Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

This three-star princess is about 1.7 meters tall, with a slender and well-proportioned figure and a delicate face. She is wearing a haute couture off-white dress without a visible logo and has her hair tied in a high ponytail...

To be honest, if Lee Se-ki hadn't called out her name, Lee Seok wouldn't have been able to believe that the person standing in front of her was the same Lee Fu-yi she had seen in a photograph in her previous life.

It's not that she's ugly or different, but rather her style and demeanor.

In his previous life, Li Shuo saw Li Fuyi online as a typical rich and noble lady, seemingly always exuding an aura of wealth. But the woman standing before him now was clearly a prettier e-sports beauty, with a completely different style of clothing and makeup. These two differences combined made her almost seem like a different person.

"Fu Yi, this is..."

As Li Shuo sized up the three-star princess, she glanced over and interrupted, "Stop with the nonsense, let's play a game?"

"Um, I have something to do here..."

"Never mind then, I'm going out to play..."

After exchanging only a few words, Li Fu turned and left without ever looking at Li Shuo or even saying goodbye.

After she left, Li Shiji explained for her, "Fu Yi is different from me. She treats this place as a safe haven. She only comes here when she's in a bad mood, so she usually acts like she doesn't want strangers to approach her here..."

"It's ok"

Li Shuo said it casually, but deep down he was actually a little disappointed.

It wasn't that he was disappointed that Princess Sanxing wasn't good to him, but rather the sense of weightlessness after his filter was shattered: in his previous life, Princess Sanxing was one of the most famous rich and beautiful women on the internal network. It could be said that her status in many people's hearts was higher than that of most idols and celebrities.

However, the real person in the offline world, her appearance is okay. The 11-year-old Three Star Princess seems to be relatively young, around twenty years old, but she is naturally not as perfect as a tech beauty like Nam Gyu-ri, nor as stunning as Han Hyo-joo. She is inferior to both of them, not to mention the comparison with Choi Yoon-jung, who is in the same ecological niche. In Li Shuo's heart, the status of his beautiful apprentice is only comparable to a few women like Bai Lu.

Of course, with the improvement of his status, Li Shuo's filter in his mind has become much less, and his ability to accept things has become stronger. Even if a female celebrity with a pure image that he liked extremely in his previous life suddenly appeared and was insulted and played with by Li Shiji, he would not feel angry or shocked.

Therefore, the shattering of Princess Sanxing's image was just a minor incident. Afterwards, Lee Se-ki enthusiastically opened up the world of e-sports for the wealthy to Lee Seok:

"Look at this monitor, this is the South Korean StarCraft League. Today we're competing for the top 8. The players are..."

"Next to it are the odds for each player. For strong players like the Master, the odds are the lowest, even close to 1:1. But if you bet more carefully, the odds will look better. For example, in the match between the Master and Brother Z, if you bet on a score of 3:0, the odds will be 1:3..."

Turning esports into gambling seems to be the reason why Lee Se-gi loves StarCraft so much, but for him, it's still just "a little gambling for fun," the real "fun" is yet to come...

Reborn individuals also enjoy gambling, mainly because Li Shuo can almost accurately know all the answers. For example, right now, he knows that the leader will be dominant for seven seasons in the future, with such strength that he rarely loses even small scores. The most exaggerated example is that he once had a record of 90 consecutive wins...

Li Shuo vaguely remembered that the record was from 11, so he blurted it out without thinking:

"Vice President, may I place a bet?"

Lee Se-ki nodded casually: "No problem, what do you want to bet on? I'll use my own account to place the bet."

Looking at the screen, which was currently showing the match between the leader and a powerful South Korean Zerg player, Li Shuo casually said, "I bet the leader and Z-ge will win 3-0. As for betting, just play around, how about 1 million won..."

Even for a chaebol, betting hundreds of millions of won is quite remarkable. Lee Se-ki laughed and asked, "Is Chairman that confident?"

Without waiting for Li Shuo's reply, he then placed a bet of 1 million Korean won on his own account...

Cult Leader VS Brother Z, 1:2, Brother Z wins, odds: 1:15

This wasn't the bet Li Shuo wanted, so he paused for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Vice President, did you place the wrong bet?"

"Yes, I made a mistake, so this time the win or loss is on me..."

Despite saying this, Lee Se-gi showed no remorse whatsoever. Meanwhile, on the monitor, due to Lee Se-gi's high bet, the odds had risen from 1:15 to 1:5.

Looking at the odds, Li Shuo quickly realized that Li Shiji had bet on the option with the second-highest odds!

The most likely outcome is Z-Ge 3-0 against the leader, but anyone who knows a little about StarCraft knows that this is almost impossible.

This information made Li Shuo vaguely realize something. He gave Li Shiji a deep look, but considering his "chairman persona," he naturally wouldn't ask on the spot.

After placing their bets, both presidents stared at the screens, and the room quieted down considerably. However, just five minutes later, Z-ge used a quick attack tactic to defeat the leader and win the first round!

The score is now 0-1. Li Shuo had previously bet on Li Shiji to win three consecutive games, which means that if Li Shiji had followed his bet, Li Shuo would have lost.

"clap clap"

Li Shuo clapped lightly, but there was no sense of defeat on his face. Instead, he looked at Li Shiji and praised him, "Thank you, Vice President. I have learned something new again."

Compared to him, Lee Se-ki seemed somewhat surprised and asked, "You guessed it?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the final result of the match was 1:2, the score that the vice president bet on. Brother Z won. Congratulations to the vice president! In such a short time, you've made 15 times your initial investment!"

Although Li Shuo spoke words of praise, he was not actually praising Li Shiji's brilliant strategy, but rather pointing out that he was manipulating the game.

"Chairman, you're amazing. Most people wouldn't imagine that I can manipulate the game." Lee Se-ki laid it all out, and then added, "Actually, I usually just play with small bets and don't often make large bets, so the people on the field aren't affected by external factors."

"But today we're just joking around with the chairman, I'm deliberately showing you my capabilities, hoping that a partner like me can make Shuoguo feel at ease..."

To be fair, Lee Se-ki's little tricks were executed very smoothly, and the process and the result were quite pleasing. It was the feeling that he valued Lee Seok highly, and the fact that he was the powerful vice chairman of Samsung made this valuing seem even more substantial.

"So this is the vice president's game. I am ashamed to admit that I am no match for it!"

Li Shuo spoke with admiration, and these were heartfelt words. Compared to him, who relied on the information gap between the reborn to win the bet, Li Shiji created the information gap himself. This was similar to what Li Shuo had always pursued. Of course, based on his moral bottom line, what he was pursuing was not this kind of low-level skill competition.

Then, he changed the subject and asked:

"But as far as I know, the leader is not a contracted player of Three Stars, so how could he possibly listen to the vice president's arrangements?"

The leader is the only e-sports player that Lee Seok has confirmed to be signed in the United States. Later, as the Shuoguo Group took root and developed in South Korea, he and Heo Yoon-mi became the earliest signed artists of Shuoguo Entertainment's South Korean branch. Theoretically, he should not be affected by Samsung.

Li Shiji laughed and casually said, "I've seen the leader's information. I know he was one of the earliest signed artists of your Shuoguo Entertainment. He's not easily affected by outside influences in various competitions, but everyone has friends and family. If he's unaffected, what about his friends and managers? Besides, the leader is currently discussing marriage..."

In the end, it wasn't said that the cult leader was affected in that way, but Li Shuo already understood.

That was the end of the discussion about esports. After a while, Lee Se-ki led Lee Seok out of the esports room.

While the two presidents were away, the people outside were naturally not idle. They were enthusiastically discussing the specific "cooperation details." Sanxing and Shuoguo were extremely terrifying behemoths, and their cooperation could not be confirmed in just one or two days.

Furthermore, if the two chairpersons have identified the main trunk of the tree, then Attorney Kim, Han Eun-jung, and others have only identified the branches. Further cooperation in more specific areas will require the involvement of lower-level departments, such as Shuoguo Construction and Sanxing Culture.

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"In the broader framework, Samsung will primarily collaborate with Shuoguo in three areas..."

"First, Samsung will invest 1000 billion won, plus 5% of Samsung Construction's shares, in exchange for 10% of Sukkook Construction's equity..."

"Secondly, the Sanxing Media, Sanxing Agency, and other Sanxing cultural business groups will support Shuoguo Entertainment. The cooperation projects will include at least popular TV programs, long-term collaborations with their well-known artists, and cooperation on more than three film and television projects within the next year..."

"Third, Sanxing Military will sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Shuoguo Security, including a commissioned training agreement and a civilian security equipment supply agreement..."

On the way back to the company, Han Enqing explained in detail to Li Shuo the three collaborations that had been reached that day.

After listening attentively, Li Shuo couldn't help but smile knowingly: "Although the details of the cooperation have not yet been finalized, the operations department of Shuoguo Group needs to come up with some promotional plans immediately so as not to waste this opportunity."

"Okay, I understand!" Han Eun-jung was a little excited. Only a South Korean like her understood that the biggest benefit of cooperating with Samsung was the publicity effect that the "cooperation" itself could play!

South Korea is a society where materialism is rampant, and Samsung is the number one brand here. The role that this brand plays in the development of companies like Samsung Group is even greater than the cooperation itself!

Li Shuo understood this as well, but he wouldn't deliberately emphasize Samsung's strength. Instead, he suggested, "Please also publicize this within the company. For this collaboration, we're contributing resources from China. As for other matters related to Shiya, there's no need to mention them..."