Looking at the prompt on his phone, Chen Yan froze for a moment, and then he couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

After all, he had been waiting for the Game Store's refresh for a month.

Because, he was eager to purchase the "Strong Buy Card Quota."

Before, he had deceived Zhao Ying into coming to the company by telling her to work for a media company. As a result, for the whole month, he had kept her posted at the Charity Organization.

Zhao Ying had complained to Chen Yan several times, saying that his word was not reliable.

Moreover, if he wanted to overthrow Zhao Qingtian through a war of public opinion, relying solely on Headline Technology was not secure enough, so he needed a media company as an ally.

For the past six months, apart from buying "Instant Film" to review the company's projects, he had not spent much "Happiness Points," so he had accumulated quite a lot of them.

And last month, the Game Store refreshed twice, and he had already bought 2 billion of Strong Buy Card quota.

Now, he only needed to buy another 1 billion of quota.

By then, with a total of 3 billion in quota and considering Weibo's current market value of 400 billion, Chen Yan's shareholding could reach 7.5%. With a little effort, it would be enough to arrange for his people to enter Weibo's company, supervising and influencing some of Weibo's decisions.

Thinking this way, Chen Yan said to the driver, "Mr. Liu, drive slower. If we arrive, go around the block a couple of times."

Mr. Liu was Chen Yan's personal driver, always very calm and collected. Hearing Chen Yan's request, even though he did not understand why his boss was asking for this, he immediately responded, "Alright, Director Chen."

During the conversation, he slowed down his car, letting the vehicle move forward at a steady pace of 40 miles per hour.

Chen Yan himself unlocked his phone, opened the game, ready to see what new items the system store had come up with.

With the opening of the Game Store, several rows of shelves in the system store appeared before Chen Yan.

And at first glance, Chen Yan saw the "Strong Buy Card Quota" that he had been longing for.

"Strong Buy Card Quota"

Quota: 2 billion

Value: 30 Happiness Points

Note: This item allows you to replenish the Strong Buy Card's quota. The quota can only be purchased once, but can be accumulated or split for use. The quota only takes effect if you have the "Strong Buy Card" already.

Looking at the quota of the Strong Buy Card, Chen Yan paused for a second.

"Eh? Wasn't it 1 billion? How did it turn into 2 billion?"

"Could it be... if you buy more, does the unit price of the quota increase?"

Chen Yan felt that if that were the case, it would indeed be quite convenient.

After all, as his wealth increased, a refresh of 1 billion at a time was far from meeting his needs.

Thus, appropriately increasing the quota of the Strong Buy Card would be more convenient for Chen Yan.

Take this time's acquisition of Weibo, for example. With an extra 1 billion in quota, Chen Yan could acquire another 2.5% of the shares, reaching a 10% stake in Weibo.

In this way, Chen Yan could have a greater influence on Weibo. Zhao Ying, monitoring inside and delving into gossip, would also be more convenient.

Thinking this way, Chen Yan clicked on the [Purchase] option without hesitation.

In the past six months, Chen Yan had always had a good stock of Happiness Points.

The intimacy between Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man had reached the full value of 200 points. They could provide Chen Yan with 40 Happiness Points every month.

Following them, Brother Ying and He Mengxue, as their intimacy gradually approached the full value, could also contribute an average of 30 Happiness Points to Chen Yan per month.

Thus, Chen Yan could count on a fixed income of 70 Happiness Points every month.

Purchasing this item worth 30 Happiness Points was more than enough.

After buying this quota, Chen Yan glanced at his remaining Happiness Points. He still had 160 points left.

This was even after buying a bunch of "Xiao Ha's Instant Film" every month.

Satisfied, Chen Yan closed the purchase interface and prepared to turn off the game and head to Lu Man's place.

However, just then, he suddenly noticed that there was an extra slot in the Game Store this time.

Chen Yan took a closer look and discovered that the store had actually refreshed with a new special item this time.

The Game Store hadn't freshen up in a long time, so when it did this time, Chen Yan was naturally full of anticipation.

He rubbed his hands together and then lightly tapped on the item to see what it was.

With his tap, the details of the item popped up on the phone screen.

"Lucky 8-faced Dice"

Value: 150 Happiness Points.

Description: This dice has a total of 8 sides. 3 black sides and 5 red sides.

The 3 black sides are respectively "Small Misfortune," "Medium Misfortune," "Great Misfortune."

The 5 red sides are respectively "Small Fortune," "Fortune," "Medium Fortune," "Great Fortune," and "All Things Go Smoothly."

When you want to predict the fortune or misfortune of an event, you can throw this dice to the ground. The dice will display the fate of the event.

If it lands on a red side (Fortune), it will additionally increase by one level (e.g. from "Small Fortune" to "Fortune," from "Fortune" to "Medium Fortune").

Note: However, according to research by a Dark Mage, this dice does not actually predict fortune or misfortune, but changes fate. The moment the dice lands, the fate line of the event you predict will be altered accordingly.

Therefore, it is also known as "Gambler's Ambition."

Reading the introduction of this new item, Chen Yan took a sharp breath, "Sss... so many words."

Then, he carefully studied the item, and the more he read, the more frequent his sharp intakes of breath became.

"This thing... feels like a double-edged sword."

"If it's not used properly, seems like it could easily cause trouble."

Chen Yan pondered for a while.

If it's the first interpretation, then there's no risk for him. It's just a prediction, after all. But if it's the second interpretation, that could be interesting.

Because, despite the dice having 8 sides according to the description: if it lands on a red side (Fortune), the level will increase.

That likely means it is impossible to roll "All Things Go Smoothly" since it cannot be upgraded further.

Thus, it means there are three misfortunes and only four fortunes.

Chen Yan felt that this dice seemed like a trap...

It could end up being a great asset for an enemy.

As he thought this, Chen Yan hesitated about whether to buy it or not.

After all, it wasn't easy saving up Happiness Points. If he spent them all at once, he would hardly be able to buy anything before his guaranteed Happiness Points arrived next month.

However, Chen Yan thought again that this broken system rarely introduces new special items. It takes months to produce anything new, and if he doesn't buy now, who knows when the next new item will be available.

Thinking this way, Chen Yan steeled his resolve and clicked [Purchase].

As Chen Yan made the purchase, the dice on the phone screen began to tumble, and after a moment, it disappeared from the screen.

And Chen Yan felt a weight in his hand.

He looked down and saw an eight-sided dice had appeared in his hand.

The dice felt slightly heavy, silver-white in color, and seemed to be made of some precious metal.

Chen Yan picked up the dice and flipped it to look at it. Sure enough, each side had either black or red inscriptions denoting fortunes and misfortunes.

Chen Yan thought for a bit, and since there was nothing much to do, why not give it a try?

Because he was unsure of the dice's effectiveness, Chen Yan only dared to test it on something that wouldn't have much impact.

With that in mind, a lightbulb went off for Chen Yan, and he got an idea.

Holding the dice, he thought about his trip to Lu Man's house that evening. Then he let the dice go, tossing it onto the seat next to him.

Whether it was real magic or not, the dice flew out of Chen Yan's hand and began to spin wildly on the seat.

One turn, two turns, three turns... After countless spins, the dice started to slow down.

Chen Yan craned his neck to look, and then he saw the dice slowly come to a stop, showing on its uppermost side... "Small Misfortune."

"Sss..." Chen Yan sucked in a breath.

He seemed to be quite unlucky.

The first roll and it's "Small Misfortune"...

Such luck was truly unparalleled.

Chen Yan looked up towards the front of car.

As it was night time, all was dark ahead, even with the street lamps casting a dim light.

For some reason, Chen Yan felt like there was a ferocious beast waiting for him on the road ahead.

Chen Yan hesitated a moment, thinking about whether to avoid the trip and skip going to Lu Man's house tonight.

But he also wanted to know what would happen with this "Small Misfortune" prediction.

So, after hesitating for a while, Chen Yan clenched his teeth and decided to brave the potential peril, to see just how accurate this item's description was!

With that thought, Chen Yan put away the dice and said to the driver, Mr. Liu, "Mr. Liu, we can go now. Speed up."

Mr. Liu responded and sped up, taking Chen Yan to Lu Man's villa area.

Arriving at the entrance of the villa community, Chen Yan asked Mr. Liu to go back, then he himself entered the complex and reached Lu Man's home.

He rang the doorbell, and in a few seconds, the villa's door slowly opened.

Chen Yan walked in, feeling a bit of foreboding: Lu Man always liked to joke around, but she hadn't prepared anything this time.

That wasn't like her.

The dice had cast a psychological shadow on him, and he felt even more that things were going to be rough tonight.

While pondering this, Chen Yan came to the villa's door, which was left ajar, clearly opened by Lu Man just moments ago.

Chen Yan pushed the door open, peeked inside, and saw Lu Man sitting on the couch in her pajamas, staring at her phone with a blank expression.

Having anticipated something off, Chen Yan wasn't surprised.

He walked over, set down the food, and asked, "What's wrong, Man Man? You seem to be in a bad mood."

Hearing Chen Yan's words, Lu Man sighed and handed her phone to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan picked it up and saw that it displayed a WeChat group.

Chen Yan knew that, like him, Lu Man had also secretly registered an anonymous account, then posed as a newbie in the entertainment circle, eavesdropping on industry gossip and news.

Even Lu Man's role had her own detailed backstory: 18 years old, just finished the college entrance exams, unsatisfactory results, enrolled in a vocational college, so she worked part-time during college, venturing into the film industry as a female extra...

She'd even steal some campus photos that Yu Qiao Qiao didn't show her face in from time to time and post them on her own Moments.

This allowed her to blend into quite a few groups and hear a lot of gossip.

Was there something going on with this WeChat group?

With this thought, Chen Yan couldn't help but look at the group chat content.

He found the group was discussing Lu Man's recent open defiance of the Xu brothers.

And the consensus was not favorable.

"I don't know what Lu Man is thinking. She's way too overconfident."

"+1. I've felt that she's been drifting off in the last two years."

"If a movie of mine grossed 4 billion at the box office, I'd drift off too, haha. But even then, I wouldn't say I'd make another one."

"Agree, agree."

Looking at these negative comments, Chen Yan felt hesitant for a moment: Could this be what the "Small Misfortune" was referring to?

The bet he made with Lu Man causing so much negative press, making her upset?

It felt... like it wasn't that simple.

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