Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin’s improvised magic performance delighted the audience and impressed the performers backstage. He then joined the investors to socialize as the gala continued, leaving Chen Ying onstage after her song received enthusiastic applause.

• Dong Xuebin ended his lengthy magic act to loud demands for an encore, then announced that more performances were coming.
• Director Sun, Chen Ying, Zhou Xuguo, and foreign performers praised Dong Xuebin backstage, while he kept the method of his tricks secret.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the investors’ seating area to speak with them, and Zhang Dongfang went to join the leaders in the front row.
• The General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe performed “Spring Breeze” and received warm applause.
• Chen Ying sang “Let Fly,” then bowed as the audience cheered and held up signs bearing her name.

Jiaolin County's star-studded gala thrilled the massive crowd and gave the Investment Promotion Culture Festival a strong start. After the audience demanded an encore, Dong Xuebin approved one, and the gala finally ended around 10:20.

• The performers' successive high-profile acts kept the 120,000-person audience and visiting investors cheering throughout the gala.
• Allen, Amy, and the SS group sparked the biggest wave of excitement when they appeared onstage.
• At ten o'clock, the hosts announced the gala had ended, but nearly all the audience and officials stayed and called for more performances.
• Dong Xuebin gave the hosts permission to hold an encore, and Zhou Xuguo returned to sing a cappella.
• Chen Ying and Li Mengmeng also returned to sing, and the gala ended around 10:20 as attendees headed home praising Dong Xuebin's act.

After the successful Culture Festival gala, Dong Xuebin saw off the performers and guests, checked on the remaining arrangements, and drove to meet Zhang Longjuan at her hotel. She said she had something to discuss with him, while Dong Xuebin reviewed the gala’s positive online coverage and considered its benefits for Jiaolin County.

• Dong Xuebin saw Zhou Xuguo, Liu Han, and the other performers off after the gala, then sent the county officials and staff home.
• Dong Xuebin checked the park, called Zhang Dongfang and the Investment Bureau about investors, and confirmed lodging arrangements for guests.
• Zhang Longjuan called Dong Xuebin and asked him to come to her hotel room to discuss something.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at Zhang Longjuan’s suite, where she went to shower before telling him what she wanted to discuss.
• Dong Xuebin watched a recording of his magic act and read online praise for the gala, which he believed could help Jiaolin County’s upgrade to a County-level City.

Dong Xuebin spent the night with Zhang Longjuan after she asked him to help her have a child. He agreed to take responsibility for the child, and used his Reverse ability as they tried to conceive before she returned to Fu Continent.

• Dong Xuebin finished bathing and joined Zhang Longjuan in bed, where they watched the gala replay and flirted.
• Zhang Longjuan reminded Dong Xuebin that she had once said she would ask him to help her have a child.
• Zhang Longjuan told Dong Xuebin she was in her fertile period and wanted to conceive with him before returning to Fu Continent.
• Dong Xuebin said he would need to help raise the child, and Zhang Longjuan kissed him and initiated sex.
• Dong Xuebin used Reverse repeatedly while he and Zhang Longjuan tried to conceive.

Dong Xuebin overslept after spending the night with Zhang Longjuan, then arrived late at the second day of Jiaolin County’s Investment Promotion Culture Festival. He saw the festival’s success firsthand as local food vendors thanked him for the business it had brought them.

• Zhang Longjuan explained that she had silenced Dong Xuebin’s phone so he could rest, and said she would visit the festival later to look for worthwhile investments.
• Dong Xuebin told Zhang Longjuan that Jiaolin County did not need a courtesy investment and that he would focus on attracting investors himself.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the festival after ten, where county staff greeted him without reproach for being late.
• Recognized by residents for his televised magic performance, Dong Xuebin stopped at the food stalls and heard vendors describe the festival’s boost to their sales.
• Dong Xuebin enjoyed a bowl of Yangrou Paomo, paid for the food despite the vendors’ offers to treat him, and felt satisfied by the festival’s benefits to local residents.

Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang oversaw Jiaolin County’s investment promotion campaign, which drew strong investor interest and far exceeded expectations. After a month of inspections and negotiations, the festival secured 1.03 billion yuan in investment.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at the investment booths and met Zhang Dongfang, who said the campaign was going better than expected.
• Dong Xuebin gathered the county officials for a briefing, and Old Sun reported 250 million yuan in signed investment intentions plus additional likely deals.
• Old Sun estimated the final investment total could reach 600 to 700 million yuan, while Dong Xuebin expected more.
• After a month of investor inspections and negotiations, Jiaolin County’s Investment Bureau calculated that the festival had attracted 1.03 billion yuan.

Dong Xuebin celebrated Jiaolin County’s billion-yuan investment achievement and learned that his wife, Xie Huilan, was coming to Baohong City on an official exchange visit. He arranged a countywide banquet in the city for that evening, where he expected to see her.

• Dong Xuebin reviewed the Investment Bureau’s report and was pleased that Jiaolin County had attracted one billion in investment, exceeding its goal.
• Xie Huilan called Dong Xuebin and told him she was flying to Baohong City to lead a delegation studying investment promotion, with plans to see him that evening.
• Dong Xuebin asked Su Yan to arrange a large celebration banquet in the city and offered to pay the expenses himself.
• Zhang Dongfang praised Dong Xuebin’s work and offered to help arrange a job for Xie Huilan in Jiaolin County, but Dong Xuebin declined, saying her situation was special.

Dong Xuebin arranged a lavish celebration banquet for Jiaolin County’s investment promotion success, paying for it himself to avoid using public funds. The officials and their families gathered at Longde Hotel, where Dong joked with them while they waited for his wife, Xie Huilan, to arrive.

• Zhang Dongfang offered to help transfer Xie Huilan to Jiaolin County, but Dong Xuebin avoided explaining why it was impractical.
• Zhang Dongfang worried that a large banquet could attract criticism for lavish spending, so Dong Xuebin said he would pay personally.
• More than a hundred Jiaolin County officials and family members arrived by chartered buses at Longde Hotel for the celebration banquet.
• Dong Xuebin joked that he had said exactly two words, prompting laughter from the guests.
• Zhang Dongfang told everyone Dong Xuebin was paying for the banquet and buses, and Dong encouraged them to enjoy the meal while joking about explaining the expense to his wife.

Dong Xuebin hosted an extravagant celebration banquet and rewarded county staff for their overtime work. His wife, Xie Huilan, arrived late after dining with city officials and stunned the banquet guests.

• Dong Xuebin ordered expensive dishes and Feitian Maotai for the banquet, overruling Zhang Dongfang and the others when they urged him to choose cheaper food.
• At the guests’ insistence, Dong Xuebin toasted the staff and announced that their overtime pay would be calculated at five times the normal rate.
• Zhang Dongfang learned that Municipal Party Secretary Qian Litao was hosting guests from Xiaxing City in a nearby room, and Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin she was already at the hotel and would come over after finishing with the city officials.
• Xie Huilan entered the banquet hall, apologized for being late, and took the seat reserved beside Dong Xuebin as the guests realized she was his wife.

Xie Huilan arrived at Dong Xuebin’s banquet and astonished the guests with her beauty and poise. She later asked Dong Xuebin to accompany her to the city leaders’ private room, though he disliked dealing with the city officials.

• Xie Huilan arrived late, introduced herself as Dong Xuebin’s wife, and greeted the county officials and their wives.
• Zhang Dongfang’s wife and Wei Zhixuan’s wife asked Xie Huilan about her age and work, and she explained that she and Dong Xuebin had often lived apart.
• The banquet guests admired Xie Huilan’s beauty and bearing while Dong Xuebin took pride in her.
• Xie Huilan pulled Dong Xuebin aside and asked him to accompany her to meet the city leaders who had arranged her welcome dinner.
• Dong Xuebin objected because he had a poor relationship with the city, but Xie Huilan insisted that he come with her.

Xie Huilan brought Dong Xuebin to a dinner with Baohong City and Xiaxing City officials, where his presence and familiarity with her puzzled the guests. She revealed that Dong Xuebin was her husband, explaining both his behavior and her reason for leading the exchange visit.

• Dong Xuebin agreed to join Xie Huilan at the dinner despite his resentment toward Qian Litao.
• The officials discussed Xiaxing City's exchange visit and wondered why Xie Huilan had chosen Baohong City.
• Xie Huilan returned to the private room with Dong Xuebin, and Qian Litao introduced him as Jiaolin County's County Party Secretary.
• A Xiaxing City cadre recognized Dong Xuebin from his earlier visit and gave up his seat, leaving the other guests confused by the deference.
• Xie Huilan linked arms with Dong Xuebin and introduced him as her husband, shocking the guests and clarifying why she had come to Baohong City.

Xie Huilan revealed that Dong Xuebin was her husband, shocking the Baohong City officials at the welcome banquet. After the city leaders left, Xie Huilan arranged to stay in Baohong City that night and visit Dong Xuebin’s county the next day, while Dong returned to the celebration with the county officials.

• Xie Huilan’s introduction of Dong Xuebin as her husband stunned the Baohong City officials, while Dong casually ate and reminded them that his status had changed.
• Qian Litao arranged Xie Huilan’s hotel stay and outlined the next day’s exchange activities before ending the banquet.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin she would visit his county at noon the next day, and he headed back with her to the celebration banquet.
• Dong Xuebin stopped Zhang Dongfang and the other county leaders from going to toast the departed city officials, then joined them for more drinks.

After stopping a crowd from forcing its way into Central Park, Dong Xuebin returned to the gala venue and prepared for the live event. As the gala neared its start, he changed the order of the opening speeches, leaving his own role uncertain.

• Dong Xuebin released the gates after the crowd dispersed, ordered the staff to lock them, and told county officials to clean up and contact the police.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the venue, reassured officials that he was unharmed, and confirmed that the gala preparations and guest seating were ready.
• Dong Xuebin greeted visiting leaders and investors, who praised him for holding back the crowd and looked forward to his performance.
• Director Sun and Chen Ying worried about Dong Xuebin's injuries, but he insisted that he was fine and needed no props for his magic act.
• As the live gala's countdown began, Dong Xuebin suggested that Zhang Dongfang speak first and he speak second, despite Zhang's objections about protocol.

At Jiaolin County’s Investment Promotion Festival gala, Dong Xuebin skipped a formal speech and joked with the audience before being surprised by a program listing him as a magician. The chapter ended with him vanishing beneath the podium tablecloth and reappearing hundreds of meters away on a rockery.

• Zhang Dongfang delivered a nervous, paper-bound speech at the start of the gala.
• Dong Xuebin gave an improvised welcome, joked about the audience wanting him to hurry, and ended his speech with a punchline about omitting two hundred thousand words.
• The female host revealed that the program listed Dong Xuebin’s performance as a magic show, and he joked about crawling under the podium table.
• Dong Xuebin disappeared beneath the tablecloth and appeared on a rockery at the back of the venue, astonishing the audience and cameras.

Dong Xuebin stunned the Jiaolin County gala audience with a magic trick that made him appear behind a table, then continued joking and performing on a rockery. After he seemed to fall into a lake, he reappeared beneath the stage table, leaving the crowd in disbelief.

• Dong Xuebin appeared behind the table after pretending he had not prepared a performance, earning thunderous applause from the audience.
• Backstage performers and Jiaolin County officials praised Dong Xuebin, while Zhang Dongfang privately reconsidered his abilities.
• Dong Xuebin continued his act on the rockery, joking about being afraid of heights and a supposed time-space tunnel.
• Dong Xuebin walked toward the lake, stumbled from the rockery, and appeared to fall into the water as the crowd panicked.
• Dong Xuebin emerged smiling from beneath the stage table, astonishing the audience again.

Dong Xuebin stunned the audience by appearing dry onstage moments after seeming to fall into a lake, then joked with the hosts and crowd about the trick. He ended by pitching Jiaolin County’s investment opportunities to the investors.

• Dong Xuebin reappeared on the dais after seemingly falling into the lake, prompting the audience to erupt in applause and cheers.
• Meng Hanmei and Sun Changzhi recovered from their fright as the celebrities backstage worried about following Dong Xuebin’s performance.
• Dong Xuebin and the female host joked with the audience, then he moved the table and showed that there was no mechanism underneath or inside it.
• Dong Xuebin told the crowd that Jiaolin County’s space technology had made the trick possible.
• Dong Xuebin addressed the investors and urged them to contact the Investment Bureau about cooperating with the county’s technology projects.

Dong Xuebin’s improvised magic performance dazzled the gala audience and impressed the performers and staff. He then joined the investors to socialize as the gala continued with the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe and Chen Ying performing.

• Dong Xuebin declined the audience’s calls for an encore and left the stage after his long magic act.
• Director Sun, Chen Ying, Zhou Xuguo, Amy, and other performers praised Dong Xuebin, while he kept the secret of his tricks to himself.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the investors’ seating area, where he chatted with the business guests, and Zhang Dongfang went to sit with the officials.
• The General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe performed “Spring Breeze” and received generous applause.
• Chen Ying sang “Let It Fly,” then bowed to loud cheers and applause from her fans.

Jiaolin County’s star-studded gala thrilled the crowd and impressed visiting investors, ending with unplanned encore performances. The audience finally left around ten twenty, still talking about Dong Xuebin’s spectacular act.

• Major stars performed one after another, driving the 120,000-person audience into a frenzy and entertaining the visiting investors and their families.
• Allen, Amy, and the SS group appeared and sparked the gala’s biggest wave of excitement.
• After the hosts announced the gala had ended at ten o’clock, most of the audience and the county’s leading cadres stayed and called for more songs.
• Dong Xuebin gave the hosts permission to continue, and Zhou Xuguo returned to sing an a cappella encore.
• Chen Ying and Li Mengmeng each performed another song, and the gala finally ended around ten twenty.
• The audience went home discussing the performances, with many finding Dong Xuebin’s act the most shocking and spectacular.

After a grueling day of organizing the gala and handling a crisis, Dong Xuebin went to bed with Zhang Longjuan, who told him she wanted him to father her child. He agreed to take responsibility if she became pregnant, and used Reverse repeatedly as they tried to conceive.

• Dong Xuebin finished washing up and joined Zhang Longjuan in bed after they joked about his off-key singing and watched the gala replay.
• Zhang Longjuan reminded Dong Xuebin that she had once asked him to help her have a child and said her fertile window was that night.
• Dong Xuebin hesitated, then told Zhang Longjuan he would support the child if she became pregnant.
• Zhang Longjuan kissed Dong Xuebin and began having sex with him before he could finish considering the decision.
• Dong Xuebin used Reverse repeatedly while they continued trying to conceive.

Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang reviewed the strong early results of Jiaolin County’s Investment Promotion Festival, then waited as investors completed their inspections. One month later, the county’s total investment reached 1.03 billion yuan, far exceeding expectations.

• Dong Xuebin visited the investment booths and met Zhang Dongfang, who said the festival was going well.
• At a meeting, Old Sun reported that investors had signed letters of intent for 250 million yuan, with more investments under negotiation.
• Old Sun estimated that the festival could attract at least 600 or 700 million yuan in total.
• After a month of inspections, the Investment Bureau calculated that the festival had attracted 1.03 billion yuan.