Chapter 7 Investment
Hypoglycemia attacks are uncomfortable, but they heal quickly after replenishing sugar.
Shen Ci pressed his forehead, and after a brief dizziness, he supported himself on the cushion and sat up: "Thank you."
He still had candy in his mouth, and his speech was unclear, with a hint of nasal sound, which was completely different from his usual cold tone. Xie Yu glanced at him, put in the key, and said, "You still have a meeting, go down, I'll come to see you next time."
After saying that, he closed and locked the door, started the ignition, turned the steering wheel, and turned onto the main road of the campus.
Shen Ci watched him leave until Bentley disappeared from his sight, then he lowered his eyelashes and took out the lollipop he was holding in his mouth.
This inconspicuous little thing is an expensive imported product. It has a vanilla and milk flavor and a soft beige color. Both the milk and vanilla are made from high-quality ingredients.
Shen Ci held the stick and looked at it for a moment, but couldn't guess the price.
He had never eaten much candy when he was a child. His family was very poor at that time. The town store was several hours away from the village. Even if he wanted to, no one would make these exquisite things for him. Later, when his grandmother fell ill, Shen Ci's pitiful salary was all spent on the hospital. He ate in the cafeteria on weekdays, and even hesitated to add some toppings to the noodles. He had never tasted these expensive and useless snacks of Master Xie, and he had never thought about trying them.
But now…
Shen Ci looked at it for a moment and put it back into his mouth.
Very sweet indeed.
He was daydreaming with a candy in his mouth, and began to think about the experiment in the evening. At this time, there was still more than an hour before the meeting started. Shen Ci planned to go back to the laboratory to get the experimental materials, and then go to eat and change clothes. While thinking, he walked back, and unknowingly, he had swiped the card and walked into the laboratory.
The lights were on in the laboratory, and Li Yue and Han Yunyun had not left yet.
Han Yunyun was copying experimental data. She looked up when she heard the voice and said, "Brother, you are finally back. This is our experiment today...ah?"
She suddenly got stuck.
Shen Ci didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but when Han Yunyun was startled, he suddenly realized something and stopped immediately.
"Master, Senior Brother?"
Shen Ci hummed, pretending to be calm, took the data, glanced at it, picked up the report and went out.
Han Yunyun didn't say anything for a long time.
It wasn’t until Shen Ci walked away that Han Yunyun woke up from her dream: “Li Li Li Yue, what is Senior Brother eating?”
Li Yue: “…”
He looked suspicious: "Lollipop?"
Senior Brother Shen, who usually doesn't smile, came to the laboratory with a lollipop in his mouth. The candy made his cheeks round. The two of them watched him go away in a daze, not daring to say a word.
Han Yunyun hesitated: "Is it my brother who has been possessed by evil spirits or am I possessed by evil spirits?"
On the ring road, the system silently reappeared in front of Xie Yu.
The fluorescent blue light flickered: "Congratulations, the important plot point [Racing Track Incident] has been completed, the key lines have been completed 100%, the character retention rate is 80%, the protagonist felt emotions such as [humiliation], [pain], [dizziness] during the time, and the emotional consistency is 50%."
"According to the system, this performance is 75% accurate."
Xie Yu: “It’s quite high.”
He just wanted to pass the exam, 60 points is great, but he ended up getting 15 points more, which was a complete surprise.
"Do I have a role tonight?"
System: "The main plot is over. The next plot is [Weekend Party]. You will take the protagonist to He Zhiyuan's dinner party."
"Can I move freely?"
The system flipped through the novel: "But there is a background plot. Well, your father will ask you to go home."
In the original text, "Xie Yu" was very upset with the protagonist's disobedience. Not only did he torture him half to death in the car, he also wanted to drag him to the hotel to continue. It was only after Xie Yuanshan called and asked his son to come home that the protagonist escaped.
Xie Yu asked: "What kind of personality does this Xie Yuanshan have?"
He played the role of the original owner's son, so he had to know his biological father's temper so as not to reveal any flaws.
System: "Xie Yuanshan is a minor character in the novel, and there is not much description of him. The system has extracted keywords, which are 'violent, irritable, and controlling'. But he didn't have much contact with the original owner, so you don't have to worry about being exposed."
Xie Yu was originally tuning the radio station. He repeated, sneering, "Irritable, easily angered, and controlling? How come he is so much like my biological father?"
The system explained: "As the chosen host, you have a certain degree of similarity with the original owner. This similarity includes name, height, appearance, family background, childhood experiences, etc. Therefore, if you feel that the 'father' in this world is similar to the original world, it is possible."
As he was talking, Xie Yu's cell phone rang three times, and the caller ID showed Xie Yuanshan.
The original owner’s cheap father.
Xie Yu pressed the answer button: "Hello?"
Xie Yuanshan's voice came: "Xie Yu, where are you?"
The voice was deep and serious, with hidden anger. It didn't sound like a father talking to his child, but more like a leader disciplining his subordinates. Xie Yu didn't reply for two seconds, and the other party said in a deep voice: "Speak."
Xie Yu paused, then laughed and acted like a dandy: "Playing outside, what's wrong?"
Xie Yuanshan said coldly: "Go home tonight, I'll find you if I have something to say."
Xie Yu: "What's the matter with going home?"
"Company business."
“…”
After a moment of silence, Xie Yuanshan ran out of patience: "I don't care what you do tonight, let me see you at the dining table at eight o'clock."
After that, he cut off the call without any explanation.
Xie Yu turned off his phone and threw it into the card slot. He held the steering wheel for a long time without saying anything. Then he leaned over and turned the radio knob. It happened to be a live broadcast of an opera. The male actor dragged out a long aria with a thousand twists and turns in his singing. He hummed along for a few words and then set the navigation: "Locate the hotel."
System: "Host? The original owner's father asked you to go home, so you don't want to go back?"
Xie Yu asked back: "Why should I go back?"
System: "Of course you don't have to go to see him, but the original owner is afraid of his father and tends to listen to his words. Logically, it would be better for you to meet him."
Xie Yu's performance has been around the passing mark, and he tried his best not to lose points off the stage.
Xie Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly sneered: "It really is haunting you."
The original owner's father's voice was exactly the same as Xie Yu's biological father's.
At exactly eight o'clock in the evening, Xie Yu entered the Xie family on time.
This is Xie Yuanshan's residence in Jiangcheng. It is a large flat facing the river, and the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room face the river. In recent years, due to municipal planning, neon lights have been installed on the high-rise buildings on both sides of the river. At first glance, it looks bright and bustling.
The room was dark except for the light coming through the window. It was very quiet. Xie Yu pushed the door open and walked in. Xie Yuanshan raised his eyelids at the dining table and said, "Are you back? Turn on the light."
Xie Yu turned on the light, and the cold white light from the downlight poured down, shining on the iron-gray marble countertop, making it seem even more desolate.
Xie Yu sat down at the dining table and saw Xie Yuanshan's face clearly.
His cheekbones were prominent but his cheeks were sunken. His eyebrows were thick and dense, and the distance between his eyes was extremely narrow. From a distance, his eyes looked like two bricks pressing down on them. There was a deep hanging needle-like line between his eyebrows, like a ravine split open in a canyon.
He sneered silently, thinking: "It really looks 80% like it."
Xie Yu didn't believe in fortune-telling, but just by looking at Xie Yuanshan's face, he could tell that he was a man with a violent temper and an extreme personality.
The system typed out a line of small characters, silently reminding: "The original owner has an average relationship with his father and rarely speaks. Please be careful."
Xie Yu frowned and nodded, then asked calmly, "What's the matter with calling me back?"
Xie Yuanshan looked at him critically for a moment and knocked on the table, which was the gesture he used to instruct his secretary to pour him some water. But Xie Yu didn't move at all. He frowned slightly and said, "You are over 20 this year, right?"
Xie Yu: “24.”
Xie Yuanshan squinted at him and said, "You're already 24, at this age, but you're still playing around with cats and dogs all day long, and you look like a jerk."
Xie Yu just smiled and said nothing.
It is true that he is 24 this year, but the original owner was only 22. He deliberately reported himself to be two years older, and Xie Yuanshan did not notice at all.
Xie Yuanshan frowned: "What are you laughing at?"
Xie Yu sneered: "No, you are right."
As a famous entrepreneur in the city, Xie Yuanshan's time is very precious. He has no intention of wasting it on Xie Yu. He just said, "You are my only son. You are 24 years old. You need to learn some business knowledge. I have prepared an initial fund for you to see your investment level."
Xie Yu raised his eyebrows and watched Xie Yuanshan push a black card over.
Xie Yu picked up the card with one hand and looked at it. The card had a gold edge and reflected a halo like broken diamonds under the light. He looked at it for a long time and suddenly smiled: "Then I use this money to invest in a grave for my mother, is that okay?"
When he said this, Xie Yu was glancing at Xie Yuanshan. His eyelids were half closed, and the light and shadow in his eyes flickered, as deep and cold as a pool.
Xie Yuanshan was obviously stunned for a moment: "What?"
"Nothing, just kidding." Xie Yu smiled again. He held the card between his fingers and asked, "How much money is in it?"
"10 million." Xie Yuanshan obviously hated his son's careless attitude. He frowned and said, "Xie Yu, you know my temper. If you can't produce any results in six months..."
When Xie Yuanshan speaks, he likes to say half and hide the other, leaving people to guess.
Xie Yu smiled: "Okay, I know."
The original owner didn't learn anything in the end, and was packed up by Xie Yuanshan and sent abroad to study.
Studying was not a big deal to Xie Yu, but it was indeed a punishment for the original owner. His friends were all in Jiangcheng, and he was used to being treated like a star. Suddenly he went abroad to study, without a bunch of flatterers, and his living expenses were cut. The original owner was not used to it.
Of course, before he could read out a single word, Xie Yuanshan died suddenly of an acute illness, and Master Xie was arrested by Shen Ci, who had become a big boss, and his fingers were broken and he was put in a mental hospital. Of course, there was no need to tell Xie Yuanshan about this.
They sat opposite each other in an eerie silence. After finishing their business, the father and son were unable to exchange even a single word of greeting.
Xie Yuanshan prepared a family dinner, probably wanting to educate his son during the meal, but Xie Yu didn't want to listen to his lecture, so he just pulled the chair away and said, "Okay, what else do you want? If not, I'll leave."
Xie Yuanshan didn't want to say more, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
Xie Yu then laughed and put the black card into his pocket. He strode across the corridor and closed the door behind him.
When the Xie family's door suddenly closed, the system typed a question mark in confusion: "Do you hate him? I feel like he treats you quite well."
The system snapped its fingers and said, "Isn't it great to give you money, let you study abroad, and come back to join the company?"
Xie Yu said: "That's because Xie Yuanshan has fertility problems, and I'm the only son."
If not for this, he wouldn't even be able to get through the door.
The host obviously didn't want to say more, so the system had to stop and ask, "What about the black card? What are you going to do with the 10 million? Are you really going to invest it?"
Six months is not enough time to raise funds. Xie Yu knows nothing about business. Six months is not enough for him to get started. What reliable projects can he invest in?
Xie Yu held his chin up: "I didn't intend to make any serious investment."
He will be admitted to a mental hospital in a few years. What's the point of investing in it?
He pondered: "I remember at the end of the novel, I was locked up in a mental hospital by Shen Ci for more than 20 years, right?"
The system was puzzled: "Yes, but what does this have to do with investment?"
Xie Yu: "Well, let's go to a mental hospital."
system:"???"
ha?
"Although I didn't need to be there all the time during the twenty years I was locked up in the mental hospital, Shen Ci was also very ill at that time. He often came to the mental hospital to see me and see if I was doing 'well'. At this time, I had to be there to act, right?"
"right……"
Xie Yu spread his hands: "After all, this is my home for the rest of my life. I'll spend a few million to improve the infrastructure, buy a comfortable bed, and build a yard. Then I'll be more comfortable when I move in."
“…”
"Host." The system commented honestly, "You are the most bizarre host I have ever seen."
Xie Yu cupped his hands: "Thank you for the compliment."
He drove back to the hotel and actually turned on his computer and started looking at information about the city's mental hospitals.
The original book did not mention the name of the hospital where the original owner was finally imprisoned, so Xie Yu had to check them one by one.
There are three mental hospitals in Jiangcheng. The largest one is a public hospital with complicated personnel exchanges. If a normal person is locked up here, it is easy for the news to leak out. Shen Ci will definitely not choose this one.
The remaining two private hospitals are both located in the far suburbs. Their hospital websites are very beautiful and it is hard to tell whether they are good or bad. Xie Yu plans to invest a little in each and choose whichever one he comes across.
He copied down the hotline number of the mental hospital and planned to call during working hours tomorrow to ask if they needed investment. However, when he saved the number into his mobile phone, he paused and raised his brows slightly.
The original owner already had this number saved in his phone.
Xie Yu clicked on the note: 1734******, Dr. Xu from Qingshan.
And this mental hospital is called Qingshan Mental Hospital.
Xie Yu clicked on the number and linked it to WeChat. The original owner and Dr. Xu were still friends. Over the past six months, the two had sent each other dozens of messages, all of which were about the original owner making appointments and reporting the time in person.
They should be a doctor-patient relationship, or a long-term and stable doctor-patient relationship.
Xie Yu swiped up and found that there was no chat record half a year ago. It seemed that the original owner had changed his phone and no more messages could be seen.
Xie Yu: "System, what's going on?"
System: "There is no similar content in the novel. It should be the content that the world automatically completes."
Xie Yu nodded. He imitated the original owner's tone and tentatively said, "Doctor Xu, make an appointment."
Ten minutes later, Dr. Xu: "Saturday night?"
Xie Yu: "No on Saturday, there's a party tonight."
According to the novel, Saturday is an important plot point. He Zhiyuan reorganized the party in the bar to make up for tonight's absence. He cordially invited Xie Yu and specifically asked him to bring Shen Ci over. Then there was another long mosaic plot.
Xie Yu: “Sunday afternoon?”
The other side sent OK.
The conversation came to an end.
Judging from the fluency of their conversation, the original owner and Dr. Xu were very familiar with each other, and they could understand each other's meaning without any detailed explanations, and they were quick and clear.
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