35: Chapter 35 For the Reward

"Uh..."

Chen Hao tried to cover his embarrassment.

"You still haven't understood my meaning. I can give you money, time, and even use my connections and resources to help you become famous."

"In return, you have to fall in love with me. This love is only for you and doesn't restrict me."

Zhu Shasha crossed her arms.

"In short, you just want to have your cake and eat it too—you want me to be your mistress, right?"

If it were anyone else, they might have cursed Chen Hao as a scumbag.

But Zhu Shasha wasn't entirely unable to accept it. Before meeting Chen Hao today, she already knew he had a girlfriend, and she had even prepared herself to repay him with one night.

However, Chen Hao was a bit too greedy. After saying all that, his goal was still to maintain this relationship long-term. The only difference was that before she became famous, Chen Hao wouldn't force himself on her.

This kind of thing was common in the entertainment industry. As long as she could become famous, agreeing wasn't out of the question.

Zhu Shasha was slightly tempted and silently calculated how much money Chen Hao's proposed plan would cost.

The 3.6 million breach of contract fee, followed by the expenses for cultivating her.

Vocal training, acting, finding master teachers—every single class cost a fortune. At the cheapest rate, it was ten thousand yuan per hour. Zhu Shasha couldn't afford such expensive training fees.

By this standard, without twenty or thirty million, it wouldn't be settled.

From a cost perspective, Zhu Shasha was willing, but from a moral standpoint, she refused.

One night versus maintaining a long-term relationship—the concepts were fundamentally different.

What if Chen Hao made bizarre demands every time in the future? If she merely thought about it, a sense of resistance would arise in her heart.

"Let's leave it at this for today. Let me think about it some more."

After much internal struggle, Zhu Shasha grabbed her bag and stood up to leave.

Chen Hao wasn't in a hurry either. Haste makes waste; chasing after someone too eagerly is never a good deal.

From the perspective of human-nature marketing, this business could only be long-term if Zhu Shasha figured it out herself.

If Chen Hao forced her to make a decision immediately, it would likely backfire.

Secondly, the goddess token Chen Hao wanted was already in hand. The two tissues stained with tears were on the table. If he lingered, the tears would evaporate, and the tissues would dry, making it impossible to exchange for points.

After Zhu Shasha left, Chen Hao immediately picked up the tissues.

"Ding"

"goddess token detected, do you wish to exchange?"

"Exchange!"

"Zhu Shasha's Tears * 2, Current Favorability 35, Exchangeable for 70 Points"

"Current Total Available Points: 249"

As expected, Chen Hao guessed correctly. The goddess token could be cashed in at the peak of favorability. As long as he fully grasped this mechanism, he wouldn't have to worry about fluctuations in favorability.

This meant that the strategy for conquering Zhu Shasha could be to invest first, continuously raising her favorability to its peak, and then finding ways to make her cry.

It was settled then!

Chen Hao was determined to obtain the rare reward for reaching one hundred favorability: the Heart-Clearing Art!

When he returned to the hotel.

All 18 packages had been opened. The bed and sofa were littered with fashion items. Zhang Menglu was tirelessly trying on clothes. Seeing Chen Hao return, she asked happily:

"Do I look good in this outfit?"

Chen Hao was truly impressed. She had been shopping all day and wasn't tired; she still had so much energy.

"Beautiful. You look good in anything."

She smiled sweetly and pulled out a brand new set, immediately changing into it in front of Chen Hao.

Chen Hao found an empty spot and sat down. While admiring Zhang Menglu changing clothes, he was silently analyzing the system's mechanics.

The Sea King Cultivation System.

The 'Sea King' referred to continuously binding goddesses and obtaining goddess tokens.

Based on observations over the past few days, Zhang Menglu, Sun Nana, Shayiva, the flight attendant, Yu Yaowei, and Zhu Shasha were all goddesses the system indicated could be bound and conquered.

As long as a woman's beauty rating exceeded 8.5, a reminder would pop up.

The conquest difficulties were: Easy, Simple, Hard, Very Hard, Hell difficulty.

The conquest difficulty could also be understood as the difficulty in obtaining the token and the difficulty in reaching 100 favorability.

Obtaining the goddess token was self-explanatory, with many benefits.

Upon complete conquest, favorability reached 100. Currently known bonus rewards were divided into Special and Rare categories; whether there were even greater ones was unknown.

Zhang Menglu had been conquered, and her Special Reward was the bone tempering pill. Sun Nana's Special Reward was the qi sea pill, used to enhance personal cultivation.

Shayiva and Zhu Shasha both yielded Rare Rewards: the Golden Eyes and the Heart-Clearing Art.

Once he conquered these two, Chen Hao would officially embark on the path of cultivation, perhaps even achieving immortality.

With the system, money, ability, and strength were no longer issues. If he could also achieve longevity, that would be awesome!

Thinking of this, Chen Hao couldn't help but smile. Coincidentally, Zhang Menglu noticed his smile and asked:

"Is there something wrong with this outfit?"

"No, actually, I prefer you without clothes."

"You're so mean~"

She even acted coy. Chen Hao immediately got up, intending to let Zhang Menglu know the consequences of acting coy.

This passionate battle exhausted Zhang Menglu greatly, until she collapsed on the bed, unable to move.

Afterward.

While smoking, Chen Hao exchanged the stockings she wore today.

"Current Total Available Points: 349"

The breach of contract fee that Zhu Shasha couldn't afford even by selling everything, even her kidneys, Chen Hao would soon accumulate. In life, there was no time more carefree than this.

Thinking of Zhu Shasha, he wondered what she was doing right now.

...

Zhu Shasha got out of the taxi and hurried into the private clubhouse, heading straight for the VIP room with practiced ease.

Manager Li saw her return and questioned her irritably:

"Where did you go fooling around again?"

"Nowhere."

Sister Li opened the door. The scene was a riot of red lights, luxury, and a noxious atmosphere.

The people in the room were the same investors from yesterday, along with Director Zhang and a few second and third-tier actresses. Yu Yaowei was naturally among them.

Director Zhang was clinking glasses with CEO Wei, chatting and laughing heartily.

"CEO Wei, why didn't you bring the master you mentioned today? You described him so vividly, we all want to meet him. Don't you agree, everyone?"

CEO Wei chuckled and waved his hand.

"Haste makes waste; chasing after someone too eagerly is never a good deal. I have to wait for him to contact me. If I contact him proactively, it will lower my status too much!"

Yu Yaowei held her beer, staring blankly, feeling extremely uneasy in her heart.

As the 'commodity' CEO Wei had purchased and intended to gift, she had no choice but to pray silently that the appearance of this mysterious master would not be too disappointing.

While her thoughts wandered, Director Zhang leaned in and whispered to Yu Yaowei:

"Let me ask you something. When we were 'auditioning' last night, was the phone left in the bedroom hers?"

Yu Yaowei looked toward her assistant, Zhu Shasha, and nodded, not understanding why.

"Yes, it was her phone. She's always so scatterbrained."

Director Zhang's mouth curved into a strange smile, and he looked at Zhu Shasha with a peculiar gaze, as if trying to see right through her.