189: Chapter 189 Two Hundred Billion

Qu Yanran's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Two hundred billion, forty percent of the copyright, plus two hundred billion in promotional investment?

She fell silent.

Lin Yun didn't rush her and waited quietly.

After a long while, Qu Yanran sighed softly, a helpless smile appearing on her Face:

"Mr. Lin, you really... aren't giving this beautiful lady any Face at all."

She deliberately prolonged her tone, with a hint of a coquettish pout:

"I worked so hard to come all the way here from the Emperor Star, traveling through the wind and dust, and I haven't even had enough water to drink, yet you're quoting me such a high price."

Lin Yun smiled as he poured her another cup of tea:

"It's precisely because Young Miss Qu came in person that I'm offering this price. If it were anyone else, I might not even sell it."

Qu Yanran rolled her eyes at him and took a sip from the teacup:

"Then I should thank you?"

"No need for thanks, it's only right."

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Qu Yanran shook her head, her tone carrying a mix of helplessness and admiration:

"Mr. Lin is so young, yet your methods are so seasoned. I originally thought that by coming in person, as a beautiful woman, I could gain some advantage. I didn't expect..."

She spread her hands and mocked herself, "Instead, I'm being held firmly in your grasp."

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Young Miss Qu, you're overstating it. This is a collaboration, mutually beneficial and win-win."

"Mutually beneficial and win-win..." Qu Yanran chewed on those words and suddenly smiled, "Alright, then it's settled."

She reached out her hand:

"Pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Lin."

Lin Yun shook her hand:

"Pleasure doing business with you."

Both sides then exchanged a round of flattery.

"Mr. Lin is truly young and promising. To have such achievements at twenty-one, your future is limitless."

"Young Miss Qu, you flatter me. A Prodigy from the Emperor Star is the true daughter of heaven."

"What kind of Prodigy am I? I just have a bit of family background. Mr. Lin is the true model of a self-made man."

"Young Miss Qu is too modest. With your qualities, you would be the center of attention wherever you go."

"Oh, Mr. Lin, you certainly have a way with words. Your six wives must be very happy, right?"

"They are indeed doing very well. If Young Miss Qu is interested, you can also come and experience it."

"Pah! Who wants to experience that!"

The two went back and forth, chatting very pleasantly.

After chatting for a long time, Lin Yun checked the time and stood up:

"Young Miss Qu, it's about time for a meal. Why not stay for a simple dinner and let me fulfill my duties as a host?"

Qu Yanran shook her head and stood up to straighten her dress:

"No, someone is waiting for me."

Lin Yun put on an exaggeratedly pained expression:

"Does Young Miss Qu have a sweetheart?"

Qu Yanran burst into laughter at his antics, glared at him, and said reproachfully:

"Who's like you? Married to six charming wives and still flirting everywhere. I don't have a sweetheart."

Saying that, she approached Lin Yun, stood slightly on tiptoe, leaned into his ear, and whispered something only the two of them could hear.

As soon as she finished, the teasing look on Lin Yun's Face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of total surprise.

He never expected that Qu Yanran would bring such a bombshell of news!

Seeing that Lin Yun finally showed a surprised expression, Qu Yanran was instantly satisfied and laughed so hard she trembled.

"Alright, I'm leaving. Mr. Lin, until we meet again."

After saying that, she led her group and left the Lin Family Villa in a grand manner.

Lin Yun hadn't expected that the granting of the Nine-Grade Golden Core Art had such an origin behind it.

In his ears, Qu Yanran's final words were still echoing...

"The Nine-Grade Golden Core Art is good, isn't it? That was granted to you by Ninth Princess herself~"

Ninth Princess.

Ninth Princess of the Emperor Star.

Lin Yun suppressed the surprise in his heart.

So that was it.

No wonder after the test ended that day, it took so long to grant the secret technique.

No wonder the first person in the history of Minglu Planet to obtain the Nine-Grade Golden Core Art was an obscure little figure like him.

It turned out there was someone backing him.

But when did he get involved with Ninth Princess?

He didn't know her at all.

Su Yingxue walked over, took his arm, her eyes full of curiosity:

"Husband, how was it? Was the deal made?"

Lin Yun snapped out of it, looked at her, and a smile appeared on his lips:

"It's done. Two hundred billion for forty percent of the copyright."

"Two hundred billion?!" Su Yingxue's eyes widened instantly. "Husband, how much did you say?"

"Two hundred billion," Lin Yun repeated with a smile.

"Wow—!"

Su Yingxue cheered:

"Sisters! Come quickly! Husband made two hundred billion!"

Shen Youqing, Wu Qingya, and the others came over, surrounding Lin Yun and asking all at once:

"Two hundred billion? Really?"

"How did husband negotiate it?"

"What about that Young Miss Yanran? Has she left?"

Surrounded by them, Lin Yun smiled and recounted the negotiation process.

After listening, the women's cheeks were flushed with excitement.

Two hundred billion!

The Lin family's previous assets were only around twenty billion; this had increased tenfold in an instant!

And in cash!

Holding Lin Yun's arm, Su Yingxue suddenly remembered something:

"It's a pity Young Miss Yanran is from the Emperor Star. Otherwise, maybe she could have become our sister too."

Lin Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he reached out to tap the tip of her nose:

"You, you, what are you thinking about all day?"

Su Yingxue blinked, looking innocent: "I was just saying it casually~"

Shen Youqing chuckled from the side: "Yingxue, your casual remark made husband's Face turn red."

"When did my Face turn red?" Lin Yun countered.

Wu Qingya smiled and added, "Husband was indeed dazed for a moment just now."

Lin Yun: "..."

The women laughed together.

After laughing enough, Su Yingxue leaned in again and asked curiously:

"By the way, husband, what whisper did Young Miss Yanran say in your ear at the end?"

"Seeing your surprised Face just now, it must have been something very important, right?"

Lin Yun looked at their pairs of eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge and didn't hide it:

"Guess whose person she is?"

Lin Qianxi tilted her head and thought:

"Hmm~ We aren't familiar with the powers and figures of the Emperor Star... Could she be from the Imperial Family?"

A flash of approval appeared in Lin Yun's eyes:

"So smart. Young Miss Qu Yanran is one of Ninth Princess's people."

"Ninth Princess?!"

The women realized at once, exclaiming in unison, their Faces full of surprise.

Seeing their surprised looks, Lin Yun was a bit confused:

"How? You know this Ninth Princess?"

The women shook their heads one after another, and Su Yingxue said with a smile:

"We don't know her. We've only heard that the Emperor Star's Imperial Family has several princesses, but we've never seen them, nor do we have any information about them."

Saying that, she immediately took out her Communicator and searched quickly.

But no matter how she scrolled, there was never any news about the Emperor Star's Ninth Princess on the screen—not even a photo or a single sentence of introduction.

"It seems Minglu Planet is still too remote."

Su Yingxue put away her Communicator and said somewhat helplessly.

"It's too difficult to find news about members of the Emperor Star's Imperial Family."

But her eyes soon lit up again, and she hooked her arm around Lin Yun's neck:

"But it doesn't matter. Since Young Miss Yanran is already so beautiful, that Ninth Princess certainly won't be any worse."

"When we go to the Emperor Star in the future, humph humph..."

She didn't finish, but that meaningful expression already said it all.

Looking at Su Yingxue's persistent look, Lin Yun gently pinched her cheek:

"Alright, alright, don't think too much. Nothing is certain yet."

Su Yingxue leaned obediently in his arms and mumbled softly:

"I'm just thinking..."