Right now, it's ten o'clock in the morning, inside Ouyang Xiong's office at Star Moon Bar in H City.
A large group of people are drinking bottles of wine, quietly watching the live broadcast on the television screen.
Normally, people running nightclubs would be sleeping at this time, but this bunch managed to stay up until now, just to catch the young bro's spectacular performance firsthand.
Can't remember who it was, but someone accidentally turned on the TV yesterday out of boredom and caught Xiaofan's first match, then informed Fei. Fei immediately went online to watch the recorded broadcast, and sure enough, it was Xiaofan.
Thus, today's scene unfolded.
"Wow..."
"Good lad, haha, too impressive."
When Xiaofan won the second match, these guys joyfully clinked their glasses. Each one was as delighted as if they'd won the match themselves.
On the other side, inside Liu Zhenghua's office. Out of boredom, he too was watching the online live stream, while checking if those who received advertising fees had properly placed the company's billboards on their clothes.
Coincidentally, he saw Xiaofan's match live, with the large Liu Group billboard right on Xiaofan's chest. Seeing this, Liu Zhenghua couldn't help but chuckle.
Previously, his daughter came to him saying Xiaofan was participating in a match and could help advertise for free. So she specially made a big billboard and stuck it on an outfit that was sent over. Really clever of that Ni.
However, in the next moment, when Xiaofan easily knocked down his opponent, Liu Zhenghua was suddenly stunned, then immediately dialed Liu Siyan's number.
"Hello, I'm Ye Xiaofan's agent, may I ask who's calling?" Liu Siyan answered the call without checking the number, instinctively asking.
"Agent? What's going on?" Liu Zhenghua confusedly asked.
"Ah? Dad? How come it's you, oh, this is my old number, huh? Why are you calling me at this time?"
"What are you two up to? You even have an agent now?" Liu Zhenghua asked with a laugh.
"Of course, since Xiaofan doesn't understand these things, I'm just helping him out, why?"
"Nothing, I think Xiaofan is amazing, to ask him to advertise for free seems a bit much. I was thinking of talking about giving him some compensation." Liu Zhenghua continued.
"Compensation, huh? Sure, Xiaofan's ad fee for the next match is thirty thousand. If you want to book it, come home at night to sign the contract." Liu Siyan promptly said.
"No way, you're being this clear even with your dad?" Liu Zhenghua said with a bitter smile.
"Oh right, you are my dad, eh, I'll give you a ten percent discount."
"Hahahahaha."
After watching over Liu Zhenghua's side, we move to Chen Baicheng's home.
"Brother Cheng, Miss's entertainment center has been bustling lately, I heard they just earned nearly two million today." Gui casually reported the situation to Chen Baicheng.
"Oh? That girl is quite adept at making money, huh. What's happening?" Chen Baicheng asked indifferently.
"She's acting as a bookmaker for bets on this free fighting tournament." Gui continued.
"Hmm? Where does she get such courage?" Chen Baicheng knew that being a bookmaker without at least ten million is risky, especially when some people behind the scenes can control match outcomes; it could result in significant losses.
"Miss is only booking bets against Ye Xiaofan and only accepting bets where he would lose." Gui continued.
"Oh? That girl claimed she hadn't taken a liking to the boy. But the kid indeed has a knack, might even make it to the knockout rounds." Chen Baicheng said with a slow laugh.
"But this might attract others' attention towards Ye Xiaofan, and Miss might not handle it alone." Gui said flatly.
"Where is Miss now? How many people are with her?" Upon hearing Gui's words, Chen Baicheng felt concerned.
"Having lunch with Ye Xiaofan. Today she didn't ask the brothers to join." Gui continued reporting.
"Let's go see these two young ones. Hehe, maybe next year I'll have a grandson." Chen Baicheng picked up his coat and left downstairs with cheerful laughter.
Yes, the two were indeed having lunch, but there was also another person, Liu Siyan.
Actually, Xiaofan went to find Liu Siyan for lunch after his match, but unexpectedly, Chen Mei'Er insisted on joining in.
Xiaofan didn't hide the fact from Liu Siyan anymore, telling her about his partnership with Chen Mei'Er in the betting schemes.
This wasn't Liu Siyan's area of expertise, so she didn't comment much, simply listening quietly as Xiaofan explained. Later, the three discussed whether they should linger a while or quickly knock out the opponent if they encounter rookies in the upcoming matches.
After all, it's just the early rounds, and qualifying for the knockout stages is based on performance, so facing many weak opponents is quite normal.
Finally, the three reached a consensus to take it easy and play slow during the preliminaries, but to get serious in the knockout stages, as the opponents there would definitely not be rookies.
However, just as their discussion concluded, some unexpected visitors suddenly appeared before them.
"Hey, kid, are you Ye Xiaofan?" A guy abruptly appeared in front of the trio, removing his sunglasses to look at Xiaofan.
"What's up?" Xiaofan looked at him and the group behind him, lightly asking.
"I'm the boss of the Black Eagle Gang, folks in the business call me Ying." The man at the forefront said loudly.
"Get to the point." Xiaofan doesn't care who you are; if you're looking for him, you should start talking.
"Ahem, our boss hopes you'll lose your next match, if you agree, you'll get twenty thousand afterward." The man behind Ying said loudly.
Hearing this, Chen Mei'Er almost burst out laughing, barely suppressing it to avoid internal injury.
"Girl, why are you laughing? Do you think I'm joking?" Ying stared at Chen Mei'Er, pursing his lips.
"No, I don't think you're joking, but it's hilarious how you turn something serious into a joke." Chen Mei'Er chuckled, covering her mouth.
"What do you mean?" A lackey behind Ying angrily asked.
"It's simple, first of all, if you want Xiaofan to throw a match, you should secretly approach him instead of coming openly with so many people. Also, you're offering twenty thousand? You should check out the going rates, Xiaofan has won two matches, so the black market price for the third should be between seventy thousand and one hundred twenty thousand. Your twenty thousand is basically charity? Moreover, if you were sincere, you'd come with cash, not offer payment afterward." Chen Mei'Er, having grown up surrounded by similar matters, understood these things very thoroughly.
"This..." The gang got stunned by Chen Mei'Er's words, even Ying showed a troubled face.
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