The next day.
"Xiao Fei, a full million, where did you get the money from?"
"Mom, this is a long story.
In any case, this million is definitely from legitimate transactions, not ill-gotten gains!"
Gao Fei looked at his mother's anxious expression and roughly recounted the story about the franchisees.
After understanding the whole process, Yang Lan finally put the bank card down with peace of mind, holding it in her hand, she said, "According to you, the stall in the night market is going to close?"
"Once I start school, the stall business will definitely be greatly affected. It's better to find outsiders to franchise while the name of Yuan Fei Barbecue is still known, so we can also make a lot of money."
"Since it's closing, I'll go back to the factory too. I'm idle anyway."
Although a million yuan was enough to improve their mother and son's lives, Yang Lan, as a mother, couldn't bear to live off her son's hard-earned money.
Moreover, her son would get married in the future, and she planned to deposit the million yuan as a fixed deposit for her son's future marriage expenses.
Gao Fei saw that his mother still wanted to go back to work in the factory and immediately persuaded her, "Mom, don't rush back to the factory.
Even if the stall is closing, there's still an important matter that needs you to handle personally."
Without waiting for his mother to ask, he explained about the barbecue seasoning formula.
Now that the stall was closing, the franchisees still needed to buy the secret formula from him.
After all, the contract clearly stated that the secret formula was not for sale to outsiders and could only be purchased individually.
Therefore, Gao Fei asked his senior lawyer to help him establish Yuan Fei Catering Company.
On one hand, it was to provide the secret formula for the franchisees.
On the other hand, he didn't want his mother to continue working in the factory.
Moreover, the franchisees purchasing the secret formula was also a considerable income.
Each time the secret formula was provided to a franchisee, it was for a seven-day supply, and each purchase cost two thousand yuan.
Gao Fei couldn't guarantee that all twenty-four franchisees would buy it.
But as long as someone bought it, the income would definitely be several times higher than his mother's monthly salary from working in the factory.
After explaining about the seasoning formula, Gao Fei took out a piece of paper from his clothes: "Mom, this is the barbecue seasoning formula. You must keep it safe and absolutely not let outsiders get it."
Yang Lan glanced at the ingredient list, which contained more than twenty ingredients, definitely not comparable to the simple ingredients on the market.
"Mom, I've already written down how much of each ingredient is needed for a seven-day supply. You just need to grind them into powder and wait for the franchisees to pick them up."
Gao Fei's action was to prevent merchants from obtaining the formula through various means.
Even if the barbecue seasoning formula was ground into powder and taken to a laboratory, it would be impossible to determine how many ingredients were in it.
"Also, I'm directly contacting the manufacturer for the raw ingredients. They will be mailed home, so there's no need to buy raw ingredients from the store."
This entire operation was to prevent someone with ulterior motives from targeting the secret formula.
If the raw materials were leaked, their family would lose a source of income.
As soon as Gao Fei explained the importance of the secret formula, Yang Lan immediately got up and went back to the bedroom, locking the secret formula manuscript in the cabinet.
After all, this was related to their mother and son's future source of income, and it had to be kept strictly confidential.
Seeing how concerned his mother was, Gao Fei couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
For him, even if the secret formula was stolen, he still had other sources of income and wasn't short of money. m..oΓg
But with school starting soon, his biggest worry was his mother returning to the factory after the stall closed.
He had tricked his mother into believing that the secret formula was their only source of income, so she probably wouldn't mention going back to work in the factory again.
After lunch.
Gao Fei sat in front of the newly bought computer playing a small web game.
After successfully clearing a few games, he searched online for the hottest games at the moment.
However, upon seeing the top ten hottest games, Gao Fei's eyebrows twitched.
"Good heavens, I thought it was some kind of game, but aren't these all games from the early days of the game industry in my previous life, like Legend?"
Then he searched again, and the popular games now were all online games like Legend.
At this moment, Gao Fei couldn't help but miss games like League of Legends and CS: GO from his previous life.
If he could create games like League of Legends, he would probably become incredibly popular overseas, and his daily income would start in the hundreds of millions.
Thinking of this, Gao Fei immediately asked, "System, if I were to simulate game production, how many simulation points would it cost?"
[Given your current identity and wealth, the system can offer you a discount. Ten simulation points for one million.]
Hearing the system's answer, Gao Fei immediately fell silent.
Looking at the games on the computer, he shook his head and sighed. It seemed he could only enter the game industry when his wealth reached over a hundred million.
Just as Gao Fei was boredly playing the game Miner's Revenge, his social account was suddenly added to a group chat.
As soon as he opened the chat page, he saw Hu Xu shouting in the group: "Two whole months, Old Gao, you've finally been pulled into the chat!"
"Damn, it's really Gao Fei. I thought he didn't have a social media account."
"Gao Fei, they're all saying online that your song 'Classmate' will be released on September 1st, and you personally arranged it. Is it true?"
"Gao Fei, are you going to be a star? Hurry up and give me an autograph now, so I can use your autograph to make money later!"
The graduating class of Class xx of High School One was abuzz after Gao Fei was added to the group chat.
Among them, the most frequent questions were about the release of "Classmate."
Gao Fei read the group chat and directly replied, "The song was indeed arranged by me personally, and the release date is the same as what's rumored online, on the first day of the freshman orientation.
Everyone, remember to download it and help me increase the download count. I'll give you my autograph then!"
"You need to boost the download count for your song? Then you've overlooked the public's clamor for the full version of 'Classmate'."
"Yeah, every website is waiting for the full version to be released. I estimate the download count that day will exceed ten million!"
After "Classmate" was licensed to Kuying Media and the full version was recorded, Kuying Media had already started promoting the song.
On the day of the promotion, before the company's public relations team could even make a move, the news immediately topped the hot search list.
Within a day, news of the full version of "Classmate" had spread across the internet.
It was evident how much the netizens were anticipating the re-recorded full version.
August 31st, Fengyun City Railway Station.
Today was the day Gao Fei was heading to the capital for school. There were quite a few people to see him off, including the familiar Director Huang and Zeng Keming.
"Xiao Fei, study hard at Peking University, and strive to get a postgraduate recommendation and then pursue several doctoral degrees."
Director Huang's focus was still on academics.
But he also hoped that Gao Fei would shine in the capital.
After all, the more famous student Gao was, the higher the enrollment rate of High School One would be.
Whether he could become the principal in the future depended on whether student Gao could once again make a name for himself in the capital.
"Understood, Director, I will definitely not let you down!"
Gao Fei replied with a smile.
"Junior, the online defamation case related to you has been closed. There were quite a few plaintiffs this time, and their family financial situations are different, so the compensation might be delayed for now!
Do you have any other requests?"
Before leaving, Zeng Keming did not forget to inform Gao Fei about the outcome of the online defamation case.
After hearing about the compensation, Gao Fei directly said, "That compensation is just a drop in the bucket for me, I don't need it.
But those big Vs who defamed me online must record a video and publicly apologize to me, and their social media accounts must pin the apology post for a whole year."
He was indeed not short of money. Besides the one million yuan he left for his mother, he had more than nine hundred thousand yuan in his bank account.
The 400,000 yuan that was spent was partly paid to the law firm, partly used to pay Zeng Keming's legal consultation fees in advance.
And a portion was paid as taxes.
Hiring a senior lawyer to help involved hourly billing, as well as contracts with franchisees and the authorization contract with Kuying Media, all of which required additional fees.
Paying taxes was also necessary; he didn't want to become an "infamous celebrity" online for tax evasion in the future.
Moreover, once the full version of "Classmate" was released, he would have copyright revenue, and that amount of money would be truly astonishing.
"Also, sign an agreement with them that if they dare to slander me again in the future, and lead netizens to defame me, the compensation will start from tens of millions!"
"Okay, I'll take care of it when I get back!"
Zeng Keming seriously noted down the additional requests.
He was now not only the lawyer suing for the online defamation case but also the legal consultant for Yuan Fei Catering.
It could be said that senior Zeng was working for his junior, Gao.
With only half an hour left until boarding, Director Huang and the others dispersed.
At the ticket gate, only mother and son remained.
Yang Lan looked at families nearby boarding the train together, then glanced at Gao Fei, who had just seen people off.
"You, you! Look at others, their parents are all sending their children to study elsewhere, but you insisted on not letting me accompany you. What, are you tired of your old mom!"
"Mom, what are you talking about? How could I be tired of you!"
Gao Fei hugged his mother's shoulders and explained, "Mom, when the train arrives in the capital, I have to report to the Beijing Military Region. You'll have to stay outside the military zone, and it's not safe for you to be alone in the capital.
Besides, it takes six hours to travel from our Fengyun City to the capital by train. It's very tiring. I don't want you to suffer with me."
Actually, he had originally planned to fly and take his mother to visit the capital.
After all, he had money now; he should enjoy himself.
But unexpectedly, Peking University suddenly changed its traditional military training, wanting freshmen to experience the life of new recruits, and even provided free train tickets for each freshman.
Therefore, he had to ask his mother to stay in Fengyun.
Hearing these words, Yang Lan felt a warmth in her heart: "Alright, alright, Mom knows you don't dislike me. Then I'll stay home and take care of your business until your final exams are over.
Hurry up and get your ticket. Take care of yourself outside, and call me when you have time!"
"Got it, Mom!"
As boarding time approached, Gao Fei grabbed his suitcase and walked towards the ticket gate.
After his ticket was checked, he stood at the entrance of the passage and waved goodbye to his mother.
Yang Lan, standing outside, couldn't help but tear up. While nodding and waving, she wiped away her tears.
Seeing his mother cry, Gao Fei felt very unbearable and sad.
Although they had only been together for a few months, his mother in this world had taken meticulous care of him.
"Mom, I'll be back during the holidays. Hurry back!"
He shouted from the ticket gate.
His mother finally nodded and turned to leave.
Watching his mother's figure disappear into the crowd, Gao Fei let out a heavy sigh and turned towards the departing train.
"Beijing, here comes your Brother Fei!"