Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group

Ye Chen held Tang Bohu’s hand and ran forward.

”Brother Ye, where are you taking me?” Tang Bohu asked with a puzzled expression.

”Of course, to the Hua Mansion. There’s no time to lose, let’s get moving quickly,” Ye Chen said as he ran.

Now that he had completed the delivery order task assigned by the system, Ye Chen could linger in this world for a while, but not for long.

In this way, Tang Bohu was dragged to the Hua Mansion by Ye Chen, but they couldn’t get inside.

”Brother Ye, we can’t even get in. Why did we come here?” Tang Bohu scratched his head and asked.

At this moment, a guard walked towards them with a fierce expression and said, ”Get out, get out. See that? This is the Hua Mansion, hurry up and leave.”

As he spoke, he pointed at the plaque above them, and Ye Chen and Tang Bohu saw two large characters gleaming with golden light, ”Hua Mansion.”

After all, Tang Bohu was the leader of the Four Great Scholars of Jiangnan, and everyone highly respected him. But how could he tolerate such treatment from the guard?

Tang Bohu was about to lose his temper when Ye Chen winked at him and whispered, ”Brother Tang, don’t forget why you came here in the first place. If you get into a conflict with this guard dog, it’ll be even harder to pursue Qiu Xiang.”

Hearing this, Tang Bohu unclenched his fist. He realized Ye Chen made a lot of sense; the purpose of this trip was to meet Qiu Xiang.

If they got into a fight with the guards at the Hua Mansion, it wouldn’t be easy for Qiu Xiang inside the mansion either.

Tang Bohu’s expression changed from anger to a smile as he said to the guard, ”Brother guard, I’m here to apply for the position of a servant at the Hua Mansion.”

Recently, the Hua Mansion was organizing a birthday banquet, but there was a severe shortage of maids and servants in the mansion, so they had sent out recruitment notices.

The guard looked Tang Bohu and Ye Chen up and down and asked, ”Are both of you here for the job application?”

”Only I am applying,” Tang Bohu said with a smile.

”Get out, stop joking around. Looking at your fancy attire, how could you possibly be suitable for a servant?” The guard said impatiently.

If it were Ye Chen, he might have considered it.

But the person in front of him was clearly dressed like a wealthy gentleman, wasn’t he just having fun at his expense?

Previously, a few other young gentlemen had also wanted to apply, but were all chased away by him. He knew their intentions were impure, and their real purpose was none other than to meet Qiu Xiang.

Ye Chen chuckled and pulled Tang Bohu away.

Seeing Ye Chen’s actions, Tang Bohu looked puzzled and said, ”Brother Ye, weren’t we here to apply? Why are we leaving?”

Ye Chen was eager to help Tang Bohu but had overlooked one issue: how could anyone apply for a servant’s position dressed like that? They’d be kicked out for sure.

”Brother Tang, dressed like this won’t do. I need to give you a makeover,” Ye Chen said, looking Tang Bohu up and down.

”Alright, I’ll leave everything to Brother Ye,” Tang Bohu nodded.

Ye Chen dressed Tang Bohu in a coarse cloth garment and, looking at him, nodded in satisfaction.

He advised Tang Bohu, ”Brother Tang, you need to make them think you’re in dire straits to succeed in applying.”

”Dire straits.” How to exhibit this ’dire’ look was indeed a challenge for Tang Bohu.

”Brother Ye, I really don’t know how to do it. Please teach me,” Tang Bohu said with a troubled expression.

”Brother Tang, just do as I say, and we will succeed,” Ye Chen said with a smile.

At this time, an old beggar approached from afar, and people around were avoiding him.

Ye Chen saw this and smiled. This was exactly the person he needed.

Tang Bohu also saw the beggar and wore a disdainful expression.

Upon seeing Ye Chen’s actions, Tang Bohu quickly stopped him, saying, ”Brother Ye, don’t go over there.”

”How am I supposed to get the props without going over?” Ye Chen said with a playful smile, ignoring Tang Bohu’s expression and continuing towards the beggar.

Tang Bohu scratched his head in confusion, not understanding the word ’props’, let alone knowing what Ye Chen intended to do.

Seeing Ye Chen walking towards him, the beggar looked nervous, thinking he was going to be beaten again.

To his surprise, Ye Chen greeted him with a smile and said politely, ”Old sir, I’d like you to help me with something. I can give you a lot of silver taels so that you can eat your fill every day.”

To a beggar, there’s no grand ambition, their only wish is a life free from hunger.

”Young master, what do you want me to do?” the old beggar said, his expression easing.

”It’s quite simple, actually. I want you to play dead and help my friend here,” Ye Chen said with a smile.

”No problem,” the old beggar readily agreed.

He initially thought it was something difficult, but pretending to be dead only meant lying down. How simple!

He even felt it was akin to a pie falling from the sky.

After agreeing with the old beggar, Ye Chen went back to Tang Bohu and said, ”Brother, everything’s set. Now it’s your turn.”

At this moment, Tang Bohu was still completely in the dark. He didn’t know what Ye Chen had discussed with the old beggar.

Seeing Tang Bohu’s confused expression, Ye Chen leaned in and whispered, ”Push this old sir to the Hua Mansion and pretend to be pitiful.”

Only then did Tang Bohu realize. Despite being the leader of the Four Great Scholars of Jiangnan, he couldn’t help but feel a bit ashamed for not being as sharp as Ye Chen.

”Brother Ye, you’re indeed clever and resourceful. I truly admire you,” Tang Bohu praised.

Following Ye Chen’s instructions, Tang Bohu found a small cart, placed the old beggar on it, and pushed him all the way to the Hua Mansion.

Fortunately, that guard was not present.

Even if he were, it wouldn’t matter. The current Tang Bohu was entirely different from the elegant young man from earlier. Plus, Ye Chen had changed his attire, making it impossible for the guard to recognize them both.

Tang Bohu set up a sign in front of himself and knelt at the gate of Hua Mansion, wailing.

Of course, all of this was arranged by Ye Chen.

Suddenly, the door of Hua Mansion slowly opened, and two very beautiful women emerged, one in a pink dress, the other in an orange dress.

Tang Bohu instantly recognized the woman in the pink dress as his lady love, Qiu Xiang.

The two women, glancing at Tang Bohu kneeling at the gate, said, ”What are you doing here? This is really depressing.”

”Ladies, please have mercy and buy me out. I don’t even have money to bury my family,” Tang Bohu cried.