300: It's a shame not to be an internet celebrity

[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: Your card ending in 9539 received a transfer of 731,280 yuan at 09:43 on June 7. Your current balance is 2,040,460 yuan.]

After sitting in the Bowen Antique Shop for a while, a text message popped up on his phone, showing that Wan Yuanliang's transfer had arrived.

"I've received the money."

Wan Yuanliang gave a grunt in response.

With his home being empty, Ye Su, as a social creature, naturally didn't feel like going back.

After receiving the money, he still lingered in the Bowen Antique Shop, chatting idly with Wan Yuanliang about everything under the sun.

Although Wan Yuanliang was puzzled as to why Ye Su was acting so out of character today, staying behind to shoot the breeze with him even after completing the transaction,

he also found it boring to tend the shop alone, so he was naturally glad to have someone keep him company.

And so, the two of them chatted about everything from national affairs to beautiful female streamers, and then to how lucrative the live-streaming industry was.

It was a good thing there was no beer kept in the Bowen Antique Shop, otherwise, with the enthusiasm of their chat, they might have cracked open a few cans and started chugging.

It wasn't until around ten o'clock, when a customer entered the shop, that Ye Su tactfully stood up, nodded to Wan Yuanliang, and left the antique shop.

"It's still early. Where should I go?"

The Secondhand Shop was already open. Ye Su initially thought about going there so Yu Jinle could keep her boss company and help pass the time.

But then he remembered that Yu Jinle was the only one in the shop.

Not only would a lone man and woman be sharing a room, but she also had to attend to customers who came in.

As the boss, it didn't seem quite appropriate to constantly bother his Female Sales Clerk.

After thinking it over, Ye Su dismissed the idea of returning to the Secondhand Shop.

Since he couldn't go back to the Secondhand Shop either, Ye Su clearly had only one place left to go.

He took out his phone, opened the chat group [305 Are All Handsome Guys], and sent a message.

[Guys, are you all in the dorm today?]

[Second Handsome Guy: Of course we're in the dorm. We're not like you, Boss Ye, who has other places to go.]

[Third handsomest guy: How rare. It's the weekend, and we actually see you talking in the group.]

[Fourth Handsome Guy: How do you have free time on Saturday to think of the three of us? Don't you have to accompany your rich lady?]

Unsurprisingly, as soon as Ye Su showed his face, he was met with the resentful teasing of his three adopted sons.

[I was just thinking that we in 305 haven't hung out together in a long time.]

[On a whim today, how about the four of us go out for a big meal?]

[Third handsomest guy: Yeah, 305 really hasn't hung out together in a long time. So, care to guess who caused this situation?]

[Fourth Handsome Guy: It couldn't be because a traitor emerged from 305, right?]

[Second Handsome Guy: That's so hard to guess—]

Ignoring their sarcasm, Ye Su didn't waste any words and composed a message to send over.

[Young Master Ye is picking up the tab for everything today. Type 1 if you want to go.]

[Second Handsome Guy: 1]

[Third handsomest guy: 1]

[Fourth Handsome Guy: 1]

Ye Su was already long used to the trio's complete lack of integrity.

[I'm heading to school now and should arrive in about half an hour. Let's meet at the school gate.]

[You guys can look up where to eat for lunch first.]

[After eating, we can also go play pool or sing KTV.]

[Second Handsome Guy: Received! Paratrooper No. 2, Jiang Zhibin, guarantees the mission will be completed!!]

After making plans with his three bad friends, Ye Su finally started his car and headed toward the school.

While waiting at a red light at the intersection in front of the school, Ye Su sent a message in the group chat saying he was almost there.

So when he arrived at the school gate, Jiang Zhibin and the other two were already waiting for him.

After getting into the car, Fang Zewei asked curiously, "How come you don't have to accompany your girlfriend today? Did you guys have a fight?"

"Please, no!" Hearing this, Jiang Zhibin immediately wailed. "The three of us are counting on you to sell your body to improve our lives!"

Lin Jingjie also chipped in with some advice:

"How about we change our lunch plans and go have an oyster feast instead? Tonight, you can put in some extra effort when you go back, and consider it an apology to our sister-in-law."

In response to their remarks, Ye Su could only flip them the middle finger.

"Look at you, what kind of nonsense is that?"

Hearing Fang Zewei chime in to help, Ye Su felt a wave of warmth in his heart.

Not bad, at least one of his three adopted sons showed some filial piety.

But in the next second, Fang Zewei turned around and said to Ye Su:

"Oysters are useless. In a gaming group I'm in, some dude said last time that he knows of a medicine that works fast and lasts long. I'll ask him where he bought it for you later."

"Get the fuck out of here!" Ye Su snapped, unable to take it anymore.

At this moment, Jiang Zhibin asked weakly:

"I have a friend who wants me to ask your online friend what that medicine is called, if there are any side effects, and where to buy it?"

"Oh," Fang Zewei replied nonchalantly. "Tell your friend that the medicine isn't meant for pilots."

"Who are you looking down on! Do you really think I... my friend can only be a pilot?!"

"Oh," Lin Jingjie suddenly chimed in, delivering a low blow.

"Is your friend planning to switch careers from a pilot to a bus driver?"

"Don't slander my friend!"

Ye Su seriously wanted to open the car door and kick these three out one by one.

It was truly a waste for these three brilliant minds not to shoot short videos or do self-media.

Those streamers' comedy skits are all scripted, but for these three bastards, their entire lives are fucking comedy skits!

A sudden idea struck Ye Su.

The company he registered yesterday was already planning to see if they could set up an operations team after Chen Xinyi became popular through short dramas.

Since these three had nothing better to do, if the company got off the ground, they might actually be able to set up an account for them to shoot some slice-of-life comedy short videos during their free time while interning later on.

Ye Su had previously followed an account where a few university dorm mates shot short videos together, and they eventually turned it into a massive account with millions of followers.

Although the term 'influencer' carried a slightly derogatory connotation,

one had to admit that the money many influencers made was indeed something ordinary people who worked diligently their entire lives could never earn.

If these three could become influencers, it would be a good thing for them too.

Ye Su's business mind started turning, but the noisy chatter of the three in the car made it impossible for him to concentrate on his thoughts, so he could only shout at them:

"Spit it out, where are we going?!"

Fang Zewei subconsciously replied, "Nam Sang Wai."

"Spend less time on the internet..." Ye Su felt his heart throb with pain. "I meant, where are we going to eat..."

"Oh," Fang Zewei finally realized. "Times Square, that Barbecue Restaurant we used to go to."

"Buckle up, let's go."

With that, Ye Su drove off, arriving at Times Square with the three of them.

First, they wandered around the shops downstairs, just window shopping, of course.

Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, the four of them headed up to the fifth floor to the Barbecue Restaurant they had patronized a few times before.

After stuffing themselves, the four of them combined only cost Ye Su less than 500 yuan.

It was only a bit past twelve after they finished eating.

At Fang Zewei's suggestion, the four of them found a KTV and began a passionate singing session.

"Today, in the cold night, I watch the snow drift by—"

"With a chilled heart, drifting to far-off lands—"

Since he still had to drive later and was going to Li Mengyao's house for dinner in the afternoon, Ye Su naturally didn't order any beer.

Seeing that Ye Su wasn't drinking, the other three simply joined him in drinking chilled watermelon juice instead.