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Guo Yuan and Lin Yumo took the elevator together. They looked at each other in silence, neither saying another word.

"Ding~" The elevator stopped on the twelfth floor, and the two returned to their respective homes one after the other.

The moment she entered her apartment, Lin Yumo leaned against the door and slid down into a squat. Thinking back to what had just happened, she was overcome with lingering fear.

In her twenty-eight years of life, it was the first time Lin Yumo had felt someone else's malice from such close range. No—more precisely, it had been killing intent!

Across the hall, Guo Yuan had yet to recover either. The narrator's words had made him realize that he might have been dragged into a conflict between major corporations.

He was just an ordinary civilian. He truly had no desire to get involved in something like this.

To calm himself down, Guo Yuan took a deep breath and turned on his computer, intending to check the stock market.

At a time like this, only making money could make a person feel happy again.

The Longcheng Biology stock Guo Yuan had bought was still steadily trending upward. According to what the narrator had said before, Longcheng Biology's stock would peak at 55.25 Chinese Yuan before beginning to decline.

It had already reached 53.5. Guo Yuan planned to sell at 55. While that meant earning about a hundred less, it was safer, and he would not have to worry about a sudden drop.

Because you saved the beauty in distress, Longcheng Biology's major shareholder, Lin Yumo, did not suffer an accident. Longcheng Biology's stock will continue to rise, reaching a peak of 64.32 Chinese Yuan in five days. It is recommended that you hold onto it a while longer.

Hearing the narrator's words, Guo Yuan froze. Lin Yumo was a major shareholder of Longcheng Biology?

Guo Yuan's first reaction was disbelief. Setting everything else aside, why would a major shareholder in a listed company buy a home here?

His residential complex was admittedly considered fairly good in Bingzhou, but shouldn't a major shareholder of a listed company live in a huge villa? At the very least, she ought to have bought a luxurious duplex apartment, right?

But the narrator had already proven itself over the past few days, and Guo Yuan believed it would not be wrong.

Then there had to be some other reason why Lin Yumo lived here.

With that in mind, Guo Yuan opened Baidu and searched for Lin Yumo's name, but nothing came up.

Guo Yuan then searched for Longcheng Biology, and this time, quite a bit of information appeared.

Guo Yuan first opened the encyclopedia entry. Longcheng Biology's full name was Longcheng Biology Pharmaceutical Research Institute, a large biopharmaceutical technology company.

The company had been founded in 1997 by Lin Zhengnan and Bai Qiangwei.

"Lin Zhengnan... Lin Yumo should be related to him by blood, right?" Guo Yuan muttered, then opened Lin Zhengnan's Baidu Encyclopedia entry.

The moment he saw the entry, Guo Yuan frowned: Lin Zhengnan (June 16, 1972—September 7, 2021), male, from Bingzhou, Shanxi, graduated from.

He then opened Bai Qiangwei's entry. As expected, Bai Qiangwei was dead as well, though she had died two years before Lin Zhengnan, on July 19, 2019.

Both founders of Longcheng Biology were dead, and Lin Yumo had nearly met with an accident today...

Your intuition is correct. Lin Yumo is the daughter of Lin Zhengnan and Bai Qiangwei. She studied bioengineering at Harvard University, holds a doctoral degree, and is twenty-eight years old this year.

After her father died suddenly of a heart attack last year after being provoked, Lin Yumo inherited the 27.2% stake in Longcheng Biology held by both her father and mother, becoming Longcheng Biology's largest shareholder in one leap.

But Longcheng Biology was not currently under Lin Yumo's control. After her father's death, Lin Yumo's uncle and younger uncle joined forces with the company's other shareholders, securing 57% of the voting rights and taking control of the company.

Although Lin Yumo held a large number of shares, she had no real authority within the company. She was merely in charge of a severely neglected swine fever vaccine research team.

"Tch, just as I thought. A melodramatic family dispute." Guo Yuan closed the webpage after saying that.

He had no interest in this sort of thing.

The next day, Guo Yuan slept until after ten. If Lawyer Hu had not suddenly called, he probably could have slept until eleven or twelve.

After Guo Yuan answered, Lawyer Hu got straight to the point. "Mr. Guo, we've finalized the contract with the production company under Tokyo Television."

Guo Yuan was somewhat surprised. "That fast?"

"You needed money urgently, didn't you? So we hurried and got it done as quickly as possible."

"I see! What exactly is the revenue split?" Guo Yuan asked.

"For advertising revenue, various discs, and merchandise after it is adapted into a television drama, you'll receive the industry-leading 9%, plus 1% for the credited name, for a total of 10%.

"However, if it is later made into a film, the share will be lower—only 6%. This was offered according to the second-tier terms."

Guo Yuan was already very satisfied with this result. Though he was a new writer who had won a major industry award, his experience was still lacking. In countries influenced by Chinese culture, seniority was also highly valued.

"Then how much is the licensing fee for the screen adaptation rights?" Guo Yuan continued.

"This... to be honest, it isn't much. Only 10 million Japanese Yen."

"Only 10 million? Even NHK offered 25 million with third-tier revenue sharing." Guo Yuan said with a frown.

"But NHK's subsequent revenue share is only 4%," Lawyer Hu said.

"Sigh! Forget it, you win some, you lose some. Lawyer Hu, transfer the money to me."

"Alright. We'll handle the tax matters directly, so there's no need for you to worry about that, Mr. Guo."

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you." With that, Guo Yuan hung up.

That afternoon, Guo Yuan received the transfer from Lawyer Hu.

The Japanese Yen had been plunging wildly lately. Out of 10 million Japanese Yen, after taxes and Lawyer Hu's commission, he only received 450,000 Chinese Yuan.

After receiving the money, Guo Yuan decisively opened his stock trading account. Overnight, Longcheng Biology's share price had already risen to 54, but according to the narrator, it could rise above 64 Chinese Yuan.

So Guo Yuan decisively used the 450,000 to buy eighty lots of Longcheng Biology stock, leaving the remaining ten thousand or so for his mortgage payments and daily meals.

In five days, once Guo Yuan sold the Longcheng Biology stock, he would make 80,000 Chinese Yuan. Though he was still some distance away from acquiring Xun Haoran's company, small gains added up!

Guo Yuan had already made up his mind. Once he dumped his Longcheng Biology shares, he would go to his second maternal uncle's home and sound him out.

Meanwhile, in a ward at the city hospital, Wang Qiu was flying into a rage.

"Useless! You're all useless! It's been this long, and you still can't catch the person who beat me up."

"B-Boss, there were no cameras in that area, and it was nighttime. We've already done everything we could," said the lead bodyguard.

"I don't want to hear that nonsense. That bastard broke my nose—I'm definitely getting revenge for this!"

After Wang Qiu finished berating them, the bodyguards slunk out of the ward.

As soon as the bodyguards left, Secretary Su sat down beside the hospital bed. "Boss, don't be angry anymore! It really isn't their fault. That place really is difficult to investigate."

Wang Qiu narrowed his eyes at Secretary Su. "Only a few people knew I was going there that night. Who do you think it could have been?"