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Chapter 902 - 903: Greed Driven by Great Benefit

Chapter 902: Chapter 903: Greed Driven by Great Benefit

Watching her wealth turn into a goose egg, White Butterfly felt the tears of heartache stream down her face, but such an expression was unlikely to evoke the brothers of the Home of Changlin’s sympathy.

Afterwards, Li Changlin warned White Butterfly a few more times, then he and his brothers roared away.

At this point, the number of viewers in White Butterfly’s livestream had dwindled, with many of Li Changlin’s followers also leaving with the crowd.

Back in his own livestream, Li Changlin finally cooled down some of his anger.

Truth be told, he had been infuriated this afternoon, completely misunderstood by Little Demon who suspected him of ill intentions—it was utterly depressing.

Time passed quickly as he chatted with his brothers, and the time to end the broadcast soon arrived. In the end, under his brothers’ insistent requests, Li Changlin performed a new song before reluctantly closing the livestream software.

Following tradition, after the broadcast, he would chat for a while in the chat group with his hardcore fans, then proceed to the guardian group and shareholders group to discuss business.

After a busy session, it was past midnight. By this time, Ye Xiyao had already gone to rest. Li Changlin shut down the computer, then headed to the bathroom to shower, where Ye Xiyao had already prepared clothes for him. Truly, Li Changlin was basking in happiness.

Living together with a Heavenly Queen superstar and receiving such care, any man would feel a sense of vanity.

Li Changlin was a man, after all, and could not escape such conventions.

After his bath, he went to the bedroom to sleep. "Dear Xi Yao, your Nearly Divine Tycoon is here, muahaha..."

In the following days, Li Changlin had nothing particular to do. Xie Wendong, having been sent out, collaborated with his subordinates to keep a close watch over the Tang Family’s every move.

Luckily, there were no strong figures stationed at the Tang Family’s cutting factory, with only a couple of Early Stage Virtual Energy experts present—Xie Wendong and them were equal in strength, so his presence went unnoticed.

The cutting factory had a secret chamber where the Tang Family stored all the jade stones that had been cut. After several days, the factory finally finished cutting all the rough stones, and the Tang Family’s financial experts were called in to estimate the value of their haul—roughly 120 billion yuan.

Such an astronomical figure astounded everyone in the Tang Family.

The issue shook the very foundation of the Tang Family’s old ancestor, Tang Zhongtian.

Dozens of the Tang Family’s high-ranking members gathered to discuss countermeasures for the situation.

Because Tang Hongyuan was on good terms with Li Changlin, he had been authorized to attend the meeting.

The Family Head, Tang Jinshui, was the first to speak. He summarized the situation, then began to seek everyone’s opinions.

In his heart, Tang Jinshui already had some ideas. The windfall was too great, and even he could not resist the temptation.

An asset value of 120 billion yuan—this was already ten times the worth of the entire Tang Family. Such an amount, appearing so suddenly, nearly flabbergasted Tang Jinshui.

But after all, he was the Family Head. So, although his emotions were stirred, and perhaps he had already made a decision in his heart, he still had to conduct discussions publicly.

This was true democracy. Otherwise, even if his actions were in the family’s best interest, there would still be other family members criticizing behind his back.

As the Family Head, sometimes you cannot just act on personal pleasures and angers.

"This matter is of great importance; everyone must be cautious. With Li Changlin reaching the Late Threshold Stage at such a young age, we need to thoroughly investigate his background and connections. We must not let the short-term benefits cause us to capsize in the gutter," Tang Jinshui spoke, after which Tang Zhongtian also shared his opinion.

While this incident bore no relation to the family’s survival, the 120 billion yuan in funds truly shocked him.

Tang Jinshui had lived to the ripe old age of 120 and thought he had seen everything, yet he had never encountered a yield from a jade bidding event like this before.

As for Li Changlin, Tang Zhongtian held a deep interest in him.

Yet, as always, the stakes of 120 billion yuan were too high; he could not allow his slight curiosity to hinder the family’s development.

Although on the surface, agreeing to split the profit with Li Changlin would still benefit the Tang Family enormously, giving away hundreds of billions for real is not something anyone could easily do.

If it were just a few billion, or tens of billions, they might let it go.

But we’re talking about hundreds of billions. Even though it’s only half of the 120 billion yuan, it is still five times the current assets of the Tang Family. No one wanted to let it go, and no one had enough magnanimity to do so.

"Why don’t we just tell this Mr. Li that this time we cut out a hundred billion, deduct our investment of twenty-five billion, and we’ll take a small loss by giving him forty billion," Tang Ying was first to speak up. As one of the primary persons responsible for the jade event, he had established a notable contribution for the family, and his words carried a lot of weight within the Tang Family.

"Tang Ying makes sense; I think this allocation is feasible."

"Forty billion is already quite a lot, and Li Changlin seems like a minor broadcaster. Giving him this much money all at once might make him faint from excitement."

"I agree to give Li Changlin forty billion."

Tang Ying’s suggestions earned ample support.

However, some raised doubts, questioning if forty billion was too generous.

After all, this forty billion was equivalent to a third of the current Tang Family estate.

Giving it all to Li Changlin was painful for many.

This idea spurred a group of supporters.

The higher-ups of the Tang Family, being divided into factions, each with their own interests, discussed the issue.

If Li Changlin’s share was too large, it would significantly impact their benefits.

Nobody was willing to take such a loss.

"Really, if you ask me, just giving Li Changlin five billion as a reward would be enough. Giving him forty billion—is he even fortunate enough to handle that? What’s more, we’ve investigated Li Changlin thoroughly. He doesn’t have any significant background. His advancement to the Late Threshold Stage was a fluke; apparently, he ate some kind of rare fruit. This came out when Hongyuan cleverly questioned him, and Li Changlin personally admitted it. Later, we even specifically checked his residence in Capital City, and it turned out that his area had been demolished long ago, not coming from any influential family. Li Changlin is likely not a member of the Capital Li Family," the person speaking now was Tang Jinhua, the Tang Family’s second elder, only three years younger than Tang Jinshui but with superior martial prowess. This Tang Jinhua was considered a genius of the previous generation of the Tang Family, having reached the Half-Step into Void Energy realm.