However, Wu Shuang's expression became complicated as she smiled:
'If I had such a brother back then, who treated me like this, that would have been great too, right?'
Having never attended university, she still yearned somewhat for the ivory tower life.
Seeing Wu Shuang lost in thought, Wang Yi took a stack of study guides and placed them on the dining table.
Soon, Liu Siyu, dressed in a white long dress, walked out.
Looking at the stack of study materials, her mouth twitched:
"How many books are these?"
"Not many, just forty-three! I bought everything available in the bookstore."
Liu Siyu: "..."
Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"Siyu, look how deep your brother's love for you is!"
Liu Siyu: "!!!"
"Where's my knife?"
Liu Siyu was furious, immediately rushed into the bedroom, grabbed a sixty-centimeter-long saber, and charged out:
"Wang Yi, you're dead!"
With that, she was about to strike at Wang Yi.
Wu Shuang's face changed drastically.
She quickly stepped forward, about to intervene, but Wang Yi stopped her.
Wang Yi extended two fingers and directly clamped Liu Siyu's precious saber.
With a gentle force, crunch, it broke.
Wu Shuang was utterly speechless, grumbling inwardly:
'Damn it, it's plastic, scared me for nothing!'
"Wang Yi, you owe me a new Blood Drinking Saber!"
Looking at the saber broken into two halves, Liu Siyu was completely distraught.
Besides being a math black hole, she was also a wuxia fan!
Jin Yong, Gu Long, Fengyun (Storm Riders) – whether novels or TV series, she had watched them countless times.
Wang Yi even suspected that she spent the time others used for math problems on studying wuxia novels, which was why she failed.
After all, in liberal arts subjects, Liu Siyu almost always scored full marks, unbelievably strong!
"You childish brat, you're 17 and still like this stuff."
Wang Yi shook his head, then walked into her bedroom and picked up a Tang saber:
"To avoid delaying your studies and to let you fully prepare for the college entrance exam, I'm confiscating this toy knife!"
With that, Wang Yi put away the Tang saber.
Liu Siyu was furious: "!!!"
"Wang Yi, put that down!"
"That knife is real!"
"I spent five years of New Year's money to buy it!"
Liu Siyu said, immediately stepping forward to snatch it, but Wang Yi pressed her head down:
"Study hard. When you pass math, I'll return it to you."
"If you score above ninety in math, I'll buy you a real Tang saber! One crafted by a master!"
"Really?"
Liu Siyu's interest was piqued; she had always dreamed of owning a master-crafted Tang saber!
Wang Yi nodded:
"You must believe Chairman Wang's promise. A gentleman's word is his bond."
"Heh, you cheated me out of my pocket money the year before last, and you still haven't paid it back!"
Liu Siyu looked unconvinced.
"Don't talk nonsense, that never happened!"
Wang Yi put away the Tang saber and walked outside.
Wu Shuang couldn't help but laugh, muttering inwardly,
'So, the dignified Chairman Wang of Meiyou even cheats little girls out of their pocket money, tsk tsk tsk.'
Wang Yi noticed Wu Shuang's odd behavior:
"Wu Shuang, you..."
"No, Boss, I really didn't laugh at you, I swear!"
Wu Shuang said solemnly, trying hard not to laugh.
Wang Yi: "..."
"Hahahaha."
Liu Siyu, however, was shaking with laughter.
"Such a low threshold for laughter, you childish brat."
Wang Yi said, pulling out the precious saber and casually brandishing it a few times.
"Heh, you call me a childish brat, but you're no different!"
Liu Siyu retorted.
Wang Yi: "..."
There was no denying it.
Let alone encountering a real saber, even if boys found a handy stick, they would want to pick it up and swing it a few times.
Men are boys until they die!
Who didn't have a wuxia dream when they were young?
Downstairs, Wang Yi put Liu Siyu's precious saber into the trunk: "Trophy +1!"
Liu Siyu rolled her eyes: "..."
The more Liu Siyu thought about it, the more she felt wronged, and she grumbled angrily:
"Exchanging my cherished saber for a stack of useless math study materials, Wang Yi, you're truly heartless!"
Wang Yi patted Liu Siyu's head, dotingly saying:
"I'm doing this for your own good, sweetheart. Study hard and keep improving every day."
Liu Siyu: "..."
"Alright, you stinky Wang Yi! You went to university and now you treat me like a child, huh! I'm writing this down in my little notebook!"
Liu Siyu grumbled angrily:
"You're only one year older than me, yet you're putting on airs. Honestly!"
"If you don't go to university, you're just a child!"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
Wu Shuang drove the Porsche straight into the city center.
Wang Yi and Liu Siyu sat in the back seat.
Wang Yi had intended to close his eyes and rest, but Liu Siyu kept chattering incessantly.
"Wang Yi, do you know? You've become a legend at No. 1 Middle School!"
"The whole school knows you're Chairman Wang of Meiyou, a business magnate!"
"Those pretty girls in my class even asked me for your QQ number, and said they wanted to have your babies!"
"Hmph, I won't give it to them. I definitely don't want to call them sisters-in-law!"
Wang Yi: "..."
"If you marry any of those girls, your life will be over."
"Aren't you going to thank me?"
"Heh."
Wang Yi was utterly speechless.
High school students, indeed, still high school students.
It's just that Liu Siyu seemed a bit more childish than her peers; was it from reading too many wuxia novels?
"Wang Yi, is Beihang University fun? I also want to study in the Imperial Capital!"
"But I can't get in."
"Sigh, if only there wasn't a math exam."
"I don't know, I really don't know!"
"Some math problems recognize me, but I can't remember what they're called. Sigh!"
...
Not wanting to listen to Liu Siyu's incessant chatter, Wang Yi started scrolling through Weibo and happened to see two new trending topics:
[Bidding Farewell to the White Moonlight, "Love Is Not Blind" Box Office Soars!]
["Love Is Not Blind" Continues to Lead the National Day Slot After More Than Twenty Days of Release!]
Wang Yi smiled as he looked at these two trending topics.
Sure enough, the new promotions attracted a new consumer group.
Coupled with the National Day holiday, everyone had free time, and the box office for "Love Is Not Blind" exploded again!
Yesterday's single-day box office exceeded twenty million!
It surpassed both "The Sorcerer and the White Snake" and "Mural", which were released on the 28th, firmly holding the number one spot.
These two films had box office revenues of thirty to forty million in their first two days, but from the third day onwards, their reputation collapsed, and their box office also tanked.
These major productions, despite being newly released, were performing worse than "Love Is Not Blind", an older film that had been out for more than twenty days.
It wasn't that "Love Is Not Blind" was incredibly amazing, but rather that its competitors were weak.
One could only say, it all relied on the competition's poor performance!
During the 2011 National Day holiday slot, both major productions flopped, with none being competitive.
As a result, during the October 1st period, audiences, unwilling to watch bad movies, could only go see "Love Is Not Blind".
The outcome was predictable: "Love Is Not Blind"'s box office exploded again, with its single-day gross returning to over twenty million.
Now, with two trending topics, today's box office is set for another surge, breaking thirty million will be no problem.
Even the entire National Day slot will continue to be a hit.
Wang Yi checked the current box office: 495 million, it wouldn't be long before it surpassed 500 million.
With seven more days before it leaves theaters, reaching 600 million in box office revenue is completely stress-free!
It all relied on the competition's poor performance!
"What are you looking at!"
Liu Siyu leaned over:
"Right, you also invested in this movie, how much did you earn?"
"Not much, just over a hundred million!"
Wang Yi said calmly.
Liu Siyu: "..."
Wu Shuang: "..."
For a moment, both girls fell silent.
"Not much, just over a hundred million! Look, is that something a human would say?"
Liu Siyu crossed her arms, completely speechless.
Wu Shuang's expression was also complicated.
Since when did a hundred million become "not much"?
They couldn't earn a hundred million in their entire lives.
Wang Yi chuckled.
It was no problem for "Love Is Not Blind" to achieve six hundred million at the box office.
Out of 600 million in box office revenue, cinemas and distributors would take about 400 million.
The production company could get one-third of the remainder, meaning 200 million.
Wang Yi's investment accounted for 60%, so he would receive around 120 million.
Previously, this would have been a huge sum, and Wang Yi would have been extraordinarily excited.
But now, Meiyou's daily profits fluctuated between 100 and 300 million, so a 120 million return on investment certainly wasn't a huge surprise.
Moreover, the return period for the investment was so long; he would have to wait until after the movie left theaters, with layered settlements, likely one or two months before he could receive it.
One could only say that it wasn't that one hundred million wasn't enough, but rather that different levels of wealth led to different standards of measurement!
For the rest of the journey, Liu Siyu fell completely silent, no longer chattering.
There was no help for it; she had been dealt a blow!
It wasn't until half an hour later that Liu Siyu tilted her head:
"Wang Yi, you've changed."
Wang Yi was puzzled:
"What makes you say that?"
Liu Siyu sighed:
"Alas! You're a capitalist now, and I'm still a proletarian. I really miss the days when we had nothing together."
"Stop right there!"
Wang Yi quickly interjected:
"You can reminisce all you want, I certainly don't want to go back!"
Liu Siyu: "..."
"If someone has to be poor, let it be just you. I don't miss it, really."
Wang Yi said with utmost seriousness:
"The train of the times will only rush forward, mercilessly crushing everything in its path, and I am destined to be the one in the driver's seat!"
As a reborn individual, Wang Yi naturally knew the path of historical progress.
And he was destined to be the driver, not the one being crushed!
"Wang Yi, you've truly changed, becoming unfathomable."
Liu Siyu murmured.
She fully realized that her best friend, who had been badmouthing Old Liu with her just half a year ago, had now become a stranger.
Or rather, someone beyond her reach.
"It's not that I've changed, it's that you're growing up slowly, kiddo."
Wang Yi smiled slightly.
Liu Siyu gnashed her teeth in anger: "..."
"Hmph, watch me not eat you into poverty; I'll pick the most expensive things!"
"Whatever."
Wang Yi smiled.
Given the consumption at Shark Fin Palace, trying to eat him into poverty would be difficult.
Even finding a hundred alcohol touts wouldn't work.
Wu Shuang parked the car at the Shark Fin Palace Hotel, where Wang Yi had already booked a private room.
Wang Yi tossed the menu to Liu Siyu:
"Order whatever you want."
"Ah? Okay!"
Liu Siyu took the menu:
"This is so expensive, this isn't cheap either, this is also very expensive..."
In the end, Liu Siyu only ordered five dishes:
"Should be enough, right?"
Wang Yi chuckled:
"Such ambition!"
He then handed the menu to the waiter:
"Bring out fifteen of your signature dishes."
There were more than ten people; they needed at least twenty dishes.
"Certainly, sir, I'll have the kitchen prepare them right away."
Soon, the minibus arrived.
Wang Yi went downstairs and brought up his paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, and maternal grandmother.
Then he pulled Zhao Xuan:
"Manager Zhao, you've worked hard, please take a seat!"
"Chairman Wang, I..."
Zhao Xuan hesitated a little:
"This is your family banquet."
"Brother, you're family too, come sit!"
"Yes, Manager Zhao, we owe you a lot today, please sit down quickly."
Wang Qingzhi also said with a smile.
"Then I shall respectfully obey."
Zhao Xuan sat down, but chose a seat near where dishes were served.
To become a manager at such a young age, he was quite shrewd.
"Wu Shuang, sit down with us!"
Wang Shulin pulled Wu Shuang to sit down as well.
"Yes, everyone sit together."
Wang Yi said with a smile.
The whole family enjoyed the meal thoroughly.
Shark Fin Palace was considered one of the best in Jizhou; not only was it high-class, but its cuisine and taste were also excellent.
Until it was demolished years later, but that's another story...
"After a busy morning with the medical check-up, we didn't even have time to eat; you've all worked hard. This first glass of wine is for all our elders, wishing Grandpa, Grandma, and Maternal Grandma good health and a long life!"
Wang Yi raised his glass.
His paternal grandfather beamed and decisively picked up his wine glass, while his paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother opted for tea instead of wine.
Glasses were clinked and refilled until the banquet finally concluded at three in the afternoon.
Zhao Xuan took a group photo for everyone.
Wang Yi could tell that his paternal grandfather was in high spirits, but he didn't dare let him drink too much.
At his age, he couldn't quit drinking, but he also couldn't overdo it.
His paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother were also in great spirits, thoroughly enjoying the family banquet.
Wang Yi made up his mind that the family should gather more often from now on!
Elders are getting on in years; it's better to gather as much as possible than to be unable to gather in a past life and be filled with regret...
Afterward, the group returned to the county town.
Zhao Xuan had the driver take the three elders all the way back to their hometown before returning himself.
In the evening, Wang Yi called Lin Shu, somewhat worried that she might be angry.
He had been too busy lately.
On the 27th, he went to Neon Country to negotiate with suppliers, returning on the 30th.
The next day, the 1st, there was also a new product launch for Zhenyou, which Wang Yi had to attend.
Therefore, Lin Shu returned to Jizhou by herself on the 30th.
On the 2nd, there were demolition negotiations, elderly medical check-ups, and a family banquet, leaving Wang Yi truly no free time.
He could only explain:
"Xiao Shu, today was demolition negotiations, the elders had their medical check-up, and we had a family banquet at noon. I didn't have time to see you..."
"It's okay, the medical check-up is important!"
Lin Shu was very understanding, then added authoritatively:
"But tomorrow's time, you have to give it to me!"
"Not just tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow too, you have to give them to me!"
"Alright, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, they're all yours!"
Wang Yi said with a smile:
"As for the 6th, I probably have to go to the Empire; mobile phone chips still need to be discussed."
"Great, great, three days is enough, I'm not greedy, hehe."
Lin Shu giggled; three days all at once, she was very satisfied.
She knew that Wang Yi was busy with his startup every day, and there was nothing to be done about it.
As long as he kept her in his heart and visited her whenever he had time, that was enough.
"Alright then, see you tomorrow. By the way, I also brought you a gift; I'll give it to you tomorrow!"
After a trip to Neon Country, it was natural to buy gifts.
Of course, Song Sining also had one, but Wang Yi forgot to give it to her...
No worries, he would bring it over when he went to Meiyou Tower in a couple of days.
"Oh, there's a gift too! Hehe."
Lin Shu was beaming, her eyes curved into smiles.
"Think about where we should go tomorrow."
"Okay, okay."
After the call ended, Lin Shu skipped out of the room, her face radiating undisguised happiness.
Zheng Rou sighed:
"What kind of sweet dates did that kid feed you again? Making you so happy!"
"He came back from Neon Country and brought me a gift!"
Zheng Rou shook her head, very helpless:
"Hmph, hasn't shown up for days, and a small gift makes you this happy! Such promise."
"Wang Yi is starting a business, so naturally he's busy with serious matters; I understand."
Lin Shu staunchly defended Wang Yi.
Truly, a daughter grown up won't stay! Lin Jianye couldn't listen anymore:
"Xiao Shu, don't believe him. What busy? Dad tells you, those are all just excuses Wang Yi uses to deceive you!"
Lin Shu pouted:
"Dad, but you're also this busy!"
Lin Jianye: "..."
"And your career isn't as big as Wang Yi's, yet you're even busier than Wang Yi. Tell me, are those also just excuses to deceive Mom?"
Zheng Rou felt a little choked: "..."
Lin Jianye's face completely darkened: "!!!"
That boomerang came back too fast!
And it hurt his liver a bit!
Truly, a grown daughter won't stay!
(End of Chapter)