The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

In January 2009, on a very ordinary weekend, Wang Yifei and Fang Zongxi once again went to a private restaurant in downtown Harbin for a meal.

The two have established a romantic relationship and spend almost every day together.

Because they were classmates at the training center and saw each other every day.

When we finally get a vacation, we'll go out and travel together.

Since starting a relationship, Wang Yifei has noticeably reduced the number of times she goes home and the amount of time she spends at home.

During this break, she went out on a date again.

When Liu Xiaoli found out, she looked at Wang Duoyu with a smile: "Your little darling has gone out on a date with her boyfriend again. Don't you have any thoughts about it?"

The latter rolled his eyes at her:
"Men should marry when they come of age and women should marry when they come of age. How old is Qianqian now? She will get married sooner or later. She can't stay single forever, can she?"

It would be absolutely impossible to say that I didn't feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable.

After all, Wang Yifei is his biological daughter, a child he has cherished and raised since childhood. Now that she is an adult, she is about to enter the marriage hall and have children. How could his feelings not be complicated?
“It’s not like you can’t afford to support her,” Liu Xiaoli continued to tease.

Wang Duoyu replied, "I'm not that selfish!"

After saying that, he stopped paying attention to Liu Xiaoli and got up to go to the study of the villa.

The global financial crisis that broke out last September began to spread to the real economy after October, and has now begun to trigger a global economic recession.

Banks tightened lending across the board due to tight funds, making it impossible for businesses to obtain financing, and investment and production stagnated.

Due to falling housing prices and a stock market crash, residents' wealth shrank significantly, and consumer spending plummeted, causing the entire U.S. economy to fall into negative growth starting in the third quarter of 2008.

In addition, the US stock market crash triggered a major earthquake in the global financial markets, with stock markets in Europe, Japan, and emerging markets all falling by more than 50 percent, and the global stock market capitalization evaporated by more than 30 trillion US dollars.

It's even more terrifying than the original timeline.

Commodity prices have plummeted, especially international oil prices, which have now fallen to $28 per barrel, a drop of more than 80 percent.

Furthermore, Want Want Group had already largely cleared its crude oil reserves before 2008, and after 2008, it only maintained the most basic production needs, clearing out all other reserves.

Given the current extremely low price of crude oil, Wang Duoyu plans to have people start buying crude oil now.

Although the small solar array has not yet been revealed, oil prices may continue to plummet in the future.

However, Wang Duoyu still needs to purchase crude oil because many companies under the Want Want Group still need oil.

China cannot go without oil forever, because oil is industrial gold, and every industrial chain needs to use oil.

Starting last October, the U.S. Congress passed the $700 billion TARP (Troubled Asset Rescue Program) to acquire the bad assets of financial institutions and inject capital into banks.

Unfortunately, the actual funds used in the project were only a little over 20 billion US dollars.

Because most of the non-performing assets were acquired by Want Want Group.

However, companies such as AIG, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac were nationalized to prevent the complete collapse of the financial system.

In addition, there are companies such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which were originally planned to become bank holding companies, but this timeline has been acquired by Want Want Group.

The Want Want Group has ample funds and does not need to borrow from the Federal Reserve; it can adjust its finances independently.

After all, in October of last year, after completing the acquisition, Want Want Group began to inject capital and expand its shares, which completely squeezed out other shareholders and then successfully completed the privatization.

Wang Duoyu sat in his study and remotely issued orders to O'Brien, Zheng Baoyin, Allen Costa, and others via video call.

Prioritize arrangements for the New Year's plans in 2009.

This year's year-end summary meeting is scheduled for a week before the Spring Festival. After the meeting, we'll celebrate the Spring Festival together.

Because the Spring Festival this year falls on January 26th, the grand event was held on January 19th, which is the Little New Year in the south.

There are two main reasons why the annual meeting is being held so late.

One reason is that the Spring Festival is relatively early, and O'Brien and other executives all hope to spend this year's Spring Festival in mainland China.

The rapid economic development of mainland China today has attracted worldwide attention.

In the past, O'Brien and his ilk might not have understood why Wang Duoyu was so determined to invest heavily in mainland China and so optimistic about its economic development.

Now they understand completely.

Leaving aside the Ice City, which was heavily renovated by Wang Duoyu, Shanghai, a megacity that has undergone reform and opening up, has seen its economic development surpass the level of the original time period.

At this point in early 2009, the three-piece super skyscraper set from the original timeline had been fully completed.

The famous Tomson Riviera and other buildings are already in place.

Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport have the highest passenger traffic in China, and they are among the top airports in the world.

In addition, cities such as Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Qingdao have experienced economic growth rates that are almost equivalent to those around 2015 in the original timeline.

The speed of internet development is even more rapid.

Therefore, with rapid economic development and the rapid popularization of technological products, everyone's daily life is being changed.

It's like letting everyone live in a future city, so O'Brien and the others really like it.

The second reason is that the Spring Festival is a bit early this year, so we'll celebrate it together.

Of course, Wang Duoyu knew that this was not the main reason.

After the financial crisis broke out last year, shootings occurred on Wall Street, which made O'Brien and other executives somewhat fearful.

Allen Costa and the others were not very willing to stay in New York, or even in the United States.

This is because there is a pervasive sense of hatred towards the wealthy on the American internet and even in society as a whole.

That's why Allen Costa and his team came up with this excuse to come to the mainland for the Spring Festival.

Wang Duoyu was quite welcoming of them coming to the mainland for the holidays, but he still needed them to keep a facade in place and try their best not to let the outside world know about the unusual nature of this group of 'European maverick conglomerates'.

However, there aren't many problems, because even the Raptor Fund has a large investment in mainland China and has many assets in many major cities in mainland China.

To put it simply, Want Want Group has invested in many city plazas in mainland China, and it can be said that it has played a very important role in promoting the economic development of mainland China.

"Alright, let's call it a day for today's meeting." Wang Duoyu ended the video call.

At that moment, his study door was pushed open, and his two children, Wang Sixin and Wang Ruoxi, walked in.

"Grandpa's ready to eat."

"it is good!"

Wang Duoyu, who is only 53 years old, is already of grandfatherly age.

Time flies like a galloping horse!

At the dining table, Wang Yifei hadn't returned yet, and Bai Doufu added with a smile:

"My older sister has been out all day. I wonder if she had a good time? Oh, I'm so envious!" Liu Xiaoli added with a smile.

"You can be envious, but you can't start dating too early; you're not an adult yet."

"Mom, I look down on people my age these days. They're all too immature. I'm already a freshman in college, and they're only in their final year of junior high or high school."

Bai Doufu was born in 1993, so she's sixteen years old this year, but not yet a full-year age.

Those her age are mostly middle school students, with a very small number being gifted children or super geniuses, such as Gong Yao, her lifelong rival.

Unfortunately, Gong Yao is a girl, otherwise Liu Xiaoli would have supported Bai Doufu's early romance.

After all, Gong Yao is quite formidable now.

"Okay, okay, you won't date anyone early, alright?" Liu Xiaoli coaxed her like a child.

"I never wanted to date so early in the first place. Dating now is too childish," Bai Doufu snorted.

Just then, a commotion came from outside the door. Bai Doufu immediately got up and rushed out, and Wang Junxian, Wang Ruoxi, and Wang Sixin also ran out as fast as they could.

Sure enough, a red sedan was parked in the small courtyard at the entrance; it was Wang Yifei's car.

This car is very beautiful; it's the famous Bentley.

The Bentley brand was acquired by the Want Want Group in the 1990s, or more accurately, by BMW.

Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce have both been acquired by Mercedes-Benz and Audi, respectively.

European old car brands are indeed excellent, after all, they have nearly a century of industrial foundation.

Wang Yifei really likes the Bentley brand because its cars are of very high quality and have excellent performance.

This red Bentley is very stylish, and its performance is a pinnacle of automotive engineering.

"Big sister, you're back. Why didn't you stay out overnight?"

As soon as Bai Doufu opened his mouth, Wang Yifei angrily raised her hand and slapped him:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to stay overnight?"

Her top priority right now is to complete her astronaut training and get into space as soon as possible, not to get married and have children.

Dating can be taken slowly.

There's no rush to talk things out slowly over a few years.

Moreover, Fang Zongxi himself is not in a hurry. He also has his own life goals. The two of them have very similar values ​​now, and they have already pledged their lives to each other. If there are no other unexpected events, they will most likely be bound together for life.

So dating is just dating, marriage is still a long way off.

Many people now get married in their mid-twenties, advocating for better births and late marriages and childbirth.

Both Fang Zongxi and Wang Yifei strongly agree with this point.

We get along well in terms of personality, share the same values, have stable jobs, and have similar goals. We are both highly intelligent, so we don't have the petty squabbles that are common in ordinary boyfriend-girlfriend relationships.

Leaving aside Wang Yifei's own savings, Fang Zongxi himself has accumulated several million yuan over the years through prize money from competitions and other events.

Moreover, he doesn't have much desire to spend money. The government covers all his food, lodging, and transportation, or the projects allocate these things to him, so he doesn't need to worry about them at all.

For example, in the national project that Fang Zongxi is currently involved in, he personally owns an Audi A6 as his mode of transportation and also has a driver.

It can be said that he is one of the representatives of the ceiling for ordinary people.

"Hey lady, did you have a fight with your boyfriend?"

Bai Doufu nimbly jumped away and continued to provoke her sister, which made Wang Yifei grit her teeth and chase after her to hit her.

The two sisters played around for a while, and it ended with Bai Doufu admitting defeat.

Because Wang Yifei trains every day at the astronaut training center, her physical fitness is extremely strong. How could Bai Tofu possibly be her match?

Typical example of someone who's bad at games but loves to play.

"Sisi, come sit down for a while, let's chat."

Liu Xiaoli waved and said that after her daughter sat down, she would ask a few questions about Wang Yifei's situation at the astronaut training center.

After chatting for a short while, Liu Xiaoli steered the conversation to Fang Zongxi.

Fang Zongxi is Wang Yifei's acknowledged boyfriend, and Wang Duoyu didn't raise any questions, so Liu Xiaoli naturally wouldn't object.

In fact, even if Liu Xiaoli objected, it wouldn't make a difference.

Wang Yifei is not a child; she can decide her own life and has her own judgment. Even if Liu Xiaoli is her mother, she cannot influence her decisions.

As for Wang Duoyu, he had already pushed Wang Yifei's various thresholds to their limits, making it impossible for her to be interested in those so-called "phoenix men" (men from humble backgrounds who achieve success).

The term "phoenix man" generally refers to rural men who come from poor backgrounds and enter urban life through education or hard work.

Fang Zongxi is not a man from humble beginnings; he is a genius.

Although Fang Zongxi comes from a poor rural family, his lifestyle may differ from Wang Yifei's.

But Wang Yifei also frequently returns to Dahonggou Village, as she comes from a rural family.

Fang Zongxi's personal experience changed dramatically from the moment he entered the National University of Defense Technology's Junior Class.

Moreover, he is now a payload specialist astronaut with a bright future, so he cannot be defined as a "phoenix man" (a man from a poor background who achieves success).

Therefore, Wang Duoyu will definitely not interfere with Wang Yifei's choice of her future partner.

Liu Xiaoli had to end the conversation after chatting for a while because Wang Yifei hadn't revealed any useful information.

Fang Zongxi was her classmate at the astronaut training center, and Wang Duoyu had already given Liu Xiaoli his family information.

So there doesn't seem to be much to say.

Wang Yifei said that Fang Zongxi is a gentle person, but he is very stubborn and has his own ideas on some technical issues.

However, Fang Zongxi still doesn't know Wang Duoyu's identity; otherwise, he certainly wouldn't be as calm as he is now.

"Big Fish Bro, my mom has asked so many questions, don't you care at all?"

Seeing that her mother remained silent, Wang Yifei turned to her father, smiled, and hugged his arm, asking him a question.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Duoyu asked:
"Sisi, when are you planning to marry him?"

The next moment, Wang Yifei was speechless, while Bai Doufu, Liu Xiaoli, and Wang Jun'an burst into laughter.

This decisive statement contains a lot of information.

"Big Fish, are you in such a hurry to get me married off?" Wang Yifei's eyes immediately reddened, and she said with a wronged expression.

This appearance is just like a kitten abandoned by its owner, pitiful and weak. (End of Chapter)