The Skysea Boss's Idea

The plates on the dining table had already been stacked high.

Li Jing could only see Yang Sheng across from her through the gaps between the plates, his head lowered as he ate ravenously.

Before long, after he had emptied every last bit of food from his plates, Yang Sheng finally felt less hungry.

He raised his head somewhat sheepishly and smiled at Li Jing.

"That fight really drained a lot of energy."

Li Jing asked, "Do martial artists all eat this much?"

Yang Sheng said, "Martial artists all eat a lot, but people who eat as much as I do are rare."

Li Jing burst out laughing.

"Eat up, eat up. If it isn't enough, there's more. Don't worry, my dad has money. He goes to fancy restaurants for business dinners all the time; one meal of his could cover several of yours."

Hearing this, Yang Sheng moved aside the piled-up plates in front of him and replied with a smile, "Then could I have two more bowls of ramen?"

While the two of them hid away to eat,

the people searching for Yang Sheng out on the streets had already gone mad.

Liu Jianming sent an urgent message to all the company's senior executives: "Cancel all meetings tonight. There are more important matters to handle today."

He realized that after this battle, Yang Sheng would undoubtedly become famous.

Previously, acting on the principle of casting a wide net, he had cast one over Yang Sheng.

Now, it seemed that net had been well worth casting.

Before anyone else had time to react, he wanted to secure Yang Sheng and invite him to join the Liu Group.

The Liu Group's steady development to this day had depended heavily on the Liu Family's decades-long martial artist cultivation program.

All of their businesses, large or small, employed a great many experts at Great Completion of Bright Force and above.

This even included top experts like Old Huang.

It was precisely because these martial artists were there that the Liu Group could withstand countless outside pressures and sail steadily onward like a great ship.

But they also had something to worry about now: there was a gap in the next generation of martial artists.

It was at this time that Liu Jianming stepped forward and proposed the Seedling Plan, starting with the schools.

To support this plan, he had even sent Liu Chang to Bay City Martial Arts High School.

The original purpose of the Seedling Plan was for the Liu Group to provide cultivation resources to promising young martial artists, who would join the Liu Group after graduating from college or completing their training.

This would create a new kind of relationship that was more secure than the contracts they had previously signed with hired experts.

In Liu Jianming's eyes, the potential Yang Sheng had displayed was enormous.

His future achievements might not even fall below Old Huang's.

So he made up his mind to sign Yang Sheng.

Besides Liu Jianming, several chambers of commerce had also caught on and begun searching for Yang Sheng, hoping to secure his future service with generous terms.

At the same time, several school administrators were also looking for Yang Sheng.

After all, Yang Sheng had made this matter far too big.

At the restaurant, Yang Sheng finished the three newly served bowls of noodles.

At last, he let out a full belch.

"All right, I'm done eating. Time to go."

Li Jing immediately got to her feet as well.

Yang Sheng turned back. "Are you coming with me?"

Li Jing twisted her fingers together. "I don't know where to go right now either."

Yang Sheng nodded. "Then come with me. I'm going to the boxing gym to train."

Li Jing said, "Huh? You're going to box right after eating? Don't you need any entertainment?"

Yang Sheng said, "Boxing is my entertainment. Do you want to learn how to box?"

Li Jing pointed at herself. "Huh? Can I?"

Yang Sheng gave her a warm smile.

"Of course."

When the two arrived at Skysea Boxing Gym, the Skysea boss was gathered around a mahjong table with several others.

He played while cursing under his breath.

"Damn it, why didn't Yang Sheng come today? No one else came either, and there aren't any new customers. What the hell is going on? What kind of day is this?"

Yang Sheng walked over to the Skysea boss.

"Boss, let me introduce you to a new customer. She's my friend, so you have to give her a discount."

Hearing the familiar voice, the Skysea boss abruptly turned his head.

He said in surprise, "What were you doing today? Why didn't you come box without even saying anything?"

Then he looked at Li Jing and noticed that the short-haired girl had delicate features, an excellent figure, very fair skin, and tasteful clothes.

His gaze involuntarily shifted upward toward Yang Sheng.

"If she's your girlfriend, I'll waive the fee altogether."

The moment he said that, Li Jing's face immediately turned red.

Yang Sheng had not expected that and hurriedly explained, "No, we're just ordinary friends."

The Skysea boss wore the expression of someone who had been through it all. "I get it. You're still ordinary friends for now."

"By the way, you still haven't told me what you were doing this morning."

As he spoke, the Skysea boss drew a mahjong tile.

Leaning against the edge of the counter, Yang Sheng said casually, "I went to take the school test this morning."

Those words alone left the Skysea boss frozen on the spot.

With a clatter,

the mahjong tile in his hand fell to the floor.

Then the Skysea boss slowly turned around. "Wasn't the test supposed to be tomorrow?!"

Li Jing, standing nearby, said, "Boss, it really was today. Yang Sheng even won!"

A few seconds later, the most astonishing roar ever heard from the Skysea Boxing Gym erupted.

"Holy shit!!!"

He leaped to his feet, grabbed Yang Sheng in a hug, and looked him up and down.

"You're not hurt? You beat Li Ya?"

Yang Sheng continued in the same calm tone, "Li Ya didn't hit me, so I wasn't hurt. He got a little injured himself and surrendered."

The Skysea boss muttered to himself, "He surrendered..."

Suddenly, his eyes sharpened. Ignoring the others' complaints, he drove all his mahjong companions out.

"Has anyone come looking for you?"

The Skysea boss looked extremely serious.

Yang Sheng thought for a moment. "No one's looking for me."

The Skysea boss shook his head. "That's only because you don't know it. Did you come straight here after it ended?"

Yang Sheng nodded. "As soon as the test ended, I came here because I still hadn't played today's ranking match."

The Skysea boss covered his face. "At a time like this, why are you still playing ranking matches? People outside must be going crazy looking for you."

"Can you imagine what it means for someone on the Lower Registry to defeat an Upper Registry elite?"

Li Jing, standing nearby, said, "I know. They all went crazy, shouting that Yang Sheng is invincible."

The Skysea boss slapped his hand against the table. "Exactly. Your commercial value has now reached an incredibly high point. Those chambers of commerce will all be fighting to find you and sign you. They'll definitely offer terms generous enough that you can't refuse."

Yang Sheng understood what the Skysea boss meant.

"You're saying they'll come looking to sign me?"

He thought of the Liu Family arranging for Old Huang to meet him last night.

So the Liu Family had already begun laying the groundwork back then.

The Skysea boss nodded. "That's right. A lot of big businesses do this now, and it benefits martial artists too. You won't have to worry about cultivation resources anymore. For example, if you sign with the Liu Group, they might cover your medicinal meals for the rest of your life."

"But the downside is obvious too: you'll lose some freedom. Once you sign, you won't be free anymore. After you graduate or finish your training, you'll have to serve that business."

That made Yang Sheng think of Old Huang.

The man who had served the Liu Group for half his life.

At that thought, Yang Sheng completely calmed down and began considering the issue before him.

He asked the Skysea boss, "What do you suggest?"

The Skysea boss smiled. "I do have an idea."