A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 114 NetEase Suspends Trading

Bie Yan is absolutely right. When compared side-by-side, Li Mu's group did indeed conduct the most news interviews.

The preparations made for this 9th National Games by various venues, sports bureaus, volunteers, and people from all walks of life are truly substantial.

And the workload is quite heavy. After today's interview, Li Mu will spend another afternoon preparing the article.

Then in the afternoon, another colleague, a woman from the same workplace, extended an invitation to Li Mu.

Ask Li Mu if he has a girlfriend.

Suddenly, his blind date radar, which Fan Bing herself had installed, started to sound the alarm.

Then he deflected the question with the words, "I have a girlfriend" and "She works at a film company."

The older woman's eyes were filled with regret.

He then sent a text message to Fan Bing about it.

Unfortunately, the other party did not reply immediately. It wasn't until Li Mu was about to get off work that he learned she had nothing to do in the afternoon and had gone to play tennis at an indoor tennis court near the guesthouse.

As a complete beginner, she's quite addicted to the learning process.

When asked about Li Mu's "academic performance" meeting the standard, she replied, "Haha, not bad, not bad, keep up the good work."

Li Mu was left speechless, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

But I have to admit, it really works.

It's perfect for refusing someone.

Time flies, and it's Friday already.

I have to admit, this week has been really busy. I have to do interviews and write articles every day.

Li Mu breathed a huge sigh of relief as the week finally came to an end.

In the afternoon, he received an address from Wang Hai: "Xiao Li, come to this address at 7 pm. I've already picked up your brother Wei."

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"Received, Hai-ge, see you tonight."

Then, before leaving get off work, he finished writing an article about the volunteers' preparations for the Ninth National Games and handed it to Wu Jun.

This 0th National Games is really important. On Thursday, four of us went to the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau and conducted an exclusive interview with the relevant officials. According to the official statement, this Games is my country's first large-scale comprehensive sports event in the new century. It is also a warm-up for the 2008 Olympics after China's successful bid for the Games, and a landmark event marking a new stage of opening up to the outside world as China joins the WTO.

The importance cannot be overstated.

With additional instructions from others, he dared not be careless.

He put in his best effort for every article, and with the help of his senior colleague who has worked diligently for half his life to ensure the articles were appropriate, he already had two articles published this week alone.

"Xiao Li, get some rest this week. Monday will be even busier."

"Okay, Brother Bin."

After Li Mu responded, he left work.

When he got home, tidied up, and bought a case of Moutai at a tobacco and liquor store, Fan Bing sent him a message: "Brother Li, I'm ready. Are you coming to pick me up?"

"Okay, I'll pick you up in a bit."

So at 6:30 p.m., he went to the guesthouse and picked up the female celebrity who was still wearing a large mask.

As soon as Li Mu got into the car, he smelled a very pleasant perfume, and—

"Are you wearing makeup?"

"hey-hey."

The superstar beamed and casually pulled down her mask: "How's the makeup? Pretty, right?"

Is it pretty?

The answer is yes.

With the base plate right there, how could it not look good?

So Li Mu nodded sincerely: "It looks good."

"I didn't actually wear heavy makeup. Today, Brother Li, you're my friend, so I'm here to support you, but I shouldn't steal the spotlight."

"You are the master just by standing there."

"Hehe, I like hearing that. But—Brother Li, shouldn't you buy some clothes? I see you only have a few outfits that you wear over and over again—you need to take better care of yourself."

"Well----"

Li Mu subconsciously looked down at the Nike T-shirt he was wearing, the one he bought when he first "became rich": "Isn't this fine? It's not torn or dirty, and besides, I'm not a celebrity—"

"Tsk."

Fan Taobing shook her head slightly: "Brother Li, whether you're a celebrity or not, you still have to take care of yourself. It's always good to live a refined life."

"I have too many clothes to wear."

"Well, you need to have the right clothes too. You should wear different clothes for different occasions, at least so you don't look impolite. Hmm, how about we go to Hong Kong this week? I'm thinking of buying a few autumn outfits."

"This week?"

Li Mu thought about it and felt that it might be a good idea.

After all, although he had practically worn down the threshold of Macau, he hadn't been to Hong Kong yet.

"Then let me ask Brother Bie if he's going to Macau this week?"

"Sure. I'll have a couple more days of free time. Filming starts next Tuesday."

"—You'll start filming on October 1st?"

"Who can argue with that? It's absolutely outrageous. But there's nothing we can do about it. Apparently, the studio has been occupied for a while, so the interior scenes have to be filmed in the next few days."

"All right."

Li Mu dialed Bie Yan's number while driving.

"Beep beep—beep beep—"

This time, the phone rang for a long time before Bie Yan finally answered.

His voice was unusually deep: "Hey, Xiao Li?"

"Brother Bie, are you busy right now?"

"————What's wrong?"

For some reason, Li Mu felt that Brother Bie's voice was much lower than before.

"Brother Bie, are we going to Macau this week?"

"No, I'm not going—I'm in Yanjing right now. You should get some rest this week. I have some things to take care of, so I'll hang up now."

Without saying a word, he hung up the phone.

Li Mu didn't think much of it, assuming that Brother Bie was probably busy with other things, and said directly to Fan Taobing, "We don't need to go to Macau this week, so how about we go to Hong Kong tomorrow?"

"OK."

Fan Bing readily agreed, and then began to complain about the pain in her wrist.

Because beginners often use incorrect force, their arms are very sore from playing ball these past few days.

The two drove and chatted all the way until they arrived at the entrance of a restaurant that looked very upscale.

Before getting off the car, Li Mu took his digital camera with him. After entering the restaurant one after the other, he told the receptionist his room number and was quickly led to the door of a private room.

When he opened the door, he saw Chu Jiwei's family of three, Wang Hai and a woman who looked equally wealthy, and a boy fiddling with a game console.

"Oh, you're here?"

Wang Hai and Chu Jiwei were initially smiling and getting up to greet Li Mu, but they both froze when they saw the woman behind him wearing a mask and a baseball cap.

This is ————

"Brother Wei, Brother Hai. Um—let me introduce you, this is my friend—Linlin, do you think she's who?"

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Chu Lin was initially puzzled, but when the woman who walked in with Uncle Li took off her mask and hat, the girl's eyes widened immediately.

The next second, a scream rang out: "Ah!!!!"

Fan Taobing smiled slightly and waved to the girl: "Linlin, hello, I'm Fan Taobing."

"ah!!!!!"

"Linlin—alright, alright, stop bothering your Aunt Fan."

Li Li looked at her daughter, who was sitting next to the famous Jin Suo and gushing over her, and shook her head helplessly: "Next time, Xiao Li, you have to tell us in advance so we can be prepared."

"Haha, that's what makes it a surprise. She happens to be filming here. We couldn't meet up in the US last time, so we decided to go together today. It's a good opportunity for us to get to know each other."

As Li Mu spoke, he personally opened the bottle of Moutai.

"Brother Wei, why are you back all of a sudden? Is Linlin still in school over there? Is that okay?"

"I took a few days off, firstly to go home and pay respects to my ancestors. Secondly—I have some things to do tomorrow."

As Chu Jiwei spoke, he glanced at Fan Bing, wondering about the relationship between Xiao Li and this big star.

It looks quite unusual.

But Chu Lin didn't care about that; all she could see was the "Aunt Fan" next to her, who was emitting an enticing fragrance.

You can't see anyone else at all.

"Sister-in-law, nice to meet you. I'm Li Mu, you can just call me Xiao Li. This glass is for you~"

"Oh, Li, you're too kind. I'll have tea instead of wine, you should drink less too."

Li Mujing is Wang Hai's wife.

Today is a family dinner, so Wang Hai brought his wife and son along.

As for Fan Bing, after Li Mu finished toasting, she also got up to offer a toast. She was also drinking Moutai, and planned to have Xiaomi come and pick her and Brother Li up later.

The atmosphere at the dinner party was naturally wonderful. The two older brothers were old friends, and Li Mu was also a "life-or-death" friend. Not to mention, sitting next to them was a nationally renowned celebrity, the daughter of the man they liked.

The atmosphere was naturally very pleasant.

Soon, the bottle of Moutai was empty, and Li Mu opened the second bottle.

Just then, Wang Hai, his face slightly flushed, suddenly asked Li Mu, "Xiao Li, are you still interested in stock investment?"

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Li Mu was taken aback, and looked at Wang Hai with a puzzled expression, asking, "What's wrong? Brother Hai, are you planning to invest in stocks?"

Wang Hai waved his hand and said, "This matter is actually quite complicated. It's also the reason why your brother Wei came back. Do you know NetEase, this internet company?"

"Yes, I know. It's the leading internet company in our area. It's even listed in the US."

Seeing that Li Mu seemed to understand, Wang Hai said, "I know Ding Lei."

"what?"

Li Mu was somewhat surprised.

The older brother continued, "When they first started their company, they got their desks and other furniture from me. I saw how tough it was for young people starting a business, so I gave them a pretty good discount. Later, as their business grew, they got their desks and furniture from me again. That's how we got to know each other—your brother Wei knows him too. When they went public in the US, they used the company your brother Wei used to work for to get their qualifications. The three of us are friends."

"I remember—they've been listed for quite a while, haven't they? I saw the news about it when I was in college."

At this point, Chu Jiwei nodded: "Yes, it went public in 2000, but—it performed very poorly. In July of this year, it was even suspended from trading on Nasdaq due to financial statement fraud."

"Well----"

Chu Jiwei's words instantly hit a blind spot in Li Mu's knowledge.

He had no idea what terms like "trading suspension" meant.

So after thinking for a moment, he asked, "So, Brother Wei came back this time to deal with this matter?"

Chu Jiwei waved his hand with a smile: "You overestimate me. I don't have the ability to influence Nasdaq's decisions. But—you're not wrong, I did come back to China this time because of NetEase—Xiao Li, I've been talking to your brother Hai about this all afternoon. Are you free tomorrow? How about we go to their company together? Weren't you interested in stocks before? Tomorrow is a private equity support meeting they're hosting. Shall we go check it out together?"