Lin Yechen

Biodata

Background

Lin Yechen is a Stanford graduate with a science background, described as having a mind full of data structures. By the time Shao Ke discusses his workload with him, he has worked alongside Shao Ke for six years 115 133 136.

His position extends well beyond ordinary secretarial duties. He chairs executive meetings, acts as Shao Ke’s spokesman, and supervises an entire office of secretaries. Within the company’s reporting structure, no one can bypass him to deal directly with Shao Ke 93 107 131.

Appearance

Lin Yechen is exceptionally handsome, with stern brows, sharply defined facial features, and a tall, slender build. At their first meeting, Yan Ningke thinks he could debut in entertainment with a little styling 39.

• Small mole: Located on his high nose bridge 39.
• Gold-rimmed glasses: A recurring feature of his polished professional appearance 94 109 134.
• Tailored clothing: Usually wears well-fitted suits; his Christmas Eve outfit is an expensive gray suit with meticulously styled hair 39 134.
• Lean physique: His shirt outlines a firm, narrow waist when he confronts a paparazzo outside the hotel 116.

Personality

Lin Yechen maintains a courteous, controlled exterior even when delivering uncompromising demands. He can smile warmly while negotiating, flatter officials without appearing servile, and address executives with enough severity that they complain about him—until Shao Ke takes over and proves considerably harsher 93 94 116.

His internal commentary is much less restrained. He complains privately about late-night assignments, struggles not to laugh at Shao Ke and Yan Ningke’s domestic antics, and gleefully leaves executives to face his boss’s criticism. Salary and bonuses are recurring incentives: a six-figure transfer immediately changes his response to Shao Ke’s demands concerning Yan Ningke’s schedule 85 92 93 133.

His composure also conceals considerable brutality. He orders an invasive search of a captive’s body and personally severs the wrist tendons of the kidnapper who threatened Yan Ningke with a knife. These acts are carried out with the same calm manner he uses in professional settings 109 150 151.

Although deferential to Shao Ke, he does not readily tolerate provocation from others. When Si Yanzhuo mocks his attempt to provide yogurt after drinking, Lin retaliates with scalding water and a professionally false smile 115.

Abilities & Skills

Executive Administration

Lin manages corporate work while handling Shao Ke’s personal assignments.

• Chairs quarterly reporting meetings and prepares major business documents, including the Port Project proposal 93 133.
• Controls the flow of communication to Shao Ke through a subordinate secretarial office 131.
• Arranges access privileges, including registering Yan Ningke’s fingerprints for Shao Ke’s secured office 132.
• Secures production funding through a few calls, a video conference, and an immediate payment 94.

Negotiation and Social Etiquette

He is highly effective at business entertainment and official functions.

• Smooths over a banquet as Shao Ke’s spokesman 107.
• Exchanges flattering official pleasantries without appearing either submissive or arrogant 116.
• Handles repeated rounds of drinking with ten men without his expression changing, prompting Si Yanzhuo to express a desire to poach him 116.
• Conducts a work-related exchange with a foreign subordinate in English 101.

Publicity and Information Control

Lin coordinates personnel and technical resources to protect Yan Ningke’s public image.

• Monitors livestreams even while eating, attending meetings, or meeting clients, and supervises paid commenters who counter online attacks 47 53.
• Removes an unfavorable trending topic within five minutes and gathers evidence for a coordinated response 113.
• Obtains audition footage and directs the At Daybreak publicity team to issue a statement disproving role-stealing allegations 114.
• Commissions the Computer Department to build an automatic blocking system, supported by staff screening posts around the clock 141.
• Uses technical staff and paid hackers to trace hostile posts and locate Yan Ningke’s kidnappers; the text attributes this work to his teams rather than to Lin personally hacking systems 141 148.

Investigation and Enforcement

His assignments include gathering evidence, directing bodyguards, and handling violent reprisals.

• Initiates follow-up work on the bank account connected to the sabotage behind Shao Ke’s parents’ deaths 107.
• Investigates Yan Zhen’s past and arranges for an accomplice studying abroad to be escorted home 141.
• Coordinates the search for the abducted Yan Ningke despite false plates and routes chosen to avoid surveillance 148.
• Intercepts the kidnappers on the highway and recovers Yan Ningke’s watch and twenty million 150.
• Personally uses a blade to sever the knife-wielding kidnapper’s wrist tendons 151.

Personal Logistics

Lin also carries out highly specific requests for Shao Ke’s household.

• Delivers a large wardrobe and arranges regular deliveries of new clothing 61.
• Receives instructions to purchase a cake shop’s bestsellers and arrange smaller custom-made cakes 79.
• Arranges for custom-made ointment to reach Yan Ningke’s filming location by air within two hours 119.
• Prepares supplies and decorative lighting for the Christmas Eve barbecue 134.
• His practical skills have limits: he and Yan Ningke take nearly an hour to light the charcoal, ending with soot-covered hands and faces 135.

Relationships

• Shao Ke — Employer of six years and the person Lin serves as chief special assistant. Shao Ke entrusts him with corporate administration, household requests, investigations, and retaliation against enemies. Lin privately complains about his workload but remains responsive to his boss’s demands 53 107 131 133 138.
• Yan Ningke — Shao Ke’s partner and a frequent recipient of Lin’s assistance. Lin protects his career, arranges practical support, and initially regards him as an innocent, easygoing young master. Seeing him confront Shao Yang radically unsettles that impression 94 119 134 149.
• Si Yanzhuo — A business associate whose admiration develops into persistent, suggestive teasing. Lin answers with cool politeness and sharp retorts, although Si’s gaze briefly makes his heart race. Their exchanges imply attraction, but the supplied chapters do not establish a confirmed relationship 115 116 134 136 158.
• Liao Hai — Confidential source on Yan Ningke’s condition during filming. Lin recruits him by explaining that Shao Ke wants reassurance rather than betrayal, then proves useful by arranging treatment for Yan Ningke’s injuries. He later rewards Liao Hai’s protective behavior with money 119 154.
• Wen Shaoyu — Collaborator in investigating the sabotage connected to Shao Ke’s parents’ deaths. Wen also eagerly questions Lin about the scene he witnessed after Yan Ningke’s abduction 107 151.
• Zhou Pingfan — Subject of an investigation requested by Yan Ningke. Lin gathers information about his living circumstances and handles the request for anonymous financial assistance 134.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Assistance to Yan Ningke

• Photoshoot: Introduces himself to Yan Ningke and escorts the visiting group into the studio 39.
• Livestream protection: Receives Shao Ke’s order to ban an account attacking Lars and monitor Yan Ningke’s broadcast. He subsequently supervises an organized online counterattack 47 53.
• Household errands: Delivers Yan Ningke’s extensive new wardrobe and continues receiving personal assignments alongside his corporate duties 61 79 85.

Production Support and the He Sheng Scandal

• When Shao Ke learns Yan Ningke must share a hotel room, Lin is reprimanded during an executive meeting. He cheerfully transfers the meeting to Shao Ke and leaves to resolve the accommodation problem 93.
• He funds the production on the explicit condition that Yan Ningke suffer no mistreatment. Yan Ningke is subsequently moved into a top-floor luxury suite 94.
• Following accusations that Yan Ningke bought or stole He Sheng’s role, Lin gathers evidence, coordinates the production’s response, and releases material exposing He Sheng’s misconduct 113 114.
• He rejects Huangjia Entertainment’s attempt to negotiate, warning that Bairun will target He Sheng and can take over the company if necessary. He Sheng’s agency then terminates his contract 114.

Hotel Dinner and Si Yanzhuo’s Interest

• Lin handles the drinking and official pleasantries at a business dinner, impressing Si Yanzhuo 115 116.
• At Shao Ke’s request, he summons Yan Ningke by claiming Shao Ke is too drunk to leave alone, then supports his boss’s performance when Yan arrives 116.
• He intercepts a paparazzo who photographs the couple and warns him about what he may publish. Si watches the aftermath and continues observing Lin as his car departs 116 117.
• Their pointed exchanges continue at the Christmas gathering and later over a red envelope Si insists Lin accept 134 136 158.

The Yan Family’s Exposure

• Lin blocks an attempted exposé about Yan Ningke and Shao Ke, then has its source traced to Yan Zhen 140 141.
• After the source is identified, he orders a mistress and her son delivered to the Yan family home 141.
• His investigation uncovers Yan Zhen and several wealthy classmates’ prolonged sexual abuse of a girl who subsequently died by suicide 141.
• Following Shao Ke’s instructions, Lin arranges action against everyone involved and deliberately publicizes the case, making it harder for their families to intervene. He continues monitoring the proceedings afterward 141 156.

Shao Family Reckoning and Yan Ningke’s Abduction

• Lin reports that evidence against those involved in Shao Ke’s parents’ murder has been collected. He later confirms that all targeted Shao family members have been apprehended 138 145.
• After Yan Ningke disappears, Lin coordinates the search and identifies the abductors despite their precautions 148.
• He accompanies Shao Ke to the hotel and witnesses Yan Ningke holding a bloodstained ashtray after confronting Shao Yang 149.
• While Shao Ke stays with Yan Ningke at the hospital, Lin handles the aftermath, retrieves the stolen property and money, and punishes the kidnappers 149 150 151.

Notable Quotes

“One condition. Teacher Yan must not suffer any mistreatment.” 94

“Good luck, everyone.”
— Leaving the executives to face Shao Ke’s quarterly review 93

“Boss, Teacher Yan needs you.” 149