The staff quickly jumped on the bandwagon, and before long the headlines and trending topics became "[Unlucky streamer angrily spends 50 yuan to get a new weapon]", and "Twilight Flower" was instantly hailed as a god, going from the number one useless character in the entire server to the strongest weapon in the entire server!
In terms of the game's commercial value, not only did the number of downloads and daily active users break new records, but the revenue in the first month after the official server was launched also set an almost terrifying record!
It's that kind of terrifying scenario where, if all the blame were placed on Zhang Chaohe, he could complete a multi-billion dollar plan in one fell swoop...
But only Zhang Chaohe was injured.
However, at this moment, Zhang Chaohe had no idea what kind of gaming miracles "City of Wanderers" would create in the future—his heart was bleeding.
Mr. Zhang, the CEO of Jiasheng Entertainment, became a laughing stock online because he wanted to draw a rare card that didn't have a featured player in the current episode. He paid 33,000 yuan in full at the age of 24... He didn't even want to leave his office.
He dares to say his unscrupulous employees would definitely laugh out loud at him to his face!
Assistant Chen tried to comfort Zhang Chaohe: "Look on the bright side, Mr. Zhang. The last time you had this much buzz was when you split a million yuan among a hundred people... Now you only spent 33,000 yuan. Isn't that a way of indirectly saving money?"
Zhang Chaohe was filled with grief and indignation: "I'd rather not save money!"
Spending money isn't scary... but now the whole country knows he's a victim of injustice!
Zhang Chaohe was so angry that he saw stars, so he decided to transfer his pain to his assistant Chen and asked Cheng Jixue to come to the president's office.
Today, Cheng Jixue smells like lemon. Zhang Chaohe had used this perfume before, but Cheng Jixue was too embarrassed to say so at the time—Zhang Chaohe was like a large, portable iced tea popsicle, cool and sweet.
Now that they are together, Cheng Jixue's wish has finally come true, and she can openly use the same perfume as Da'e!
Sharing the same perfume carries a hint of unspoken ambiguity, as if acknowledging a unique and intimate relationship between them—Zhang Chaohe hesitated slightly, his ear tips turning a faint red.
Cheng Jixue noticed that his little trick had come in handy and smiled comfortably. When he was in a good mood and wanted to please Zhang Chaohe, he would intentionally reduce the sharpness and aggression in his expression.
But in Zhang Chaohe's eyes, she was... a little beauty, heh heh heh!
Zhang Chaohe: I just made a mistake that all men make.
For several months now, Zhang Chaohe still forgets his newly made resolutions because of the beauty before him... Every time, he despises his own behavior and then happily joins in.
When his eyes met Cheng Jixue's, which were filled with a slightly teasing gaze, he felt a rare sense of embarrassment. Just as Zhang Chaohe was trying to regain his domineering CEO confidence, he saw the other party push a black card across the table with two fingers.
Cheng Jixue looked slightly embarrassed, her eyes darting around: "Draw whatever you like."
If the two of them switched positions and had different personalities, it would probably be no less than the domineering CEO in "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me" saying to the female lead with doting confidence, "Baby, spend it as you please."
What beautiful and touching words... But Zhang Chaohe inexplicably felt his teeth ache.
He stared at the black card for a while, then looked at Cheng Jixue, who seemed a little nervous and like a lovesick young man experiencing his first crush. He felt that the mysterious, unpredictable, and terrifying truck killer-like image of Ji Er had completely shattered.
Zhang Chaohe bent down and took out a wallet from the filing cabinet on the table. He had a wicked, arrogant, and fiercely competitive smile on his face. He pulled out an identical Centurion Black Gold Card from the wallet.
Then, with a "smack," it was slapped down next to Cheng Jixue's hand!
"Who doesn't have one?" Zhang Chaohe looked at the other person with an air of nonchalance and utter confidence, waving his hand dismissively: "Spend it however you like!"
He paused for a moment, then, not entirely confidently, he added in a cheeky tone, "The faster you spend, the further the 10 billion plan will go, but you can spend it however you want!"
Cheng Jixue: Forget that the goose is also a black gold goose. Trying to buy the goose's noble, diamond-like heart with money is to invite humiliation.
Soon, Cheng Jixue was thrown out of the office in a disheveled state, still clutching the black card he hadn't been able to give away.
Then he heard an assistant from the secretariat next to him let out a startled "hiccup," and stare at the black card in his hand with a complex look that was full of envy, jealousy, and bitterness.
From that day on, a legendary tale suddenly began circulating in the company: "General Manager Zhang keeps a mistress and gives her a black card."
When Fu Xuezhu, also an artist signed with Jiasheng and waiting to join a production team, passed by Cheng Jixue's training room, she saw that the other party was staring blankly at the wall and couldn't help but ask with schadenfreude: "Were you the one who got the black card?"
Sure enough, falling in love turns you into a fool—Fu Xuezhu's happiness almost overflows the screen! After a brief struggle, he finally embarked on a "low-effort, high-return" quick money path in a different way, and successfully abandoned the darkness and joined Boss Zhang's camp.
This also means that he no longer has to be intimidated by Ji Tingduan... As long as he obediently acts as his money-making machine, doesn't cause trouble, and doesn't join the chaos, the Ji family can no longer harm him.
Turn the tide and launch an offensive!
Fu Xuezhu thought smugly: Everyone loves Boss Zhang.
Cheng Jixue met his gaze—those eyes were calm and composed, yet seemed to see right through him, and Fu Xuezhu, under that gaze, felt the fear she had felt before.
He slowly stood up straight.
Then he heard Ji Er calmly ask, "Besides sending a black card, are there any other ways to show goodwill?"
Fu Xuezhu: ...
I was already standing in position, and this is what you're going to tell me?
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Why don't you just give me shares?"
Fu Xuezhu had not yet been assimilated by the goose. He thought like a normal person: if the other party doesn't accept it, then it's not valuable enough—just raise the price!
Cheng Jixue recalled the contract she had been mocked for signing as "Zhang Chao'e," and remained silent.
Judging from his expression, Fu Xuezhu knew he might have just come up with a bad idea... His eyes darted around, and he tentatively asked, "Did Mr. Zhang refuse it?"
Cheng Jixue continued to look at Fu Xuezhu with his profound expression: Fu Xuezhu smiled so wide that his mouth almost reached his ears, and he looked at Cheng Jixue with an undisguised mocking smile: "The wicked will be punished by the wicked."
"The reason why ordinary people are ordinary is that their weaknesses, which they think they have hidden well, will gradually be exposed in the trials of life—some people have no money, so they will bow down to power; some people lack love, so they will be moved by sweet words."
“The reason Zhang Chaohe is so appealing to you is because he is spiritually rich and lives a comfortable life, so he won’t be moved by a penny’s worth of gifts or shallow words of love,” Fu Xuezhu laughed, “So…”
“You’re wrong.” Cheng Jixue interrupted him gently. He seemed very patient, like a boy showing off his little treasure to someone else: “I like him only because he is Zhang Chaohe.”
“Sometimes people cannot be analyzed or categorized.” Cheng Jixue, a former master of analysis, did not hesitate to deny his past actions and, unusually, patiently explained to Fu Xuezhu: “You think you are a noble bystander… but actually you just don’t understand anything.”
Just like Ji Tingduan in the past, he traveled so far alone under the identity of "Cheng Jixue". When he met Zhang Chaohe and looked back on his past, it was only because he was too lonely.
Fu Xuezhu breathed a sigh of relief—as expected, a sense of belonging makes one soften. If it were before, he couldn't even imagine that these words would come from Ji Ting's mouth.
But it really happened, from a completely new season two.
Unable to reach an agreement on this matter, the two tacitly decided to skip the topic. Fu Xuezhu asked again, "Then what is your plan to be with him?"
Ji Er... or is he just an ordinary person, Cheng Jixue?
Cheng Jixue looked at him with amusement: "Are you testing the Ji family's attitude towards Zhang Chaohe?"
Fu Xuezhu smiled slightly and said frankly, "Yes."
Among intelligent people, sometimes a single glance or word can convey the direction of events—Fu Xuezhu wasn't concerned about Ji Er's love, but rather his attitude.
Marriage unites two families, and the affection between two individuals carries a significantly different weight than the reconciliation between two clans.
However, Cheng Jixue was in a good mood today and was willing to talk to him a bit more. His words were very cryptic: "It seems that I was not absent from decision-making when I was not at home."
For Ji Tingduan, his identity serves as both a deterrent and a safeguard, much like the smug Versailles statement, "I may not be in the martial world, but my legend lives on."
Fu Xuezhu gritted her teeth: He's fooled me!
Actually, Cheng Jixue just hadn't dared to ask Zhang Chaohe's opinion yet... Anyway, to him, there was no difference between the two identities. He was both Ji Tingduan and Cheng Jixue, much like a country-style burger and a deep-sea cod burger. Both were delicious; it just depended on which one his wife preferred.
He figured Zhang Chaohe wasn't particularly angry anymore, so he boldly took the opportunity to test Zhang Chaohe's attitude before joining the film crew. Cheng Jixue felt that he was like a concubine pestering the master for a title, while the scumbag master was obviously indulging in pleasure and hadn't thought about taking responsibility at all.
"What identity do you want me to have with you?" Cheng Jixue cautiously probed.
Zhang Chaohe was stumped by this question. He thought for a long time before finally sighing and sincerely asking, "Do you have a split personality and can't switch between them at will?"
Cheng Jixue paused for a moment: "No."
Zhang Chaohe rubbed his hands together, eager to get started: "How about we give Sundays off, with the surnames Cheng on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Ji on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays?"
Cheng Jixue was stunned by his grand idea when she saw Zhang Chaohe lower his head in embarrassment, saying, "Actually... it would be best to keep the surname Cheng, so that we can continue to make money by acting."
Cheng Jixue: I knew it!
I knew he only had his multi-billion dollar plan on his mind!
Chacha Fox left cursing and swearing. He repeatedly reminded Zhang Chaohe that although Zhang Chaohe hadn't completely forgiven him, he had promised not to give others a chance when he joined the crew.
In September, Cheng Jixue officially joined the cast of Lu Xun's commercial comedy film "Gods Gone Mad," beginning a two-month long-distance relationship.
Zhang Chaohe has also been busy these past two months. During this time, he has devoted himself to his work, completing the previous stage of film and television investment and filming, as well as maintaining and finalizing the issues related to collaborations and capital injections in other industries.
During this period, Zhang Chaohe was busy with social engagements and negotiations, and even the news that he and the young star he was keeping had recently separated had reached the ears of some interested people.
Unaware that the two sides had already met each other's parents, the outside world assumed that the so-called Crane and Snow couple was either just playing around or a melodramatic charade, and everyone felt that their chance had come!
Who wouldn't want to take the opportunity to poach talent from others?
So after Zhang Chaohe rejected the third presumptuous and ugly dog's advances, he finally lost his temper—although today his business partner presented him with the familiar champagne gold roses, Zhang Chaohe just thought they looked and smelled terrible!
The hypocrite completely forgot that Cheng Jixue had also given him flowers of the same variety, possibly even from the same place. Zhang Chaohe frowned and stretched out two fingers to push aside the flowers standing in front of him... There was someone else.
The hesitant suitor, holding flowers, was taken aback—he saw that Mr. Zhang, who was usually very considerate and didn't like to spoil other people's lives, was looking at him with a half-smile. There was no joke in his eyes; instead, there was a hint of impatience and warning.
Zhang Chaohe, who was in a long-distance relationship but still had to work hard, channeled his grief and anger into strength, unleashing a torrent of energy:
"The last person who sent me flowers, everyone knows who he is and what he's doing now, right?" He lazily withdrew his hand, took a tissue and wiped his fingertips in a pretentious manner, then crumpled the tissue into a ball and threw it on the table.
The suitor swallowed hard in alarm.
The previous "999 Red Roses" earthy war god, Li Ye, is currently mining a huge mine in Africa...
Zhang Chaohe looked at him and gave him a sinister smile: "Hmm?"
The suitor immediately took a step back!
Sorry to bother you!
After that, everyone knew of Xiao Zhang's reputation as the "Black Widow of the Industry".
A note from the author:
Goose: A friend made a phone call, and sent him to Africa (xb);
I'm all done with work now, back to work on finishing the series! Any requests for side stories, my darlings?
Chirp, the little darlings being fed!
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 91
Zhang Chaohe recently discovered that he was surrounded by Cheng Jixue, who was far away.
This kind of envelopment manifested in Cheng Jixue remotely handling all of Zhang Chaohe's personal affairs, even scientifically increasing and simplifying the breakfast and late-night snacks that Zhang Chaohe hated the most. As a result, Zhang Chaohe only needed to speak and reach out to receive comprehensive and attentive care.
So he quickly became a useless little idiot, happily enjoying his wife's meticulous care... while Cheng Jixue, even when not by Zhang Chaohe's side, was constantly trying to make her presence known.
Midway through, Zhang Chaohe also felt that it was outrageous and embarrassing, so he called his older brother and politely asked what should be done in this situation.