As night fell, in a luxurious restaurant in Magic City.
"Young Master Lin is truly talented and exceptionally generous!"
"I represent the entire Lan Family in expressing our gratitude."
"Here's a toast to you!"
A middle-aged man with a protruding belly spoke with a fawning expression.
He was Lan Yongxin, the spokesperson for the second-tier Lan Family in Magic City.
He held an extremely important position in the Lan Family.
Just like the Yang Family.
The Lan Family was also in the beauty products business.
Simply put, this industry had high profit margins and plenty of dollars to be made.
The Yang Family dominated the mainstream market.
Their Lan Family followed behind, picking up the scraps.
They had long dominated the domestic second-tier skincare market.
"Great, cheers!"
Lin Fan laughed heartily, raising his wine glass.
Clink------
The wine glasses collided with a crisp sound.
As for all this flattery.
Lin Fan found it quite enjoyable.
"How quickly can your Lan Family produce the first batch of skincare products?"
He asked, narrowing his eyes.
Lan Yongxin smiled, "Young Master Lin, are you in need of money? Our Lan Family can pay you in advance..."
"This isn't about money," Lin Fan waved his hand dismissively.
That bitch Yang Jingying.
Playing all high and mighty?
If you, Yang Jingying, won't do this highly profitable business.
There are plenty who will.
Those who want to do business with him, the Dragon King.
No exaggeration.
The line stretches from here to France.
All scrambling over each other.
He had traveled all the way to the Yang Family with the exclusive formula stolen from his master.
Not only would he only get thirty percent.
He'd have to put up with Yang Jingying's attitude.
Isn't that bullying an honest dragon?
Whoever wants to take that crap can have it.
But Lin Fan certainly won't.
Therefore, he wanted to quickly produce a viral skincare product.
To slap that woman Yang Jingying in the face.
Lan Yongxin's expression turned serious, and after thinking, he said,
"One week!"
Launching a new skincare product within seven days.
Was undoubtedly an extremely difficult task!
After all, creating something from nothing.
Having the formula wasn't enough.
The factory needed investment to get fully operational.
They needed to find celebrities for advance advertising and promotion.
Plus safety department testing and various other messy matters.
So launching within a week would be miraculous.
"Too slow," Lin Fan shook his head after hearing this.
Lan Yongxin secretly wanted to curse.
This is too fucking slow?
Why don't you just ask for our lives while you're at it.
Just giving us twenty percent cut.
Really treating us like dogs to command?
"Ma Qun!"
"Yes!"
"Have your Ma Family help out too. Maximize the available liquid capital, and utilize all your family's resources to fully support the Lan Family."
"Yes."
Ma Qun nodded without hesitation.
Lan Yongxin swallowed hard.
His small eyes rolled around.
"Master Ma, how much liquid capital can your family provide? Give me a baseline so I can estimate the timeline for the skincare product launch."
Ma Qun held up two fingers and said calmly, "Twenty billion!"
Got money?
With money, things become much easier.
Lan Yongxin's eyes grew wide - with money and the Ma Family's help.
Things would be much easier!
"How many days?" Lin Fan smiled.
Lan Yongxin held up four fingers, saw Lin Fan's suddenly furrowed brow, and put one finger down.
"Three days! Three days! We'll definitely get it done in three days!"
Lin Fan finally nodded in satisfaction, "That twenty billion in liquid capital is calculated separately, as an investment, okay?"
"After all, it's not my money."
Lan Yongxin smiled on the surface while cursing in his heart.
"Haha... I understand the rules, I understand!"
"When we make money, we'll return that twenty billion in full!"
"And of course, you two will get your share."
Nobody wants to be at odds with money.
Lan Yongxin was no different.
He wanted to use this excellent opportunity.
To propel the Lan Family's skincare products into the first-tier market.
Helping Lin Fan.
Was also helping himself.
Although Lin Fan was taking the lion's share of the money.
Lan Yongxin didn't mind.
As long as they could compete somewhat with the Yang Family.
This small loss was insignificant.
Lin Fan laughed satisfactorily, "Ma Qun, you heard what Director Lan said?"
Ma Qun nodded.
Lin Fan raised his wine glass.
"I'd like to toast to both of you, wishing you success in advance!"
"Haha... with Young Master Lin's words, this will definitely succeed!"
Lan Yongxin said proudly.
Ma Qun added some more flattery.
Then the three raised their glasses and drank.
Meanwhile.
At the Yang Family CBD building, the lights were still on in the R&D department.
"President Yang, let me personally test the effects."
A female researcher said excitedly.
At this moment, everyone in the department turned their attention.
To a box containing a black skincare product.
It was black and very viscous, and if you leaned in close.
You could smell a faint fragrance.
This was the volcanic mud skincare product that the R&D department had spent.
Almost an entire afternoon preparing!
According to the contents of the parchment, the preparation was very simple.
But various tests took considerable time.
They checked repeatedly several times.
To confirm there were no harmful ingredients for the skin.
Only then did Yang Jingying let them stop.
"Go ahead," Yang Jingying agreed.
The female researcher then used makeup remover to wipe off her light makeup.
Revealing her bare face.
She had several small pimples on her forehead.
And mild closed comedones on her face.
All skincare products on the market, including the Yang Family's.
Would cause some damage to the skin after use.
Just to varying degrees.
But this volcanic mud skincare product.
Was incredibly impressive.
Not a trace of harmful substances.
However, the most crucial point was how effective it would be in practice.
Soon after.
Under everyone's gaze.
The female researcher applied the volcanic mud to her face.
It didn't look like much.
But the experience was very comfortable.
Where it was applied felt cool and refreshing.
Compare it to a lower-quality version of essential balm.
Without that intense stimulating sensation.
The female researcher described her experience.
Someone beside her recorded it on a tablet.
Yang Jingying was also paying attention to everything.
Her heart was racing at this moment.
Her breathing slightly rapid!
Following the parchment's instructions, they waited quietly for fifteen minutes, then rinsed with clean water.
When the female researcher cleaned her face.
A magical thing happened.
Her entire face was renewed.
Those few pimples were gone, and more incredibly, they didn't even leave marks.
Not only that, but the closed comedones were also gone.
Her skin had become fairer and more delicate.
The results were extraordinarily good!
Clap clap--------
Someone started the applause.
The whole department erupted in waves of enthusiastic applause.
And excited cheers from the researchers.
In their lifetime.
Developing a high-quality skincare product was their lifelong dream.
Now it had come true.
Happiness came too quickly, like a tornado, leaving no time to think, no time to escape.
This achievement hit them all like a bolt from the blue.
Yang Jingying's mouth hung wide open, as if in a dream.
It seemed somewhat unreal.
This gift from Xu Mo.
Was... too grand, wasn't it?

pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"

ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!

agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”