Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 293 - Chapter 293 Chapter 293 Gloomy Clouds

Chapter 293: Chapter 293 Gloomy Clouds Chapter 293: Chapter 293 Gloomy Clouds Seeing that things were almost resolved, Lin Xiaoyun, who was standing aside, stared at Wang Hao, and suddenly her eyes shone brightly. She darted forward, grabbed Wang Hao’s arm, and said urgently, “Bro, let’s talk about something!”

“Eh? What’s up?” This was a life-and-death friendship, albeit for a peculiar reason, but certainly a genuine one. Curious, Wang Hao asked, “Sister Yun, what’s wrong?”

Lin Xiaoyun took a deep breath, then finally bit her lip hard and said, “My company is in trouble, I need your help. Can you?”

Eh? What’s this situation?

“Ah? Company?!” As soon as Sister Yun mentioned a company, Wang Hao’s eyes widened, “What company? I’ve always wanted to ask, Sister Yun, are you in some kind of difficulty?”

Today has been terribly unlucky, the arrival of Sister Lin certainly has its reasons–didn’t she say she has a company?

“I own an animation company, and now it’s facing a major crisis,” Lin Xiaoyun sighed softly, then said, “The company was left to me by my late father. When my father was alive, the business was doing well, but since I took over, you know about my luck…”

“Animation company?” Wang Hao looked at Lin Xiaoyun, “What’s wrong, Sister Yun, your company’s performance isn’t good?”

“Yeah,” Lin Xiaoyun sighed, “Animation has been sluggish in recent years, and nobody is watching the manga we produce…”

It sounds like a big deal, but this is simple!

I know all about stuff like animations! Naruto, Bleach, One Piece! Any one of those is an incredible hit!

Wang Hao’s eyes widened instantly, and without saying another word, he opened the car door, “Let’s go, go, go, take me to see your company first!”

“Ah? We’re going now?” Lin Xiaoyun looked at the dusty Wang Hao, then at herself, “Is this really okay? I haven’t finished explaining what’s going on…”

What’s wrong with that? An animation company! It’s just that I have so many great ideas in my head that aren’t being used!

“Get in the car first!” Wang Hao started the car, then instructed Xia Xueqi, “Xueqi, I’m going to deal with some things with Sister Yun. Please handle things here!”

Xia Xueqi quickly agreed, “Okay, Brother Hao!”

Seeing that Wang Hao was serious, Lin Xiaoyun sighed and got in the car without further objection.

The Maserati drew a smooth curve and set off!

On the road, Wang Hao asked, “Sister Yun, did you literally fall out of the sky today because of this?”

Sighing at Wang Hao’s mention of the incident, Lin Xiaoyun recounted, “I’ve been unlucky from a young age, it’s like I’ve always been jinxed! In primary school, I had seventeen or eighteen different teachers. In middle school, the school leaders dodged me like I was a plague. In high school, it was even better; within a year, three school leaders had car accidents and had to be hospitalized!”

Wang Hao listened, absolutely stunned, “You’re invincible, Sister!”

“That’s not all, at university, any boy who had anything to do with me, even just talking to me,” Lin Xiaoyun said helplessly, “would either tumble down the stairs or fall off the bed at night. After graduating, I thought about starting a business. The first year – economic crisis, loss. Second year – warehouse fire, another loss. Third year – flooding, the entire company was underwater. Two years ago, my dad passed away, and after three years of my earnest efforts, I finally managed to reduce the company’s total assets from three million…”

Wang Hao asked, “To how much?”

Lin Xiaoyun took a deep breath, “One million.”

“Damn it!” Wang Hao admired her to the heavens, “Three years and not only did you not make money, but you also lost two million?”

“Yeah,” Lin Xiaoyun said in dismay, “These past two years we haven’t had any notable works, and our funds are extremely tight. Plus, with my rotten luck… now the staff are all threatening to resign. My sister hasn’t slept for three days and nights because of this…”

Wang Hao was shocked, “And then you just zoned out on the balcony?”

“That’s right,” Lin Xiaoyun shrugged helplessly, “Lucky for me that you came running downstairs! Your unluckiness is way fiercer than mine. I don’t know how it happened, but the balcony railing broke, I wasn’t paying attention and fell, and landed right on you!”

Wang Hao: “…”

Now Wang Hao completely understood!

No wonder she said she was unlucky, and then she met someone even unluckier. She wanted to see just how unlucky a person could get. So, this was the whole story…

Poor thing, it really hasn’t been easy for her to make it to this point!

Just think, if someone was rolling dice for luck, and every day for the past twenty-nine years they ended up unlucky…

Oh crap, just thinking about it gives me the chills, don’t you think?!

“But speaking of which,” Lin Xiaoyun suddenly cheered up as she said this: “You’re so unlucky yet still doing so well, compared to you, my situation is still acceptable!”

Wang Hao: “…”

Well said! So inspirational!

While Wang Hao was still stunned, he suddenly felt the lucky dice in his pocket move, and as he turned his head, he saw a stream of dark energy fly out from Lin Xiaoyun’s forehead and into his own…

Oh what the hell, what does this mean?

Wang Hao was puzzled, and then he felt like he was undergoing some kind of amazing transformation!

The change was similar to when he absorbed the energy of the Dust bead; it was as if every aspect of his body’s attributes had improved!

Could it be this good?!

Wang Hao moved his arms… Awesome! He felt great all over! He checked the traffic… Holy shit, he could even see two stray dogs mating in the grass on the roadside! He took a deep breath… and didn’t feel the smog at all!

Wahaha! That’s what they mean by surviving a great disaster and bound to have good fortune afterwards!

“Brother?” Lin Xiaoyun looked at the dumbstruck Wang Hao and asked, “What are you thinking about? Got scared?”

Scared? This is more like striking gold, isn’t it?

“No worries, with someone even more unlucky than me, you definitely won’t be unlucky in the future!” Wang Hao said cheerfully: “Actually, the trouble you mentioned is just the lack of works, right?”

“Yes,” Lin Xiaoyun said helplessly: “I know it’s a bit much to ask, but I really had no other choice…”

“No problem at all!” Such good luck is hard to find even with a lantern! Wang Hao agreed without hesitation: “Sister Yun, just tell me what you need me to do. Maybe I should just go ahead and invest outright!”

“You’re really… willing to help?” Now it was Lin Xiaoyun’s turn to be stunned: “I’m serious, I’m not joking with you! I’m truly at my wit’s end, grasping at straws! Aren’t you afraid of being swindled by investing?”

“The thing is, I’m not joking either,” Wang Hao looked at Lin Xiaoyun: “So it’s just a lack of works and funding problems right? Those are trivial matters, you can just rest easy!”

“Is… is that true?” Lin Xiaoyun had not expected Wang Hao to agree so readily. Could this new “brother” she acknowledged really solve the company’s crisis?

Yes! He most certainly could!

All his life he had been unlucky, and today he truly hoped that fortune would smile upon him just this once! Just once!

Lin Xiaoyun’s company was located within the Third Ring Road of JH City, on the sixth floor of an eight-story office building. The two took the elevator up, and as soon as they arrived, Wang Hao couldn’t help but laugh–Golden Cloud Animation Technology Company!

Nice name, I like it!

Wang Hao looked around at the entrance for a moment, and then followed Lin Xiaoyun through the doors.

As soon as he entered, he saw the entire office in gloom; more than twenty employees looked worried and downcast. When they walked in, not a single person paid any attention, creating a chilling atmosphere.

A middle-aged man was sitting at a desk, drawing with a pen, his eyes full of bloodshot veins, his hair a total mess, seemingly not having been tended to for months. The floor around his feet was littered with crumpled waste paper. He drew for a while, clearly dissatisfied with the result, violently tore it up, and then bowed his head to continue sketching a new design.

Lin Xiaoyun whispered an introduction: “This is our company’s chief artist, named Zhang Zhengyang. He’s been like this every day, constantly unhappy with his drawings, almost driving himself mad!”

“Were his earlier drawings not up to par either?” Wang Hao asked softly: “Is it a lack of skill or what?”

“Sigh,” Lin Xiaoyun sighed, “He’s been rejected too many times over the past two years, it’s almost shattered his confidence! He always thinks that it’s his fault the works get rejected, he’s nearly depressed.”

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Dammit, I hurt my kidney a bit while passing stones, lucky it’s not a big problem, I can handle it!

I need some comfort, wuwuwu…

A man with a bad kidney, how can I happily go on with gettin’ it on in the future…

Tears on a sprint!