I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Reclaiming the Glory that Belongs to Me from Yuan Xi

The game of hopscotch was already a distant memory for Yuan Xi. Nearly twenty years had passed since she played it in first or second grade.

Now, playing the childhood game again with Xiao Shihuo and Little Guying, all of Yuan Xi’s memories from her childhood came flooding back.

Yuan Xi handed the beanbag to Huo Shiyuan and said, “Do you want to play? I remember you couldn’t squat on one foot to pick up the beanbag when you were little because you were too chubby.”

Huo Shiyuan sometimes really didn’t like Yuan Xi bringing up his childhood.

Huo Shiyuan said, “Now, I can even pick up the beanbag with you on my back.”

Yuan Xi replied, “I don’t believe you.”

Huo Shiyuan squatted down halfway, “Come on, I’ll carry you on my back as we play.”

Yuan Xi lay on Huo Shiyuan’s back, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Yuan Xi hadn’t expected that Huo Shiyuan could really hop on one foot while carrying her. When Huo Shiyuan was about to squat on one foot to pick up the beanbag with her on his back, they were seen by Grandma Shi.

“Oh my, Huo Shiyuan, what would you do if you dropped Xiao Xi?”

Grandma Shi sighed, “She just had surgery and definitely can’t afford to be dropped.”

Yuan Xi got down from Huo Shiyuan’s back.

Huo Shiyuan said, “I’ll be careful.”

Grandma Shi said, “Even so, you can’t just mess around, carrying someone on your back and bending over to pick up a beanbag on one foot? Why don’t you go perform acrobatics?”

Grandma Shi took Yuan Xi’s hand, her affection evident as she spoke, “Go inside. You had a cesarean section; people like you need more rest after being cut open like that.”

Yuan Xi followed Grandma Shi into the house with a light laugh.

Mi Yi, seeing this scene at the doorway of the old house, wondered how Huo Shiyuan could risk a huge loss to break off a partnership with Fu An Group for Yuan Xi’s sake, causing the Huo Family elders to still treat Yuan Xi so well?

Mi Yi couldn’t help but start to admire Yuan Xi, thinking, “Yuan Xi really has a way about her, giving birth to two children seems to have secured her wealth and status in the Huo Family.”

Qian Yiren looked toward Mi Yi, “If Yuan Xi had no abilities, how could she have gone from being a mere secretary to having Mi Chen bear the name Yuan?”

Mi Yi clenched her fists. Her biggest regret now was selling her shares to Huo Shiyuan for 6.8 billion yuan at the time.

Mi Yi had looked down on Yuan Xi when she found out that Huo Shiyuan was investing in Mi Chen for Yuan Xi – Yuan Xi must have used some trick to get Huo Shiyuan to invest.

Mi Yi didn’t want to see her shares continuously diluted after Huo Shiyuan’s investment; she would rather leave Mi Chen.

At that time, Gu Hanchen also wanted the shares, but Mi Yi still sold them to Huo Shiyuan, and she made a request: her shares were to be given to Yuan Xi.

Back then, Mi Yi just wanted to show Huo Shiyuan that his investment of 6.8 billion yuan in Mi Chen for Yuan Xi was going to be in vain.

Mi Yi also didn’t believe Mi Chen could survive its crisis at the time; the company’s collapse was only a matter of time, and she intended to make both Yuan Xi and Gu Hanchen pay the price.

However, she did indeed underestimate Yuan Xi’s ability to attract men. She managed to have Shixi put all his effort into helping Mi Chen’s IPO.

Nor could she have anticipated that Mi Chen would not only avoid collapse after her departure, but also thrive. Soon after she left, Interstellar Voyage, which was re-listed after a two-month suspension, became one of the most profitable games.

Mi Yi had given up nearly a hundred billion yuan, missing the chance to appear on the Forbes list of youngest billionaires, practically handing it to Yuan Xi on a silver platter.

Looking at the photo of Yuan Xi pressing the electronic bell at NASDAQ, Mi Yi had thought countless times: That should have been her glory!

6.8 billion yuan might be unreachable wealth for the average person for their whole life.

The difference between 6.8 billion and a hundred billion seems like tenfold.

But the glory of topping the Forbes list for young women also means worlds apart in social status. There are countless billionaires in the country, but it’s only the multi-billionaires who stand at the peak of the pyramid.

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During the Huo Family’s noon banquet, Shi Zhen and Huo Ting didn’t come in the end.

Obviously, it seemed that everyone at the dining table was already used to this. No one was concerned that for Huo Shiyuan’s birthday, his parents did not participate.

“Uncle, happy birthday. This is the birthday card I made for you.”

After dinner, Little Guying took out a greeting card from her small backpack.

Huo Shiyan received it with a light laugh, “Thank you, Little Ying.”

Xiao Shihuo also gifted Huo Shiyan a painting he had drawn himself, and played him a “Happy Birthday” tune on the piano.

Huo Shiyan turned to look at Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi took out a beautifully packaged pen from a bag beside her; she had intended to give Huo Shiyan a cake she made herself.

But considering the complicated process of making a cake, she decided to give Huo Shiyan a pen instead.

After all, Huo Shiyan had also said that whatever she gave him, he would be satisfied with.

In the afternoon, while Huo Shiyan was taking a nap in his room, Yuan Xi had just closed her eyes when she received a call from Gu Hanchen.

Yuan Xi answered Gu Hanchen’s call, “What’s up?”

Gu Hanchen said, “Has Mi Yi lost her mind? I just found out that Mengyou didn’t spend a penny on Destroying Stars.”

Yuan Xi, now awake, asked, “What happened?”

Gu Hanchen replied, “It’s not easy to distribute games in China. For new game companies, getting a game license is getting harder and harder, but Mengyou can quickly get through game licensing. Destroying Stars is just using Mengyou’s ability to release it early. Actually, all the capital invested in Destroying Stars is from Mi Yi alone; Mengyou just gave the game license, that’s all. Mi Yi may have 6.8 billion, but she can’t keep up with the bottomless pit that is Destroying Stars.”

Yuan Xi asked, “How do you know this?”

Gu Hanchen said, “Didn’t Jiang City just have an internet conference? The president of Mengyou also attended. I just got President Shao of Mengyou drunk and he told me all about it.

Actually, President Shao thinks the same as you; he doesn’t have high hopes for the Destroying Stars game. But he’s happy to lose the original investment for the sake of marketing buzz—it’s not his capital that’s being lost, but his buzz that’s being earned.”

Yuan Xi said, “The movie that Mi Yi recently invested in, ‘Originally I Still Loved You’, must have also suffered huge losses. If she doesn’t stop throwing money into Destroying Stars in time and stubbornly continues to invest, even if she pours in all her capital, it probably won’t make Destroying Stars successful.”

Gu Hanchen said, “She doesn’t cherish money that comes too easily. Back when Mi Yi was with Mi Chen, she was only in charge of development and not responsible for operations and making money. She only cared about her so-called ‘passion’ and her technology.

She has no idea that the market cap Mi Chen has today is also because we got incredibly lucky. For her to think she can get lucky a second time is not so easy.”

Yuan Xi listened to Gu Hanchen and laughed lightly. Although everyone at Mi Chen worked very hard and today’s success could not be separated from the efforts of every Mi Chen teammate,

the word ‘lucky break’ that Gu Hanchen mentioned was indeed fitting.

Mi Chen was founded seven years ago, and Yuan Xi joined Mi Chen six years ago. Six years ago was the time when traditional computer games abroad began to decline, and domestic mobile games started to rise.

Mi Chen seized the opportunity of the rise of mobile games.

Five years ago, after Forest Pursuit became a smash hit, Mi Chen was mocked as a ‘swipe the screen’ game company, a ‘window cleaning’ game company.

Even Mi Yi initially felt that we shouldn’t focus on developing mobile games too much and that computer games should be the main focus.

It was Gu Hanchen who stubbornly pursued the development of mobile games. After Yuan Xi did research at the school and helped Gu Hanchen convince Mi Yi, they shifted the focus to mobile gaming development.

The arrival of the mobile game era was what led to Mi Chen’s unparalleled success. Even with the same team now, replicating Mi Chen’s success would be very difficult, very difficult.

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At the entrance of Fu Mansion.

“Miss Qian, Miss Mi, President Fu still does not want to see you; please leave.”

Mi Yi said to the bodyguard, “Can you tell your boss that I can help the Fu An Group through this tough time?”

The bodyguard replied, “I’ve mentioned it, but President Fu doesn’t want to see the two of you.”

Mi Yi said, “Even if I could invest in the Fu An Group?”

“Please leave, both of you.”

Mi Yi frowned unwillingly and got into the car, “They really don’t appreciate kindness at all.”

Qian Yiren also got into Mi Yi’s car, “Mi Yi, thank you for being willing to help our Fu An. My brother choosing Ren Tian now is just because Ren Tian is pregnant. In his heart, he still cares for you. Once Ren Tian has had the child, my brother will choose you again.”

Mi Yi replied, “I’m not going to be anyone’s stepmother. It’s just a man, and I’m not keen on that.”

What she aimed for now was to reclaim the glory and honor that should have belonged to her from Yuan Xi, at any cost.