Chapter 052
The night is as dark as ink, and the hustle and bustle of the city gradually fades away.
Father Lin finished his day's work and walked into the house exhausted. He took off his coat while thinking about the company's affairs for the day.
Before Mr. Lin could sit down on the sofa, Lin Sibo rushed over like a gust of wind.
He looked at his father expectantly, "Dad, I've spent the one million you gave me last time. Please give me another one million. I want to buy a car!"
Father Lin frowned, "How old are you? Why buy a car?"
Lin Sibo pouted unhappily, "It's only one million. We have plenty of money. Didn't you send Lin Ranran to some variety show? She must have spent as much as I did!"
"So what?" Lin's father said seriously, "The company was going to put up that ad anyway. Ran Ran took the opportunity to appear on a variety show to increase her popularity. She usually runs a social media account and can occasionally advertise her own products. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Father Lin looked at Lin Sibo again, "Ran Ran was thoughtful this time and took the initiative to ask me to help the company. She is much more sensible than you!"
Mrs. Lin came down from the second floor and as soon as she entered the living room, she heard Mrs. Lin scolding Lin Sibo, "Sibo is still young, he is only 18 years old, what does he know?"
Lin Sibo nodded immediately.
Father Lin sighed. None of these children in the family are worry-free.
Lin Ranran used to be very bad, with a smell of dirt that couldn't be removed, but she has improved a lot recently. Lin's father didn't have the idea of favoring boys over girls. He knew that Lin Sibo had been spoiled by Mrs. Lin for many years and had no self-respect at all.
If things continue like this... it's not impossible to hand over the company to Lin Ranran.
After washing up, Father Lin changed into his pajamas and sat on the bed, looking at the company's financial reports before going to bed.
The cell phone suddenly rang. It was the assistant calling.
It’s so late, what else is going on at the company?
When Lin's father answered the phone, he heard the assistant's urgent voice, "Mr. Lin! It's bad! After the U.S. stock market opened today, the company's stock price continued to fall, and the market value shrunk significantly. The current stock price has fallen by 5% compared to yesterday!"
Lin's father's pupils trembled. It had only been a few hours since the market opened, and billions of dollars were gone just like that?
"The stock price is still falling! It's down another 1%!"
Father Lin didn't even bother to change his clothes. He just put on his coat and rushed to the company. Mrs. Lin asked him what was wrong, but Father Lin was too busy to answer.
Along the way, the company's stock price continued to plummet.
Father Lin's face looked worse and worse. It was only a half-hour drive from Lin's house to the company, but he felt as if he had been in agony for a century.
When they arrived at the company, the assistant told Lin's father in horror, "Mr. Lin, it has already dropped by 10%..."
Father Lin felt his eyes go dark, and all the blood in his body rushed to his head. He almost couldn't stand steadily, but fortunately his assistant supported him in time.
If the overall market was stable, their company's stock price would not have fallen so drastically. Someone must be trying to mess with him!
"Who is it!" Father Lin's eyes widened with anger. "Who attacked us?"
The assistant stammered, "According to our investigation, it is most likely... Zhou."
Father Lin's pupils trembled and his old face turned pale in an instant.
——
Late at night, Zhou Yanci's team was still working.
Zhou Building stood there like a silent giant. Most floors were already dormant, with only the 88th floor brightly lit.
Special Assistant Sun looked at the busy group elites. The light from the computer screens shone on their cold faces, and they looked particularly focused.
The more they focused, the sadder some people became.
Special Assistant Sun quietly lit a root of wax for the Lin family.
Having followed Zhou Yanci for so many years, Special Assistant Sun has come to understand Zhou Yanci's temperament. Zhou Yanci looks gentle and refined, but he is a devil at heart.
He will always be kind unless you cross his line.
If you touch his scales, he will kill you.
After graduating, Zhou Yanci worked as an assistant to Zhou's father. He spent a year getting familiar with Zhou's business, and then quickly became the CEO. At that time, everyone still didn't accept him, especially the veterans who accompanied Zhou's father to conquer the world. They relied on their seniority and felt that Zhou Yanci was too young and not mature enough.
Among them, the Chen family was the worst.
They sucked Zhou's blood and used the profits from Zhou to nourish their own companies.
Zhou Yanci took three days to bring down the Chen family and sent the disabled young master to prison. The old man of the Chen family, who was ten years older than Zhou's father, waited outside Zhou's house for a whole night. His hair turned white and his eyes were red. He just begged Zhou Yanci to let the Chen family go.
This move of killing the chicken to scare the monkey made all the company's veterans silent. Zhou Yanci also firmly sat in the position of CEO, and no one dared to provoke him anymore.
Over the years, the only person who could gain benefits from Zhou Yanci was Meng Yingrong.
But Meng Yingrong was able to succeed not only because of the blood relationship between the two, but also because Zhou Yanci was a man who did not value his life.
Meng Yingrong said that he was cold and indifferent to everyone.
But Zhou Yanci was even more indifferent to himself.
He didn't seem to care how long he could live. He had a sense of indifference that this life would be as long as it was supposed to be. Even if he was going to die soon, Zhou Yanci would not be nervous. He would just calmly hand the suicide note to Special Assistant Sun and then wait for death quietly.
Previously, Zhou Yanci responded to Meng Yingrong by saying that he had not slept for three days and three nights in order to save Meng, and this was the truth.
But what Zhou Yanci did not say was that in order to clean up the Zhou family, he worked very hard and it was normal for him to not sleep for three to five days.
He doesn't care about life.
There is nothing in this world that he cares about.
——
Not long after, Lin's father came to Zhou Group.
Given Lin's father's identity, it was not difficult for him to get Zhou Yanci's work phone number, but he made many calls and Zhou Yanci did not answer.
Father Lin immediately rushed to Zhou Group. Facing rows of computers and the stock market chart on the huge LED screen in the center of the 88th floor office building, Father Lin knew that their speculation was correct.
"Mr. Zhou," said Lin's father, who was already old, bowing and nodding to Zhou Yanci, who was less than 30 years old, "I don't know how Lin's company has offended you. Our Lin's company is just a small company. I hope you can be magnanimous and let us go!"
Zhou Yanci put away his phone and glanced at Lin's father.
"Why don't you ask your daughter what she did?"
Upon hearing this, Lin's father was even more confused.
Lin Ranran was recording a variety show in Country H. Was she related to Zhou Yanci? Did she offend Zhou Yanci?
Special Assistant Sun felt that Lin's father would not understand unless he explained it clearly, so he handed the information he had just found to Lin's father, which contained the content that Lin Ranran originally wanted to disclose.
Lin's father looked at the information carefully, and all of it was slanderous remarks against Yan Xi.
He knew that Lin Ranran didn't like Yan Xi, but what did this have to do with Zhou's... Lin's father suddenly remembered that it was Zhou's company that lent Yan Xi 10 million yuan?!
Yan Xi and Zhou Qingyu have a close relationship, and Zhou Yanci is standing up for his sister's best friend!
There are rumors in the wealthy circle that Zhou Yanci and Zhou Qingyu are not on good terms. Damn it! These two people obviously have a very good relationship!
Father Lin's fingers were shaking as he handed the information back to Special Assistant Sun with trembling hands.
Before closing time, Lin's stock was still falling. Every minute and every second, countless assets were evaporated.
Father Lin felt so anxious that he called Lin Ranran immediately.
In the villa, Lin Ranran stared at her phone in a daze.
Why was her account blocked? She had failed before when she wanted to expose the real and fake daughter, so why did she fail again this time?
The phone rang and the caller ID showed "Father".
As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end started to scold him, "What have you done? I told you to be on the variety show, why are you doing unnecessary things! Yan Xi is no longer a member of our Lin family, why do you keep pestering her?!"
Lin Ranran was stunned by the scolding.
How could her father know that she secretly wanted to post something to expose the truth?
As far as Lin Ranran knew, the placement of the advertisement was a decision made by the company's publicity department. Her father was busy with work and didn't even know that Yan Xi was on the variety show. How could he know all this?
The phone showed a video call. Lin Ranran saw that his father was sweating profusely and his clothes were in disarray. He hurriedly took the phone and went up to a man.
"Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Zhou. Tell him you were wrong! You know you were wrong!"
Lin Ranran was even more confused. She had no idea what was going on. But she
I have always done so.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it again next time!"
The man who appeared in the phone was extremely handsome, and was no less handsome than many male idols in the entertainment industry. Lin Ranran had seen this face in a financial magazine.
Zhou Yan Ci.
Zhou Qingyu's brother.
Lin Ranran realized something and felt horrified.
Zhou Yanci's fingers tapped lightly on the table, causing Lin's father's heart to skip a beat. After a while, he stopped and looked at Lin's father's mobile phone. His light-colored eyes glanced at the trembling girl in the camera.
"If you want to apologize, why don't you do it in person?"
Lin Ranran didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but Lin's father felt his whole body stiffen.
Zhou Yanci raised his hand and glanced at his Patek Philippe watch. "There are still four hours left until closing. I'm going to take a nap. Special Assistant Sun, you guys continue."
"yes!"
"Everyone who works overtime today will receive a bonus."
"Okay~"
Zhou Yanci's office is also on the 88th floor. There is a sofa inside, and he would take a nap here when he was tired.
The office building was brightly lit. Zhou Yanci was wearing a Minion eye mask and his eyes were plunged into darkness. He actually fell asleep.
The big eyes of the Minion on the eye patch looked funny, but Father Lin thought they were too big to be scary.
Father Lin quickly grabbed the phone and said, "Lin Ranran, get back here right now, right now!"
Lin Ranran was shocked, "Dad, it's very late, it's already twelve o'clock!"
"Buy the nearest flight and come back now! If I don't see you within three hours, you are no longer my daughter!"
Lin Ranran could sense that his father was serious when he said this. He gritted his teeth, veins popped out on his forehead, and Lin Ranran had never seen his father so angry.
But no matter what, it would be too absurd to return to China now, right?
Lin's father's assistant sent a text message to Lin Ranran, helping her book a flight back home half an hour later.
Lin Ranran: "Assistant Li, you are too impatient. It's only been half an hour. I don't have time to clean up!"
"Oh my God!" The assistant burst into tears, "The company's market value has evaporated by hundreds of millions. If you don't come back, Lin's will go bankrupt!"
Lin Ranran finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
She finally returned to the Lin family and enjoyed the life of a rich daughter. She never wanted to go back to those lonely and helpless days in the past!
Without bothering to pack up or change clothes, Lin Ranran grabbed her passport, ID card and cell phone and rushed out of the room.
Before leaving, Lin Ranran met Ye Luoyi who got up at night.
Ye Luoyi: "Ran Ran? It's so late, where are you going?"
Lin Ranran: "I, I want to go back home!"
Ye Luoyi was bewildered. Huh? Now? Returning to China?
——
On a summer night, the air is filled with heat.
Although the temperature was still 30 degrees, Lin Ranran felt chilled to the bone.
She came back crying, she didn't even have time to change her shoes. After arriving at Haicheng Airport, Special Assistant Li came to pick her up and grabbed her and ran all the way. Lin Ranran's slippers flew away, and she stepped on the ground barefoot. She didn't know what she stepped on, but her feet were bleeding and her soles were aching.
But Assistant Li didn't even give her time to put on her shoes, let alone bandage her wound.
"Ms. Lin! Let's go! If you go any slower, the Lin family will be finished!"
Arriving at Zhou's, Lin Ranran burst into tears. Assistant Li felt sorry for her broken feet and temporarily borrowed the driver's shoes for her to wear.
Lin Ranran came to Zhou Yanci tremblingly, wearing sports shoes that didn't fit her feet.
Zhou Yanci was still sleeping, and Father Lin didn't know whether he should wake him up.
A few minutes later, Zhou Yanci woke up slowly and checked the time.
Lin Ranran took the nearest flight, which took nearly two hours, and arrived at Zhou Group around three o'clock.
Zhou Yanci's gaze fell on Lin Ranran. His eyes were quite calm and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Father Lin quickly forced Lin Ranran and Zhou Yanci to apologize, "Mr. Zhou! It's all my daughter's fault! She just can't stand seeing Yan Xi doing well! I'll let her apologize to you now!"
Lin's father had heard about how Zhou Yanci had treated the Chen family. Zhou Yanci treated his father's former friend who had fought alongside him like this. Lin's father did not dare to expect Zhou Yanci to be lenient towards them.
"I'm sorry..." Lin Ranran cried, "I know I was wrong! I will never embarrass Yan Xi again, and I will never cause trouble to her again!"
Zhou Yanci looked at Lin Ranran calmly.
After a while, he finally spoke, "It was you who spread rumors about Yan Xi bullying classmate on the Internet before, right?"
Just because Xingyao's public relations department couldn't find out about this matter doesn't mean Zhou Yanci couldn't find out either. While investigating the culprit behind the post, Assistant Sun also dug up the original incident.
Lin Ranran's whole body froze. She thought no one would know about this.
"S-Sorry..."
Lin Ranran trembled. It was useless to defend herself to the man in front of her. She could only say these three words.
Father Lin felt a black screen before his eyes.
Rumor mongering?
When did that happen?
How come he didn't know at all!
He was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Lin Ranran!
"Look at what you've done!"
Red marks appeared on Lin Ranran's fair cheeks and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth.
She covered her face and sobbed quietly, not even having the courage to cry.
Seeing that Zhou Yanci didn't say anything, Lin's father thought that his teaching was not enough, and he cursed -
"How could you be so ignorant! I should have not brought you home!"
"What have you done here? Nothing but spend money!"
"That's enough." Zhou Yanci interrupted Lin's father.
He glanced at the time, and another half an hour had passed. Zhou Yanci had promised Yan Xi that he should live a healthy life and not stay up late. Although he had just slept for three hours, if he continued to let Lin's father make trouble, he would not be able to sleep tonight.
"You didn't do me any wrong," Zhou Yanci said calmly, "The person you hurt was Yan Xi."
Father Lin immediately pressed Lin Ranran, "I will make her quit the variety show! I won't let her bully Yan Xi again!"
Bullying?
Zhou Yanci smiled. In fact, he could see that Lin Ranran's fancy moves and little tricks behind him were nothing but a threat to Yan Xi.
"The variety show should go on," Zhou Yanci said. "If someone made a mistake, they should apologize to the person involved, not me."
Lin Ranran couldn't believe it. "You mean, let me go back to the variety show now?"
Zhou Yanci disagreed, "As a guest, isn't it your job to record the show? The live broadcast doesn't start until 8 o'clock, you'll still have time."
Lin Ranran felt cold all over and was shivering.
Once upon a time, she thought Zhou Yanci was just a rich young man who could become the CEO of Zhou Group because of his good family background.
Now she realized that she was completely wrong.
Zhou Yanci pinched the bridge of his nose, as if thinking of something else. If he apologized now, it would most likely affect the variety show. Zhou Yanci could feel that Yan Xi was quite happy playing with Zhou Qingyu on this variety show.
"Let's wait until the show is over to apologize," Zhou Yanci said.
Lin Ranran said in a hoarse voice, "I, I understand."
Zhou Yanci looked at the group's elites behind him and said, "It's time to go home. I'll give everyone two days off and your salary will be paid as usual."
“Wow wow!”
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou!"
"Mr. Zhou is such a good man!"
There were cheers of joy from the crowd.
Some employees also think that Zhou Yanci is scary when he is angry, but they are not the ones who are fierce. If they work overtime for a few hours, they will not only receive overtime pay and bonuses, but also two days of paid leave. It is very happy to work at Zhou's!
Zhou Yanci looked at Mr. Lin again, with a slightly cold smile in his eyes, "Mr. Lin, I hope my employees can have a good rest these two days and don't have to work overtime anymore."
Father Lin nodded and bowed, "Of course! Of course! I promise that Ranran will behave well this time when he returns and will never cause trouble again!"
——
The news that Lin’s stock price had evaporated by more than half spread throughout Haicheng’s wealthy circle overnight.
Zhou deliberately blocked the news, so most people didn't know the reason or who did it. They just complained after dinner, saying that the Lin family didn't know which big boss they had offended this time and suffered a huge loss.
As for those who knew the situation, they dared not reveal any relevant information. The Lin family had been treated like that, and Zhou Yanci was obviously killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. How dare they talk nonsense?
…
On the other side, Hancheng Lujia Villa
Yan Xi didn't know yet that so many things happened in one night.
Because her biological clock had been adjusted since returning home, and she was a little used to her bed, she woke up at 7:30. Zhou Qingyu was still asleep, and Yan Xi did not wake her up. She went downstairs to tell Park Baoyuan to prepare breakfast.
In the living room, she heard the sounds of the game.
Yan Xi poked her head out and saw Lu Beiyu sitting on the sofa, playing mobile games.
"Good morning!"
Yan Xi greeted Lu Beiyu politely, "Let's play games together?"
Lu Beiyu is a man who can do two things at once. He controls the hero to push the tower while replying to Yan Xi, "Live streaming the game to make money!"
Yan Xi knows about Lubei Island
As an e-sports player, he knew that he didn't bring much money when traveling, so he would work part-time to earn money.
"I thought you were playing a PC game."
The fingers of Lubei Island are particularly beautiful, with distinct joints, thin and long. Such fingers must be extremely beautiful when they tap on the keyboard.
Lu Beiyu: "It's a PC game, but I'm too lazy to bring my computer with me when I go out!"
Yan Xi drank warm water and sat on the sofa next to Lubei Island. Yaozu, who was lying on the ground bored, immediately raised his head and wagged his tail at Yan Xi.
Yan Xi tore off a teething stick and fed it to it.
"Your fans are so tolerant," Yan Xi said to Lu Beiyu.
If the live broadcast is free, then there is nothing wrong with playing other games. You make money from live broadcasting, but you are not playing the game that Lu Beiyi is best at.
Lu Beiyu was very dissatisfied, "No! I am also good at playing other games!"
Yan Xi then took a look at Lu Beiyu's battle record. Just as she glanced over, she heard the game remind her, "You have been slained!"
Yan Xi smiled.
Lu Beiyu was anxious, "This is an accident! This is my first time playing this game today! I'm not familiar with the skills yet. Let me play a few more times, I will definitely be able to carry the whole game!"
The variety show's live broadcast has not started yet, but Lu Beiyu started a live broadcast himself, and fans spoke up for Lu Beiyu——
[I can prove it! Island only sacrificed five lives, which is nothing!]
[At most, this technique will be criticized by the captain in the team! That’s nothing! ]
[Hahaha, can you please give Island some face? This is really his first time playing! ]
In order to prove that he is capable, Lu Beiyu is fully focused after his resurrection, determined to show Yan Xi his skills as a professional athlete!
As a result, because it was just the first time he played, he didn't remember all the skills, and in just a few moves, Lu Beiyu was beheaded again.
His account was borrowed, and his opponent was quite strong, so this was a failure.
The handsome Lu Beiyu blushed.
He didn't hear Yan Xi's ridicule, but he heard Yan Xi's serious comment, "You used your ultimate too early, and you didn't time the cooldown well."
Lu Beiyu was surprised: "You also play this game?"
Yan Xi: "No, but don't you have the data here? Just do the math!"
[It’s out, it’s out, the top student is crushing me! 】
【Theory alone is not enough to play games~】
[Has Yan Xi forgotten what happened at the last sailing festival? Even though I don’t watch variety shows, I’ve seen that clip. It made me laugh to death! ]
【Theory may be late but will never disappear! 】
Lu Beiyu watched the previous episode and remembered the sailing festival. "Sister Yan Xi, you are just talking on paper. It's not like that in practice."
Yan Xi said angrily: "Theory is the basis of practice!"
Lu Beiyu: "But you don't know that people on the Internet call you 'theoretical king, practical bronze'. Can your theory be used in practice?"
Yan Xi was still unhappy. How could she be looked down upon by a little brat?
Lu Beiyu lost a game, and while waiting, Yan Xi simply took out her mobile phone and downloaded the game.
"Let's try it together!"
Lu Beiyu sighed, the most frightening thing about playing games is being a rookie.
But he couldn't refuse Yan Xi's face, "Okay, I'll tell you the room number, you and I will follow you, don't run around, or I won't be able to save you."
As a result, as soon as he opened the BP interface, Lu Beiyu discovered that Yan Xi was in the enemy camp.
Land North Island: ???
He didn't know how Yan Xi did it! Is it so difficult to choose the enemy in this game?
[hhhh Yan Xi made me laugh to death]
[This time it wasn't Island who led her, but he blew her head off! ]
[Island, be gentle, stop hitting Yan Xi, and harvest others! ]
[I feel a little sorry for the little sister. The game is not that simple~]
Lu Beiyu sighed. The barrage was right. He should go and harvest other people's heads and not bully Yan Xi. After all, it was her first time playing. It would not be good to beat her to the point where she lost confidence in the game.
Ten minutes later——
Lu Beiyu looked at the big word "failure" on his phone, then looked at the word "victory" and MVP of the game on Yan Xi's phone next to him...
Is there something wrong?