The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1790: Chapter 736: Suisui_2

Even though Zhou Wang was actually quite full, he had no intention of taking advantage of the situation...

Fortunately, Hua Suisui was quite quick, likely just rinsed off briefly, and soon came out wrapped in a towel.

”You should go wash up.” ℯ

Hua Suisui avoided Zhou Wang’s gaze, smiling a bit sheepishly.

After five minutes, Zhou Wang also came out of the bathroom, now with a towel around his waist. By this time, Hua Suisui had already dried her hair and changed into a fresh, casual outfit.

Seeing Zhou Wang come out, perhaps somewhat revived, she subtly glanced at Zhou Wang’s abs and then pointed at the bed with a cheeky grin.

”Hey, I found one of my oversized T-shirts for you, it might still be a bit tight, but just make do for now...”

”It’s alright, I don’t need to wear it, it’s not very cold.”

As Zhou Wang spoke, he had already sat beside Hua Suisui, wrapping an arm around her waist.

Hua Suisui’s body noticeably tensed, but realizing Zhou Wang seemed to have no further intentions, she gradually relaxed.

”Is this hotel very bad?”

Hua Suisui was clearly just making small talk.

”It’s pretty good, better than the kind of 40 yuan-a-night small hotels I used to stay in at Ming City...”

Zhou Wang glanced around, following her topic with a smile, ”You’re still as frugal as always. With your income, you could afford a more expensive hotel, right?”

”I always have to plan for the future.”

Hua Suisui sighed, ”After leaving Wuyou Media, although my live-streaming income seems pretty good now, it’s not as bad as I imagined, but I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep eating this bowl of rice. I have to save wherever I can...”

”It’s okay, you’re not alone anymore.”

Zhou Wang knew women of Hua Suisui’s age often felt confused and melancholic, so he instinctively offered a word of comfort.

But Hua Suisui bit her lip and didn’t respond. Instead, she glanced at Zhou Wang again before suddenly standing up and searching through her luggage.

Zhou Wang was puzzled when Hua Suisui returned and handed him a bank card.

”What is this...”

Zhou Wang guessed something and was instantly bemused.

”There’s some money on this card, not a lot, around one or two million... Well, it’s not all I have, but... but I can’t give you everything, I need to keep some for emergencies, Zhou Wang, you understand, right?”

Hua Suisui explained a bit nervously, ”Sister Ran told me you’re doing business in Qin Island, wanting to start over. I don’t know what I can do, but I thought maybe you could use a bit of capital...”

Zhou Wang listened with a steadily fading smile.

Hmm, one or two million...

In front of others, Hua Suisui is a glamorous big online celebrity, with eight million followers seemingly making a lot of money, but Zhou Wang, who is very knowledgeable about the industry, knows that’s far from the truth.

When she was with Wuyou Media, the account’s income wasn’t entirely hers. The company, managers, operations, guilds... every party took a slice of the pie, leaving her maybe 20% to 30%.

Now, even with a contract termination from the company, at least 50% of her income has to go to the guild, not to mention operation costs.

As someone who has studied Wuyou Media’s reports, Zhou Wang remembers, Hua Suisui’s personal pure income at its peak was probably 300,000 to 500,000 a month, but that’s not the norm.

Especially in the past two years, with platform regulation tightening and economic downturns, ”big bro” tips have dwindled, ”female-based economy” bubbles have burst, and many female netizens’ livestream income, which used to effortlessly hit tens of thousands in a show, have been halved to less than ten thousand.

Hua Suisui, who consistently earned via livestreaming and tipping from fans, surely hasn’t had an easy time, and whether she can maintain six-figure income is questionable.

A while ago, Wuyou Media’s CEO, Zhang Shihao, also known as Second Brother Zhang, called Zhou Wang, venting on the phone:

”Bro, life is getting tougher and tougher, you know how many accounts with over 100,000 followers got banned by platforms last year? Eight thousand plus! Many are under our company...”

Of course, Zhou Wang knew Zhang Shihao’s real purpose.

Zhang Shihao knew he was actually a shareholder in Douyin, and he never believed rumors about his ”bankruptcy”.

The real purpose of calling Zhou Wang was trying for leverage so Wuyou Media could receive some leniency in the uncontrolled regulatory storm.

As a leading media company, Wuyou Media was actually least affected and implicated by its proactive measures.

Zhou Wang, understanding his limits, helped out without violating any laws, knowing that Wuyou Media was also his investment and responsibility.

Therefore, through Young Master Qiu, Zhou Wang mediated, enabling several borderline accounts of Wuyou Media to lift bans, earning gratitude from Second Brother Zhang.

All things said, from Zhou Wang’s perspective, Hua Suisui, though privately quite frugal, could only save a few million over several years through fluctuating income as an ultimate limit.

Thus, this one or two million, even if not all her assets, is likely more than half of her cash savings.

Especially considering she’s at that sensitive age, needing to plan for the future...

Zhou Wang found it really hard not to be moved.

If during the prior beach incident passion and conflict clashed, then now Zhou Wang genuinely accepted Hua Suisui’s affection.

She might have a material side, but her feelings for him were clearly genuine... although a bit naive.

At this moment, Zhou Wang was more inclined to believe the stories she told; she did seem like the kind of girl who could get swindled by fortune and romance. She had ambition and wit, but once in love, she was a definite romantic fool.

”No need, keep it.”

Zhou Wang handed the card back.

”Zhou Wang, don’t feel burdened, it’s a loan from me, with interest, hmph hmph...”

”Rest assured, it’s not about my face, I truly don’t need it.”

”Really?”

”Of course it’s true.”

While reassuring her, Zhou Wang felt slightly amused.

Why does every woman try to give him money?

Be it the senior, Miss Di, or now Hua Suisui...

But back to it, he wondered if he’d saved the galaxy in a past life to have so much luck... uh, fortune.

”Alright then, are you going to sleep here tonight?”

Seeing Zhou Wang didn’t seem to be lying, Hua Suisui finally put away her card and timidly asked next.

”Of course, you don’t want me to?”

”Not really, just, just...”

Hua Suisui couldn’t quite say anything, just bit her lip, looking gallant in her stoic bravery, she went and turned off the lights.

Zhou Wang laying down with her, hugged her from behind, quietly feeling her smooth curves, without further intentions.

Hua Suisui turned tense, waiting uneasily until she couldn’t help but ask, oddly, ”Just, just sleeping?”

”What do you take me for? I know you’re very tired, just rest well.”

Zhou Wang patted her, speaking kindly.

Hua Suisui mumbled, feeling certain discomforts, dared not put up verbal resistance, only finally relaxed again, burrowing deeper into Zhou Wang’s arms, peacefully closing her eyes.

Soon, her breathing became steady.

Zhou Wang noticed even as she slept, she clutched his fingers tightly, chuckling helplessly to himself.

Maybe because today felt overly long, Zhou Wang himself found no sleep when completely unwinding, staring at the ceiling absentmindedly, suddenly recalling something.

”Right, I seem to have acquired a tool today...”

Zhou Wang accessed the long-neglected system warehouse, and sure enough, among many dimmed tools, a newly appeared item was glowing brilliantly, notably eye-catching.

This newly acquired tool was actually available for use?

Zhou Wang paused, then perked up, quickly clicked on the uniquely designed, balance-shaped tool to check its details.