Chapter 387: Chapter 387: Bad Intentions_1

The next day, Ye Fei and his daughter rose early, had breakfast, and a car was already waiting downstairs to pick them up.

Just as they reached the door, someone yelled out "Boss" from behind.

Turning around, to their surprise, it was Meiqi and Xiao Tingting, leading dozens of Haoming Studio’s staff in an impressive procession.

After all the commotion, it turned out they had also been arranged to stay at the Skyreach Hotel.

However, they were not in the presidential suite but in the upscale rooms.

Everyone was chatting and laughing when another familiar face stepped out of the elevator.

"Mr. Ye? What a coincidence. I didn’t expect to see you again."

Indeed, the person they bumped into was Jiang Haitao.

He approached Ye Fei with a smile and gave a slight bow.

"Yeah, it is quite the coincidence," Ye Fei replied.

Jiang Haitao noticed the little Lolita by Ye Fei’s side.

"Who is this adorable little girl?"

"My daughter."

Jiang Haitao was astonished, "Such a cute little girl, what’s your name?"

"Little Ye!"

Little Ye answered honestly.

"Well done, Little Ye!"

"Director Jiang, aren’t you busy with the press conference? How come you’re in Dongling too?"

Jiang Haitao explained, "Well, I ran into Mr. Mu yesterday, and he mentioned that he sponsored a dragon boat festival in Dongling. There were some issues with the opening ceremony details, so he asked me to come over and give some guidance." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Ye Fei hadn’t expected the Mu Family to have sponsored the dragon boat festival as well. He nodded, "That’s convenient; we’re heading the same way."

Jiang Haitao slapped his forehead, "Oh my, I should’ve realized sooner that you were here for the dragon boat festival too."

At that moment, Meiqi’s voice came from the side.

"Boss, so you know Director Jiang as well."

Jiang Haitao was taken aback and turned around, "Miss Meiqi? Miss Tingting?"

"Eh? What did you just call Mr. Ye? ’Boss’?"

"You..."

Meiqi quickly laughed, "Right, boss. Didn’t you know Mr. Ye is the big boss of our Haoming Music Studio?"

Jiang Haitao scratched his head, "I truly didn’t expect that."

"But now I finally understand why Haoming Music Studio could become one of the top entertainment companies in the country in just one or two months."

Ye Fei checked his watch, "Alright already, it’s about time to go, let’s head out."

He then patted Jiang Haitao on the shoulder, "Since Director Jiang is a special guest director, I’ll leave them in your care. You have to take good care of them for me."

"Of course!"

Jiang Haitao bowed deeply.

An assignment from the benefactor’s benefactor, how could he not do it well?

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the site of the dragon boat festival.

At this time, on both sides of the Cang River, lanterns were strung up, drums thundered, red banners fluttered, fireworks crackled, and the crowd was a sea of people.

A grand and lavish stage stood on the south side of the great river.

The crowd near the stage was elbow to elbow, packed tightly together.

Clearly, everyone was eagerly waiting for their favorite stars to take the stage and perform.

And between the crowd and the stage, hundreds of security personnel were in charge of maintaining order on the scene.

Above the great river, seven or eight small boats lay quietly.

On each small boat, there was a camera.

Clearly, today’s dragon boat festival was to be broadcast live on several local stations.

Not far from the docks, eight twelve-meter-long dragon boats were fully equipped and ready to go.

Little Ye was so excited by the bustling scene that she couldn’t contain herself.

"Daddy, daddy! Little Ye wants to be lifted up high!"

Ye Fei lifted his daughter over his head and let her ride on his shoulders.

Now Little Ye was even more thrilled, dancing with her hands and feet non-stop.

"Wow, so many people! How lively! Look, look, Daddy, the dragon boats are so beautiful!"

The father and daughter pair were then led by the usher to the VIP stand, one atop the other.

Next to the stands, Zhu Guangbo was speaking passionately to more than a dozen athletes.

"Team members! All your countless days and nights of hard training, isn’t it for the honor vied for today?"

"Think about the consecutive loses in the past few years! Think about the mockery from your opponents! It’s still ringing in your ears, isn’t it?"

"Today is the day for you to regain your honor! You must win! And you will certainly win! Here I solemnly promise to everyone. If we take first place today, I will give each of you a bonus of one hundred million!"

Wow!

Upon hearing about a hundred million in bonus, the team members instantly became as enthusiastic as if they had been injected with chicken blood, their eyes shining bright as they bellowed excitedly.

But just as Zhu Guangbo finished speaking, three pot-bellied middle-aged men on the adjacent seats started to laugh mockingly.

"A hundred million in bonuses, oh, such a grand gesture from Mr. Zhu. What a pity though, it will be useless. This year’s first place is mine, Zhao Wenming, for sure! Your bunch of losers will only be fit for fourth or fifth at best."

"Mr. Zhu, no offense, but it’s just a competition, is it necessary to make such a big fuss? Everyone comes here every year to compete, but isn’t it all just to show respect to the young master of the Mu Family? Taking it so seriously and still not getting first place in the end, won’t you be slapping your own face?"

"Look at what you’re saying, Mr. Zhu slapping his own face isn’t a new occurrence, he doesn’t care about that anymore, does he? Haha!"

Faced with the mockery, Zhu Guangbo did not utter a word, his expression grave.

This, however, made those fat men even more arrogant.

Ye Fei recognized those fat men.

They were all well-known tycoons on Canglang Island, with power and status comparable to Zhu Guangbo’s.

Unlike Zhu Guangbo, however, these guys all had terrible reputations, belonging to the unscrupulous rich.

Seeing his friend being insulted, Ye Fei felt indignant on the spot.

He knew well that dragon boat racing was Canglang Island’s most popular sport.

Zhu Guangbo was an absolute enthusiast for dragon boating.

He had also heard that in order to take first place at the dragon boat festival, Zhu Guangbo had not spared any expense or effort over the past decade or so.

As a result, the dragon boat team trained by Zhu Guangbo was the strongest in the competition.

Unfortunately, each time during the race, those competitors would always play some underhanded tricks to trip up Zhu Guangbo.

That’s why he had been defeated time and again.

However, this year, Zhu Guangbo’s team had once again increased in strength and was already the hottest favorite to win the dragon boat festival.

It was unknown if those guys would come up with some dirty tricks again this year.

As he was pondering, a lackey-looking fellow sneakily approached the fat man named Zhao Wenming.

"Boss, the weakening potion has been fed to those guys. Rest assured, it won’t be long before they turn into limp shrimps."

"Good job, well done! You won’t be forgotten when we succeed!"

The two men whispered in such a low voice that they thought they had gone completely unnoticed.

They didn’t realize, however, that their conversation had been overheard by Ye Fei without missing a single word.