Chapter 218: Do You Mind Helping Me Take Care of Yue Yao?

Yu Hong is busy, and Chen Mingying also has company matters to attend to, so she can’t completely supervise Yu Xiaodi at home. Therefore, after the holiday, although Xiaodi hasn’t returned to school and is still at home, being watched over by security and closely "protected" by Li Jie, she has a lot more freedom. Li Jie’s undercover phone bill, of course, has soared. By chatting occasionally over the phone, both Li Yan and Yu Xiaodi are quite satisfied and less likely to act rashly.

Paradise Group is similarly very busy. Whether it’s Zhang Yurong, Wen Qianyi, or Hai Fu, they are busier than before. Although no longer together alone, Hai Fu still maintains contact with Li Yan, and everything is as usual. Wen Qianyi, on the other hand, seems to be avoiding Li Yan; she naturally evades when they occasionally meet at the company, and doesn’t answer when he calls her.

Li Yan doesn’t know the result of the conversation between the two that day. He asked Hai Fu, but Hai Fu indicated that it involved others and was inconvenient to disclose without permission, which left him feeling somewhat helpless.

Because of Zhang Yurong’s busyness, Li Yan also cares about the Group’s overall situation when he has time. He discovered that after overt and covert strife with Changhe Group had just ended, someone else started targeting Paradise Group’s stock price in the market. Just as he previously hinted to Zhang Yurong, he suspects Liu Yuyang is behind it. He can’t offer much help with these issues; the company has specialists to handle it, and for a large enterprise like Paradise, with strong cash flow, stock fluctuations create only psychological confidence problems for investors and clients and don’t have substantial short-term operational impacts.

But this is ultimately a concern, so Zhang Yurong is on high alert.

Besides that, everything else is progressing smoothly. Jie Rui has entered a professional management track, and despite Li Jie not being at the company, business is developing well by taking advantage of the chain reaction from First Security’s setback, seizing market share during local security business reshuffling.

Heavenly Film’s employees are also very diligent, having confirmed several excellent scripts and starting preparations for shooting after signing agreements, still focusing on low-budget projects. Large productions will have to wait until after "Springtime Leaked" hits the screens, which affects investment returns and further influences the confidence of big directors and famous filmmakers.

Under Qiao Pan’s dedicated efforts, the "Springtime Leaked" crew has completed filming and without resting has entered post-production. Music scoring is also completed. The post-production team, including Director Zhou Yuan and the backstage team, are racing against time. Qiao Pan himself, along with Zeng Zixi from Heavenly Film and some others, has begun friendly communications with distributors, theater chains, and media promotions.

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Everyone is busy, including Yue Yao who, despite being away from Li Yan, continues directing the affairs of their organization. It seems like only Li Yan isn’t busy.

But the truth is, he is busy too! Besides company matters, there’s the ’order’ he received to start focusing on the election for governor in Si Country, collecting detailed information on the two candidates.

Their capabilities and rigor are unquestionable, but their aim is to train excellent assassins rather than create super assassins at the cost of many lives. Therefore, according to different levels of effort and talent, some like Liu Xi have grown to Fist Level within the organization and can take on A-level assignments externally. But most have only reached Blade Level or even Gun Level, handling B-level, C-level, or ordinary tasks. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Li Yan recalls his training journey as not only hellish and terrifying but requiring lots of time, starting from high school. Now, all members of ’their’ group have matured in certain aspects; some have top arrogance due to experience despite lacking top skills. Trying to have them undergo death training is unrealistic.

After contemplating deeply, he decided to give up on most—not to expel them, but to let them take their natural course—focusing on training a few with potential. For instance, now among Feng Wuqing, Shi Jian’en, and Liu Xi, given time, there’s a chance for them to become super assassins, thus needing greater support.

In this regard, he contacted Yan Ping and Qi Zhongtao, asking them to gather these three and any others with potential for high-intensity training again, doubling the difficulty. After reaching a bottleneck, he’ll personally guide them. Furthermore, they must research advanced weapons and equipment based on ’their’ characteristics!

They’re an assassin organization, not a terrorist organization. Assassins excel in stealth, silently killing with bare hands at a high level, while large-scale use of firearms only appears crude and dangerous. Thus, in Yue Yao’s internal definition, terms like "Gun, Blade, Fist, Flower" are used. For this reason, the weapons they have focus on lethality and convenience, with the most common being pistols, automatic rifles, and sniper rifles.

But now thinking for the future, Li Yan wants to take the risk of acquiring a batch of sophisticated, advanced weapons to enhance overall strength. This process won’t be easy, can’t be resolved quickly, and requires understanding what’s suitable, available, and stored appropriately. Li Yan doesn’t want Yue Yao to worry excessively, so he’s entrusted Yan Ping and Qi Zhongtao with the responsibility.