On the top floor of the hotel, in the cafeteria.

Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan walked in one after another, and Tang Muzhou immediately came forward: "Two, long time no see you. How could the reporter follow you?"

"Maybe because there is an opening ceremony tonight, we were targeted by reporters as soon as we came out of the Judgment Club." Shan Lan smiled apologetically and said, "My master drove the car and changed the road and threw away the paparazzi, and asked everyone to wait for so long. I'm really embarrassed."

"Why are you polite? You haven't had dinner yet, come in quickly." Tang Muzhou called the two of them into the hall.

There were hundreds of people coming in the hall, and Tang Muzhou's appeal in the alliance was evident. Seeing that the people were coming, Tang Muzhou said loudly: "Thank you all for your appreciation. I think everyone is hungry, so let's have a meal first. You must have a good time today!"

"Thank you, God Tang, for treating you!" "Then we are not polite!"

The hungry people immediately took the plate and started to choose food, and the restaurant suddenly became very lively. Compared to the official official dinner of the league, everyone loves such private gatherings more. After all, there is no senior leaders of the league, so everyone can speak freely.

Tang Muzhou picked up the plate and was about to pick some food when he saw Xue Linxiang walking into the hall with a complicated face. Her face seemed a little pale. Tang Muzhou walked up and asked with concern: "Sister Xue, you have a bad face. What happened?"

Xue Linxiang took a deep breath, as if he was hesitating whether to tell the other party. After a while, she made up her mind and said, "I just saw Chen Xiao."

Tang Muzhou's eyes suddenly narrowed and lowered his voice: "Are you sure it's Chen Xiao?"

Xue Linxiang nodded: "Xiao Chen has changed a lot, but I can still recognize him. I greeted him, but he said I recognized the wrong person..."

Tang Muzhou frowned slightly: "Where is he now?"

Xue Linxiang said: "I said I was going to go to the restaurant on the 16th floor for dinner. Do you want to find him?"

Tang Muzhou said calmly: "No need. Based on my understanding of him, since I met you and knew that there was a gathering of league players in the cafeteria today. In order to avoid hitting other acquaintances, he would definitely not stay in this hotel - I think he has left."

Xue Linxiang was stunned and looked a little disappointed: "He pretended not to know me, and probably didn't want to see you..."

At this time, Shen An ran over and said, "Master, God Nie and others asked you to come over and chat."

Tang Muzhou gently patted Sister Xue on the shoulder to show comfort, and turned around and left with Shen An.

***

In the elevator, Chen Xiao pressed down on the first floor and obviously didn't want to continue to eat on the 16th floor. He smiled and suggested, "I know there is a barbecue restaurant nearby with a good environment. Don't Xiaopang like to eat meat? Why don't we go and eat barbecue?"

Xie Mingzhe knew that he was intentionally avoiding Xue Linxiang, so he immediately gave him a step: "No problem, we will come to this buffet restaurant again in the future, and we will go to eat barbecue today." Of course, the others had no objection.

Under Chen Xiao's leadership, everyone crossed the street and came to a barbecue restaurant opposite.

The environment of the store is really good, and the decoration is very exquisite. Chen Xiao asked the waiter to ask for a private room, with a large round table with eight seats. There is a barbecue tray in front of each seat, which is intelligently heated and does not produce smoke. The roasted meat is delicious. After sprinkling secret spices, even Pang Yu, who is quite picky about the food, praised: "It's delicious! It's so delicious! Brother Chen, why haven't you introduced such a good place before?"

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "I'm afraid you, a foodie, will yell to come every day in the future."

Pang Yu coughed: "You really understand me!"

This is also the highest-end barbecue restaurant that Xie Mingzhe has been to. The store is filled with elegant light music, and thin slices of meat are sizzling on the smart baking tray. The fragrant smell lingers in the nose, which is really mouth-watering. In addition to various meats, many vegetables can also be put on barbecue. There are more than a dozen sauces alone, and the buffet pick-up mode is also particularly thoughtful.

Everyone was having a chat while eating. Pang Yu was a careless little fat man. He thought Xie Mingzhe could make cards and he could also benefit from it. He looked at Xie Mingzhe with a smile and said, "Little Xie, you are so amazing. You have made ten original cards in a week. Where did you have so many strange ideas?"

Jin Yue followed and asked, "Xiao Xie, the style of card paintings you made is very special. Have you learned art?"

Xie Mingzhe said: "I have been painting since elementary school and just got admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts at Didu University this year."

Pang Yu extended his thumb in admiration: "If you have ideas, you can draw. No wonder you can make so many original cards! According to me, don't go to any art academy. The money you earn by drawing cards is comparable to the income of many people for decades..."

Chen Xiao interrupted the fat man and looked at Xie Mingzhe: "Don't listen to Xiaopang's nonsense. Don't rush to make a decision on this matter. Actually, I think your better way out is to be an original professional player. If you have interest in this area, I will help you plan slowly."

Brother Chen's words were exactly what Xie Mingzhe wanted. He immediately nodded and said, "Brother Chen, I'm going to tell you that I really wanted to be a professional player."

When everyone heard this, they all looked up at Xie Mingzhe.

Xie Mingzhe said calmly: "I can do so many dead cards, but I am lucky enough to seize the opportunity. These cards will sell for up to one month, and the prices will definitely fall. No matter how rich you are, you will lose all your money one day. Why don't we plan what to do in the future?"

He paused and continued: "The ruling and the ghost prison both offered good conditions to find me as a card designer, but I don't want to work for them. I still have a lot of ideas for card making in my mind, so we might as well do it ourselves." He looked back at Chen Xiao and asked seriously, "Brother Chen, do you think it's feasible if we set up a club by ourselves?"

Chen Xiao was a little surprised and whispered after a while: "Setting up a club is not as simple as you think."

Xie Mingzhe said: "I know this is definitely not simple, but I want to set a goal and work hard in this direction first. If I can make a complete set of character decks, I will try playing games and then set up a club if I have good results. If it doesn't work, we will take a step back and make money by selling cards."

Chen Xiao smiled and praised: "You are quite ambitious. However, there have been precedents in the league who created your own club like you. One is Tang Muzhou in the fifth season, who created Fenghua. The other is Pei Jingshan who debuted in the seventh season, who created the Dark Night Capital. But the backstage of these two people is very tough. The Tang family is a business giant and the Pei family is very prestigious in politics. They can easily attract investment. In addition, they have won the championship and developed well after the club is established. And you should not have such a big backstage, right?"

Xie Mingzhe said: "You are my backstage."

His words were said very easily, but everyone present was stunned.

Xie Mingzhe smiled slightly and continued: "It is indeed much easier for rich and powerful people to create clubs, but I think most of the players have relatively ordinary families, and playing games is not about family background. The key is their own strength - as long as they have enough strength, everything is easy to say."

This sentence is indeed very sharp. If he is strong enough to win the championship, he doesn’t have to worry about investment at all, and there will be many players coming here. However, the competition in the league is fierce, does he really have such strength?

Chen Xiao looked at the boy in front of him carefully and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Xie, can you tell me what your parents do? Where did your strange card making ideas come from?"

Xie Mingzhe was reborn once, with the memory of the Earth's era. If someone knew about this, it would probably bring him countless troubles. Today, Chen Xiao asked, and there will definitely be many people asking such questions in the future. He carefully thought out how to deal with them last night.

"Actually, I lied to everyone. I don't have family, I am an orphan." Xie Mingzhe said calmly.

"Orphan?" Everyone stared at each other, unable to believe that the guy who was happy every day was actually an orphan.

"That's right." Xie Mingzhe explained calmly, "I grew up in an orphanage since I was a child. Fortunately, the director of the orphanage took great care of me and allowed me to learn painting. In June this year, I took the exam and was admitted to the Department of Fine Arts of the Imperial Capital University. I came to work in the Imperial Capital and wanted to save some living expenses for the university. But when I was interviewing for a job, I accidentally fell off the third floor and turned into a vegetable. I lay in the affiliated hospital of the Imperial Capital University for a whole month. I didn't tell you the truth before, and I didn't want to be sympathized with you."

So far, he was telling the truth. But this experience was really mysterious and everyone was half-believing.

Chen Xiao felt it was incredible: "So, what you said before was that the hospitalization was broken and the brain became a vegetative person?"

"Yes." Xie Mingzhe added, "I have been fantasy since I was a child. When I thought of fun clips, I drew and practiced writing. This time I was in a coma in the hospital for a whole month. After waking up, my mental strength was stronger than before, and the inspiration for painting in my mind has never stopped."

If he becomes famous in the future, his origin and background will definitely be clearly revealed - he has loved fantasy and painting since he was a child. After the vegetatives woke up, he was more inspiration. This reason is that he gave himself the best shield. He combined the truth and falsehood, and the records of becoming vegetatives hospitalized can be clearly checked. Orphans, students of the Department of Fine Arts of the Imperial Capital University, all of these identities are real. Even if others are suspicious, they cannot find any loopholes.

Chen Xiao couldn't tell any obvious fault from his words and looked at Chi Yingying, who immediately spoke: "I heard from my husband that there was indeed a vegetative person named Xie in the neurosurgery department of their hospital. He was unconscious for a whole month and suddenly woke up and was discharged from the hospital a few days ago. He also said that this was a medical miracle. That person would not be you!"

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "Is this a coincidence? Your husband is a doctor in an affiliated hospital?"

Chi Yingying said: "He is from the cardiology department, right upstairs of the neurology department. It is said that examples of vegetative people awakening are extremely rare. Many doctors know about your discharge. The doctors said that maybe this is God's favor, otherwise the probability of awakening is less than 1% for patients like you who are deeply unconscious."

Chi Yingying's husband actually happened to be a doctor in that hospital. He doesn't need to explain much now. Chi Yingying is his indirect witness.

After Yingying said this, everyone present immediately dispelled their doubts and said that Xiao Xie was really lucky. She fell into a vegetable and could not only wake up, but not become a fool, but she was more clever than before. Isn’t it just the favor of God?

Chen Xiao patted Xie Mingzhe on the shoulder and sighed: "It's not easy for you to be an orphan for so many years. Don't worry, if we have a few of us in the future, we will treat you like family members."

Xie Mingzhe has no friends in this world, so it is definitely not enough to fight alone in the later stage. Brother Chen is a person he has a lot of contact with and can trust. His talent is too terrible, and normal people will have some doubts. Now, Chen Xiao and the others have dispelled their doubts and can truly help him in the future.

Xie Mingzhe took the initiative to raise his glass and said sincerely: "It's my luck to meet everyone. If Brother Chen hadn't given me a chance, I wouldn't have been exposed to the game "Star Card Storm", nor would I find my card manufacturing talent. Brother Chen, you are my nobles, I'll give you a glass!"

Chen Xiao raised his cup readily: "Okay, since you have said that, everyone will be their own people from today. I hate being a rebellious person the most. No matter whether you set up a club in the future or open a store to sell cards, I hope everyone will work together to help Xiao Xie!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses excitedly and drank them all in one go.

After drinking the red wine, Xie Mingzhe immediately got to the point: "Since I decided to join forces, I will discuss with you the share of the money today. Brother Chen said before that the store's income will be 2% commission. What do you think?"

Pang Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "If you remember correctly, the store's income at noon this day would be 6 million gold coins. If you give me 2%, that would be 120,000 gold coins, which is comparable to the previous half month's income. Isn't that too high?"

Chen Xiao said: "Xiao Pang is right, the commission of 2% is indeed high."

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "A truly united team cannot be hired if you have money. Just follow what Brother Chen said." He wanted to find a few partners who were sincerely willing to help him. No matter what happens in the future, at least there are still some people behind him who are willing to support him. Money can be made again, but trusted partners are hard to find.

When Chen Xiao heard this, he looked at Xie Mingzhe seriously: "The store's income will get higher and higher in the future. Are you really willing to share such a large profit to us?"

"Why don't you?" Xie Mingzhe said readily, "Give everyone a share of their income, and everyone will be more motivated. Although our store has just opened, I am quite confident."

The key is that he has confidence in his imagination. Daiyu and Wu Song accidentally encountered good luck, but later, Xue Baochai, Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Cao Chong and other cards were fully presented. His talent was also recognized by great gods such as Nie Yuandao and Zheng Feng. The great gods took the initiative to invite him to join the club, which shows that he did not regard himself very well, but that he did have the ability to take the path of "original cards".

A large amount of character materials are stored in his mind. In the future, he will definitely make more cards. Why can't he take a long-term view? Why don't he start a career by himself?

When he was an orphan in the past, he had experienced any bad situation. What's there to be afraid of?

Chen Xiao was extremely shocked when he looked at the young man in front of him with calm and confident appearance. Since Xie Mingzhe was so confident and had the talent for original cards, it seemed that his plan should be put on the agenda...

Chen Xiao lowered his head and began to ponder.

***

Everyone was excited to play outside for an afternoon and didn't go back until dark at night.

Xiaopang and Jin Yue drank high, went back to the dormitory to lie on the body, Chi Qing sent Chi Yingying home. Xie Mingzhe and Brother Chen were very awake. After taking a shower, he came to the balcony on the second floor. Sure enough, he saw Chen Xiao standing on the balcony smoking. He guessed that Brother Chen had something to say, so he pushed open the door and walked in: "Brother Chen is not asleep yet?"

Chen Xiao turned around and stared at Xie Mingzhe's eyes seriously.

The decadent young man who is usually careless has a rare serious expression.

The man's eyes were particularly deep, and he asked in a unique hoarse voice: "Xiao Xie, since you really plan to walk on the road of original cards, I have something I want to help you, or I can say that I'm asking you to help me."

"You helped me, and then said you were asking me to help you?" Xie Mingzhe was stunned by him, "What the hell is it, Brother Chen?"

"I want to take you to meet someone." Chen Xiao paused and said, "Originally... he shouldn't have disturbed him, but I think he can definitely help you."

Just accompanying someone to meet someone, Brother Chen’s attitude is so cautious, and he is obviously a very important person.

Xie Mingzhe nodded and agreed: "No problem, who are you going to meet?"

Chen Xiao was silent for a moment before saying in a tone with a hint of nostalgia: "My brother, Chen Qianlin."

Xie Mingzhe: "..."

Didn't your brother die? Xie Mingzhe thought his brother was gone...

Wait, why does the name Qianlin sound familiar?

Qianlin Restaurant?

Xie Mingzhe suddenly remembered that the restaurant that Tang Muzhou opened in the game was called Qianlin Restaurant. Will it have anything to do with Chen Qianlin? Today, Sister Xue clearly knows Chen Xiao. From this point of view, the probability that Chen Xiao’s brother is related to Tang Muzhou is very high.

Xie Mingzhe suppressed his curiosity and asked, "When will you go when will you see your brother?"

"Tomorrow, this matter cannot be delayed anymore." Chen Xiao walked over, patted Xie Mingzhe on the shoulder with encouragement, and whispered, "My brother is a very powerful person. He is a real card-making genius. If he is willing to guide you, you will definitely master the skills of making combat cards faster. However, he has been away from the alliance for a long time and doesn't like to see me very much." Speaking of this, a trace of loss flashed in Chen Xiao's eyes, but he quickly cheered up and said with a smile, "I will try my best to convince him to accept you as an apprentice. You should rest first, get up early tomorrow, and we will set off at 9 o'clock."

Seeing the complicated expression on the man's face, Xie Mingzhe was very clever and did not ask much, nodding: "Okay, good night, Brother Chen."
Chapter completed!