Chapter 23: Searching for Acheng?
After Qi Xuan finished speaking, he ended the live stream, but the impact continued to spread in reality.
The first to bear the brunt was the name of his childhood friend that he mentioned in the live stream. For a time, countless netizens directly searched online:
“Acheng? Who is Acheng?”
“Does anyone know this Acheng?”
“Acheng, did you see Qi God’s live stream? Hurry up and say something.”
“I really envy this Acheng. He actually got involved with Qi God. With Qi God’s care, wouldn’t he take off on the spot in the future? I also want to be Qi God’s childhood friend!”
“Laughing to death, he can help Qi God take the blame, and he can also invest two million to make games for Qi God. Can you be a childhood friend to this extent? Even if he will be taken off by Qi God later, that is what he deserves.”
“I’m so anxious, Acheng, come out quickly! Our boss really wants to treat you to a meal, you can choose the time and place!”
“I fell in love with the name Acheng the moment I heard it. When will you get married? You can skip the betrothal gifts.”
……
Unlike the public’s aimless search for people, some technical experts began to analyze seriously:
“Since he is a childhood friend, it means Acheng is also a person from Jiang City. He is likely to have attended the same high school as Qi God, and maybe even the same class.”
“I remember that Qi God is from Jiang City No. 1 High School. Calculating his enrollment year, there should be very few students with the surname Cheng in the same period, right?”
“Cheng is not a common surname. I just asked a female classmate who graduated from Jiang City No. 1 High School. She used to be a discipline committee member and often checked for truancy. She is familiar with the student list. According to her, there were only three or four students with the surname Cheng in the same class.”
“I contacted the high school teachers who taught Qi God. There was only one student with the surname Cheng in their class, but he came from another place and was not a native of Jiang City.”
“It seems that we have to start from Middle School and Elementary School.”
“Why not take a look at the nearby kindergarten?”
……
While they were still analyzing, many people on the internet had already taken the initiative to expose and claim their names:
“Acheng? This is obviously talking about me, Cheng Hao! I am a genuine graduate of Jiang City No. 1 High School!”
“Bullshit! What Qi God said is clearly me, Cheng Zhuli! I once used the same toilet as Qi God!”
“Bro, does your mom know your name is so abstract?”
“Everyone, make way, Qi God’s childhood friend is clearly me, Cheng Zihan!”
“What the hell do you call that a childhood friend?”
“Aren’t female childhood friends childhood friends? You are discriminating against women!”
“Here is my ID card, I, Chen Dali, never falsely claim anything. Qi God’s childhood friend is me! Family members can place orders, this is personally recommended by Qi God’s childhood friend.”
……
Watching those exposures and claims, the netizens were about to vomit blood.
It was originally being investigated well, but now it’s simply a riot of demons.
How the hell can we find the real Acheng?
……
Jiang City.
The entrance of the Xingyue Hotel.
Xue Cheng, who had already vomited twice into the trash can, walked to the side, swaying, and sat on the cold stone steps.
He trembling opened the cigarette case, fumbled for a few times, and finally found a cigarette. After putting it in his mouth, he couldn’t light it, but instead burned his cheek. He threw the lighter away.
He was staring blankly at the cigarette in his mouth, as if he could still recall the words of the customer who left the table not long ago:
“……It’s not that I don’t want to sign, it’s just that your drinking capacity, Boss Xue, is not good enough. Doing business is like drinking. If you can’t enjoy the drinking, how can you do business? Go back and practice more.”
Xue Cheng stared at the ground with a dazed expression.
In fact, he knew that this was not about drinking at all.
Even if he drank all the wine on the table, the other party could always find other reasons to refuse.
But what can he do under the eaves?
Now the economy is in a downturn, his father is sick and has been admitted to the hospital, and a lot of money from outside can’t be collected. His main business has encountered a big problem, and he has to try to find orders.
People put a row of wine in front of him. If he drinks, there is still a chance. If he doesn’t drink, there is no chance at all.
If he encounters the same situation in the future, he has to drink, and even drink more fiercely and smoothly than now, drinking until the other party is satisfied and delighted.
Perhaps then, he would be considered a qualified successor?
As he was thinking, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a burst of noise.
He saw a few students with their arms around each other’s shoulders, chatting excitedly about the game, and soon walked into the internet cafe across the road.
Looking at their young and flying backs, he couldn’t help but think of his past.
To be honest, the happiest time for him should have been the two years he was making games. He didn’t have to be busy with his studies, nor did he have to socialize in the business world. Although he lost a lot of money, but a few brothers got together, the happiness was real happiness. The twelve-yuan Shaxian Dapan rice could be eaten more heartily than the current abalone and foie gras.
But that was all in the past.
Sometimes Xue Cheng couldn’t help but think—
If the game exploded.
If that car accident hadn’t happened later.
If his father hadn’t been suddenly hospitalized.
Then now……
It’s a pity that there are never so many ifs in the world, only cold and cruel reality.
“I don’t know how Xuanzi is doing over there.”
“Forget it, I’ll watch the live stream tonight when I get home. There’s a tough battle to be fought in the afternoon, and maybe I’ll have to drink again tonight.”
Xue Cheng rinsed his mouth, took a hangover pill, and was about to call a taxi with the software when he suddenly saw a few familiar faces rushing over.
The fat middle-aged man leading the way was the big boss of his current cooperation project. The other party didn’t even think about seeing him and casually sent a manager below to talk to him.
And at this moment, the manager who was arrogant at the dinner table and said that he couldn’t drink was like a follower, falling behind the others.
“President Wang, you are……”
Xue Cheng looked confused.
President Wang, who hadn’t even looked at him before, was now smiling and warmly greeted:
“Brother Xue, this is where you are wrong. You said you know Qi God, why are you hiding it from us? If someone below hadn’t mentioned it to me, saying that you are his childhood friend, I would have almost overlooked this matter. You see, this is a mess. Xiao Zhang, is this how you treat our distinguished guests?”
Before Xue Cheng could react, he saw the manager Zhang at the back walk up to him with a big step and said with a face full of apology:
“General Manager Xue, I was wrong at noon. I didn’t recognize Mount Tai. I made you suffer a lot of grievances. I apologize to you here. How much wine did you drink before? I will now drink double! As a compensation!”
Saying that, he directly picked up the bottle in his hand, opened the bottle cap, and gulped it down.
Xue Cheng was shocked when he saw this:
“Don’t! Don’t! Drinking like this is too harmful to your health!”
Manager Zhang said, spraying alcohol:
“General Manager Xue, don’t stop me, I have to let you see my sincerity.”
Xue Cheng quickly took the wine away.
If he drank like this, something would definitely happen.
“This matter is not the fault of Manager Zhang. It’s because our qualifications are not good enough and we can’t meet your requirements.”
“What can’t meet the requirements? Where can’t we meet them?”
President Wang glared.
Manager Zhang hurriedly said:
“No problem, General Manager Xue’s company has very good qualifications. They have been doing this for more than ten years. It’s not wrong to choose his company as the supplier.”
“Brother Xue, did you hear that? There is absolutely no problem with the supplier. Where is the contract? I’ll sign it immediately.”
Xue Cheng looked at the other party blankly as he took his briefcase, took out the contract, and signed his name and stamped the official seal.
President Wang handed over the contract with both hands:
“Brother Xue, look, we have signed this contract. I have a small request personally, I don’t know if I should say it or not.”
“Please say it.”
“That is, after your childhood friend comes down from above, can you help me introduce him? I especially admire heroes like him who are young and promising, and I hope to meet him.”
“This——”
Before Xue Cheng could answer, his phone suddenly rang, and the caller ID clearly showed: Father.
“Answer the phone first, the phone is important.”
President Wang said hurriedly.
Xue Cheng smiled apologetically and answered the phone.
As soon as he answered, a hearty laugh immediately came from inside:
“Acheng, thanks to your childhood friend, our family is really going to make a fortune this time!”
“The city called just now and said that our family has passed the review of several major projects and has become one of the official suppliers. I didn’t even report my name, but I was still selected. This is all because of Xuanzi’s face. When he comes down from the Floating Continent, we must invite him home to thank him properly!”
Xue Cheng was stunned.
He looked at the distant sky and suddenly laughed:
“Dad, don’t worry, after he comes down, I will definitely entertain him properly and make sure he lingers and forgets to return.”
