The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

During lunch, Professor Xu looked around from the moment he entered the restaurant.

As a result, he did not see Lingyun's shadow until he finished lunch and left.

He still couldn't quite believe it, so he took out his phone and sent Ling Yun a text message.

"Xiao Ling, why didn't you come for lunch? I was hoping to chat with you during lunchtime."

After the message was sent, it disappeared without a trace, and there was no response.

Seeing this situation, Professor Xu considered calling Ling Yun several times.

But each time, just before dialing, he hesitated and eventually put his phone away.

He was worried that if he called Lingyun, Lingyun might be reporting to someone in Shenzhen and his call would interrupt him, which would be bad!

At today's National Financial Work Conference, only a few people on the dais can be referred to as SZ.

Professor Xu still finds it hard to believe that Ling Yun has reached such heights in just over a year.

Before we knew it, it was around 2:40 p.m.

After the lunch break, many delegates returned to the People's Hall to prepare for the afternoon meeting.

When Professor Xu and several other representatives from Shanghai entered the venue and arrived near their seats, they immediately saw each other.

Ling Yun had already arrived at the meeting venue and was sitting in his seat, intently reviewing the meeting materials.

Upon seeing this, Professor Xu's eyes lit up.

He immediately quickened his pace and walked to his seat.

Then he put down his briefcase, turned to look at Ling Yun, and asked with feigned concern:

"Xiao Ling, why didn't I see you at the restaurant for lunch? Most of the delegates from our area ate in the same banquet hall, but I didn't see you."

"You didn't skip lunch, did you? That won't do. We have a three-hour meeting this afternoon; you can't stay awake without eating!"

Ling Yun looked up at Professor Xu and exchanged a few polite words with a smile.

"Thank you for your concern, teacher. I've already had lunch. Due to time constraints, I didn't go to the designated restaurant. Instead, I had lunch with some leaders at the Renmin University's internal restaurant next door, and then came here."

The Renmin University's internal canteen!

Professor Xu was startled again and secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

The restaurant next door is inside the National People's Congress building, not just any local People's Congress building.

In Lingyun's words, it was as if he were eating at the internal canteen of any unit. Isn't that too understated?

If you tried someone else, they would probably have been spotted by numerous special agents inside and outside the gate as soon as they reached the front of that government building!

Professor Xu paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"It's good that you've had lunch. I was worried you'd be hungry and wouldn't be able to concentrate in the meeting this afternoon!"

"By the way, I sent you a text message during lunch. Did you receive it? Why haven't you replied?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yun instinctively reached into his pocket.

As it turned out, his pockets were empty; there was no cell phone in them.

Realizing what had happened, he quickly explained the situation to Professor Xu.

"I'm sorry, but considering the meeting rules, cell phones are not allowed in the meeting room. I turned my phone off and left it in my car when I came to the meeting this morning."

"There's one more thing. After I returned to Beijing from Shanghai, I changed my phone number from the one I used in Shanghai for some special reasons. You don't know my new number yet."

"In this situation, I was unable to receive your text message. This was my oversight. After the meeting this afternoon, I will give you my new number so that we can contact each other in the future."

Professor Xu paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"I see. No wonder you haven't replied. Now that you're back in Beijing for work, it's normal to change your old phone number."

"You used to be doing futures trading in Shanghai. I've heard about some of the things that happened in the first half of the year. You should get a new phone number."

After exchanging a few more words, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked:

"After the morning meeting ended, you were called away by a staff member who said a leader wanted to see you. Could you tell me which leader it was and what you discussed?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ling Yun immediately shook his head.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I can't tell you about these things right now; they need to be kept strictly confidential."

"When these matters are declassified and can be made public, I'll have the opportunity to talk to you about them. I hope you can understand."

His explanation only fueled Professor Xu's curiosity even more.

However, he knew the importance of the matter and did not dwell on it.

"Since it's something that needs to be kept secret, then naturally I can't say. To be honest, before today, I really didn't expect your progress to be so amazing!"

While they were chatting in hushed tones, other delegates entered the venue one after another and took their seats.

Among the attendees were Mr. Xie and his entourage.

Like Professor Xu, they were also curious about what Ling Yun had been doing at noon.

However, they knew a little more and understood that some things shouldn't be pried into.

After reaching their respective seats, President Xie and the others greeted Ling Yun and then sat down.

Following closely behind, several members of the Financial Stability and Development Committee, along with representatives from state-owned financial institutions such as CIC and CICC, and numerous other attendees including Chairman Zhao of Broad Group, entered the venue.

By this time, they all knew that Ling Yun's seat was in this area.

As a result, whenever people pass by, they greet him warmly.

In particular, Mr. Chen from CIC and Mr. Zhao from Yuanda Group even made a special detour to this side to greet him and exchange a few quiet words of greeting.

Unsurprisingly, Professor Xu was repeatedly amazed and somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information.

The other financial experts sitting next to him, from various key universities in Shanghai, were equally shocked.

"Professor Xu, what's the background of this student of yours? This entourage is a bit intimidating. Is he really a graduate student who just graduated two or three years ago?"

"Indeed, those two delegates who just greeted him are members of the Financial Stability and Development Committee, one of whom is even a vice-ministerial level official. They're quite impressive!"

Professor Xu glanced back at Ling Yun, who was chatting quietly with Chairman Zhao, then turned back to the two representatives who had asked the questions and gently shook his head.

"Although I am Lingyun's graduate advisor, I have no idea what big things this guy has done to create such a scene."

"I'm very surprised now, but one thing is certain: this guy is exceptionally capable and must have achieved great things, otherwise he wouldn't be here."

As everyone chatted and laughed, it quickly came to three o'clock in the afternoon.

The meeting resumed.

Everyone quickly got into the zone and focused intently on this important meeting.

When the meeting was going on for about four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was Vice President Wang's turn to speak, he suddenly picked up a document that was next to him and showed it to him with a smile.

"Comrades, I have a very substantial and highly professional proposal here, from one of the representatives present. This proposal has received unanimous praise from several leaders."

"In this proposal, the representative suggested that in order to cope with the financial crisis that is currently sweeping the world and intensifying, our country should quickly adjust its fiscal and monetary policies."

"To be more precise, our fiscal policy should shift from dual prevention to growth protection, from prudent to proactive, and from tight to moderately loose. If necessary, we can boldly inject liquidity..."

Next, he briefly introduced the main points of the proposal he had in his hand.

As he introduced the proposal, the room quickly became as lively as a boiling pot, with everyone astonished by the bold idea.

Seeing this, Ling Yun, who was sitting in the back row of the venue, couldn't suppress the smile on his face!