His Genius Wife is a Superstar

Afterwards, they met the people who sold the properties. Iris learned that these were the middle-aged children of the original owners who already died. These descendants had no interest in saving their parents' bankrupt businesses. All they had left were empty, abandoned properties in total disrepair. They tried to sell many times in the past but nobody was interested in this old, dying commercial district.

Throughout the years, they could only swallow the financial loss while working regular jobs with their own families in other cities. They already lost hope in selling the useless properties that they inherited from their deceased parents until a representative from Jin Corporation contacted them one day.

Jin Corporation showed interest in purchasing residential properties in the old commercial district. The negotiations were already in the final stages.

The current owners of the mall and concert hall thought that Jin Corporation would also buy their properties but they were wrong.

Jin Liwei came in person and sealed the deal on the same day. He even paid the money in full.

However, the name of the new owner that he wrote on the registration documents wasn't his own but his wife instead—Long Xiulan, or more known as the celebrity Iris Long.

Even if the sellers wanted to say something about this husband's weird display of affection towards his wife, they decided that it was wiser to just take the money and keep their mouths shut. Inside their minds, however, they couldn't help but criticize Jin Liwei.

What kind of husband, especially a multibillionaire like Jin Liwei, would give an old, dilapidated mall and concert hall to his wife as a gift?

Why would he give this kind of odd gift?

Wouldn't his wife find it insulting instead?

Or was this some kind of sign that the marriage between Jin Liwei and Iris Long wasn't doing well? Were the two having marital problems already?

Well, it wouldn't surprise people. Marriage involving celebrities and the rich rarely lasted for a lifetime. Divorce was extremely common.

Now that the sellers met Iris Long in person though, they realized that their assumptions were wrong once again. Not only did she not disdain her husband's gift, she even looked excited.

The sellers couldn't understand no matter how much they tried to wrack their brains. The only conclusion they could make was that Jin Liwei and Iris Long were both abnormal. Far from having marital problems, the two were obviously perfect for each other. Only a weird person could get along with another weird one so perfectly.

The couple and their entourage followed the sellers in a tour around the old commercial district. Some of the buildings were not safe to enter without proper protection gear so they only stayed outside.

This was also the time when the sellers realized that Iris Long wasn't a simple woman. To be honest, they had this preconception that she was just a celebrity trophy wife to a billionaire. Even when her reputation had improved a lot in the last couple of years and had even established multiple thriving companies, they thought all this was just the products of a successful public branding.

As they spoke with her, they realized that she was much more than met the eye. She was actually the one who asked most of the questions about the old commercial district and not Jin Liwei. Her questions were also all professional and relevant. She wasn't just asking for the sake of saying something. She also seemed genuinely curious to know more about the old commercial district.

When the tour was over, the sellers' impression of Iris Long had changed completely. They admired this kind of smart and beautiful woman who had enough self-confidence to act independently from her husband when needed.

Now they also knew that all the bad rumours about Iris Long in the past must be the products of a deliberate smear campaign against her. Most of the rumours before described her as a pretty vase without brains but filled with narcissism and self-importance instead.

This rumour was the opposite of the Iris Long that they met today. Indeed, it was important to believe only the things that one saw with one's own eyes.

Iris and Jin Liwei bid the sellers goodbye and left the old commercial district via their helicopter. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

Inside the helicopter, Iris finally saw a bird's eye view of the entire old commercial district. The place itself was not that big but the surrounding area could be annexed to the district. It was a possibility that needed to be considered.

In the next few days, Iris moved quickly. She handed the old commercial district's revival project to Eve Holdings. Orchidia, Gold Heights and Phantom Dragon Funds were all involved as well.

At the same time, Jin Corporation also finalized the negotiations and secured the residential properties in the old commercial district.

The next Monday, Jin Corporation and Eve Holdings released a joint statement announcing their cooperation to revive the old commercial district. They also received the local government's support.

Before this announcement was made, no big businesses were interested in reviving the dying commercial district. It wasn't worth it to spend such a huge amount of money for nothing when there were much better business opportunities in bigger emerging cities.

But after hearing that Jin Corporation had signed up for the revival project, other businesses started to take notice. They sent representatives to investigate the state of the old commercial district. If there was potential, then they might also invest in the revival project. The investigation results weren't optimistic, though. Most concluded that it would be a huge waste of time and money to invest in a thankless revival project like this.

Of course, many didn't dare directly criticize Jin Corporation. They thought that it only signed up for the revival project to show support for Eve Holdings which was the company owned by their boss' wife.

Many believed that Eve Holdings would be dragging Jin Corporation down with this hopeless revival project.

Iris was too busy with family and work to care about other unimportant people's opinions. She didn't give a whit about all the criticisms at all.

Jin Liwei, on the other hand, was unforgiving. He refused to allow others to wrong his wife even if she didn't care. He sent his lawyer, Atty. Kang Huizhong, to intimidate all the critics.