Chapter 65
"ah!!"
When the professors saw someone behind them, they screamed.
——When they were concentrating on eating melons, a person suddenly jumped out from behind them and spoke to them in a sinister tone. The impact was no less than being killed in the face by a bloody ghost in a horror movie.
"Everyone, please stop your screaming. Making noise in public is extremely rude."
The golden-eyed man standing behind them spoke in an elegant and somewhat lazy voice, looking polite and gentlemanly, completely ignoring the screams of these people who were frightened by him.
When he saw the door of the box open, the man with golden eyes spoke again with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
"-Oh, it seems you have disturbed an uninvited guest in the box."
"...So what is the relationship between this Count Uno and that Ye Wangxing?"
Outside the box, these professors, who are big names in the industry, listened to the movements inside without breathing.
When they heard someone whispering about the three people inside the cricket door, the others present immediately turned around and looked at that person.
The professor, who was rather gossipy, muttered to himself when he saw the looks from his colleagues that said, 'At this moment, you're still thinking about gossip.'
"...I just don't believe it. I'm the only one who's curious."
The colleagues present were silent. They all turned away with guilty eyes, as if they had been caught by the organizer while taking a tea break during the meeting.
but……
The professors present once again put their ears to the door.
The fact that the richest man in the gossip empire has their vice president is really tempting!
They just don't believe that anyone can resist listening to gossip!
What's more, the three people in the box are very famous in the capital star!
I won’t say much about Ye Wangxing. After coming to Capital Star for half a month, rumors about his scandals with two other men were everywhere.
And our vice-president is also a genius among geniuses, a young talent among young talents.
Not to mention Count Uno, the richest man in the entire empire, the emperor's purse, and a man with countless and inestimable assets.
Now all three of them were gathered in a box, and it seemed their relationship was quite complicated, which aroused their curiosity even more.
Soon a professor answered the previous question.
"They should be partners, after all, Count Uno himself admitted it."
The other professors and researchers also nodded, but the professor who had spoken earlier frowned and said.
"But if that's the case, then why did Ye Wangxing have scandals with two other people before?"
The professor's soul-searching question stunned everyone present.
Indeed, if Ye Wangxing is really Count Uno's partner, then wouldn't he be cheating on his wife?
One of the people he cheated with was even their vice president!
However, they believed that their vice-president would not be a mistress, and it must be Ye Wangxing who deceived their president.
The more they thought about it, the more they felt that this was the case.
There was a hint of resentment in his eyes.
The vice president was very busy with his project recently. After attending a social dance half a month ago, he has been conscientiously working on the project without even looking at his computer.
Otherwise, the professors believed in their own vice-president and would definitely not come to question Ye Wangxing like a victim, or even want to reconcile with him.
The story of the wealthy Count Uno is easier to explain.
He has been extremely busy recently. The Ministry of Finance also has to submit a mid-year report. Although he, the richest man, is not from the Ministry of Finance, he is a non-staff member. His Majesty will definitely read his report and probably has no time to care about the scandals in the capital.
The professors became even angrier when they thought of this.
Count Uno is the financial backer of these professors, and some of their projects that require a lot of money and take a long time to complete are invested by this wealthy man.
This is also the reason why they waited until this person walked into the box door gracefully before starting to chirp after being frightened.
And now someone has actually tricked their vice president and financial sponsor!
The professors thought indignantly—and pressed their ears even closer to the door.
However, Elina and her two companions who were still standing in the water looked at the new people in the box and their expressions became serious.
Martha said in a commanding tone.
"Elina, Ye Bai, immediately raise your light computers and translate their lip language in real time!"
"We must not miss any key information!"
After the trio all raised their light brains, Count Uno finally sat down gracefully.
He just slowly handed his coat and cane to the butler robot beside him, and did not forget to give Ye Wangxing a reassuring look.
——But he didn't look at Samos the whole time.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're indeed a seasoned veteran. You ignored the opponent at the start and put psychological pressure on him. Now, Lord Semos is probably unable to hold back."
Elina and the others didn't know that Lord Semos had a bad temper. After all, this matter was only circulated within the research institute.
However, they could not hold their breath, and they reached a consensus on this point with the professors at the research institute who knew the truth.
However, just as Lord Semos was about to ask, Count Uno interrupted him.
"...So, Lord Semos, you don't know what you're looking for, Stargazer? What's so important that you'd be so disrespectful as to barge into the private room I've reserved?"
Count Uno's expression was quite calm, with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be taking his time. However, the words he translated made Elena exclaim "Wow".
"Count Uno's sense of oppression is very strong..."
Ye Bai also began to sigh.
And Count Uno in the box added another sentence.
"And you even argued with Wangxing. The aggressive attitude you showed just now makes it hard for me to believe that you were communicating with Wangxing out of good intentions."
As Count Uno spoke, he held Ye Wangxing's hand as if to comfort him. This action made the young man who was about to speak slow down a beat.
"I just came to discuss some personal matters with him. After all, as you know, the work at the institute is very busy and it's hard to find time. Unlike you, you can date different people every day."
However, it was this slight delay that caused the cat-eyed man opposite to blurt out all the words with an expressionless face.
He even added to Count Uno, who was still smiling elegantly but whose veins were bulging on the back of his hand holding the armrest.
"I sincerely apologize for trespassing into your box. If you don't mind, could I invite Wangxing to our box and explain everything?"
Count Uno naturally would not refuse to respond. He said quite gracefully, "I'm sorry, this is a private appointment. I finally managed to find Wangxing's free time."
He tapped the armrest with his other hand and spoke.
"After all, the recent poverty alleviation project has kept us businessmen extremely busy. Although Wangxing is also involved in the same project with us, we rarely see each other because we are working on different projects. We are both finally free, and I am sorry that I can't give you this time."
"You—you wouldn't be so rude."
Count Uno looked at the cat-eyed man opposite with a smile. While he responded to the cat-eyed man, he also put the other party on the moral high ground. However, although this move was a satisfying response, it seemed like a provocation.
——Fire was about to burst from Samos’ eyes.
Judging from the fact that Count Uno was still elegant and in a good mood, he did it on purpose.
"Lord Semos is also firing on all cylinders, but unfortunately, Count Uno is even better. He's also the one who deals with old foxes from other planets every day. Lord Semos is still a little green."
Elina looked at the cat-eyed man who was in full swing and shook her head.
"Indeed, Lord Semos was completely suppressed by Count Uno." Even Ye Bai said affirmatively.
This surprised Elina and Martha a little - so you know this is called being beaten.
While they were chatting in low voices, the man with cat eyes in the box finally couldn't control his temper anymore. He spoke to the man in front of him who had an elegant posture and looked at him as if he was a child.
"Your Excellency, in what capacity do you speak to me in such a manner?"
Elina and her group of three suddenly showed a hint of excitement on their faces. Here it comes, the critical point is finally here!
And Count Uno's response did not disappoint them.
"I would like to ask you this question, sir. In what capacity do you say such things?"
"—And you questioned me in the box I booked?"
Count Uno said with a smile, but his golden eyes were as sharp as metal, and the old-fashioned and conservative three-piece suit on him exuded a unique charm, like a battle robe in this situation.
——It formed a sharp contrast with the cat-eyed man opposite who was only wearing a shirt and trousers.
"Okay, kid, don't look at me like that angrily. His Excellency the Marshal and I have some friendship. Maybe after our date, if you don't need to go back to the institute, the three of us could enjoy afternoon tea together in this restaurant?"
Count Uno spoke lazily, as if victory was already within his grasp.
And that is indeed the case in the eyes of outsiders.
"It's over. I'm completely suppressed. It turns out that an old fox like Count Uno is not something that Semos can handle."
Elina, who was standing over there, sighed, and Martha beside her nodded.
The professors standing outside the box door also felt the same way.
Listening to the noise inside the door, they felt that their vice-president was probably really suppressed by their financial sponsor, and their chances of winning this time were slim.
"The Vice President was really beaten to a pulp this time. What researchers like us fear most is dealing with businessmen. They're not as good at talking as they are."
The professors sighed and said.
They completely forgot that they were just complaining about their vice-president and sponsor before, but now they were thinking about asking their vice-president to work harder and overwhelm the sponsor with momentum.
The vice president of his own house seemed to have heard what his colleagues said, and then his voice was heard coming calmly from the door.
"What if I say I'm Wangxing's ex-boyfriend? With that identity, I think you don't need to be around to listen in on our conversation."
When the professors outside the door heard this, they immediately made a victory gesture and cheered softly.
"It's not good for this guy to say anything more about his ex-boyfriend."
One researcher said with some optimism.
but……
"Oh? Really?"
Count Uno spoke calmly, and then he seemed to be speaking to Ye Wangxing.
"So after you broke up with me, you found someone else? But..."
Count Uno said with a tone that became somewhat disgusted.
"This meal replacement doesn't look very good. How about going straight for the genuine product?"
These words caused everyone inside and outside the box to fall into dead silence.
A professor said tremblingly: "...Count Uno is also this person's ex-boyfriend?"
What a divine man this is!
However, Elina and the others were not too shocked by the matter of her ex-boyfriend. After all, they had heard the news from Ye Bai before.
What shocked them even more was the meal replacement thing. This was Lord Semos! The son of the Marshal! This identity alone could make men and women from the entire empire, even those from the neighboring Federation, line up across a dozen star systems!
Now Count Uno claims that the other party is his meal replacement???
This is ridiculous!
And then something even more ridiculous happened.
Elina watched as Lord Semos was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then his gaze shifted to Ye Wangxing. He stared at him for a long time, his lips trembling for a long time, unable to utter a word.
As the angle changed, Elina discovered that Lord Samos's beautiful cat eyes were filled with tears.
However, he did not let the tears fall, but stared at the young man in front of him stubbornly.
Elina's heart softened when she saw this, and Martha sighed even more.
"If Ye Wangxing wasn't a heart of stone, he would definitely be shaken in the face of such a Lord Semos."
And this is indeed the case.
Under the gazes of Elena and Martha, the young man, whose hand had been held by Count Uno and who had been restraining him from speaking, finally regained his right to speak.
She opened her mouth, and the light brain began to display what the young man said.
"Uno, don't say that, Samos. You're not anyone's meal replacement. I was sincere when I was dating you. Besides..."
The young man looked at Count Uno with some reproach in his eyes.
"Actually, I met you after I broke up with Samos."
There was silence inside and outside the door again.
These gentle words hit the golden-eyed earl, who had just stood up, like a heavy hammer, causing him to stagger.
The professors outside the door were shocked at first after they realized what was happening, and then they began to cheer quietly. In terms of the order of precedence, they were still better.
At this time, they had completely forgotten their previous dislike for Ye Wangxing, and all they could think about was that their vice-president had finally won.
It was Elina who silently covered her face after she realized what was happening. She couldn't imagine how embarrassed Count Uno would be.
I originally thought that the other party came with bad intentions, but I didn't expect that I was the one who came.
"...But this does confirm that the screenwriter of that palace drama wasn't basing it on reality. The drama doesn't say the queen entered the palace later."
In order to change the subject, Alina started talking about the palace fighting drama. At this time, Martha clicked on the drama with trembling hands and handed it to Alina.
——The latest episode last night showed that the Merchant Queen really did enter the palace just two years ago.
The reason was quite cliché. The treasury was empty and the emperor did not want his in-laws to become too powerful, so he married a merchant queen.
This is like a palace fighting drama - it takes more than just the powerful emperor's harem to fight!
However, since the actor who played the emperor was too unpleasant to the eye and looked like the ugly son of a capitalist, Elena always skipped the scenes where the emperor appeared.
As luck would have it, the Emperor happened to appear in the plot of the Merchant Queen last night.
Elina: ...
"Is this screenwriter really not basing the plot on reality?"
She was silent for a long time, then spoke tremblingly.
——Except for the scumbag emperor, all the others are correct!
While Elena and the others were shocked, the atmosphere in the box did not become tense anymore, but became somewhat calm. However, with Martha's keen eyesight, she could naturally see that behind this calmness there were undercurrents.
Count Uno did not speak for a long time after being stabbed by Ye Wangxing, and Ye Wangxing seemed a little dissatisfied with what Count Uno said about meal replacements.
But after seeing Count Uno's somewhat distraught look, he sighed and retained Semos, as if he was trying to reconcile the conflict between the two men.
Both Semos and Count Uno agreed to the proposal, but the two men remained vigilant throughout the whole process, which made Elina feel sick to her stomach.
Fortunately, Ye Wangxing was there to keep the atmosphere going throughout the whole process, otherwise Elena really suspected that these two would have to take stomach medicine after returning home.
Fortunately, in the second half of the meal, Count Uno adjusted himself earlier than Samos and began to consciously guide the topic, which allowed Elina to finally see the powerful rhetoric of this richest man.
——It was this ability, used in this situation, that made Elina shocked and speechless.
Fortunately, what Count Uno talked about was not about any confidential content, which allowed Elina and the others' light computers to operate normally, instead of being unable to translate the confidential content involved.
The poverty alleviation project that Count Uno mentioned this time was also the project that Ye Bai's mother was doing.
"...Ms. Fei has already arranged for the establishment of local port infrastructure, but the logistics department is currently unable to reach the outlets there. Furthermore, because the planet is so remote, shipping costs are gradually increasing."
Count Uno also talked about the local industries and local special tourism projects.
"I've experienced those tourist attractions before when I was on a business trip with Director Fei. The visual effects were great, the kind that the people of the Empire would enjoy. Unfortunately, the government over there can't afford to subsidize them for the time being, so they've remained unknown."
When the young man heard what Count Uno said, his expression became a little serious, but then he relaxed his brows and said.
"Are you planning to let them sell the products from his factory through my platform?"
Count Uno smiled and said, "After all, your platform is quite accessible to the grassroots, and unlike other platforms, you have strong backing. The logistics groups in various galaxies don't dare to take action against you. They can use your platform to build their official logistics business."
"After all, those logistics teams are very protective of their own cake."
Count Uno didn't go into too much detail, but Elina knew a little bit.
My mother and His Majesty have been worrying about logistics. The empire's territory has now expanded to such a large extent, and logistics or material transportation is of paramount importance. This is not only related to people's livelihood issues, but also military logistics issues.
Even if the military's material transportation channels are still firmly in the hands of the military, once a large-scale war breaks out and a large amount of military supplies need to be mobilized, civilian channels will definitely be used.
At that time, if there were no reliable official and private channels to transport supplies to immigrants...
Just thinking about it can keep those in power awake at night.
Count Uno and Ye Bai's mother, Director Fei, have been busy with this matter in recent years. Although the situation seems to be very good at present, the road is still somewhat tortuous.
——They don’t have a reliable partner to make the best use of these logistics.
There cannot be a vacuum in rights, otherwise someone will take away these rights in various ways.
So for this right regarding logistics and transportation, they have to find a partner.
And Ye Wangxing is the best partner.
Although there will definitely be official personnel involved later, given Ye Wangxing's level of cooperation, there is no need to worry about him colluding with the aristocratic families in the local star systems.
In fact, they also thought about looking for other platforms to cooperate with at the beginning, but most of these platforms are money-making machines for aristocratic families, and they naturally would not let these platforms cooperate with the official.
At this time, Elena finally understood why these platforms were all labeled as luxury goods and fine products. It turned out that these aristocratic families were behind the scenes.
What they want is to raise the prices of these goods so that those who follow them can make a fortune. As for the fact that civilians cannot buy cheaper goods, what does it have to do with them?
When Elina finished her thought and turned her gaze back to the box, the people in the box changed the topic and started discussing issues related to the delivery robot.
But Elina always felt that it was a bit strange - why was Lord Semos eating the food without saying a word?
"...Count Uno did this on purpose, didn't he?"
Elina asked Martha beside her with a twitching mouth.
Martha nodded helplessly, and even Ye Bai couldn't help but nod.
What kind of behavior is this for a kindergarten kid?
But think about it, after all, it's the love rival who is a little childish, so it seems reasonable, right?
Thinking of this, they continued to use the light brain to translate their conversation.
"...Now I'm worried about delivery robots. It's really hard to find cheap robots that can be used with a little modification but won't break down quickly."
The young man's cheeks were squeezed out, and he even looked a little aggrieved.
At this time, the cat-eyed man finally found an opportunity and interrupted the conversation.
"...I can help with this. The Quartermaster General's Office has a bunch of scrapped robots. They're scrapped, but they're just incapable of handling the intense battlefield conditions. The logistics department is lax, and despite my father's repeated warnings, they haven't changed. It would be better to scatter these military robots to those remote planets."
As the cat-eyed man spoke, his cold expression returned to his face. The emotions he had just shown, such as acting like a spoiled child and breaking his defenses, seemed like an illusion.
This made the young man look at the cat-eyed man with a new respect.
"Really? Samos, you're really amazing to even know something like this."
The cat-eyed man's ears immediately turned red, and he spoke softly.
"Actually, I remembered it specifically for you. After you left me, I wanted to go to the planet you went to to see you, but I couldn't find you anywhere..."
The young man's expression turned regretful when he heard the man's words. "I happened to meet Uno at that time. I happened to be collaborating with him on a project, so I changed my schedule..."
Elina looked at the golden-eyed man beside the young man, who raised an eyebrow, and then looked at Samos, who looked like he was about to explode.
"...What kind of plot is this where the Queen intercepts the whole thing?"
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