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Chapter 25 Press Conference (Third Update)

Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Press Conference (Third Update)

The Treasure Pavilion had been sold out for the past two days. With urgent preparations to stock up on Jade as a priority, Su Changqing mobilized all his power. Finally, a new shipment arrived at the Treasure Pavilion’s warehouse the day before Yan Rufeng’s classmates were due to arrive in Zhongzhou.

On the first day of the arrival, Mr. Zhang immediately notified Yan Rufeng.

Yan Rufeng wasted no time and hurriedly asked Li Xiaofei to take him to the warehouse.

Upon arriving, Yan Rufeng said nothing and began refining the Jade right away. The construction plans for Wolong Abyss were urgent, and he needed money now more than ever.

This shipment was larger than usual. Yan Rufeng produced over 5,000 pieces in total. Upon finishing, he immediately asked Li Xiaofei to call Mr. Zhang over to count the Jade.

"What? Already finished carving? Impossible!"

Mr. Zhang’s first reaction was disbelief. He remembered that it took Yan Rufeng two or three days to carve 1,888 pieces the first time he did a large batch. This batch was multiple times larger, so he felt it couldn’t be done so quickly.

However, under Su Changqing’s urging, Mr. Zhang rushed over.

After counting, Mr. Zhang incredulously asked Yan Rufeng, "Mr. Yan, are you a god?"

"I’m not a god, I’m Yan Rufeng."

...

Just as he left the Treasure Pavilion, Xiaxia called him again.

"Brother Rufeng, I have good news; the Beauty Water is officially launching tomorrow!"

"Oh, so it’s just launching now? Your company is too slow."

Unexpectedly, Yan Rufeng poured cold water on Xiaxia, who, feeling a little wronged, said, "This is already quite fast, okay? It’s not like selling vegetables where you can just set up a stall on the same day."

Xiaxia hung up the phone, pouting, "Hmph, you were mean to me. Tomorrow I won’t make breakfast for you. Let you eat instant noodles!"

"Xiaxia, have you informed Mr. Yan about the press conference tomorrow?"

The one asking was President Liu Ping’er.

"I don’t feel like it. You inform him," Xiaxia replied, walking away.

Liu Ping’er smiled flirtatiously, "Young people these days, sigh, learn from me a bit."

She dialed Yan Rufeng’s number.

"Hello, Mr. Yan. It’s Liu Ping’er."

"I know it’s you, President Liu. Xiaxia just said you’re preparing for the launch tomorrow."

"Yes, Mr. Yan, you have no idea how busy we’ve been. To maximize profits, we’ve developed nearly ten products based on Beauty Water, and have heavily promoted them across major media outlets, to ensure a good reputation upon release. That’s why we decided on tomorrow’s launch."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, President Liu."

"It’s not hard at all; it’s all for the company’s growth."

Liu Ping’er’s appearance was captivating, and even her voice was pleasing to hear.

"Mr. Yan, are you still listening?"

"Yes, I am. Go ahead, President Liu."

"We have a press conference tomorrow and would like to invite you. Do you have time to attend?"

"What time? If it’s too early, I won’t be able to make it."

Yan Rufeng had to pick up his classmates in the morning, so he couldn’t make it if it was too early.

Liu Ping’er chuckled, "It won’t be early. Our press conference will start whenever you arrive."

"Okay, I’ll try to get to your company as early as possible."

After hanging up, Yan Rufeng summoned his Flying Sword and leapt into the air.

A streak of light flashed by, and he landed near the spiritual vein of Wolong Abyss.

"Boss, someone’s coming."

"Let’s go check it out!"

In the underground palace, eight ghost soldiers appeared instantly in front of Yan Rufeng.

The leading ghost soldier knelt down upon seeing Yan Rufeng, "We didn’t know the boss was coming. Please forgive us!"

The other seven ghost soldiers also knelt down immediately.

"Rise!"

"Thank you, boss."

With a hand behind his back, Yan Rufeng swept his Divine Sense over the eight ghost soldiers.

"Not bad. In just two days, you’ve already entered the beginner’s level, and you’ve now become ghost soldiers!"

"Thank you for your praise, boss. We will work hard and strive to achieve our Golden Body and attain the supreme way soon."

"Good ambition."

Yan Rufeng continued, "It won’t be long before construction starts on the palace here."

"A palace? Can we live there too?"

"Of course, I will have an underground palace built as well."

"That’s great," the leading ghost soldier exclaimed excitedly.

Another ghost soldier asked, "Boss, what do we need to do?"

"Your task is to protect the construction workers and ensure their safety. Don’t slack off, understood?"

"Don’t worry, boss. If anyone gets hurt under my watch, you can punish me as you see fit."

"Good, remember your words. You can go back to cultivating now."

"As you command!"

Rising on his Flying Sword again, Yan Rufeng carefully surveyed the area around Wolong Abyss.

Since he set up a Spirit Gathering Array at Wolong Abyss, the Spiritual Energy in the area had become exceptionally thick. However, even with this thickness, it couldn’t compare to the Cultivation World.

The Spiritual Energy gathered at Wolong Abyss was being absorbed by the Spirit Vein protected by an array, showing how frail it was. The Spirit Vein wasn’t releasing Spiritual Energy, but was instead absorbing external energy to strengthen itself. Earth’s overall environment hadn’t fully changed yet.

Seeing this, Yan Rufeng muttered to himself, "Maybe it’s due to being too far from the origin of all veins, Kunlun. Once things here are settled, I need to visit Kunlun Mountain..."

He turned and flew toward Jade Garden, landing in a secluded corner before heading to his residence.

At home, Yan Rufeng asked Li Xiaofei about the bus arrangements. After hearing that everything was set, he returned to his room to meditate.

The next day, at dawn, Yan Rufeng and Li Xiaofei took advantage of the early hour and arrived at the entrance of Jade Garden. The bus arrived as scheduled.

After an hour-long journey, the bus reached Zhongzhou Airport. Half an hour later, Yan Rufeng’s classmates began informing him and Li Xiaofei through WeChat that they had arrived.

Picking up classmates was not an easy task, as the first classmate who arrived joined the welcoming group, especially since there were over thirty of them this time.

By 8:30 AM, all of Yan Rufeng’s classmates, except Zhou Tong and the chubby girl, had arrived. Another half-hour passed, and Zhou Tong showed up, but the chubby girl remained absent, with some classmates even dozing off on the bus.

One classmate woke up as the bus stopped and sleepily said, "We’re here. Why aren’t you getting off?"

"Little one, the chubby girl hasn’t arrived yet. We’re still at the airport!"

"Uh, okay. The chubby girl made the loudest noise in the group, yet she’s the latest. I’m speechless!"

At that moment, the chubby girl finally sent a message in the group chat.

Willful Little Fox: "Sorry, classmates. The flight was delayed. I’ve kept you waiting."

At 9:30 AM, the chubby girl finally deplaned. Yan Rufeng’s phone was blowing up with calls from Xiaxia, as the press conference was all set, just waiting for him.

Yan Rufeng @Willful Little Fox: "Chubby girl, which exit are you at? Xiaofei and I will pick you up."

Willful Little Fox: "I’m collecting my luggage; there’s a lot. Please bring more people."

Everyone sent a sweat emoji.

Class Monitor: "Chubby girl, are you moving in to stay with Rufeng??? Are you planning to live here permanently?"

Willful Little Fox: "I have to go. Picking up my luggage now."

Yan Rufeng called a few classmates and headed towards the chubby girl.

From a distance, Yan Rufeng saw an extremely cute girl. A classmate remarked, "Rufeng, that’s the chubby girl. Big change, right?"

"Haha, indeed!"

After picking up the chubby girl, it was already 10 AM. Even Liu Ping’er couldn’t resist calling Yan Rufeng ten times.

But Yan Rufeng didn’t answer a single call.

The bus sped down the highway. The classmates were chatting happily when suddenly the chubby girl said, "I heard there’s a press conference today in Zhongzhou for Beauty Water. They say it’s quite miraculous. Why don’t we check it out and buy a few bottles to beautify ourselves?"

"Chubby girl, you’re already so pretty and cute. Do you still need to beautify? Give us a break."

Blushing, the chubby girl replied, "Haven’t you heard? Even the prettiest face needs care."

"Ah, no wonder you transformed from a chubby girl into a beauty. So that’s the secret!"

"Hmph, that’s not it."

The blushing chubby girl continued, "It was because Rufeng rejected me back then. From that moment, I vowed to lose weight!"

"Uh."

Yan Rufeng’s face darkened, "So, it’s my fault you became beautiful!"

His comment drew hearty laughter from everyone.

"I happen to be going to the press conference too. If you want to go, let’s go together. But don’t buy that Beauty Water; I have something better for you guys!"

Everyone looked at Yan Rufeng skeptically. The class monitor said, "We are not like the chubby girl. Even if she were chubby, she’s always been prettier than us. Just your word won’t make us beauties like her."

Zhou Tong had experienced much more than the others. With parents who were big names in ancient architecture, she had participated in several grand restorations of ancient buildings right after graduation. She had seen all sorts of people, and when Yan Rufeng said he had something good, it wasn’t just casual talk.

Zhou Tong smiled sweetly, "Classmates, if Rufeng says he has something good, he definitely does. Once the conference is over, we’ll ask him for it. If he doesn’t have it, we’ll make him buy us a full set of Ziya cosmetics. How about it?"

"Good idea, Zhou! If he doesn’t have it, we’ll ask him for it," the chubby girl agreed first.

The bus was filled with laughter. At 11:30 AM, they finally arrived at Ziya Biotechnology Co., Ltd.