Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 398: With two Aces in hand, not going all in at this point would be foolish.
Song Zhiyuan finished his morning work and heard the news that Lin Lang had returned.

He didn't contact Lin Lang immediately, since there wasn't much to say at the moment.

What he needs to do now is prepare the materials and then get Lin Lang to invest the money.

Of course, Lin Lang could also choose not to vote.

This is a matter of mutual consent.

Song Zhiyuan has already paid a heavy price for that project worth tens of billions.

The county has advanced a large sum of money for the demolition work of more than a dozen villages. It is still in the public announcement stage. It is expected that all the demolition tasks will be completed before August this year, clearing all obstacles for the project.

If we really want to talk, we can talk to Lin Lang in June.

There's definitely an element of gambling involved; after all, with such great potential, it's impossible to let him take it for free.

Regardless of the outcome, as long as Lin Lang is willing to invest money, he will still make a profit even if the project ultimately fails.

I ate a quick meal and returned to the office.

Looking back on my experiences over the past two months, and considering Kong Rui's eventual compromise, every step I took was difficult and involved a great deal of risk.

It's not a success yet; we'll have to wait until Tianshui Group completes its rectification, resumes normal operations, and new projects are finalized.

After struggling through a trivial obstacle, he looked back and saw that Lin Lang was already standing on the mountaintop.

Tianjin Capital before the Lunar New Year and Tianjin Capital after the Lunar New Year are completely different things.

Tianjin Capital, which had achieved some success before the Lunar New Year, was not optimistic overall, and its scale of hundreds of billions of yuan was facing disintegration.

In just two months after the Lunar New Year, Tianjin Capital completed a profound transformation.

The two new A-share funds have been launched steadily and have seen a strong expansion in scale. Tianjin Hybrid Selection has not only emerged from the shadows but has also reached a new level, while Tianjin Global Selection remains stable and strong as always.

Most importantly, the new Tianjin QDII fund has once again injected room for imagination into Tianjin Capital.

Tianjin Capital, with a current scale of over 300 billion yuan, has already joined the ranks of top public funds in just four months.

The difficulty involved is roughly equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang starting with a broken bowl and becoming emperor in just a few months.

What existed only in theory has been born before our eyes.

So strong!
Now, it's not just him; there are too many people who want to get to know Lin Lang and cooperate with him.

Ordinary people only know Yan Li, but the real big shots are studying Lin Lang; they have access to much more information.

The more Lin Lang kept hidden, the more valuable he became to those people.

It's essentially the same as stock trading. When a stock has quietly multiplied several times in value, and then suddenly becomes popular, it means that the stock's potential is almost exhausted and it's looking for someone to take over.

Lin Lang is like that stock, currently hiding his identity and secretly rising, unwilling to fully reveal it, which shows that he still has great confidence in himself and his potential is still very large.

This is undoubtedly the best time to enter the market.

However, even if Lin Lang keeps it hidden, Tianjin Capital has already grown to a very high level, and he already has quite a few people around him. Unless Lin Lang takes the initiative, others have very little chance.

Lin Lang himself gave others very little room to intervene, and in the blink of an eye he became a big shot.

Unless Tianjin Capital can grow to a trillion-yuan scale or even become the top public fund, no one will be willing to pay any price to get on board.

Just like a stock that starts from the bottom and has already risen three hundred times in a short period of time, how many people dare to bet that it can rise a thousand times or even two thousand times?

Lin Lang would never accept resources that guarantee a profit, as that would not benefit him.

Even if Tianjin Capital reaches a scale of 500 billion yuan after a period of time, there will still not be many companies that dare to enter the market with large resources.

Every stock investor has missed out on stocks that could increase tenfold, twentyfold, or even fiftyfold or one hundredfold.

They may have seen it when it was double or tripled, but they didn't dare to go in.

When the returns are tenfold or a hundredfold, you realize what you've missed.

Humans are inherently perfectionistic and risk-averse.

Even someone as daring as Song Zhiyuan wouldn't dare say that Lin Lang still had any potential at this point.

The potential to reach a trillion-dollar scale? Possibly! But a trillion-dollar scale is not so easy to sustain. A short-term surge is not very meaningful; being able to maintain it is truly impressive.

However, there are only two public funds in China that can maintain a stable scale of one trillion yuan. Both of them have extremely powerful backgrounds and have participated in countless investment projects across the country.

However, for Song Zhiyuan, he had no choice but to continue gambling. Coming to Tianshui County, a small county town, gave him no hope of turning his life around. So when he met Lin Lang, he had no choice but to go all in.

I glanced back at Lin Lang standing on the mountain and felt a little dazed.

He seems to be a character who doesn't belong in this world.

In addition to his previous work, Song Zhiyuan is now focusing on improving cultural tourism projects.

Cultural and tourism projects are designed to serve tourists, and even though there aren't many tourists now, Lin Lang has high expectations.

Road traffic, services, and the efficiency of various departments.

It means that Kong Rui compromised; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to do these things.

Kong Rui compromised simply because he knew that continuing the stalemate would be bad for everyone.

Similarly, he also took the opportunity to unleash all the pressure on Song Zhiyuan.

Song Zhiyuan recalled what Kong Rui had said to him before he compromised: "Old Song, Lin Lang won't stay in a small county. Our county has zero appeal to him. If you bet on him, you'll lose badly."

But Song Zhiyuan ignored it.

It's either win or lose; what's the point of not winning or losing?
Who would play a game where there's no winning or losing?

At least now he has a chance to win; before meeting Lin Lang, he would only lose.

It's like playing Texas Hold'em. If you have two Aces in your hand, it would be foolish not to go all in!

What is the official license plate behind it?

After the meal, he asked the driver to take him around the county town.

First, we checked the road conditions, and then we went to visit the various departments along the way.

He certainly wouldn't say anything to their faces, but he would write everything down and point out the problems during meetings.

……

"Is Teacher Li not too busy at school lately?"

Lin Lang met with Li Wanqing and chatted for a few minutes.

"I'm fine. How about you?"

Standing next to Lin Lang, Li Wanqing no longer had the imposing aura she had when they first met, and seemed much more approachable.

“I’m doing alright on my end, but it’s more important for you, Teacher Li. This year is a crucial year. Because once you start making real money, you won’t be able to continue being a teacher.”

Although Li Wanqing is currently selling products through live streaming, it is essentially a way to help farmers, and she herself is losing money.

Even if someone reports her, the education bureau won't care.

However, once she actually starts making money, there's nothing that can be done about it.

Li Wanqing nodded and said, "Yes, I'm ready to resign and will follow the company's arrangements."

"That's fine. Yunshang Media will definitely be willing to invest resources in you. However, to avoid any appearance of impropriety, it would be best if you set up your own studio and then have Yunshang Media transfer the contract to you. Your public image doesn't match that of a media company."

Contracts are meant to be binding, not burdensome.

Li Wanqing's persona is that of a conscientious teacher who will primarily focus on agricultural assistance projects and build her own brand of live-streaming e-commerce.

Back then, if someone had discovered that she had already signed with a media company, they would have subconsciously felt that her persona wasn't genuine, since media companies don't have a very good reputation.

Many online celebrities experience a significant decrease in fan cohesion and a narrowing of their audience after adopting the MCN (Multi-Channel Network) label.

Especially at the beginning, it is necessary to eliminate all possible negative effects. Once the persona of helping farmers and the brand of selling goods are established, it doesn't matter anymore.

"Oh, by the way, are you free at noon? I'd like to treat you to lunch to thank you for your help."

During this time, Li Wanqing learned from Lin Lang's cousin, Lin Li, about Lin Lang's mother's dissatisfaction with Yan Li and her intention to interfere in her son's marriage. After hearing this, Li Wanqing had some thoughts on the matter.

A person without ideas is not a normal person. Looking at the thousands of years of history of the county, there are very few people who can achieve what Lin Lang has in their twenties.

"Let's do it another day. I'll invite Teacher Yun along another day, and we can have a meal together."

"Okay. How long are you going to stay this time? Yi Yi should be due soon..."

"Is your due date approaching?"

"It should be in the last few days..."

"I'll make a call to ask later. I have something to do, so I'll go now. Teacher Li, you can continue with your work. I won't bother you any longer."

Lin Lang made an excuse and left the logistics center.

Not long after, Fu Xueqing also got into the car and said, "That Ms. Li was so pretty! How did you two meet?"

"Blind dates? She was the first blind date I went on after graduating from university."

"Huh? A blind date? Why would you have such a strange experience?"

"There was nothing I could do. Back then, nobody wanted me, and even after I went on blind dates, nobody wanted me..."

"Really? That Teacher Li didn't like you?"

"Nonsense, he's a Brahmin from a small town, okay? Back then, all I had was good looks. Isn't it normal that he looked down on me?"

"Not just handsome, he's incredibly handsome!"

"That's because money supports people!"

After Lin Lang finished speaking, he drove away.

There are many things to do today, and I must bring Fu Xueqing along, otherwise it will be complicated to explain things to her later.

Fu Xueqing sat in the passenger seat, thinking about what Lin Lang had just said.

Money supports people?
Indeed, ever since she found out I had money, my mom has been making up for all the care and consideration she had given me over the past twenty years.

But it was no use; she wasn't going to take out the money she had put in the Tianjin Mixed Premium Fund.

That was her bottom line; she was saving it for when she retired.

Do you think money can buy anything?

"Pretty much, it depends on how you use it."

There are definitely things that can't be bought, such as the innate love parents have for their children, but exceptions don't count.

And then there's Shen An'an...

As long as you don't cheat Shen An'an out of money, in Shen An'an's eyes you're a good person, and she's willing to lend you a lot. She doesn't care whether others are rich or poor; she thinks that if you can get along with someone, you're a good friend, and she'll do her best to help them.

For example, Shen An'an lent out all of Bing Ning's pocket money without hesitation, and didn't even intend to ask Bing Ning to pay it back.

"You already have a lot of money, is there anything you still want to do but haven't been able to?"

"Have."

"what?"

Lin Lang hesitated for a moment before saying, "To realize the great rejuvenation of China."

Fu Xueqing: "??????"

For Lin Lang, there were certainly things he wanted to do but couldn't.

For example, not sleeping with Shen An'an.

He actually quite liked Yan Li's initial attitude; she didn't treat him like a boyfriend, and he didn't treat her like a girlfriend either. That way, he could sleep with Shen An'an openly, and maybe even get married in a few years.

The Yan family acted too quickly and decisively.

Yan Keming mobilized almost all his resources to raise 20 billion yuan to support Tianjin Capital, while also strongly supporting him and Yan Li, and Yan Li's side actively cooperating in various ways.

Regardless of how much of Yan Li's actions are genuine or fake, she is gradually moving towards marriage.

At this moment, thinking about sleeping with Shen An'an made me feel a tiny bit guilty.

Plus, Shen An'an isn't taking the initiative anymore, so she should know I've replied...

In this respect, Lin Lang admitted that he was hypocritical, wanting both things while upholding basic human decency.

……

"An'an, are you home? Do you want to come over for lunch?"

At 11 o'clock, Bing Ning sent a message to Shen An'an.

Shen An'an quickly replied, "Sister Bing, I'd like to go, but my mom won't let me go out."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

“I…did something that worried them.”

"What's wrong? Did you secretly go on a date with Lin Lang?"

"How did you know, Sister Bing?"

"Huh? I was just guessing. You really went on a date with Lin Lang? That shouldn't be a big deal, right? Why don't your parents let you go out?"

Shen An'an: "It wasn't exactly with Lin Lang. It was just that yesterday, Lin Lang's mother suddenly left a message in the comments section of my account, asking if I wanted to be her daughter-in-law. I recognized her, so we chatted, and I met her yesterday morning."

"Oh? No wonder she wasn't home yesterday at noon. An'an, is it really such a coincidence? You're not lying to me, are you?"

"It really is... such a coincidence."

"That means your destiny has arrived. Otherwise, in this vast sea of ​​people, how could there be such a coincidence? What does my godmother think of you? Does she really like you?"

Ms. Xu told Bingning about these things after she went home last night. She only came today to test Shen An'an's opinion.

"I don't know, and I don't dare to ask."

"Why didn't you ask? Maybe it would have worked out."

"Sister Bing, I'm just not reconciled, you know? Actually, I know it's best for Lin Lang to be with my cousin, so everyone will be happy. If my family has any problems in the future, my uncle will definitely help, and if I have any problems, my cousin will also help. We can all live in harmony."

"Are you stupid? Everyone else is fine, what if you're the only one who isn't?"

"I'm fine, very fine... Although it's a pity that I can't be with Lin Lang, at least it proves that Lin Lang's family doesn't actually look down on me. I'm not unwanted because I'm disliked..."

“An’an, why do you think like that? If you’re with Lin Lang, you won’t lack money, and you can still keep the people around you harmonious.”

"I'm short of money, and I don't have any..."

"Lin Lang is rich. Yan Li is attracted to Lin Lang because she's interested in his earning power. No matter who Lin Lang is with, he'll always be a good earner."

After Bingning finished speaking, Shen An'an was silent for a moment before saying, "Yeah, that's true. He's really amazing. I don't know how he makes so much money..."

"Right, so once you're with him, his money is yours. You don't need to spend much of his money; at least it's your joint property as a couple, which is equivalent to you having money. As long as you have money, everyone will treat you kindly."

“It’s different. My cousin can help him a lot, but I can’t. I don’t know anything.”

"Lin Lang doesn't need anyone's help anymore."

"That won't work either. She helped us before, and my cousin invested so much in us. She's always been a very proud person. If Lin Lang leaves Tianjin Capital, Tianjin Capital will be finished. She definitely won't be able to accept such a big drop, and she might even want to commit suicide."

"So you thought of everyone else but not yourself, huh?"

"I did think about it, so I secretly went to meet his mother. I was a bit selfish, though, and I even went to tell Yan Li about it, which was a great way to vent my anger."

"????"

"Okay, Bingjie, just consider it my fault for being so useless. Please don't be angry. I'll come over for dinner at your place again in a few days when my parents are less strict."

Bingning: "..."

Goodness, they even thought of themselves while doing it.

Bing Ning couldn't quite describe her feelings. Perhaps she should have known long ago that Shen An'an was just this kind of person. She never took advantage of others and was always patient and gentle with everyone.

If someone is kind to her even a little, she'll try to get three, five, or even ten points in return.

So Bingning said, "Lin Lang is back. Don't you want to see him? If you do, I'll help you think of a way."

"Let's leave it for now..."

……

Shen An'an was chatting with Bing Ning while also chatting with Yan Li.

Just as she said, she embellished the story, saying that she had met Lin Lang's mother, that Lin Lang's mother liked her very much, and that she had invited her to visit her home.

Anyway, it wasn't exactly a lie. I did invite them, but not directly. Instead, I asked when they would be free to come over for a visit, or to have a meal and chat together.

Yan Li sent several question marks in a row.

Shen An'an sensed that she was in a hurry.

Then, the phone rang.

"Shen An'an, tell me honestly, what exactly did you do?"

After the call connected, Yan Li's questioning came through.

Shen An'an was in a good mood, finally managing to get back at her cousin.

He said, "I didn't do anything. It's just that Lin Lang's mother saw my video and thought I was great, and she really admires me..."

"and then?"

"Didn't I tell you? Then she invited me to her house. I was already getting ready to leave."

"No! You're not allowed to go!"

"I'll go, I'll go!"

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

Shen An'an was also very uneasy. If Yan Li could say a few words to her, it would prove that Yan Li was alright, at most just angry.

But Yan Li doesn't say anything now.

So, Shen An'an tentatively asked, "Are you getting anxious?"

After a moment of silence, Yan Li said, "Fine, go ahead. If you really end up together with Lin Lang, I'll wish you both well. Bye."

To Shen An'an, this seemingly casual remark was highly unusual.

Yan Li's mood plummeted to its lowest point.

She's such a proud and confident person, how could she do this?

So she immediately sent another message to Yan Li, asking, "Why does Lin Lang's mother want to find him a girlfriend? Aren't you two getting along very well? Both sets of parents have already met."

"I didn't ask anything. I brought this on myself. You should go now and not waste any more time."

"What did you do?" Shen An'an continued to ask.

"It's nothing, and it has nothing to do with you. An'an, you're actually a great person, and Lin Lang's family definitely prefers your type, so go ahead and do it without worry. Originally, my parents were going to go and talk to Lin Lang's parents about the engagement and marriage, but I stopped them from going. There are a lot of girls pursuing Lin Lang, so you must seize this opportunity, okay?"

"No, what exactly did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, don't ask."

"If you hadn't told me, I really would have gone..."

"????"

It was only then that Shen An'an realized the problem.

At the same time, he opened a chat window with Bing Ning and asked, "Sister Bing, did my cousin do something that offended Lin Lang's mother?"

"A little bit."

"What's wrong? Tell me about it..."

"Actually, it's not so much that she offended him, it's just that my godmother is uneasy. You see, Lin Lang has been making money for Tianjin Capital, and Yan Li takes the lion's share of Tianjin Capital's profits. Yet, she's been using contraception for so long with Lin Lang. There are so many cases of marriage fraud these days, even in our neighborhood. Some people who directly scam money are one thing, but the worst part is that some people get married and then keep delaying having children, waiting until they've squandered all the family's money before getting a divorce..."

"Uh uh uh……"

"Think about it, what if Lin Lang stops making money one day? Lin Lang and Yan Li won't even have a child, and he'll be kicked out. What's the point of Lin Lang's hard work then?"

"That seems to make sense, but although my cousin is quite pragmatic, she's definitely not that kind of person."

“But my godmother doesn’t dare to gamble. It’s clearly an advantage for her, so why would she put all her bets on Yan Li? Even if Yan Li doesn’t abandon Lin Lang, she’s still unwilling to have a child when she needs Lin Lang now. In the future, when she no longer needs Lin Lang to help her make money, with her career-oriented nature, she’ll be even less likely to have a child.”

"This……"

Shen An'an thought about it and realized it was indeed possible.

Although she was always being manipulated by Yan Li, she also understood Yan Li.

Yan Li has absolutely no interest in having children!
"So, An'an, you still have a lot of hope, please don't give up, okay?"

Shen An'an received another message from Bing Ning.

After a brief moment of thought, Shen An'an replied, "Sister Bing, could you come to my house tomorrow and take me out?"

(End of this chapter)