The students were also stunned, staring at each other with wide-open mouths, their faces filled with shock and embarrassment.
They had originally thought this luxurious feast was Shi Cong’s generosity, but it turned out they were benefiting from Lin Yang.
“How could this be?”
“So, the lobster and red wine were because of Lin Yang…”
The students began to whisper, their eyes full of surprise.
Shi Cong’s face alternated between green and pale; he never expected such an outcome.
He had always thought he was showing off in front of his classmates, but in the end, he became a joke.
He secretly glanced at Lin Yang, who still had a faint smile on his face, as if none of this concerned him.
Shi Cong felt a surge of regret; he had been so carried away by the compliments from his classmates. If he had admitted from the start that he hadn't ordered it, this embarrassing situation wouldn't have occurred.
However, this wasn't entirely a bad thing.
Big Fish Begonia could be considered the most upscale seafood buffet restaurant in Xing City, and ordinary people simply couldn't afford to open it.
Lin Yang having connections with such people proved that his previous guesses were correct.
Besides, to have reached his current position, his thick skin was naturally beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
Shi Cong immediately recovered and laughed:
“Haha, today we all benefited from Lin Yang!”
At this moment, a student suddenly reacted, quickly got up, walked to Lin Yang’s side, and said with a beaming smile:
“Lin Yang, so you know the owner here, that’s amazing!
It was really thanks to you just now, otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to eat such good lobster and red wine.”
Saying that, he even diligently poured Lin Yang a glass of red wine, looking as if he were trying to curry favor with a big shot.
Seeing this, the other students also gathered around, one after another, beginning to flatter Lin Yang.
“Lin Yang, you really keep a low profile; you’ll have to take care of us more in the future.”
“Exactly, Lin Yang, if you have any ways to make money, don’t forget us old classmates.”
The students’ attitudes did a complete 180-degree turn; just moments ago, they were praising Shi Cong, but now all their attention was focused on Lin Yang.
Lin Yang looked at the scene before him, feeling a bit helpless.
He didn't expect Chen Qingqing's single action to cause such a big stir.
He politely responded to his classmates’ flattery, always maintaining a smile on his face.
“Please thank your boss for me.”
Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Yang said to the waiter.
Then, surrounded by everyone, he got up, preparing to leave.
After briefly saying goodbye to his classmates, he walked towards the private room door.
The students followed him like a group of loyal followers, continuously expressing their gratitude.
Shi Cong stood aside, watching Lin Yang’s retreating figure surrounded by the crowd, feeling a sense of loss.
He should have been the one surrounded, but Lin Yang’s appearance made him lose that position.
However, he wasn't annoyed; the stronger Lin Yang was, the more beneficial it was for him.
Today’s gathering was originally initiated to befriend Lin Yang.
What did losing face in front of classmates matter? If he could connect with the people behind Lin Yang, would he fear not being flattered when his status rose in the future?
Walking out of the restaurant, the doorman had already driven Lin Yang’s car over.
He walked to the car, opened the door, and got in.
The students were still outside the car, continuously saying complimentary words, hoping to leave a good impression on Lin Yang.
Lin Yang waved to everyone, started the engine, and slowly drove away from the restaurant.
Even when the car had driven far away, he still saw those students waving in the direction his car had gone.
Lin Yang smiled; he knew from the students’ conversations that this wasn't the first time such a gathering had been held, and he had never attended before.
Those people knew he had stayed in Xing City but had never contacted him.
However, today, when they learned that he knew the owner of Big Fish Begonia and could get a free meal, their attitudes immediately changed drastically.
Not only did they start fawning over him, but they also eagerly added him as a WeChat friend.
He didn't look down on these classmates; after all, it was all for personal gain.
They flattered him because they saw something to gain from him.
A few days ago, he didn't even have the opportunity to attend a class reunion to flatter others.
In just a few days, he had become the object of flattery.
All of this was thanks to the intelligence system.
The intelligence system allowed him to know various pieces of information in advance, bringing opportunities for changes in his life.
Now, the daily intelligence system had been upgraded to a weekly intelligence system.
The value of each piece of information was much higher than that of daily intelligence, and there was also a possibility of receiving high-value intelligence.
A single piece of high-value intelligence was worth tens of millions.
Lin Yang drove at high speed through the night, the scenery outside the window flashing by like slides.
After more than an hour, he returned to Jinling Community, parked the car, and went upstairs.
After washing up, he returned to his room, lay on the bed, and took out his phone to check the stock situation.
He had invested a total of 1.5 million, all of which was used to purchase Yushu Technology.
There was no discrepancy with the intelligence pushed by the system; it had increased by 20% every day for two consecutive days, yielding over 40% profit in just two days.
His securities account already had over 2.1 million.
Seeing that there were no surprises with the stock, Lin Yang put his phone aside and fell asleep.
…
Soon, three days passed.
This morning, the first thing Lin Yang did when he woke up was open the securities app; the intelligence showed that Yushu Technology had hit the daily limit for 5 consecutive days, and today was the last day.
After the market opened, he directly sold all his shares.
In 5 days, with a 20% increase each day, his account balance had already gone from 1.5 million to over 3.73 million, earning him over 2.23 million.
To be honest, the profit over these five days wasn't much, even less than the daily intelligence profit.
But it should be noted that this was because his principal was only 1.5 million.
If the principal had been 15 million, the money earned would have been ten times more.
This was the difference between the two.
More importantly, the system had just upgraded to weekly intelligence, and he had already received a high-value piece of information.
This afternoon, between 2:35 PM and 2:40 PM, the blue payment software would have a bug, and all activities would have a 20% discount.
Lin Yang had already prepared two phones a few days ago, logging into his two accounts separately.
He also had bank cards with nearly unlimited daily transfer limits, just waiting for the time to exploit the bug to make money.
The waiting time always passed slowly; to prevent missing the time, Lin Yang even set several alarms.
At 2:30 PM on Friday afternoon, he was already sitting at his desk, clearing his phone memory, opening the blue software, and ready to transfer money as soon as the time came.
10, 9, 8,…
When there was 1 second left until 2:35 PM, Lin Yang immediately chose to transfer 3.73 million to his secondary account.
This was all the money he currently had.
Indeed, when he clicked to transfer, a discount message appeared at the bottom of the software.
“20% subsidy, -746,000, actual payment 2,984,000.”
He pressed his finger on the screen, and the transfer was immediately successful.
At the same time, his secondary account received a deposit notification, with 3.73 million deposited.
Lin Yang didn't hesitate and immediately switched to the phone logged into his secondary account to transfer 3.73 million to his main account.
The previous discount information appeared again: transferring 3.73 million actually only required an expenditure of 2.984 million, while the recipient could receive 3.73 million.
The round-trip transfer between the main and secondary accounts would not take more than 10 seconds, and both his main and secondary accounts each gained an additional 746,000.
This 746,000 was the profit he made by exploiting the official blue payment software.