Chapter 820 - 280: Returning Home in Glory, a House Full of Visitors (Part 4)

Another middle-aged man, who looked three or four parts like Li Heng, opened his mouth:

"Third Brother, why don’t you give Yuan a call? Our Secretary Wang and Mayor He have already been waiting here for ages."

Li Heng glanced at the village Party branch secretary next to him, who was cracking melon seeds, and the deputy mayor in charge of investment promotion, feeling a bit helpless inside.

Ever since he came back these few days, Secretary Wang and Mayor He had been dropping by almost every day to chat, while constantly trying to probe for news about Li Yuan.

As for their purpose, Li Heng naturally knew very well.

In the past two years, the economy hadn’t been doing well, and the higher-ups were focusing on "economic development". In this so‑called "economy‑is‑king era", whoever could do a good job with investment promotion could be said to have political achievements.

And once word got out that Li Yuan had "made it", his own family was instantly treated as a key target for investment attraction.

As an honest farmer, facing the village secretary and the deputy mayor, Li Heng still took it very seriously.

"Mayor He, Secretary Wang, I’ll give Li Yuan a call first and ask him."

"Director Li, no rush. It’s almost New Year, and there’s nothing particularly important in our town and village anyway."

He Zhi and Wang Yong were also extremely curious about this legendary figure, Li Yuan.

Based on what they’d dug up and what they’d learned over the past few days, Li Yuan’s current net worth was ridiculously high—at least several hundred million. Even in all of Beimeng County, he was close to the level of the richest man.

Judging by cash flow and future potential, there really might not be many people richer than Li Yuan.

These past few days, the game "Honor of Kings" had been continuously blowing up, with daily sales over a hundred million.

And as more and more people started playing the game, its reputation kept snowballing.

"Produced by Xia Hua, guaranteed premium!"

This slogan had already become a common catchphrase among netizens and music fans.

Novels, music, websites, milk tea, games—all of them were outstanding in their respective categories.

Especially "Honor of Kings", this competitive game that could be called era‑defining, had received rave reviews since launch.

After making the call, Li Heng turned to Wang Yong and He Zhi with a smile and said:

"Mayor He, Secretary Wang, Li Yuan’s already in the county seat. He’s on his way home now, he should be here in a bit."

The two of them, hearing that, quickly nodded with smiles. Thinking that they’d soon be meeting the legendary big star, they suddenly felt nervous.

As everyone in the living room waited,

before long,

a taxi pulled up.

Li Yuan looked at the luxurious villa in front of him, feeling very satisfied. Building and decorating this villa had cost over a million in total. In this era, that already counted as very impressive.

The old family house had previously been about 200 square meters, a three‑bay, two‑story building, and it had only cost just over a hundred thousand to build.

This luxury villa, besides using his own homestead, had also bought two plots from his eldest cousin and second grand‑uncle’s families. The building footprint reached 600 square meters, with three stories up and down...

Li Yuan glanced at the house, then finally noticed that a crowd of people was gathered in front of the villa.

"Huh, why are there so many people at the door?"

Seeing so many people, Bai Weixi suddenly felt nervous too.

Li Yuan held Bai Weixi’s small hand, picked up the suitcase, and walked toward the villa in a perfectly composed manner.

From a distance,

the crowd hurriedly swarmed over, all smiling and greeting him.

"Yuan, you’re back?"

"Yuan, you’re really handsome. Is this your girlfriend?"

"Haha, I almost didn’t recognize you, you’ve changed so much."

"Uncle, Chao, Second Uncle..." Li Yuan also greeted each of them with a smile.

The people in front of him were basically all from the Li Family—several cousins and relatives within five degrees of kinship.