Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 115 Biological Parents (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After lunch, Xu Mu and Yan Yan parted ways.

Yan Yan still has to go back to work.

Xu Mu then drove to the Economic Building!
The entire seventh floor of the Economic Building is the territory of Lingmu Design Company.

After Xu Mu rented the place that day, he gave Ye Muling the floor plan. They spent a day customizing the layout of the entire design company, and now the renovation is underway.

New company, new look!
When they were studying the design drawings, they used all their knowledge and incorporated many elements, including all types of design from the company, from animation to architectural design to fashion design... everything related to the design industry was incorporated!
The area is large, so they can operate and do whatever they want.

Furthermore, Ye Muling plans to create several independent departments after moving to the new company to handle projects in the relevant design industries, which will make the company structure clearer.

Otherwise, we'd be crammed into this small company space right now, it's incredibly crowded!
As Xu Mu stepped out of the elevator, he heard clanging and the roar of various machines coming from inside.

A professional renovation team was assembled and divided the work according to the design drawings provided by Ye Muling.

It should take about half a month to complete, but it still needs to be ventilated for a while, otherwise the formaldehyde content will be too high... Although the materials used are low-formaldehyde, low formaldehyde doesn't mean there is none...

"This place is under renovation, what are you doing here?"

When the foreman of the construction team saw Xu Mu walk in with a cigarette in his mouth, he asked with a puzzled look, "Are you from Lingmu Design Company?"

"correct."

Xu Mu nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed it to the contractor, saying, "I'm a shareholder. My company is upstairs, and I just happened to come and take a look..."

"The thirteenth floor?" The contractor took the cigarette from Xu Mu and asked curiously.

"Yes, I rented both the seventh and thirteenth floors!"

"You're also renovating the thirteenth floor?"

"That's right, our Shengdu Decoration Company is famous throughout the country, and we even transferred people from a neighboring city for this project. We can complete the entire project in about fifteen days, including the electrical and plumbing work!"

"That's not bad... the restroom is right next to the elevator?"

"Yes!" The contractor's attitude softened when he heard that the person was a shareholder of Lingmu Design Company. "Would you like to take a look around?"

"However, there's a lot of dust here, so let's just take a quick look..."

"No need! I trust you!" Xu Mu smiled and shook his head. "I just came to see how far the renovations have progressed so I can plan the next steps!"

"By the way, Master, I have a question!"

"you say!"

This man looked to be in his forties, but white hair was already showing among his black hair, and his face was covered with wrinkles, with some wood chips stuck between the folds. He had just been working...

"Is it easier to renovate an entire company like this than to renovate each room individually?"

“Small rooms are easy to manage! But an entire floor like this, used as a company, is much more difficult. We need to consider the layout of each individual office... Moreover, your CEO Ye requested that all the office partitions here be made of glass, so we need to be even more careful during the renovation.”

"The glass is broken, we can't afford to pay for it..."

Xu Mu didn't know much about interior design, but his father, Ye Pingfan, was also in the industry. If he were here, he could chat with the contractor... However, his father also worked for Shengdu Decoration Company in Ningcheng, and this Shengdu was probably a branch office.

After a quick look, Xu Mu calculated the time and estimated that the renovation would be completed around the 20th!

Is the progress upstairs about the same as here?

The foreman shook his head and said, "The upstairs will be a little faster... because I heard there are five companies upstairs: a law firm, a game company, and three others whose business I don't know. But they've set up a fitness area!"

"The upstairs offices are separated, so it will be faster for us to break down the wall!"

"But one downside is that all of your walls here are floor-to-ceiling windows, which makes it difficult to demolish them... Then I asked around and found out that all five companies have the same boss, so I decided to convert all of them to glass as well. This will increase the cost, but it will look much better!"

"Of course, the load-bearing walls are still there..."

Xu Mu nodded. "That's right, our goal is to build a technology company in Tianji County! Let's keep it up!"

After chatting with the contractor, Xu Mu went up to the thirteenth floor to take a look.

On the thirteenth floor, the workers were also wearing uniforms decorated by Shengdu.

After visiting the Economic Building, Xu Mu returned to Lingmu Design Company.

Afterwards, Xu Mu made a phone call to Wan Cheng.

"President Wan! I'm back after finishing up!"

"Is the team complete?"

"There are eleven people at the moment! But two others came to our company to sign contracts today. One is a professional manager, and the other is a gaming mogul, whom I poached from another company..."

"But the annual salary is a bit high, it's 500,000!"

"As long as the technology is top-notch, money is no problem!"

"He also wants stock options!"

“No problem!” Xu Mu said. “As long as I can create a game that satisfies me and deliver a satisfactory result, money is secondary! I want to establish a great company!”

"Good good!"

Wan Cheng nodded repeatedly when he heard Xu Mu say that, "As expected of President Xu!"

"Recently, Mr. Xu's moves in Shanghai have reached us in Kyoto! We heard that you bought a penthouse in Tomson Riviera, fully acquired Harvest Venture Capital, and bought Magnolia Plaza, spending tens of billions of yuan... When are you going to come to Kyoto to spend some money?"

"Isn't it difficult to spend money in Kyoto? Don't you need a local household registration?"

"No need for luxury homes! Especially those courtyard houses worth hundreds of millions. I'll take you on a tour next time... If you're interested, I can introduce you to some!"

"Hahaha!" Xu Mu laughed and said, "If we form a team of 15 people, we can get them to come over!"

"Understood!" Wan Cheng replied emphatically. "When will President Xu acquire our headhunting company as well?"

"Your Heidrick & Struggles is too high-end; I can't afford to acquire you!"

"You're joking! That's too modest, isn't it?" Wan Cheng said with a laugh. "We're not as valuable as the Magnolia Plaza!"

"Real Du or fake Du?" Xu Mu raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Don't you have a company valuation?"

"Valuation is one thing! Headhunting firms have had a tough time these past two years. We're losing experienced employees and new hires are hard to manage... It's tough. Many of our talent pool members are already stuck in big companies! And then, 30% are unemployed, and 10% have gone out to start their own businesses... Just think how dramatic that is?"

"I just checked and Heidrick & Struggles is a publicly traded company! How the hell can they acquire it? How do you even do that?"

Xu Mu was dumbfounded...

While he was on the phone, he searched for Heidrick & Struggles!

So it's a publicly listed company!
"Sure, you just need to buy enough stocks..."

"... "

"Forget it, I'm fine with anything else, but I'm not interested in stocks!" Xu Mu shook his head and explained, "I can buy shares in many companies, but I will never touch stocks. After all, making money isn't easy... Stocks aren't suitable for a poor person like me! I also don't have time to play that game..."

“Harvest Venture Capital is a corporate financial investment company! Didn’t you acquire it entirely?”

"You mean you want me to invest in the company under its name?"

"That's right! This way we can form a powerful alliance and cooperate..."

Hearing Wan Cheng say that, Xu Mu stroked his chin. "I'll give you the phone number of the general manager of Harvest Venture Capital later. You can contact him and have a chat..."

"no problem!"

After chatting with Wan Cheng for a while, Xu Mu said, "The eleven guys who signed the contracts can buy plane tickets and come over tomorrow!"

"I just happened to buy a building here, which can serve as their daily living space. The company is still under renovation, so they may need to work in a temporary office space for now!"

Xu Mu planned to settle them on the third floor of the Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel. There was a conference room on the third floor, which they could rent for about half a month.

Of course, as a shareholder, Xu Mu could also ask them to set aside a room specifically for renovation into an office.

"Understood! I'll tell them... I've already signed the relevant labor contracts, and the start date will be when they arrive in Tianji County!"

"Is that okay?"

“Sure,” Xu Mu agreed.

As long as the team is in place, Xu Mu can complete the first phase of rewards. Since the game company's rewards are phased, as long as he can obtain the system's rewards, Xu Mu will have a direction for his subsequent actions.

The first phase of the system's reward is a direct reward of ten million, along with detailed game development content, i.e., the game plan, and 50 experience points. If Xu Mu can complete this first phase of the task, he will be able to establish a game company.

At the same time, you can also get fifty experience points, which will allow you to directly reach level four!
After so long, Xu Mu finally reached level four and felt that the future was promising.

Furthermore, if the game company can produce and release a game within three months after its establishment, and achieve a revenue of 100 million within a month, it will receive an additional 20 million in rewards, as well as 50 experience points... Xu Mu felt that this system task was a test of Xu Mu's ability to recruit a team!
This is also why Xu Mu contacted Heidrick & Struggles...

Because Heidrick & Struggles is one of the top headhunting firms in China and a listed company, its talent pool is naturally incredibly impressive!

They are a publicly listed company in the service industry and have a high profile within the industry.

Of course, if the third task can achieve a revenue of 10 billion in a year, then it will be a blockbuster... a really blockbuster. If successful, Xu Mu will receive a 10 billion game company as a reward from the system... Of course, this so-called valuation is based on the value of the team.

Therefore, the actual value given by the system is one billion.

However, a company with an actual value of one billion is already quite exaggerated, indicating that their products alone could be worth a lot of money...

Xu Mu didn't know how the system came up with this assessment, but he felt that a turnover of 10 billion was still very difficult to achieve!
Your ads for Endless Winter are so outrageous... If each person spends 100 yuan, it would take 100 million people to recharge!
That's outrageous!

Xu Mu felt it was a bit difficult!

Endless Winter has spent so much on promotion! Promoting on Douyin every day... Xu Mu thinks it's impossible... Although it's very profitable, the promotion expenses are billions of yuan. Spending so much every day is overwhelming!

After hanging up the phone with Wan Cheng, Xu Mu went to the Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel.

I contacted the hotel manager.

Xu Mu sat in the lobby for a while, when a middle-aged man in a suit and tie quickly ran over, stood in front of Xu Mu, and said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, what can I do for you?"

"Kaiyuan Taihe should have offices, right? Could you help me clear out an office that can seat twenty people?"

"We don't have an office right now... but I can make room for you if you need one."

"how long will it takes?"

"It can be done tonight!" The manager's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Mu.

Xu Mu had met him a few times before. Wang Mu was also present at a previous class reunion, but Xu Mu went to the banquet hall where the shareholders were having dinner with Bai Xue and didn't chat with him much.

However, we definitely know each other.

“We have desks and broadband installed here, but we don’t usually have many people working here, just our own group of people in the office… so the extra office space is a waste. However, the meeting room can be converted. If you don’t need it for long, you can make use of the meeting room!”

“That works too. It should take me about half a month, no more than a month!” Xu Mu stroked his chin and thought for a moment. “Because I rented an office in the Economic Building, but it’s still under renovation.”

“We could have waited, but this project needs to start immediately. The team has already come from Kyoto, so I’d like to find a temporary office…”

"Understood!" Wang Mu nodded with a smile. "Mainly because our Kaiyuan Taihe headquarters has no intention of investing in this kind of office building, and currently, other office buildings are simply not available for short-term rental."

"I understand! Thank you, Manager Wang!"

Xu Mu smiled and handed Wang Mu a cigarette, "Just let me know when it's done!"

"no problem!"

After leaving the Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel, Xu Mu went to the turtle farm.

Because Wang Qiang hadn't released any mission completion information during Xu Mu's trip, Xu Mu was puzzled... Since he hadn't been to the turtle farm in so long, he decided to go and check it out to ask Wang Qiang what was going on.

Xu Mu clearly remembered that before he left, he had almost broken the million mark.

Why am I stuck here lately?

Moreover, there was no news from their partner shareholder group.

Driving his Porsche 911 GT3 to the farm, Xu Mu drove the car into the factory and found that there was no one there!
"Hey, holy crap! Where did everyone go?"

Xu Mu was dumbfounded, stunned for a moment, his face full of confusion... He made a phone call to Wang Qiang.

Soon, Wang Qiang answered the phone.

"Qiangzi, I'm at the turtle farm. Where are you guys?"

"Oh, we're setting up a new breeding farm next door... because we still have too much money in the account that we can't spend. Our current breeding farm is already full, and a couple of days ago, because it was too hot, some turtles got herpes, and we're busy treating them!"

"Huh?" Xu Mu was stunned for a moment, then asked with a face full of doubt, "How could this be?"

"is it serious?"

"Luckily, Mr. Wang discovered it in time. If it were us, I don't think we would have found out... Mr. Wang checked it and told us to hurry up and get to work! As a result, the more than one million yuan order that we had agreed on was temporarily canceled because we simply didn't have time to catch the turtle for the client... because treating the illness was more important."

"Boss Wang said that if we delay, the whole turtles could easily be wiped out, and the disease could spread... We're currently treating the turtles at the new turtle farm, and also working on the greenhouse and such..."

"Where is it?" Xu Mu asked curiously.

He looked around but didn't see their car.

"I'll come pick you up. It's about a five-minute ride on my electric scooter!"

"it is good!"

No wonder I didn't receive the task completion notification; there must have been a problem...

Xu Mu waited at the gate for a while, and then saw Wang Qiang riding a small electric scooter, speeding towards Xu Mu from afar.

stab.

With a perfect stop, Wang Qiang appeared in front of Xu Mu.

"boarding!"

"I'll take you to see the new turtle farm!" "You guys are doing things secretly without telling me?" Xu Mu lifted his leg and sat on the back of the electric scooter. As soon as his butt landed, the heat made him jump up. "Damn it, is it that hot?"

"My butt is all cooked."

"Hey, don't panic!" Wang Qiang said with a chuckle. "Just bear with it! It'll be over soon!"

"It's nearby!"

"How the hell can I tolerate this? I am the Dragon War God of Tianji County. If I get injured, how can the title of Dragon War God still belong to me?"

"... "

"Come on, it's usually insecure people who go crazy claiming to be 'Mr. Dragon,' boasting about being 18 centimeters... Obviously, you don't have the ability to be 18 centimeters!" Wang Qiang said disdainfully.

"... "

Xu Mu slapped Wang Qiang on the shoulder, "You fucking hurtful things you say!"

"set off!"

Xu Mu endured the burning sensation in his buttocks and rode the electric scooter to another factory in the same industrial park...

This factory is bigger than the one next to Liu Neng's, covering more than ten acres!
Moreover, it's completely empty inside; everything that needed to be moved out has been moved... There are workers building walls inside now.

Mix cement.

There's also the assembly of cold storage panels.

Xu Mu got off the electric scooter and looked at the factory building with curiosity. "Why did you rent such a big space?"

"That place isn't big enough!" Wang Xiao, wearing shorts and slippers, walked out with a smile and handed Xu Mu a cigarette. "This place is alright, it looks pretty big!"

"It's quite big."

How many acres is it?

"It's over ten acres, and we're renting it, so the rent is a bit cheaper than over there..."

"Sure, sure!" Xu Mu nodded. "Damn it, nobody notified me!"

"Aren't you out playing? What's there to notify us about... We're not going to take the turtle away!"

"That's true..." Xu Mu nodded slightly, after all, it was a real investment.

However, Xu Mu still trusted Wang Xiao's character.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have brought him in.

"Mr. Xu, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Hearing the commotion, Bao Yong also came out of the tea room and looked at Xu Mu curiously, asking her a question.

"I was thinking that Wang Qiang said he was going to close a deal worth over a million, and I was wondering why no one had notified me when the deal was done, so I thought I'd come and check... Damn it, I didn't expect you guys to have rented a new place!"

"I was just too busy and forgot to tell you!"

Bao Yong laughed and said, "We've had too many sick turtles lately, we're busy treating them every day, we don't have time to send messages!"

"Good good!"

Xu Mu smiled as she entered the tea room, enjoyed the air conditioning for a while, and drank a cup of tea.

Do you have enough money right now?

"That's enough. We still have 30 million left to spend... Damn it, we've already swept through all the nearby factories, turtle farms worth millions, and players worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. We've taken them all... Now we're the only dominant player in the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai region!"

"That's an exaggeration!"

Xu Mu chuckled and put down his teacup. "Do you still want money? I have forty million in my account right now. I'll just transfer it to you to buy the turtles."

"No need... There are too many. The turtles have broken out in herpes now, and we don't even know what's going on... Where can we find more turtles? Besides, we don't have time to find more. It's too hot right now, the late summer heat!"

"Sigh... It's so frustrating. I can't even spend my money. To be honest, I have quite a bit of money in my account right now, but I have no idea what to do with it..."

"????"

Bao Yong looked up at Xu Mu and couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, you deserve to die!"

"How did you suddenly become so rich??"

"I made some money trading stocks overseas before..."

"how much?"

"Not much, just a few hundred million... I'm financially independent now! I've bought several cars, and I can't even drive them all every day..."

"Damn it! That's infuriating!"

Bao Yongqi was extremely excited and envious.

After staying at the turtle farm for a while, Xu Mu looked at Wang Qiang and said, "Don't stop selling turtles. Keep selling them as they are. Don't let it affect the business and cash flow."

"Otherwise, it's useless if we can't build brand awareness!"

"You know it!"

“Okay!” Wang Qiang nodded. “I’ll resume live streaming tonight…”

"OK!"

Xu Mu originally wanted to go back, but after thinking about it, he decided to stay at the turtle farm and find a restaurant nearby to treat them to dinner.

After finishing dinner, Xu Mu drove home.

My parents have already returned to Ningcheng. Those who needed to resign have resigned, and those who needed to wrap things up have finished up. Next, they'll go on vacation.

Sitting in front of the computer, Xu Mu transferred two million yuan to his father, Ye Pingfan.

"Dad, I've transferred two million to you. Don't be stingy with the money."

"Tell me if you need more money. After you and Mom quit your jobs, go on a nice trip! We've already sold the house in Ningcheng, if we can't, we'll keep it to rent out... or we can see how it goes. After that, we can just retire peacefully!"

"I know!" Ye Pingfan said. "By the way, your biological parents called me again just now, and we had another argument... They said they've found your phone number and called to discuss whether or not they should call you."

“I told your mother about your stance and hoped they wouldn’t bother you… They just said it was because we didn’t want you to acknowledge them…”

"Understood!" Xu Mu said. "Let them attack! Don't worry about them, there's no need to let it affect your mood!"

"it is good."

"No matter what, they are your biological parents, Xiao Mu. Dad still hopes that you can reunite with them."

"And they invited us to have dinner together to talk about this... I think it's best to meet in person and have a calm and rational discussion!"

Ye Pingfan sent a voice message, his tone somewhat heavy.

Xu Mu understood what he meant. "I understand, Dad."

"You guys are having a tough time being caught in the middle too..."

Xu Mu guessed that his father hadn't told them about how he made his fortune. Even if he had, to them, how much money could a young person earn from starting a business? At most, it would be a small amount, far less than what his family could make. So, his words must have made his parents very angry!

Back in Sanya, Ye Pingfan had mentioned this before... saying he would ask for five million as compensation for the years of kindness in raising him!
My parents didn't accept it!
This inference suggests that they were somewhat arrogant and did not realize the profound impact that abandoning a child had on that child.

"Tell my mom not to be angry and not to pay any attention to them! It's not worth it!"

"Row!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mu didn't start typing; instead, she sat in front of the computer, lost in thought.

Seeing Xu Mu lost in thought, Ye Muling, still in her pajamas, came up behind Xu Mu, gently pressed on Xu Mu's shoulders, and whispered, "Dad told me that your biological parents have been found!"

"Hmm!" Xu Mu nodded. "It's quite strange that they were able to find me!"

"So what do you think?" Ye Muling looked at Xu Mu and asked softly.

"What can I think? I have no thoughts... I have everything I want now, and there's no debt of raising me, only the debt of giving birth to me. The debt of giving birth to me is nothing! If I had known they would abandon me back then, I would have preferred not to have given birth at all! Damn it!"

Xu Mu cursed and swore, harboring a great deal of resentment... If it weren't for Ye Pingfan and Xu Ping, Xu Mu wouldn't know where he would be begging for food right now!

How could anyone live such a good life?
"Okay, don't be angry!"

Ye Muling gently patted Xu Mu's head and said softly, "I bought new clothes, can you help me take a look tonight?"

"??"

Xu Mu raised an eyebrow. New clothes?

It's probably erotic lingerie!
Goodness, is Ye Muling playing such fancy tricks now?
Has she unlocked some new pose this time?
"I'll wait for them to call..."

Xu Mu said calmly, "You should go and rest first!"

"it is good."

Ye Muling knew that Xu Mu was not in a good mood, so she nodded gently and went back to her room.

Xu Mu composed herself and began typing away.

Around nine o'clock, Xu Mu's phone, which was on the table, rang.

It was a call from Hangzhou.

Xu Mu hesitated for a long time before finally answering the phone.

"Hey?"

"Is that Xu Mu?"

A deep, masculine voice came through the phone.

"it's me!"

Xu Mu responded, "Who are you?"

"I am your father!"

"???"

"Stupid!"

Xu Mu naturally knew this was his biological father, but he still couldn't help but curse, "I have a father, and you're pretending to be my dad? Are you crazy?"

After finishing her rant, Xu Mu hung up the phone immediately.

"... "

Two hundred kilometers away in Hangzhou, the highly respected company CEO was completely bewildered, staring at the phone that had just been hung up on and the inexplicable scolding from Xu Mu.

He is fifty-two years old, with a square face, black hair, and two small mustaches.

At this moment, they were sitting on the sofa in a villa in Hangzhou.

European and American style interior design.

The sofa is also in a European and American style.

Sitting next to him was a well-maintained and beautiful woman, Xu Mu's biological mother.

She's already fifty years old, but looks almost thirty. She takes very good care of herself, and her face is full of collagen...

"Look at what Ye Pingfan and his wife have turned Xu Mu into! He's swearing all the time, he has no manners at all... And you already said you're his father, yet he still cursed at you! Isn't this intentional?"

"I don't believe Ye Pingfan didn't tell Xu Mu about our desire to become relatives with her!"

The beautiful woman frowned, her tone full of disdain for Ye Pingfan and Xu Ping, "If it weren't for us wanting to find our son, why would I be willing to give them five million! A poor man is a poor man!"

"So-won, don't say that!" The square-faced man glared at his wife and said, "No matter what, Ye Pingfan and Xu Ping raised Xu Mu. Their kindness in raising her is a fact. Besides, their family was not well-off and they didn't have good educational resources. Isn't that normal?"

"Besides, we chose Linlin back then, and you were already pregnant. We had no choice but to leave Xiaomu at the gate of the orphanage. We already felt indebted to Xiaomu."

The man with the square face leaned back on the sofa, glaring at his wife, and said, "You say we're well-off, but look how spoiled Linlin is! He's causing trouble everywhere, and I've had to clean up his messes so many times!"

"The compensation owed to Ye Pingfan and his wife must be paid in full, and the compensation owed to Xu Mu must also be paid in full... Moreover, if we hadn't lost Xu Mu back then, he would be called Zhou Muxing now!"

“Zhou Bingsheng, you’re overthinking things! And didn’t you hear what Ye Pingfan and Xu Ping said? They don’t care about our money! It’s obvious they don’t want us to acknowledge Xu Mu!” Jin Suyuan looked at her husband Zhou Bingsheng, her tone full of dissatisfaction and disgust!
For her, if it weren't for Xu Mu, she wouldn't have even glanced at Ye Pingfan and Xu Ping!
"Alright, that's enough! I'll call Xu Mu again."

"Has Linlin not come back yet?" Zhou Bingsheng asked, looking at Kim So-won.

"No, he probably just went to that bar called Tong Jincheng's. He really likes it there, and I haven't really interfered... Besides, the security in Hangzhou is pretty good these days, he won't cause any trouble!"

"What do you mean the security is alright? It's precisely because the security is alright that he's caused so much trouble! He even dared to mess with minors. If it weren't for my strong connections, he would have been in jail long ago, don't you know that? You really don't know what you do all day long at home! You just keep spoiling him, he's bound to get into trouble sooner or later!"

Zhou Bingsheng was too lazy to pay attention to the beautiful woman!

He had told Kim So-won many times to stop spoiling Zhou Mu-lin, but Kim So-won wouldn't listen.

Many things had already happened before. If Zhou Bingsheng hadn't suppressed him and put him in solitary confinement for a few days, he probably would have committed another crime!

Zhou Bingsheng continued to dial Xu Mu's number.

He hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to call Xu Mu.

"Hello!?"

"What on earth do you want to do?"

Before Zhou Bingsheng could speak, Xu Mu cursed, "Does he fucking enjoy being someone's father that much?"

(End of this chapter)