Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group

Chapter 1348 - 1322: First Livestream

The reason Ye Chen did this, and didn’t keep chatting with Su Wanyi, was because he knew he really couldn’t say much more on this topic right now.After all, no matter what, there was no way he could tell the truth; that would only make Su Wanyi overthink even more.

Ye Chen knew that because of the contract termination mess with the artists, she must be exhausted and really needed a good night’s sleep.

Su Wanyi didn’t keep pressing him. Instead, she very obediently did as Ye Chen said. Although she was a bit angry inside, she still lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

Because he hadn’t finished talking with Yang Mimi, Ye Chen dialed her number again.

"Brother Chen, how could you just hang up on me without a word? That’s really heartbreaking, you know." Yang Mimi said a little aggrieved.

"Alright, Mimi, I apologize to you, okay?" Ye Chen said helplessly.

Instead of picking up Ye Chen’s words, Yang Mimi asked, "Was it Sister Wan Yi calling you, so you were in such a rush to hang up on me?"

"Yeah, I actually forgot to call Wanyi after I got home and made her worry this whole time." Ye Chen admitted honestly.

"Oh? Then did she ask who you were on the phone with?" Yang Mimi rolled her eyes and asked.

She just wanted Su Wanyi to know that she was still in contact with Ye Chen, to make her aware of her existence.

"You think I’m stupid? How could I tell Wanyi something like that? She’d be upset. I really don’t want to make her unhappy." Ye Chen said, a bit annoyed.

Hearing that, Yang Mimi was a little unhappy: "Brother Chen, you’re way too biased. Why aren’t you afraid of making me sad then?"

"Mimi, I told you I only see you as a little sister. If you keep this up, then let’s not contact each other anymore. You don’t need to help with the investigation either. I’ll find someone else." Ye Chen was clearly a bit angry now.

Just dealing with Su Wanyi was enough to give him a headache. Adding another Yang Mimi on top of that, Ye Chen felt like his head was about to explode.

Yang Mimi wasn’t stupid; she could tell she had pissed Ye Chen off, and she was scared he might actually do what he said and stop contacting her in the future.

"Brother Chen, I was just teasing you. Do you have to be this petty?" Yang Mimi said coquettishly.

"Mimi, stop messing with me. I really have a headache right now." Ye Chen rubbed his throbbing temples as he spoke.

For some reason, after hearing that displeased tone in Su Wanyi’s voice, Ye Chen felt both a headache and a heartache.

He was conflicted inside. He wanted to tell Su Wanyi the truth, but he was afraid that if she heard it, she’d feel even worse.

Ye Chen felt he hadn’t done anything to let Su Wanyi down, so why did he have to sneak around like this? Maybe it was just because he cared too much.

"Alright, alright, I’ll stop teasing you. I’ve already found out who the mastermind is." Yang Mimi said, her expression turning serious.

"Who is it?" Ye Chen asked hurriedly.

"Guess." Instead of answering, Yang Mimi said that.

Since she wanted him to guess, the person definitely had to be someone they knew.

Someone able to direct those artists to terminate their contracts had to be capable of offering them benefits, and that person had definitely been around the entertainment industry.

On top of that, this person had to be very rich. Those artists were all extremely shrewd; there was no way they’d pay their own liquidated damages. That penalty fee had to be covered by whoever was behind them.

"If I have to guess, that person is Yu Yang, right?" Ye Chen asked.

Putting all those factors together, the only person he could think of was Yu Yang. Plus, when he’d talked to Yu Yang about the acquisition before, he had already read Yu Yang’s intentions.

That guy was planning to use this money to start a new entertainment media company.

"Brother Chen, impressive! You’re practically a prophet. Yeah, it’s Yu Yang." On the other end, Yang Mimi sounded full of admiration.

She felt Ye Chen was really amazing—good with both brains and brawn, and able to figure out even this kind of thing.

Right now, Yang Mimi’s feelings for Ye Chen grew even deeper. She even regretted not having met Ye Chen before Su Wanyi did.

If that had happened, Two People would probably be together by now, and she wouldn’t be stuck in this one-sided love.

"That guy is really shameless. He actually used my money to poach my people. I’m definitely going to teach him a lesson." Ye Chen’s voice turned icy.

"Brother Chen, you don’t know this, but Yu Yang is notorious in the industry for being shameless. He’s pulled this kind of stunt several times before. But because he’s strong enough, the other companies can’t do much about him." Yang Mimi said.

"Mimi, since Yu Yang has messed with me this time, he’s not getting off so easily." Ye Chen said with a smile.

Yang Mimi knew Ye Chen was a man of his word, but she was also curious about what exactly he planned to do.

"Brother Chen, what’s your plan?" Yang Mimi asked.

"That’s a secret. You’ll know when I get back." Ye Chen said with a grin.

Hearing that, Yang Mimi didn’t keep pressing.

"Brother Chen, I’m gonna stop chatting. I have to get up early tomorrow." Yang Mimi yawned.

"Go to sleep, then. I’ll treat you to a meal next time." Ye Chen said, then hung up the phone.

Maybe because he’d napped in the afternoon, Ye Chen actually wasn’t sleepy at all after finishing his call with Yang Mimi.

Since he didn’t feel like sleeping, he figured he might as well find something to do. These past few days, he’d been thinking about streaming.

And with the inspiration from Su Wanyi, he had a direction now. Why not do his first novel livestream tonight?

On the video platforms, no one had tried this yet. If he was going to do it, he wanted to be the first one to eat the crab.

Besides, Ye Chen wasn’t depending on this to make money anyway; it was purely his own personal challenge.

He went into the bathroom, took a shower, changed into pajamas, and then opened the Douyu platform.

Ye Chen already had an account from before, and he couldn’t be bothered to register a new one, so he decided to use that one.

Ye Chen logged in, started the stream, and began telling Tomb Raider in his livestream room.

Of course, there were still very few people in the room right now, just a handful.

But once people entered and saw Ye Chen’s account, they were instantly interested.

"This Brother Tu Hao is streaming too."

"I wanna know if this guy is going to do a sales livestream again."

"Yeah, I’m waiting for that too."

You couldn’t really blame them for saying that. Right now, almost all streaming platforms were basically for selling goods, and netizens who entered the room naturally assumed Ye Chen was selling something.

Ye Chen didn’t pay attention to those comments and just kept talking through the novel playing in his head, without being distracted.

"Huh, he’s actually not selling anything. Sounds like he’s reading a novel."

"Yeah, I’ve never heard of this novel before."

Ye Chen glanced at the comments, a slight smile appearing on his face. He thought to himself, it’d be strange if anyone had heard of this novel—Tomb Raider didn’t exist in this world at all.