Chapter 134 - 125: Extortion
Chapter 134: Chapter 125: Extortion
When it came to making money, no one who worked for a living would ever say they had too much.
was just the beginning. Once 2024 arrived, he was bound to reap huge rewards.
Gao Yuan emphasized once more to Sister Sun that they had to provide excellent service, then drove back to No.1 Courtyard.
To his surprise, just as he finished parking, he ran into Xiao Xiao, who was coming downstairs and about to head out.
"Well, look at you, Handsome Gao! Not cooped up at the office during your startup phase!"
The first thing Xiao Xiao said upon seeing Gao Yuan was about his new business venture.
Gao Yuan noticed her way of addressing him had changed again. With that one "Handsome Gao," their relationship felt quite a bit closer.
"Sigh!"
"Starting a business is so hard."
Gao Yuan deliberately put on a pained expression, playing the victim for Xiao Xiao.
’I can’t believe I was just thinking about Xiao Xiao this morning, and now I’m running into her in the garage at noon,’ he thought. ’Is this what they call being on the same wavelength?’
Xiao Xiao just smiled. She often followed the trending topics online, so she knew very well that Gao Yuan’s GY brand had been blowing up lately. In fact, she had just bought three boxes of the masks during the livestream.
Since Xiao Xiao was heading out, they only exchanged a few words. Gao Yuan started walking toward the elevator, and Xiao Xiao headed for her car.
Gao Yuan had only taken a few steps when he heard Xiao Xiao’s voice call out from behind him again.
"Are you going to Jay Chou’s concert in Shanghai?"
"Yeah, I am!"
Gao Yuan replied, turning his head.
After he answered, he saw a brilliant smile spread across Xiao Xiao’s face as she opened her car door and got in.
Watching Xiao Xiao drive away, Gao Yuan stood there, lost in thought.
’Could it be that Xiao Xiao is also going to Jay Chou’s concert in Shanghai?’
Still puzzled, Gao Yuan returned home. He opened the door but didn’t see Lin Wanyu.
After changing his shoes and taking a few steps inside, he saw Lin Wanyu bustling about in the kitchen.
He walked to the kitchen doorway and saw Lin Wanyu inside, wearing an apron. She was holding her phone in one hand and stir-frying something with the other.
He had to admit, the sight was pretty cute.
Gao Yuan took out his phone, recorded a short video, and sent it to their three-person group chat.
But Li Mengqing didn’t respond in the group. Gao Yuan figured she was busy and went to change his clothes.
「At Wuyou Media.」
Li Mengqing had no time to check the group chat messages; she was sitting in her boss’s office.
Gao Yuan and Yuanfang Company had suddenly gone viral, which gave the boss of Wuyou, who had already been watching the trending topics, a new idea.
Li Mengqing had also been on camera at Jay Chou’s concert that day, and her boss never imagined that one of his employees had such a talented boyfriend.
Furthermore, one glance at Gao Yuan’s demeanor and you could tell he was no ordinary person.
His singing was especially powerful. If they could sign him to the company, it would be easy to build an account with tens of millions of followers.
He chatted with Li Mengqing about company business for a bit and asked about her work, before turning the conversation to whether Gao Yuan had any interest in developing an online presence.
"Your boyfriend is a really good singer. I wonder, has he ever thought about debuting?"
Hearing the probing nature of her boss’s question, Li Mengqing knew exactly what he was getting at.
"He’s not interested in that."
Li Mengqing’s reply was blunt and direct.
’He didn’t call me in here to ask about my work,’ she realized. ’Wuyou wants to sign Gao Yuan, and he’s using me to test the waters.’
Li Mengqing didn’t even have to think about it; she rejected the offer on Gao Yuan’s behalf immediately.
’What a joke,’ she thought. ’Gao Yuan has already started his own company, and his GY brand’s sales have been amazing. Why on earth would he become an influencer?’
Wuyou’s boss had likely considered this possibility unrealistic, so he pivoted, proposing they create two accounts centered around Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing instead.
With Gao Yuan’s current online traffic, and the fact that the buzz from the concert hadn’t died down, Wuyou was extremely confident it could launch both of them into stardom in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately for him, Li Mengqing rejected this idea as well.
After all those short videos claiming Gao Yuan had two girlfriends, she and Lin Wanyu both regretted how openly affectionate they had been at the concert. Being asked to become influencers now? ’Wouldn’t that just cause more trouble for Gao Yuan?’
After rejecting her boss’s proposal, Li Mengqing returned to her own office.
Sitting behind her desk, she fell into deep thought.
’I want to resign!’
Ever since Gao Yuan started trending, Li Mengqing had been struck by how fast his life was changing.
He had just started his own company, and he was already the second-largest shareholder of the Lin Group.
She didn’t know exactly how amazing Gao Yuan’s secret formula was, but it had to be incredible for the Lin Group to trade 15% of its shares for it.
But she had been using the GY masks herself lately. After just over a week, she could already feel a noticeable difference in her skin.
This meant that sooner or later, Gao Yuan was going to be incredibly successful. His future assets would be measured in the hundreds of millions, at least.
Meanwhile, she would still be a salaried employee earning a few hundred thousand a year. The gap between them would only grow wider and wider.
’When that time comes, can we really maintain the relationship we have now?’
And now, with her boss’s proposal, Li Mengqing suddenly felt she couldn’t work here anymore. Who knew when she might inadvertently cause trouble for Gao Yuan again.
She already felt like she hadn’t been able to help Gao Yuan with much; if she ended up causing him more trouble, she would feel even worse.
With this thought, Li Mengqing opened her laptop and began to write her letter of resignation.
「No.1 Courtyard.」
Gao Yuan and Lin Wanyu sat together at the dining table.
Every time Gao Yuan tasted a dish, Lin Wanyu watched him with eager anticipation.
"Not bad, not bad. It’s seasoned perfectly."
Hearing Gao Yuan’s praise, Lin Wanyu was overjoyed.