Wangfujing Street, stretching approximately three li (about 1.5 kilometers) from East Chang'an Avenue in the south to the National Art Museum of China in the north, is a renowned commercial district in Beijing. Wangfujing boasts a dazzling array of goods, including daily necessities, hardware and electrical supplies, clothing and shoes, jewelry and diamonds, and gold and silver ornaments. With its massive volume of goods, it is known as a place where "every inch of land yields a fortune."
Gao Jianfei and the others got off the car and strolled along the bustling Wangfujing Street, fully experiencing the vibrancy of the capital city.
Along the way, I was overwhelmed by all the sights.
Of course, Zheng Cuiyun and the others' beauty also attracted a lot of attention along the way.
Later, Gao Jianfei and the women of Emei tasted the authentic Quanjude roast duck and praised it highly!
After dinner, Huo Kai took Gao Jianfei and the others to a courtyard house area in the Dongcheng District.
In the area where Gao Jianfei lives, there is a medium-sized courtyard house.
A medium-sized courtyard house typically consists of five main rooms (three facing rooms and two side rooms) facing north, and three rooms each in the east and west wing rooms. A corridor in front of the rooms provides shelter from the wind and rain. A wall separates the courtyard into a front yard (outer yard) and a back yard (inner yard), connected by a moon gate. The front yard is shallow, with one or two rooms serving as a gatehouse. The back yard contains the living quarters, which are elaborately built, with square brick floors and bluestone steps.
"Wow! This is so...so cool!" Zheng Cuiyun exclaimed in awe in the station courtyard.
Li Yun and the others were also secretly surprised.
“Jianfei, living in a place like this is much better than an apartment building or a villa!” Zheng Cuiyun said, tugging at Gao Jianfei’s sleeve. “Jianfei, is this your house?”
“Yes, it’s mine.” Gao Jianfei smiled.
“Jianfei, I’ve heard that housing prices in Beijing are terrifying. I guess your courtyard house won’t be cheap either,” Li Yun said, speechless.
"Housing prices? I'm not really sure either," Gao Jianfei shrugged.
“Uh… ma’am,” Huo Kai explained immediately, “this kind of courtyard house in Beijing costs about 100,000 RMB per square meter. Mr. Gao owns two small courtyard houses and one medium-sized one. Take the medium-sized courtyard house you are currently living in, for example, it is easily worth over 100 million RMB.”
"Hundreds of millions?" Li Yun and Zheng Cuiyun's eyes widened.
Gao Jianfei smiled and said, "Alright, Attorney Huo, thank you for your enthusiasm today. You can go back to your work now. We'll handle the rest ourselves."
“Yes, Mr. Gao.” Huo Kai bowed and said, “Mr. Gao, I arrange for a cleaning service to come every week. Yesterday, I heard that you would be coming to stay, so I have purchased a lot of living supplies. I hope that you and the ladies will have a pleasant living environment.”
After saying that, Huo Kai obediently withdrew.
When Huo Kai was driving back to the law firm, one of his colleagues, a junior lawyer who was driving for Zheng Cuiyun and the others, came over. He didn't know who Gao Jianfei was, so he asked gossipily, "Brother Huo, who exactly is that man? Anyone who can own a courtyard house in Beijing is a big shot! Besides, he brought seven beautiful women to live in a courtyard house all by himself, tsk tsk, is he some kind of rich kid?"
Huo Kai sighed, "Xiao Zeng, don't try to figure out Mr. Gao's identity. I won't tell you either. In short, he's a very important person. If some officials in the capital find out he's here, they will definitely host a banquet for him. It's just that Mr. Gao is a rather low-key person."
The young lawyer listened with rapt attention, daydreaming... "Sigh, how many years would I have to struggle to achieve what Mr. Gao has?"
Canada! Toronto!
The Song family's manor, the world's premier family of referees.
study!
In fact, after Gao Jianfei and Chen Yifeng's match ended, Song Qian and William left Tokyo that same evening, looking dejected, and returned to Canada.
Chen Yifeng's failure directly resulted in William and Song Qian losing their usefulness to the Qingcheng Sect!
Luo Yezi of the Qingcheng Sect told Song Qian and William that their sect would no longer use worldly methods to deal with Gao Jianfei. Instead, they would employ unique methods from the Chinese martial arts community to encircle and suppress Gao Jianfei in various ways!
Luo Yezi, exasperated, warned Song Qian and William not to try to curry favor with Gao Jianfei again.
The Qingcheng Sect's message is... we no longer need you useless trash; however, don't be opportunists and try to curry favor with Gao Jianfei. You cannot establish a cooperative relationship with Gao Jianfei again, otherwise, the Qingcheng Sect will find it very displeasing and will try to wipe out the Song family!
As for the remaining few health-preserving pills, the Qingcheng Sect will not give them to Song Qian!
"Brother William, this time we've really put in a lot of effort for nothing!" Song Qian felt like crying. "This is what they call getting all that mutton and getting ourselves all tainted!"
"Who knew Gao Jianfei would be so formidable? He even took down Chen Yifeng!" William chuckled wryly. "What, old friend Song Qian, are you now trying to curry favor with Gao Jianfei?"
"How dare I?" Song Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Daoist Luo Yezi has already warned us. Besides, Gao Jianfei is not someone we can afford to offend! Brother William, we betrayed Gao Jianfei together with Chen Yifeng. Gao Jianfei has already seen through our scheme and hates us to the core. Tell me, even if the Qingcheng Sect doesn't interfere with us, do you think Gao Jianfei would agree to cooperate with us again?"
Hearing Song Qian's words, William thought for a moment and quickly shook his head, "No, not anymore. Gao Jianfei's international status is at its zenith. He not only dominates the gambling world but also holds a pivotal position in the international medical field. He no longer needs to be subservient to us. Now, for those of us who have betrayed him, regaining his trust and friendship is harder than climbing to heaven!"
“Yes, regarding ‘sex,’ let’s go along with the Qingcheng Sect’s wishes. We must completely sever ties with Gao Jianfei!” Song Qian made his decision. “I’m not hoping for too much right now. Anyway, we’ve already completely offended Gao Jianfei, and we still have to maintain that relationship with the Qingcheng Sect. Therefore, I’ve decided that since Song Ying has a close relationship with Gao Jianfei, I issued a family notice and a lawyer’s letter yesterday, completely severing ties with Song Ying! From now on, Song Ying is no longer a member of the Song family and will not enjoy any rights that a member of the Song family should enjoy! I’ve also had the lawyers there take back Song Ying’s 10 million yuan apartment in Beijing!”
“Yes, yes, yes!” William wholeheartedly agreed with Song Qian’s approach. “If we don’t expel Song Ying from the family, it might arouse suspicion from the Qingcheng Sect, who might suspect that the Song family wants to maintain a close relationship with Gao Jianfei through Song Ying! In fact, we all know that this little girl Song Ying is very stubborn. She is willing to defy her family for Gao Jianfei! My old friend Song Qian, to put it bluntly, even if you want to use Song Ying to win over Gao Jianfei, it’s impossible! Rather than that, it’s better to curry favor with the Qingcheng Sect and expel all the family members who have close relationships with Gao Jianfei!”
"Yes, I want to take a clear stance!" Song Qian nodded and gave a wry smile. "However, it doesn't really matter. Song Ying is just a baby girl my son accidentally gave birth to after having an affair with a maid. I've wanted to get rid of her for a long time, and now that I've driven her away, I feel much better. Last time, she even dared to talk back to me on the phone? Humph! I'll see how capable she really is! Although she's a host at the capital's TV station, how much does she earn annually? Can she afford a house in Beijing? Humph! Even her car was provided by the family! Take it back! Take it all back! I've also had my lawyer recover her tuition fees from when she was studying abroad! I'll completely sever ties with this girl! I'll see how she can survive at the TV station without the family's halo. With her looks and temperament, countless powerful and wealthy people want to keep her. Before, they didn't dare to act violently because of the Song family's reputation, always giving the Song family some face. Now that the family has given up on her, I guarantee that as long as she doesn't sleep with anyone or become a kept woman, she absolutely won't be able to survive at the capital's TV station! Humph!"
To be honest, Song Qian also disliked Song Ying. The trigger was the last time Song Qian called, asking Song Ying to accompany Chen Yifeng, which Song Ying firmly opposed and rebuked. He had long wanted to get revenge on Song Ying!
"Haha, then she only has Gao Jianfei left. I want to see what will happen to her. With Gao Jianfei's current international status, he can have women whenever he wants. Song Ying is just a novelty. Gao Jianfei will play with her a few more times and get tired of her sooner or later. What will become of her then? Hmph! This is the fate of unworthy family scions!" Song Qian sneered.
William thought to himself... Old man Song, you're really ruthless! You took out all the frustrations you suffered at the hands of Gao Jianfei and the Qingcheng Sect masters on Song Ying. Sigh, Song Ying has become an innocent punching bag!
City D. Uncle Yao's villa.
In a study, several high-ranking members of the Qingcheng Sect, including the current sect leader Guan Xuanzi, were in a state of extreme fear and on the verge of collapse!
Guan Xuanzi dispatched 45 of his first-generation disciples to Japan to capture Gao Jianfei alive.
But... only 3 disciples returned alive!
The remaining 42 disciples of Qingcheng were all killed!
Luo Feizi knelt on both knees, his eyes filled with undisguised fear. "Sect Leader! My fellow disciples, we are powerless! We are helpless! When we arrived in Japan, we went directly to Gao Jianfei and prepared to take him away. But we never expected that Gao Jianfei had a mysterious and terrifying force behind him! A middle-aged man claimed to be Gao Jianfei's elder and the one secretly protecting him. He... he was simply terrifying! He alone faced 45 of us and easily killed our junior brothers! Moreover, he was skilled in acupressure techniques! It was extremely, extremely terrifying! We didn't even have the slightest ability to fight back!"
"Instant kill?" Guan Xuanzi's lips trembled. He was terrified! From the beginning, Guan Xuanzi had suspected that Gao Jianfei came from a mysterious powerful family. However, tempted by a mysterious technique that could control wild beasts, and considering that Gao Jianfei had also harmed some disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, creating an enmity between them, Guan Xuanzi decided to deal with Gao Jianfei directly!
But unexpectedly, things really did take a turn for the worse! It turns out that Gao Jianfei does indeed have a mysterious family behind him!
Moreover, this family's power is definitely greater than that of the Qingcheng Sect!
"What should we do? Senior Brother Headmaster, it seems that Gao Jianfei is not only not vulnerable, but he also has the qualifications and power to contend with our Qingcheng Sect!" Guan Xuanzi's junior brother asked with a frown.
"What should we do? Give up on capturing Gao Jianfei and try to appease him?" Guan Xuanzi's face flashed with malice. "It's too late... We've already incurred such deep hatred, it's too late to say anything... The fall of 42 first-generation disciples has severely damaged our Qingcheng Sect! This has almost destroyed half of the Qingcheng Sect... Back then, our founder said that anyone who destroys the foundation of our Qingcheng Sect will be killed by any means necessary! Gao Jianfei and our Qingcheng Sect are now locked in a life-or-death struggle! Moreover, do you think that after such a huge incident, Gao Jianfei's family will let it go? I'm afraid they've also begun to plot against our Qingcheng Sect!"
Seeing the muscles around Xuanzi's eyes twitch wildly a few times, he thought, "Since things have come to this, let's strike first!"
"This? Senior Brother, how can we strike first?" Several junior brothers asked in surprise at the same time. "Our Qingcheng Sect has already suffered heavy losses and is truly unable to contend with the forces behind Gao Jianfei on all fronts!"
"Hmph! I think if we spread the word that Gao Jianfei possesses the secret to control wild beasts, the entire martial arts community in Z country will be on the move!" Guan Xuanzi sneered. "Since we can't keep this secret to ourselves, then... let's all perish together!"
The capital city.
An afternoon in Beijing.
The sun was shining brightly and warmly. However, for Song Ying, today was an extremely unlucky day.
Well... things haven't been very pleasant for Song Ying lately.
Since Song Ying returned to Beijing, the capital of China, from Tokyo, she has been repeatedly subjected to hints of unspoken rules and shady dealings!
That's right. Two months later, the World Genius Challenge caused a sensation around the world, and the competition for the number one host position was extremely fierce!
Almost all the outstanding hosts, young female hosts, and beautiful female presenters from all over the country have gathered in Beijing.
They befriended all sorts of wealthy young men, and if there was even the slightest hope, they would rush to book rooms and spread their legs for certain important men.
This is no longer a competition of business skills or reputation!
It all comes down to youthful exuberance! Luck! Being shameless! And exceptional bedroom skills!
But Song Ying would never do that! She wouldn't even kill her!
After all the subtle hints, Song Ying was utterly exhausted! When faced with someone unreasonable, she simply walked away; when someone was more tactful, she openly stated that she had a boyfriend and didn't want to do such a thing. She didn't want to betray her man.
In short, the position of number one host seems to be getting further and further away from Song Ying!
This isn't even the worst thing that happened.
Last night, Song Ying received a notice from her family... She was officially expelled from the Song family! From now on, she will have no further connection with the Song family!
Song Ying, living in the capital, was considered quite successful. She owned her own apartment, worth 10 million RMB; she drove a luxury car worth over a million. However, all these material possessions were provided by her family!
Although Song Ying is a top host at Beijing TV, her annual salary doesn't actually exceed one million yuan! Logically, a beauty of her caliber shouldn't earn so little, but she never accepts being kept by any powerful or wealthy individuals, doesn't accompany them for drinks, and doesn't sleep with them; she earns her money honestly. Therefore, she currently lacks the means to afford luxury homes and expensive cars.
Of course, Song Ying now has someone she loves, Gao Jianfei, who has become an important person in her heart. However, Gao Jianfei has a grudge against the Song family! Therefore, Song Ying, whose heart and soul belong to Gao Jianfei, would be unhappy living in the Song family's mansion and driving their luxury cars!
Now that the Song family has taken these back, Song Ying feels at ease!
Today, at the law firm, Song Ying handed over the keys to her luxury house and car to the lawyer representing the Song family.
However, what infuriated Song Ying was that the lawyer smiled and said to her, "Ms. Ying, your previous studies in the United States, Canada, France, and other countries were all funded by the Song family. This training fund, provided by the Song family, is approximately 3 million US dollars. The Song family has given Ms. Ying a six-month deadline to repay this training fund. Only then will Ms. Song be completely cleared of any debts with the Song family, and there will be no further indebtedness!"
"Heh..." Song Ying laughed sarcastically, "So, every penny my Song family spends is recorded by everyone in the Song family... Haha, this is what a big family is like..."
Song Ying stood up expressionlessly. "I understand. Don't worry, I will repay this debt within six months. In fact, I'm happy to pay it off, and I don't want any lingering issues with the Song family!"
Song Ying walked out of the law firm feeling somewhat depressed, basking in the afternoon sun. She was very agitated, but in a certain important corner of her heart, there was someone important to her!
He realized that although he wasn't by Song Ying's side, the mere thought of him swept away all of Song Ying's frustration!
"Heh, Jianfei, now I'm relying on you to support me." Song Ying actually chuckled. "Jianfei, you said you'd come to see me soon, I hope you come quickly! I'm really unhappy right now!"
Just then, a Mercedes-Benz sedan braked sharply and stopped in front of Song Ying. The car door opened, and the TV station director, the middle-aged man who had asked Song Ying to go to a hotel five times, got out of the car with a smile on his face.
"Heh, Xiaoying, have you finished the formalities?" The station manager smiled strangely at Song Ying.
In fact, the Song family was extremely cruel to Song Ying!
They not only expelled Song Ying and confiscated all of her property, demanding that she repay the money, but also issued a notice to Song Ying's workplace... Song Ying is no longer a member of the Song family!
"Okay, all done." Song Ying glanced at the station director with some disgust, but quickly gave a formulaic smile.
“Sigh, Sakura, I feel sorry for you about this.” The station manager shook his head. “Alright, Sakura, don’t think about it too much for now. Let’s get in the car first.”
"Hmm? Director? Get in the car?" Song Ying frowned. "No need, right? I still need to go back to my old residence to pack my luggage."
After saying that, Song Ying turned and left.
"Well, Sakura, I'll drive you home. Get in the car first!" the station manager called from behind.
"Thank you, but no need." Song Ying said without turning her head.
"Song Ying!" At this moment, the station director shouted sternly, and then chased after Song Ying, "Song Ying, even at this point, you still want to put on airs in front of me?"
"Director, what do you mean?" Song Ying turned her head.
"Hmph! Before, you put on airs because you had the resources, you had the Song family backing you up, you lived in a ten-million-dollar mansion, drove a multi-million-dollar sports car... But now? You're gone, you have nothing, you're penniless!" The station director sneered, and in his eyes, there was a possessiveness born from a surge of hormones! "Song Ying, the reason you've achieved what you have today isn't because of your abilities, but because our station has always promoted you. Did you really think you were so great? Now, you're finished. Without the Song family's support, you're nothing! Xiao Ying, actually, I'm still willing to support you again. But you have to pay a price, don't you? Now, there are many young, beautiful women who want to climb the ladder. If you continue to be stubborn, I really can't guarantee your position at the station!"
The station director had always coveted Song Ying's beauty, but in the past he didn't dare to act recklessly, at most giving hints, because he was afraid of offending the Song family. Now, he doesn't need to worry about anything!
Years of pent-up desire drove him completely insane!
"Director, just tell me straight, what exactly do you want?" Song Ying said disdainfully.
"Xiaoying, be my woman. Uh... of course, I have a family, I can't marry you. So, I'll buy you a small apartment in Beijing. To put it bluntly, I'll support you. As long as I'm the station director, I'll guarantee you your position at the TV station!" The station director looked at Song Ying's stunning face, captivating charm, and perfect figure, and swallowed hard. "How about it, Xiaoying? I'll give you a bright future!"
Chapter 370 The Taste of Being Slapped in the Face!
Chapter 370 The Taste of Being Slapped in the Face!