The workers walked out of the villa.
Lin Mucian sat on the sofa, holding a bowl of bird's nest, and took a small sip.
"Mom, do you have the financial reports for the Lin family business? I'd like to see them."
Lin Cuiping was stunned by Lin Mucian's question.
"Xiao Ci, why are you asking about this?"
"Financial reports, financial reports..."
She stammered, unable to articulate herself.
Lin Mucian frowned, finding it unexpected.
"Mom, you haven't even seen the financial reports, have you?"
Lin Cuiping became a bit flustered.
"Oh dear, I'm so busy playing cards with those ladies, how could I possibly look into such things? Besides, financial reports are for men to look at. It's not for us women to interfere with."
Her voice grew coy as she looked at her daughter with a pleading expression.
Lin Mucian was truly disappointed.
"Seeing Lin Cuiping like this, it's no wonder she was trampled on by her mistress. She's too naive, too much of a pure-hearted fool."
"Can you get them? I want to take a look."
Lin Cuiping was still very curious. She looked at her daughter, who had a new soul, with a puzzled gaze.
"Xiao Ci, why are you looking at this?"
Lin Mucian patiently explained the intricacies to her.
"How the Lin family business is operating, as a shareholder, I naturally should understand a thing or two. This way, it can prevent someone from making small moves behind my back. Or transferring assets, turning the Lin family into an empty shell, cashing out capital, these are all common occurrences. My own shares, I should hold them firmly in my own hands."
Lin Cuiping, being a socialite, asked anxiously.
"What small moves?"
"Xiao Ci, what do you mean by that?"
"And I don't understand business matters."
Lin Mucian's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and a cold, frosty smile curved her lips.
"It's okay if you don't understand, I do."
She had experienced so many worlds, even being a female CEO, and had held professions like actuaries and financial consultants.
If anyone dared to cause trouble under her watch after she took over the Lin family, they would regret it!
Seeing her daughter's insistence, Lin Cuiping could only make a phone call. After a while, she said to her daughter in a sweet tone.
"Your maternal grandfather said he'd have someone bring you the account books this afternoon. He asked if you want to work in the company. If you want an internship, he'll find you after he finishes his overseas business deal and personally guide you into the industry."
Lin Mucian narrowed her eyes slightly, her fingertips tapping on the table.
"Hmm, looking at it this way."
"At least Lin Mucian's maternal grandfather is a shrewd and capable person."
"It makes sense. Someone who can expand a business and build a billion-dollar fortune in the market."
"How could they be foolish?"
"It's just that his only beloved daughter, Lin Cuiping, is a hopeless romantic."
Lin Mucian went upstairs to rest.
In her room, Lin Mucian opened her laptop and typed in the name of Lin Cuiping's husband, which was the father of this body.
After marrying into the Lin family business, he changed his surname to Lin.
The man, originally named Lu Yuanhang, was now Lin Yuanhang.
Under his name, there was a string of tags. The most prominent, of course, was the General Manager of Lin's Enterprise.
Looking at the photo, this man had good looks.
A refined and sophisticated middle-aged man, wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
He looked no older than his early thirties, appearing to be an elite in the business world.
If he hadn't had a good face, he wouldn't have managed to trick Lin Cuiping into loving him to death back then.
Lin Mucian scoffed.
She had absolutely no good impression of this man.
"Pah. A scumbag who wants to steal everything! He'll regret it!"
She didn't believe she couldn't deal with him!
Then, the system spoke in Lin Mucian's mind.
"Host, your audition was rejected!"
Lin Mucian instinctively retorted.
"Impossible. Wasn't it approved on the spot?"
She remembered the judges' reactions were quite positive.
After all, her drumming skills were exceptionally professional, and it would be hard to find a better drummer even among the top bands in the country today.
The system hesitated for a moment and then said.
"It was approved, yes. Ling Qianhe disqualified you."
"He probably felt your name might remind him of some unpleasant things."
"So he used his privilege to remove you from the list of those who passed the preliminary rounds."
"Host, you know, with his status in the entertainment industry, he holds a lot of influence."
Lin Mucian grew even angrier.
"Pah! You little brat!"
"He's already so sickly, with only thirty percent of his life force left, and he's still causing trouble for me?"
Lin Mucian was truly furious.
"How dare he!"
"He's abusing his power!"
"He's trampling on other people's dreams!"
The system complained in Lin Mucian's mind.
"I told you to increase his favorability, but you refused. What do we do now? I think, with his personality, he won't approach you."
Lin Mucian was fuming.
"If he doesn't approach me, do I crave his approach?"
The system said.
"Host, don't get so worked up. Isn't the crucial thing now to solve the problem? You were rejected from the audition, have you considered other ways to enter the entertainment industry?"
"Or perhaps do some commercials?"
"Many young models enter the entertainment industry through that path."
"After all, the original host's wish was to become a movie queen. I think we should still pursue the path of acting."
Lin Mucian was still furious.
"Ling Qianhe, just you wait."
"He still has thirty percent of his life force, right?"
The system said.
"Oh, that was the number when he fainted that day. But because he refused to go to the hospital, he coughed up blood and fainted, and now he only has twenty percent left."
"Host, be careful not to kill this villain."
Lin Mucian gritted her teeth and sneered.
"If he dies, he dies. Can I die, but he cannot?"
The resentment was so strong it could eclipse the sun and moon.
The system fell silent for a long while, then said.
"The balance of this small world is based on his survival as the most crucial character. Host, you must understand that if Ling Qianhe dies, this small world will also collapse. You cannot leave the world now, and you will perish along with the world."
"So you must ensure his survival."
"And although Ling Qianhe is the biggest villain in this world, Host, you also need to know that he is also the greatest hidden reward character in this world. If you can conquer him, the rewards will be immense, surpassing any small world you've cleared before."
"As the saying goes, darkness and light can happen in an instant."
Lin Mucian rubbed her temples. Da Feng Novel Network.
"Shut up."
She didn't want to hear a single word of this nonsense.
It was precisely because she had listened to the system's nagging that she had made a wrong move and provoked Ling Qianhe, leading to her being unable to escape this world.
She stared at the computer screen, suddenly thinking of something, and typed a string of code in front of the computer.
"If she remembered correctly, she should have left some valuable things in this world five years ago."
"For example, a certain bank account."
"And her past identity might also have some corresponding connections she could use."
After all, her previous identity was Feng Yuting's ex-fiancée. In fact, she had done a lot of homework and preparation before coming to this world.
It was only because she had provoked the wolf-like brat Ling Qianhe that everything had gone completely awry.
Lin Mucian logged into her anonymous account at the Swiss Bank from back then.
Then she looked at the balance and nodded with satisfaction.
"As expected, the account still had tens of millions of funds she had left from writing songs under a pseudonym."
"Although she was poor back then, she used a secondary account to write songs and submitted them to several major companies. Five years later, all the song royalties were deposited into this account, accumulating a considerable sum."
"Although it couldn't compare to Ling Qianhe's assets or the Lin family's money, this was a completely controllable private treasury!"
"With this startup capital, many things will be much easier to handle."
"This time, she's going to build her own career!"
"She won't fall in love with anyone again!"