In the Xia calendar year 5960, at Cloud Mountain in the Huaxia Federation, there was a certain manor.
When Lin Jiang entered, everyone in the room quietly left. Lin Jiang walked in and saw an old lady with many wrinkles lying on the bed.
"Sir."
"Please lie down and don’t get up."
"Thank you for coming to accompany me on my final journey. I am going to join my sisters."
The old lady’s face lit up with a faint red glow. Lin Jiang knew this was called a dying glow.
"I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you."
Lin Jiang remained silent for a while and then said. This old lady is called Chen Ai. She was the last secretary of the first generation of the secretarial team after I abandoned my alter ego Lin Yang. She is over ninety years old this year and is reaching the end of her life.
Lin Jiang truly felt sorry for them. These secretaries had a relationship with Lin Jiang like spouses, but without the title. Lin Jiang never lacked in material support for them, allowing them to enjoy the lifestyle of the wealthiest women in the world.
But they also lost a lot, such as hiding their true talents and achievements. They were supposed to leave a mark in history. They should have had their own children, but they didn’t. Even after many years of retirement, they were not free. Wherever they were, they were under surveillance."Sir, don’t you understand? We volunteered for this. My sisters and I all love you, love you unwaveringly."
"No one knows about your love."
"We know, that’s enough for us, sir."
"Sorry."
"Don’t apologize anymore."
"Okay."
"Sir, I’m about to die, can I see your true face one last time?"
"Okay."
Lin Jiang nodded, took off the mask on his face, which was a high-tech mask similar to those human skin masks, extremely realistic.
"Sure enough, the sisters guessed right, sir, are you a fairy?"
Chen Ai looked at Lin Jiang’s young face, feeling a bit surprised. Though he wore a mask on his face, his hands, feet, and neck could not hide the fact that his skin had never sagged or shown signs of aging.
They were all very clever women and had already figured out what was going on.
"I’m not a fairy, but I have a long life."
"Really, sir? How long can you live?"
"I don’t know, maybe even if the world ends, I will still be alive."
"That’s great, sir. You can calmly watch the world evolve. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to see it."
"I will come visit you all more often in the future."
"Sir, you are a person who does great things. You don’t need to waste time on us. Can you tell me about your past? You must have many stories."
"Okay"
Lin Jiang nodded, at this moment his cold heart softened a lot, he talked to her about many things, about the time of cultivating immortals, about ancient times.
After talking for who knows how long, Lin Jiang sighed deeply, Chen Ai had already passed away, her face still had a smile, Lin Jiang seemed to see her for the first time.
Lin Jiang rubbed his face, put on his mask again, then walked out of the room, ordering his men to arrange a grand funeral for her.
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Haigang City, a villa in a certain estate
Lin Jiang came back, Haigang City is his home base, he doesn’t like Jingdu City, he likes Haigang City, for no reason, just because he likes it.
In a huge meeting room, there are several young and pretty female secretaries waiting for Lin Jiang. They are Lin Jiang’s fourth generation of secretaries. Lin Jiang usually uses them for about thirty years. After they get old, he arranges for them to retire and they can go anywhere on this planet.
"Sir, the first manned spacecraft is ready. It will launch tomorrow at exactly twelve noon."
The secretary gave some papers to Lin Jiang and then said, "Lin Jiang picked up the papers and looked at them quietly.
In this world, the development is different from Blue Star. After World War II, space technology developed rapidly. But it was under the context of the Cold War, many technologies were born during that time.
However, in this world without the Cold War, space technology didn’t have the drive to develop. Five years ago, the first artificial satellite was successfully launched, guided by Lin Jiang.
Because of decades of peaceful living, many people lost their goals. Even the country’s technology development goals were unclear. They didn’t know how to progress, such as military technology. It stagnated after the war and developed slower in the following decades than in the previous 2-3 years.
So Lin Jiang set a new goal for this world, which is to explore space. With strong technological knowledge, the first artificial satellite was quickly launched, and now manned spacecrafts have started.
"Sir, do we need to change the name of the first manned spacecraft?"
"No, just call it Shenzhou-1, and then it will be 2, 3."
"Okay, I will reply to them to announce it publicly as soon as possible."
"Great, go ahead."
Lin Jiang waved his hand, now he was truly the underground king of Huaxia Federation. It had been almost a hundred years since he woke up in Haigang City. Many politicians had come and gone, but the current Federal Prime Minister was someone Lin Jiang had managed to push into power. As for the members of the parliament, more than half of them had close ties to him.
Among the top thirty financial conglomerates in Huaxia Federation, he directly controlled six of them. Indirectly or with the ability to influence, he had power over more than a dozen. With just a single word from him, he could shape the direction of the Federation.
Not only that, but even other countries were not free from Lin Jiang’s control. Several small countries could collapse with just a word from Lin Jiang. Even important figures in the Zhou Liao United States and Green Cloud Republic were under Lin Jiang’s influence. The mountains in the western part of the former Qing State were practically Lin Jiang’s private property now.
"Sir."
In no time, another secretary arrived, handing a document to Lin Jiang.
"Sir, these are the most promising companies selected by professional institutions. Would you like to invest in them or destroy them? Please take a look, sir."
"Let me see."
Lin Jiang nodded and began to read through the document.
In the past few decades, all groundbreaking products in society had Lin Jiang’s influence, such as the first generation computer operating system, the first generation social networking software, and more.
Lin Jiang didn’t actively invent them, but waited for some flashes of genius to start some companies, and Lin Jiang’s team would pay attention to these companies.
If Lin Jiang needs to, he will invest in them and use various methods of control. For example, the famous computer operating system company now has more than a hundred shareholders, with seventy to eighty shareholders being Lin Jiang’s people. However, they don’t know each other, and Lin Jiang doesn’t bother with how the founders operate.
Only when needed, these foreshadowings will be activated. Of course, so far, such a situation has not occurred because Lin Jiang stays hidden behind the scenes.
Now the documents in Lin Jiang’s hands are also these emerging companies selected by professional teams. Lin Jiang can choose to invest in them or destroy them.
"This is not needed, let them be."
In the end, Lin Jiang vetoed all of them. There was nothing groundbreaking among these companies. Although investing in them could earn huge wealth, he might make hundreds or thousands of times returns in just a few years.
But it was meaningless, completely meaningless. Lin Jiang no longer knew how much money he had. He truly didn’t know. Just the cash flow of those financial groups under his control is estimated to be more than trillions. As for real estate or mansions and such, it’s incalculable.
So Lin Jiang didn’t want to play the wealth growth game anymore. He was tired of it.
"Yes, sir."
"Do you have anything else to do?"
"I see that the mister is not in a good mood. How about inviting over some female stars from the entertainment company who have won awards, to cheer him up?"
The secretary said that as long as Lin Jiang nods, by tonight at the latest, the most popular female star in the Huaxia entertainment industry will appear at the villa, lined up like goods for Lin Jiang to choose from.
But neither the secretary nor the female stars would feel it was humiliating, because Lin Jiang is very generous. After a night of passion, they would receive generous rewards enough for them to live without worries for a lifetime. If Lin Jiang were willing to lower his standards, women who were willing to do this for him would come from Haigang City to the other side of the Endless Sea.
"No need."
"Yes, sir. So, tonight…"
"No need for that either. I need some quiet, leave."
Lin Jiang waved his hand, the secretary’s face changed, not daring to say more, and hurriedly left.
Lin Jiang leaned back in his chair, sighed. His desire for physical pleasure was decreasing, not because he couldn’t perform, but because he had enjoyed it too much. Pure physical pleasure was no longer interesting to him, now he wanted emotional resonance, or what is known as love.
Unfortunately, he finds it hard to find love. He easily understands what those women who approach him are thinking. It’s too boring for him.
"I finally understand why there are secretaries in the immortal cultivation era with memories of self-harm. Living for too long, becoming too insightful, they feel it’s meaningless."
Lin Jiang sighed. It’s a pity that he can’t erase memories now because that’s a secret technique in immortal cultivation. Otherwise, he would definitely erase his memories.
"It’s time for me to live a different life for a while, or else I will go crazy. A god in mortal eyes is still just a mortal, it’s boring."
Lin Jiang hesitated for a moment, then made a decision. He decided to live as someone else for a while to experience the warmth of human life. Otherwise, as a desireless and indifferent god, he felt his existence as a human was becoming meaningless.