123: Chapter 123 Hanfu Photoshoot Continues, President Tang Invites Shen Muqing to Join Us

After breakfast, Tang Luochuan took the Shen Family, along with Jiang Jinyue and Su Wantang, to a well-known ancient town nearby.

Looking at her happy family, Shen Muyan was in a great mood. She picked up a small flag her parents had used when participating in tour groups in the past and pretended to be a tour guide: "Hello everyone, this is the famous Zhuzhuang Ancient Town! It has a long and storied history of 5 years."

"It was built 5 years ago, and construction was just finished last year," Shen Muqing whispered beside Tang Luochuan.

Shen Muyan continued: "It blends the characteristics and styles of various dynasties such as the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing…"

Tang Luochuan replied: "That's quite a few dynasties, isn't it?"

Shen Muyan nodded and said excitedly: "Exactly! So here, you can wear ancient costumes from several different dynasties! And then take photos."

After saying this, she pointed to the tourist service center not far away: "Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, you can do it all!!"

"Hmm~ This place relies on this to make money!" Shen Muqing whispered again.

Tang Luochuan frowned, looking confused: "Is it like... making a whole batch of dumplings just for a mouthful of vinegar?"

Shen Muqing: "Exactly!"

"Exactly what! People also buy tickets, okay~~" As Shen Muyan spoke, she followed Jiang Jinyue and Su Wantang as they already ran toward the tourist center.

Most of the tourists here were young, pretty women.

The Hanfu rental prices here were quite high; simple makeup and styling plus costume rental cost 58 yuan/hour!

There were also higher-end options, ranging from the 58-yuan base tier to 98 yuan/hour and 128 yuan/hour.

The quality of the costumes varied, and the standards of makeup and styling also differed.

Additionally, there were packages; basic photoshoots (including costume + makeup/styling + photography) were 198–298 yuan!

Exquisite photoshoots were 398–499 yuan (50 raw photos + 10–15 retouched photos).

High-end packages started from 698 yuan (including video/multiple scenes).

The main expense was the photography.

"I want... the exquisite photoshoot..." Jiang Jinyue was the first to speak.

This choice was somewhat unexpected for Tang Luochuan and Shen Muyan.

They had assumed the 'young lady' would choose the high-end package, but Jiang Jinyue was quite pragmatic. Including video? Multiple scenes? That must be very tiring.

"Hey, I want to be a little fairy." Shen Muyan's expression was very excited, and she couldn't help but steal a glance at Tang Luochuan, as if she felt a bit guilty.

Seeing her like this, Tang Luochuan understood in his heart; this girl had planned it all along.

It wasn't about bringing him here to have fun; it was definitely to satisfy her own little wish of wearing ancient costumes and taking photos.

Actually, that wasn't all; she had another wish in her heart, which was to have her boyfriend take photos of her.

"Luochuan, are you good at taking photos?"

Shen Muyan asked casually while picking out clothes.

"I can take them..." Tang Luochuan replied offhandedly.

"Then help me take some!" Shen Muyan made her request.

"…" Tang Luochuan didn't want to answer; he had come here to have fun, not to be a tool.

"Can you or not…"

"Let's take photos for each other!" Su Wantang had already picked out her clothes.

Shen Muyan glared at Tang Luochuan, but saw the guy whistling, pretending to be unbothered as he wandered off with Shen Muqing to hang out.

"Brother, what do you do in Gusu City?" Tang Luochuan asked.

Shen Muqing replied: "Oh, just a programmer, an algorithm engineer! Sigh, it's not easy to work in this field now; the emergence of AI has put a lot of pressure on us."

"Oh, have you ever thought about starting your own business?"

"I'm not cut out for that; I'm soft-hearted."

Shen Muqing's words were very direct; he was very clear-headed about this point.

"Hmm~" Tang Luochuan looked at the man-made river nearby and asked again: "Have you considered going to the Magic City?"

"The Magic City? The pressure there is huge, but…" No matter how slow Shen Muqing was, he could tell that Tang Luochuan was trying to give him a hand.

"But what?"

"I'm afraid I won't do a good job."

"It's fine, you won't lose money."

"Huh? You're that sure?"

"Yes!" Tang Luochuan had obtained the Super Brain from Shen Muyan, strengthened his body from Jiang Jinyue, and chosen the Ultimate AI from Su Wantang.

The world's strongest programmer—Tang Luochuan was born…

Actually, it wasn't just about writing code; his learning rate in all aspects had improved significantly.

He could even rely on these abilities to enter the film and television industry, manufacturing, and so on.

But there was one most important problem… and that was that he was lazy.

He wanted to achieve things, but he didn't want to do everything himself.

"If you need me to provide the technology…"

"No! I don't need your technology!" Tang Luochuan interrupted him directly.

Shen Muqing was stunned; he was just a technical person, if not technology, what did he need?

"Brother Muqing! In business, it all comes down to connections and resources in the end! I have money, I have technology, but I lack resources. I plan to trade technology for resources! And you… you are Shen Muyan's brother, I need… your trust and loyalty."

"Uh… then… the technology…"

"To put it bluntly, regarding technology! We can spend money to poach people; if we can't poach them, we'll copy them! If they sue us for copying, we'll fight the lawsuit. As long as the other party is a small company, I can drag it out until they go bankrupt. Then, once the plaintiff is gone, we become the legitimate force." Tang Luochuan had a faint smile on his face.

Shen Muqing felt his scalp tingle as he listened: "That doesn't seem right."

"Haha, just kidding! I have technology, and I also need capable people, but you can just throw money at capable people! There aren't many people you can trust. Between you and me, there is Muyan, so I hope I can trust you."

"That's no problem!" Shen Muqing said, patting his chest.

Tang Luochuan could also see that Shen Muqing was timid in character but kind-hearted by nature.

He actually quite liked this type; if he were the kind of person with many hidden agendas, deep schemes, or who was relatively aggressive,

he would really have to think twice.

"Then are there other people around you? What kind of company are you going to open? When will you open it?"

Shen Muqing asked many questions.

Tang Luochuan stopped walking and looked thoughtful: "Well, in the next few months, I plan to get something going! However… if you work with me, help me out more; I'm a lazy person. As for other people…"

He thought of Wang Jie. He had to admit that although this guy was a bit stupid, his social skills were actually quite good; the word 'social phobia' was completely absent from his dictionary.

Putting him in the technical department would be a dead end; even a dog would dislike it.

But letting him handle some trivial matters at dinner parties would be fine, though he would need some training.

"Sigh…" Tang Luochuan sighed: "You can handle the high-end games! For the low-end games… I have a good buddy who might be able to help. Later, I also want to do live-streaming sales, short dramas, investments…"

"Uh… is that so?" Shen Muqing listened with excitement; he trusted Tang Luochuan.

His parents had already told him about Tang Luochuan's situation: giving his sister 300,000 in pocket money, hundreds of thousands in luxury goods, and giving his father gifts worth tens of thousands.

And that land rover, Shen Muyan had also told him, was bought by Tang Luochuan on the very day he arrived.

This was insane. Shen Muqing had previously given up on Li Wenjing and felt a bit sad about it.

Although he had the idea of tagging along with Tang Luochuan, he was thin-skinned and couldn't bring himself to ask, and he also thought that his sister was only dating him.

How would he be any different from someone like Li Xiaowei if he did that?

But today, Tang Luochuan had brought it up himself, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.