"What are all these things? How come there are swords, spears, sticks, clubs, pearls, jade, everything!" Tong Xingtong saw the items clearly, and they all seemed to be rare treasures, making it even harder for her to believe.

"How is this possible!"

The countless treasures beneath Ye Chen's feet piled up into a small mountain, which made Tong Xingtong more and more astonished as she looked.

"Ye Chen is definitely deceiving us, I want to see what kind of tricks he's playing!" Tong Xingtong didn't buy it, and walked over to the pile of treasures. She started to grab at each and every one, trying to discern their authenticity.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a long saber fell down, whistling sharply, and cleaved towards Tong Xingtong's head.

Tong Xingtong's eyes widened, her whole body stiff, unable to even cry out for help.

"Am I going to die just like that?" Tong Xingtong watched as the large saber came slashing down, a sense of despondence growing in her heart.

"Clang!" The saber was kicked away, falling to the ground, as Ye Chen looked at Tong Xingtong with a worried face. "Are you okay? It's dangerous here. You should move aside, wait for me to get all the things out, then you can come over and check,"

Tong Xingtong walked aside, her expression somewhat vacant, clearly still shaken.

"Tong Xingtong is such an idiot," Ye Chen muttered to himself. "Even if she's beautiful and has a good temperament, I don't like dumb women."

"..."

Hearing these words, Tong Xingtong stumbled, nearly falling to the ground!

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The piled-up treasures fell, accumulating at Ye Chen's feet. In the spacious basement, a mountain of treasures arose, a dazzling display of gold and silver.

Half an hour later, Ye Chen stuffed the Qiankun Bag into his chest, concentrating to calm the True Qi swirling within him.

Controlling the Qiankun Bag required strong True Qi, and even though Ye Chen now had deep and abundant True Qi, suddenly shaking out a small mountain was still a significant burden for him.

"Yanran, what do you think all these things are worth?" Ye Chen asked, walking over to Chu Yanran.

Chu Yanran's expression was somewhat vacant, looking over the mountain of treasures again and again, her mind feeling dizzy, momentarily ignoring Ye Chen.

The basement spanned thousands of square meters and was now nearly filled with precious treasures and rare items. How much could it all be worth? Even Chu Yanran wasn't sure, but Empress Chu knew it was definitely a vast fortune!

With just these treasures alone, Ye Chen's wealth could very well rival hers!

"Ye Chen, where's that little bag of yours? Bring it out for me to see," Tong Xingtong said, somewhat woodenly.

Ye Chen casually shook the Qiankun Bag, causing Tong Xingtong's head to spin more and more until she became numb to it all.

"Stop looking at the bag, you wouldn't understand anyway," Ye Chen said.

"..." Tong Xingtong turned mute all of a sudden.

However, she didn't want to argue with Ye Chen because she had lost the bet and needed to take the opportunity to slip away.

...

Ye Chen's treasures filled the basement. After Chu Yanran's appraisal and Tong Xingtong's reckoning, the market value of these treasures was no less than thirty billion—at the lowest stock price, with the final value certainly above that!

This result turned Tong Xingtong into a laughingstock. How could Ye Chen be so rich?!

As for that bet, Tong Xingtong naturally pushed it out of her mind, unwilling to acknowledge it.

The villa's living room.

"Ye Chen, there are so many treasures, I can't handle them all at once, but I will open an account in your name at the Swiss Bank. The money and properties exchanged for these treasures will all be deposited into that account," Chu Yanran said.

"Hmm, just handle it as you see fit, I trust your capabilities," Ye Chen said, lying on the sofa with his legs crossed, looking unconcerned.

"Ye Chen, I think everyone has underestimated you, myself included. You are a true dragon, usually lurking in the abyss. Once you rise from the abyss, you can stir the heavens!" Chu Yanran snuggled up to Ye Chen and said.

"Ha ha!" Ye Chen laughed, pleased with himself, then, moved, he said, "I don't want to prove anything to anyone else, I just want you to know, I'm not with you because I want to live off a woman."

"I love you."

"..."

"Chu Yanran, there's something I need to talk to you about!" Tong Xingtong suddenly said.

Ye Chen and Chu Yanran were together, and Tong Xingtong, watching from the side, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Say it here," Chu Yanran said, not wanting to leave Ye Chen for a moment.

"I don't want him to hear it, come back to the room with me," Tong Xingtong said.

"Alright."

Tong Xingtong's silent and reserved demeanor led Chu Yanran to relent helplessly. She needed to have a serious talk with Tong Xingtong.

"Xing Tong, what do you want to talk about?" Chu Yanran followed Tong Xingtong back to the room.

"Chu Yanran, I love you, please don't leave me, okay?"

"..."

In the afternoon, just as Ye Chen had returned to the villa, he was grabbed by Zhang Xinlan.

"Ye Chen, go change your clothes, and come to the company with me," Zhang Xinlan said.

"What happened to the company?" Ye Chen asked in surprise.

Ye Chen never meddled in the affairs of the film company, so Zhang Xinlan's sudden request to see him was surprising. Could it be that they had encountered some trouble?

"You're the big boss of the film company, and our company is about to open. You should at least meet the artists of the company, right?" Zhang Xinlan said with a resigned smile.

"Today at 2:30 in the afternoon, the company is holding a press conference. Stars like Liu Yingxiong and Li Yingjie, those superstar-level figures, will be there, along with journalists from several dozen media outlets. We need you there to hold down the fort."

"What, such a big event, why didn't you say so earlier?" Ye Chen asked in surprise.

"Say it earlier?" Zhang Xinlan said with a playful smile. "I was planning to tell you yesterday, but you were busy doing naughty things with Chu Yanran. How was I supposed to tell you?"

"Alright, it's all my fault," Ye Chen said sheepishly, and ran back to his room. "Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes."

Now, as a boss, with the company's artists holding a meeting and media from various outlets attending, he had to at least get somewhat dressed up.

In the end, Ye Chen left for the press conference with Zhang Xinlan and the female anchor.

"Sister Binglan, there's something we seem to have forgotten to tell Ye Chen," Wen Rou suddenly said.

"What is it?" Su Binglan asked in surprise.

"Yesterday, godfather called Ye Chen... Ye Chen must really miss godfather. If we don't tell him about it, won't he be angry?" Wen Rou said, somewhat uncertainly.

"This matter, Zhang Xinlan and the others should tell Ye Chen..." Su Binglan said with a sheepish smile.

…

The film company's opening was imminent, making this press conference incredibly important.

Nearly a hundred artists were in attendance, including superstar kings like Liu Yingxiong and Li Yingjie, as well as currently popular top-line stars.

To create buzz, Zhang Xinlan had also invited numerous media outlets, making the event quite grand.

The only disappointment was that Liu Shihua couldn't make it today due to a flight delay, which would have added another heavy-hitting star to the event.

"Click!"

"Click!"

"Click!"

When Ye Chen and Zhang Xinlan made their appearance together, dozens of cameras whirred into action, instantly flooding the venue with bright white light.

Zhang Xinlan, often in the spotlight at major film festivals, was well accustomed to this and smiled charmingly at the cameras, utterly undaunted by the flashing lights.

The continuous "click" of cameras and flashing lights filled the venue, and Ye Chen, not used to it, naturally squinted his eyes.

There were hundreds of people present, including nearly a hundred artists, agents, company workers, influential people from the entertainment industry, and journalists from dozens of media outlets, creating a grand and majestic scene arranged by Zhang Xinlan.

This was the first press conference for the film company, and also the debut appearance of the big boss Ye Chen!

Zhang Xinlan was a golden agent in the entertainment industry. Under her guidance, Liu Shihua had risen to fame. With substantial connections and professional skills, she had now leaped to the position of CEO of the film company, sending shockwaves through the industry.

This appearance of the female CEO Zhang Xinlan, along with the mysterious big boss Ye Chen, caused quite a stir at the press conference.

"Is that Zhang Xinlan's man?" Some were inevitably surprised to see Ye Chen.

Zhang Xinlan was in charge of the film company named "Ye Film Industry," publicly claiming that it belonged to her husband and that she was merely helping to run it.

Ye Film Industry had attracted many media outlets precisely because the boss was so mysterious, having never shown his face from the beginning to the end.

"This entertainment goddess landed herself such a young man?"

Zhang Xinlan, capable, intelligent, and beautiful, was considered a goddess of the entertainment industry.

Some influential people both inside and outside the circle admired Zhang Xinlan, but it seemed her romantic life had never settled.

Now, Zhang Xinlan had suddenly sprung up a husband and had spent a fortune to start a film company, leading many in the industry to speculate and wonder which tycoon her husband might be.

Anyone capable of running a film company with hundreds of millions of dollars must have far-reaching connections, leading to suspicions that Zhang Xinlan's husband was one of the bigwigs from Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan.

However, Ye Chen's astonishing appearance made some guests doubt their eyes, this young boss was too unfamiliar.

"This young boss looks somewhat familiar, I feel like I've seen him somewhere before!"

A few heavyweights felt they recognized Ye Chen, but couldn't quite remember where they had seen him.

"Could it be that the company's big boss is a super-rich second generation?"

The contracted artists of Ye Film Industry were also surprised to see Ye Chen, unable to believe that their big boss was such a young man.

These artists, all signed by Zhang Xinlan, knew about a big boss, but this person had never shown his face, shrouded in mystery.

Ye Chen's unexpected dazzling appearance not only stunned the outsiders who came to support the event but also left the artists of Ye Film Industry agape.

What happened to the white-haired old man they were expecting? Why had he been replaced with an idol-like handsome man?

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