Just as he stepped through the restaurant’s main entrance, a woman in a cheongsam appeared before him.

It wasn’t that the woman was particularly beautiful, but mainly that Fang Chenyi recognized her.

More accurately, he had seen her on television.

While Fang Chenyi was still stunned, the woman walked over to him with a smile and spoke respectfully,

"Hello, sir. May I be of service to you?"

Hearing her words, Fang Chenyi was taken aback again and blurted out in confusion,

"Aren’t you Deng Qiqi?"

In Fang Chenyi’s memory, this woman was a celebrity singer. He just didn’t know why she was here.

And judging by her appearance, why was she acting like a waitress?

’Is it just someone who looks a lot like her?’

Hearing Fang Chenyi’s question, the woman opposite him smiled and nodded. She then took a sweet step forward, intending to take his arm.

But Fang Chenyi quickly dodged away. He was a married man, after all. It was best to avoid such intimacy between a man and a woman.

At that moment, Xia Bingbao unexpectedly hurried over from inside. He bowed respectfully to Fang Chenyi and said,

"Chairman, the private room is ready. I’ll personally show you the way."

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi nodded. He then gave a smiling nod to the star-struck woman beside him before striding forward. Xia Bingbao quickly followed suit. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

However, just as he started walking, Deng Qiqi, who was standing to the side, grabbed Xia Bingbao and asked in a low voice,

"President Xia, who is that?"

Xia Bingbao glanced at Deng Qiqi, then lowered his voice as well and said, ’The big boss of this place.’

After saying that, he paid no more attention to the dumbfounded Deng Qiqi and hurried to catch up with Fang Chenyi.

When Xia Bingbao caught up, Fang Chenyi asked curiously,

"What’s the situation with that?"

Xia Bingbao immediately explained with a smile, "Without investors, there are no movies or TV series to film. The people who come here are all major players, so whenever those celebrities have free time, they come over to wander around~"

At this point, Fang Chenyi understood. He couldn’t help but shake his head helplessly and sigh inwardly. This was just the reality of society.

As they walked, the two of them arrived outside the private room. Pushing the door open, they saw three people inside, chatting while they waited for Fang Chenyi.

Because his financial situation had eased, Fang Chenyi was in a rather good mood. He had also dismissed the thought of selling this place.

The four of them ate and chatted. Of course, Principal Wang was still stuck with the thankless job of pouring drinks.

Another glass of beer went down, and the relationships grew more familiar with the drinking.

Fang Chenyi turned to Old Ma and asked with some curiosity,

"Brother Ma, isn’t your game company quite profitable? Why did you end up selling it?"

Hearing this, Old Ma helplessly put down his glass, sighed, and said,

"Sigh, I didn’t want to sell it either. But I invested in a massive, state-level project over in South Africa, and my capital became extremely tight all of a sudden. I had no choice but to sell the company that was easiest to liquidate."

After he finished speaking, Old Wang, who was beside him, also put down his glass. With a worried look, he said,

"Alas, everyone sees us as infinitely glorious, but who knows how much trouble we’re actually in? I know about President Ma’s project. Although the capital won’t return right away, in less than five years, the returns will be a hundredfold. And most importantly, they’ll be long-term and continuous. It makes me so envious."

At this point, Old Wang’s tone became sorrowful. "Not like me. If Younger Brother Fang hadn’t stepped in and acquired Baida Film and Television in time, I don’t know where I’d be hiding and crying right now. Come, come, Younger Brother Fang, let me toast you."

Seeing this, Old Ma also raised his glass.

"Old Wang is right. If Younger Brother Fang hadn’t acquired my Tencent Games at such a critical moment, my capital chain would have snapped by now. Come, come, I’ll toast you as well, Younger Brother Fang."

This made Fang Chenyi a little embarrassed. After all, the system had done everything. With his total assets of just over seven hundred million, an acquisition like that would have been impossible for him, even if he wanted to.

Of course, they didn’t know any of this. He raised his glass, and the three of them clinked them together before downing the contents in one go.

Seeing this, Principal Wang at his side quickly grabbed the bottle and refilled the glasses for all three of them. When he got to Fang Chenyi, however, Fang Chenyi smiled and took the bottle from Principal Wang’s hands.

Perhaps it was because they were talking about game companies, or maybe the alcohol was hitting the spot, but as Fang Chenyi and Brother Xiaoma were chatting, Principal Wang’s mind somehow drifted to the gaming novels he had read before.

Taking advantage of a lull in the conversation, Principal Wang looked at Brother Xiaoma with curiosity and asked with great interest,

"Uncle Ma, you’ve been making games for so many years. Do you think it’s possible to create the kind of gaming helmets you see in novels? That’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid."

If Principal Wang had one true passion, it was playing games. Of all the games on the market right now, there wasn’t a single one the guy hadn’t played.

And Brother Xiaoma’s games, like *Honor of Kings* and *PUBG*, were Principal Wang’s absolute favorites.

Hearing his son’s words, Old Wang shot him an annoyed glare. But Principal Wang was so caught up in what he was saying that he didn’t even notice his old man, and continued,

"I read in novels about these virtual reality games developed by a global coalition of countries, with helmets, virtual pods, and all that. WHOA, a truly immersive experience! If something like that really existed, it would be absolutely incredible! But the current virtual reality headsets, where you’re just holding a controller, are pretty boring."

Hearing this, Fang Chenyi’s interest was also piqued.

"You know, when I was in school, I also read novels like that. It’s just as Xiaocong said; back then, I was really looking forward to playing a game like that too."

Brother Xiaoma, on the other hand, just gave a wry smile after listening.

"Our current technology still can’t meet those kinds of requirements. We’ve actually run similar experiments for that type of game before, like attaching sensors to various parts of the body, similar to an ECG, but it ultimately failed. However, I’ve heard that a research institution in the United States called ’Future’ seems to have made some breakthroughs in this area."

After a short pause, Brother Xiaoma continued,

"Of course, their research isn’t focused on the gaming helmets you read about in novels. From what I hear, it’s a type of suit, similar to Spider-Man’s bodysuit. The inside is lined with a dense array of contact points. Their goal is to replicate human movements with one-to-one accuracy. In other words, when you raise your arm, the contact points on your arm would control the game character to perform the corresponding action."