The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 477 Cooperate

In mid-March, the mainland version of World of Warcraft was officially launched, and its popularity needs no further explanation. Even though the 3D modeling is far inferior to that of a dozen or so versions later, it still completely dominates domestic online games.

Xu Jiuyang was naturally satisfied. As things stand, he could eat for five or six years without any problem. As for what would happen after that... that should also be fine. He wasn't a pig mushroom, standing still like that. Besides, he had Angela's support.

"With them around, if I let the pig farm take away the agency rights, I might as well buy a block of tofu and smash my head against it," he muttered.

The only slightly annoying thing is that they still use a prepaid card system instead of the monthly subscription system like the US server, and the reason is simple—

"I'm asking you, when you make decisions on a whim, can you at least go to all the internet cafes and see who's playing online games? If you really launch a monthly pass, do you believe those middle school students would dare to stay in an internet cafe for a whole month?!" Da Mimi slammed her hand on the table and yelled at someone.

Although someone immediately slammed the table back: "Why are you yelling so loudly!"

However, it must be admitted that Yang Mi is right. Even if prepaid cards cannot stop some students from skipping classes to play games, it is still better than monthly cards.

There has been no shortage of criticism against online games in the past two years. Although he also organized some online trolls to stir up trouble online, saying things like: "Isn't it because you parents are unwilling to spend time with your children?"

The effect was not very obvious. Parents found it difficult to reflect on their own behavior, and the children had nowhere to speak. Moreover, the parents were actually capable of besieging the government.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Da Mimi, who was sitting in front of the desk in the chairman's office of Shenlei Technology, looking at the financial statements and grinning foolishly, suddenly looked up and asked.

"You're good-looking, aren't you?" Xu Jiuyang replied casually.

"Oh?" Da Mimi narrowed her eyes immediately. "You're saying this...you're not thinking about something bad, are you?"

"Yeah, yeah, I was just thinking about some bad things." Xu Jiuyang rolled his eyes.

Yang Mi immediately stood up, walked around the desk to him, crossed her arms and looked him over: "Don't move."

"What's wrong?" Xu Jiuyang asked, puzzled. Then he looked at her, one leg bent and kneeling on the high-backed chair between his legs, one hand on the armrest, and she brought her head close to his face and gently kissed his lips.

After a few seconds of mental blankness, the person finally reacted: "What's wrong with you...?"

"Shh!" Yang Mi gestured for him to be quiet with a serious expression, looked at him for a moment, as if savoring the moment, before speaking again: "Um, when I stick my tongue in later, remember to cooperate."

"Wait!" Xu Jiuyang had to call out, "What are you trying to do?"

"Practice kissing, huh?" Da Mimi looked completely bewildered.

"You want to practice kissing with me?" Xu Jiuyang was so angry he almost laughed.

"What, is there someone else here?" Da Mimi spread her hands, looking quite self-righteous.

"You can go back to your Xian'er!" Xu Jiuyang said angrily.

“Xian’er is a woman, and you are a man, so of course I’m looking for you,” Yang Mi said confidently.

"Female...male...wait a minute..." Xu Jiuyang stood up, pushed her a short distance away, and then asked again, "Are you in a relationship?"

“No,” Yang Mi’s eyes flickered. “I’ve got my eye on a guy and want to try asking him out, but I don’t know how, so I’m asking you to practice.”

"You don't?" Xu Jiuyang looked incredulous. "Haven't you ever been pursued by a boy before?"

“Yes,” Da Mimi answered readily, “but I don’t have time for them to chase after me. I’m busy making money.”

Xu Jiuyang was speechless for a long time before saying, "So, now that you've made money, you're ready to be pursued?" "No," Yang Mi waved her hand, "I can only say I can relax a bit, so it's me pursuing people, not people pursuing me."

After saying that, he rubbed his hands together excitedly and rolled up his sleeves, saying, "Quick, quick, let me give you a French kiss."

"Calm down." Xu Jiuyang pushed her head away impatiently. "If you feel inexperienced, just let them pursue you. You don't have to say yes or no."

"Then won't I become a scumbag like you?" Da Mimi's eyes widened.

"How can you talk like that?" Xu Jiuyang started rolling up his sleeves.

“Oh dear, what I mean is,” Yang Mi quickly hid on the other side of the desk, “those who actively pursue you are definitely not up to any good intentions. You won’t gain any experience from dealing with them.”

"How do you know?" Xu Jiuyang retorted. "Don't think too badly of people."

“Of course I know,” Da Mimi puffed out her chest. “In the past two years, quite a few people have been pursuing Tangtang. You know her personality; she’s always so clueless. If it weren’t for our help in investigating and keeping an eye on her, she would have been completely fooled and given everything away.”

She suddenly stopped speaking, staring intently at Xu Jiuyang, making him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"Um...it's nothing..." Da Mimi finally shook her head, "Anyway, please help me out."

Xu Jiuyang breathed a sigh of relief, fearing she might say something like helping Tang Yan dispel her illusions.

“No,” he refused bluntly, “If there’s nothing else, you should leave.”

"It's not like I'll lose a piece of my flesh..." Yang Mi muttered, but didn't insist any further and walked out somewhat unhappily.

As she reached the door, she turned back as if remembering something: "By the way, do you know that Fan Bingbing sent someone into our joint venture real estate company, saying it was to gain some experience?"

"Sent someone in?" Xu Jiuyang was a little confused, then coughed dryly at the other person's "I knew you were heartless" look: "Isn't this basic operation? If you think there's a problem, just send someone in yourself, as long as it doesn't affect the company's operations."

After saying that, he felt something was wrong, so he coughed again and said, "What's your name? What do you do? I'll ask you later."

"Her name is Wang Mengmeng. She's a native of Beijing. She went abroad to study in the early 90s. I think she went to Australia. I heard she graduated from Macquarie University with a double master's degree in finance and accounting."

"Does that sound familiar?" Xu Jiuyang muttered to himself before asking, "Do you think there's anything wrong with it?"

“You should ask her that question. The real estate company was all set up and they had already acquired land in the United States. It’s definitely not right for her to suddenly put someone in there!” Yang Mi argued vehemently.

“Everyone has shares, and the process has been designed. She probably didn’t intend to do anything unnecessary,” Xu Jiuyang said first, then, under Yang Mi’s angry glare, he raised his hands and pretended to press them down: “Okay, okay, I’ll call and ask for you later, alright?”

"You said it yourself, I didn't force you." Da Mimi snorted arrogantly, puffed out her chest, and walked out of the room.

Xu Jiuyang smiled and shook his head. Instead of calling Fan Bingbing immediately, he pulled up the real estate company's information on his computer and started looking at it.

Overall, Yang Mi didn't exaggerate; she was telling the truth, and Fan Bingbing's move was indeed a bit strange.

As mentioned when we made the plan, since it involves speculating on American land, it will go through Angela's hands, so the people involved are all Americans, or at the very least, Chinese Americans. Wang Mengmeng's involvement does seem a bit abrupt.

More importantly, her identity seemed strangely familiar to him.

(End of this chapter)