Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 338 Your Name and Your Appearance

"Yanqiu, what are you doing?"

When Zhou Wang woke up, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Wu Yanqiu pulled Zhou Wang and said with a charming smile: "What do you think, Mr. Zhou, I am much better than that Angel, right?"

"Of course. After all, I don't have a strange hobby like you..."

Zhou Wang nodded in agreement and couldn't help but reach out and touch Wu Yanqiu's hair. As he touched it, the hair suddenly turned into transparent stockings, and he heard the sound of struggle:

"Sir, please don't do this!"

When he looked up, he found Cheng Yiyi standing in front of him. She was wearing a hollow stewardess uniform and was pushing Zhou Wang with a reluctant look.

Zhou Wang woke up suddenly and realized it was just a dream.

The lights in the first-class cabin were dimmed, and the conversation between Ji Xiaoxi and Miss Yang could be heard not far away:

"Sister Mi, do you have any secret? How did you grow so big?"

"Get a boyfriend, you will grow up too."

"Really? Then I'll give it a try... Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang!"

Hearing the shout, Zhou Wang subconsciously turned his head and saw Ji Xiaoxi, half-dressed, kneeling on his seat, hooking her finger at him.

"Come here for a moment~"

At this time, Miss Yang with bare shoulders also appeared from behind her, giving her a captivating smile.

Zhou Wang swallowed and rushed over.

The next second, a feeling of weightlessness came over him, and Zhou Wang sat up from the bed for the second time.

"...Due to the influence of air currents, the plane may experience turbulence. Passengers, please fasten your seat belts and do not move around..."

The sound of an English broadcast came from above his head. Zhou Wang shook his dizzy head and couldn't help cursing inwardly.

Damn it, how can there be a dream within a dream?

I got so excited for nothing...

Zhou Wang put away the retractable bed, pushed open the independent cabin door, and heard a burst of laughter among women.

He turned around and saw three women, Wu Yanqiu, Miss Yang and Sunny, crowded in the same cabin and chatting.

"Zhou Wang, are you awake?"

Seeing Zhou Wang, Miss Yang waved to him, "We are going to roll the dice and drink, do you want to join us?"

"Where are the dice?"

Zhou Wang was stunned.

The alcohol is not surprising. First class cabins have a variety of choices such as red wine, champagne, beer, etc. Although there is no explicit regulation, as long as there is stock, the flight attendants will not refuse the request for refills, which is almost equivalent to unlimited supply.

Ms. Yang rolled her eyes. "You are a recent college graduate, how unsophisticated! You can use the app on your phone to shake the numbers!"

"Forget it, you guys go play, I'm going to take a shower and come back to read."

Zhou Wang picked up the toiletries bag distributed by the flight attendant, refused it, and went directly to the private shower room in the first-class cabin.

"Read...read a book?"

Miss Yang was stunned when she heard this.

After all, during the time she spent with Zhou Wang, she never saw him study. She just felt that Zhou Wang was good at having fun.

Wu Yanqiu and Sunny, who were not so familiar with Zhou Wang, both looked at him with admiration... Could this be one of the secrets of the young billionaire's success?
In fact, if they really asked Zhou Wang, he would definitely answer "yes", after all, he did make 100 million in the second reading round.

The return journey was generally uneventful, and Zhou Wang indeed spent most of the time reading.

Although the first-class environment is relatively private, it is still a public place, and it is impossible for Zhou Wang to have any shameless stories with several women.

...Of course, there is another very important reason here, that is, no matter who Zhou Wang wants to attack, he always has to consider the existence of the other two, and the result is naturally nothing.

He remembered the reading habit he had abandoned since leaving Mingcheng, and finally made up his mind to pick it up again.

This determination also came from the early morning of five days ago, when Zhou Wang was still asleep, the system sounded a reminder:
Ding!
[Jiang Mo's soul greeting card has been refreshed]

【Current mark: 1】

The first skill that popped up was "Piano Playing", a show-off skill that played a big role in Zhou Wang's journey to gaining reputation.

The second skill that popped out was "Small Ball Mastery", which was a bit useless, but Zhou Wang developed some strange uses for it. So far, most girls can't resist it.

The skill refreshed this month is "Quantum Reading".

Yes, it is a bit similar to the passive skill that can be felt in the provincial library during the second action round, but not as powerful.

Even though it couldn't compare to the divinely assisted reading state he had at that time, Zhou Wang tried it briefly and found that it was still a very practical skill.

Even though he can read ten lines at a glance, Zhou Wang can still quickly memorize all the content he has read in a short period of time and repeat it without error without delaying his thinking in the process.

Zhou Wang even thought that with this skill alone, he should be able to participate in variety shows like "The Brain".

……

北都时间9月26日的清晨7点，历经11个半小时的长途飞行后，来自法国航空的波音787降落在了北都国际机场。

Miss Yang had to rush to an announcement, so she said hello to Zhou Wang and left in a hurry. She was about to pay a heavy price for her seven days of indulgence...

That is to say, working hard day and night, and then earning a "meager pay" of up to millions per episode.

When Zhou Wang heard her complaining, he wanted to hit her. Just considering the system salary of 10 a day, even Zhou Wang, a cheater, might not earn more than her.

After all, if she just appears on a variety show and records for a day, it would cost her much more than this.

In addition to Miss Yang, when Zhou Wang led a group of beautifully dressed girls out of the airport reception channel, Qiu Zeyu, one of the four young masters of Beidu, was already yawning and waiting in front of his Maybach.

There were two business cars from Wuyou Media's Beidu branch nearby. The general manager and several senior executives of the branch were standing in front of the cars with bright smiles. When they saw Zhou Wang appear, they hurried over to greet him.

Zhou Wang looked back at Wu Yanqiu, who came to her senses and quickly apologized to Zhou Wang in a low voice: "I'm sorry, President Zhou, I didn't expect President Wei and the others to come here in person..."

Although Wu Yanqiu is the vice president of the headquarters, she has not yet established a firm foothold. At this time when it is still dark, it is unlikely that the branch president at the same level as Wu Yanqiu will personally lead a team to pick her up at the airport. Therefore, President Wei and others are obviously here for Zhou Wang, the "shareholder + supervisor".

The news that Zhou Wang was traveling with them must have leaked from her side. Wu Yanqiu knew that Zhou Wang might not like this kind of occasion, so she was a little nervous at this time.

Zhou Wang waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. The main thing was that these people had been waiting here to greet him before dawn, which was quite sincere, so it wouldn't be a big deal to get to know them.

"Boss Zhou is indeed extraordinary, a young hero..."

The flattery in the business world is naturally much more direct and enthusiastic than that in the workplace. As soon as they met, Zhou Wang received a lot of praise.

What made Zhou Wang unhappy was, what did “young hero” mean?
Why add the prefix "teenager"?

Even if I am not a young man, I am definitely a hero.

"Middle-aged Heroes", "Old Heroes", "Death is Heroes"...

After some pleasantries, they agreed to have dinner another day, and then Zhou Wang accepted the gifts brought by Mr. Wei and others, which was usually a bunch of cigarettes, alcohol and tea.

But Mr. Wei did put some thought into it. The cigarettes were Da Chongjiu from Yunnan Province, and the wine was two bottles of Zodiac Maotai, all of which fully took Zhou Wang's preferences into consideration.

When President Wei was about to leave with Wu Yanqiu and others, Zhou Wang called Wu Yanqiu again.

"Are you going back to Hangzhou?"

"Yes, I'm in a hurry to go back and report to Mr. Zhang..."

"I told my second brother that you should let Sunny and the others go back first, and you and Ji Xiaoxi should stay in Beidu for a while. I still need your cooperation for something, but you don't need to tell Ji Xiaoxi specifically, just wait for my call."

Zhou Wang glanced at Ji Xiaoxi who was still hiding from him, thought for a moment and spoke.

Wu Yanqiu naturally would not ask too many questions. Instead, she was very happy that she could help Zhou Wang and nodded in agreement immediately.

After the large group of people from Wuyou Media left, the scene finally became quiet. Qiu Zeyu, who had been quietly burning tobacco beside him, came over. The driver helped Zhou Wang load the gifts into the car. Qiu Zeyu asked in surprise:
"Brother Gou, do you only have so much luggage? Didn't you say you were going to buy a lot of things in Paris?"

The news that Zhou Wang bought a large number of high-end jewelry in Paris could have caused a wave of hot searches in China. After all, there were many Chinese people present at the scene and some even took videos.

However, after the incident, the Paris Chamber of Commerce took action and directly helped Zhou Wang block the news at the scene.

Perhaps some people still tried to post text news online afterwards, but it did not cause any big waves.

Ms. Yang and others also knew that this kind of thing usually brings negative impacts, especially when it comes to showing off wealth, so they did not publicize it, resulting in Qiu Zeyu not knowing about it at the moment.

"I bought it and checked it in. Someone will deliver it to my house later...Brother Yu, why do you call me 'Dog Brother'?"

Zhou Wang gave a brief explanation and then said helplessly.

"Hahaha, I heard it from Zhang Zhiyuan. I contacted him the other day and found out that you have such a nickname."

Qiu Zeyu smiled and said, "I feel like this is really appropriate for you... Besides, I don't think I'm at a disadvantage by calling you 'Dog Brother'. Thank you so much for this. You are this!"

Qiu Zeyu said this and gave Zhou Wang a thumbs up.

"Are you getting promoted to director?"

Zhou Wang knew that he was talking about the fact that he had stabilized Lu Wenqi, and immediately laughed.

"More than there are signs, there won't be any surprises. By January, you'll have to call me Director Qiu!"

In front of Zhou Wang, Qiu Zeyu seemed very arrogant. He put his arm around Zhou Wang's shoulders and led him to the car. "Let's get in the car first. I just happen to have some questions for you..."

As the Maybach started and drove towards the northern metropolitan area, Zhou Wang also heard from Qiu Zeyu some things that happened inside the Douyin Group that he didn't know about.

First of all, the situation was actually far more serious than what Qiu Zeyu said.

The difficulties encountered by the European branch and Lu Wenqi's resignation have triggered a series of negative impacts.

The voice of "giving up the European market" that appeared in the board meeting was not just a voice, but a precursor to another faction preparing to take action.

Yes, factions.

Where there are people, there is the world of martial arts, not to mention a large multinational group like Douyin Group, which has complex interests behind it.

According to Qiu Zeyu's description, if we roughly divide it into three factions, there are actually three factions in the Douyin Group's board of directors.

One is the new faction represented by some younger directors, and Jin Lu belongs to this faction. There is also a conservative faction, which is mostly representatives of shareholders who entered the market early. The last one is the neutral faction headed by the founder, who strives to stabilize the situation.

Leaving aside the domestic market, in overseas markets, European branches largely belong to the Xinpai’s territory. From their earliest establishment to their expansion, they are closely related to the interests of the Xinpai.

And Qiu Zeyu is also a die-hard supporter of this faction, so this is why Lu Wenqi's stay or departure will directly affect his voice in the group and whether he can make further progress.

"It's not as simple as you think. Theoretically, of course, no one wants to really bring the company down. But for example, if Lu Wenqi and his team fail this time and the European branch is in trouble, then the conservative faction will quickly take over this 'mess'. In other words, they will have the opportunity to redistribute the pie..."

"That is to say, everyone wants to make the pie bigger, but from a personal perspective, everyone wants to have the biggest piece?"

After hearing what Qiu Zeyu said, Zhou Wang suddenly realized something, and then he laughed and said, "Now it seems that you are intoxicated!"

"It can be said that everyone in our line will benefit, and if nothing unexpected happens, we can even add a position on the board of directors..."

Qiu Zeyu glanced at Zhou Wang at this time, "How about it, are you interested?"

"I?"

Zhou Wang was stunned at first. He never expected that the election for the board of directors had anything to do with him.

After all, although he is now a shareholder of Douyin, he only holds 0.17% of the total shares, and it is almost impossible for him to become a member of the board of directors...

But it would be different if someone supports it.

At this time, Zhou Wang understood something and his face changed slightly, "You mean..." "Brother Gou, you don't think you can escape, do you? From the day you agreed to attend my party, you have been labeled."

Qiu Zeyu smiled slyly at this time.

"Damn, we're on a pirate ship!"

Zhou Wang said rather depressedly.

Of course, he knew that everything was irreversible, and Qiu Zeyu dared to joke with Zhou Wang because he believed that Zhou Wang had actually seen through this a long time ago, and his ready agreement to help in Europe was equivalent to Zhou Wang's statement.

But in fact, Qiu Zeyu misunderstood. Zhou Wang really didn't think that much. He didn't even seriously understand the personnel relationship of Douyin's board of directors...

It’s not that Zhou Wang is really that slow, but because the way he obtains Douyin shares is different from that of ordinary people. As long as he insists on operating his own account, one day the entire Douyin may be named Zhou.

Why does he care about those trivial things?
"In short, after this battle, your brother Gou has become famous among the Douyin executives. You don't know how exciting the board meeting that morning was..."

Qiu Zeyu laughed and said, "But Brother Gou, how did you do it? I also asked Mr. Lu, but I always felt that he was a bit vague. Of course, if it's not convenient to say, forget it."

“It’s really inconvenient.”

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"...Forget it then."

Qiu Zeyu was somewhat depressed by Zhou Wang's decisive rejection, but he did not continue to explore.

After all, among Zhou Wang’s many labels, “mystery” has always been with him. Some bloggers even opened a column online, speculating which big shot’s illegitimate son Zhou Wang is…

There is no need to see through things when you can't, as long as you don't make enemies.

Qiu Zeyu’s thinking towards Zhou Wang is just that simple.

"I guess at the next board meeting, someone will nominate you as the new director..."

"Then I'll just wait for the good news."

Zhou Wang smiled when he heard this, but he didn't take it seriously.

This kind of thing is just for fun. Maybe Qiu Zeyu and the people behind him really want to help him get promoted and increase the voice of their faction, and at the same time they want to show goodwill to him, but Zhou Wang doesn't think it can really succeed.

He wouldn't care about that.

No matter whether he is wooed or suppressed, and no matter which faction others assign him to, from beginning to end, he only needs to follow his own will, because he... is a faction of his own.

……

"By the way, Brother Gou, the Xue family contacted me during the days you were abroad."

"Who specifically?"

"Xue Peng's father, Xue Mingyuan, is a very successful businessman."

"How's your attitude?"

"I can't really say, but you should be mentally prepared, Brother Gou. Although the Xue family is a little down now, they were once glorious. It's probably not realistic to ask them to make peace with you... I heard from my aunt that Mr. Xue was even crazier than Xue Peng is now when he was young."

"Oh, I see."

"There is one more thing. Your friend Song Rui has been waiting for you in Beidu since he was discharged from the hospital. Do you want to meet him?"

……

At 10 o'clock in the morning, after Qiu Zeyu and Zhou Wang had a hearty breakfast at an old restaurant in an alley in Beidu, the Maybach was back on the road and after a while, they arrived at a private sanatorium near the East Third Ring Road.

At the door of an independent small building of the sanatorium, Song Rui, who had received a call early, was already waiting here.

When Song Rui saw the Maybach with Beidu Photography logo coming, he hesitated at the door and hurried to meet it.

Zhou Wang and Qiu Zeyu got out of the car together. Zhou Wang smiled and gave Song Rui a gentle hug, then looked at each other's complexion:
"How are you? Are your injuries healed?"

"It's almost done. They are mostly flesh wounds. Xue Peng doesn't have that much strength. The only serious injury is a broken rib, but it won't affect his life..."

Song Rui grinned and pointed to his chest.

"That's good. When I saw the address you sent was a nursing home, I thought you had some sequelae!"

Zhou Wang felt relieved after hearing this. After all, the turmoil at that time was caused by him, and Song Rui was implicated by him.

He was originally thinking about giving Song Rui a bottle of life potion produced by the system. If it was just an ordinary injury, he would be full of life in a day.

"It's not because of me that I invited you to the sanatorium..."

When he said this, Song Rui seemed very embarrassed, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Wang, can I ask you for one more favor?"

"what?"

Zhou Wang, who had vaguely guessed something, frowned slightly.

"Can you meet with Cheng Yiyi again? She...she's not in a good condition right now."

"So it's actually Cheng Yiyi who's here?"

Zhou Wang was not surprised. "What do you mean the situation is not good?"

"I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the drug Xue Peng gave her. The doctor said it was a banned drug from abroad. It's very potent. Although it's excreted in time, it's hard to say if it will leave any sequelae."

"But it's probably mainly mental trauma. After she woke up and learned the whole story, she seemed to have been stimulated by something and became a little crazy..."

Song Rui explained, "She got better later, but she was still in a daze and didn't communicate much with the outside world. She also didn't allow me to contact her parents. I had no choice but to send her to this sanatorium. The psychologist in charge of her treatment said that she had a huge knot in her heart that couldn't be untied..."

"Do you think she's obsessed with me?"

Zhou Wang raised an eyebrow.

"Well, this may not be what I think. If it is convenient, Zhou Wang, you can go up and take a look and you will know... Okay?"

Song Rui asked cautiously.

Zhou Wang was silent for a while, and finally sighed and glanced at Song Rui, "You really have good intentions for her. I hope she can wake up and realize who really cares about her."

"Oh, actually I've let it go. I'm helping her now just out of friendship, or maybe we're childhood friends. Her parents have done me a favor..."

Song Rui waved his hand.

"Oh?"

Zhou Wang glanced at Song Rui in surprise, and was somewhat surprised to see that the other party's expression did not seem fake.

The reason why the dogs are hateful and pitiful is that it is actually very difficult for the parties involved to wake up. Although Song Rui suffered a blow when he was in BSK in Hangzhou, he still had feelings for Cheng Yiyi. Zhou Wang felt this when they met in Beidu.

Maybe he thought he had let it go, but that was just an illusion he was deceiving himself.

But now, Song Rui really seems a little different.

"After that night, I finally understood that neither Cheng Yiyi nor Xu Jing was the right girl for me."

Song Rui smiled carefreely, "When Cheng Yiyi recovers, I plan to follow my parents' arrangements and return to Yangcheng to take over the family business. I will have several blind dates waiting for me by then. If nothing unexpected happens, I may get married at the beginning of the year. Zhou Wang, you must come by then. If it's not too much, you can be my best man..."

"No problem. I haven't been a best man yet. If you're quick enough, you can have my first time!"

"Hahaha, that's great!"

After the two of them laughed, Song Rui called the head nurse who was waiting at the door and asked her to take Zhou Wang upstairs. He then accompanied Qiu Zeyu, who was just there for the evening, to the reception room to drink tea and chat.

Zhou Wang looked at Song Rui with emotion, whose behavior had indeed matured a lot, and then followed the head nurse into the small building.

Zhou Wang walked all the way to the innermost room on the second floor. He chatted with the psychologist who was waiting there for a while. Then the psychologist opened the door of the room and made a "please" gesture to Zhou Wang.

"Mr. Zhou, Miss Cheng is generally very stable, so don't worry. I'm at the door. If you have anything, you can call me directly or press the service bell on the wall."

"OK, thanks."

Zhou Wang nodded at her and entered the ward.

The ward was not small, but perhaps because of the need for observation, the entire space was very spacious. Zhou Wang saw Cheng Yiyi as soon as he came in.

Cheng Yiyi, wearing a loose light blue hospital gown, was squatting next to the coffee table, concentrating on sketching something with a pencil. Even when someone came in, she didn't react much.

Zhou Wang didn't say anything, but just walked over silently and got closer. After seeing Cheng Yiyi's face clearly, Zhou Wang was slightly surprised.

It's only been a week since I last saw her, but Cheng Yiyi has obviously lost a lot of weight. She originally had an oval face, but now her chin has become even more pointed. Her facial features are pale without any makeup, and she looks delicate and quiet.

Although she looked very malnourished and lacked the vitality of a young girl's collagen, for some reason, the pale and frail Cheng Yiyi looked much more pleasing to the eye than before...

It was also the first time that Zhou Wang discovered that she was actually quite beautiful even without makeup.

Zhou Wang moved closer and saw clearly that she was indeed drawing, but the stroke style was very strange and did not look like the style of a sketch.

On her right hand side, there was a pile of finished paintings. Zhou Wang was stunned the moment his eyes shifted.

Only then did he understand why Song Rui was so sure that the cause of Cheng Yiyi's mental symptoms must be him...

It's him in the painting.

Or to be more precise, his portrait.

Cheng Yiyi obviously has some basic skills in art. Although her portrayal is not lifelike, she has 70% of Zhou Wang's charm.

As he looked at it, Zhou Wang felt something was not right. He could not help but reach out and pick up the top portrait. After taking a closer look, a look of shock flashed across Zhou Wang's eyes.

Because this portrait is made up of Chinese characters one by one. Zhou Wang had only seen this technique in short videos before, but he didn't expect that someone could actually do it in real life...

Of course, Zhou Wang was not an art student, so he didn’t know how difficult this was, but given that his name was densely packed on it, he was naturally shocked.

The eyes full of "Zhou Wang" formed his appearance.

Including the one Cheng Yiyi was painting, the pile of completed portraits were all of him.

Smiling Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang with raised eyebrows, Zhou Wang in deep thought, Zhou Wang full of vigor and vitality...

When Zhou Wang's mood became complicated and confusing, Cheng Yiyi finally noticed something and raised her head unhappily.

"Didn't I tell you not to touch me..."

Halfway through her speech, Cheng Yiyi lost her voice.

She stared blankly at Zhou Wang in front of her, her pupils a little out of focus for a moment.

"Zhou, Zhou Wang...is it really you?"

After a long while, Cheng Yiyi finally reacted with a trembling voice.

After Zhou Wang nodded, her eyes quickly turned red.

She hugged Zhou Wang's legs tightly, tears streaming down her face:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault... Woo, I'm sorry, Zhou Wang, can you please forgive me... please..."

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