far. However, they were still having discussions in a low voice, and the topic of the discussion naturally revolved around Hong Dali. “Sigh, so this is the last judgment, right?” “Almost there, heh heh, he actually had a little bit of chance initially, but the problem lies with him buying so many housing estates, how greatly can that thing increase in value?” “That’s right, that’s right, I reckon that he’d fall to rock bottom this time. Sigh, this prodigal nickname is probably going to be with him for the rest of his life.”
Should it have been another person, he would have dug a hole and buried himself in it by then.
However, Hong Dali was extremely fast asleep. “Hu… Hu…”
He totally didn’t care about what was going on there. Of course, this type of conference had almost the same effect as hypnosis had on him—he’d previously hated this type of dry report; moreover, there were over a hundred people at this event, and it truly gave him pleasurable hypnosis.
He fell asleep once he was awake, and woke up again after he fell asleep…
Not long after, the main door of the big conference room was slowly pushed open, and Ling Xiaoyi followed the woman who went to search for her just now into the big conference room.
In the conference room at this point in time, all the descendants were exchanging whispers. Many did not recognize her, and upon seeing her entering, for a moment, all eyes were diverted toward her…
Ling Xiaoyi casually glanced around. Many of them had sympathy in their eyes, and of course, there were more who were gloating.
No one was willing to offer timely help or support. On the contrary, they took pleasure in striking someone when he was down.
Ling Xiaoyi could already largely recognize the situation there by taking only a look.
Seems like they are all waiting to see how Young Master will be made into a joke , she chuckled in her heart. She didn’t say anything more and almost immediately walked into the room and greeted the three elders who were high up on the platform. “Young Master’s number one lackey, Ling Xiaoyi, offers her greetings to the three elders.”
Once that was said, laughter exploded in the room again. “Hahaha, she actually admitted that she is a lackey of that prodigal Hong Dali, that’s absolutely surprising.” “In this time and age, she actually dares to announce that she’s a lackey as if it’s something good… birds of a feather do flock together.” “If not, why would they say that as a prodigal, he must have lackeys? Dali has truly succeeded in being a prodigal!”
Upon hearing what the descendants said, Ling Xiaoyi was tranquil and calm as she smiled and did not have even the slightest look of anger, as she stood there quietly and waited for the instructions of those up there to report the results.
Hong Tu stared at the little lass in front of him and expressed curiosity about what she had just said. He was not sure whether she was genuine in saying that she was “Young Master’s Number One lackey.”
Cough cough! After violently coughing for a while and waiting for everyone in the conference room to shut their mouths, Hong Tu nodded at Ling Xiaoyi and said, “Miss Xiaoyi, you should know about the business services that Dali has invested in more than anyone else, right? Then, you may begin now.”
“Yes,” Ling Xiaoyi smiled and bowed towards Hong Tu, after which she gathered her thoughts and started to report about Hong Dali’s current achievements.
Ling Xiaoyi indeed had the true capability as Hong Dali’s Number One lackey. She was extremely meticulous as she reported everything that Hong Dali had started up. “Young Master has purchased the Fourth Loop Ye Lai Xiang nightclub, totaling an exact 8 million spent.” Upon hearing what she had said, there were professionals who instantly started recording.
“Ahem.” Hong Tu nodded and questioned. “What about this year’s earnings? Was it loss or gain? How much has been lost and how much profits have been earned?”
His question was what everyone was concerned about, as they thought. “How can those things started up by that prodigal Hong Dali bring in money? It would be great if there aren’t any losses.” There were also those who were well-informed and secretly said, “Hong Dali has indeed not any suffered losses, I heard that it’s really popular over there now.”
Ling Xiaoyi smiled and said, “The current business turnover has reached a net profit of 50,000 yuan. The net profit for the year is 18 million.”
Hong Tu: “…”
Once Ling Xiaoyi said that, those below were instantly stunned. “That… how is that possible? A net profit above 200%? That’s cheating!” There were even those who directly shouted out loudly. “Don’t you try to cook things up, how is it possible that there is such a high level of profits?” “That’s right, that’s right, we request to investigate this issue thoroughly!”
Hong Anbao, meanwhile, had instantly turned pale. “That… that’s impossible! Impossible! Ye Lai Xiang was already going bankrupt by the time he had bought it over! How long has it been? A net profit of 18 million for the year?!”
“Quick! Quickly send someone to check the account statement! Go quickly!” Hong Tu was truly surprised as well.
Hong Dali bought over Ye Lai Xiang to squander, but the profit turned out to be so huge?
About five minutes later, a helper rushed over with the phone. Hong Tu pressed the “hand-free” button, and the assessment officer exclaimed in surprise over the phone. “Old Elder, it’s true! It’s all true! I checked the accounts, the bank accounts, the monthly statements, the expenses bill—they’re all true!”
Everyone was completely stunned.
This is… true?
Hong Tu looked in the direction of Hong Dali, who was sleeping soundly. “Hu… Hu…”
After a short while of stillness, Ling Xiaoyi smiled and asked, “Old Elder, may I continue?”
“Continue, continue!” Though he was the Old Elder, Hong Tu couldn’t help but sit upright. “I’m listening, continue speaking!”
“Young Master spent 2.4 million to purchase Ling Dian, which is now known as Zhong Dian website, plus the fees for advertisement as well as the salaries of the employees, which totals up to approximately 6 million worth of investments.” Ling Xiaoyi slowly continued. “The current business turnover is at a net of 6 million, and the yearly net profit is 720,000.”
“This is still normal, still normal.” Hong Tu held up his teacup and caught his breath. No matter what, this was at least still considered normal.
Everyone below had learned their lesson this time and didn’t mindlessly kick up a fuss. However, there were still quite a number of people who whispered. “This is still fine, it’s only mediocre. Like what I said, how could he possibly attain such sick results for everything?” “That’s true, this can only be considered mediocre—6 million worth of investments and 720,000 yuan of yearly results, it can’t compare with Ye Lai Xiang; Ye Lai Xiang probably achieved that kind of results because of his good moral quality.” “That’s right. that’s right. Like what I said, he couldn’t possibly always be so lucky!”
Upon hearing that, Hong Anbao became much more relaxed.
Even the Number One genius Mu Yuxi heaved a long sigh of relief.
For an investment of 6 million, this profit could only be considered as not making a loss.
After all, if all of them were as sick as those from Ye Lai Xiang, then there was no meaning for her to participate anymore, she might as well just pack and leave.
Unfortunately, Ling Xiaoyi had obviously intended to wage a challenge this time. “However, the daily IP of Zhong Dian website has currently exceeded 80 thousand, and many companies are wanting to do their advertisement services on the website, only that Young Master declined them all.”
As she spoke up to this point, a demonic smile appeared on her face. “Those advertisements have a total value of 5.3 million annually. Should that not affect the reading experience of the readers, it would not be a problem to cap it to two million.”
PU— Hong Tu instantly spurted out the tea in his mouth.
This was provided that the reading experience of the readers were not affected, should the impact be a litter greater, wouldn’t it mean that it could take up to three million worth of advertisement?!
