They reached Jiangbei City soon.
Xu Yuan went to the karaoke lounge with everyone. He booked the Supreme VIP Room, ordered two rows of drinks, raised a glass with the others (his held plain water), and sang the first song before apologizing and leaving. Zhai Qingya walked him out.
"Duck Bro, no need to see me out. Have fun. See you tomorrow." Xu Yuan waved.
Zhai Qingya leaned close with a grin and lowered his voice.
"You have to get past Lu Chenzhou. Once you do, you'll soar straight into the sky."
He gave Xu Yuan's shoulder a firm pat.
"Thanks for the advice, Duck Bro. I'll do my best." Xu Yuan smiled.
"Get going. I'm betting on you, kid!" Cheng Qingya laughed too.
A dozen or so minutes later.
Xu Yuan finally got home. He lay down on the sofa and immediately pulled out his phone to check it.
The money still hadn't arrived.
That was Heavenly Palace's usual practice.
Payment for a commercial event came the day after it took place.
That was already pretty good.
In this world, wages weren't paid once a month.
They never had been.
People would rather pay wages early than delay them more than three days. Otherwise, everyone would think they couldn't be trusted, and no one would do business with them.
That was this world's version of "never let it happen a third time."
Xu Yuan played a game distractedly, then decided it was stupid to sit around until midnight just to check his income.
A mere two million.
Nothing to get excited about.
He might as well keep training.
Wait.
First, he needed to upgrade his home security.
After all, he still had seven or eight hundred thousand on hand, with another two million about to come in. He could