The romance between Lantian and Caihong was a kind of affair that was hard to believe would be able to happen, but it began on the housewarming day of a rich man from the province who just set his feet in the capital of Song.
That rich man was no one but the father of Caihong, Yang Fu.
Yang Fu, originally the businessman with the nickname 'the husband of money,' or 'the forty-nine-year-old man with an eighty-year-old face,' whom everyone in the hometown called. It was because his passion about money was so high that no one could separate or break it, and every breath of him, daily, was spent on thinking and worried that his money would be going away from him due to business failure or a money scam.
But one day, he made a decision by moving to Lin'an.
The news caused surprise to the ones who heard it, but for two seconds only because, like mentioned above, this guy was well known for loving money, so everyone was pretty sure that if moving far would not make his money grow, he would not do it. And yes, they were absolutely right.
Before the decision, Yang Fu spent a few years studying, especially about the significant figures in the city. He learned that Lin'an already had its own goldfish, and the big ones were Chen, Wei, and Liu. Then he knew that there was a man who was older than him and a high-ranking official in the royal government named Wu Guang who served as a municipal governor.
Talking shortly about this Wu Guang, he was well known for his position, power, prestige, and wealth. Also, he was well known for his dignity and integrity as well as his loyalty to the nation, which earned many officials' and people's respect. He had an heir who, although he did not have the same reputation as him, never had bad news.
Because of all these features, Yang Fu was full of eagerness to upgrade his fate by sharpening the goal to be the father-in-law of the Wu's son. His mind was sure that if he could tie a relationship with the Wu family, he would be blessed with two benefits: first, he would have a backer for his business, and second, which was very important, Wu would not scam his money.
However, he realized as well that if he set his feet in Lin'an, it was not happy news for the original wealthy guys of the capital, and they would despise him because he was from the remote canton. But since he was a veteran in the business world, Yang Fu knew how to make them not dare to raise up their shoulders at him, and instead they would hug his shoulder and smile and call him 'friend.'
The question was 'How.'
Well, it was very simple: a housewarming party after arriving in Lin'an for about two months and inviting officials, businessmen, and famous people and their family from the capital and the province to attend. Including Chen, Wei, and Liu.