When passing through the data turbulence, the energy he'd stored up had been consumed to protect his soul, most of which had come from Zong Yi. Was it because he lacked this slice of energy, Zong Yi lost to the Queen and inexplicably disappeared?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yun Sheng's heart was very itchy with impatience, he wanted to immediately go to his lover's side. As he was stewing in melancholy, the door was knocked, and the secretary sent in the research and development department's budget proposal.
Like last life, they wanted 10 million. Zhou Yun Sheng roughly glanced over it, then added an additional 10 million at the bottom of the form. This 20 million was enough for them to develop the game six months ahead of time.
When he handed it to his secretary, he requested, "Have the R & D department send up all the information on the game, including the code."
The secretary nodded.
A few minutes later, Meng Wan sent the USB up, then hesitated, obviously wanting to say something.
Zhou Yun Sheng inserted the USB into the computer, opened the game's source code, and began modifying it, then he set his modified code to hidden, covering it up with the original code. His skills could walk circles around the tech staff for thousands of years, even if the top hacker in the interstellar era came in, they probably wouldn't be able to find it.
It took a minute to take care of all this, then he glanced up at the still hesitantly standing in place Meng Wan. He knew that Meng Wan wanted to borrow money from him, 3 million in order to treat her sister's leukemia. They were orphans, their parents long dead, so they've been dependent on each other all these years.
Meng Wan was disgusted with Zhou Yun Sheng, but she never straightforwardly rejected him, because she fancied Zhou Yun Sheng's monetary generosity.
Sure enough, Meng Wan noticed his slightly concerned eyes and hesitantly opened, "Chief Zhou, can I have an advance on this year's salary?"
Zhou Yun Sheng was very attentive of Meng Wan, her annual salary was 300,000, for a fresh college graduate, this was considered top treatment. Asking for an advance of 300,000, no matter who, they would curiously question it.
Meng Wan waited for Zhou Yun Sheng to ask.
Zhou Yun Sheng obeyed her desire, he asked, surprised, "Why do you want so much money? Is there a family emergency?"
Meng Wan's eyes flushed, she neatly and pitifully explained the matter of her sister's illness.
Zhou Yun Sheng listened, his eyes also growing red, without saying anything further he gave her a check for 3 million, and also said he would introduce her sister to the best doctors in China, frequently implying between words that he wanted to provide for her [basically she's going to be kept, a mistress being taken care on the side].
Meng Wan's face was pale, looking at Zhou Yun Sheng with eyes full of hatred, but she couldn't do without this life-saving money. She hesitated for a long time before nodding, then grabbed the check and slammed the door when she left.
Zhou Yun Sheng's expression immediately darkened, he started planning how to make the hero and heroine of this world feel that death was preferable to living.
In fact, Meng Wan had a boyfriend, the other man was called Fang Zhifei, this world's hero. But he was also Zhou Yun Sheng's not-money-grubbing father, Zhou mother's affectionate, and sincere scholar husband, Fang Kunpeng's outside raised illegitimate child, the beloved son his true love gave birth to.
Fang Zhifei had always wanted to start his own business, but unfortunately, Fang Kunpeng's property was tightly controlled by Zhou mother, he only managed to save two million after a few decades, all given to Fang Zhifei as startup funds. Fang Zhifei was studying IT, his superb tech skills comparable to a hacker's, he opened a small IT company with a few classmates, only a dozen employees.
Just as he'd invested the money into the company, Meng Wan's sister fell sick, helpless, he could only let Meng Wan find Zhou Yun Sheng. Don't misunderstand, he didn't send his girlfriend to sell her body, it was to set a trap for Zhou Yun Sheng.
Sure enough, after getting off work, past Zhou Yun Sheng had stepped out of the company and was immediately accosted by a female porn star, who flirted with him in many ambiguous and gropey poses. A tabloid reporter photographed the two entangled on the streets and immediately posted it online, saying that ZHOU young master's private life was rotten, and so on.
Zhou mother was a very strict parent, she immediately called him back to the main house and scolded him, banning him from living in his outside apartment. She also stuck two bodyguards on him to and from work.
Zhou Yun Sheng was helpless, he could only temporarily rest the idea of capturing Meng Wan. Plus, he was in 'true love' with Meng Wan, he wanted to get her heart, not her body, so he momentarily quieted down.
This loaned life-saving money was a huge stimulus to Fang Zhifei, he felt that he must quickly grow stronger, otherwise, he couldn't protect his loved ones. With his extraordinary intelligence, ruthless methods, and also his fate of the world's son luck, when he started eyeing Zhou family, the end result was easy to imagine.
After current Zhou Yun Sheng shook off the porn star, he really was called home to be scolded by Zhou mother. Last life, he hadn't wanted to lend money to Meng Wan, nor did he want to provide for her. He was gay, what could he gain from keeping a woman? To feel repulsion whenever he fucks her? If the system hadn't repeatedly given him tasks to give her money and harass her, the resulting bad outcomes wouldn't have transpired.
To put it bluntly, the villain was just a tool to propel the hero and heroine's plot to completion, when necessary, they could also be swapped into being the hero and heroine's cannon fodder tool, their fate was worth nothing more.
The system made him pursue Meng Wan, while at the same time making him sleep with other women, if he resisted, it would control his body autonomously. Even now, those humiliating scenes were still engraved in Zhou Yun Sheng's mind.
Now, this body was his own, the face following him from birth to 16 years old, how couldn't he recognize it? The original Zhou Yun Sheng looked like Zhou mother, he could only be regarded as average, he didn't have Fang Zhifei's refined and graceful looks inherited from Fang Kunpeng. But now, this extremely handsome, one-look-can-take-away-your-soul face, belonged to the real Zhou Yun Sheng.
This was his face and body, so he certainly needed to keep it clean. Thinking about that, he immediately took out his phone, broke up with the original's fuck bodies, and went to sleep with peace of mind.
The next day, he didn't go directly to the company, but diverted to the hospital. The bodyguard who registered him at the hospital frequently glanced at his crotch with strange eyes. Visiting an urologist for no rhyme or reason? Could it be that young master's contracted a sexually transmitted disease, or that place has a problem?
Zhou Yun Sheng knew what he was thinking, but he was not embarrassed, he went in for half an hour then the doctor personally walked him out, eyes full of sympathy.
"Mr. Zhou, those suffering from this illness must not hold on to psychological baggage. Try to relax, perhaps it's because you're under too much stress, after a while, you might be able to recover."
"Yes, I'll come back for regular review. I request that you please keep this confidential."
"Certainly, certainly." The doctor knew Zhou Yun Sheng's identity, he unhesitantly nodded, his heart even more sympathetic. He looked so handsome, and was also so rich, unfortunately, why did he get this illness, simply losing out on one of the greatest pleasures in life.
The bodyguards were very professional, they had long ago driven away the patients waiting in front of the door, so as not to leak their employer's privacy. Hearing the doctor's words, they immediately concluded their own speculations, but pretended to know nothing.
"Don't tell my mother." Zhou Yun Sheng put on his sunglasses to hide his eye-catching appearance.
The two bodyguards nodded neatly.
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The company's executives had showed considerable admiration for the new game, and Chief Zhou approved more than 20 million in funding, so the R & D department felt very encouraged. They put in sleepless nights of work, and slowly made a rough prototype.
Watching the dream fantasy scenery, and the new and original, ahead of its time player creation options, Meng Wan knew that this game would be hot. Even she, who only studied art design, could see it, not to mention Fang Zhifei, the IT elite.
He regretted that the game was not being developed by his own company, after pondering for a few days, he focused on laying a trap for Zhou Yun Sheng and ZHOU, trying to swallow this piece of destined to be a cash cow cake.
Over the next six months, Zhou Yun Sheng broke away from Zhou mother's control and lived a 'genuine' rotten life. He stepped up on coercing Meng Wan, indirectly persecuting Fang Zhifei, while also letting the tabloids photograph him in explicit situations with many female stars.
One day, he took a C-list starlet to a five-star hotel suite, the two people sat down dully for an hour, then he gave the female star a $100,000 check.
An hour to earn $100,000, for a C-list starlet this was an astronomical payment, the other side grinned and took the check, said a lot of flattery, thoughtfully glanced at his crotch, and left. Just as she walked out the hotel door, she was, as usual, photographed by a tabloid newspaper.
The two bodyguards placed the meal room service had sent up on the coffee table, silently sighing for their employer: In order to cover up his incapability, he deliberately pursues the bad reputation of a rotten womanizer, this employer is pretty hardcore [working really hard; busting one's ass; sparing no effort; giving it your all].