A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Five hundred and twenty-eight thousand, no bargaining, and they even wanted to add another twenty thousand. To be able to close a deal like this was quite an eye-opener for Li Mu.

Unfortunately, he really liked it, so he could only grit his teeth and pay the extra 20,000 yuan. Then, amidst the salesperson's speechless reply, "It's uncertain, you can pick up the car in as little as a month," he obediently paid the deposit.

Then, feeling disappointed that his expectations had not been met, he went to the telecommunications bureau again, applied for ADSL broadband, and then returned to his workplace.

It was almost 2 p.m. when Li Mu arrived at the office, but Sui Kuan was not there. Li Mu didn't ask where he had gone, but sat at his workstation to rest for a while. When it was time for the afternoon shift, he went to the office of the Weekly on the second floor and found an editor named Zhou Xiaoxiao who looked about the same age as Bie Ge.

"Hello, Sister Zhou, I'm Li Mu, an intern reporter at our newspaper. I'm currently covering interviews with Brother Bie Yan. This is an interview with Ms. Fan Bingbing from our team's interview with the cast of 'Young Justice Bao 2.' Brother Bie asked me to give it to you for review."

"Hey, stop talking about mentoring newbies!"

Zhou Xiaoxiao looked curious as Li Mu explained his purpose for coming.

He looked the handsome young man up and down and said:

"I thought he was planning to keep slacking off. Congratulations, you're really lucky. You're blessed to be working with someone as capable and well-connected as him."

"Uh...hehe."

Li Mu smiled and nodded, and Zhou Xiaoxiao then opened his interview transcript.

My eyes lit up instantly:

"Wow, nice handwriting."

After giving a compliment, she began to read the manuscript.

Furthermore, because Li Mu had already "screened" the manuscript according to Fang Xiaofang's ideas, there weren't many red marks on the manuscript after the other party finished reading it.

Then, Zhou Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction:

"The general direction of the manuscript is fine, but did you mention when the photos will be taken?"

"It's already been filmed. It was filmed by Oriental Pearl Media Company themselves, and they said the negatives will be sent over soon."

"Okay, then. Just correct the parts I circled and submit it. Remember to include your name too; there are performance targets for intern reporters."

She seemed to have a good relationship with Bieyan, and even gave Li Mu a special reminder.

Li Mu nodded his thanks, took the manuscript, and returned to his workstation to begin revising it.

By the time the revisions were finished, the newspaper office had already closed for the day.

To be honest, working at the Southern Metropolis Daily is quite easy. Although the job of a reporter means that when there's news, whether it's after get off work or on break, you have to grab your camera and microphone and rush out, the atmosphere in the office isn't particularly pleasant.

On the contrary, in Li Mu's view, it is quite flat.

After putting the rewritten manuscript in the drawer, he packed his things and returned home.

As he passed the swimming pool, he looked at the people playing in it, thought for a moment, went upstairs to change his clothes, and then plunged into the pool.

As it was getting dark, he saw people having a lesson at the tennis court. So he went to ask about the price again.

It's alright, not expensive, only 550 yuan a month.

Twelve lessons.

He promptly signed up, paid two hundred yuan for the racket, and arranged a morning practice session for the next day before returning home. Then, he picked up the book "Introduction to Go," and after reading for a while, he keenly realized... he seemed to understand how to play.

However, foolishly, he only bought the book, but not the chessboard and chess pieces.

If we want to continue the research, we can only stare blankly.

He couldn't help but laugh at his own foolishness, but after the laughter faded, it was replaced by a deep thought.

He met a con artist and learned the art of cheating.

I encountered a guy who got scammed, but so far there don't seem to be any signs of it happening.

Next up is the wheelchair guy...

These things he will know in the future... seem like I can inherit them?

Is it really that amazing?

What exactly is the meaning of this dream?

After thinking it over and over, he still couldn't come up with an answer. Finally, he took out Zhao Fengrui's business card from his card holder.

According to the wheelchair-bound man, there's no need to rush to contact this person, because the so-called founder of HAO123 hasn't resigned from the internet cafe yet. By the time the other party resigns, establishes a company, and faces an economic crisis, it will already be winter.

Do not contact them rashly beforehand. Because of the nature of these intermediaries' professions, they will often recommend projects to you.

If a client is rejected by him several times in a row, the other party may develop an impression such as "not interested in investment", and it would be a mistake to miss the opportunity.

Therefore, the best approach is to "bump into" him a few more times, allowing the other person to take the initiative to reach out to him.

In the wheelchair guy's timeline, that's exactly what he did.

Li Mu thought it made sense, and after a moment's thought, he tossed the business card aside.

Calm down.

He said to himself.

Don't rush, don't act rashly. Don't end up like... the guy who got scammed.

As he was thinking, he turned on the newly bought laptop.

He can only say he knows how to use computers, but he's not an expert.

He types slowly, plays games, and has a QQ account. But he's not really addicted... The reason is simple: his family is poor, and the 2 yuan per hour internet fee is too expensive for him.

After fiddling with it for a while, I realized that since it was a newly installed system, there weren't many games or anything like that.

He then lost interest.

He turned around and picked up a copy of "The Complete Biography of Hu Xueyan" that he had bought in the bookstore and began to read it.

Silent all night.

On Friday morning, at 6:30, he arrived at the tennis court on time.

The coach's surname was Liu. He had dark skin, especially his thighs, which looked like those of a Black person.

They handed him a new racket, and he stood among several retired elderly men and women, meticulously learning the forehand and backhand strokes of tennis...

get out of class ended an hour and a half later.

He went home, took a shower, and went straight to the driving school.

He hadn't actually practiced much for the road test, but that wasn't important.

After giving the driving school staff 100 yuan, the instructor in the passenger seat ignored all his minor mistakes and passed him directly.

He can pick up his driver's license on Monday.

When he got back to work, he found that Fatty Sui wasn't there yet...

I wondered where the fat guy had gone.

Puzzled, he rushed to hand over the rewritten manuscript to Zhou Xiaoxiao before leaving get off work in the morning, and began the three tests.

After Zhou Xiaoxiao confirmed that everything was fine, he didn't need to worry about the rest.

He made a phone call to Bie Yan.

"Hey, Brother Bie, Sister Zhou has already approved Fan Bingbing's interview. In the author's section, I wrote 'you,' not 'me,' so should I write 'Sui Kuan'?"

"Xiao Sui won't write anymore; he'll just publish the newspaper reports."

"Okay, I understand."

"Um……"

Bie Yan responded with a sound of agreement, then suddenly asked:

"Xiao Li, how did you notice that Jianbin was acting strangely?"

"Well……"

Li Mu was taken aback, but still answered:

"Shuffling techniques".

He chose to tell the truth.

I don't intend to gamble myself, and besides, nine out of ten gamblers lose. If I can make someone like Brother Bie, who likes to play cards, understand the harm of gambling, it would be a good deed.

"There's a trick called 'card sequence' in card games. It involves quickly memorizing all the positions on a deck and using that to cheat. His trick was pretty mediocre; I guess he either lacks talent or hasn't been in the business long. I figured it out."

"..."

After a few seconds of silence, Bie Yan suddenly asked:

"You understand this?"

"Um."

Li Mu responded:

"I understand, but I've made it ashore."

"..."

There was a few seconds of silence on Bie Yan's end, then he asked:

"And what about Texas Hold'em, do you know anything about it?"

"……what?"