Recaps

Bei Jiajia caused a collision with Lin Zibo’s Rolls-Royce, but Zhang Yang resolved the accident and sent Lin Zibo to his business appointment in an even more expensive Phantom. After Bei Wei and Bei Jiajia left to arrange repairs, Zhang Yang went to Cloud Sea Capital and inspected the company’s newly purchased vehicles, including Bai’s Porsche.

• Bei Jiajia told Zhang Yang that Lin Zibo was demanding compensation for the accident and delaying his business, while Bei Wei scolded her for causing trouble.
• Zhang Yang rejected Lin Zibo’s claims for depreciation and business delays, arranged a ride for him, and let the insurance process handle the collision damage.
• Bei Wei’s insurance covered the repairs, and Zhang Yang offered her his Bentley while her Panamera was being fixed.
• Zhang Yang’s eighteen-million Phantom arrived, leaving Lin Zibo stunned; Lin gave Zhang Yang his business card and rode away in the Phantom.
• Bei Wei and Bei Jiajia drove to the Porsche dealership, and Zhang Yang went to Cloud Sea Capital, where he inspected the company’s new fleet and Bai’s floral-white Porsche 911.

Zhang Yang spent the afternoon at Cloud Sea Capital with Bai Jingyi, then took her to Plaza 66 for dinner and a lavish shopping spree. As Bai Jingyi tried to improve herself and received an encouraging message from him, Zhang Yang unexpectedly ran into a woman who claimed he had ignored her messages and challenged him for forgetting her.

• Zhang Yang returned to Cloud Sea Capital, spoke with Bai Jingyi, and listened to Zhou Zhaodong report on the company's affairs, including an invitation from Good Goods Select.
• Zhang Yang left early with Bai Jingyi, reassured her about driving the Porsche 911, and took her to dinner at Plaza 66.
• Bai Jingyi asked Zhang Yang to encourage her as she worked to improve herself, and he sent her a supportive WeChat message.
• Zhang Yang spent several million on luxury goods and watches, then told Bai Jingyi to choose an outfit as work clothes.
• While waiting outside Loro Piana, Zhang Yang saw a woman approach and recognized her only after she complained that he had ignored her messages.

Zhang Yang ran into Dai Lu while shopping with Bai Jingyi, and Dai Lu made her interest in him clear before joining them for the night. The next morning, Dai Lu and Bai Jingyi competed to make Zhang Yang breakfast, and both asked him for a ride.

• Zhang Yang recognized Dai Lu at the mall, and she clung to him to discourage a junior who was pursuing her.
• Bai Jingyi modeled clothes for Zhang Yang, who bought her several expensive outfits, prompting Dai Lu to declare that she liked him and kiss him.
• Dai Lu accepted a Bulgari necklace from Zhang Yang and said she did not want to go home, so he took her and Bai Jingyi to his home for the night.
• The next morning, Dai Lu and Bai Jingyi made Zhang Yang seafood congee and Iberian ham sandwiches while acting as if they did not know each other.
• Bai Jingyi said she was about to be late, and Dai Lu asked Zhang Yang to drive her to class.

Zhang Yang inspected Premium Goods and discussed how the livestream platform could grow without losing its relaxed style. Little Bai suggested inviting well-known guests, prompting the system to assign Zhang Yang a mission to bring five popular writers to the livestream room.

• Zhang Yang dropped Secretary Bai at her company and took Dai Lu back to school, where she kissed him and asked him to keep the previous night secret.
• At Shengtian Car Care Center, Zhang Yang met Lin Zibo again and learned that Su Jiajun was introducing him to the car club; Su Jiajun then told Lin Zibo about Zhang Yang's wealth and businesses.
• Bai Jingyi asked Zhang Yang not to have other girls with them next time, and he agreed before taking her and Zhou Zhaodong to inspect Premium Goods.
• Chi Menglu explained that Premium Goods had loyal repeat customers but struggled to attract and retain livestream viewers, and Zhang Yang discussed ways to build its popularity.
• On the drive back, Little Bai suggested inviting writers, celebrities, and scholars as guests, and the system gave Zhang Yang a mission to bring at least five famous, popular writers to Premium Goods' livestream room.

Zhang Yang pushed Good Goods Select to invite the five specified authors for a livestream, but Su Xiaoran remained the only unconfirmed guest. After she rejected his call, Zhang Yang decided to travel to Wuyuan and meet her in person.

• The system revised Zhang Yang’s mission to require five specified popular authors to appear on Good Goods Select’s livestream, and he asked Chi Menglu and Zhou Zhaodong to arrange the invitations.
• Four authors agreed to join Good Goods Select’s book event, leaving Su Xiaoran as the final candidate.
• Zhang Yang read Tian Chuxi’s revised script with Bai Jingyi and found that it gave his second-male-lead character more physical interactions with the heroine.
• Zhou Zhaodong told Zhang Yang that Su Xiaoran was in seclusion at a guesthouse near Wuyuan Huangling and had refused to answer the company’s calls.
• Zhang Yang called Su Xiaoran, but she hung up on him before he could explain the collaboration, so he decided to visit her in person.
• Zhang Yang booked a flight to Jingdezhen and spent the evening reading Su Xiaoran’s books to prepare for their meeting.

Zhang Yang traveled to Wuyuan to invite writer Xie Shuting to appear on Premium Goods, but she refused because she wanted to focus on writing. After meeting him, Xie Shuting found inspiration for her novel and began writing him into it, while Zhang Yang kept trying to get closer to her.

• Zhang Yang arrived in rainy Wuyuan and went to Huangling, where he found the guesthouse run by Xie Shuting, who wrote under the pen name Su Xiaoran.
• Xie Shuting initially mistook Zhang Yang's call for an unwanted event invitation, then welcomed him inside when he arrived in person.
• Zhang Yang explained that Premium Goods wanted Xie Shuting to join a livestream, but she declined and offered him a room at her guesthouse instead.
• After meeting Zhang Yang, Xie Shuting found a clearer model for her male protagonist and began writing a story inspired by his arrival.
• Zhang Yang invited Xie Shuting to dinner, and she agreed before continuing to write their outing into her novel.
• At dinner, Xie Shuting again warned Zhang Yang not to expect her to attend the event, while Zhang Yang offered to pay for the meal.

Zhang Yang tried to persuade Xie Shuting to return to the industry while disguising his business pitch as a fan’s admiration, but she continued to refuse. At a gathering with her devoted readers, they tested Zhang Yang’s courage by staging a harassment incident, and he left with the men who confronted them.

• Zhang Yang praised Xie Shuting’s writing and spent several days befriending her in Huangling without raising business again, but she still refused his invitation.
• Xie Shuting met her devoted readers in Wuyuan County and told them about Zhang Yang, describing him as a man who seemed to have stepped out of a novel.
• Her readers agreed to stage a harassment incident to test Zhang Yang, and he arrived to join their gathering.
• A group of men pretended to harass Huanhuan, and Zhang Yang initially tried to calm them down instead of immediately confronting them.
• When one of the men reached for Xie Shuting, Zhang Yang stepped in and agreed to go outside with the group, prompting Xie Shuting and the other women to follow and check on him.

After Zhang Yang rescued Xie Shuting from a staged confrontation, she used their interactions as inspiration for her novel and began to develop feelings for him. Zhang Yang discovered the manuscript, learned she had helped stage the earlier incident, and decided to use what he had read to advance his goal of getting her to move out.

• Zhang Yang defeated the men in the alley, then walked Xie Shuting back to the inn as she struggled to hide her guilt and grew flustered in his arms.
• Xie Shuting wrote a novel based on Zhang Yang and their encounters, drawing inspiration from him as she developed romantic feelings.
• Xie Shuting invited Zhang Yang to dinner and wine, became drunk, and Zhang Yang carried her to bed without taking advantage of her.
• Zhang Yang read Xie Shuting's manuscript and discovered that she had written him as her romantic protagonist and that the previous night's confrontation had been staged.
• Zhang Yang restored the computer, resolved to use his discovery to further his plan, and left Xie Shuting's room.
• Xie Shuting woke with a headache, recalled that Zhang Yang had carried her to bed, and felt her face flush.

Zhang Yang manipulated Xie Shuting into agreeing to join a livestream event so he could complete his mission, but he refused to take advantage of her when she made advances. After bringing her to Magic City and seeing her to her hotel, he left their relationship unresolved after she kissed him.

• Zhang Yang told Xie Shuting he planned to resign and leave, prompting her to offer to help him by joining the event.
• Xie Shuting closed her inn, and she and Zhang Yang traveled to Magic City, where he arranged her hotel and took her to dinner.
• Xie Shuting asked to see Zhang Yang's apartment and, while tipsy, embraced and kissed him there, but he pushed her away and took her to her hotel.
• Xie Shuting assured Zhang Yang she would honor their cooperation and then kissed him beside the car.

Zhang Yang helped prepare Premium Goods’ Reading Festival and watched Xie Shuting, who wrote under the name Su Xiaoran, become its first livestream guest. As her popularity drove the livestream’s audience above ten thousand, the festival began successfully and Zhang Yang’s mission drew closer to completion.

• Zhang Yang returned to his COFCO Seaview No. 1 home and messaged Xie Shuting, who said she was inspired to keep writing.
• Zhang Yang discovered that Xie Shuting had promoted the Reading Festival and arranged with Chi Menglu for her to appear in the opening session.
• At IFC Mall, Xie Shuting hugged Zhang Yang, bought him a suit, and avoided letting him read her unfinished novel.
• Two days later, Xie Shuting appeared as Su Xiaoran in the first Reading Festival livestream while Zhang Yang monitored its growing audience.
• Chi Menglu told Zhang Yang that the livestream data looked strong, bringing his mission closer to completion.

Zhang Yang completed the Premium Goods livestream mission and received ownership of Soup King Hotpot’s seventy branches. He confessed to Xie Shuting that he had used her affection to help complete his mission and that he had a girlfriend, leaving her hurt and gone from Magic City.

• The Reading Festival drew strong viewership and sales, and Zhang Yang’s mission to increase Premium Goods livestream popularity was completed.
• Zhang Yang claimed the reward, replacing Shudu Roasted Duck’s Magic City flagship store with seventy nationwide branches of Soup King Hotpot.
• Xie Shuting invited Zhang Yang to meet, and he brought her an expensive Hermes handbag as a return gift.
• Zhang Yang admitted he was a Premium Goods shareholder, had lied about resigning, and had a girlfriend, then told Xie Shuting he had approached her with a purpose.
• Xie Shuting returned the handbag and left in tears; Zhang Yang later learned she had checked out of her hotel, then noticed the suit she had bought him.

Zhang Yang completed the acquisition of Soup King Hotpot and inspected its headquarters and central kitchen in Liangxi with Secretary Bai. Afterward, they visited Yuantouzhu Scenic Area, where a mishap with a red-billed gull brought them closer.

• Zhang Yang learned that the transfer of all Soup King Hotpot shares was complete and invited Secretary Bai to travel with him.
• Zhang Yang finalized the paperwork at an accounting firm, making Soup King Hotpot his private asset.
• Zhang Yang and Secretary Bai traveled to Liangxi, where he inspected the company’s operations, expansion plans, and central kitchen with General Manager Zhou Bin.
• Zhang Yang arranged a special all-you-can-eat membership for Bai Jingyi, who excitedly hugged him.
• Zhang Yang and Secretary Bai visited Yuantouzhu Scenic Area, where a red-billed gull pooped on her clothes and Zhang Yang carefully cleaned them.

During their stay in Liangxi, Zhang Yang treated Bai Jingyi to luxury clothes and a hotel suite, then explored the city with her. After Bai Jingyi admired a lakeside residence, Zhang Yang decided on a whim to view a unit at Li Lake Camphor Garden and considered buying it.

• Zhang Yang bought Bai Jingyi two LV dresses and took her to the Hyatt Hotel, where they shared a presidential suite and had dinner at its Chinese restaurant.
• Zhang Yang offered Bai Jingyi time off to visit her family in Guangling, and the two spent the night together in the suite.
• The next morning, Zhang Yang and Bai Jingyi visited Lingshan and Nianhua Bay, where Bai Jingyi said she wanted to live there.
• Zhang Yang decided to look for a home in Liangxi after Bai Jingyi admired a lakeside residence near Li Lake.
• Zhang Yang found a renovated 180-square-meter unit at Li Lake Camphor Garden listed for seven million and called the agent to arrange a viewing with the owners.

Zhang Yang bought a furnished apartment in Liangxi on a whim, paying in full and leaving the handover to Bai Jingyi. As they drove away together, Bai Jingyi treasured their day as a shared memory and told Zhang Yang that happiness was the present.

• Zhang Yang viewed an 180-square-meter apartment with Bai Jingyi and agreed to buy it at the listed price after the owners offered only a small discount for full payment.
• The owners and agent discovered that Zhang Yang and Bai Jingyi were a chairman and his assistant, not newlyweds, and were astonished when a Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived to take them to the agency.
• Zhang Yang signed the contract, arranged for the owners to vacate within a few days, and promised Bai Jingyi a Piaget watch for handling the handover.
• Zhang Yang paid seven million yuan plus taxes and fees, completed the transfer before closing time, and handed the new property certificate to Bai Jingyi.
• Bai Jingyi called their day together the happiest of her life and told Zhang Yang that happiness was the present before they left in the Phantom.

After arriving in Hangzhou, Zhang Yang visited Tian Chuxi at a private training studio, where he met Luo Wenzhou, an investor’s son who was pursuing her. When Luo Wenzhou challenged Zhang Yang to bench press, Zhang Yang loaded the bar to 300 kilograms and prepared to lift it.

• Secretary Bai stayed in Liangxi to handle the house while Zhang Yang traveled to Hangzhou and chatted with her on the way.
• Zhang Yang saw Tian Chuxi’s fitness post, accepted her invitation, and visited her private training studio.
• Tian Chuxi told Zhang Yang that Luo Wenzhou had been pursuing her, and Luo Wenzhou arrived at the studio and invited her to dinner.
• Luo Wenzhou tried to show off his strength and repeatedly urged Zhang Yang to bench press, while Tian Chuxi warned Zhang Yang not to get hurt before filming.
• Zhang Yang changed into workout clothes, astonishing Tian Chuxi, Coach Feifei, and Luo Wenzhou with his physique, then loaded 300 kilograms onto the bar and lay down to press it.

Zhang Yang stunned Luo Wenzhou and Coach Feifei by bench-pressing 300 kilograms for five repetitions, then took Tian Chuxi to dinner and shopping at Vientiane City. At Soup King Hotpot, Zhang Yang revealed he owned the restaurant and asked Tian Chuxi to post about it, and she agreed.

• Zhang Yang bench-pressed 300 kilograms for five repetitions without assistance, leaving Luo Wenzhou, Tian Chuxi, and Coach Feifei amazed.
• Coach Feifei added Zhang Yang on WeChat and praised him, while Luo Wenzhou left in embarrassment.
• Zhang Yang and Tian Chuxi drove to Vientiane City, where he put his arm around her as they entered through the crowded garage.
• Zhang Yang and Tian Chuxi ate at Soup King Hotpot, and he revealed that he owned the chain.
• Zhang Yang asked Tian Chuxi to post about the restaurant on her Moments, and she agreed because she managed her own studio.

Zhang Yang grew closer to Tian Chuxi over hotpot and began filming a web drama with her, but he overdid a scene with her and embarrassed himself. He then went to Xiang Xiaotian’s birthday party, where his expensive advance gift drew everyone’s astonishment.

• Tian Chuxi discussed Zhang Yang’s businesses and her own career, and Zhang Yang offered to invest tens of millions in a future project of hers.
• Zhang Yang walked Tian Chuxi to her hotel, flirted too boldly, and then asked Qu Shanshan to give him a work report in his room.
• Zhang Yang began filming the web drama and impressed the crew by appearing naturally handsome on camera.
• During a scene with Tian Chuxi, Zhang Yang’s physical acting went too far, and he blushed when he saw the footage afterward.
• Zhang Yang arrived at Xiang Xiaotian’s birthday party with flowers, and Xiang Xiaotian revealed that his advance gift to her included jewelry worth five million.

At Xiang Xiaotian’s birthday celebrations, Zhang Yang left the nightclub with her to help Tian Chuxi film a rainy-night scene on Hundred-Zhang Ridge. They arrived at the mountain set in heavy rain, where Xiang Xiaotian eagerly wanted to watch the filming.

• Xiang Detao’s relatives treated Zhang Yang as Xiang Xiaotian’s future husband while guests toasted him at her birthday banquet.
• Tian Chuxi asked Zhang Yang to join a rain scene that night, and Zhang Yang agreed after considering her earlier help with Soup King Hotpot.
• At the nightclub, Zhang Yang told Xiang Xiaotian he needed to leave for filming, and she insisted on going with him after learning he would appear in Tian Chuxi’s drama.
• Zhang Yang and Xiang Xiaotian took a taxi through the worsening rain to the remote mountain location, where the assistant director greeted them.
• Zhang Yang asked Xiang Xiaotian to wait in a trailer while he checked on the set, but she wanted to watch the filming.

During a rainy-night shoot, Tian Chuxi accidentally drove off a cliff, and Zhang Yang climbed down to rescue her. He found her alive and cold in the wrecked car, brought her to a nearby cave, and started a fire while they waited for help.

• Tian Chuxi insisted on performing a dangerous car-crash scene herself and completed the take safely.
• While driving the car back in the rain, Tian Chuxi looked away from the road and accidentally drove over the edge of a ravine.
• Zhang Yang ignored the crew's warnings and climbed down the muddy slope to search for Tian Chuxi.
• Zhang Yang found Tian Chuxi alive in the car, broke off a branch to free the jammed door, and pulled her out.
• Because Tian Chuxi was freezing and his phone was soaked, Zhang Yang carried her into a nearby cave and made a fire from dry grass and twigs.

Zhang Yang and Tian Chuxi survived the stormy night in a cave after he rescued her from a cliff, and a search party found them at dawn. After returning to safety and recovering in the hospital, Zhang Yang agreed to let Xiang Xiaotian visit him after his discharge.

• Zhang Yang warmed Tian Chuxi by a fire in the cave, and she slept in his arms until dawn.
• Rescuers found Zhang Yang and Tian Chuxi, and Xiang Xiaotian rushed over and embraced Zhang Yang.
• Tian Chuxi met Xiang Xiaotian, exchanged contact information with her, and thanked Zhang Yang for saving her.
• The group left the mountain safely, and Zhang Yang went to the hospital for an examination and several days of observation.
• Xiang Xiaotian visited Zhang Yang repeatedly, and he agreed that she could come to his suite after he was discharged.

After leaving the hospital, Zhang Yang resumed his plans and drove Xiang Xiaotian to inspect his Peach Blossom Spring home, picking up her cousin Dong Jun and his girlfriend Liu Qingqing along the way. The group headed toward the renovation site, where Xiang Xiaotian learned Zhang Yang had budgeted one hundred million for the work.

• Tian Chuxi visited Zhang Yang in the hospital, showed him her bruised arm, and agreed to resume filming soon.
• Zhang Yang left the hospital and returned to his hotel, then drove Xiang Xiaotian in a Mercedes-Benz and let her post a photo of their clasped hands on WeChat Moments.
• Xiang Xiaotian's mother asked her to pick up Dong Jun and Liu Qingqing, so Zhang Yang agreed to bring them along.
• Dong Jun and Liu Qingqing joined the car and met Zhang Yang, leaving Liu Qingqing impressed by his looks and Dong Jun uncertain about his cousin's wealth.
• Zhang Yang told Xiang Xiaotian that Hong Kong Cheng Chung Design was renovating his Peach Blossom Spring home and that the budget was about one hundred million.

Zhang Yang showed Xiang Xiaotian, Dong Jun, and Liu Qingqing his lavish Peach Blossom Spring residence and revealed that he owned Soup King Hotpot and the InterContinental Garden Hotel. The group checked into the hotel, where Dong Jun realized Liu Qingqing had asked for separate rooms to play hard to get.

• Zhang Yang toured his Chinese-style courtyard residence with Xiang Xiaotian, Dong Jun, and Liu Qingqing, while staff described its lavish renovation.
• Dong Jun and Liu Qingqing posted about the mansion online, but Xiang Xiaotian scolded Dong Jun until he deleted his post.
• The group learned that the residence and renovation were worth over 200 million yuan and that Zhang Yang owned Soup King Hotpot.
• Zhang Yang took the group to the InterContinental Garden Hotel, where Dong Jun discovered Zhang Yang owned the hotel and saw his Phantom.
• Zhang Yang arranged separate hotel rooms after Liu Qingqing said she and Dong Jun were not living together, and Dong Jun later suspected she was playing hard to get.

Zhang Yang spent the evening with Xiang Xiaotian at the InterContinental Garden Hotel, then chatted late into the night with Tian Chuxi about their upcoming filming. The next morning, Xiang Xiaotian warned her mother that her cousin Dong Jun was angling to borrow money for a car, but Dong Yaru defended him.

• Xiang Xiaotian complained to Zhang Yang about her cousin Dong Jun's habit of hinting for gifts and money, and Zhang Yang cautioned her not to say such things in front of her mother.
• Zhang Yang cooked dinner for Xiang Xiaotian, and they shared wine and a quiet evening together in the hotel's rooftop garden before returning to the suite.
• After Xiang Xiaotian went to bed, Zhang Yang messaged Tian Chuxi about starting filming, then talked with her by voice and video call; she hinted that he was eager to film because of a later scene in the script.
• Zhang Yang saw his younger cousin Song Yumeng post that she was a devoted Tian Chuxi fan, then returned to bed beside Xiang Xiaotian.
• The next morning, Xiang Xiaotian spoke with her mother Dong Yaru and later warned her that Dong Jun might ask for money to buy a car, but Dong Yaru said she wanted to support her nephew.

Zhang Yang finished filming his role in Tian Chuxi’s web drama, and their on-set kiss turned into a charged farewell. At the wrap party, Tian Chuxi gave him a final kiss as thanks, and Zhang Yang received a system notification that the mission was complete.

• Xiang Xiaotian returned to Junlan Hotel and warned Xiang Detao not to lend Dong Jun money for a car.
• Dong Jun asked Zhang Yang to let his girlfriend visit the expensive suite, but Zhang Yang turned him down and left before Dong Jun could make another request.
• During filming, Tian Chuxi initiated a real kiss with Zhang Yang, and their second take became an intense kiss that drew the crew’s attention.
• Zhang Yang completed his final scenes, and the production held a wrap party to celebrate his departure.
• Tian Chuxi took Zhang Yang outside and kissed him as a thank-you; afterward, Zhang Yang heard the system announce that the mission was complete.

After gaining Tian Chuxi’s friendship, Zhang Yang used a Global 500 CEO Experience Book and gained the knowledge, abilities, and presence of a business leader. He impressed internet tycoon President Liu and his hotel staff, then addressed the entire hotel before the wealth summit.

• Zhang Yang claimed his rewards and used the Global 500 CEO Experience Book, absorbing extensive business knowledge and skills.
• The next morning, Zhang Yang recognized his newfound confidence and decided to focus on expanding his assets.
• Yu Kaili welcomed President Liu to the InterContinental Garden Hotel, where Zhang Yang greeted him and impressed him with his composure and business acumen.
• President Liu exchanged contact information with Zhang Yang and privately anticipated that Zhang Yang would become a major figure.
• Zhang Yang held an all-staff meeting before the summit and impressed the hotel employees with his confident speech and practical solutions.