Chapter 575: Chapter 575: Just Making Use of Waste
Hearing what her daughter had to say, Ouyang Qian also spoke up: “Your dad previously mentioned that illegitimate daughter’s boyfriend.”
Even if Tang Li wasn’t with Han Jifeng, with her current personality, she would never choose a pauper. The unspoken rules of the entertainment industry are everywhere; who knows what kind of people Tang Li has climbed up to.
Lai Wenyan also seemed to realize this point.
“That bastard daughter is rushing to acknowledge her relationship on V-blog, isn’t she just trying to turn into a phoenix perched on a high branch?” Ouyang Qian said with a sneering smile: “This kind of trick is most common in the entertainment industry, quite a few female stars want to climb up the ladder to a rich family, either by leaking bed photos or secretly spilling to reporters, thinking that cementing the relationship would allow them to leap over the dragon gate.”
Though Han Jifeng has a promising future, there are others who are better.
At the state banquet, Tang Li’s attitude was clear; she wasn’t interested in the Han Jifeng that her family introduced, and to sabotage the marriage, she went to sit on Song Baiyan’s lap and said those exceedingly arrogant words in public.
Now that Tang Li has a boyfriend, this boyfriend’s identity is probably not worse than Han Jifeng’s.
“She did a good job keeping it a secret.”
Ouyang Qian adjusted the wine-red Morning Robe on her body: “She announced the relationship but didn’t reveal the man’s identity, there’s only a silhouette, and it’s blurry.”
Lai Shengxia smiled: “If she dares to make it public, she must be prepared for the other party’s discontent.”
“That’s true,” Ouyang Qian said: “Real men with power and influence, who likes to wade into the muddy waters of the entertainment circle? They just play with little stars. Only a few are sincerely involved. Today she puts the person on the entertainment headlines, tomorrow she’ll be dumped on the roadside.”
“At the beginning of the year when visiting relatives, Dad and my uncle were chatting, and I gathered from his words that he intended to run for the next term as President.”
In S country, the President serves a 5-year term, and by tradition, as long as the President himself does not make major mistakes, he can serve two terms, which is ten years.
Lai Wenyan is over fifty this year, and in ten years, he will be in his sixties.
He cannot miss the next election.
Ouyang Qian, as Lai Wenyan’s wife, is very clear about her husband’s ambitions. If not for being certain that he stood no chance against Song Baiyan, Lai Wenyan would have joined the election last year.
Apart from being naturally suspicious, Lai Wenyan is also very conservative, he never fights a battle he isn’t sure of winning.
Rather than confronting Song Baiyan, it’s better to spend another ten years preparing.
“Your breakup with Yansheng, your father doesn’t say much, but he somewhat disapproves,” Ouyang Qian said: “Over the years, he has been preparing for elections. If you married Yansheng, ten years later, when Qin Zhong is old, Yansheng, as his only son, will surely inherit the entire Qin Group.”
Behind the elections is the surging undertow of massive funds.
In Lai Wenyan’s view, one Tianyi Group isn’t enough to put his mind at ease. Add Qin’s on top, and at the same time, co-opt some young and promising descendants in the political arena as Cabinet members for cultivation.
Lai Shengxia smiled faintly: “So, if Dad’s attitude towards Ah Li improves, that’s the reason.”
In the end, Tang Li is just a bridge.
Lai Wenyan does not care whether Tang Li can marry her boyfriend or not, for him, connecting with such an influential figure is the ultimate goal.
As for Tang Li, no matter what, Lai Wenyan is ultimately her biological father. Even if they usually have a strained relationship, she won’t really be indifferent towards this father. They don’t need to do anything; Lai Wenyan will squeeze the remaining value out of Tang Li. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel•fire.net
“Just consider it making use of the waste, we’ll just watch from the sidelines.”
Mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, with a tacit understanding.