Looking at the system prompt floating in front of him, Tang Song was dazed for a moment.

Good grief! All five game characters he’s unlocked are going to the birthday party?!

Then he suddenly remembered.

A while ago, Wu Kezhi had indeed messaged him, saying he wanted an in-depth talk with him about Meditation Capital’s upcoming布局, and they’d agreed he would arrive in Yan City this weekend.

Zheng Qiudong had also mentioned that DJRH’s preliminary integration of SCG was already complete, and there were a lot of results he wanted to report to him.

Mo Xiangwan had brought up long ago that some Tangzong Entertainment promo events would be launched here in Yan City.

It’s just... he never would have thought that even Anne had secretly run off to Yan City! 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With that wild foreign girl’s personality, the fact she didn’t come straight at him the moment she landed was already abnormal.

She was definitely cooking up some trick behind his back.

"Hoo—" Tang Song let out a long breath, feeling his scalp go numb.

If it weren’t for the buff from the instance dungeon [Tang Song’s Reflection], he might really not be able to handle this.

Because in these people’s eyes, he has always been mysterious and powerful, like someone who never makes mistakes.

Dealing with one or two of them alone is fine, but facing all five at once, each with different thoughts and different agendas...

On top of that, the permissions he’s unlocked now are more and more; a lot of topics can’t be glossed over with fake profundity and vague answers like before—he has to give clear responses and decisions.

Mo Xiangwan and Luo Bin are still manageable. They were early characters, and the fields and business involved are things he can already fully handle.

But the other three, especially Anne and Zheng Qiudong, will definitely sense something off.

One misstep, and his "persona collapses" on the spot.

Luckily, right before everything starts, he got the item [Tang Song’s Reflection].

Originally he thought this was just a normal birthday party for Jing; at most he’d face her parents and friends and show off some PDA.

He hadn’t expected it to, by some twist of fate, turn into an informal internal gathering.

Still, you could say it’s a huge surprise brought about by that same twist of fate.

The item is triggered directly, and clearing the instance will grant a [Charm] buff reward.

Tang Song took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He tapped open the chat with Jing and replied: "Don’t worry, I definitely won’t be late. I also prepared a birthday surprise for you—wait till you open it yourself."

After replying, he casually opened Little Red Book.

The first thing that came into view was the eye-catching follower count on his profile—100,000.

He tapped into his homepage to check the data on his recent posts.

The hottest one was the celebration post for the first reveal of the [HEYI STUDIO] brand.

It had almost twenty thousand likes now.

Thinking about it, that wasn’t so surprising.

A "normal guy" on Little Red Book who followed advice for a makeover suddenly announces afterward that he’s going to do "brand-raising".

At first, everyone was just watching for fun, enthusiastically joining in—helping pick the logo, pick the packaging—practically all becoming "cloud shareholders" of the project.

The process was fun, but most people never really expected this grassroots-looking brand to actually succeed.

Yet Tang-Song, who was basically running on cheats, directly led this crowd of "cloud shareholders" to first bring out the mega-influencer "He Yiyi", and then overnight the shell jacket series exploded in popularity...

From "raising a brand" to "witnessing a miracle".

This wave really did shock every single person following him.

Next, Tang Song opened Douyin: followers, 531,000.

He’d been updating fairly diligently recently, and follower growth was much faster than before.

That vlog recording his trip to the Xiang River had been his hottest video lately, with over eighty thousand likes and more than six million views.

The mission [Charm Manifestation] would give a [Charm +1] reward after all, so Tang Song was taking it very seriously.

He’d already hit the 100k-follower goal on Little Red Book, and the one-million-follower goal on Douyin was within reach.

Next, it was time to really work on operating his accounts, adding some new elements that showed off more of his personal charm.

He planned out his upcoming video content, then finally put down his phone.

He turned and walked out onto the balcony of the study, picking up the drawing board and pencil beside him.

"Shasha—"

The soft friction of charcoal pencil on paper sounded out.

Soon, a pure and cute little face gradually emerged on the sheet.

Oval face, high ponytail, straight bangs, clean school uniform...

After Jing’s birthday party, soon it would be his first love’s birthday.

He wanted to prepare a special gift for her.

...

p.m.

Lanfeng International Hotel, 29th floor, Executive Lounge.

The afternoon sun shone through the huge glass curtain wall, casting bright, warm patches of light on the carpet.

In the private rest area at the end of the corridor, Wu Kezhi was leaning against the armrest of a comfortable sofa, his gaze resting on the city skyline outside the window, which had been dyed gold by autumn, lost in thought.

"Tap, tap, tap—"

Footsteps approached from afar.

"Brother Wu."

"President Wu."

Two figures walked over, one after the other.

Unlike his usual suited-up look, Zheng Qiudong was wearing a high-quality cashmere casual outfit today, having reined in the sharp edge he usually showed in the business world.

He looked particularly relaxed and refined.

Mo Xiangwan, on the other hand, was dressed in an elegant, capable evening ensemble.

A black high-waisted slit pencil skirt that, as she walked, faintly revealed the lines of her long, straight legs.

Her makeup was light yet exquisite, and her deep, spirited eyes shone brilliantly.