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

Chapter 698 Huang Hua's Wedding

"Hmm?" Fang Qingye looked at her.

This was the first time Huang Tao had mentioned her marriage to him.

"Is it because of your brother's wedding?" Fang Qingye asked tentatively.

"Maybe. My mom said that if you don't find a partner soon, you might never be able to get married."

"You seem to be three years younger than me, right?"

"Um"

"There's enough time."

"I do not want to get married."

"Singlehood? Don't let Wei Xinghua influence you," Fang Qingye joked.

Wei Xinghua publicly declared in Tomorrow's Cube that she was neither married nor childless. Fang Qingye was speechless. "With your good looks, figure, and high intelligence, wouldn't it be a waste not to pass on your genes to the next generation?"

"Well, it's not that. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Huang Tao changed the subject: "Let's talk about something serious. I saw Xin Tiejun publicly announce in Hong Kong that Cloud Ledger will be open source. Was that your idea?"

"Yes, to quickly build a complete ecosystem based on Cloud Ledger and completely defeat Corda, we must open source!" Fang Qingye didn't need to hide anything about Huang Tao.

"Of course, it won't be completely open source. We will retain some core functions, and we will discuss the specifics after Tie Jun and his team come up with a solution."

Huang Tao nodded and said, "I showed the Cloud Ledge data to the leaders of the financial regulatory department, and they were very interested. Since you're in Yanjing this time, take this opportunity to communicate with them again, share your thoughts, and answer some of their questions."

"Who is there?"

“You know some of them too,” Huang Taojiao said with a smile: “President Pan, Chairman Cao, Chairman Chen of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, and leaders and relevant experts from the other five major banks.”

"Oh, so much? Then I should call Xin Tiejun and Lin Tao over; they explain the technical aspects much more thoroughly than I do," Fang Qingye said.

"No need. There will definitely be more technical lectures later. This time, we'll mainly focus on the strategic aspects, and only you can do that."

"Okay, I'll get ready."

"Ah."

After finishing their noodles with soybean paste, the two returned to the hotel together.

"Ye Zi, I won't see you upstairs, I'm going home." Huang Tao stood at the hotel entrance, her hands in her pockets. "I'm also going back to the United States after my brother's wedding."

"Are you going back to America?"

“Yes, Cloud Ledger has been developed, so I don’t have much to do staying in China. I need to go back to school to prepare my graduation thesis; I’m graduating next year,” Huang Tao said.

"What are your plans after graduation? Stay in the US or go back to China?" Fang Qingye asked.

Huang Tao brushed her wind-blown hair aside and said, "Continue researching cryptocurrencies. As for whether to stay in the US or return to China, that depends on the situation."

“International relations will become increasingly tense in the future, and the United States is not peaceful either. You should go back to China,” Fang Qingye advised.

"I know, I'll talk about it when the time comes. Okay, bye-bye." Huang Tao waved to Fang Qingye.

"Burn, Pikachu!" The girl clenched her fist in an encouraging gesture.

Fang Qingye smiled.

I saw her get into the Mercedes and wait for it to drive away before entering the hotel.

The wedding was held at noon the next day in the Zijin Hall. There were about ten tables, including Meiduo's parents and sister who came from Aba Prefecture.

Li Ye didn't come, telling Fang Qingye on the phone that he was too busy with school matters to attend to, which made Fang Qingye a little disappointed, otherwise her good friend could have gotten together here.

Fang Qingye didn't know most of the man's relatives and friends; they seemed to be mostly relatives and Huang Hua's friends in Yanjing.

Fang Qingye only knew two acquaintances: Qiao Yongfeng of Bangcheng International Trade and Qin Feng of Fengrong Investment.

Fang Qingye sat at Qin Feng's table.

The wedding was relatively simple, without the extravagance of what people had heard about wealthy families. Huang Hua and Liu Ximeiduo wore suits and white wedding dresses, respectively, and both had happy smiles on their faces.

Huang Tao, the groom's older sister, also attended. Today, she wore a dark burgundy satin evening gown, a jade pendant around her snow-white neck, Manolo Blahnik high heels, and delicate makeup, looking both fashionable and elegant. Fang Qingye rarely saw Huang Tao dressed like this.

They're either Beijing girls in short-sleeved T-shirts and hot pants, or cute girls with a strong sense of chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) online.

Fang Qingye noticed that Huang Tao was looking at her younger brother and sister-in-law with a smile on her face and a hint of envy in her eyes.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Suddenly someone spoke in a low voice in front of him. Fang Qingye came back to his senses and saw that it was Qin Feng.

He immediately looked away.

Qin Feng followed his gaze and saw Huang Tao, immediately revealing a meaningful look.

"Hey, Aoba, I heard you knew Huangtao even before you knew Huanghua?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Ah, what a pity, such a beautiful woman, still unmarried," Qin Feng remarked in a refined manner.

Fang Qingye glanced at him: "I think there are quite a few talented young people here today, right? Many of them look unmarried. Like you."

"Don't scare me. That girl Huang Tao is someone most people can't control. She's beautiful, smart, and I won't even mention that. She's trained in martial arts and has violent tendencies!"

"Violence?"

"You have no idea how badly I beat Huang Hua when we were kids, but I still dote on her now."

It seems so.

Huang Hua was indeed somewhat afraid of his sister.

"It's a pity you're already married. With Huang Tao's status, it's impossible for you to get married." Fang Qingye glared at him, and Qin Feng immediately shut up.

Despite his arrogant demeanor as a young master, he still held Fang Qingye in high esteem. Fang Qingye wasn't some second-generation rich kid; he was a young man from a small county who had built his fortune from scratch to a net worth of hundreds of billions. Several of his companies had become "unicorn" companies, making him a veritable third "horse," even though he wasn't surnamed Ma.

"Hey, I heard you were really making a name for yourself in Hong Kong the other day," Qin Feng changed the subject and started chatting casually.

"How did you see the news about me?"

"Your Zhiyun Technology has developed something called Cloud Ledger, which directly challenges the American company R3. This news has spread throughout the financial world."

"That was a high-profile announcement by two senior executives of Zhiyun Technology. What does it have to do with me?" Fang Qingye said helplessly.

"Isn't Zhiyun Technology your company? You can't make all the decisions?!" Qin Feng retorted.

That's true.
"Hey, is Zhiyun Technology raising funds? I'd like to invest some too?" Qin Feng seemed very interested.

"I'm sorry, Zhiyun Technology will not be seeking funding."

"What a pity," Qin Feng sighed. "Why doesn't such a good company seek funding?"

"What about ByteDance? When will ByteDance raise funds?" Qin Feng was still somewhat unwilling to give up.

“ByteDance just finished its funding round at the end of last year, and they haven’t even spent all the money yet. The next round is probably not until the second half of next year,” Fang Qingye said.

“Then I’ll submit one. We agreed on today,” Qin Feng said immediately.

"Let's talk about it then."

"Dude, don't finalize it now! Then we can list it in Hong Kong later!"

"The Hong Kong stock market does not currently accept the dual-class share system, so it cannot be listed for the time being," Fang Qingye replied.

What he said is true.

The Hong Kong stock market now adheres to the "one share, one vote" principle, just like the mainland A-share market. Therefore, Alibaba originally planned to list in Hong Kong, but had to change its listing route to the United States.

However, Fang Qingye remembered that it was about 18 years later that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange reformed and allowed mainland companies with dual-class shares to list.

Upon hearing Fang Qingye's words, Qin Feng immediately said, "I'll go to Hong Kong and make some connections to find people and find ways to get them to change the system. Systems are rigid, but people are flexible."

Is that really true?
(End of this chapter)