Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Wei Ni was unaware that Zheng Yingshan was able to appear in time because Li Shuo had sent her a text message.

The first lesson he "learned" in the capital was how to properly handle the relationships between the fish: increase their competition, make them hostile to each other, and thus make them increasingly dependent on Li Shuo...

Of course, the premise for sowing discord between fish is that the fish have been raised to maturity and are completely dependent on Li Shuo, unable to leave him.

If it were the situation Li Yitong and Jin Chen were in when Li Shuo first arrived in the capital, then that would naturally not work.

Wei Ni and Zheng Yingshan were Li Shuo's first attempt after returning to Lenghai, and the result proved to be very good: although Li Shuo liked Wei Ni more than Zheng Yingshan and would not let her really enter the M level, their private affairs could still be more fun.

The next day, Li Shuo experienced some unusual back pain. He had done a lot of things the day before and had overdone it.

However, this time, unlike his last trip back to Songshan, he didn't experience only a slight abnormality. During his trip to the capital, he tried the Daughter Fruit, and judging from the current results, his physical condition has improved to some extent.

Compared to his instantaneous improvement to a level comparable to a school athlete when he was an ordinary person, his improvement during the trip to the capital was relatively poor. It wasn't that the quality of the "Daughter Fruit" receptors was worse, but rather that his physical abilities had gradually approached the human peak, leaving little room for further improvement...

Upon realizing this, Li Shuo withdrew from the smooth body and left the bedroom. Zhang Yuyan quickly came over and offered him a glass of water and a handful of vitamins.

"Huh? What's this?" Li Shuo was taken aback.

"The nutritional formula was prescribed by a nutritionist hired by the secretariat. It is made from all-natural raw materials. Even if it doesn't have much effect, it will definitely not cause any problems."

Li Shuo did not refuse, because this was something he had not considered before: since he was already so rich, he could not simply think about enjoying life. Health was the foundation, and only by using every means to take good care of his health could he continue to enjoy life.

Thinking of this, Li Shuo smiled and said, "You did a good job this time, you filled in the gaps for me. Is there anything I didn't consider?"

Zhang Yuyan replied, "Originally, we wanted to hire a private doctor, but given the situation in China, most good doctors are in public hospitals. They are experts and authorities, and these are things that money can't buy... Of course, we have already made a plan: Shuoguo Group will invest in Lenghai First Hospital under the guise of strategic cooperation. After the cooperation is established, we will look for excellent individual doctors from various departments... In addition, it can pave the way for private nursing, but private nursing is mostly for the elderly or patients, so we can just prepare for it."

Li Shuo nodded repeatedly, praising Yu Yan as he walked towards the bathroom, "Yu Yan, you did a great job!"

Zhang Yuyan smiled and said, "Actually, there are many more aristocratic services, but I don't know much about them, so they haven't been fully developed yet."

"Oh? What else?"

"For example, our secretarial office can handle some of the roles of financial advisor, legal advisor, personal trainer, image consultant, art consultant, pet care, and travel planner, and the company can also fulfill some of these responsibilities. However, things like fitness and image design still require more specialized personnel..."

Wow, that sounds like a lot!

Li Shuo was also quite astonished upon hearing this, and exclaimed repeatedly, "I didn't expect so many people could be crammed into the manor. It looks like my guest rooms are going to be overflowing!"

Zhang Yuyan smiled and immediately said, "Our manor has more than just the main building; there are two auxiliary buildings outside. These consultants can live in the auxiliary buildings separately."

After thinking for a moment, Li Shuo made the following request: "These people will be with my family for a long time, so don't rush to hire them. Take your time. The consultants don't have to be the most professional, but they must be trustworthy!"

As he spoke, he handed the empty water glass to Zhang Yuyan and added, "This nutritionist is a case in point. Vitamins alone might not be a problem, but the real concern is that we might need to take other things we don't understand in the future. So, it's important to find someone trustworthy..."

"Yes, we can start looking for talent in relevant university majors from now on, and sponsor and train them in the name of the company. I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait for her to grow up before bringing her to work at the manor..."

Zhang Yuyan's expression turned serious. She realized that she had been so focused on improving the manor and showing off her achievements to Li Shuo that she had overlooked the most crucial thing: loyalty!

"Yes, I understand!"

……

While Li Shuo was enjoying a wonderful life that ordinary people could hardly imagine, and even non-essential support staff were required to be loyal, Zhang Xiang felt like he was going to die!

Because his biological clock was out of whack, he spent the whole night playing on his phone and couldn't sleep. Just as he was about to fall asleep, his mother woke him up and urged him to go find his father. This was simply because his father hadn't done his work at the company that morning and wouldn't be bothered by anything, so his temper would be a little better.

Unfortunately, just as Zhang Xiang arrived at the door of the chairman's office at Century Huayue, he heard a deafening roar coming from inside:

"What are you all good for? The background checks in the early stages of the project, the signing of contracts in the middle stages, and the follow-up in the later stages—none of you did a good job..."

Zhang Xiang suddenly realized that he was too scared to go into the office.

He turned to look at Zhang Nianhua's middle-aged male secretary, leaned forward and asked, "What's wrong with the old man? Why is he throwing such a tantrum so early in the morning?"

The secretary shook her head and sighed, "Oh, don't even mention it, we've really messed up this time..."

Zhang Xiang pressed, "What happened? Tell me quickly..."

The secretary didn't hide anything, saying that a long time ago, when the company was looking for projects, it got in touch with a new company called "Yunguo Film and Television," which was founded by Fu Chengguo, a former shareholder of Century Huayue.

A few days ago, Fu Chengguo sent me an excellent project called "The Disguiser". The script was superb, and Yun Guo even wanted to spend a lot of money to hire Hu Ge, the most handsome man in Leng Haiquan's films, to play the male lead!
Participating in such a high-quality project is a rare opportunity for any company, so Zhang Nianhua and the company's decision-makers signed the investment agreement without hesitation!
"Could this be a fake project? Did this so-called Yunguo Company swindle our investment?" Zhang Xiang asked anxiously. If the company had no money, then he could forget about getting his 400 million yuan debt back.

The secretary gave a wry smile: "If it were a fake project, that would be fine, but the problem is that it's a real investment project, and all the publicly available information is true!"

"Huh? Isn't this a good thing? Aren't we going there specifically for investment?"

The secretary shook her head and sighed, "If it were a fake project, we could report it to the police and file a lawsuit, and at least recover some of our losses through legal means!" "But 'The Disguiser' is a real project. We only found out today that the major shareholder of Yunguo Films is actually Li Shuo! As early as last year, Fu Chengguo and Li Shuo jointly established this company, and Xie Wenyi of Zhanxun Culture is also a shareholder..."

"What?" Zhang Xiang's face changed in shock. He had learned a few things from following Zhang Nianhua and knew that there were many ways to scam people in the entertainment industry, especially this kind of cooperation with an enemy. It was obvious that he had been set up!
Sure enough, the secretary followed up with:

“You know, for an investment to be recouped, it has to wait until ‘The Disguiser’ is finished and sold! Every step of this process can be used by Yunguo for accounting. So, once we knew that Li Shuo was behind Yunguo, we no longer wanted to cooperate; we just wanted to hold onto our initial investment of 3000 million!”

"But Yunguo keeps actively increasing its investment. If we don't follow suit, our share will only decrease... The share of profits is already going to be cut by Yunguo in their accounting, and now they're continuing to invest and share it with us. In the end, we're very likely to lose everything!"

Zhang Xiang stared blankly, clinging to his last glimmer of hope, and asked, "Does our company still have any money in the account?"

The secretary thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe a few million more? After all, the company needs to keep running..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiang disregarded everything else and rushed into the office.

"Zhang Xiang, what are you doing here?"

Upon seeing his son, Zhang Nianhua's expression grew even more somber. He then instructed his deputy, "This is our final investment of 500 million. Absolutely no more. This must be written into the contract to guarantee our interests! And Fu Chengguo must act as guarantor..."

"Ok, I see."

Zhang Xiang was hesitating about how to start the conversation when he heard this and immediately exclaimed, "Dad, are you going to invest more in 'The Disguiser'? Don't you know that Li Shuo is behind it? Investing another 500 million is just throwing money down the drain, isn't it?"

"What do you know! In business, as long as there's profit, anyone can be a partner!"

Zhang Nianhua angrily rebuked, "Look at you! Li Shuo was willing to offer you 'The Disguiser,' but what about you? So much time has passed, and you still can't get over a woman..."

He launched into a tirade of scolding.

Zhang Xiang's head buzzed, and he no longer cared about Zhang Nianhua's investment. Just like before, he had another big fight with his father! Then, he stormed out of the company and took a taxi back to his villa...

As soon as I got back to the front door of my villa, I was immediately blocked by someone:

"Zhang Xiang, shouldn't you pay me back this time?"

The person who blocked his way was just one of You Dongjie's henchmen from yesterday, but Zhang Xiang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, and he immediately sobered up: "Brother, the money will be in my account soon, I'll pay you back today, I swear..."

After much pleading, he was finally released, but Zhang Xiang had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back to see his father.

After these repeated ordeals, Zhang Xiang finally grasped the reality of the situation. This time, he knelt down in front of Zhang Nianhua with a thud, tearfully recounting to his father how much money he had borrowed during this period...

"You wretched child, how could I have a son like you!"

Zhang Nianhua trembled with rage, but this time he didn't act as usual. Instead, he slumped into his executive chair, muttering in anguish, "It's over, all over. If you had told me this in the morning, the funds might have been able to keep us afloat, but now, we can't even pay back your 400 million..."

Zhang Xiang didn't understand what he meant, and only weakly said, "Um, it's not 400 million, with interest, it's a little over 500 million..."

That's exactly what Century Huayue had left in its accounts today! However, Zhang Nianhua had already invested these funds into the "The Disguiser" project that morning!
The deathly silence lasted for several minutes. Zhang Nianhua stared intently at Zhang Xiang, and after a long while, he suddenly said, "Later, I'll have the contract department draft an agreement. You transfer your mother's shares to my name!"

"Why? My mom owns 5% of the shares, which is worth much more than 500 million!"

Zhang Xiang assumed that Zhang Nianhua wanted the shares in order to pay off his debt, so he blurted out, "Besides, you need to pay off my debt first before you can get the shares back, because they've already been mortgaged to You Dongjie!"

"what?"

Zhang Nianhua's eyes widened. Only now did he realize that even You Dongjie might be one of Li Shuo's men!

So he quickly sat up straight and asked Zhang Xiang to call You Dongjie to confirm whether he could get the shares back if he paid back the money now. The answer he got was that after the principal and interest were fully repaid, the shares would need to be frozen for a period of time before they could be returned!

"Hahaha, that kid Li Shuo, he's been plotting against Century Huayue for a long time. On the surface, he set up Yunguo Film and Television, a company that has nothing to do with him, and even dragged his enemy Fu Chengguo into investing with him. He created the 'Disguiser' project early on, waiting for Century Huayue to fall into his trap. In reality, he also used you, you idiot, to freeze your shares with just 400 million..."

Zhang Xiang wanted to ask, "Does this mean I'll never catch up with Li Shuo, and I'll never be able to make Zheng Yingshan regret it?"

Seeing Zhang Nianhua's terrifying expression, he ultimately didn't dare to ask.

Although he didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, he knew that he had fallen into Li Shuo's trap once again...

At this moment, Zhang Nianhua picked up the phone and said in a humble voice, "Old Fu, it's me, Zhang Nianhua. Why didn't you tell me sooner about your peace talks with Li Shuo? I only went against Li Shuo because of you..."

"I don't mean to blame you, I just hope that, considering our many years of friendship, you can help me out and pass on a message to Li Shuo, okay?"

"I'm willing to give him the remaining shares, just begging him to be merciful and spare the Zhang family's survival. As for my good-for-nothing son, I'll take him back to our hometown and find him a peaceful partner there..."

Zhang Xiang kept his head down, not daring to breathe. He didn't know the others, but he knew his father. If he hadn't been driven to the brink of despair, his father would never bow down to anyone, especially not to Fu Chengguo and Li Shuo!
These two men, Li Shuo is the enemy, and Fu Chengguo is the "friend" who betrayed his father. Each of them is a guy who makes you grit your teeth!

So, it wasn't until Zhang Nianhua hung up the phone that Zhang Xiang looked up and asked timidly, "Dad, are we really going back to our hometown? I don't want to marry a girl from there..." (End of Chapter)