September 2, 2025, Wednesday.

21°C–31°C, cloudy, level-3 southeasterly wind, 32% humidity.

[Construction Bank: Your account ending in 7946 received a deposit of RMB 110,000 on September 2 at 12:01 AM. Current balance: 11,320,000.]

At eight in the morning, Lin Shen woke up right on time.

He first checked the watch on his left wrist, which showed that his deep sleep duration had increased by at least 30% compared to usual.

This meant the sleep supplement potion was working!

And it was working extremely well!

"Not bad at all!"

Lin Shen stretched and stood by the window, feeling refreshed from head to toe. There wasn’t a single trace of his previous fatigue or exhaustion in his mind.

His eyes weren’t sore, and his neck didn’t ache.

"Looks like I can use this sleep supplement potion to recover my Spirit after pulling an all-nighter with a woman."

Lin Shen went to the bathroom to wash up, made himself breakfast, and then, instead of heading to the gym as usual, he poured a cup of coffee and walked into his study.

He had something more important to accomplish this morning.

Registering his company!

For Lin Shen, this was an exciting moment!

Even his usually calm and composed heart was now faintly restless and nervous.

Lin Shen took a deep breath, sat down at his computer, and repeatedly reviewed the relevant information. Then, he logged into Modu’s online "One-Stop Service" portal to fill in the required details.

Name: Shennan Pet Service Co., Ltd.

Address: 14th Floor, Huamao Mansion, Jing’an District.

Registered Capital: 2.5 million.

Scope of Business: Pet Services.

Shareholders: Lin Shen (60%), Qin Yuenan (40%).

Legal Representative: Lin Shen.

Supervisor: Qin Yuenan.

Financial Officer: Lin Shen.

After confirming everything was in order, Lin Shen clicked "Submit" and contacted Qin Yuenan to have her complete the verification online.

To avoid unnecessary disputes, Lin Shen had deliberately set his ownership stake to be 20 percentage points greater, ensuring his control of the company.

Qin Yuenan had already agreed to this, so she had no objections.

In fact, she would have agreed even if Lin Shen hadn’t given her any shares at all.

[Qin Yuenan: I’m done on my end. Regarding the Financial Officer role, once the application is approved, remember to find someone you trust completely to replace you.]

[Lin Shen: Isn’t that you, Nan?]

[Qin Yuenan: You should handle it yourself in the early stages of the business. I can help you later, but I can’t guarantee I’ll do a good job.]

[Lin Shen: No problem.]

Lin Shen hadn’t even thought that far ahead. For now, he was just taking it one step at a time.

Truthfully, he was still a little uneasy, afraid he had made a mistake somewhere and the application wouldn’t be approved.

But he had already submitted it. All he could do now was wait for the results.

Lin Shen got up, left the study, got dressed, and then drove to the Shennan Pet Society.

To promote his soon-to-open Cat Cafe, he had found over a dozen popular pet bloggers on Douyin who were based in Modu and arranged for them to shoot promotional videos today.

In total, he spent nearly 500,000.

But for Lin Shen, that amount of money was nothing.

Besides, he had paid directly through the Star Map Platform, which not only was fully covered by GoGo Maps’s startup fund but also completed a Shuaiyang mission!

[Entrepreneurial intent detected in Host. 500,000 has been withdrawn for payment. Current startup fund balance: 8,500,000]

[Mission: Accumulate 1,000,000 in spending and gain 50,000 followers on Douyin. (Completed)]

[Shuaiyang lv.6→lv.7]

[Reward: All spending on Douyin will now receive a 45%→50% rebate.]

[Reward: Random Skill Book x1]

[Upgrade Mission: Create a fan group on Douyin with 500 members and reach 100,000 followers.]

Lin Shen tried opening the Skill Book, choosing the "humanities" category this time.

[B2 Level German Mastery (0/200)]

Oh?

Another foreign language mastery skill. Lin Shen was momentarily stunned, then felt a secret flutter of excitement.

’German is great!’

’I can learn German!’

’This way, I won’t have to use a translator to type. I can just talk to Aria directly with voice messages.’

Lin Shen hadn’t forgotten about his friend with benefits from a distant foreign land, so he tried sending her a voice message.

[Lin Shen: Aria, what do you think of my new German? (Spoken in German)]

Given the time difference, Aria should be asleep right now.

So Lin Shen wasn’t in a hurry to get a reply.

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— 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

「9:30 AM, Shennan Pet Society.」

The entrance, usually quiet and deserted, was now packed with all sorts of cars.

Over a dozen pet bloggers were gathered in the Cat Cafe, chatting and greeting each other, making the atmosphere exceptionally lively.

"Father Maoqiu? You’re here too? Long time no see!"

"Yeah, I got a commercial gig, so I came to join the fun. Didn’t expect to see you here!"

"I’m here for a gig too. It’s not easy to land an offline Cat Cafe deal these days, especially at thirty thousand a pop! This boss is super generous!"

"How come I only got twenty thousand?"

"You have half as many followers as I do. Only getting ten thousand less is pretty good. It shows the boss wasn’t even haggling with you, and here you are complaining."

"Heh heh."

...

Amid the cheerful chatter and laughter, Lin Ping was rushed off her feet. After all, she was the only one working in the shop.

Although Lin Shen had told her in advance that guests were coming, she hadn’t expected so many people!

So she hurried to make coffee, and despite being busy, she maintained a polite smile as she served everyone.

"Sorry, everyone. My boss is on his way. Please, have some coffee while you wait."

"Alright, thanks."

After saying thanks, someone asked curiously.

"By the way, isn’t your boss the one who edited that video for Shui Yanwei, the one who just blew up? He seems amazing!"

"Yes, yes! I saw that video too! The post-production was incredible! Especially that last scene—it almost made a thirty-something-year-old guy like me cry! Ah, youth... so beautiful!"