Chapter 299 - 240: Exactly to Her Liking

Chapter 299: Chapter 240: Exactly to Her Liking

"Don’t tell me you already knew that Prince Heng was our group’s Chairman Gu?"

Zhou Shuo turned his head, looking at Zhao Huai’s completely "calm" face, and asked in surprise.

"First, let me correct you on something."

"Looking at me right now, how can you possibly use the word ’calm’?"

"This is clearly the stillness of death, for fuck’s sake!"

After speaking, Zhao Huai suddenly raised his hand and slapped his own right cheek several times.

"Dammit!"

"I have such a damn big mouth!"

"No wonder I felt a chill run down my spine after I said all that!"

"It turns out the man himself was right behind me!"

Zhao Huai looked as if he’d lost the will to live. Meanwhile, prompted by his outburst, Zhou Shuo and Tao Yan remembered what he had said during the stream and burst into thunderous laughter.

While laughing, Zhou Shuo teased, "Old Zhao, if Chairman Gu says his relationship with those seven female influencers is completely innocent, are you really going to livestream yourself eating a pound of it?"

"Get lost!"

"Why do you have to bring that up!"

"So annoying!"

Zhao Huai was getting a little testy.

Many of the behind-the-scenes staff present today had all been on the same team at Qingcheng Entertainment. They had known each other for years, forming deep bonds of friendship. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been unified enough to all jump ship to Xingchuan International Group together.

Qingcheng Entertainment’s rabid, dog-like retaliation today had truly shaken them. Knowing Xie Baoquan, they were sure his actions meant he was genuinely enraged.

Now, their team and Xingchuan Entertainment were in the same boat.

They would sink or swim together.

If Xingchuan Entertainment couldn’t withstand the pressure and collapsed, their team probably wouldn’t be far from disbanding.

However, none of them had expected such a dramatic turn of events during their group streaming debut today. Qingcheng Entertainment, which had been retaliating like a mad dog, was suddenly wagging its tail and begging for mercy.

It wasn’t until Feng Ming announced the news that it all clicked. They instantly understood why Qingcheng Entertainment had done a complete one-eighty.

Prince Heng was Chairman Gu of Xingchuan International Group.

Based on the immense financial power their Chairman Gu had displayed by lavishly spending seventy million in one night, crushing Qingcheng Entertainment would be as easy as crushing an ant.

When you’re trying to make it, it’s all about who’s backing you.

Now that they had suddenly discovered their backer was such a titan, they were naturally thrilled and overjoyed, and they felt even more optimistic about Xingchuan Entertainment’s future.

In the center of the room, Lin Qingge froze for a moment when she heard what Feng Ming said.

’So...’

’Prince Heng really is Gu Heng.’

Lin Qingge hadn’t expected her guess to be right.

Thinking about the legend Prince Heng had left in the streaming world, and the romantic dalliances rumored between him and those influencers with millions of followers, she suddenly felt that the already mysterious Gu Heng was now shrouded in yet another layer of intrigue, sparking in her an endless desire to uncover his secrets.

"Huh?"

"Prince Heng is Chairman Gu!"

"Doesn’t that mean the votes Prince Heng just bought were just for show?"

Huang Yaqin was surprised that Lin Qingge had actually been right. The thought that Lin Qingge might end up with nothing made her feel a faint, irrepressible sense of glee.

Hearing Huang Yaqin, Feng Ming gave a noncommittal smile. He clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention and announced loudly, "Our Xingchuan Entertainment group streaming debut today was a huge success! The group’s Chairman Chu and Chairman Gu have decided to treat everyone to a late-night meal, which will serve as our victory celebration."

"We’ll gather in front of the main entrance to the group’s building in twenty minutes!"

"The company will provide transportation tonight. We’re going to Sushi Yun Omakase for our late-night meal, and it’s all-you-can-eat, no limits on anything!"

"Chairman Gu’s treat, Chairman Chu is paying!"

As Feng Ming finished speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers.

Even Zhou Shuo and the others, who had only recently arrived in Beichun, had heard of the famous Sushi Yun Omakase. It was the only Japanese restaurant in the entire Three Eastern Provinces to make it onto the 2024 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, which had just been released by Uber Eats this year.

Even before it made the guide, Sushi Yun Omakase was fully booked every day. After being listed this year, it was even more packed. To get a reservation on a normal weekday, you had to book at least a week in advance, never mind weekends or holidays.

"But at this hour..."

Hearing there was a late-night meal, and at such a renowned high-end restaurant in Beichun no less, Meng Peishan instantly felt her fatigue vanish. As she scrambled up from the floor, she muttered, "Shouldn’t Sushi Yun Omakase be closed by now? Can we still go?"

"Chairman Gu is the chairman of Zhen Cui Group."

"And Sushi Yun Omakase is a restaurant under Zhen Cui Group."

Just as the other girls were wondering the same thing, Lin Qingge quietly filled them in on Gu Heng’s identity.

The moment Lin Qingge said this, the other girls’ gazes all converged on her again, their expressions unreadable.

"Qingge, you knew Chairman Gu before this?"

Huang Yaqin asked tentatively.

"I did."

Lin Qingge smiled and nodded.

Hearing Lin Qingge admit it herself, Huang Yaqin and the others recalled their chairman’s various actions from earlier, and their minds started racing.

As if completely oblivious to the shifting expressions on Huang Yaqin’s and the others’ faces, Lin Qingge turned and walked toward the side of the room. She picked up her personal belongings, preparing to go upstairs and change her clothes.