104: 104. I am proud of it

Meanwhile, when Fang Ming returned to school, it was already evening.

As soon as he entered the school gate, he received a call from his counselor, Li Qian: "Lu Feng, where are you now? Have you eaten? I've already found the other student. Come to the piano room in the Art Institute tomorrow morning. We'll meet up and rehearse."

Lu Feng nodded: "Okay."

Pushing open the dorm room door, it was much livelier than usual. Zhang Wenfa, shedding his usual flippant demeanor, was earnestly showing a well-dressed middle-aged couple around the room.

"Mom and Dad, this is where I live. Not bad, right?"

Zhang Ma, Xie Cui, looked around, her brows slightly furrowed: "Son, your room is too small. Four people squeezed together, can you get used to sleeping like this? Oh, if you ask me, the accommodation conditions at this school are still a bit poor. It's not as good as listening to me and going abroad for university..."

Zhang Ba, Zhang Shaofeng, immediately interrupted her, his voice carrying an unquestionable authority: "Nonsense! He's already this old, and you're still spoiling him so much. You'll ruin him sooner or later. When I started my business, I didn't even have an environment like this. Sleeping in warehouses and on the floor was common! He can live in such a good place; that's good enough."

He turned to his son, his tone serious, "Son, you absolutely cannot relax in university, understand?"

"Mom and Dad, don't worry. With my talent, university courses are no problem. I've already started reviewing university knowledge these past few days."

Zhang Shaofeng was very pleased and smiled: "That's how it should be. Don't let yourself go completely once you enter university; that's true decadence. Our Xingbang Building Materials will still depend on you to inherit it in the future."

Zhang Shaofeng's face showed a relieved smile: "That's how it should be! Don't let yourself go completely once you get to university; that's true decadence. Our Xingbang Building Materials will still depend on you to inherit it in the future."

As he was speaking, Zhang Wenfa, with his sharp eyes, spotted Lu Feng at the door and enthusiastically called out: "Old Lu, you're back! Mom and Dad, this is Lu Feng, the top student at our school, who I told you about! See, with such an excellent roommate, I'm sure I'll be influenced and make progress together."

Zhang Shaofeng turned his head, assessing Lu Feng with the scrutinizing smile he was accustomed to in the business world: "Young man, hello."

"Uncle Zhang, Auntie Zhang, hello," Lu Feng said with a calm and composed smile, neither servile nor overbearing.

Xie Cui listened and asked curiously: "Oh, your accent... Young man, are you also from Xinghai City?"

Seeing Lu Feng nod, she immediately beamed: "Oh, I didn't expect us to be fellow townsfolk! It's really not easy to meet here..." She pulled Lu Feng and chatted about the changes in their hometown and local snacks, her tone warm.

Zhang Shaofeng looked at Lu Feng, becoming more and more surprised the longer he observed him. Although this young man was young, he was steady and composed in his interactions, and his eyes were clear, showing a calmness beyond his age. He looked like a scion carefully nurtured by a prominent family. He couldn't help but tentatively ask Lu Feng what his family did.

After receiving the answer "ordinary family," Zhang Shaofeng was even more secretly astonished. He glanced at his son next to him, who had reverted to slouching and unconsciously wanted to jiggle his leg, then compared him to the composed Lu Feng in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: The difference was not just a little bit.

Just then, Zhang Wenfa, who had been looking down at his phone, suddenly let out an exclamation: "Holy cow!"

Zhang Shaofeng was already somewhat displeased with his son, and upon hearing the commotion, his brows immediately furrowed: "What are you doing? You have no composure whatsoever!"

"Dad! You'll be shocked when you hear this news too!" Zhang Wenfa held up his phone, his eyes wide, "The Little Toutou lottery just drew! Someone in our Jiangcheng won over 500 million!"

"Holy cow!" Zhang Shaofeng also couldn't help but stand up abruptly, "Over 500 million?!" This number was almost equivalent to his company's current market value. "Who on earth has such incredible luck?"

"And that's not all!" Zhang Wenfa's voice was trembling, "Someone in the neighboring Linjiang City also won, and it's even more exaggerated, over a billion! These two people directly emptied the entire prize pool that Little Toutou had accumulated for so long!" He looked up, his face filled with incredulous bewilderment. He instinctively felt that there was something fishy about this, but he couldn't quite pinpoint what was wrong.

Lu Feng's brow subtly raised, and he immediately understood that Tian Peng and his team had made their move. He chuckled inwardly: "They're still too timid. It would be even more fun if they had taken it all."

"One person bought fifty-three times, and the other bought one hundred and sixty times?" Zhang Shaofeng, being an old hand, keenly caught the key point, his face showing an expression of having seen through the truth.

If these two weren't confident, would they dare to invest like that? Could this be pure luck?

However, even so, even at his level, he could only watch and envy such a thing, completely unable to touch the truth behind it.

[PS: This kind of thing happens often. In January of this year, there was a case in Guangzhou where someone won 500 million with a two-color ball, 101 times...]

After some exclamations and discussions about phrases like "when luck comes, you can't stop it," Zhang Shaofeng left with his wife.

Zhang Wenfa was still marveling at his phone screen, repeatedly looking at the news: "Old Lu, who do you think has such strength? Directly clearing the prize pool, that's too terrifying."

"Who knows?"

Lu Feng smiled, his tone as relaxed as if it had nothing to do with him, and turned to pick up his toiletries: "Maybe it's just exceptionally good luck."

...That night, this sensational news spread like wildfire across the entire internet: "Little Toutou Lottery announces a shocking jackpot, the prize pool completely emptied in one go, with a total prize money of 1.6 billion yuan!"

The entire internet instantly exploded. Countless netizens were stunned speechless by this unprecedented news.

"Is it too much of a coincidence? Is the director really that straightforward? Don't they know how to cover it up a bit?"

"Damn it, I admit I'm jealous... How many lifetimes would it take to spend all that?"

"I'll bet there's something behind this! Waiting for the investigation results!"

"When will it be my turn to win once? I'm not greedy, five million would be enough!"

All sorts of discussions, speculations, doubts, envy, jealousy, and hatred filled social media and forums, with unprecedented heat.

...Inside the University City training hall, the atmosphere was silent.

Yu Tianxiong looked at the winning numbers displayed on the tablet. Usually composed, his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably.

The numbers before him were simply too astonishing.

Tian Peng, Engineer Lei, Shan Bao, Dao Zi, and Tie Jiang, five iron-willed men, were completely petrified, unable to speak for a long time.

All previous doubts and surprises, even the thought that the boss was crazy, had now vanished, leaving only a nearly reverent shock!

This could no longer be explained by mere good luck!

This young Mr. Lu... how... how did he do it?! Did he guess? Or manipulate the probabilities?!

This ability, completely beyond normal cognition, was more impactful than any wealth or power.

If before their loyalty was out of an employment relationship and compensation, now, an indescribable, almost superstitious sense of submission was deeply etched in the hearts of Tian Peng and his comrades.

Yu Tianxiong took a deep breath, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.

He seemed to be slowly getting used to anything happening to this young gentleman.

He said in a deep voice: "Alright, this is just a trivial matter for Mr. Lu. Now that the money issue has been resolved, next, let's proceed according to the plan."

Seeing the funding problem resolved in such an incredible, almost playful manner, everyone's eyes completely changed, becoming incomparably reverent.

Yu Tianxiong looked at their gazes, and his chin unconsciously lifted slightly, feeling a sense of shared honor.

He was following a truly unfathomable latent dragon.