Chapter 3365: Put Your Heart at Ease

Ye Chen and his wife were having dinner with Tawana and Trevor when Master Hong Wu was unusually glued to his phone.

Tonight, on all major social media and messaging apps, the news of Tawana coming to Jin Ling flooded the feeds, so he happily discovered that the probability of Tianxiang Mansion appearing on all major platforms was actually very high, and he kept seeing his own restaurant's name pop up as he scrolled.

This reminded him of what Ye Chen had just told him: with such high fame now, opening a branch seemed like a natural progression.

Outside the door, a large number of reporters were still staking out.

They hoped that after Tawana finished her meal and came out, she would agree to an interview with them.

Even if she couldn't accept an interview, at least they could get a chance to shoot some firsthand photos and videos to release.

The media reporters told the waiter outside that they hoped to interview the owner of Tianxiang Mansion.

When the waiter conveyed this request to Master Hong Wu, Master Hong Wu became extremely nervous.

In the past, Master Hong Wu was the underground emperor of this city; back then he was proud and complacent, feeling that his life had already reached its peak.

But since meeting Ye Chen, he gradually realized that he was actually truly of humble origins, and his current situation was also very humble.

The underground emperor identity he used to be proud of has now become the deepest source of his inferiority.

He felt that someone like him, of grassroots origin, in front of Ye Chen, a young master from a great family, simply had nothing to show for himself everywhere.

Yet even so, Ye Chen not only did not look down on him at all, but instead kept promoting him.

Nowadays, to help him establish a foundation for a new business, Ye Chen even invited such a big star to dine at his restaurant, which made him feel even more grateful to Ye Chen, while also making him feel even more inferior.

He wasn't afraid that Ye Chen would look down on him, but rather afraid that after he became famous, someone would dig up his old secrets.

If that happened, not only would his Tianxiang Mansion be greatly affected, but even the reputation of his star friend Ye Chen might be implicated.

So now he also dared not accept media interviews, and could only have the waiter refuse their interview requests.

At the same time, he also wanted to find an opportunity to ask Ye Chen whether his past identity would cause trouble for Tianxiang Mansion's future development.

If it would cause trouble, then he might as well not join this frenzy; anyway, being able to follow Ye Chen around, attending to his needs, he would already be very satisfied.

More than an hour later, Ye Chen, his wife, and Tawana and her group finished their dinner.

Tawana carefully wiped her mouth and exclaimed: "The food at this restaurant is delicious, thank you, Mr. Ye, for your warm hospitality."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "You still have a few days to stay in Jin Ling; if you have time, you can keep coming back. The boss here and I are very close, and he will entertain you well for me."

Tawana nodded repeatedly, smiling and saying: "I know Mr. Ye and the boss here have a very good relationship, so before eating just now I took photos of every dish, and later I will post them on my social media account, and I will also attach the restaurant's name to do some promotion for him."

Ye Chen laughed and said: "That's great; normally, if you wanted to buy a promotional tweet from you, it would probably cost at least several million US dollars."

Tawana said somewhat embarrassedly: "Because what I post are all my own on-the-ground restaurant explorations, this kind of thing is usually more troublesome; one generally has to schedule with the agent in advance, take photos and shoot videos, and now the rate is already over twenty million US dollars per post."

Saying that, she added: "However, Mr. Ye, please rest assured, I am doing advertising for this place completely free of charge."

Ye Chen nodded and smiled: "Then I will thank you on behalf of the boss here."

While saying this, Ye Chen also felt in his heart: although Tawana is an international top-tier star, her worldly wisdom is still very much in place.

Tawana then said: "Now there should be many media reporters outside; when I go out later, I will also briefly accept their interview and answer some questions related to this place."

Ye Chen glanced at the time and smiled: "You guys rented a car, got off the plane and rushed here; you definitely also need to rest well. Later we will wrap up, and you can also go back to the hotel early."

Tawana still felt a bit reluctant and said: "It's fine, Mr. Ye, we're not very tired either; today we have no work arrangements, so we can rest well, and there's no need to rush back to the hotel too early."

Ye Chen thought: You're not in a hurry to go back to the hotel, but I still have to leave after you, and delaying too long would affect my wife's rest.

Trevor on the side said: "Honey, you just said you'd go out and accept media interviews; when you get to the hotel, there will definitely still be many media reporters surrounding and blocking you, and dealing with them might again take quite a long time."

Tawana fell silent for a moment, and also didn't want to appear too obvious in front of Trevor, so she nodded and said: "Since that's the case, then let's go to the hotel now. Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, let's meet again next time."

Ye Chen nodded and smiled: "You go back to the hotel, and we two won't go out with you; outside there are indeed too many media reporters. If they knew we were dining together with you, they would definitely surround and block us again and give us extensive coverage. We'll wait until you and the media reporters have all left before we go out."

"Okay." Tawana stood up, shook hands separately with Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, and then said: "Thank you, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye, for your warm hospitality; we'll leave first."

Ye Chen had Master Hong Wu come up, and together with Xiao Churan he saw the two to the door, then said to the rushing Master Hong Wu: "Master Hong Wu, see off the two distinguished guests."

"Okay, Master Ye." Master Hong Wu nodded slightly, and led the two to the first floor.

When the media reporters outside saw Tawana and Trevor come out, they immediately became energetic again, continuously filming the two and the nearby Master Hong Wu. Master Hong Wu saw them out the door, and the media reporters immediately swarmed up; fortunately, Tawana's staff blocked in front of her, preventing the reporters from directly rushing toward her.

The media reporters asked questions in a chaotic manner, all related to Tianxiang Mansion; they very much wanted to know: Tawana came straight from the plane to eat here, so what exactly is her evaluation of this place?

Tawana, in front of the media reporters, lavishly praised the service, food, and environment of Tianxiang Mansion, even directly calling it, in her personal opinion, the best Chinese restaurant.

Instantly, Tianxiang Mansion was pushed to the top of the domestic news hot search rankings.

Master Hong Wu never expected his restaurant to actually reach the top of the hot search; besides feeling happy, he also became more anxious, fearing that someone might choose this moment to expose his shady background online.

However, what puzzled him was that he looked for a long time under the related hot search terms, but saw not a single entry exposing his old secrets.

He himself found it suspicious, so he called his old partner Chen Zekai.

As soon as the call connected, Chen Zekai teased him: "Master Hong Wu, your Tianxiang Mansion is famous all over Dajiangnanbei tonight; how do you still have the leisure to call me?"

Master Hong Wu hurriedly said: "Oh my, President Chen, please don't tease me now; my heart is really anxious right now."

Chen Zekai laughed and asked: "What are you anxious about?"

Master Hong Wu awkwardly sighed: "Naturally, it's about my former shady background and old identity……My past history really can't withstand their deep digging……I myself don't mind, anyway this is all the path I chose back then; I'm just afraid of causing trouble for Master Ye, of letting Master Ye down."

Chen Zekai laughed and said: "Put your heart at ease; back when I left Jin Ling, before the young master let you take over my position in Jin Ling, he had already helped you thoroughly clean up, so as long as you don't go back to doing those things yourself, no one will expose your old secrets!"