I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Shen Kang turned to Fang Tianming and asked, "Meeting a friend?" Then, as if remembering something, he asked jokingly, "The 'friend' Uncle Fang is talking about, could it be Principal Zhang Yiguang from earlier?"

Fang Tianming nodded. "It's him."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "Director Fang, you don't even have his phone number, yet you call him a friend. Your ability to make friends is quite impressive." At the same time, he roughly guessed why Fang Tianming had suddenly suggested taking him to meet Zhang Yiguang.

When I was talking to Fang Tianming about things at Qianmin University, I mentioned the difficulties my website was facing there. I just did Fang Tianming a small favor again. Fang Tianming probably wanted to connect me with Zhang Yiguang to see if he could help resolve the difficulties my website was encountering at Qianmin University, as a way of repaying the favor.

"Thanks, Uncle Fang. But never mind," Shen Kang said.

Fang Tianming was somewhat surprised.

After a moment's thought, he didn't continue to persuade him, nor did he simply agree with Shen Kang's words. Instead, he started talking about something else: "Xiao Shen, everyone has their own responsibilities and roles in society. Just like you, as the owner of Anjia Household Services, your responsibility and role is to develop this company well, earn more money for yourself, and at the same time, objectively speaking, you also provide more affordable and high-quality household services to many families in Yangcheng City, and provide employment opportunities for many laid-off workers."

"We, too, have our own responsibilities and roles."

"I won't talk about others, but about myself. The role of my job is actually to act as a lubricant for social resources."

As Fang Tianming spoke, he stretched out both hands, his left hand loosely clenched as if holding something, and placed it in front of him, saying, "This is a resource."

Then, he loosely clenched his right hand, as if holding something, and placed it in front of him, saying, "This is also a resource."

The two hands faced each other from a distance, as if separated by a galaxy. "Between the two is air, which in society represents other kinds of tangible and intangible barriers, such as suspicion, doubt, or even a lack of connection."

"These two resources, if combined, could have had a synergistic effect greater than the sum of their parts, but because of these things in between, they can only ever be separated by distance."

As Fang Tianming spoke, his two hands, which were loosely clasped together, came closer and touched. "What people like me do is actually to bring these two together. So that when they combine, they can have a synergistic effect that is greater than the sum of their parts."

If Shen Kang were a businessman in his forties or fifties, Fang Tianming wouldn't have told him these things.

But Shen Kang is unique: he is both a boss and a student who has just come of age.

It was this special identity that made many people, including Fang Tianming, have a somewhat complicated mindset when facing Shen Kang.

In addition to his daughter's fondness for Shen Kang and Shen Kang's help earlier, Fang Tianming developed a subtle feeling towards Shen Kang, similar to that of a "nephew or niece." That's why he said those words, which had a hint of "imparting knowledge and teaching."

After explaining the nature of his work, Fang Tianming concluded, "So don't think that Uncle Fang is making a deal with you or anything. This is simply my duty. I'm optimistic about the Miao embroidery project you mentioned, and now I just hope to help bring it to fruition."

Seeing what Fang Tianming had said, Shen Kang also shared his thoughts: "Actually, whether Beiming Community can get into Qianmin University is no longer important."

"If Beiming Community can join Qianmin University, that would be great. Beiming Community focuses on cultural export, Xianyu.com serves as a trading platform, and there's the Miao embroidery project offline, creating a closed loop between online and offline. This cooperative model can also be replicated in other schools."

"If Beiming Community can't get into Qianmin University, Xianyu.com can. In that case, other schools will still follow the model of Beiming Community + Xianyu.com + Miao Embroidery Project, while for Qianmin University, it will be the model of Qianmin University Forum + Xianyu.com + Miao Embroidery Project. The overall effect will be the same, only a small part of the map within Qianmin University will be different in color, which will not have much impact on the overall picture."

"No matter the outcome, Uncle Fang, the result you want—the Miao embroidery project—will remain unchanged. So, there's no need to go through all that trouble; let it be."

After listening, Fang Tianming thought to himself, "Shen Kang's thinking is very clear, and his vision is quite broad. No wonder he was able to develop Anjia Household Services so quickly; he really has something special."

At the same time, his goodwill towards Shen Kang deepened further: since he met Shen Kang, Shen Kang had never asked him for anything on his own initiative; the only time he received a subsidy was one he gave to Shen Kang voluntarily. Moreover, Shen Kang not only never asked him for anything, but also helped him indirectly on two occasions. Once was when he was promoting the new domestic service policy, and Anjia Domestic Service, lacking a suitable model for policy promotion, delivered itself to his door, helping to promote the new policy; the other time was just now.

It's hard not to feel good about Shen Kang, who only helps and never lends a hand.

Fang Tianming finally said, "Fine, since you've thought it through yourself, then forget it."

After this was settled, Shen Kang continued watching the performance.

Fang Tianming came today to see his daughter's performance, but now that her performance is over, he has no interest in the upcoming performances.

He moved closer to Luo Liqing, lowered his voice, and asked, "What do you think of Xiao Shen?"

Luo Liqing, who had been watching from the beginning, also lowered his voice and said, "So far, things seem pretty good. Mature, composed..."

While the two were chatting, the competition on stage continued.

This time, it was a trio on stage, two men and one woman. According to the host's introduction, they were going to perform "Butt-Fly," which is the theme song of Digimon.

When the first Digimon series aired, these college students were still in elementary school; it was a part of their childhood memories.

Therefore, when they saw that a student was going to sing this song, everyone was quite looking forward to it, and rustling sounds could be heard all around the venue.

However, the performance of the trio on stage was something no one had anticipated.

The three people on stage are a man in black, a man in white, and a woman in white.

After taking the stage, the three of them positioned themselves in a triangle.

The man in black held a microphone in one hand and opened the other, his voice filled with passion: "Chosen children!..."

Almost as soon as he uttered his first sentence, Shen Kang suddenly turned to Fang Tianming and said, "Uncle Fang, can I borrow your phone to make a call?"

At this moment, Luo Liqing was praising Shen Kang for being "mature and steady".

Upon hearing that Shen Kang wanted to borrow the phone, Fang Tianming didn't ask any further questions and simply took out his phone and gave it to Shen Kang.

Then, the couple saw Shen Kang looking at his own phone and quickly dialing a number using Fang Tianming's phone.

After the call connected, he quickly said, "This is Shen Kang, listen!" Then he put the phone on speakerphone and pointed it towards the stage.

The man in black on stage was still speaking passionately.

"...The gears of fate have begun to turn! The storm of the Digital World is about to sweep across this stage! Today, we are not ordinary students, but..."

The man in black turned around and pointed his finger from the man in white to the woman in white.

The man and woman in white both had their heads down, looking utterly hopeless and contemplative, but they still spoke in unison through the microphones: "Guardians of the Digital World."

The man in black raised one hand high above his head, his voice brimming with passion, "That's right! Let the wings of courage pierce the sky, let the melody of 'Butt-Fly' ignite our passion! Prepare—to evolve!"

"..."

The entire room fell silent.

The rustling sounds that were just now have completely disappeared.

Some students with strong empathy even lowered their heads and dared not look anymore—what the hell is the difference between this and pooping in the street?

They dare to speak, but they dare not look.

Shen Kang, however, found the scene quite amusing. He even brought his mouth close to his phone, which was facing the stage, and asked, "Isn't it awesome? This is the final stage of the Top Ten Campus Singers competition at Qianmin University."

Then Ye Jintong's voice came from the other end, her tone a mixture of envy and dissatisfaction: "I should have gone too! Boss, you're eating all by yourself, aren't you? You didn't take me!"

Shen Kang made this call to Ye Jintong, thinking that Ye Jintong would definitely like this kind of thing.

Just as he expected, Ye Jintong didn't feel awkward at all; on the contrary, she found it quite interesting.

"How the hell would I know? I just found out myself." Shen Kang said to the person on the other end of the phone, then added nonchalantly, "By the way, the call charges are pretty expensive. If you want to continue listening, it'll cost two hundred yuan."

"Two hundred? Why don't you just rob someone!"

"This is safer than a gun. Are you going to listen to me or not? If not, I'm hanging up."

"Fine, two hundred it is! Boss, you're too cunning, you can even take back wages like this."...

Shen Kang was delighted to have earned another two hundred.

On stage, the accompaniment had started, and the trio began to sing.

You know what, the singing was alright, it had a certain charm. Most importantly, this song is a childhood memory for all the students in the audience, which is a huge plus.

The students at the scene finally broke out of their awkward silence and quietly came back to life.

Students also started sending "bullet comments" on their phones.

"My youth has returned!"

"Childhood memories."

"School's out?"

"Hello everyone, the kids who weren't chosen."

……

The power of nostalgia is still great.

In terms of singing ability, this trio is only at a mid-level among tonight's contestants, but because they chose this song, they became extremely popular, and the number of "bullet comments" on the big screen behind them was the highest among all the contestants tonight.

The college students at the scene were all using this "bullet screen" method to reminisce about their "youth".

Not to be outdone, Shen Kang continued to hold up Fang Tianming's phone with one hand, broadcasting live to Ye Jintong on the other end of the line, while also taking out his own phone with the other hand to send a message to that QQ number.

Soon, the message he sent was displayed on the large screen.

This time, just like the message he sent during Dong Bilei's performance, it was enlarged, bolded, and blackened, appearing prominently in the center of the large screen.

Mr. Wang, General Manager of AAA Building Materials Wholesale: Berkeley is just for fun, for real music, you have to go to Minzu University!

Shen Kang genuinely felt that the Top Ten Singers Competition at Qianmin University was really great, really interesting, with all sorts of creative tricks emerging one after another.

He felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw his "bullet comments" prominently displayed in the center.

In particular, after Shen Kang posted his "bullet screen comment," more and more people posted the same "bullet screen comment."

Three-piece set: Berkeley is just for fun, for real music, you have to look to Minzu University!

May is approaching: Berkeley is just for fun, for real music, look to Minzu University! ...

Of course, the "bullet comments" they sent, when displayed on the large screen, weren't as big as Shen Kang's. These "bullet comments" that followed the trend were like swimming fish, surrounding Shen Kang's "giant shark" and forming a matrix.

The audience, first row

Zhang Yiguang smiled as he looked at the content displayed on the large screen on the stage.

He was quite dissatisfied with some of the things he had seen on the big screen, such as "patting it with slippers".

However, since Fang Tianming was also present, she couldn't make a scene. In her heart, she was thinking that she would have someone find out which student was "General Manager Wang of AAA Building Materials Wholesale".

Zhang Yiguang had a very deep impression of this student tonight. To sum it up in one sentence, it was: "You're always there during raids on prostitution!"

But right now, he's still quite satisfied with what the other person sent.

In particular, seeing that many students were also doing the same under the leadership of "General Manager Wang of AAA Building Materials Wholesale", Zhang Yiguang was very satisfied with the strong sense of school honor.

Fine, I'll let this kid go...

At this moment, the trio on stage sang the chorus of the first verse.

Perhaps it was the atmosphere, or perhaps it was the "bullet comments" on the big screen that further enhanced the atmosphere, but many people in the audience who knew a little bit of the song started singing along.

Shen Kang, a fun-loving person, was naturally not to be outdone and joined in as well. In an instant, the scene felt like a concert, with an excellent atmosphere.

These sounds were also transmitted to Ye Jintong's ears on the other end of the phone through Fang Tianming's hands-free phone, making her incredibly envious.

Ye Jintong almost wished she could just dress up as a Celestial Beast and parachute into the scene to join in. But unfortunately, she couldn't.

Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing, being an older couple, couldn't quite fit in. They looked at each other blankly and then smiled helplessly.

They were just saying that Shen Kang was mature and steady, unlike a kid his age, and trustworthy. But in the blink of an eye, Shen Kang did this to them.

Did the Deputy Director-General of the Commerce Department use his mobile phone simply to share the joy of the event with his friends?

Of all the bosses Fang Tianming had encountered, probably only Shen Kang would do something like this. Fang Tianming couldn't help but laugh and cry.