After returning to the rented apartment, Lin Yuan found the landlady, Aunt Chen.
“Xiao Yuan, how did things go at the company?” Aunt Chen asked warmly as soon as she saw him.
Inside the room, the landlady’s daughter was visibly displeased by Lin Yuan’s arrival.
She hated people who couldn’t pay their rent the most — after all, any unpaid rent was money owed to her family.
“It went pretty well,” Lin Yuan said with a grin.
After a brief chat, he brought up the matter of renting a larger office building.
“I do know some office buildings that are available for rent,” Aunt Chen said, looking at him with some confusion.
“But that’s going to cost a lot of money.”
She genuinely wanted to help him, but an office building was nothing like an apartment.
The annual rent was counted in the millions.
There was only so much she could do.
“Money isn’t an issue.
As long as I can rent a good place, that’s enough,” Lin Yuan said with a smile.
Seeing his confident demeanor, Aunt Chen’s hesitation eased a little.
She felt that a honest young man like Lin Yuan wouldn’t deceive her.
“Alright then, I’ll contact a few places for you.
You can see if any of them suit you.”
“Thank you, Aunt Chen.”
Just as Aunt Chen was about to take Lin Yuan to look at some nearby available office buildings, her daughter, Xiao Chen, hurriedly ran over and stopped her.
“Mom!
Are you crazy?
You’re really going to take him to look at properties?”
“If he can’t pay the rent after seeing them, the neighbors will laugh at our family to death!”
After saying that, Xiao Chen shot Lin Yuan a glare.
“How can you be so shameless, always leeching off our family?”
“You can’t even afford the rent for this apartment, and you want to rent an office building?
Keep dreaming!”
“Xiao Chen, that’s too much!” Aunt Chen scolded angrily.
But Xiao Chen kept rambling on.
Slap!
Unable to bear it any longer, Aunt Chen slapped her daughter across the face.
Though it pained her to do so, Xiao Chen had gone too far.
She had spoiled her daughter too much in the past.
Sometimes, short-term pain was better than long-term regret.
It was better to teach her a lesson now so she would suffer less in the future.
After the slap, Xiao Chen seemed to sober up a bit.
Lin Yuan frowned slightly.
If it had been anyone else speaking to him like that, he would have retorted without hesitation.
But out of respect for Aunt Chen…
Still, Aunt Chen’s slap was quite heavy — it left her daughter completely stunned.
Maybe she had been fed up with her daughter’s attitude for a while and simply took this chance to discipline her.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan transferred 10,000 yuan to Aunt Chen.
Part of it was this month’s rent, plus half of last month’s outstanding amount.
The rest was a thank-you fee for her help.
As for Xiao Chen, she was just a child who hadn’t been hit hard enough by reality yet.
She would regret her words soon enough.
Moreover, 10,000 yuan was nothing more than a drop in the ocean to him now.
“Xiao Yuan, what is this…?” Aunt Chen looked at him in shock after hearing the notification sound for the 10,000-yuan transfer.
Xiao Chen’s expression froze completely.
She stared at Lin Yuan with her mouth wide open in astonishment.
“This covers the rent for these two months.
The rest is just a small thank-you fee for your help, Aunt Chen.”
“Let’s go, Aunt Chen.
Take me to see the buildings.”
Lin Yuan smiled.
Seeing how generous and unbothered he was despite her daughter’s rude words, Aunt Chen could only smile bitterly.
Lin Yuan was about the same age as her daughter, yet he was several times more mature.
“Alright, I’ll take you there now.”
Even long after Aunt Chen and Lin Yuan had left, Xiao Chen remained standing there in a daze.
She couldn’t understand it.
That poor guy who couldn’t even pay the rent had casually taken out 10,000 yuan?
Her slapped cheek burned with pain and humiliation.
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On the other side, Aunt Chen had already taken Lin Yuan away from the apartment complex.
On the way, she began to explain:
“Things were very difficult for our family before.
Xiao Chen’s father ran off to another city and never came back.
Because of money, Xiao Chen has suffered a lot, so she’s quite extreme when it comes to financial matters.”
“Aunt Chen apologizes to you, Xiao Yuan.
Please don’t take it to heart.”
“It’s fine,” Lin Yuan shook his head with a smile.
However, inwardly he was puzzled.
By running away, Xiao Chen’s father had truly thrown away a lifetime of blessings!
A few years ago, Aunt Chen’s family had received over ten million yuan in compensation from a demolition project.
They still had the land and had built several buildings, allowing them to live comfortably by collecting rent every day.
Moreover, Aunt Chen was kind-hearted and still looked much younger and prettier than many young women.
In her youth, she must have been one of the most beautiful girls in the area. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Xiao Chen’s father must have been out of his mind to abandon such a good life.
While they were talking, they arrived at an office building.
The location was somewhat remote, but the building itself looked clean and tidy.
The surrounding transportation was convenient, and there were plenty of shops nearby.
Lin Yuan was quite satisfied after just a quick look.
Aunt Chen called the building manager over.
The two sides then engaged in intense bargaining.
Lin Yuan didn’t have much experience in this area, so he relied heavily on Aunt Chen, who managed to slash the manager’s asking price dramatically in one go.
Half an hour later, they signed a one-year contract.
The final price was nearly half of what the manager had originally quoted!
Looking at the number on the contract, Lin Yuan swallowed hard.
He was extremely glad he had brought Aunt Chen along.
If he had gone by himself, with his reluctance to haggle, he would have been ripped off badly.
The 10,000 yuan he had just given her had already returned tenfold — or even a hundredfold — in just a short while.
It was totally worth it!
“Thank you so much this time, Aunt Chen.
Once I’m done with my work in the next couple of days, I’ll definitely treat you to a meal!” Lin Yuan said gratefully.
The money saved on rent would allow him to spend more in other areas.
Using one billion to create Genshin Impact now felt much more manageable.
“Alright!
I’ll bring Xiao Chen along then and make her apologize to you properly!” Aunt Chen was in a great mood, though she hadn’t forgotten her daughter’s behavior earlier.
She was also genuinely shocked that Lin Yuan could casually afford to rent an entire office building.
After chatting for a while longer, Aunt Chen went back home.
Once she returned, Xiao Chen was sure to receive another scolding.
Meanwhile, Lin Yuan hired some people to make a large “miHoYo” sign and hung it in the most prominent spot on the office building.
He then cleaned up the place thoroughly and purchased some basic equipment.
After finishing all that, he posted recruitment ads online, looking for talented programmers.
The Dragon Country was vast and full of talent.
Finding excellent programmers was not a problem at all.
Lin Yuan wasn’t worried about this.
The salary he offered was quite attractive, so he expected to gather the necessary staff within two or three days.
Since he already possessed all the core code for Genshin Impact, he could save a massive amount of trial-and-error time, development costs, and resources.
After posting the job listings, Lin Yuan called Teacher Xu from the orchestra and informed them to move over.
Once Teacher Xu and the orchestra settled in, they could officially begin recording the music.
The music scores Lin Yuan had printed earlier had already reached Liyue.
With hundreds of pieces, the orchestra would have plenty to work on for quite some time.
After hanging up with Teacher Xu, Lin Yuan checked the time.
There was still quite a bit left until evening.
“I’ll take a taxi to Strange Sound Heaven and acquire them as well,” Lin Yuan decided, planning to use the remaining time to settle the voice acting side of things.