Chapter 123 - 117: A Man’s Blessing (Part 2)

Chapter 123: Chapter 117: A Man’s Blessing (Part 2)

A man who’s a bit of a player often holds more charm for women.

Isn’t there a saying that goes something like this? "I don’t want a man that other women don’t want."

As for whether his fellow men would be jealous of him, Gao Yuan knew they definitely would be.

But so what?

After all, he was creating a benefit for all his fellow men. Once the men’s care lotion hit the market, would anyone still care that he had a few girlfriends?

In the eyes of the bigwigs in the upper echelons, this little issue of Gao Yuan’s was even more trivial.

He was young, after all. It’s normal to make a few mistakes. Everyone was young once.

Besides, Gao Yuan was destined to make a huge contribution to the population. Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing would have to have at least a couple of kids between them, and wasn’t that just helping to raise the birth rate?

As the three of them strolled down the street, Lin Wanyu suddenly spotted a promotional ad on a large digital screen.

She tugged on Gao Yuan’s hand, pointed at the ad, and said, "Honey, let’s go to the concert tomorrow, okay?"

Gao Yuan followed her finger and saw that the digital screen was displaying none other than a promotional poster for a Jay Chou concert.

"It starts tomorrow night. The tickets must be sold out by now!"

Gao Yuan was a huge fan of Jay Chou.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’d grown up listening to his songs.

What’s more, Jay Chou was famous for his mumbled singing, which Gao Yuan actually liked. When he sang Jay Chou’s songs, all he had to do was follow the melody. After all, nobody could sing the words clearly anyway. It wasn’t that his singing was bad—that was just how the songs were meant to be sung!

This had made Gao Yuan, who was somewhat tone-deaf, suddenly fall in love with music.

Back in his school days, whenever Gao Yuan had a crush on a girl or was nursing a broken heart, Jay Chou’s songs had always offered him encouragement and comfort.

For a time, they had been his pillar of emotional support.

Gao Yuan had even gone out of his way to learn Jay Chou’s song "Lovely Woman." He had planned to record it as a confession for his first love, but though he made the recording, he never ended up using it.

"No problem. I’ll have my old man sort it out."

As she spoke, Lin Wanyu pulled out her phone and called Lin Hongnian directly.

"Old Man, we’re planning to go to the Jay Chou concert tomorrow. Get three tickets for us!"

"That’s right, three tickets. The closer to the front, the better."

After hanging up, Lin Wanyu thought for a moment, then sent Lin Hongnian a message on WeChat.

The three of them continued their stroll, not giving the matter of the tickets a second thought.

It would be a joke if Lin Hongnian personally handled the tickets and still couldn’t get them.

Whenever a celebrity holds a concert, some of the best seats are always held back. Some of them are never sold, even if it means they stay empty.

That’s the rule!

It wasn’t until after dinner that the three of them finally drove home.

The entire shopping trip was relaxed and pleasant.

They didn’t encounter any tactless fools, so Gao Yuan missed his chance to act all high and mighty before putting someone in their place and completing a system quest.

At most, they ran into a few street photographers. But ever since that incident with street photography back in Chuandu, these photographers had learned to be more tactful and didn’t film their faces, so Gao Yuan didn’t pay them much mind.

The moment the trio got home, Lin Wanyu received a phone call. She then told the butler to bring someone over.

A few moments later, the doorbell rang. Lin Wanyu ran to open it, revealing the building’s concierge standing outside with another man.

The man was the same chauffeur who had driven for Lin Wanyu last time. He handed her an envelope and promptly left.

Lin Wanyu opened the envelope and took out the concert tickets.

The three seats were together, and better yet, they were in the very first row, directly in front of the center of the stage.

Lin Hongnian had originally planned to get them a private box on the second floor, but Lin Wanyu’s earlier words had prompted him to find these three seats instead.

PING.

"Xiaoguo should have delivered the tickets by now!"

"Be safe at the concert."

"Also, regarding that other matter you mentioned, I’ve already put in a good word."

Seeing Lin Hongnian’s messages, Lin Wanyu was completely satisfied. She held down the voice message button and cooed, "Thank you, Daddy!"

"You’re welcome, my good girl!"

Lin Wanyu had just sent the message when Gao Yuan’s voice piped up from behind her.

"I’m gonna kill you!"

Lin Wanyu tossed her phone onto the sofa, darted around it, and lunged for Gao Yuan.

A chase ensued between them inside the house. Lin Wanyu even tried to get Li Mengqing to block Gao Yuan for her, but Li Mengqing, who was sitting at the dining table slicing fruit, said, "Don’t drag me into this! You two can settle it yourselves."

In the end, Gao Yuan let Lin Wanyu win, allowing her to pin him to the sofa and rain down a flurry of playful punches.

After they’d horsed around for a bit, a tired Lin Wanyu simply flopped onto Gao Yuan’s back, panting as she said, "You really want to be a daddy that badly, huh?"

"How about I give you a child or two? Then you can finally answer to your parents."

Pinned beneath Lin Wanyu, Gao Yuan turned his head to the side. Though he couldn’t see her expression, he could just imagine the mischievous smirk on the little minx’s face.

"But I want to be your daddy *tonight*!"

Lin Wanyu pinned Gao Yuan down and gave him another playful beating.

But that night, Gao Yuan still got his little wish fulfilled.

The sounds were enough to make Li Mengqing burrow deep under her covers and refuse to come out.

Fortunately, the trio’s "battle" that night wasn’t too intense, and they all showed up at the gym together at six the next morning.

Gao Yuan’s fitness routine hadn’t been as regular recently. When Wang Lin saw the three of them approach, she couldn’t help but stare a little longer at Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing.

Seeing how amazing their figures were, especially their upper bodies, made even Wang Lin feel a little inadequate.

At the same time, she secretly decided she needed to help Gao Yuan adjust the focus of his weight training.

...

That morning, Gao Yuan needed to make a trip to the office.

The shop’s orders had seen a marked increase recently, and 300 million in funding was due to arrive the next day. He needed to give the finance department a heads-up and also follow up on tasks he had previously assigned.

As soon as the funds were in, the brand-building plan would be launched with maximum speed.

When they heard Gao Yuan was going to the office, Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing immediately clamored to tag along.

They had visited on the company’s opening day, but neither of them had been back since. For one, they both had their own business to attend to.

For another, Gao Yuan didn’t like to mix his private life with his work.

But since they wanted to tag along and have a look, Gao Yuan didn’t refuse.

He was just going to take care of a few things and come right back; he wouldn’t be at the office for long.

「Century Center」

When Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing saw people still at their desks on a Sunday, they couldn’t help but ask, "Honey, you guys work this hard?"

"*They’re* the ones working hard!"

Gao Yuan had instituted a work-four-rest-three schedule.

The people who came into work today were all doing so voluntarily, and without overtime pay.

He also knew the key managers were in, which was why he’d chosen this time to come and chat with them.

Telling the two women to look around as they pleased, Gao Yuan called Wang Hao and Ma Yiming into his office.

"What’s the progress on the content creation?"

Gao Yuan asked as he poured them each a cup of tea.

"The content concepts have been sent to the ad agency. They’ve come back with two proposals, and we expect to receive a sample video from them tomorrow."

"We can guarantee a production output of at least three video assets per week."

Ma Yiming hesitated for a moment before adding, "It’s just... they’re a bit expensive. They’re quoting 5,000 per video."

Gao Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

"Don’t worry about the price. Prioritize quality!"

"When we do something, the first step is to make sure it gets done right. We can worry about controlling costs later."

"Worrying about costs in the early stages just creates unnecessary pressure."

After re-emphasizing their current approach, Gao Yuan told them both to head home and get some rest.

Next, Gao Yuan sent a message to Si Xue, telling her to expect a large sum to be deposited into the account tomorrow.

He then scheduled a meeting for the following day with the TikTok beauty category representative to discuss the super-brand creation plan.

In their last conversation, Gao Yuan had proactively revealed that he was the second-largest shareholder of the Lin Group, so the representative was taking his proposal to build a super-brand quite seriously.

The two of them agreed to hold a detailed discussion the next afternoon, joined by the head of TikTok’s marketing and promotions department.

Finally, Gao Yuan opened his laptop and pulled up the new Chinese-style aesthetic design proposal.