Chapter 149  : The Rich Man’s World

“Do you think it is not my business that a celebrity has caused a scandal?”

“Uh… The other party is a child from a wealthy family. Her reputation is much more valuable than mine.”

Lin Yao hadn’t realized the severity of the situation, let alone the magnitude of the benefits he could bring to ordinary families as a diamond-level genius.

A 200% profit alone was enough to give merchants the rope to hang themselves. Besides, those who invested in diamond geniuses had much more to gain.

Qin Ya very much wanted to tell Lin Yao about the seriousness of the matter, but she soon noticed Lin Yao’s impatient expression. Thus, she suppressed the words in her heart.

As an adult, she was more mature and could put in perspective the current situation. Qin Ya was well aware of this. Like Yan Yu’er, she wanted to profit from Lin Yao.

The difference was that Yan Yu’er was relying on physical temptation, whereas Qin Ya was relying on capability. Her eyes twinkled as she made some plans in her heart.

“Since things have turned out like this, it’s quite good for me too.”

The car was traveling at a fast speed in Ninghai City, and Qin Ya didn’t converse much with Lin Yao. However, it was not quiet and relaxed in the car during the journey. Qin Ya was busy making many consecutive calls. She was contacting and connecting with people.

When she saw Lin Yao staring at her, Qin Ya explained a little. “According to the contract, today is the day I return to Shanghai to work. Now that I have signed a contract with you, I can only work remotely. Did I disturb you?”

“No, but you’re so busy. Will you have any problem taking care of what I told you to do?”

“Rest assured. There won’t be any issues.”

“That’s great.”

The car was heading to Professor Li’s research institute. Both today and tomorrow would be sunny days. Therefore, Lin Yao could undergo in-depth current development without worrying about exhausting the solar power in his body.

However, this time, because of the advancement of the Armored Body Of Light, Lin Yao could remain in the electric chair for a longer time—42 minutes, to be specific. This was the duration that Lin Yao could withstand the stimulation of the electric shock for. The extended time caused Lin Yao intense pain but also benefited him greatly. When he got off the electric chair, his Iron Body had already increased from 10% to 72%.

“Sure enough, science and technology are primary productive forces. The effect of one round of electric shock is comparable to that of one year of cultivation of an ordinary person.”

Lin Yao’s training was indeed horrifying. The fundamental reason for his vast improvement was China’s Project Thunder God, which might have surpassed king-level techniques.

In addition to this, the second thing that had allowed Lin Yao to progress tremendously was his light attribute talent. That was the foundation of all of Lin Yao’s abilities. Without the Armored Body Of Light reinforcing the healing process of his body or the Brave Soul strengthening his willpower, Lin Yao would have counted his blessings if he’d been able to advance by 10% a month, though this was not considered slow either.

The third reason for his progress was his thunder abilities. Due to these three factors combined, Lin Yao had been labeled a diamond-level genius.

In addition, diamond geniuses were encountered once in tens of millions of people. It was compulsory for the country to send people to investigate diamond geniuses. Besides the four major pillars of mankind, diamond geniuses were automatically accorded the status of the son of a duke. This went to show how frightening they were. Lin Yao’s cultivation speed was a demonstration of this.

After 40 minutes of electric shock, Lin Yao fell into a coma for two more hours. His body was filled with the power of light, and the duration of the electric shock had lengthened. However, his mind had been electrocuted for the same time. Each electric shock could only increase his thinking speed acceleration by one second.

Now, the duration of his thinking speed acceleration had reached 18 seconds.

“Ouch, my head hurts.”

“Are you alright? Do you want to rest?”

“No. Let’s follow the original plan.”

After coming out of the research institute, Lin Yao didn’t rest. With Qin Ya leading the way, he continued heading to other orphanages in Ninghai City.

The supplies had been prepared in advance and placed at the entrance of those orphanages. Lin Yao just had to distribute them upon arriving. At the same time, he would make use of his looks and the affinity that came with his power of light to say a few positive words of encouragement and make the children happy.

This way, Lin Yao and Qin Ya busied themselves and covered all the orphanages that lacked resources in Ninghai City.

This included the arrangement of caregivers, engagement of teachers, and the delivery of all kinds of supplies, candy, books, and toys. This busy schedule lasted until eight o’clock at night.

Meanwhile, the sky had darkened and the children were already asleep. Lin Yao could no longer continue to do this.

However, his busy schedule had not ended. The orphanages were not the only ones who were facing shortages of resources, and this was not the only good deed that Lin Yao could do. With Qin Ya leading the way, Lin Yao took a group of workers to the schools located at the borders of Ninghai City.

“There is no problem with the quality of teaching in these schools, but the desks are a bit old, and they lack some high-tech equipment. That’s why I bought all those things. Do you want to move them slowly by yourself?”

“Of course not. How long will it take? Let the workers do it together. Anyway, I’m the one who paid for these things.”

Although he had taken a loan for the purchase…

Soon, brand-new desks and computers were installed in the school by Lin Yao and the workers.

Afterward, they moved on to another school.

Under the dark sky, Lin Yao was busy restoring the facilities of the schools located at the borders of the city all night.

He even bought a lot of cold medicine for a poor high school and hired a medical staff member to serve as a health instructor for the students.

In the early morning, when all beings on earth had just awakened, Lin Yao was so exhausted that he could not walk.

His body was able to withstand a hectic day, but his mental strength hadn’t had time to recover.

Lin Yao had been busy since he’d regained consciousness at Professor Li’s research institute. At that moment, 24 hours had passed. During the process, he hadn’t had enough time to rest and naturally felt exhausted mentally.

At the same time, amid his busy schedule, Lin Yao knew he must have spent a lot of money.

He was right. Putting aside the costs of sourcing information, the costs of equipping the facilities, hiring teachers, caregivers, and workers, as well as purchasing supplies had already exceeded one million yuan.

Plus, the cost of hiring caregivers and teachers was not a one-off expense. Lin Yao had to pay for their monthly salaries henceforth.

Upon looking at the bills given to him by Qin Ya, Lin Yao knew that he was now carrying a huge debt.

Nevertheless, these expenses were worthwhile. Lin Yao forced himself to sober up and look at the energy value in his Sea of Consciousness.

Over there, the energy value column was no longer a small figure.

[Energy: 12,000 grams]

Yes, after a busy night, Lin Yao’s energy value had increased by as much as over 10,000 points.

This was a figure that Lin Yao hadn’t dared to imagine.

‘Sure enough. Money is not everything, but with money, one can do a lot of things.’

Besides, Lin Yao also thought of the salaries of the caregivers and teachers. Lin Yao didn’t feel burdened by them. In fact, he wanted to make more arrangements like this.

It was not that Lin Yao didn’t care about money. He felt that if the teachers and caregivers were to do their jobs well, they’d be also contributing to society. When he spent money to hire them, he would also get a share of their contributions and in turn obtain energy value from this.

Therefore, the more money he spent, the happier he was. This meant that he could gain more energy value.

“How many more orphanages do we need to go to?”

“The orphanages and the schools add up to a dozen more.”

“So few?”

These words made Qin Ya clutch her forehead. “Don’t say this outside, or you will be beaten to death.”

“Uh… The fewer, the better. Of course.”

Lin Yao’s system was a bit complicated. He couldn’t use money to obtain experience points directly. He would only be rewarded with experience points by helping those who truly needed help and contributing to society. This was the only way he could get Avedha-vasa rewards.

Money could only strengthen Lin Yao’s ability to help more people.

However, China was peaceful and stable in this world. Although the welfare homes and the orphanages lacked certain things, they had adequate infrastructure.

Because of this, there were limited things that he could do. In addition, Lin Yao had already made up for these shortcomings.

After making up for the shortages, Lin Yao’s gifts would only be the icing on the cake. In that case, he might gain only 1,000 energy points despite spending a million yuan. Therefore, he felt that there were too few places that needed help in Ninghai City.

This also meant that life in China was stable. Lin Yao didn’t know which situation he hoped for.

As Lin Yao felt conflicted, Qin Ya said, “Don’t worry about not having enough people to help. China is huge. Besides Ninghai City, there are other places with people who need your help.”

Upon seeing Qin Ya take out a map of China, Lin Yao gave himself a hard slap on the head.

“I’ve been so busy that I forgot about this. We can go to other places, especially the mountainous areas, after we cover Ninghai City.” When he said this, Lin Yao suddenly paused for a moment. “By the way, how many funds can you provide me with for a start?”

“10 million yuan.”

Lin Yao hadn’t expected that much financial support. Soon, he took the initiative to speak.

“Consider it a loan. The interest can be calculated like a bank loan. Our 10-year contract can be amended so that you’ll get 50% of the profits…”

“You don’t need to bother.”

“How can I not…”

“Don’t tell me you think that 10 million yuan is a lot of money.”

‘Uh…’

Upon seeing the surprised gaze in Lin Yao’s eyes, Qin Ya smiled and said, “This is my pocket money.”

After a long silence, Lin Yao clenched his teeth and said in a strained voice, “I don’t understand the lives of rich people like you.”

“You’ll soon become rich. If you wish to thank me, renew the contract with my company.”

“Don’t worry, I’m not a heartless person… Yan Yu’er was the one who initiated that…”

Since the other party was supporting him fully, Lin Yao naturally would not conceal everything. Soon, he clarified the entanglement between him and Yan Yu’er, and this spurred countless thoughts in Qin Ya’s mind.

However, she quickly suppressed those thoughts and took Lin Yao home so he could sleep properly.

‘At last, I feel good. Well, the second stage of current development can be postponed for a few days. I won’t be that tired then.’

Lin Yao’s body had already recovered thanks to the power of the sun, but he was mentally drained. This thought came to his mind, as he was going to be really busy for the next few days.

Lin Yao, who was sleeping soundly, didn’t know that Qin Ya was still working as he was resting. While arranging for people to look into the surrounding welfare facilities, she was purchasing supplies and connecting with the people in charge of the facilities, as well as planning Lin Yao’s itinerary. Simultaneously, she was contacting publicity personnel and various we-media[1] to edit the video of Lin Yao’s battle into snippets and upload them to major websites as a prelude to Lin Yao’s debut.

While doing all of this, she was still in contact with the headquarters of Shanghai to plan the future of the other martial artists under her wing.

This was a strong, career-minded woman. Although she didn’t have a strong talent in martial arts, with such a work attitude and capability, she would not be weak no matter where she went.

Lin Yao slept for more than four hours until it was noon, which was right before the start of the competition. After waking up, he decided to stimulate his body but not his mental strength in the afternoon. He needed to accumulate over 30,000 more experience points before the end of the individual competition. This was the only way he could make the Celestial Tree advance by increasing its experience value to 100,000 points. He could then be in the position to fight against the warlords.

‘I wonder what I will get after the Celestial Tree advances this time.

‘I hope I’m still on time.

‘I am short of 35,500 grams of energy.’

[1] We-media refers to “citizen media” or “individual media”.