Boss Xiu

Biodata

Background

Xiu Yiming is a first-generation tycoon who built his own business empire rather than inheriting his wealth. Lin Fan identifies him as having entered business in 1985. Despite his success, he rarely appears publicly and is described as one of the hidden wealthy 80.

His group operates across finance, brick-and-mortar businesses, food service, and entertainment. His company occupies the fifth floor of the Central Building, where security guard Zhuang Ran recognizes it as the building’s most prominent company 718.

With none of his three daughters interested in company affairs, Boss Xiu groomed their husbands as successors. He particularly favored Jian Ren, his eldest son-in-law, whom he brought into the company, personally trained, and introduced to business contacts 80 81.

Appearance

• Executive presentation: First appears on video seated in an office, wearing an immaculate suit and projecting the authority of a senior executive 79.
• Build: Slightly chubby; jokingly describes his weight as a “fortunate appearance” when Zhou Xingxing teases him 848.
• Bearing: Can intimidate subordinates without openly displaying anger, as shown during his confrontation with Jian Ren 80.

Personality

Boss Xiu is an enthusiastic and generous supporter of Lin Fan. Among the streamer’s earliest fans, he routinely sends dozens of rocket gifts when broadcasts begin. His gratitude deepens after Lin Fan exposes threats to his family, company, and life; he promises to do everything possible whenever Lin Fan needs help 80 81.

He combines personal warmth with a businessman’s eye for opportunity. He hopes an introduction to Zhou Xingxing will help his company grow, and deliberately remains near Lin Fan so that he can assist with errands and potentially receive useful gifts in return 261 779. His devotion can also override business etiquette: during the Central Building incident, he leaves a waiting client behind to investigate the thirteenth floor 720.

His generosity extends beyond Lin Fan. He offers financial support to Bu Xiaoyao and willingly accepts losses by severing business ties with the Chen Family after learning about Chen Wanle’s abuse 729 815. However, his anger can take a threatening form: after Yu Qin’s conduct is exposed, he offers money to anyone willing to “make [him] happy,” which fellow viewers interpret as an indirect invitation to retaliate against her 686.

He frequently jokes with other regular viewers and accepts teasing about his wealth, marriage, and devotion to Lin Fan. He calls his wife the “tigress at home” when Zhou Xingxing suggests finding a new proprietress for the Pingzhou Grand Hotel 764.

Skills & Resources

Business Leadership

Boss Xiu’s principal strength is his commercial experience and extensive business network.

• Built a diversified business empire as a self-made entrepreneur 80 718.
• Personally trained Jian Ren through negotiations and introductions to established contacts 81.
• Is regarded by Yan Gugu as too capable to defeat through ordinary business tactics, prompting her to target him with a harmful feng shui arrangement instead 82.
• Commands substantial local influence, but acknowledges that his assets and spending power fall far below Zhou Xingxing’s 261 848.

Insight into Lin Fan

Boss Xiu often anticipates Lin Fan’s intentions accurately enough to earn praise from him.

• Suggests that Lin Fan may be able to restore the painter June’s sight 308.
• Recognizes that Lin Fan would not simply ignore another person’s suffering 316.
• Correctly proposes that a girl appearing at a temple could be the Temple Master’s relative; Lin Fan confirms that she is his daughter 731.

Lin Fan jokes that Boss Xiu might read minds or live inside his head. These remarks praise his perceptiveness rather than establish a supernatural ability 273 316.

Equipment & Gifts

• Peace Talisman: Regularly carried on his person. It burns to ashes after a young Daoist punches him into a wall at the Koi Tea Shop 781.
• Three jade Peace Buttons: Refined by Lin Fan for Boss Xiu’s three daughters as repayment for his help 780.
• Bagua Mirror: Delivers one during Lin Fan’s work at the tea shop 776.
• Healing pill: Given to him by Lin Fan after Lin Fan detects broken bones; it relieves his physical discomfort 782.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Fortune-Telling Call

Lin Fan initially tries to select Boss Xiu for a call but accidentally clicks the username beneath his, connecting with Ren Yufei instead. He successfully chooses Boss Xiu at the following session 76 79.

Rather than requesting an ordinary reading, Boss Xiu asks whether Lin Fan could perform a ritual if he ever needs one. Lin Fan replies that he will visit Pingzhou in three days, then reveals that Boss Xiu’s father will die peacefully in his sleep at that time. He urges Boss Xiu to spend time with him 80.

Jian Ren’s Betrayal

During the same call, Lin Fan exposes Jian Ren’s affairs with his two personal secretaries. Boss Xiu initially doubts the accusation because Jian Ren appears honest and obedient to his wife. After summoning all three, he recognizes their panic and obtains Jian Ren’s confession 80.

Boss Xiu removes Jian Ren as general manager and orders both secretaries to resign. Lin Fan then reveals a larger scheme: Jian Ren has replaced personnel around Boss Xiu and cultivated shareholders’ support in preparation for removing him as chairman. Boss Xiu rejects Jian Ren’s denials, calls the police, and ends his support for his former protégé 81.

The Blood Sha Plot

Lin Fan next identifies the cause of Boss Xiu’s recent dizziness, declining health, and evening drowsiness. Following his instructions, Boss Xiu visits Jinhuang Tower’s rooftop and discovers twenty enormous mirrors surrounding a blood-red dagger. The arrangement directs malevolent energy toward his office; Coiled Dragon warns that continued exposure would kill him within three years 82.

Boss Xiu initially suspects his longtime rival Yan Sanjin, but Lin Fan identifies Yan’s daughter, Yan Gugu, as the culprit. She intends to kill Boss Xiu gradually so that Jinhuang Group can absorb his businesses. Boss Xiu warns Yan Sanjin against any repetition, yet also expresses admiration for Yan Gugu’s ambition, contrasting it with his daughters’ indifference to business 82.

His Father’s Funeral

After his father dies naturally, Boss Xiu and his wife receive mourners alongside their daughters. His youngest daughter’s flashy qipao angers him, while repeatedly abnormal incense burning alarms the guests 102.

When Lin Fan arrives, he discovers that the coffin has been tampered with. Jian Ren, now imprisoned and facing a lawsuit, arranged the attack through his supposedly deceased father, coffin-shop owner Boss Wang. Boss Wang admits that his arrangement was intended to kill Boss Xiu’s entire family within three months, allowing Jian Ren to inherit part of their assets after leaving prison 104 105 106.

Boss Xiu orders his guards to surround Boss Wang. Lin Fan prevents the threatened disaster, later assures him that Boss Wang cannot retaliate, and warns him to remain careful of Jian Ren’s family 106 107.

Lin Fan deliberately leaves some lesser difficulties undisclosed, believing that overcoming them will strengthen Boss Xiu. By a later livestream, Boss Xiu credits him with changing his daughters’ outlook and says that both his business and family life are fulfilling 107 108 260.

Supporting Bu Xiaoyao

Boss Xiu and Zhou Xingxing offer to cover Bu Xiaoyao’s expenses while Lin Fan arranges treatment for his sister. Bu Xiaoyao initially hesitates but accepts after Lin Fan reassures him. Lin Fan then forwards his information to both benefactors 729.

The Koi Tea Shop and Kidnapping

Boss Xiu recognizes Sister Wang as a tea seller from whom he previously bought gifts. He explains that he stopped visiting after inexplicably feeling resistance at her entrance and walking into the opposite shop instead—not because she had treated him poorly 769.

He assists during Lin Fan’s subsequent work at the shop and stays overnight to watch artifact refinement, livestreaming it to a group. Exhausted by morning, he is put to sleep with Lin Fan’s spiritual power. Lin Fan later gives him three Peace Buttons for his daughters 776 779 780.

After Lin Fan leaves, Boss Xiu plans to make Sister Wang the tea supplier for companies under his control. A young Daoist then arrives, incapacitates her, and strikes Boss Xiu when he intervenes. His carried Peace Talisman burns away 781.

Boss Xiu accompanies the rescue effort despite his injuries. Lin Fan heals him and reflects that their relationship has become a friendship rather than merely that of streamer and fan 782.

Action Against the Chen Family

After Xiao Wen exposes Chen Wanle’s abuse, Boss Xiu immediately orders his assistant to terminate every business relationship with the Jiangzhou Chen Family, despite knowing that both sides will suffer losses. Zhou Xingxing and other wealthy viewers also intervene against the family’s businesses 815.

Relationships

• Lin Fan — Favorite streamer, benefactor, and eventual friend. Boss Xiu supports his broadcasts, helps with practical tasks, and receives protection and assistance in return 80 81 779 782.
• Wife — Participates with him in mourning his father; also the subject of his jokingly fearful remarks about married life 102 764.
• Three daughters — Their lack of business interest leads him to train his sons-in-law as successors. He later credits Lin Fan with improving their outlook 81 260.
• Jian Ren — Former eldest son-in-law and intended successor; exposed for infidelity and a corporate takeover scheme, then implicated in revenge against the family 80 81 105.
• Boss Wang — Jian Ren’s father and the coffin maker responsible for the attempted attack on Boss Xiu’s entire household 105 106.
• Yan Sanjin — Longtime commercial rival with whom he maintains regular personal contact despite competition 82.
• Yan Gugu — Yan Sanjin’s daughter; attempts to kill him through blood sha to facilitate a takeover 82.
• Zhou Xingxing — Fellow wealthy viewer and frequent bantering partner. One of Zhou’s investment companies already holds a stake in Boss Xiu’s company before Boss Xiu seeks a personal introduction 261 729.
• Sister Wang / Wang Koi — Tea supplier and fellow friend of Lin Fan; Boss Xiu defends her character and intervenes when she is abducted 769 781.
• Bu Xiaoyao — Recipient of financial assistance jointly offered by Boss Xiu and Zhou Xingxing 729.