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Chapter 552 The Qin Family's Scheme Fails
What kind of outrageous words are these? I thought this Principal Tang was the president of some university in Japan. How could he just spout such nonsense?

He certainly didn't want his story as Li Shiya to be forgotten, but he wasn't ready to appear as Li Chuan yet.

Even if he recently had the idea of ​​showing his face and making videos in his true form, he would not expose himself at their school.

The reason is simple: he's currently wanted by civil engineering students at his university.

They even promoted him at the New Year's Eve party. Isn't that just asking for trouble? He's afraid that civil engineering students will throw rotten eggs at him on stage, and if some students record the video and post it online, he'll definitely be ridiculed by the entire internet.

As the first internet celebrity to be attacked by students from his alma mater, he is simply too ashamed to face anyone.

If he doesn't show his face now, people would believe he's Wangzai Xiao Qiao. But if he does show his face and gets recognized by his own school's students, who knows what might happen then.

Moreover, not only students from their school, but also students from the neighboring art academy and several other schools will be drawn by the news, and he will probably be blocked at the gate every day.

Of course, in the end, Chuanmei still agreed to Principal Tang's request to film a promotional video for the school. There was no other way; he hadn't graduated yet, and he couldn't refuse the principal's request.

Besides, promoting his school is a good thing, at least it helps him establish an image of gratitude towards his alma mater online.

As for the filming budget that Principal Tang mentioned, this Sichuan girl didn't care at all.

How much money can an official organization like the school contribute? It's maybe 20,000 or 30,000, and at most 50,000.

This amount of money, while not exactly a small sum, is nothing to him either.

Putting everything else aside, if he were to start a live stream now, even just two hours of streaming would easily net him over 100,000 yuan.

Meanwhile, in a private room on the second floor of a teahouse across the river from the Wednesday Hotel, Qin Tian and Huang Hao watched as customers began to arrive at the Wednesday Hotel, both with gloomy expressions.

"Damn it, we've been so stressed lately, but this kid's been acting all carefree, like nothing's wrong. His restaurant's open as usual. Brother Tian, ​​this kid's too arrogant!" Huang Hao slammed his hand on the table and shouted, clearly furious.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian took a sip of tea. Although he appeared very composed, his fingers, which were white from gripping the teacup tightly, revealed that he was not as calm as he seemed. He simply said in a deep voice, "What can we do? This kid is not as simple as he looks. My dad and your dad have pulled countless strings recently, but it has hardly made any difference."

Just yesterday, my family gave up several projects and started to collect funds. Your family must be having a tough time too!

Moreover, a friend of my dad's told me that some city leaders have started putting pressure on us because of this, and it's possible that both our families will be ruined this time.

"Oh, is there really no other way? My dad told me that he's used all the connections he could and all the friends he could ask, but it seems like everything has been suppressed."

"We've reviewed a lot of surveillance footage ourselves, but we haven't found any substantial evidence. Now we can only rely on your footage, Brother Tian!" Huang Hao said anxiously.

There's no other reason than that Huang Dayong doesn't have Qin Zhenhong's calm and collected personality. He's been beaten quite a bit these past few days, since he was the one who caused this whole mess. Otherwise, his family wouldn't be in this predicament now.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian looked at Huang Dayong, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He then spoke with some difficulty:

"We haven't found any solid evidence on our side either. We even found CCTV footage of him eating in Nancheng that day. Basically, given that he has connections, we can't do anything to him openly, unless..."

"Unless what?" Huang Hao asked quickly.

Qin Tian leaned forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Find someone to deal with him. Since that's the case, we don't need to be polite. It would be best if we could find out the reason for the power outage from him."

"If we can't find his parents in Nancheng, we've already investigated their address. We'll find a few trustworthy people to put pressure on that kid. As for the people who go, we'll give them a generous settlement allowance and full insurance for their cars. Even if the consequences are serious, it'll just be a traffic issue. Then we'll hire the best lawyers, and the sentence won't be long. I don't believe he doesn't care about his parents!" Upon hearing this, Huang Hao's eyes instantly cleared up, because his father, Huang Dayong, had specifically instructed him that his family could participate in things within the rules, but absolutely not in things outside the rules.

Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but Lin Mo clearly has someone behind him. Doing something like this at a time like this is practically suicide.

Their family's situation hasn't reached a dead end yet, so there's no need for them to play with fire.

"Brother Tian, ​​isn't this... inappropriate?" Huang Hao stammered.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian snorted coldly: "What's wrong with that? You're such a coward now? You need to know that if it weren't for you, would I have gotten involved in this?"

Also, it's not like I'm making you do it all by yourself. We're working together. You'll be in charge of our side, and we'll take care of the South City side. As for the people, you can find them yourself.

What's there to hesitate about? It's not like we're doing it ourselves. The lower-ups will arrange it, and then they'll just send them away for a few years. Once the trail goes cold, I don't believe they can trace it back to us. It's just a matter of spending some money.

You have to understand, there's never a shortage of people in this world who would risk their lives for money. As long as they're paid enough, they'll do anything.

"If this isn't resolved, how long do you think your family can hold out?"

"Brother Tiantian, is this your idea or Uncle Qin's idea?" Huang Hao asked.

Qin Tian leaned back: "This is my family's decision. My dad said that if your family doesn't participate, there's no future for us. We should each accept our fate. There's no reason not to share the risks and the rewards."

Hearing this, Huang Hao was somewhat tempted, but remembering his father's repeated warnings, he stood up and said, "This... I'm sorry, Brother Tian, ​​I can't make the decision. I'll go back and discuss it with my dad before giving you an answer. I'll be going now!"

After saying that, Huang Hao got up and left. After the door to the private room closed, Qin Tian could no longer hold back and slammed the tableware on the ground: "Damn it! Useless trash!"

After a long while, he finally made a call to his father.

“Hey, Dad, the plan failed. That kid Huang Hao didn’t take the bait. I thought he would act impulsively and do it in private,” Qin Tian said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhenhong's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Never mind, it seems that old fox Lao Huang gave me instructions beforehand."

That's right, Qin Tian wasn't as brainless as people thought. His plan was to take advantage of Huang Hao's impulsive nature, make him make the first move, and then he could reap the benefits.

They said his family was in charge of the southern part of the city, but they still wanted to create a time difference so that Huang Hao would make his move in Jiangning first. That way, even if it failed, they could still pin the blame on the Huang family if they made their move later.

Unexpectedly, Huang Hao, that fool, didn't act impulsively this time.

It's not that Huang Hao didn't want to, nor that he wasn't impulsive, but rather that he was so scared of being beaten by Lao Huang these past few days that he didn't dare to act impulsively at all.

"So, should we still do this?" Qin Tian asked.

After a long silence, Qin Zhenhong said, "Do it, but you don't need to worry about this. Go and stay out of town for a few days!"

"Dad, me"

"Go ahead, I've bought your plane ticket, you're leaving tonight!"

(End of this chapter)