YA Ch64: Showing Off

Lu Yu rewound manually, taking a few steps back to his big brother’s side, as if he had never left. He crouched down, looked around, and whispered, “Is Hongxiao Capital your family’s?”

Hong Wuyang, seeing Lu Yu’s cautious expression, slid down from the sofa to crouch beside him, and muttered, “Do you know about Hongxiao Capital?”

Lu Yu: “I don’t.”

Big Brother: “……”

Lu Yu awkwardly laughed. He had just traveled here not long ago and wasn’t familiar with the emerging companies. It seemed that Hongxiao Capital had risen in recent years, and he indeed hadn’t heard of it.

Lu Dongdong, on his wrist, spoke up in time: “Hongxiao Capital is the third-ranked venture capital institution in the country, and the current managing partner is Hong Wenzhao.”

“Ranked third, huh,” Lu Yu inhaled lightly, “So impressive for a big consortium; now they even want to buy the brain manufacturing factory.”

“It is a consortium, indeed.” Young Master Hong sighed with a face full of melancholy, “But they don’t actually want to buy… By the way, why are we crouching here talking?”

“It has a better atmosphere this way,” Lu Yu helped his big brother, who had a numb leg from crouching, back onto the sofa.

Hong Wuyang held his head and sighed, “I just thought the name of this unknown tech company sounded nice. I was about to invest a small sum myself to make things convenient for custom brain development. I didn’t expect them to use Hongxiao Capital’s name. Actually, they don’t lack money themselves.”

Lu Yu understood. His elder brother wanted to invest a small amount personally to get a customized brain from the tech company, similar to his own snack chain and related companies. Unexpectedly, they took advantage of Hongxiao Capital’s name, saying things like “Hongxiao has a strong interest in investing” to create momentum and seek more opportunities.

“If my brother knew, he’d definitely beat me up.” Big Brother lay back on the sofa with a dejected look. “Hongxiao Capital never invests in the manufacturing industry.”

Moreover, although his father was the founder and his brother was the current CEO, such capital consortia were not decided by just one person.

Lu Yu stroked his chin: “Do you have a way to get the IDU’s admission qualification?”

Hong Wuyang sat up: “If I had it, would I be worried? The knowledge I was showing off earlier was actually taught to me by Countless Tech. They even asked me if Hongxiao Capital had resources to help with the qualification certificate.”

Globally, there are fewer than ten manufacturers with this qualification, showing how difficult it is to obtain.

“If I could successfully invest in a brain manufacturer with the admission qualification, I could even become an investment partner at Hongxiao Capital,” Big Brother sighed, “In the end, I’m just a supporting role in my brother’s life. My name was even chosen to contrast with his, and it’s called Wuyang.”

Lu Yu was puzzled: “What’s wrong with Wuyang?”

Hong Wuyang looked at Lu Yu: “Do you know who assassinated King Qin?”

Lu Yu: “Jing Ke.”

Hong Wuyang: “Do you know Jing Ke had a deputy?”

“Qin Wuyang…”

Lu Yu was speechless, patting Big Brother’s shoulder. “Let’s think of another way. I’m interested in this too. For brain manufacturing, it can be bound to our brain assistant right from the factory, and we can have Yan-ge’s watch workshop design the appearance. Yan-ge is a world-renowned jewelry designer, and his RZ hot item ‘Seven Seas’ was designed by him. This brain will definitely sell like hotcakes.”

Big Brother was stunned, imagining the scene where he succeeded in investing and reached the peak of his life, with his brother looking at him with admiration. Hong Wuyang couldn’t help but laugh: “What you said makes sense!”

It was almost time for the live broadcast, and Ming Yan came over to call Lu Yu, waving to him from the corridor, signaling him to come over quickly.

Lu Yu immediately ran over happily.

When Big Brother turned around to discuss business plans, the sofa was already empty.

Ming Yan sat in the game pod, letting Lu Yu buckle the safety belt for him. “What’s making you so happy?”

“Had a good chat with my big brother.” Lu Yu grinned, thinking that this matter was still uncertain, so he didn’t want to tell Yan-ge to avoid adding any burden, but he still shared the important news, “It turns out big brother’s family is Hongxiao Capital.”

Ming Yan wasn’t very surprised. Seeing the lavish spending style of the top streamer big brother, it made sense that he was from a financial family: “So what?”

Lu Yu grinned: “I think Hongxiao Capital sounds better than Qingqu Capital. If we really need financing, getting my elder brother’s family to invest is more reliable than that Ximen Qing.”

Ming Yan raised an eyebrow, tugging at Lu Yu’s ear: “What’s so good about it?” This guy was almost writing his dislike for Zhao Yanqing on his forehead.

Lu Yu confidently said: “In the stock market, red means rising, green means falling. Qingqu sounds inauspicious.”

Ming Yan was amused by him.

Lu Yu looked at Ming Yan’s curved lips, smooth and slightly pink, and couldn’t help but lean in to give him a kiss. Before Ming Yan could react, Lu Yu happily ran back to his game pod.

The live broadcast began, and the audience who hadn’t watched for two days were eagerly waiting.

[Hua Wenyan, Mom is here. I missed you so much after not seeing you for two days.]

[Why didn’t you livestream on the weekend? Do you know how I spent the past two days!]

The characters in the simulator didn’t know the passage of time in the real world.

In the novel’s world, six months had already passed. During this half-year, Hua Wenyan had not rushed to expand his territory but focused on managing the territory he had already occupied, which amounted to one prefecture and two counties.

Under his governance, the people passed the harsh winter safely. In these years of frequent natural disasters, no one starved to death, and General Hua’s reputation spread far and wide.

The mountain town county, separated by two prefectures, was occupied by local bandits. Seeing that rebellions and thieves were rampant everywhere, and since they were already thieves, they had no obstacles in taking over the small county town at the foot of the mountain and declaring themselves kings.

The mountain town was remote, so news did not spread quickly. The prefect of the prefecture city knew about it but was powerless to take action. To avoid taking responsibility, he chose to conceal the matter and pretended not to know.

The bandits, accustomed to killing and looting, had long lost their morality. They continued their crimes on their own territory, turning the small county town into a hell on earth. A young man risked his life to escape, carrying a blood letter from the county magistrate to seek help from Hua Wenyan.

Although taking the county town now was of no immediate use, Hua Wenyan couldn’t ignore the plight of the people and decided to send troops to pacify the area. After all, he was still officially a general of the court, and it was only right and proper to quell the rebels, with the prefectures along the way having to facilitate his passage.

Hua Wenyan was checking the red-feathered arrows in his quiver when he saw Lu Yu approaching and greeted him, “Second Uncle, is there something?”

“Coming to see you before the battle,” Lu Yu said with a grin, coming over and putting his arm around his nephew’s shoulder. Lu Yu found him incredibly cute and couldn’t resist ruffling his red headband, “Oh, I really like this bright red color of yours.”

Hua Wenyan was puzzled: “Has Second Uncle encountered some good fortune?”

“Heh heh,” Lu Yu smirked mischievously, “Not really; it’s just that spring has come. Oh, and there is something important—don’t let anyone with the surname Lu get close to me in the next few days.”

Hua Wenyan closed his quiver and asked, “Why?”

Lu Yu glanced at Ming Yan, who had come in through the curtain: “Your second aunt has observed the stars and calculated that I’ll have bad luck if I meet anyone with the surname Lu recently.”

Hua Wenyan thought for a moment: “Don’t worry, Second Uncle, there’s no one with the surname Lu around me.”

Lu Yu murmured, “Of course, characters with the same surname as the author won’t appear in the novel.” Lu Yu was very reassured about this. He just wanted to show off a little, not expecting the kid to take it so seriously.

Hua Wenyan tilted his head: “What novel?”

Ming Yan gave Lu Yu a jab from behind, signaling him to stop talking nonsense.

“Ah,” Lu Yu exaggeratedly cried out, pulling Hua Wenyan out of the tent, “I’ll tell you quietly, or your second aunt will hit me again. Hee hee hee, as long as I don’t meet anyone with the surname Lu in the next few days, I’ll get a reward.”

Because this was a livestream, it couldn’t be explained clearly. Lu Yu lifted his hand and played a few notes on the qin, pointing at the two little birds perched on a tree branch: “Just like those.”

The two birds on the tree were close together, their pointed beaks touching.

Hua Wenyan glanced: “That’s a male and a female.”

Lu Yu smacked him on the back: “Oh, you stubborn child, that’s the idea.”

Hua Wenyan was hit and chuckled, pressing his fist to his lips to stifle his laughter: “Nephew understands; no wonder you said spring has come. Second Uncle, you really are as vigorous as ever!”

Lu Yu: “……”

According to the novel’s setting, the early-deceased Second Uncle Hua should now be 36 years old. At 36, still so unserious, Hua Wenyan could only delicately express it as “steadfast despite poverty, vigorous in old age.”