I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 690 Spending the Weekend in Shanghai with Wife and Kids
Fang Qingye only learned of this news the next day at noon, when Bai Ou called him and explained the whole story in detail.

It turns out that Lü Yang was also a graduate of a prestigious university. After graduation, he first joined a technology company, and later started his own e-commerce company. He paid for his own MBA, during which time he met Qian Xiaoli.

Due to poor management and mounting debts, he was desperate and thought of Qian Xiaoli from his MBA class. Knowing that she was a rich second-generation heiress who was also single, he decided to commit fraud under the guise of dating.

He presents himself as a successful person, with a handsome appearance and an extraordinary demeanor, and quickly wins the heart of a girl.

He had already swindled 1000 million yuan and was about to run away according to his plan, but greed knows no bounds. Seeing that Qian Xiaoli, a rich and beautiful woman, was very infatuated with him, he wanted to swindle more.

Unexpectedly, during the National Day holiday, he bragged too much while having hot pot with Fang Qingye and the others, and his fake identity was exposed. Later, Xie Lidong accompanied Qian Xiaoli to Hangzhou to conduct an on-site investigation, and they saw his true colors.

“Lu Yang has now been criminally detained and will definitely be prosecuted for fraud in the future. He defrauded 10 million yuan, which, according to current Chinese law, carries a sentence of at least 1000 years. However, the funds may not be fully recovered. According to Lu Yang’s confession, some of the money has already been squandered.”

"How is Qian Xiaoli's mood now that you've managed to cut your losses?" Fang Qingye asked.

“I think it’s alright, not as bad as I imagined. She said that Xie Lidong accompanied her for the two days in Hangzhou.”

"Who is Jie Lidong?" Fang Qingye couldn't remember for a moment.

"That's the engineer from Tomorrow Cube that I sent with Xiaoli to Hangzhou for on-site investigation. He's the deputy director of the data processing center and a doctoral student in computer science at Beijing University."

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Fang Qingye had some impression.

In recent years, the various technology companies under his management have been constantly recruiting people. Fang Qingye is not as impressed by these PhDs and Masters as the first batch, such as Zhou Shengxuan and his group.

"I remember Jie Lidong was from Shaanxi Province? He lived in a cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau?"

"Yes, Xiaoli said he is very knowledgeable and has given her a lot of comfort these past two days in Hangzhou."

"Huh? I didn't know this STEM guy could comfort girls?"

"Yes, I think Qian Xiaoli has a very good impression of him."

"Really? I do hope that Qian Xiaoli can meet some new, outstanding boys, so that she can get over this painful past more quickly."

"That depends on fate."

After chatting for a while, Fang Qingye hung up the phone.

Time flew by and it was already late October. Today was Friday noon, and Fang Qingye finished breakfast and prepared to take a car to Shanghai.

His wife and children are currently in Shanghai, so he usually spends weekends there. He typically leaves Nanxin around 11 PM. The reason he left earlier today is because Zhiyun Technology received an invitation from the organizing committee of the Hong Kong Fintech Summit yesterday to attend the "2015 Fintech Summit" to be held in early November.

The summit, officially named the "2015 Financial Times & EY FinTech Summit," was jointly organized by the Financial Times, a leading global financial media outlet, and Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four accounting firms.

The forum discussed topics including global fintech trends and disruptive technologies such as blockchain and digital currencies, cross-border payments, and smart contracts; artificial intelligence and big data; regulatory innovation and compliance technology; and fintech business models.

Zhiyun Technology was invited by the organizing committee to participate in the summit because it developed Zhiyun Payment SCP, the first blockchain-based payment system to be put into practical use.

This was a big event, and Fang Qingye rushed over to discuss with the executives of Zhiyun Technology whether to participate and what the speech should include.

So he has to leave early.

The Mercedes-Benz sped along the highway, and after more than two hours it turned onto the S20 outer ring expressway, preparing to exit at the Shanghai-Jiading Interchange toll station to go to Pudong. Fang Qingye suddenly noticed a Mercedes-Benz S500 in front of him with a Jiangsu Province license plate. Upon closer inspection, he realized it belonged to Qian Xiaoli.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Qingye took out her phone and made a call: "Xiaoli, you've come to Shanghai?"

"Yes, Yezi, how did you know?"

"My car is right behind yours, haha."

"Oh, I see. Are you planning to spend the weekend in Shanghai with Bai Ou?"

"Yes, and you? Are you in Shanghai on business?"

"Yes, there's something." Qian Xiaoli hesitated a couple of times on the phone without going into details, and Fang Qingye naturally didn't press her for details.

"Come visit my house sometime."

"Okay, no problem." After chatting for a few minutes, the two hung up the phone, and Qian Xiaoli's Mercedes-Benz exited the toll station and quickly disappeared into the traffic.

Fang Qingye also took a car straight to the Shencheng International Financial Building. He took the elevator to the 38th floor and went to the office of Tuofang Technology instead of Zhiyun Technology to visit Bai Ou.

Bai Ou was looking at documents in her office when he knocked and came in. Knowing he had something to discuss, she asked, "Didn't you go to Zhiyun Technology to see Xin Tiejun?"

"I just arrived and came to see you first," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"Let me pour you some tea."

"No need, you go about your business." Fang Qingye sat on the sofa and remembered something: "I came to Shanghai today and ran into Qian Xiaoli on the way."

"Xiaoli? She's in Shanghai too?" Bai Ou looked up at him.

"Yes, I saw her Mercedes at the Shanghai-Jiaxing Interchange toll station. I called her and asked her, but she didn't say what she was doing in Shanghai."

"Okay, I'll reply to Xiaoli on WeChat tonight and invite her over to our house when she's free," Bai Ou said.

"I've already invited them over the phone."

“Hey, Ye Zi.” Bai Ou suddenly remembered something: “Last Saturday, I was chatting with Xiao Li on WeChat. She said she was also in Shanghai, but she had some business at a friend’s house. I asked her which friend she was curious about, but she hesitated and couldn’t say clearly.”

"It's their personal privacy."

"I know, I was just asking out of curiosity."

"Alright, I'm going to Zhiyun Technology to discuss attending the forum with Xin Tiejun." Fang Qingye said, standing up and preparing to leave.

"You don't have any social engagements tonight, right? If not, come home and have my mom's seafood noodles with clam soup!" Bai Ou asked.

"Where would I find such good food? I'd even turn down social engagements!"

While Fang Qingye and Bai Ou were chatting in the office building on the 38th floor of the Shencheng Financial Building, Qian Xiaoli was sitting in her Mercedes-Benz, which was parked on a street not far from the Shencheng Financial Building.

"Hey, I've arrived in Shanghai. You're downstairs at your office building."

"But I can't get off work until 5:30 at the earliest."

"Then I'll find a hotel to stay in first, and we'll have dinner together after you get off work."

"Just grab something to eat? Don't go for a fancy meal, it's a complete waste!"

"Alright then, can I have Qishan Saozi Noodles from your Qin Province?"

"I love this!"

"I'll send you a WeChat message later, bye-bye."

"Bye-Bye."

"Lidong, who's treating you to a big meal? Why aren't you going?" A male colleague in the data processing center asked curiously as Jie Lidong finished his phone call.

"Do not ask!"

"How about we have some barbecue and drinks tonight? And maybe invite a few of our buddies?" the male colleague asked with a grin.

"Sorry, I'm not free tonight."

"Oh, it's the Beginning of Winter! What's going on lately? Is someone waiting for you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not true." Jie Lidong vehemently denied it.

Fang Qingye arrived at the Zhiyun Technology office area and went straight to Xin Tiejun's office. He knocked on the door and went in, only to find that he wasn't alone. Xin Tiejun, Lin Tao, and the core team of Zhiyun Technology were all there, as was Huang Tao.

Upon seeing Fang Qingye enter, Xin Tiejun exclaimed excitedly, "President Fang, our distributed ledger platform, Distributed Cloud Ledger, has been successfully developed!"

(End of this chapter)