Chapter 7

Leng Zhi was completely unaware of all of this.

He was just a defeated opponent; he didn't even bother to go to Chang Ge's game homepage before starting a second game at lightning speed.

Although Jiang Mingzhe couldn't understand the game, he could understand the game announcements.

Dad is really good at video games! He killed so many people in the game!

He was watching with great interest, but Leng Zhi didn't dare let the child stay up all night with him.

— He had only played a couple of games to warm up his fingers when it was already 9:30, which was a bit late for Jiang Mingzhe to go to bed.

Leng Zhi turned off the game, shut down the screen, and turned to Jiang Mingzhe.

Jiang Mingzhe, his vision cut off, yelled, "Why aren't you playing anymore! I want to play too!"

Leng Zhi ruthlessly picked up Jiang Mingzhe and said, "That's enough, let's go to sleep."

Jiang Mingzhe made a fuss for a while, but when he realized it was pointless, he could only obediently wrap himself tightly in the blanket.

Five-year-olds actually have limited energy, but they don't see the limit of their energy and always think they can keep playing. Jiang Mingzhe, who had been playing all day, fell asleep in less than five minutes, like a little robot that had run out of power, and drifted off to sleep.

Leng Zhi also leaned back on the bed, lost in thought.

One game as a jungler, one game as a mid laner, both were crushing victories. These low-skill games weren't even entertainment for him, let alone training.

However, this is enough to confirm the similarity between this game and "Tianyao", as well as the infinite possibilities for its own future.

What needs to be done now is to quickly restore the intensity of training, maintain the best feel, and wait for an opportunity to enter the professional scene.

First, you need to get an account that can play high-quality games, but renting such accounts is not cheap, and without the support of a club, Leng Zhi can't afford to buy one.

So Leng Zhi opened the game forum and posted a simple thread:

[Accepting gaming companionship, guaranteed wins, client needs to provide account, high quality and low price]

He thought about it and felt that the post wasn't quite convincing enough, so he added:

[A professional gaming companion with 10 years of experience. I went solo after a fight with the studio owner and am currently building a reputation. Prices are 20% of market rate. No money if you can't win. Rank drops will be compensated. I use a professional gaming companion platform. DM me if interested!]

High EQ: This post looks like a pie falling from the sky, very tempting.

Low emotional intelligence: This post looks like it's from a scammer.

Sure enough, not long after the post was published, someone commented with mockery.

[3L: OP, at least put some effort into lying...]

[4L: At least post some past achievements!]

[5L: This is obviously a scam post, confirmed!]

Leng Zhi ignored them and directly switched to the forum app.

They don't understand that this is called Jiang Taigong fishing, where those who are willing will take the bait—there are all kinds of scammers in the e-sports circle, precisely because no matter how clumsy the scam is, there will always be one or two fools caught in the net.

We need to give the fish some time.

Leng Zhi entered a currently popular game live streaming platform and registered as a streamer in the background.

Training alone can be a bit boring, so why not do a live stream while you're at it? You can earn some tips and get a little closer to your goal of 30 million.

With everything ready, he finally put down his phone, and the room went completely dark.

-

The next morning, Leng Zhi was woken up by a phone call.

The loud ringtone of the cell phone exploded in their ears, stunning Leng Zhi and Jiang Mingzhe completely.

Leng Zhi: "What's wrong with you so early in the morning...?"

Without even opening his eyes or thinking, he pressed the side button and hung up the phone.

Jiang Mingzhe rubbed his eyes groggily, his words mumbled indistinctly: "Baba, who does he look like?"

Leng Zhi rolled over: "Harassing phone call, go back to sleep."

So the two of them, one big and one small, fell into a deep sleep again.

On the other end of the phone.

The floor-to-ceiling windows offer a panoramic view of the river in S City, making this the most expensive office building in the city.

The window was sparkling clean, reflecting President Jiang's slightly puzzled expression.

Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Jiang Yijing: "?"

The male secretary standing nearby broke out in a cold sweat: "Mr. Leng Zhi might... he might have pressed the wrong button, or he might not be able to make a phone call right now?"

Jiang Yijing was not satisfied with this answer: "This is a weekly schedule, specifically for reporting on Jiang Mingzhe's educational progress."

The male secretary hesitated: "Should I call back for you? Call the cell phone and then give it to President Jiang."

Jiang Yijing nodded slightly, offering no objection.

So Leng Zhi had only been asleep for two minutes when he received a second and a third phone call.

When the fifth call came in, Leng Zhi finally answered impatiently and preemptively said, "What time is it? What's the rush?"

The male secretary was overjoyed when he finally got through, but was immediately met with a barrage of questions from Leng Zhi, making him hesitate: "Mr. Leng, it's 7:09 now, nine minutes past the time you and President Jiang agreed to meet for your work report... Is there some kind of emergency on your end?"

What was the agreed-upon time for the work report with General Manager Jiang?

Upon hearing this, Leng Zhi immediately sobered up and rolled over to sit up.

There seems to be a clause in the contract that requires a report on Jiang Mingzhe's educational progress every Saturday morning at 7:00 AM.

Leng Zhi was only focused on figuring out how to terminate the contract, so he selectively ignored this sentence.

He immediately changed his expression: "I'm sorry, I was just talking to the program crew. They started asking us to start the live broadcast at seven o'clock. I wanted to give President Jiang some space, which is why it's been delayed until now."

Leng Zhi had never thought he spoke so obsequiously.

Unfortunately, the cold-blooded god ultimately had to bow down for thirty million.

There was no sound from the other end for a long time, and Leng Zhi was almost about to think that his big employer was angry when there was finally some movement from the other end.

The secretary's voice changed to a deep and magnetic male voice: "Contact the secretary after the recording ends tonight."

Before Leng Zhi could react, the other end of the line had already hung up, leaving only an automatic busy tone.

As expected of the CEO, he's truly a man of few words.

Leng Zhi mentally scoffed and took a breath—at least he had some time to deal with it.

The phone call completely woke Leng Zhi up, so he got up and pulled the sleepy Jiang Mingzhe up with him.

After two days of getting to know each other, Leng Zhi had roughly figured out Jiang Mingzhe's waking-up habits (in his own opinion).

For example, Jiang Mingzhe can wear simple clothes independently, but he needs an adult's help with complicated ones.

Following the butler's instructions on how to arrange the luggage, he dressed Jiang Mingzhe inside layers of a small gentleman's outfit.

Leng Zhi squinted, looked at him for a while, and then took off all the layers of clothes for him.

Damn, why are the child's clothes so messy? They're all wrinkled no matter what he wears. He doesn't look like a little gentleman; he looks like a stray kid on the street.

Leng Zhi tossed the suit prepared by the butler behind him, then pulled out a pair of shorts and a white t-shirt from the suitcase and held them up to Jiang Mingzhe: "What kind of taste does the butler have? You'll be so hot, kid. I think this is better."

He handed the clothes to the child with satisfaction: "Put them on yourself."

Fifteen minutes later, the camera outside finally caught the appearance of the two figures—according to the production team's plan, if they had been any later, other already-woke-up groups would have been arranged to "force their way in" and provide a "friendly" wake-up call.

Yesterday's content was just a warm-up; today is the first day of official recording. Leng Zhi is also the only guest in the group wearing short sleeves and shorts.

The viewers in the live stream were chatting enthusiastically:

[Is this really a wealthy family? Why are they dressed so casually?]

[And they didn't even style their hair...]

[However, he looks handsome even in short sleeves and shorts!]

[A handsome, refreshing young man with a refreshing little baby!]

[Stop arguing, isn't the focus on the baby? So what if he's handsome? He doesn't look like he knows how to take care of a child.]

Leng Zhi and Yun Jingcheng, who had just come out of the next room, greeted Xiao Yu, and the four of them walked towards the restaurant together.

Midway through the conversation, Yun Jingcheng casually started a conversation: "Brother Leng, do you play 'Di Yao'?"

I played it last night.

But he didn't want to talk too much—if he was invited to play games together, he'd rather train on his own; it would be a complete waste of time.

Leng Zhi paused slightly, then said, "I play it occasionally, not much."

Jiang Mingzhe was also listening to the adults talk. When he heard Leng Zhi's words, he immediately grabbed his arm: "By the way, Dad, what game did you play last night? You still haven't told me. Dad killed so many people, he was so awesome!"

Seeing the curious look in Yun Jingcheng's eyes, Leng Zhi said calmly, "Plants vs. Zombies."

He flicked Jiang Mingzhe's forehead lightly: "Your father killed monsters, not people. Kids, don't think about fighting and killing all the time."

Yun Jingcheng scratched his head: "Did you see the trending topics this morning?"

Leng Zhi didn't even look at those apps: "What trending topics?"

Yun Jingcheng immediately took out his phone, flipped to the corresponding page, and showed it to Leng Zhi: "Look, someone checked the address and said that someone was cheating in the game at our recording site."

While showing Leng Zhi the video from the trending topics, he muttered to himself, "This is the first time I've ever heard of cheating. I've never encountered it when I play games."

Leng Zhi looked down and saw a familiar hero and character ID.

"..."

Isn't that Xuan Ce from the first game yesterday?

Who's cheating? Me, cheating?

I've seen dishes before, but I've never seen anything this incredible.

Leng Zhi sneered: "Open my ass, they're just lousy."

Yun Jingcheng's eyes widened, somewhat puzzled: "Wow, Brother Leng can even tell that!"

Leng Zhi had already composed himself and changed the subject: "No, just guessing. By the way, do you know the schedule for today's activities?"

Yun Jingcheng shook his head: "I don't know, but we need to work harder, otherwise we won't have enough to eat and sleep on the show."

The casual conversation between the two guests didn't attract the interest of the live chat; they were still discussing the trending topics.

[Speaking of which, I also saw today's trending topics: a mysterious person brutally beat up a small-time streamer! I support the mysterious person; cyberbullying and doxxing are wrong!]

[Our show even has e-sports experts! Are they really guests? I haven't heard of anyone being particularly good at it.]

[Didn't LeiShen previously endorse gaming keyboards and mice? I remember the advertisements saying he was quite skilled?]

[Oh right, that mysterious person is Lei Shen, isn't he!]

[So Lei Shen is cheating?]

[No, professionals have already analyzed it; there was no cheating, it was simply a superior understanding of the game.]

[Leishen is that good? This streamer even made it onto the national server rankings before!]

[Now he really is Thor!]

Speak of the devil, and he appears. Just as the comments section was discussing him, Leng Zhi and Yun Jingcheng happened to pass by Samsung's villa area and ran into Lei Shen and Xi Xi.

Upon seeing the camera, Lei Shen immediately greeted the two of them enthusiastically, seemingly having completely forgotten yesterday's unpleasantness: "Leng Zhi! Jing Cheng!"

He walked over quickly and said, "What a coincidence! I was just heading to the village entrance when the e-sports product brand I worked with contacted me, saying they insisted on renewing their endorsement contract for another year. Oh dear, they've even followed me to the show's set. I told the director it wouldn't affect the recording, and I'll just go sign the contract and be right back."

Although he was in front of the camera, he spoke frankly about his commercial endorsement work, almost saying to his fans: That's right, that's right, the mystery person is me, hurry up and buy what I endorse!

After Lei Shen finished speaking, he left with a radiant smile. He was overjoyed—he didn't know where the trending topic had come from, but the brand contacted him almost overnight, firmly believing that it was his doing, and even asked him to strike while the iron was hot and promote the product on the show, and he received a considerable sum of money as an endorsement fee.

Lei Shen couldn't possibly miss such a good thing. He'd rather take advantage of this unexpected windfall. He mentioned it almost every time he saw the camera today, and his fans were so fooled that almost all of them believed it.

Leng Zhi watched Lei Shen's arrogant back and fell into deep thought.

If it's this profitable... then maybe we don't need to hide it?