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Chapter 144 Accidentally Entering the Circle of Big Shots

Yang Jingmo had a business relationship with Wuwei and knew Lin Song. "President Lin, what are you doing here?"

"Teacher Yang," Lin Song said politely, one hand in his pocket, "I've come to deliver something."

Xiao Yi's agent was originally supposed to stay with him on set for one day before leaving, but she was surprised to see Lin Song just before leaving.

Why would the head of EM Company's Xia Guo region come to the film and television city?
This company has made far too many hit games.

A recently released hit romance simulation game for women is looking for a male spokesperson.

Many popular male celebrities in the industry are eyeing this opportunity, and Xiao Yi's agent has been working hard to secure it for him.

I've tried to schedule an appointment with EM's manager several times, but they've all politely declined.

I never expected to see the big boss at the film studio today.

The agent, wearing high heels, stepped forward with a smile and greeted, "Mr. Lin, hello."

"Director Li," Lin Song said politely, exuding an air of nobility.

The agent's name is Li Wen, a top agent in the industry who has created many well-known artists for the entertainment circle.

“This is my artist, Xiao Yi.” Li Wen immediately pulled Xiao Yi in front of Lin Song to show him her face. “Xiao Yi, this is Mr. Lin, the head of EM Company’s China region.”

Everyone else looked equally astonished upon hearing Li Wen's introduction.

Why would such an important person deign to condescend to a film studio?
The man was handsome, with a faint smile, but his eyes were indifferent and cold, exuding a strong aura of authority and a natural sense of distance.

Xiao Yi's breathing tightened involuntarily. "Hello, President Lin."

Lin Song nodded slightly.

Chu Yan and Shen Min also knew Lin Song, and the two were about to go up and say hello.

Lin Song walked straight past them and stopped in front of Jiang Li.

Then, he took a paper bag from Zuo Sheng, which had the EM company logo prominently displayed on it, and handed it to Jiang Li, saying, "Here's what you wanted."

Chu Yan and Shen Min were stunned.

Everyone else stared blankly at the scene.

Jiang Li took the bag, glanced at it, and already knew roughly how much there was. "So much?"

"Not many, only fifty portions," Lin Song said, "just in case you have any more friends who need them."

"Thanks." Jiang Li handed the bag to Xu Miao. "This is all, first come, first served."

Xu Miao was wondering what it was when he looked down and saw that it was a neatly packed bag of tickets for the Fearless Finals.

She excitedly took out a copy to look at; it had blue and gold cloud patterns and a three-dimensional golden dragon.

These are the very tickets they fought tooth and nail to get!
Tickets were extremely hard to come by just now.

Now there are fifty servings in total!
The market price is now 800,000, are you going to give it to them for free?

Xu Miao asked again, her voice trembling, "Sister, should we just share it with everyone?"

Jiang nodded.

Song Mingkai was also trembling, experiencing the feeling of adrenaline surging for the first time. "Sister Jiang Li, you...you're going to give these tickets to us for free?"

Jiang Li raised an eyebrow and smiled somewhat frivolously, "Happy to have won?"

"I'm so happy!" Xu Miao exclaimed excitedly.

Song Mingkai was so overwhelmed with emotion that he couldn't speak.

Fifty tickets!
What's the difference between this and simply handing over forty or fifty million in cash for free?!

He finally realized how much money he could make as a scalper!
Lord Xu Miao glanced smugly at Chu Yan and Zhuang Lanyin.

The boastful and sarcastic words she had just spoken to Jiang Li felt like a slap in the face to Zhuang Lanyin. She pursed her lips tightly, barely able to maintain her composure.

Chu Yan clenched her fingers tightly, her eyes filled with suppressed coldness.

Why is it that every thing she's proud of, Jiang Li always gets it so easily?

Why?
"Come on, let's distribute the tickets!" Xu Miao called out to everyone, first distributing tickets to Xiao Yi, Li Wen, and Song Mingkai.

They sold tickets worth nearly a million yuan as cheaply as cabbages.

Xiao Yi held the ticket: "..."

He looked at the ticket, then at Lin Song, then at Jiang Li.

Even if he were stupid, he could tell that the domineering CEO's attitude towards Jiang Li revealed a subtle respect beneath the familiarity.

Even his agent had to fawn over him, yet he personally came to deliver tickets to Jiang Li…

Li Wen stared in disbelief at the ticket she had been desperately trying to buy, now being personally delivered to her by the head of EM Company.

Is she worthy?
Li Wen swallowed.

Previously Feng Xiao, now EM Company...

She's really going crazy...

Li Wen realized that Jiang Li was not only generous in reciprocating kindness, but extremely so.

She even had a feeling that she had unintentionally stumbled into some kind of powerful circle of influential people...

Yang Jingmo was quite surprised to be invited by EM Company to be the chief recommender of Fearless World, as he was only an average player of Fearless World.

Now we have the answer.

Lin Song delivered the food and, taking advantage of the lunchtime, invited Jiang Li out for a meal.

A group of people watched the two figures leave, seemingly lost in thought.

The last two new college student actors snapped out of their daze and stood there ecstatically shouting "Ahhh!" startling everyone around the hotel lobby.

Chu Yan put on a mask and walked towards the elevator. The moment she turned around, her eyes were filled with gloom.

"How could Jiang Li..." As soon as they entered the elevator, Shen Min murmured in disbelief, finding only the two of them inside.

How did you come to know the president of EM Company's Xia Guo region?

But when she thought about the relationship between Jiang Li and Feng Xiao, and Master Rong's favor towards her, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Her mind raced, and the wind in the elevator brushed against the back of Shen Min's neck, sending a chill down her spine.

She clenched her fingers, "Yan Yan, you..."

She originally wanted to suggest that Chu Yan and Jiang Li get along well.

But Chu Yan's aura was too gloomy.

The words that came out were all advice: "We...we shouldn't go against Jiang Li anymore, and we shouldn't provoke her anymore."

……

Xu Miao distributed the tickets, including those reserved for the director and his team, and nine extra were left over.

"So this is what it feels like to have so much money you can't spend it all, Qin Lin," Xu Miao said, feeling relaxed and happy.

When you want to ask him for a ticket, call him Mr. Qin Lin; when you want to subtly criticize him, just call him by his name.

Qin Lin thought about the only ticket in his hand, then looked at the stack of tickets in Xu Miao's hand.

I recalled how I used to look down on Jiang Li like a pig.

I laughed at myself for being speechless.

He took out his phone and sent a message in the Fenglinhuoshan group chat about the matter: "As you know, I rarely stand on a side other than Xiao Ye's."

Qin Shan and Qin Feng seem to have something to do and are not online.

Qin Huo was the first to reply.

【? 】

[50 free tickets?!]

Did that female celebrity save Lin Song's life?

This survival game was released eight years ago, and it became an instant hit upon release.

The production quality is superb, far ahead of its time, and the graphics are incredibly realistic, providing an exceptionally exciting battlefield experience.

The design of the various weapons, in particular, is extremely realistic.

The person who made this game must know weapons very well.

Previously, some people on weaponry forums said that if you want to know the latest information on various weapons, including the newest stealth fighters, you can check directly on the Fearless World private forum.

I heard that the core members of the game's development team have military backgrounds.

Qin Huo investigated.

One member is very mysterious, with an all-black profile picture, and his code name is L.

Apart from that, no other information could be found.

Even if the heads of powerful clans on Five Alliance Avenue personally asked for tickets to this game, they could only get a maximum of ten tickets.

Even if his master Xiao threatened and bribed the current head of the Lin family, he might not be able to get fifty.

Giving away tickets to various people is considered a way to curry favor in social interactions.

The background of the fearless world means there's no need to give face to anyone.

Otherwise, why would the Wen family be willing to let Wen Mian, a favored junior member of the family, enter the e-sports circle?

It's all about EM Company's connections and resources.

This female celebrity...

Qin Huo's expression was very complicated.

He investigated Jiang Li thoroughly, believing he had done so meticulously, but he found absolutely no information about any connection between her and Lin Song.

So... what's so special about this ginger?

After careful consideration, Qin Huo said to Qin Lin, "If any female celebrities make any moves, remember to tell me immediately."

With more information, he should be able to investigate further.

Qin Lin found it incomprehensible that he would dare to say such a thing: "You've got a death wish, but I haven't. If Master Xiao finds out you dare to set your sights on Miss Jiang, you'd better have a destiny as tough as your guts."

Qin Huo: [...]

……

Lin Song had not seen Jiang Li for four years.

Her tastes hadn't changed; she still preferred spicy food and cold drinks. "You're ignoring me, so the old man is coming to me for the blueprints for the new weapons." He placed the iced cola, which was almost half ice, in front of Jiang Li.

Jiang Li crossed her legs, her red-soled black high heels exuding a cold and sharp aura.

With one hand propping up her face, she scooped a slice of spicy and sour beef from the bubbling pot and said lazily, "I've been busy lately, let him wait."

Lin Song raised an eyebrow.

Remembering something, he looked at her and said, "There's something I want to ask you."

"ask."

Lin Song mustered his courage for a few seconds before speaking, "You and Qin Yexiao, are you really getting together?"

Jiang Li lifted his eyelids, his dark, cold pupils staring at him.

"Ahem." Lin Song clenched his fist to his mouth, cleared his throat, and placed a piece of fish on her plate. "I won't ask anymore."

At that moment, Lin Song's phone rang.

"Ono?" Lin Song glanced at the caller ID, then looked at Jiang Li. He answered the call.

A chubby face appeared on the screen, smiling sincerely, with a sweet voice, "Uncle Lin~ Uncle~"

When Jiang Zaiye calls someone that, it means he wants something from them and is trying to curry favor in advance.

"What's wrong, Ono? What do you need from your uncle?"

Looking at the child's face, Lin Song found it hard to connect this little drama queen with the taciturn and aloof Qin Yexiao.

Jiang Zaiye hesitated for a moment before asking, "Uncle Lin, could you secretly give me a ticket to the finals, then secretly take me to Haicheng, and after I watch the competition, secretly send me back to Beicheng?"

"Why did you do it secretly?" Lin Song asked.

Feeling guilty, Jiang Zaiye lowered his voice and whispered, "I can't let my mother know."

Although the competition is on Saturday, his tuition of over 100,000 yuan a year for a primary school student is not for nothing. The school also arranges a bunch of extracurricular classes on Saturdays and group activities to watch various cultural performances. If he skips class and flies to Haicheng to watch the competition, his mother will find out and he will get a beating.

Lin Song leaned back in his chair, tapping the table casually with his fingers. "Tickets are no problem."

Jiang Zaiye smiled broadly, "Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

“But I’m afraid I can’t keep it from your mother.” Lin Song flipped the camera.

"Ah, why..."

Jiang Zaiye hadn't finished speaking.

The moment Jiang Li's ambiguous smile appeared on the camera.

"Ah!" Jiang Zaiye was terrified. He covered his face with his chubby little hands and closed his eyes tightly, not daring to open them at all. "It's not me, it's not me, it's not me! Mom, you must have seen wrong!"

The video is down.

And within a second, Jiang Li received a kneeling emoji from Jiang Zaiye on WeChat.

Jiang Li gave a slight smirk and typed slowly: "Fine, still determined to skip class."

Jiang Zaiye (crying): [Mommy, baby just made a mistake that all elementary school students make [crying], please forgive baby [pity]]

Jiang Li: [Baby, Mommy also wants to make a mistake that all mothers in the world make [smile], do you want to guess what it is?]

Jiang Zaiye: "..."

……

The news that Jiang Li and Lin Song had a close friendship quickly reached the ears of many people in Beicheng.

Includes fifty tickets.

The Yu family members have limited knowledge of the matter.

They didn't care at all about the game's finals tickets.

"It's just a game company that has made a few popular games and is doing quite well," Yu Ruoqi said sourly.

Chu Yan also offered her tickets, but she wasn't interested in the game and refused.

Grandpa Yu gave her a deep look and said only one sentence: "EM Company and the Weapons Alliance are deeply involved."

Even if Yu Ruoqi was ignorant, she knew about the five giants of the Five Alliances of Zhongzhou.

Her understanding of the Arms Union was limited to the development and manufacturing of various state-of-the-art thermal weapons and the hundreds of billions of dollars invested annually.

But these two points alone were enough to cause Yu Ruoqi to panic and her expression to change drastically.

She pursed her lips, her throat tightening slightly, but she still stubbornly insisted, "That...that's because EM Company and the Weapon Alliance have a close relationship, not because Jiang Li and the Weapon Alliance..."

But his voice grew weaker and weaker.

Yu Rong didn't say anything.

The Weapon Alliance is an existence that the Yu family could never reach in a hundred lifetimes.

But the fact that Lin Song, the branch president of EM Company, personally delivered the tickets to Jiang Li was equally shocking.

Now that their relationship with Jiang Li is so strained, it would be a lie to say he doesn't regret it.

Yu Xuanchen's eyes were deep and unfathomable, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Dad, did you already know about Jiang Li's relationship with these people?" Madam Yu's breathing trembled slightly. "Master Rong, and... Lin Song."

Perhaps more than that...

That's why I didn't approve of her insistence on breaking off the engagement between Yu Xuanchen and Jiang Li.

Grandpa Yu didn't say anything.

Madam Yu interpreted the old man's silence as tacit agreement.

A nameless rage surged within Madam Yu, and she spoke with a hint of resentment, "If you had told me these things honestly from the beginning, I wouldn't have let Xuanchen break up with her..."

"Mom!" Yu Xuanchen interrupted her, "Yan Yan and I are getting engaged soon!"

Even if you regret it in your heart, don't say it out loud.

Some things, once said, are like slapping yourself in the face.

Jiang Li initially hesitated to break off the engagement, which Yu Xuanchen assumed was because Jiang Li liked him.

Now it seems that she may never have taken him seriously at all.

Madam Yu's eyes were red with anger, and all her resentment was directed at the old man.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense.

After a moment, Yu Rong spoke up, "Dad, Lili, Chengzhang, and Linfeng and Yan Yan are still family. As the old saying goes, blood is thicker than water. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. It's not good for the relationship to remain so strained. We need to find a way to repair and ease it."

At this point, even Yu Ruoqi, who had been stubborn all along, acquiesced.

“You mentioned before that you wanted to adopt Lili as your goddaughter and wanted to hold a big banquet. Why don’t I have someone start preparing now? We can take this opportunity to make peace as a family,” Yu Rong said.

Grandpa Yu glanced at the group, his aged eyes revealing an unreadable emotion, and finally got up and went upstairs without a word.

Back in his room, the butler helped the old man take his medicine.

"Miss Jiang's friend's medicine is indeed remarkably effective. Your health has improved considerably since you started taking it," the housekeeper said.

Not only have my physical ailments lessened, but my mental state has also improved significantly.

"Yes," Grandpa Yu nodded with a smile.

He is now quite old. At this age, most people's prayers are no longer to live a few more years, but to die peacefully in their old age without illness or pain.

The old man put down his water glass, his eyes still thoughtful, as if he were pondering something.

"Then you should get some rest." The butler turned to leave, but was stopped by the old man at the door. He turned back and asked, "Is there anything else you need?"

Grandpa Yu rubbed the two strings of sandalwood prayer beads in his hands.

This was obtained by his wife and Lao Jiang's wife from a temple, to bless them and turn misfortune into good fortune.

Due to health and family reasons, he resigned from the Narcotics Control Bureau at a crucial moment in his career.

In the end, Lao Jiang became the head of the anti-drug bureau.

Even after so many years, the Zero Drug Case remains the most serious case for the Narcotics Control Bureau.

The operation resulted in heavy casualties among the anti-drug bureau members.

Before the operation, Old Jiang seemed to have a premonition of sacrifice. He came to find him, handed over his sandalwood prayer beads, and entrusted his orphan to Jiang Li.

In the end, Lao Jiang died tragically in that anti-drug operation, and all the information was sealed.

The Narcotics Control Bureau cannot be without a leader for even a day, and Xu Zhenghua took on this important responsibility.

Jiang Li also appears to have been involved in Operation Zero, and developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder after the operation.

During that time, Grandpa Yu stayed with Jiang Li.

Many unidentified people came to Jiang Li to treat her.

Later, Jiang Li went to learn embroidery from Rong Xiu.

After Jiang Li recovered, she returned to the Jiang family.

Jiang Xian disliked Jiang Li intensely. As soon as Jiang Li was born, Jiang Xian sent her to the farthest border. Later, Old Jiang brought the child back. After Old Jiang left, no one protected Jiang Li anymore, so Jiang Xian sent Jiang Li away again.

Jiang Li was only ten years old at that time.

Grandpa Yu recalled how he had gone through many twists and turns to finally find Jiang Li and wanted to bring her back to Beicheng. Since Jiang Xian didn't want Jiang Li, he decided to let Jiang Li live in the Yu family and raise her as his own granddaughter.

Jiang Li refused.

Thinking of this, Grandpa Yu sighed softly, his back slightly hunched.

I have always failed my comrades' trust and failed to take good care of Jiang Li.

Ironically, the only one who truly cared about his condition and got him medicine was Jiang Li.

Their own children and grandchildren, who previously thought Jiang Li was useless and kicked her out, now think Jiang Li is useful to them and want to use her name to win her over.

Too much focus on personal gain.

"Master?" The butler waited a few seconds and when no one spoke from Master Yu, he spoke up.

Old Master Yu raised his eyes, exhaled, and instructed, "Make an appointment with Attorney Chang for me, but don't let anyone else know."

The butler was taken aback, then respectfully replied, "Yes."

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[Author's note: Thank you for your support. Wishing everyone a prosperous and successful 2025!]

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