Returning to his senior year of high school, he went all in and made billions by buying at the botto

April 7th, morning.

A Gulfstream G650ER landed on the business jet apron at Changi Airport.

Chen Mo stepped off the gangway.

Xu Qing followed behind him, carrying a lightweight briefcase. Her recovery was very healthy, and she was now basically the same as before her injury.

On the other side of the tarmac, a flight from Hong Kong landed a dozen minutes earlier.

Lu Jingyi, dressed in a white suit, stood beside the black Mercedes-Benz, waiting.

Upon seeing Chen Mo, she waved, then looked past him and landed on Xu Qing.

"How's your hand?"

"Mr. Lu, he has fully recovered."

There wasn't much small talk.

After the truck incident, Lu Jingyi felt grateful to Xu Qing, and Xu Qing also learned about her superior's abilities.

She knew that her greed could not be hidden from Lu Jingyi.

But she was already very content to be able to stay by Chen Mo's side.

Chen Mo walked closer.

Lu Jingyi handed her briefcase to the staff member behind her and looked to his side.

"Where is Wei Shan?"

"There are other arrangements."

Chen Mo did not continue to explain.

Lu Jingyi's eyes flickered slightly.

She knew that Chen Mo had changed his domestic itinerary before his visit to Russia, and she also knew that his security level had just been upgraded for the second time.

Since Chen Mo is not saying anything, it means that this matter is not suitable to be asked at the airport.

"Let's go."

She took Chen Mo's arm.

"All of Singapore is waiting for you."

……

The convoy departed Changi Airport.

On both sides of the road, the tropical plants, washed clean by the rain, looked exceptionally vibrant.

The city is extremely small, and the convoy traversed the core corridor in less than half an hour.

But within this small area, the most concentrated multinational banking hubs, global shipping brains, sovereign wealth funds, and offshore family trusts in all of Asia are located.

It has no vast hinterland and few natural resources.

The greatest resources are order, credit, and the ability to connect different markets.

This is also why Chen Mo ultimately chose to locate TKTOK's Asia-Pacific headquarters here.

11:20 a.m.

The convoy drove into the Tanjong Pagar financial district.

A glass tower, whose main structure has just been completed, is reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight.

Two hundred and ninety meters.

Once completed, it will become the tallest building in Singapore.

The construction barriers outside the building have not been completely removed, and some floors are still undergoing electromechanical and interior decoration work.

The management team of GuocoLand, staff of the Economic Development Bureau, and the TKTOK preparation team were already waiting in the temporary reception hall.

The large screen displays a cross-sectional view of an office tower.

The top three rentable office floors are all marked in red.

The total exceeds 100,000 square feet.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, which are not yet fully partitioned, one can overlook the port, the city skyline, and the southern sea.

"TKTOK will sign a twelve-year lease."

Zhang Nan reported the final plan via video link.

"The rent and renovation subsidies for the first six years will be implemented in accordance with the preferential policies for headquarters projects."

"The building is expected to obtain temporary occupancy permission by mid-year. Until then, the Singapore team will temporarily use the transitional office space at Raffles Place."

"The first phase can accommodate 600 people, and it can be expanded to 1,200 people later."

"The data center will not be located in the central business district; the technology team has already narrowed down the two options to Jurong and Woodlands."

Chen Mo flipped to the last page of the lease agreement.

"Sign it."

Lu Jingyi, representing Creation Singapore, signed the capital confirmation document.

The person in charge of TKTOK preparations then wrote down the details.

The Asia-Pacific headquarters of the multi-billion dollar unicorn has thus officially settled on the top three floors of Singapore's tallest office building.

After the news spread, The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, and Asian financial media outlets almost simultaneously issued breaking news reports.

Singapore has won over more than just an internet company.

In its first phase, TKTOK will establish teams for regional products, content governance, GG, commercialization, data security, and international legal affairs.

Over the next three years, the plan is to create more than 2,500 direct jobs locally.

The supporting data centers, music copyrights, GG agency, creator ecosystem, and regional settlement will also drive more industries to enter the market.

……

3 PM.

The Presidential Palace in Singapore.

The president met with Chen Mo and Lu Jingyi at the main building.

Although the meeting was arranged by a private company, the Presidential Palace still provided a sufficiently high level of protocol.

Representatives from the Economic Development Bureau, the Information and Communications Authority, GIC, and several science and technology policy officials attended the event.

The president had long been involved in the development of the financial, educational, and national scientific research systems in his early years.

"Singapore welcomes global companies to set up their regional headquarters here."

"However, a content platform that influences hundreds of millions of young people also needs to shoulder more complex responsibilities than ordinary companies."

"Business growth, data security, and the boundaries between different cultures are sometimes not aligned."

Chen Mo's answer was very direct.

"Therefore, TKTOK will not treat Singapore as a license that only handles taxation and registration."

"The Asia-Pacific Content Governance Council, the Regional Data Security Team, and the Appeals Centre will all be located here."

"Data involving users from various countries is stored on local nodes in accordance with local laws."

"The Singapore headquarters can see cross-regional statistical results, but cannot arbitrarily access the original data of all users."

The president nodded.

"I hope that years from now, when the international community examines TKTOK's Singapore headquarters, the first thing that comes to mind will not only be the low offshore corporate tax rate, but also the determination and responsibility that this place truly possesses in setting global digital trust rules."

"Yes."

The two sides did not sign a business agreement at the presidential palace.

Genuine rent subsidies, talent visas, R&D incentives, and data center land and cybersecurity reviews will still be handled by the relevant departments according to established procedures.

However, this high-level meeting itself has sent a sufficiently important signal to the global capital market and the Southeast Asian regulatory system.

At the end of the meeting, the president and Chen Mo posed for a separate photo.

Lu Jingyi and the head of GIC completed the confirmation of the escrow of the first phase of subscription funds and subsequent payment milestones.

With this, TKTOK, backed by top financial groups in Europe, America and Asia, with its independent structure under the Cayman Islands holding company, and officially accepted by top global financial centers, has officially completed its transformation into a multinational technology giant!

……

As night falls, the Marina Bay Sands Sky Ballroom.

The closed-door welcome dinner, originally planned to invite only seventy people, ended up with more than one hundred and twenty diplomatic envoys and tycoon heads in attendance, forcing the organizers to urgently open an adjacent secondary hall.

Singapore's private wealth management market has been developing for many years.

Indonesian Chinese businessmen, Malaysian families, Thai conglomerates, Indian tech tycoons, and Hong Kong capital all habitually place a portion of their assets and family members here.

The truly institutionalized and professional single-family office is still on the verge of rapid formation.

The emergence of Creation has ignited this wave of enthusiasm ahead of time.

The $20 billion Genesis 200 project has been closed for sale.

Many families with hundreds of millions of dollars didn't even make it to the final round of selection.

Now that they hear that the chairman of the board of directors of Chuang Sheng and Lu Jingyi have come to Singapore at the same time, they have used almost every invitation channel they could find.

Less than twenty minutes into the banquet, dozens of business cards had already piled up in front of Chen Mo.

Some people are hoping to participate in TKTOK's next round of financing.

Some people have inquired whether it is possible to open up additional quotas for Creation II.

Several Chinese families have also proactively offered port, hotel, shipping, palm oil, and data center projects in hopes of being included in the co-investment list for Creation.

The truly influential people stepped forward one by one, accurately stating their names, families, and the resources they could offer, and then voluntarily ended the conversation within a minute.

Everyone hoped that Chen Mo would still leave an impression on them after leaving the banquet.

Lu Jingyi was surrounded by another group of sovereign capital and bank executives.

Xu Qing stood not far away, her gaze sweeping over this decadent and extravagant world of fame and fortune.

Aside from the previous Asia-Pacific gala dinner, this was the first time she had fully participated in such a high-level cross-border social event.

The territory behind Chen Mo has expanded too quickly and too vast.

If Xingchen Family Office continues to operate only in Kyoto, Nagato and Hong Kong, it will become increasingly passive in many overseas medical, travel, tax, trust and emergency security matters.

As the party drew to a close, Chen Mo called her to the terrace.

Marina Bay is ablaze with lights.

In the distance, cargo ships lined up as a slowly moving band of light.

"Establish an office for the Xing Chen family in Singapore."

Chen Mo said.

Xu Qing immediately opened her portable tablet.

What functions are you responsible for?

"Southeast Asia travel, cross-border tax and trust coordination, medical resources, private investment support and emergency response."

"The team should be limited to twelve people or less."

Xu Qing quickly wrote it down.

"Should the person in charge be transferred from the office, or recruited locally?"

"None of them are suitable."

Chen Mo gazed at the Tanjong Pagar Centre in the distance, which was not yet fully lit.

"I have someone in mind."

"Menghe".

Xu Qing confirmed that she had never heard of this name before.

Which organization is it from?

He does not belong to any organization.

Chen Mo lit a cigarette and said calmly, "I just graduated from the National University of Singapore with a double master's degree in Financial Engineering and Applied Economics at the end of last year."

"Previously, as a part-time analyst, I provided several in-depth research reports for the legal team of Creation on the underlying structure of cross-border offshore trusts in Southeast Asia and the governance of Chinese families."

"The reasoning was extremely rigorous and solid, but due to the lack of an impressive resume and background endorsement from a prestigious investment bank, they were stuck in the last round."

Chen Mo turned around: "Find him, and you will personally conduct a closed-door interview and assessment."

"If his character, moral principles, and professional competence are up to standard, he will be appointed as the head of the Singapore family office preparation team."

Imposing such a sensitive private office position on a recent graduate was a serious matter for Xu Qing: "President Chen, this position will have full access to your private travel itinerary, the ownership of some offshore assets..."

"That's precisely why you need to personally oversee the process."

Xu Qing closed the tablet and nodded solemnly: "I will go to the National University campus in person at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

.......

At the same time.

In a small, old apartment in western Singapore, measuring just over 30 square meters.

Meng He sat at the folding table and recalculated his savings.

27,400 Singapore dollars.

Half of it will also be used to repay loans taken out during the study abroad period.

On the computer screen, three job application emails were neatly arranged.

A private bank was willing to let him start as an assistant client manager.

One insurance company offers higher commissions, but the job mainly involves finding high-net-worth clients.

Another small fund is only willing to offer a six-month temporary contract, with no guarantee of a subsequent work permit.

What he really wants to do is cross-border asset governance, trust structures, and long-term family investments.

In Singapore, however, these types of positions place more emphasis on banking experience, client resources, and local residency.

He had none of them.

My girlfriend's parents have already agreed to the marriage, and the conditions they have set are not harsh.

A stable job.

The status that allows one to remain in Singapore.

Prepare a wedding gift and a down payment for a HDB flat.

But for Meng He, who had just graduated, each of these issues weighed heavily on his mind.

The cell phone on the table suddenly rang.

An unfamiliar Singapore number.

Meng He hesitated for a moment before answering the call.

"Hello, are you Mr. Menghe?"

A clear and calm female voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I am Xu Qing from the Xingchen Family Office."

"We are preparing to set up a new office in Singapore."

"Mr. Chen recommended you to me."