0p0 Chapter 869 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (35)
Chapter 869 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (35)
Xiao Yun nodded in satisfaction, "I'll leave the rest to you. If you're too busy, we can hire a few more people who are familiar with this area and set up a special department."
Zhao Yaqi: "I do have this idea, but I wanted to wait until things were on the right track before setting it up. Now it seems there are quite a few trivial things to deal with, so it's time to put it on the agenda ahead of schedule."
"When I was waiting for the elevator on the first floor, I saw that the company sign downstairs had been taken down. Did they move? If so, let's rent the floor downstairs too. This floor is probably too crowded if we put another department on it."
In fact, Xiao Yun knew that the trading company downstairs had been closing down for a long time. This company was used by certain people to launder money. The leaders inside often went abroad under the guise of business trips, but in reality, they were transferring assets abroad.
After several years, the transfer was almost complete, so it was time to deregister the company. Xiao Yun had been waiting for them, and after they transferred a large sum of money to a foreign bank, she used her personal computer to transfer it over.
Foreign banks are not as safe as domestic ones. They can go bankrupt at any time, and your money is gone just like that. Trying to get it back is a pipe dream.
So she made another fortune using the quantum computer, which allowed her to rent another floor of office space and expand the company's office area.
Jiuxiao Entertainment now occupies three floors in this office building: one floor for offices, one floor for training rooms, and one floor for recording studios and post-production.
The downstairs floor is the same size as theirs, but half of it is rented out to a piano training institution, so they can only rent out half of it as well.
This building is located on the East Third Ring Road. Because it's not on the roadside and is situated relatively far in, the price is considered relatively cheap in this area. Even so, the annual rent is still several million yuan.
As for why she doesn't buy or build an office building herself, that's a joke. This is when Beijing's housing prices are at their highest. Buying a building would probably cost several billion yuan, and you'd need someone to sell it. Who would sell such a golden goose in a good location?
It's better to wait a year or two, when prices will come down. In some places, prices have dropped to one-third of what they are now, and more will be sold off.
This news surprised Zhao Yaqi quite a bit. "Really? I really didn't notice. It would be perfect if it were available, as there really isn't any office space left on this floor."
I'll have someone contact the property management right away. If it's not rented out yet, we need to secure it quickly. It's quite easy to rent out here; there are practically no vacancies.
The two talked for a while longer, and then Zhao Yaqi's secretary came to find her, saying that there was a meeting in ten minutes.
Xiao Yun told her to hurry up and get back to her work, as she was also going home.
If she goes back now, she can still make it to lunch. She's just here to show her face; there's really nothing else going on.
After leaving the company, she thought of something, covered her face, and went to the mall to buy some clothes and shoes for her parents and children. It was a rare occasion for her to come out; she usually stayed at home.
There's a big shopping mall on the way home, with all kinds of brands, it's quite comprehensive, and it's not far from home, so Xiao's mother often goes there with her new friends.
Now, Xiao's mother's consumption views have changed a lot. She no longer thinks that as long as something is wearable and usable, it's fine. She also looks at the quality when buying clothes and other things.
Sometimes, it's not necessarily true that a brand is good, but most big brands focus on the quality of their products and won't ruin their reputation because it's too difficult to rebuild it from scratch.
After shopping, Xiao Yun took the elevator directly to the underground parking lot, only to unexpectedly stumble upon a scene of adultery, where several women were surrounding and beating a man and a woman.
Judging from the shouting and cursing of two of the women, it seems that the man was seen shopping with his mistress by his wife's best friend, and then his wife came with her sister, daughter, and niece to catch them in the act.
The wife, her sister, and her best friend beat up her husband, while the others beat up the mistress. When women beat up men, they usually scratch, kick, and bite. The man's face was soon covered in bruises. It wasn't that he couldn't fight back or escape; he just wanted to protect the mistress. Of course, he probably also felt guilty.
The mistress, when her hair was pulled and she was slapped, only screamed and cried, without putting up a strong resistance. She subconsciously hunched her back a little, which meant she was protecting her stomach.
Xiao Yun understood; it seemed she was pregnant. No wonder the man was definitely not leaving. Of course, she wouldn't meddle; she would just watch the show.
Of course, I couldn't watch for very long because the security guards arrived. After all, it's the mall's parking lot, so someone has to manage it. Otherwise, if something happens, I'll be left watching.
Several security guards arrived and quickly separated the people. They couldn't adjudicate the case for them either. The team leader just told them to go home and resolve the matter themselves, and not to fight in public places, otherwise they would have to call the police.
Clearly, neither side wanted to alert the police, so the wife made some harsh remarks and left with several women, cursing and swearing, while the man quickly went to check on his mistress, helping her into a car not far away.
With nothing exciting to see, Xiao Yun started the car and drove away.
When she got home, she found that her parents weren't there. She handed the shopping bags to the housekeeping robot and asked Xiao Yu, who was playing with her child in the living room, with some curiosity, "Where are Mom and Dad? Why did they go out at this hour?"
As Xiao Yu placed the remote control for the mecha walker out of her son's reach, she replied, "My uncle and his family are here. Mom and Dad went to the station to pick them up. Did you go shopping? You bought so many things!"
Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow. "I bought some clothes for Mom and Dad and the kids. Didn't Uncle and the others drive over? Why did we have to pick them up?"
When Xiao's parents first moved here from their hometown, his uncle and his family came over once. Later, through Xiao Yun's connections, they signed a supply contract with a large supermarket in Beijing. They would come over to check on the delivery every time they delivered vegetables. They knew the route very well, so why did they need to pick them up?
And the fact that they came by car is a bit odd.
"I heard my uncle say on the phone that he and his wife came by high-speed rail to travel to the south. They were going to Beijing to catch a plane. They were thinking of telling my parents before they went straight to the airport."
My parents, upon hearing that there was a two or three-hour layover, insisted on going to meet them, saying they wanted to have a meal together before I took them to the airport.
"Oh, I see. Uncle and the others are doing quite well now." Xiao Yun nodded. As long as nothing bad happened, she was relieved that they were just having fun.
However, if you're traveling to the south at this time of year, you're probably going to Hainan Province, right? Although the south is warm in winter, it's not that it's never cold. Most places are still quite cold, but it doesn't snow, and the temperature is always above freezing.
Moreover, the houses don't have heating, so it's colder inside than outside, and it's damp and humid. Going there at this time would be even more miserable.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yun decided to call her mother.
By this time, the two sides should have already met up. Their villa area is located on the edge of the Second Ring Road, which is relatively close to the city center and not far from the high-speed rail station. It would take no more than an hour to drive there.
Of course, this is under the condition of daytime traffic jams. If there is no traffic jam, it will take less than half an hour.
The call was answered quickly. As soon as Xiao's mother saw that it was her daughter calling, she knew what was going on. As soon as she answered, she said, "Xiaoyun, you're home?"
"Yes, I just got back. Wenxi said you and Dad went to pick up Uncle and the others. Did you get them?"
"Yes, we received them. Your uncle and his family are going to Hai Province for a few days. They're coming here to catch a flight. We won't go back for lunch. We'll find a place to eat here with your uncle and his family, and after lunch we'll take them directly to the airport. Their flight is at around 2 PM, so they'll make it in time."
"Okay, please give my regards to my uncle and the others. Be careful driving to the airport later, there are a lot of cars on the airport expressway..."
After exchanging a few more words, they hung up the phone. I didn't expect it to actually be going to Hainan Province. It seems they're planning to relax before the New Year.
Now that my uncle and his family supply goods directly to the capital, they're earning even more and have become more open-minded. Before, all they cared about was making money; they'd never even been to the capital to have fun.
Perhaps it's because of what Xiao's parents did; they seem to be getting younger and younger, and his wife and uncle also know how to relax occasionally.
Since there are only four people in the family, it's easy. They can have the housekeeping robot keep an eye on things outside and call them if anything happens. Then all four of them can go directly into the space.
Xiao Yun had previously conjured up a villa just like the one outside and placed it in the upper realm where she frequently visited. She then drained the spiritual energy inside until only a tiny bit remained. When they entered the space together, she could put her chubby son inside to play, while another identical housekeeping robot watched over him.
Jingyan, on the other hand, is free to move around inside. She comes in every day and has long since become familiar with the place. As soon as she comes in, she goes out for a stroll on her own.
Actually, she could run as soon as she was born. She usually crawls when she's outside, just to coordinate with her younger brother, just like when she talks.
The chubby son had gotten used to his sister not being around often, and now that he had the mecha walker, he was even less likely to look for his sister. He could play quite well on his own, and Xiao Yun and Xiao Yu only needed to keep an eye on him with their divine sense.
They had other housekeeping robots prepare and deliver the meals, planning to have lunch in the space. The food they cooked there used ingredients grown in places with thin spiritual energy, which their bodies could handle and which would also be good for the child.
After dinner, I coaxed my chubby son to sleep. Actually, I didn't need to coax him much; he's already developed a habit of going to sleep on time.
At that moment, Xiao Yun's interdimensional communicator suddenly rang.
He took it out and saw it was Yao Yao. He quickly answered, and as soon as the image on the other end appeared, he asked, "Son, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
Yao Yao on the other end shook her head and said, "It's nothing, Mom. Guess what we found?"
The voice sounded quite cheerful, so Xiao Yun was relieved and asked encouragingly, "Did you find something good?"
"Yes, great stuff! We've discovered the core secret of this world! You'd never guess."
Now Xiao Yun's curiosity was truly piqued. "What's the core secret? Tell Mom quickly!"
Then Yao Yao continued, "When we first arrived, we thought this world was a technologically advanced plane, so we kept trying to find the origin of those systems and the main system through some signals."
Later we discovered that although their technology was indeed much more advanced than that of Earth, it was still similar to that of interstellar space. They couldn't create a system for traveling through time and space, or at least it wasn't widespread. We visited several planets, but the people there didn't know anything about it.
We searched many planets but found no trace of the main system. Later, my dad found it in outer space based on the fluctuations in space.
There was a huge space station floating in space. Apart from meteorites, there were no other life-bearing planets around it. We looked around with our divine sense and found that it was full of robots, doing things somewhat like a factory assembly line.
When I hacked into the control room, I discovered that they were actually manufacturing a system!
That place was a system manufacturing factory, but none of the systems were completed, and we didn't find the main system there.
Later, we followed the transport system's spaceship to another space station, where there was a department called the Time and Space Administration.
I used my divine sense to look at some of their data. This department manages the systems that have been released. The replies we received were sent from here, not from the main system, but from a human.
I had to perform a soul search on one of the leaders to find out that the reason they released so many systems to collect fortune from other dimensions was actually to support a spacetime beast!
"Time-Space Beast?" Xiao Yun had never seen such a beast before. He wondered if it was similar to the Void Beast, which was born with the talent to control time and space.
Then he saw the video that Yao Yao had sent him. He had retrieved it from her. Seeing the huge figure and ugly appearance, Xiao Yun was also a little shocked.
It looked even bigger than a Void Beast. Its skin was covered in bumps, and its eyes on its head were pointing to the sides, each looking at its own eyes. There was also a huge black hole in the middle of its body, which seemed to be spinning at high speed, just like the black hole in a spatial rift, making people dizzy.
Xiao Yun frowned and asked, "Since this space-time beast relies on collecting fortune for sustenance, what impact does it have on this world?"
Yao Yao replied, "Current data shows that it absorbs fortune to maintain the stability of its own time and space capabilities, but once its needs are not met, it may cause spatial disorder and affect the entire plane."
To satisfy it, the Time and Space Administration had to continuously deploy systems to absorb resources from various small worlds. However, this disrupted the balance of other small worlds, and powerful beings like us came looking for them, destroying several of their space stations. If it weren't for dimensional limitations, the Time and Space Beast, including the so-called Time and Space Administration, would have been wiped out.
So their location has been moved several times before finally settling on this place. If it weren't for my dad's powerful spiritual sense and the fact that we came with the system, we might not have been able to find it.
Those who came after us couldn't find this place again. It's probably because they don't possess cultivation levels or understand trans-dimensional technology like we did, so they couldn't follow the system signals and spacetime fluctuations to find the system's production base and then follow the spaceship here.