"Actually." Wen Shui hesitated for a moment but still decided to walk over to Chen Yiyang and said,

"Boss, you should really consider our team. My teammates are all very strong; it's just me holding us back. But I think I'm still redeemable. I promise I'll be more stable this year."

"Wen Shui," Zeng Hai called out, fearing that Chen Yiyang might get angry because of Wen Shui's actions.

"It's okay." Chen Yiyang said earnestly to Wen Shui, "I believe in you."

"So, Mr. Chen, have you decided to invest in our club?" Zeng Hai looked at Chen Yiyang with joy upon hearing this.

"Yes, I've decided. I'm going to buy the whole club. If there are any debts the club needs to repay soon, I'll settle those first.

As for the other money, I'll transfer it to the club's account monthly. Also, let's hire back the cleaning and cooking ladies so that the players can eat healthily."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Zeng Hai hurriedly thanked him.

"Thank you, Brother Chen, for believing in us." Wen Shui also bowed to express gratitude.

Since Chen Yiyang was willing to invest, Zeng Hai quickly called the club's current owner over.

This was a typical rich second-generation kid who hurriedly tried to reform the club upon taking over, which led to the club's financial collapse.

After making a mess, he hid and didn't want to resolve the issue. When he heard Chen Yiyang was willing to buy the club, he rushed back to sign the contract with Chen Yiyang to unload the club's burden as soon as possible.

Zeng Hai had prepared the contract for the sale of the club a long time ago, waiting for a boss willing to take over.

So once Chen Yiyang agreed, Zeng Hai presented the contract for him to review.

Chen Yiyang looked over the contract content and found no issues. It stated that Chen Yiyang would buy the club from the original owner for one RMB.

At the same time, Chen Yiyang would also inherit the club's current debts.

"The club is yours now," said the original owner after signing the contract, tossing the pen and leaving that comment to Chen Yiyang.

Damn, it's clearly like I spent millions buying this; how is it called a gift to me?

Chen Yiyang was somewhat displeased by the original owner's attitude.

But later that night, he still paid out of pocket to treat everyone at the club to a meal.

"To our new boss," Zeng Hai, ever amiable, prompted the others to toast to Chen Yiyang.

"Just have a little so it doesn't interfere with your training," Chen Yiyang indicated they should just go through the motions.

Then he also mingled and talked with others in the club.

The top laner was Jiang Cheng, tall but not very talkative. Chen Yiyang always felt his gaze was cold, a bit like a martial arts novel's expert swordsman.

The mid-laner, slightly chubby, was called Xiao Yang, and he looked a bit like the famous star Song Yijin. It was rumored in the club that he came as a bonus with the former jungler's purchase.

However, right now, he's the strongest on the team and is fondly referred to by the fans as the dean. Meaning, besides him, the team is all game-playing noobs that drag their teammates down.

Still, he remains loyal to the team, clearly a person of character.

The jungler, Wang Ning, is a very confident person. For some reason, despite moving from AD to the jungle, he still has strong confidence in his abilities.

The support, on the other hand, is somewhat shy, complementing the jungler's personality. Considering the recent emphasis on jungle-support synergy in Dota Alliance, these two pair well together.

"I won't say much more," Chen Yiyang didn't want to give any lengthy speeches, directly saying to everyone present, "In the future, you just need to focus on the competitions; I'll handle the finances."

Everything was perfect. The only imperfect thing was that after the gathering ended, a drunk Zeng Hai wouldn't let go of Chen Yiyang.

"Boss, I'm so grateful to you today. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what to do."

"Hmm-hmm, keep the gratitude in your heart." Chen Yiyang patted Zeng Hai and then gestured for Wen Shui to pull Zeng Hai away.

After sending the others back to the club,

Chen Yiyang stood at the roadside, planning to hail a rideshare.

Then he prayed that today's ride wouldn't be as wild as last night's.

A roller coaster is one thing; just don't take the stairs with me.

Just then, a motorcycle stopped in front of Chen Yiyang.

"I'm wearing contact lenses today, so I spotted you right away. Why are you in Shan City?"

Chen Yiyang looked up.

A familiar face.

The leather jacket girl.

Since he got dumped last time, Chen Yiyang hadn't seen this leather jacket girl again.

Didn't expect to run into her here.

"Are you getting a ride home? Hop on, I'll give you a lift."

Not wanting to experience Shan City taxi drivers' craziness again, Chen Yiyang immediately got on the bike and held onto the leather jacket girl's waist to steady himself.

After asking for Chen Yiyang's address, the leather jacket girl rode the motorcycle, taking advantage of the night to drop Chen Yiyang at his doorstep.

After getting off, Chen Yiyang checked his phone.

It was still early, just past ten.

So he said to the leather jacket girl, "Wanna come up? I still haven't figured things out between us."

"Sure." The girl got off the motorcycle and followed Chen Yiyang to his current apartment.

"What do you want to drink?"

"Got any cold beer? Two cans."

Chen Yiyang grabbed two cans of beer from the fridge and handed one to the leather jacket girl.

"Nice place. Are you originally from Shan City?"

"No, I just moved to Shan City too. The apartment was rented by my company."

"Oh." The girl in the leather jacket didn't say anything more.

After the two sat down on the sofa, Chen Yiyang said, "Now you should tell me what's going on between the two of us."

"Actually, I kind of don't want to say it. It's too melodramatic, but whatever, I'll spill it. I feel uncomfortable not saying it."

The girl in the leather jacket couldn't hold it in and eventually shared what had happened to her before.

The story started when she was online gaming and found a partner from Shan City to duo queue with.

Later, as their feelings gradually developed, she confessed to him, and he agreed.

Hence, they started dating.

But although he was willing to voice chat, he was never willing to video call with her.

Later, due to her insistence on meeting offline, she hinted at breaking up.

Because she never told him she was from the West Capital. So one time during a chat, he said he was already in West Capital and wanted to explore the Ghost Market there.

So, she told him she'd come out and find him right away.

"In the end, that's when I met you." The girl in the leather jacket said with a bitter smile to Chen Yiyang, "We even agreed on checking phone number endings to confirm identities.

Unexpectedly, your phone number ending matched his."

"So what happened next?" Chen Yiyang was quite curious about how the story would unfold.

After all, the girl in the leather jacket wasn't lacking in looks, and she had a unique skill in lockpicking that kept her living well.

Logically, even if he didn't plan to marry her, he should have met up offline a few times.

"Well, after that." The girl in the leather jacket took a sip of her drink and said wistfully,

"I thought you were him. I even told him I was satisfied and wanted to marry him. But he thought of breaking up instead. I couldn't understand it.

That day after we met again at the Ghost Market, you said you didn't know me. Although I was angry and stormed off.

But in hindsight, I realized it could really be a misunderstanding.

So I asked him why he's unwilling to meet me. In the end, he just disappeared."

"So, you came to Shan City to look for him?"

"Yes." The girl in the leather jacket nodded, "I must find this person and ask why he toyed with my feelings."

Although her words sounded harsh, judging by her expression, it seemed she still had feelings for him.

"Then I'll head out first, bye?" After their conversation, the girl in the leather jacket bid farewell to Chen Yiyang.

She then rode her motorcycle downstairs and left.

Turns out she just simply liked drinking cold beverages.

Chen Yiyang, feeling annoyed, tossed the two emptied cans of beer from the table into the trash can.

It's nothing.

Time to sleep.

The next morning.

Chen Yiyang glanced at his phone.

Today's intel, Little Yellow Fish in the river: Inside an An Nan District river in Shan City is a metal box containing a few gold ingots minted by the Central Mint during the thirty-fourth year of the Republic.

The corresponding map is attached on the second page.

Golden surprise find?

Chen Yiyang didn't hope for Shan City, that every day's surprise find intel would give him big finds like in esports teams.

But today's surprise find seemed good as well.

The Central Mint of the Republic was originally in Shanghai, later relocated to Shan City to evade war.

During this period, it also minted many silver coins and gold ingots.

But at this time, what the Central Mint minted were gold ingots, unlike later when the war ended, and it moved back to Shanghai to mint gold bars commonly known as Little Yellow Fish and Big Yellow Fish.

Compared to gold bars, obviously, gold ingots have higher collectible value.

If these gold ingots are found, their collectible value would exceed their intrinsic gold value.

It's a find worth seeking.

But today, Chen Yiyang still has to handle factory matters.

Compared to a forty million deal, gold bar matters can be put aside.

The folks from the Dry Mud Factory sure have a keen eye.

After Chen Yiyang went downstairs, he saw the factory's arranged driver waiting early.

After arriving at the factory by car, it was still Liu Xiaoyue who came to greet him.

"Boss, yesterday I mentioned to a few of the foreign management about your intention to fire them. As a result, they all voluntarily resigned."

"Alright, understood." Chen Yiyang knew, it must have been a heads-up from Isis' affiliated organization.

Seeing Chen Yiyang didn't intend to keep them, those foreigners got ready to return home directly.

"Are there any foreigners left in the factory?"

"None." Liu Xiaoyu replied while sneaking glances at Chen Yiyang.

She felt she was unable to figure out this new boss.

How immense must the power behind this boss be to give an order that makes so many foreigners voluntarily resign without even taking compensation?

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