Chapter 130: Do You Have a Dream? Mount Zhong Golf

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If Ke Gaojun had agreed earlier, Cheng Yao would not have minded acquiring it.

But since he refused, Cheng Yao would not be giving him a friendly reception either.

You may turn up your nose at fifteen million now, but in the future, you will not even be worthy of reaching for fifteen million!

Chen Xingyan held her cocktail and glanced at Qin Haoran. “You’re trying to bring someone like him into the group too?”

“How was I supposed to know…”

“You’re sticking your nose in far too much. Let them resolve their own affairs. What are you getting involved for? You’ve only made things awkward for him…”

Qin Haoran opened his mouth, looking first at Chen Xingyan and then at Cheng Yao.

You two…

When did your relationship become so good? We’ve known each other for so long, and you’re actually taking his side?

Qin Haoran shot Cheng Yao a resentful look and drank his liquor gloomily.

Impossible. Chen Xingyan hated pretty boys most of all.

Although Cheng Yao sang well, he absolutely was not her type…

Thinking of this, Qin Haoran breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, several beautifully dressed young women came over. Cheng Yao’s earlier song had attracted a new group of admirers to the quiet bar.

“Handsome, may I get to know you?” the young woman asked with a sweet smile.

Cheng Yao set down his glass, extended his hand, and smiled. “Cheng Yao, Capital University of Finance and Economics.”

“My name is Han Yingxue, from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.” Han Yingxue smiled as she shook his hand.

Lin Sujiao and Chen Xingyan exchanged a glance. Neither found it surprising. A handsome man who sang well was bound to be popular.

Besides, someone like Cheng Yao was probably extremely popular at school too, wasn’t he?

Cheng Yao chatted with her for a few moments, then exchanged contact information.

He turned to Qin Haoran. “You really do have a lot of beautiful girls here.”

Qin Haoran snapped, “Damn it, I regret this. I’ve let a wolf into the house!”

“I regret bringing Cheng Yao here too. Hahaha…” Lin Sujiao gloated.

They stayed until nine. Since Cheng Yao could no longer drive, he sent Lu Mengyao a message and asked her to come pick him up.

There were fewer cars on the road now, and it would also give her some practice.

After leaving the quiet bar, Cheng Yao had only drunk a little champagne, so he was perfectly fine. He took a deep breath of the fresh air and called Wang Yiming.

He explained the situation and told him to contact the influencers under Six Dynasties Entertainment as soon as possible, striving to seize the position of Jinling’s top influencer.

He could afford to throw money at the problem.

Half an hour later, an azure-blue Porsche 911 appeared at Xinjiekou, drawing the attention of young people on the street.

Its color and appearance alike made it impossible to overlook.

When the car stopped at the intersection, Cheng Yao opened the door and got in. Lu Mengyao asked with a smile, “I’m not late, am I?”

“I figured you should be here by now. It isn’t far.”

“I wasn’t driving slowly.”

Lu Mengyao was wearing a skirt and looked exceptionally pure and lovely.

Cheng Yao lowered the window and rested his arm against it. “Come with me tomorrow to look at some villas?”

“Where?”

“Zhongshan Golf.”

Among Jinling’s villa communities, there were Zhongshan Golf, Imperial Garden, Rose Green City, and several developments built in traditional Chinese styles. But the most famous was still Zhongshan Golf.

Nestled at the foot of Purple Mountain, in the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it was a natural oxygen haven.

Lu Mengyao’s eyes lit up. “Sure. Zhongshan Golf is incredibly expensive.”

“I know.”

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“You said before that you wanted a garage. Don’t tell me you’re buying a villa just because of a garage?”

Cheng Yao nodded lightly. “Villas offer more privacy. I still plan to develop my career in Jinling.”

If he became a director, he could go to Universal Studios in the capital city. He would need to buy a place there as well. It would also be more convenient for Zhang Ya, and Lin Ketong would probably be going there soon too.

Lin Ketong was currently waiting for an opportunity. He had already asked Zheng Yuechan to keep an eye out for scripts. Anything would do, good or bad. Even a web drama would be fine for a beauty said to appear only once in several thousand years.

After all, this was the age of celebrity traffic. Acting ability was not the deciding factor.

Cheng Yao did not expect Lin Ketong to be a particularly good actress. As long as her smile looked natural, that alone would make her perfect.

“Lu Mengyao…”

“Hmm!?”

Hearing him call her by her full name, Lu Mengyao felt a little uneasy, assuming something had happened.

Instead, his next question left her utterly confused.

Cheng Yao asked with a smile, “Do you have a dream?”

“?”

Lu Mengyao replied irritably, “I don’t have any grand dreams. Financial freedom is what I’m after. Lying flat and enjoying life is genuinely wonderful right now. Why?”

“I’m planning to invest in some films and establish a company. Do you want to become a celebrity?”

“A celebrity… me?”

Lu Mengyao was deeply astonished. The word “celebrity” seemed impossibly distant to her. Just a month ago, she had been an ordinary second-year university student.

Her only real advantage was her beauty. In every other respect, she had no particular strengths at all…

She did not think she was capable of becoming a celebrity.

“Of course. Do you want to become one?”

“A celebrity? I’m not especially interested. If someone already had plenty of money, why would they still want to become famous…”

Cheng Yao shook his head. “No one ever feels they have too much money. And your social status would be different too. You’d have everyone fawning over you. If you’re interested, tell me, and I’ll arrange roles for you later.”

“You’re going to be a director?”

Lu Mengyao’s expression turned strange. If Cheng Yao became a director, she was afraid he might end up filming things that could never be released.

Cheng Yao was both amused and exasperated. “I mean proper web dramas or films. Well, I can’t exactly say ‘proper’—just normal productions. What kind of look is that?”

When they returned to Cloud Mansion halfway up the mountain, Lu Mengyao’s face was flushed.

Cheng Yao sat in the driver’s seat and backed the car into the garage for her.

“You can’t park in either of the two spaces?”

“I’m just not very familiar with it yet. I can get it in there, but it’ll be a little crooked…”

“Let’s go.”

Lu Mengyao locked the car and followed him into the elevator.

Once they entered the house and closed the door, Cheng Yao rubbed her head. Lu Mengyao crouched down in embarrassment and grievance…

Before they knew it, it was already half past eleven.

[Your intimacy with your “Cultivated Girlfriend,” Lu Mengyao, has reached ninety. You have received one “Matchmaker’s Red Thread.”]

Lu Mengyao took a bath while Cheng Yao wiped down the piano, the coffee table, and the sofa with a cloth. He even wiped the balcony floor.

The atmosphere in the house was warm and cozy. Late that night, Cheng Yao asked, “How did the auto show endorsement go?”

“The domestic car brand was pretty good, and the endorsement fee was generous too. But when I was leaving, the owner gave me a business card. I threw it in the trash.

“These days, a lot of those bosses look respectable on the surface, but underneath, most of them are old lechers.”

Lu Mengyao did not hold back when chatting with Cheng Yao.

Cheng Yao merely smiled without comment. That was simply how society was. It proved that Lu Mengyao was indeed very attractive.

In reality, the higher a woman’s status, the more excited and accomplished the man who possessed her would feel.

It was not limited to car-show endorsements. Even her everyday outfits attracted attention.

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Lu Mengyao’s greatest talent was styling herself.

And it was not only Lu Mengyao. Many advertisers had also approached Liu Hanyue to endorse everyday products, such as facial cleansers and the like…

Before long, Lu Mengyao fell asleep.

Cheng Yao, meanwhile, thought about his plans for the future. Making Shengxia Entertainment the number-one entertainment company in Jinling would not be difficult. After that would come the entertainment industry, the esports scene, and every other circle he could enter, gradually merging them into one enormous enterprise.

By then, he would certainly possess the most basic level of social status.

That night, Cheng Yao thought about many things.

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The next day, after breakfast, Cheng Yao did not go to school.

Wang Yiming called with good news. Several anchors from Royal Entertainment who had not been paid had chosen to switch companies. Their previous contracts had naturally become void.

Since their wages had been withheld, they were not required to fulfill the conditions of those contracts in the first place…

In only one morning, six female anchors from Royal Entertainment had gone over to Shengxia Entertainment.

Most importantly, an influencer whom Ke Gaojun had personally cultivated, one with four million followers, had also refused to renew her contract when it expired…

The situation drove Ke Gaojun into a furious rage.

He even mentioned Cheng Yao directly in the group chat, but Cheng Yao ignored him completely. Instead, he sent Wang Yiming a message telling him to intensify their efforts.

Shengxia Entertainment gradually gained a reputation in Jinling’s entertainment circle. It had quite a few livestreamers under contract, including several with five or six million followers, and its operations were excellent as well.

Jinling’s circle was small to begin with, and Cheng Yao became well-known within it too.

For a while, people throughout the circle began asking who this sudden newcomer was…

At the same time, Cheng Yao arrived at a sales center. He had arranged to view villas at Zhongshan Golf with a sales consultant.

Wearing sunglasses and clean, simple clothes, with an expensive Patek Philippe on his wrist, he looked neat and understatedly luxurious.

“Mr. Cheng, welcome, welcome.”

“We need to verify my assets, correct?”

“Yes, yes. The required proof of funds is fifty million.”

Cheng Yao had purchased property before and knew the procedure, so he handed over his bank card. Thanks to the confidentiality regulations surrounding his special ability, he had no fear of his personal information being leaked.

He sat calmly on the sofa and drank a beverage while Lu Mengyao ate dessert and took a photograph for her social media feed. Naturally, Cheng Yao did not appear in the picture.

The experience of viewing a villa was completely different from buying an ordinary home.

After the asset verification was complete, the sales consultant respectfully led the two of them into a Bentley Continental GT and drove them toward the villa community.

The consultant, Cai Xiaosheng, explained, “Mr. Cheng, the villas in our current phase are priced at one hundred and twenty thousand per square meter. The largest residences are over seven hundred square meters, valued at more than seventy-four million. They come with temperature-controlled swimming pools, gardens, and private luxury garages…”

The development had a total of eighty-two residences. Property management fees were six and a half per square meter, and the landscaping coverage was sixty-three percent. These were the most luxurious residences in Jinling.

The only drawback was that they were delivered unfinished, meaning he would still need to find a renovation team.

Cheng Yao did not mind an unfinished property. He would not be moving in anytime soon anyway. A villa like this could not possibly be fully renovated in less than a year or two. Even with high efficiency, attention had to be paid to every detail and technical requirement.

Lu Mengyao sat beside him, secretly clicking her tongue. A villa costing more than seventy million was still unfinished. After renovation, wouldn’t it cost over a hundred million?

“Mr. Cheng, we also have an agreement with Bentley. Customers who purchase a luxury villa here will receive a Bentley Continental luxury coupe, the same model we’re sitting in now. It’s exceptionally comfortable, and its market value is around five million.”

“Bentley. This is a fine car…”

Sitting inside, Cheng Yao found it even more comfortable than his Mercedes-Benz E300 coupe. It was only missing a driver.

As for a driver, he would have one in the future.

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P.S. I’m celebrating the holiday at my mother-in-law’s house today and didn’t have time to write. I’ll make up for it after I get up.