147: Identity is a double-edged sword

"Ah?!"

Long Yuan was a bit confused when he heard this.

What was going on with Prince Dai?

He didn't seem to have any dealings with him, so how could he be so sure of his identity?!

Hearing Long Yuan's astonished reaction, Xu Ruoying didn't deny it immediately.

With her intelligence, she instantly realized that her words had hit the mark, and she couldn't help but say smugly, "Mr. Long, should I call you Young Master, or Little Prince?"

Her question was deliberate, because if she called him Young Master, it would mean Long Yuan was the legitimate eldest son of a royal prince.

If she called him Little Prince or Young Master, then Long Yuan would not be the legitimate eldest son, but a younger son.

Such titles were naturally highly valued in the Great Ming Empire and could not be mistaken.

"Just call me Mr. Long!"

Long Yuan finally reacted, but he knew that his momentary dazed had revealed some true feelings, and that this cunning Xu Ruoying must have noticed something.

So he neither admitted nor denied it, but responded vaguely.

"Okay, Mr. Long!

Thank you very much for your cooperation and for working with our Shidai Tianyin Company.

I believe we will have more opportunities to communicate in the future!

I'm so sorry to have bothered you so early; I hope you don't have morning grumpiness.

Ruoying apologizes again here!

See you again!"

"Goodbye!"

Long Yuan put away the phone, pondered for a moment, and quickly attributed the problem to Qi Huaiyi's "one fish, multiple eats" action!

Because he sold the information that he possessed a strong Xuanhuang Bloodline aura to Yu Xun, Prince Zhao, and Sabado, it meant that he might have been exposed in multiple circles, and Prince Dai very likely learned of his identity from Prince Zhao!

As long as one person in these circles knew, a second person would know, then a third, a fourth...

It could be said that it would not be surprising if any other Prince or their subordinates suddenly called him in the future, and he no longer needed to neither admit nor deny it as he did just now.

He might as well just admit it, lest others say he was being mysterious!

In addition, from the information Xu Ruoying just revealed, it was clear that the key reason his song could directly enter the overall great ming golden melody chart for ranking competition was Prince Dai's instruction!

Prince Dai likely had a direct or indirect relationship with Shidai Tianyin Company; otherwise, Xu Ruoying wouldn't have overstepped her bounds and directly taken his video for ranking competition without his consent.

Even in this process, in order to make the song perform better, Shidai Tianyin Company likely invested a lot in promotion fees, because there is no gain without effort, and Long Yuan understood this very well.

No matter how excellent a song is, if it isn't promoted through various channels to reach more people, how can it receive more downloads and recommendations?

In Long Yuan's opinion, if "you at the same table" was scored out of one hundred, it would at most be around eighty points.

It could hardly be called an absolute classic, and moreover, it was just a live video, far from his original, unadulterated studio recording.

Therefore, its success should be closely related to Shidai Tianyin Company's huge investment!

So why did Shidai Tianyin Company work so hard to promote it?

All things considered, the most important reason was probably his identity!

At this thought, Long Yuan's mind suddenly cleared.

If he didn't have the identity of a Little Prince, Shidai Tianyin Company would never have worked so hard to promote that song for him!

No matter how well he sang, he would still have to follow the rules, be recommended by an entertainment company, and then compete and win level by level.

At the fastest, it would take three months to enter the overall chart for ranking competition.

To achieve a meteoric rise like he had now? Forget about it!

"It seems that while this identity carries no small risks, it has also brought me great convenience in some matters.

Just looking at this incident, it helped me earn money very easily!

It truly is easier to get things done when you have connections in the court, and being of noble status allows one to wield immense power.

No wonder it's so difficult for people at the bottom to get by and rise up.

After more than a thousand years of development, the Great Ming Empire today has imperial enfeoffment, warlord separatism, and powerful Families everywhere.

Large and small Families are intricately intertwined, firmly controlling various Martial Dao resources and infinitely permeating all aspects and fields of society, leading to solidified social strata and blocked upward mobility.

It is extremely difficult for those at the bottom to achieve class ascension; they can only helplessly be trapped in the bottom cage, making futile struggles, working like oxen and horses their whole lives, serving as cannon fodder in wars... In short, in the Great Ming Empire, it's really impossible to get anything done without some background!"

Long Yuan thought helplessly.

For people to find money is extremely difficult, but if it's the other way around, with money finding people, one can lie down and win.

This is pretty much the same in any world...

However, this identity was also a double-edged sword, and Long Yuan didn't want to rely on it to make money.

Putting everything else aside, this identity currently meant no small risk for him!

Why say this?

The root cause was naturally Prince Fu!

Stuck with such a useless father, it was impossible for Long Yuan to lie down and win; instead, he might end up suffering misfortune with him!

Although Prince Fu abandoned him, others would eventually find out whose son he was.

If Prince Fu were to be chopped into mincemeat by some powerful Prince, he would also be implicated, and no matter how far he fled, someone would come to hunt him down...

At this thought, Long Yuan couldn't help but feel an added sense of tension.

He knew he had to strive for faster progress.

His current state was still a bit slow; after all, his cultivation was only at the Martial Master (Mid-stage).

Although he could protect himself with his powerful Divine Sense and Heavenly Eye Immortal Art, whether he could escape when truly strong pursuers came after him was still an unknown variable!

Moreover, what if a group of people were chasing him?!

"No, I must come up with a plan as soon as possible!

So that if this matter comes true, I will have a retreat route in advance!"

Long Yuan thought to himself, pondering his next plan...

At this moment, in a room within a seemingly ancient and grand palace in Shuntian Prefecture, Northern Capital, an excited female voice rang out: "Hehehehe... My County Princess's vision is sharp, and my predictions are divine; he really is a Little Prince!!!"

This woman was none other than Xu Ruoying, who had just called Long Yuan.

After probing Long Yuan's identity, she felt that she had made the right gamble this time!

Her claim of being a County Princess was not fabricated but a genuine fact.

As the legitimate Bloodline of the Xu Family, which should also be the Great Ming Empire's largest super Family in the Northern Capital, she had the right to say so.

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