Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Chapter 740: Using both hard and soft tactics to dominate the entertainment industry (3)

When Han Renyi returned home to see Han Er and the two father and son started to discuss Li Shuo, Xu Yike also walked into Shuoguo Manor and knocked on the door of the side hall on the first floor.

After hearing the voice of "come in" from inside, Xu Yike pushed the door open and saw Li Shuo sitting at a small desk facing the garden outside. There were drinks and cakes on the side table on the right, and Zhang Yuyan was standing beside the side table serving him.

Alas, Zhang Yuyan isn't much prettier than me. I'm even the campus beauty of Fudan University. What about her? She's just a salesperson. How could she become the housekeeper of Shuoguo Manor?

Seeing this scene, Xu Yike felt sad:

She is the campus belle of Fudan University, a talented woman with cold literary talent. She also gave SK Princess Cui Yunzhen, who was studying abroad at Fudan University, to Li Shuo. She always felt that what she did for Li Shuo was enough to make her the most favored woman, or at least "one of" him.

However, when Li Shuo went to South Korea, he did not take her with him as she had been on a business trip there before. As a result, she had not seen Li Shuo for a long time - well, she had not even seen him, so naturally there was no possibility of him favoring her.

"Boss, I'm back"

After entering the house, Xu Yike calmed down and reported with his head down.

"Yike, why are you so reserved? Come, sit here..."

Li Shuo smiled and waved at her. Seeing him pointing at his thigh, Xu Yike instantly felt inexplicably happy. The corners of her mouth unconsciously cracked. As she walked over, she said, "Boss, you haven't come to see me for such a long time. Of course, I don't dare to have any other extravagant hopes. So I have to behave properly in front of you..."

"What about now? No need to posturing?"

Li Shuo pinched her pointed chin, teasing her while sighing in his heart: As the campus belle of Fudan University, Xu Yike is really beautiful and charming. The key is that her previous style was very bold, so she has a seductive aura, which is quite lethal to men.

But there are gains and losses: Xu Yike has a wild temperament and strong abilities because she has experienced a lot in the past, so she is naturally not as good as those goldfish who "sacrifice their blood" to Li Shuo.

But then again, if Xu Yike continues to demonstrate exceptional ability to get things done and is valuable to Li Shuo in other ways, then she will naturally be highly favored.

"Hehe, as long as Boss still likes me, I can do anything..."

"Come, give me a kiss..."

"Boom~"

Zhang Yuyan, who was standing behind Li Shuo, was not surprised by this. Even when Xu Yike was hugging Li Shuo and kissing him madly, she lowered the curtain of the floor-to-ceiling window on the side: there was a large garden outside, and gardeners would occasionally pass by. It would not be good to let those servants see a corner of the Heavenly Palace.

But this time Zhang Yuyan misunderstood. It had been three days since Li Shuo returned to Lenghai. He had been working non-stop during these three days. Although he could not compete in three or five battles a day like before and had tasted nearly ten abalones in total, he had no time to rest. On average, he had two to three battles a day. Moreover, there was a very important person in the evening, and he had to save enough energy to deal with him.

Patting Xu Yike on the head to make her stand up straight, Li Shuo turned the topic back to the real thing: "In your opinion, is Han Renyi ready?"

Before sending Xu Yike to meet Han Renyi, Li Shuo had naturally informed her of his thoughts and purpose.

Xu Yike thought for a moment and said, "Han Renyi is just an ordinary person, and he has reached retirement age. He doesn't have much desire to fight. When I first met him, I could see that he had already surrendered..."

"Later, I closely followed the movements of Huale Newspaper and discovered that Han Renyi had begun posting comments supporting X on Weibo and engaging in a verbal battle with Zhang Yi. By then, Han Renyi was completely out of the question, so near the end of the day, I approached him and revealed your intentions for the first time..."

Li Shuo nodded and asked, "What about Han Er? Do you think he will take the bait?"

This time, Xu Yike wasn't sure. She shook her head and said, "I've never met Han Er, but I've heard he's famous and stubborn. He doesn't seem easily influenced by the outside world, especially not by the powerful... That's the public's inherent impression of him. So, he shouldn't be that easily persuaded, right?"

Li Shuo smiled and shook his head: "No, Han Er may not yield to the powerful people in other regions, but when he sees my olive branch, he will definitely respond quickly..."

Xu Yike blinked: "Why?"

"Because he still has to make a living in Lenghai..."

As Li Shuo smiled, Zhang Yuyan leaned forward, placed her tablet in front of the two of them, and reported, "Boss, Han Er retweeted the Chinese Music Newspaper's Weibo post titled 'Adapted Songs Are Also Original'..."

Xu Yike took a closer look and whispered, "He just forwarded it, without commenting..."

That is, no comments were expressed.

Li Shuo snapped his fingers and praised, "As expected of one of the Four Young Masters, he's quite clever. Although he's most likely going to lean towards Shuo Guo, you only sent him a message through Han Renyi, and he hasn't even met me. So, naturally, this guy has to be a little reserved..."

Xu Yike stood up: "I'll go see him now!"

"No rush, let him be reserved for now. Don't forget, I've prepared three 'set meals' for Han Renyi!"

In the plan that Li Shuo gave to Xu Yike, Han Renyi would be treated with both kindness and force three times, but it was only done twice today.

Xu Yike's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, I'll go prepare for the third pressure now!"

……

Near dusk, Li Qinghe drove an inconspicuous seven-seater Mercedes-Benz business car. Li Shuo changed into a low-key outfit, wearing sunglasses and a hat, and got into the car. Then the Mercedes-Benz business car drove smoothly all the way to a magnificent building.

Even Li Shuo, looking at the building's facade that seemed to be painted with gold, was still very surprised and exclaimed: "How could Xiao Mi, such a low-key person, think of buying a house here?"

Li Qinghe, who was sitting in the front row, knew that this was Boss's own sentiment, so he chimed in, "Is this place famous? I only just learned about this luxurious residential complex in Lenghai after receiving information from Secretary Zhang before bringing you here. Besides, this kind of luxurious complex should have good security and privacy..."

Yes, these days luxury houses have just been launched for sale, so how would ordinary people know what Tan Palace is or what Tangchen 1pin is!

Li Shuo felt relieved at the thought. He chatted with a smile, "This place is called Tomson 1st Floor. It's a super-luxury property that's been selling for 20 yuan per square meter. The minimum unit size here is 488 square meters, and there are many mansions over a thousand square meters. So, a house here, well, the starting price is at least 1 million yuan..."

"What? So expensive!" Li Qinghe clicked his tongue.

"Is it expensive? That's for ordinary wealthy people. As for Yang Xiaomi, it's because of the rumor that she lives here that Tomson One can boast a sky-high price of 1 yuan per square meter upon its initial launch! So, what price do you think the developer will offer Yang Xiaomi?"

"Um, I really don't know..."

"I'm curious too. I'll ask for you later..."

"Okay, thank you, Boss..."

While they were chatting, the Mercedes-Benz business car was stopped at the security booth. Fortunately, Li Qinghe had countless experiences in and out of high-end residential areas. From the beginning, he fiercely told the security guard that he was the driver and the guests were behind him. Meanwhile, Li Shuo also called Yang Xiaomi, who said cheerfully, "Wait a minute, I'll call the security booth..."

All this was normal until the security guard received a call and saluted Li Shuo in the back row outside:

"Hello, distinguished owner of Tomson 1st Floor, welcome home!"

……

"Welcome to our new home, great talent!"

The car entered smoothly and was parked directly in the garage. Xu Xiaosa stood early in the garage passage and opened his arms towards Li Shuo.

Li Shuo smiled and took her into his arms, saying as they walked: "How come I didn't know that I became the owner of Tomson 1st Floor?"

Xu Xiaosa teased, "Of course you don't know, this is something our big star spent a fortune to buy for you to please his idol..."

"Wow, if it was the Tomson 1st-grade mansion Yang Xiaomi gave me, I would be fine even if I could just accompany her every day..."

Xu Xiaosa didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, so he just took it literally and said with a smile: "Xiao Mi wants you to accompany her every day, but it's unlikely that you can accompany her every day..."

Li Shuo laughed and asked what was going on. Xu Xiaosa then repeated it in a low voice.

The security guard called Li Shuo the owner because Yang Xiaomi registered the property in both her and Li Shuo's names.

This is a means to deal with special situations, such as celebrities protecting their privacy and needing to obtain school district housing quotas. Yang Xiaomi is naturally the former. Her ability to live here has already advertised Tangchen No. 1 among the wealthy group, and confusing the name on the real estate certificate is because she hopes that the fact that she lives here will not be known to followers and middle and lower-level people.

In short, the complex thoughts contained in just the name of a real estate certificate are enough to write a book!

Li Shuo naturally didn't care about this. While he was listening, he asked Xu Xiaosa to take him to the elevator. This was a single-family elevator that went directly to Xiao Mi's new home. So when the elevator stopped and Li Shuo walked out, he saw Yang Xiao Mi standing in front of him. He grinned and said,

"Sister Mi, you've already used my name, yet you only keep a tiny share of the property? If this gets out, people will think I'm stingy. I should have given you the house as a gift, yet you kept a little bit for yourself!"

This was the first time the two had met since she and her bestie Xu Xiaosa had served Li Shuo together. Although Yang Xiaomi had a lot of things to do, for a man and a woman who had just become intimate, the time apart was really too long!

Therefore, it was not Yang Xiaomi who informed Li Shuo about the move to a new house, but she "hinted" to her best friend Xu Xiaosa. And because Xu Xiaosa was closer to Li Shuo, she directly told him "Xiao Mi bought a new house, you come over tonight"...

"Huh? What?"

Facing Li Shuo's nonchalant and seemingly joking words, Yang Xiaomi was confused and angry, gritting her teeth in her heart: This guy, how dare he pretend that nothing happened, after you did that with me... you actually ran to the capital to meet Li Shaohong who was trying to control me, and attended her banquet, and during the whole process, you didn't communicate a single word to me!

You, are you still my boyfriend?

Just as Yang Xiaomi was about to say this, Li Shuo looked around and smacked his lips, saying, "This place is very empty..."

Yang Xiaomi rolled her eyes and said coldly, "Every apartment in Tomson 1st Floor has a private elevator, so the corridor and entrance are all your own space. The large space here is to leave space for subsequent decoration!"

"Oh I got it!"

Li Shuo glanced at her and could naturally sense Yang Xiaomi's emotional state of "hurry up and comfort me, can't you see I'm angry?" However, "Woman, you've already put the house in my name, do you still need to be comforted?"

He walked forward, passed through the decorative automatic glass doors, and entered the living room. "Tsk, this place is not decorated at all? There's only a sofa in the living room?"

Seeing the awkward atmosphere between the two, Xu Xiaosa couldn't help but smile and leaned forward and said, "This was a gift from the developer... The house Xiao Mi bought is actually similar to Qingshui's, it just has a little hard decoration. Brother Shuo, this is a great opportunity for you to express your feelings!"

Yang Xiaomi curled her lips: "Xiao Sa, what a rotten idea! I'm not satisfied with the developer's soft furnishing styles, how can I let someone else decorate for me!"

"Tsk, Brother Shuo isn't a developer. What he can give you, no one else can give you, right..."

As a close friend, Xu Xiaosa knows how to manipulate Yang Xiaomi. She has no shortage of career and wealth, but Li Shuo has opened a gap in her relationship, and it has not been filled for a while, so her words and deeds have begun to contain dirty jokes...

Yang Xiaomi understood instantly. Just when she was feeling embarrassed and angry, Li Shuo popped up again: "Yes, I promise to satisfy Sister Mi!"

"Tsk, what can satisfy me about you? No, I'm not satisfied with anything about you..."

"Haha, really? Oh, Sister Mi, I miss you so much. This time when I was on a business trip, I dreamed about my eldest sister Mi Mi almost every night..."

Li Shuo's timing was perfect, so with just one sentence, he broke the tense atmosphere. Yang Xiaomi's defense was broken, and she felt embarrassed and angry, but she could no longer keep a cold face...

"Go to hell, I don't believe it! I only heard that you went to Beijing to sleep with celebrities and school beauties, and even became a potential emerging creative artist. X, what a big name!"

"Haha, others may not know me, but Sister Mi, how can you not know me?"

"Pfft, what are you describing..."

"Sister Mi, why are you blushing? I was naturally describing the song 'Love Offering' that I wrote for you..."

What they said was much more serious than what they actually did, because the three of them hadn't seen each other for a long time.

The luxury homes at Tomson 1st Floor were practically bare-bones. Yang Xiaomi's apartment simply had ample space for her personal customization, as the developer had left her with ample space. In reality, the bathroom, yoga room, and audio-visual room were meticulously furnished...