Chapter 665: I Will Protect You

January 20, 2019, Major Cold.

Rongcheng.

The black Audi car drove on the quiet path by Huanchuan Creek.

Tang Song sat upright in the right rear seat, his posture elegant and straight, his hands crossed and held lightly in front of him.

His gaze calmly appreciated the winter scenery outside the window, which was desolate yet did not lack backbone.

Inside the car, the temperature was suitable, and the air was filled with a faint woody fragrance.

"Tang Song," a calm and magnetic voice came from his side, "My grandfather has already had someone investigate all your information. And I, according to your instructions, selectively revealed the information about your connection with those capitals to him. I don't know what kind of judgment he will ultimately make about you. So I hope, in the conversation later, you can be cautious."

"Mm." Tang Song nodded lightly, not surprised.

He turned his head slightly, looking at Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue beside him.

At that time, she was just thirty-one years old, in the prime of a woman's life.

Wearing a coffee-colored double-breasted coat, paired with a simple white turtleneck sweater.

She both retained a bit of the scholarly air belonging to a top university graduate and had begun to gradually radiate the gorgeous and noble brilliance belonging to a top-tier noble family's lady.

Tang Song's gaze held no desire or amazement belonging to a young man, only absolute calmness like a chess player examining a chessboard.

Their gazes met in the air for a moment.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue let out a light breath, taking the initiative to look away, looking at the iron gate that was getting closer and closer ahead.

"We'll be there soon."

At this time, she was far from being as calm and confident as Tang Song.

Over the past two years, under Tang Song's guidance, 【Tang Yi Precision】 had not only miraculously come back from the dead, but had also risen strongly with a near-barbaric posture.

It was now one of the leaders in the domestic precision manufacturing field and was striding toward the direction of globalization.

This earth-shattering comeback had long attracted the high attention of the Lady Ouyang family.

And not long ago, Tang Song privately revealed a piece of news to her.

America would launch an all-around blockade on the domestic technology industry this year.

【Tang Yi Precision】 had to quickly complete the acquisition of overseas core technology companies and internal industrial upgrading at any cost before this storm arrived, in order to obtain enough "wintering" capital.

And this required the full, unreserved support of her family.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue knew very well that without a reasonable explanation, she couldn't account for it to the shrewd elders in her family at all.

So, half a month ago, under Tang Song's "guidance," she chose to "confess."

She revealed the existence of Tang Song, this mysterious "behind-the-scenes manipulator," and his background of having intricate connections with overseas capital like 【Smile Holdings】 and 【Jingwu Capital】 to the elders of the family.

Finally, her grandfather, Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Chengping, decided to meet this mysterious young man in person.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue actually knew very well the worry and vigilance in her grandfather's heart.

He wanted to see with his own eyes whether this young man was a "genius" who could bring hope to Chinese technology.

Or an "agent" pushed to the front by greedy overseas capital.

And the result of this meeting would also determine the attitude her family would take toward Tang Song.

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The car finally stopped in front of a Chinese-style building that looked unremarkable.

The door opened, and the cold air rushed in instantly.

Tang Song got out of the car, glanced at Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue beside him who was somewhat nervous.

A very faint smile appeared at the corners of his lips, and he patted her back lightly, "Don't worry, I'm here, let's go."

After speaking, he elegantly strode forward with his long legs, following the attendant who had been waiting there for some time, and walked straight into the small building.

Watching his incomparably upright and reliable back, Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue's heart also miraculously settled down.

In the study, there was no luxurious decoration, only rows of floor-to-ceiling wooden bookshelves, densely packed with various professional books and literature materials.

Tang Song finally met that legendary Academician Lady Ouyang.

Nearly 80 years old, he was wearing a washed-white Zhongshan suit, his figure thin, yet still upright like a pine.

Those eyes looking over through his reading glasses were especially bright, sharp enough to seem to pierce through the human heart.

He didn't sit in the main seat, but sat on two sides of an ancient chessboard with Tang Song.

The two began to play Go like this.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue knelt quietly on a cushion not far away, boiling water and brewing tea for the two.

The fragrance of tea mixed with the quiet ink fragrance in the study, permeating the air, while on the chessboard, black and white pieces fought in an inextricable struggle.

The two chatted while placing pieces, talking about the latest quantum computing and artificial intelligence, talking about the predicament of domestic industrial software, talking about the technical bottlenecks of new materials...

Possessing the 【Go Proficiency】 skill temporarily purchased from the system, plus the near-"divine" thinking state at this moment.

Tang Song's Go skill had reached perfection, every move looking plain and unremarkable, yet hiding murderous intent.

"Pa—"

With the last black piece falling, the game instantly settled.

Tang Song won the game by half a point.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Chengping was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth, "Young man, good Go skill, good state of mind."

"You flatter me."

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Chengping stood up slowly, walked to the wall covered with a huge world map, looking at him with deep eyes:

"Tang Song, your courage truly surprises me. But have you thought about it? Even if we achieve breakthroughs in a few technologies, the entire technical standard and financial system dominated by the West is still a high wall we cannot shake for the time being. Can Tang Yi Precision break through it?"

Tang Song stood up and came to his side, "That's why we can't just focus on technology. In the next ten years, the global landscape will undergo drastic changes. The chip blockade is just the first step, followed by finance, energy, and food—this is an all-around strangulation. Therefore, our only way to break the situation is to rely on our huge market and manufacturing advantages to build a 'Pan-Asian Economic and Technical Internal Circulation' independent of the US dollar system. This internal circulation will be the most solid backing for our industrial upgrading."

He pointed across the Eurasian continent, "And the heart of this new system is high-end manufacturing. Tang Yi Precision's goal is to become the strongest atrium in this heart. As for 【Smile Holdings】 and 【Jingwu Capital】, they are the levers I use to pry initial resources for this new system."

Listening to this grand and logically rigorous conception, the doubt in Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Chengping's eyes was gradually replaced by a burning brilliance.

He was silent for a long time, sighing, "This conception is very grand, but the time required to realize it is too long, and it is full of too many uncertainties, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see it."

Tang Song looked at him, a smile of incomparable confidence appearing on his face, "It won't be long, old gentleman. Five years, only five years."

"【Tang Yi Precision】 will become the undisputed technical standard setter in the global consumer electronics field, completely getting rid of the 'foundry' label."

"Our self-developed industrial-grade chips will occupy more than 30% of the entire Pan-Asian market share."

"And in the field of artificial intelligence, our self-developed AI large model will also surely become one of the core engines driving the next era of change."

"All of this, I guarantee, you will definitely see with your own eyes."

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue looked at the back standing beside her grandfather, her gaze dazed.

At that moment, she saw a kind of near-"divine" radiance on that young man who was only 21 years old.

It was an absolute confidence and control that understood all the context of the future.

Being able to stand side by side with him at the forefront of this turbulent and magnificent era.

Seeing all this with her own eyes and participating in it with her own hands—she felt honored.

And she would firmly "protect the path" for him.

On the way back.

Tang Song leaned in the soft seat, looking at the street scenes passing by outside the window, and said with emotion, "I like the scenery here very much, the climate is also good, winter is much more comfortable than in the north."

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue beside him turned her head, using a probing tone, "Then—I'll help you build a house here too? You can come and stay often in the future."

Tang Song smiled faintly, saying "Mm" noncommittally.

Light lit up in Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue's eyes.

The car continued forward, gradually driving into the crowded main road of the city.

At a red light intersection, the vehicle stopped slowly.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue seemed to have suddenly discovered something, pointing her fair finger toward a semi-old electric scooter parked on the non-motorized vehicle lane not far from the roadside.

"Look, that little girl, does she look a bit like Su Yu?"

Tang Song turned slightly, sweeping a glance in the direction she pointed.

On the back seat of the electric scooter, a girl wearing a school uniform with a high ponytail was sitting silently, lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Looking from the profile outline, that high nose bridge and exquisite jawline were indeed quite similar to that female star.

But the temperaments of the two were completely different; this girl carried a kind of suppressed, near-gloomy cold hardness.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue withdrew her gaze, as if mentioning it casually, "Su Yu sent me a message yesterday. She wants to see you, asking when you'll be free."

Tang Song lowered his head to look at the watch on his wrist, his tone without any ripples, cold as if talking about official business unrelated to himself.

"Tell her to go to Smile to schedule the itinerary."

"..."emm, okay, I know."

The green light turned on, and the car started slowly.

Just at the moment the two cars crossed, Tang Song vaguely heard the mother in front of the electric scooter, with a heavy Sichuan accent, impatient voice:

"You dead girl! Every day you only know how to give me a stinking face! And you don't study hard, and you fight with classmates, you're about to take the college entrance exam! If you don't get into a good university, you'll have time to cry later—"

The car window glass rose slowly, and that harsh sound was gradually isolated outside.

The black Audi A8L finally stopped steadily under the corridor in front of a hotel in the city center of Rongcheng.

Tang Song got out of the car first.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue followed closely behind.

Just the moment they stood firm, slightly urgent footsteps approached.

Jin Mi Shu, wearing a standard professional suit, appeared before them.

"Mr. Tang, is everything—going smoothly?"

"Mm, no problem." Tang Song nodded lightly.

Jin Mi Shu then cast her gaze on Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue.

A flawless, formulaic smile hung on her face, "Ms. Lady Ouyang, thank you for your hard work. Next, I will take over Mr. Tang's itinerary."

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue looked at this beautiful Jin director, returning an equally perfect smile, "You're welcome, Tang Song was visiting my grandfather formally for the first time after all, so reasonably, I should accompany him personally. Let's go, I'll take you in."

Their gazes collided silently in the air.

Jin Mi Shu didn't say anything more, just nodded lightly, then turned elegantly, took long strides, and walked into the hotel first.

High heels stepped rhythmically on the clean ground.

The perky heart-shaped buttocks perfectly outlined by the dark tight skirt swayed out an arc full of ultimate temptation.

In Tang Song's ear, the system's prompt sound rang clearly: 【"Jin Mi Shu" favorability -1】.

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

At this moment, his attention had just shifted away from 【Tang Zong Entertainment】 and Su Yu.

Jin Mi Shu, obviously, still carried a bit of resentment from the "cold war" period.

The reason she had come to Rongcheng to "escort" him without fearing hardship was, of course, because she was worried about his safety.

After all, the object he was meeting this time had too special an identity, and regarding Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue and the unfathomable family behind her, Jin Mi Shu had always held deep vigilance.

Tang Song didn't go to correct the friction between them, nor did he intend to break these things.

He knew very well that any huge power collection, if it wanted to maintain long-term vitality and stability, its interior must never be all peace.

Moreover, when April 2023 arrived, he himself would also undergo huge changes.

Having competition, having contradictions, having checks and balances.

Only then could this giant ship always sail on the most correct course.

Even, if necessary, he would personally create contradictions.

Returning to the presidential suite on the top floor of the hotel, the three chatted for another hour about the future strategic synergy work of 【Tang Yi Precision】 and 【Smile Holdings】.

And had a meal together.

Only after sending her off did Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue finally stand up to say goodbye.

After sending her away, Tang Song walked to Jin Mi Shu.

He reached out and very naturally helped her tidy up the collar of her silk shirt, "You look beautiful today, this outfit suits you very well, I like it very much. Let's go shopping together tonight, and by the way, taste the food in Rongcheng."

Jin Meixiao's face didn't reveal any special expression, and even her eyelashes didn't tremble.

"Okay, Mr. Tang. I'll contact the security team now to plan the route."

【"Jin Mi Shu" favorability +2】

The Spring Festival of 2019.

Because the white moonlight was busy preparing for the "Internet+" entrepreneurship competition, she was extremely busy and only stayed in her hometown for a short week.

On New Year's Eve, after eating the reunion dinner.

Tang Song came to the county seat of Jing County alone, and walked side by side on the empty street with Liu Liu Qingning, who had also sneaked out of her home.

Don't know when it started, but snowflakes began to drift down from the sky.

The dim light of the street lamp illuminated the falling snow, like a silent, grand firework.

Right in this world that belonged only to the two of them, Liu Liu Qingning stopped walking abruptly and turned around.

She looked at him, and her eyes, which always carried light, were now filled with seriousness and expectation:

"Tang Song, it's about to be senior year, do you have any plans?"

Tang Song smiled, looking at her nose tip that was frozen a bit red, and his face also carried infinite imagination for the future:

"Go to the Imperial Capital, I think I should be able to get into graduate school at the Imperial Capital University."

Hearing this answer, the white moonlight's face instantly bloomed with an incomparably brilliant smile.

Brighter than the fireworks in the sky.

She let out an "ah" cry, opened her arms, and jumped directly onto his back.

Then, she stuffed her cold hands into the back of his warm neck, using a tone full of certainty: "Then it's a deal! I'll wait for you in the Imperial Capital!"

"Mm, wait for me to come over and rely on you."

"Giddy-up!"

Liu Liu Qingning used her feet wearing snow boots to touch his legs lightly.

On the snow, a long string of footprints of varying depths was left behind.

Laughter echoed in that snowy, incomparably beautiful New Year's Eve.

The time after that seemed to be exceptionally fast.

Under Tang Song's manipulation, a lightning war of mergers and acquisitions targeting precision manufacturing and optical companies with core technology across the globe officially kicked off.

He also began to truly get busy.

His time at school also became shorter and shorter.

But even so, in his memory fragments, familiar figures still appeared.

For example, the occasionally flashing Zhang Yan; at this time, she should still be chasing his footsteps.

For example, the school beauty Shen Shen Yu Yan, who was the focus of the school wherever she went.

And again, for example, that future coser girlfriend, the cute and silly Sister Qingqing.

Tang Song's intersection with her was actually not much; at Lu Lu Ziming's birthday party, in the crowded tide of the school cafeteria, and even in the lecture hall of the same elective course—it was just that Xu Qing was very arrogant at that time and didn't notice him, this little transparent person.

The second half of 2019, senior year.

After repeated weighing and deduction.

Tang Song still gave up the idea of graduate school.

He chose to join 【Meigou Technology】, this unicorn of foreign trade that was rising rapidly.

In a more direct way, he went to fully deal with the huge changes in technology and finance that were about to come.

On the day he made this decision, the white moonlight on the other end of the phone, who was busy to the point of not touching the ground, was silent for a long time.

She still took three days off to help him rent a room in Tiantongyuan.

That secondary bedroom of only ten square meters was tidied up properly by her, full of the atmosphere of life.

On the first night Tang Song moved in, the two sat in the room and chatted a lot.

The white moonlight excitedly talked about the potential of artificial intelligence to change the world, talked about the brilliant prospects of 【Shixing Zhixue】, and also talked about the huge value of 【Meigou Technology】 as a "unicorn."

She tried her best, using all her knowledge and enthusiasm, to describe a beautiful future blueprint for him.

Her face held both comfort and encouragement for him, and a great expectation that "we will eventually meet at the same mountain top."

Life with the white moonlight in the Imperial Capital began like this.

After starting work, although both became increasingly busy, they still maintained the closest contact, sharing every bit of their lives.

And in order to better cooperate with him, Jin Mi Shu personally served as the chairman of 【Meigou Technology】.

On the surface.

Jin Mi Shu was the chairman of the company, and Tang Song was an ordinary programmer.

But privately, Jin Mi Shu would always change the style and color of her stockings according to his preferences.

Then wait for his instructions in that chairman's exclusive office on the top floor.

This could also be considered a little interest between the two that they knew in their hearts.

It was also during these days that seemed calm but were actually magnificent.

Every morning, on that crowded subway line 5, Zhang Yan's figure began to appear repeatedly in Tang Song's memory.

She always carried a conspicuous red backpack, standing quietly on the right side of the 11th car door.

That was also exactly the position he was used to standing in every time he got on the train.

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The Tang Jin family office, which had not been established for long, began to exert its strength.

London, Singapore, Tokyo—one office after another fell into the heart of the world's major financial centers like chess pieces.

They cleared their positions accurately on the eve of the bursting of the technology stock bubble, and profited by shorting stock index futures;

And at the peak of market panic, they frantically bottom-fished core assets:

In 2019, they bet heavily on bulk commodities, enjoying the bull market frenzy brought about by global flooding in 2020—finally, they completed an epic wealth transfer of global high-quality core assets.

At the same time.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue showed her powerful wrist as a top-tier entrepreneur.

She led the team personally, taking a year and a half, sparing no cost to digest, absorb, and reorganize all the technology systems acquired from different countries.

By the end of 2020.

A brand-new 【Tang Yi Precision】 2.0 version, possessing complete independent intellectual property rights and covering the entire industrial chain from core materials, precision optics, to intelligent manufacturing,

was officially announced.

At the same time, in North China, the Pearl River Delta, and the Yangtze River Delta, dozens of supporting supply chain factories controlled or invested in by 【Tang Yi Precision】 sprang up.

Closely revolving around 【Tang Yi Precision】 as the core, forming an efficient and stable industrial closed loop.

The role cultivation plan task of 【Precision Queen - Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue】 reached its end.

On the day of success, there was no celebration banquet, nor was there a press conference.

Tang Song flew to Shenzhen alone.

In the chairman's office of Tang Yi Precision, he pushed a box made of a whole piece of golden nanmu wood lightly in front of Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue.

Inside the box was the physical prop reward 【Lady Ouyang Xianyue's Blessing】 necklace that Tang Song had just obtained from the system.

The pendant of the necklace was a crescent moon carefully carved from a whole piece of mutton-fat white jade.

The jade quality was warm and delicate, flawless.

In the light, it emitted a soft and holy halo, as if it had truly been picked from the sky as a handful of moonlight.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue looked at him, her eyelids revealing true emotion.

Tang Song didn't speak, picking up the necklace from the box lightly.

He went behind her and put it on her personally.

The cold chain and the warm jade pendant stuck lightly to the warm skin of her neck.

Lady Ouyang Lady Ouyang Xianyue closed her eyes slowly.

November 1, 2020, Wan Shengjie.

The white moonlight, who had been busy all day, dragged him out of the rental room without explanation, taking him to Sanlitun in a rush, saying she wanted to participate in the Wan Shengjie celebration activities there.

In that square full of strange costumes, ghost cosplays, and the laughter of young people.

Liu Liu Qingning mysteriously told him she wanted to perform a "magic trick that could bring good luck" for him.

Then, she really chanted spells in front of him, dancing and gesturing.

Taking advantage of his inattention, she quietly stuffed a gift box that had been meticulously prepared long ago into his backpack.

And repeatedly urged him to wait until he got home to open it and see.

That night, he returned to that small rental room and opened the gift box.

Lying quietly inside was the latest Huawei Mate40 at the time.

Today was the first day of sales, and because of chips and other reasons, this phone was given special significance, sold out instantly upon release, and offline stores had even longer queues, with one phone even being speculated by scalpers to over ten thousand yuan.

She specifically found a classmate working at Huawei, and after much difficulty, helped him get one in advance.

Before Christmas in 2020, New York.

Tang Song and Jin Mi Shu stood side by side in front of the iconic bronze bull statue on Huaerjie.

Fine snowflakes drifted silently from the gray sky of Manhattan.

Around them were financial elites wearing long coats, rushing about.

"Ka-cha—"

Qin Qin Yingxue, holding a single-lens camera, pressed the shutter, forever freezing this moment.

This photo was to celebrate the official establishment of the 【Tang Jin Family Office】 headquarters.

Jin Mi Shu took the camera and checked the photo just taken.

On the screen, her and Tang Song's figures, set against the background of wind, snow, and Huaerjie, appeared calm and full of power.

A smile mixed with pride and satisfaction appeared on her face.

The story belonging to them had already stepped onto the world's card table.

From this day on, the 【Tang Jin Family Office】 officially appeared in the eyes of the world.

It was like a giant stone thrown into the deep sea, stirring up monstrous waves in the global top-tier capital circle.

Night had long since deepened.

There were no main lights on in the office, only the brilliant night view of Manhattan outside the window, like a diamond galaxy, shining through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, making everything in the room appear bright and dim.

Tang Song and Jin Mi Shu stood side by side in this floating light and shadow.

The whole world seemed to have quieted down.

"We succeeded."

Jin Mi Shu opened her mouth lightly, a dreamlike light rippling in her eyes.

More than four years of time, from an inconspicuous start in Yancheng, to today, standing at the peak of world finance.

All of this was like a beautiful dream that one didn't dare to wake up from.

Tang Song didn't speak, just quietly overlooking this city of desire that never slept beneath his feet.

A long time later.

He turned his head abruptly, looking at her beside him, "Jin Mi Shu."

"Yes."

"If one day I start to get fat, become unkempt, become no longer 'wise,' and am no longer the me I am now, how would you look at me?"

His voice remained calm, without any ripples.

Jin Mi Shu tilted her head slightly, looking at his side profile that appeared somewhat blurry in the light and shadow.

After a while, a perfect smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"I will protect you." ===== CHAPTER 666 =====

"I will protect you."