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Chapter 318 The Magic of Wealth

Huang Qingya: "???"

Huang Qingya looked at her older brother, who was standing on the balcony smoking with a complicated expression, with a surprised expression. She realized that her brother must have seen the news. Even if he hadn't seen the news, he must have heard about it from others. Otherwise, he wouldn't know that Cao Sheng had earned more than 100 million this year.

Previously, her older brother asked her how much Cao Sheng had earned this year, and pressed her several times, but she didn't give him the real number, just because she was afraid of upsetting him.

Unexpectedly, it still provoked the eldest brother.

She felt a little apologetic, thinking: I should be more careful when talking to my older brother in the future. If I had praised him a little when he said he earned several million this year, he probably wouldn't have asked how much Cao Sheng earned. And today, he wouldn't be standing on the balcony smoking in silence because Cao Sheng earned more than 100 million.

With these thoughts swirling in her mind, she forced a smile and comforted him, "Brother! Don't overthink it. Actually, you're already very successful compared to ordinary people, really! Earning several million a year is a lot."

Huang Qingfeng rolled her eyes and said irritably, "Thank you! You're really good at comforting people. By the way, where are you going now that you're putting on your shoes?"

Huang Qingya stood up and said with a smile, "Cao Sheng has returned to Huizhou with his parents. I'm going to see them."

She had brought Cao Sheng to her home as a guest before the Lunar New Year, so there was no need to hide her relationship with Cao Sheng now.

Huang Qingfeng was a little surprised, nodded, and said with some emotion, "Of course, his parents are here, you really should make a good impression. Go ahead! Be careful on the way."

Huang Qingya nodded, waved to her older brother, and left.

on the balcony.

Huang Qingfeng looked at the closed door and smiled with a complicated expression.

His inner thoughts were more complex than his facial expression.

He watched his younger sister grow up.

His younger sister, who has been beautiful since childhood, makes him like her, makes him proud, and makes him want to protect her.

Later, he started doing business, and as his business grew bigger and bigger, he gradually began to feel that he was qualified to protect his whole family.

That includes his own sister, of course.

He had even thought more than once that when his sister got married, he would prepare a larger dowry for her, including a house and a car, so that she could hold her head high in her husband's family and live a comfortable and carefree life.

result?

His sister's marriages came as a surprise to him twice.

This does not mean that his sister was married twice.

Instead... for the first time, he never dreamed that his beautiful and talented sister would be unable to get married for so long. He even wondered if there was something wrong with his sister's sexual orientation.
The second time was when my sister found a gigolo named Cao Sheng.

He watched his younger sister grow up, and he always thought of her as a delicate flower or tender grass. He never dreamed that she would not date, but instead date someone so much older than him. She actually liked older men dating younger women, and she was the older man.

He simply couldn't reconcile his beautiful sister with the old ox.

But she is indeed considerably older than Cao Sheng.

What surprised him even more was that Cao Sheng's income was growing too fast.

He had originally planned to start his own business, which was quite large, and his income should have been able to surpass that of the young Cao Sheng.

What kind of future can a guy who plays with pen and paper and earns a little money from writing have?
Isn't he just someone who writes lousy novels?
At first, he looked down on him, thinking Cao Sheng was just a good-for-nothing pretty boy.

The results of it?
This young man is incredibly successful. In just two years, his annual income has exceeded 100 million yuan. His fame is rivaling that of Jin Yong and Gu Long. His screenplays have even been sold to Hollywood, making him the highest-paid screenwriter in the Chinese-speaking world.

A screenwriter with an annual income exceeding 100 million...

This was the first time he'd ever heard of such a thing, especially since his sister had managed to get such an amazing guy.

I think I can't protect my sister anymore.

The thought flashed through his mind.

……

Huang Qingya arrived at the hotel room where Cao Sheng was staying.

The first thing I asked upon meeting them was, "Where are your uncle and aunt? Are they asleep? I want to go see them."

Cao Sheng casually closed the window and pointed to the next room. "They live next door, but they're used to going to bed early and waking up early, so they're probably already asleep. Why don't you see them tomorrow?"

Huang Qingya was a little surprised, "You went to bed so early?"

After thinking for a moment, she nodded and walked over to the sofa to sit down.

Curious, someone asked, "You brought your uncle and aunt here, why aren't they staying at your place? Why are you taking them to a hotel? Is it to avoid reporters?"

Cao Sheng smiled and nodded, then sat down next to her.

"More or less! Not entirely."

Huang Qingya: "What do you mean?"

They hadn't discussed it in detail on the phone before, so she didn't know why Cao Sheng had suddenly brought his parents to Huizhou.

Cao Sheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, “People are afraid of becoming famous, just like pigs are afraid of getting fat! Haven’t you heard of some lottery winners who moved out overnight? My approximate income for this year has been exposed in the news, and I’m a little worried about the safety of my parents and myself. So, just in case, I brought them out to avoid the situation. I don’t dare to live in my house in Huizhou for the time being.”

Huang Qingya looked at him in surprise.

After blinking a few times, she finally understood Cao Sheng's concerns. She nodded slightly and chuckled, "I see! If that's the case, then it seems that you and your uncle and aunt are really not very safe now. But you can't stay in a hotel for a long time, can you? Hotel rooms are very expensive. What do you plan to do next?"

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "I haven't decided yet. My initial idea is to buy two more houses here. If I have enough houses, it will be difficult for most people to find out my address. What do you think?"

Huang Qingya frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'm afraid that won't work! The main problem is that your current fame is almost the same as some celebrities, especially in Huizhou. Many people know that you study here, and many people recognize your face. Unless you wear a hat and sunglasses every time you go out, you will definitely be recognized. What do you think?"

Cao Sheng gave a bitter smile.

This is also what troubles him.

If he hadn't been in the news so much and was only known by his pen name, like most authors whose real names and faces were unknown to the public, then he would be much safer living somewhere else.

But Huang Qingya was right just now; many people can recognize his face now.

Especially in Huizhou, no matter where he moves, he will probably be recognized by his neighbors very quickly.

"Then what do you suggest? Give me some advice?"

He smiled and asked in return.

Huang Qingya frowned and thought for a while before hesitatingly saying, "I've thought of two ideas for now, would you like to hear them?"

Cao Sheng smiled and gestured for her to speak.

Huang Qingya: "One is to stay at home and not go to school anymore, as it's easy to be followed. Since you write novels, if you don't go to school, you can stay at home and most people won't see you. It would be safer to live in a different place."

Cao Sheng nodded slightly, looking at her, waiting for her to give her second suggestion.

Huang Qingya: "The second is to hire bodyguards! Just like those celebrities, those celebrities are also rich, and their fame is even much greater than yours, so why are they safe? I think it's because no matter where they go, they are always accompanied by several bodyguards. The more famous they are, the more bodyguards they tend to have. If you don't want to stay at home and never go out, then hire more bodyguards, and that should ensure your safety. What do you think?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

I think both of her suggestions make a lot of sense.

But all of this will change his life, preventing him from being as free as before. However, he also knows in his heart that given the current situation, it is probably impossible for his life to be the same as before.

Unless you believe there are no thieves in the world and are not afraid of being targeted by desperate criminals.

"let me think again."

He said so.

Huang Qingya snuggled up to him, took his arm, and smiled, "I really suggest you don't go to school next semester. Anyway, you don't rely on a diploma to make a living. What does it matter if you get a bachelor's degree or not? Don't go to school, change your place of residence, and hire a few bodyguards at home to protect you and your uncle and aunt. That should be fine. Think about it carefully."

Cao Sheng hummed in agreement.

But he was still thinking of other solutions.

He doesn't want to stay at home for too long.

He was already a homebody, and if he stopped going to school altogether, he would become a complete shut-in. Long-term lack of contact with the outside world would disconnect him from society and gradually cause him to lose the ability to interact with people.

This is also detrimental to his writing.

For example, if he doesn't have contact with the outside world for a long time, he won't have the opportunity to observe all kinds of people and things. In the short term, there won't be any problems, but in the long term, when he writes novels, he may have problems in creating characters, and it will definitely be difficult for him to make progress.

For example, some common sense about life. Before his rebirth, when he chatted with some writers online, he noticed that some writers who stayed at home for a long time lacked common sense about life, were not familiar with real-world prices, and had very mixed up memories of brand-name clothing, jewelry, etc.

A writer like this is incapable of writing urban fiction.

Because it always exposes its shortcomings in some seemingly insignificant details, causing readers to be seriously pulled out of the story.

Cao Sheng's train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Huang Qingya.

She said nothing.

But her hand gradually reached into the forbidden zone of life.

Cao Sheng looked at her amusedly, "What do you want to do?"

She looked up at him, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Don't you want to?"

Cao Sheng met her smiling eyes and chuckled, "Look at you, so pathetic!"

Huang Qingya reached out and pushed him down onto the sofa, laughing, "Stop pretending to be so righteous with me!"

……

Same night.

Unlike Cao Sheng's troubles, many of his associates were thrilled to learn that he had earned over 100 million yuan this year.

For example: Liang Hongfei.

He is Cao Sheng's senior from school and is currently the manager of Xitong Internet Cafe. Cao Sheng invested in this internet cafe, which he has been managing since it opened.

With the Chinese New Year fast approaching, Liang Hongfei has been unable to take a holiday to go home because the number of customers at his internet cafe has increased rather than decreased. He plans to spend the New Year at the internet cafe.

However, the thought of not being able to go home for the Chinese New Year has left him feeling a bit down these past few days.

But when he thought about the generous year-end bonus Cao Sheng had given him a few days ago, he felt that it was worth it not to go home for the New Year.

With these mixed feelings, he saw the news online today that Cao Sheng's two most recent scripts sold for over 100 million yuan.

He was stunned.

The two scripts sold for over 100 million?

If all of over 100 million were taken out and placed in front of you, how large would the volume be?
He couldn't imagine it.

But he quickly became excited because Cao Sheng was now his boss and had said that if he could manage the internet cafe well, he would open a branch for him.

He was initially quite uncertain, worried that Cao Sheng was just making empty promises and wouldn't deliver.

But upon learning that Cao Sheng is now a billionaire, Liang Hongfei's heart raced. He felt that since Cao Sheng was so rich, he would probably find a way to invest everywhere next year.

He believed that with Cao Sheng's intelligence, he wouldn't just leave so much money in the bank to earn interest; he would definitely find a way to invest it.

Just like Cao Sheng's previous investments in Xitong Internet Cafe and a building in Pengcheng.

Back then, Cao Sheng didn't have that much money! He was willing to invest so much. Now that he's worth over 100 million yuan and has hundreds of millions in cash, can Cao Sheng resist investing?
He doesn't think buying a property is a good investment.

To persuade Cao Sheng to make money from money, for example, by investing in several internet cafes, which are known to generate revenue quickly, and that he was confident he could manage several internet cafes well.

5? 10? 20?
Liang Hongfei became more and more excited as he thought about it, his heart surging with emotion.

It's as if I can see myself in the near future, becoming a CEO, marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reaching the pinnacle of life.

Just as he was getting more and more excited about his daydreams, and a smile was creeping onto his face, someone knocked on the bar in front of him, and a teasing voice came from behind: "Hey! Xiao Liang! Which beautiful girl are you thinking about? Why are you smiling so flirtatiously?"

Liang Hongfei was startled and quickly suppressed his smile, looking up at the scene.

He saw Huang Zecheng looking at him with a smile.

Huang Zecheng is a computer teacher at Huizhou Teachers College and also a technical consultant for Xitong Internet Cafe.

The network administrators here have changed several times since the business opened, but each one was hired by Huang Zecheng and they were basically all his students.

Upon suddenly seeing Huang Zecheng, Liang Hongfei quickly stood up and greeted him warmly, "Teacher Huang! It's so late, why are you here? Come in and have a seat!"

Huang Zecheng smiled and shook his head. Looking at the packed internet cafe, his smile widened.

Logically speaking, with the nearby Huizhou Teachers College on holiday and the Chinese New Year approaching, the internet cafe's business should have been very poor, but the reality was quite the opposite.

Although the students of Huizhou Teachers College were on holiday, the young people who had gone out to study or work in the vicinity all returned. As soon as these young people returned, they saw that there was such a large internet cafe near their homes, and the computers in the internet cafe were still quite new, so they flocked to it.

Some of the young people even stay here for a long time and don't leave.

Some people even eat, drink, and sleep in internet cafes.

The reason is that internet cafes have only recently appeared in China, and computers are very attractive to young people.

"Business is so good again tonight! Great!"

Huang Zecheng praised him with a big smile.

Liang Hongfei smiled broadly, "Yes! There were still quite a few people queuing up in the evening! The internet cafe business is so good now. I'm planning to suggest to the boss that we open a few more branches after the New Year. What do you think, Professor Huang?"

Huang Zecheng chuckled, "Great! Of course it's great! I was just about to suggest this to Cao Sheng too! He's got plenty of money right now, doesn't he?"

Liang Hongfei was a little surprised, "Teacher Huang, you've also heard that the boss has made a lot of money recently?"

Huang Zecheng chuckled twice.

Of course he had heard about it. He was a computer teacher, had a computer at home, and was used to going online every day. Today, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep because he saw online that Cao Sheng had made a fortune. He thought he would come to this internet cafe to take a look and discuss with Liang Hongfei the possibility of suggesting to Cao Sheng that they open a branch after the New Year.

His salary at school was so low, he wanted to get rich too!

(End of this chapter)