In the evening, lying in bed, Liu Chen looked at the lottery wheel that reappeared before her eyes and asked:
"System, if my mom changes the legal representative on the business license to me, will the system be affected?"
Liu Chen hadn't agreed at dinner because she wanted to ask the system if it would be affected. After all, the lottery tickets rewarded by the system were far more profitable than her mother's wholesale business, and prizes like the Eight Brocades were immeasurable by money.
'The system is bound to the host. Changing the legal representative of the business license to the host will not affect it in any way. Simultaneously, there is a certain probability of obtaining hidden rewards.'
Hidden rewards?
There's such a good thing?
Sliding to unlock, Liu Chen sent a message to her mom, agreeing to the plan proposed during dinner.
After sending the message, Liu Chen persisted in doing five sets of Eight Brocades, then took a shower and bath. When everything was done, she pulled on a thin blanket and fell into a deep sleep.
Liu Fang worried about delays, so as soon as Chenchen and Chenlong agreed, she took her daughter to change the legal representative the next day. In 2009, changing the legal representative was still very easy. Liu Fang found a small intermediary near the entrance, paid a thousand yuan, and by noon, the legal representative of "Sister Liu Frozen Goods" was changed to Liu Chen.
By the way, Liu Fang also asked for Liu Chen's bank card number, stating that starting this month, Liu Chen would receive a monthly living allowance of five thousand yuan.
Neither mother nor daughter fully understood the concept of a five-thousand yuan living allowance. After all, Liu Chen had always been a day student and never boarded. Liu Fang's income had increased, and she had raised Sister Li's salary at the store to over three thousand.
In her opinion, she was looking after the store for Chenchen, and as the boss, it was normal for Chenchen to have a higher salary than an employee.
Thus, Liu Chen's university living expenses were settled.
At eight o'clock in the evening, during prime time on television, the flagship talk show of C City's local news channel began broadcasting this episode of "Top Scholar Interview."
The people of C City tend to have dinner late in the summer because the sky in C City doesn't truly get dark until eight o'clock. If they eat too early, they feel hungry before nightfall.
And this episode of "Top Scholar Interview" became a good accompaniment for dinner for the people of C City and those in the surrounding counties who could tune in with their satellite dishes.
At the beginning of the program, the familiar beautiful host introduced the guest for the interview.
The interview, which lasted two hours, was edited into a finished product of two halves, each thirty minutes long. The hostess's question was placed in the last few seconds of the first half, followed immediately by a commercial break.
At this time, Li Qi, a third-year junior high student on summer vacation, was eating while scrolling through his phone with his grandmother. He replied without looking up, "Isn't this that beautiful top student who became popular last year?"
The old lady pushed her reading glasses up her nose and looked at her grandson Li Qi with some curiosity:
"This is our province's top scorer in the college entrance examination! Do you know her?"
Li Qi swallowed the food in his mouth, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, straightened up, and sat on the sofa behind him, leaning against the cushions, saying with some impatience:
"What top scorer? She just bought her way through. Do you know how rich her family is? Do you know 'Qiushui Villa' in our C City?"
"No, what is that?"
Li Qi's smug expression faltered, and he then explained:
"It's a complex of detached villas built on a mountain. A house there sells for at least five million yuan. This beautiful top student's family lives there. You know, with a family like that, they probably didn't attend cram schools growing up. They probably hired private tutors, right?
We're not starting from the same baseline. Grandma, look at her. It's better to look at the liberal arts top scorer next to her. She's sharing real learning experiences for ordinary people."
The grandmother squinted her eyes and looked at her grandson, who had been addicted to his phone since his junior high entrance exam because he hadn't performed well. She just smiled kindly and said:
"Even if they have money, they still have to study themselves. After all, the score in the college entrance examination is real, and it can't be bought with money."
Li Qi's eyes were a little vacant as he stared at the phone screen. Before the junior high entrance exam, he had always been first in his class. However, the second-place student hired a private tutor, scoring a full ten points higher than him in this exam. Li Qi felt that if his mother had also hired a tutor for him, his grades would definitely be better than they were now. The only thing separating him from others was a tutor. Because of this, he had been giving his mother the silent treatment for nearly a week.
The commercial break passed quickly, and the program resumed, replaying the hostess's question.
"It is rumored that Liu Chen's family is very well-off. Does Liu Chen believe that her wealthy family background allowed her to obtain better educational resources and thus achieve her current status as the top scorer in science?"
Li Qi crossed his arms, a mocking smile on his face, waiting for the girl named Liu Chen on the screen to answer. After she answered, he would mercilessly refute all her points!
The Liu Chen on TV began to answer the host's question. Li Qi's expression shifted from a cold smirk to astonishment, then to confusion and admiration.
Grandma Li Qi smiled and said, "It seems this girl isn't like you say. She comes from an ordinary family."
Li Qi, who had been sharp-tongued and prickly like a hedgehog just moments ago, was now speechless.
After a long silence, he got up, collected the bowls and chopsticks, washed them in the kitchen, and then called his mother, with whom he had been in a one-sided cold war for several days.
"Mom, enroll me in a cram school. No private tutor, just a regular junior high to senior high bridging class. Just like Liu Chen said, the most important thing is individual effort!"
At the same time, various scenes were unfolding in front of televisions across C City. Later, some people even calculated that in the three years after Liu Chen graduated as top scorer, the college entrance examination admission rate in C City had actually increased by two percentage points!
However, at this moment, Liu Chen was in her study, chatting with Ren Yu, whom she hadn't video-called in a while, about buying storefronts.
"Have you decided how many you want to buy?" Ren Yu's face appeared on the screen, followed by his question.
Liu Chen nodded. "I want to purchase at least six connected storefronts from the first three rows individually."
"Six?" Ren Yu repeated Liu Chen's requested quantity, confused.
Seeing Ren Yu's expression, Liu Chen could only feign composure and nod with some difficulty.
"Yes, six. Can you get them?"
Ren Yu nodded. "I need to inquire. Please wait a moment."
With that said, Liu Chen watched as Ren Yu on the opposite side of the screen picked up his phone and made a call. After a while, the phone on the other end was answered.
"Hello, Uncle. Good evening."
Uncle??????
Liu Chen heard this address and was completely stunned. What the heck? So, rich people's relatives are also rich people. This is indeed an ironclad rule!
"Yes, I would like seven storefronts in the new wholesale market you opened in C City, from the first three rows, connected. Yes, my mother is in good health lately. Thank you, Uncle. Goodbye."
Liu Chen glanced at the time displayed in the bottom right corner of the computer. Ren Yu's call lasted a total of three minutes, and then seven storefronts were secured.
After hanging up, Ren Yu looked at Liu Chen, who seemed somewhat dazed, and asked, "Do you have enough money? Six storefronts?"
Liu Chen calculated her assets. The dividends from Penguin Farm saved over the past few months were over two million, plus the five million saved from the lottery, totaling a little over seven million.
In fact, borrowing some money from Ren Yu wouldn't deplete all her savings, but Liu Chen privately had some concerns. This storefront task was only D-level, but the penalty was severe: if she failed, the lottery pool would be closed for a month.
She didn't want this task to have any mishaps, nor did she want any issues with the ownership of the storefronts.
"The money is enough, Brother Ren Yu. However... this matter cannot be known by others, can it?"
"Since you're coming to me instead of Aunt Liu, you naturally don't want others to know. I'll accompany you then. If anyone asks, I'll say they are storefronts I've reserved."
"Then... can you come back soon?"
Liu Chen couldn't quite remember when the wholesale market storefronts went on sale in her previous life, but she worried that this D-level task required six connected prime storefronts. What if "prime storefronts" referred to the first row?
Ren Yu's gaze quietly rested on Liu Chen on the video. This was the first time he sensed her urgency. He wasn't arrogant enough to think this urgency was directed at him, so it was for those six connected storefronts?
"Let me check flights."
With that, Ren Yu opened the airline's booking website, checked the flights, and unhesitatingly booked the remaining two economy class tickets.
"Arriving in C City at eleven o'clock tomorrow, we'll have lunch together and then sign the contract."
Hearing the time, Liu Chen quickly nodded, then realized and quickly said, "Then I'll pick you up at the airport tomorrow. Get some rest early."
After agreeing on the time, they ended the video call. After all, they would see each other tomorrow.
The next day at noon.
Liu Chen was dressed exceptionally simply today, inconspicuous. Of course, this was just her opinion. In reality, her 1.65-meter height, her long, silky black hair, and her developing bust due to improved nutrition in the past year made her figure alone captivating.
Moreover, now that she was an adult, Liu Chen, as Ren Yu had said, her features had fully blossomed. Although echoes of last summer could still be seen, she was now a truly radiant beauty.
Ren Yu's gaze swept over Liu Chen's face. He knew that Liu Chen's most beautiful quality wasn't her appearance but her resilient heart and her consistently positive attitude towards life.
As soon as they got into a taxi, Ren Yu received a call from his uncle. He opened it to speakerphone.
"Hello? Ren Yu? Your storefronts, do they have to be from the first three rows? Is the fourth row okay?"