city ​​center.

In a private suite on the top floor of an international hotel.

Beneath the magnificent crystal chandelier, the expensive Petrus red wine reflected a bewitching crimson hue in the crystal glass.

Several days have passed since Tianyu Group publicly released the official letter severing its endorsement.

The sudden, frosty weather caused a small-scale earthquake among the business elites and also spread among the top young wealthy second-generation individuals.

Because the information available was very limited, everyone was speculating about what had happened.

Tonight, the younger generation of several top conglomerate families are having a small gathering in a room.

Their parents are either giants in China's commercial real estate industry, controlling half of the core business districts in first-tier cities; or hotel tycoons with brands all over the world's tourist destinations; or they control cultural and media empires, owning leading film and television companies, streaming platforms and top talent agencies, etc.

A group of people are sitting around a handcrafted, custom-made leather sofa.

Xie Qingyang is still in the middle.

She was wearing a suit, her makeup was exquisite, and she sat elegantly and upright, but she wasn't in a good mood.

—The people around her had only a casual relationship with her; she had only met them after returning to China.

Several of them are very shrewd and calculating, and they are now watching her because they want to dig out more secrets from her.

"Clear, come, try this vintage Petrus."

A man with dyed blond hair swirled the wine glass in his hand and smiled seemingly unintentionally.

"I heard my dad mention at a dinner the other day that Chairman Xie has been extremely strict lately, even going over the group's internal legal and compliance processes again. I also heard... he sent a clarification letter to the entire industry regarding your new investment projects? The brothers are all quite puzzled. Uncle Xie usually dotes on you the most, why is he making such a big fuss this time?"

The once lively private room instantly became quieter.

Another woman put down the delicate pastry in her hand, her meticulously drawn eyes glancing almost imperceptibly at Xie Qingyang's slightly stiff knuckles.

"Yes, Qingyang. If we wait any longer, those ignorant self-media outlets will get the news and start spreading rumors again."

Normally, they wouldn't dare to fabricate stories about Xie Jing.

However, if the father and daughter really have a falling out, it's not impossible that some people would target Xie Qingyang for attention.

"But... how's your multinational new energy startup going?"

Facing the scrutinizing gazes around him, Xie Qingyang took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed the cold sweat seeping from his palms.

She picked up her wine glass, took a small sip, and said, "You guys are such busybodies, always worrying about things that don't concern you, believing everything you hear."

Xie Qingyang put down her wine glass. "You all know what kind of person my father is. He was trained by my grandfather from a young age. He's thirty-four this year, in the prime of his life, with the strongest hand. How could he possibly tolerate his daughter being a hothouse flower under Tianyu's wing?"

She slightly raised her chin and deliberately sighed.

"That official letter was actually a test from my father. He meant that if I didn't even have the ability to independently secure a project without the group's backing, then the old guys on Tianyu's board of directors would be even less likely to respect me. He cut off Tianyu's background and connections to force me to grow."

Xie Qingyang spoke these words with absolute certainty.

Because that's what she really thinks.

In her eyes, Xie Jing, though cold and unapproachable, was actually quite accommodating to her requests.

Although she didn't want to have any contact with her father from the bottom of her heart, and because she had been surrounded by many people since she was a child, she had never really asked him for anything.

but--

She skipped a grade to attend school and wanted to go back to Beijing to study at university, and her father arranged both for her!

I never found fault with her.

Until the matter between Lin Yuwei and Qiao Yi.

However, Xie Qingyang carefully recalled what Xie Jing had said at the time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xie Jing thought he was not good at making friends!

Qiao Yi and Lin Yuwei not only committed crimes, but their families covered them up, and even then, the cover-ups were poor, and the truth came out as soon as they were investigated.

If I associate with them, wouldn't that make me look inadequate?

It's perfectly reasonable for Xie Jing to be angry because he makes many demands of her.

As long as she can achieve results and prove herself, her father will definitely accept her, transfer her household registration back, and make her a member of the Xie family in a legal sense.

The rich kids in the private room looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Haha, I knew it!"

One of them laughed first, raised his glass, and concealed the glint of doubt in the depths of his eyes.

"So it was Chairman Xie's painstaking training. Qingyang, you're really something. All we guys do is loaf around all day. Uncle Xie really has high hopes for you."

The woman who had spoken earlier also started laughing.

Xie Qingyang dealt with them, but he was still anxious inside.

Although it sounds nice, the reality is that we are facing difficulties.

Without Tianyu's backing, the several legitimate, high-return projects she had originally agreed to were all put on hold.

And she wanted to achieve a huge business success in a short period of time, one that would alarm Xie Jing and the entire Tianyu Board of Directors.

It is very difficult.

She could think of many ways, but going through the proper channels was too slow.

This is no longer the era of easy money and unbridled growth.

Every industry has been divided up by giants, and emerging sectors either have ridiculously high barriers to entry or burn through cash faster than a printing press.

Even for a finance major like her, with a bunch of theoretical models and classic cases at her fingertips, when it comes to actual practice, she will find that behind every seemingly feasible niche market, there are at least three to five, and sometimes as many as a dozen or twenty, eager competitors.

Unless a windfall falls from the sky, or she possesses some exclusive resource that no one else has.

But ironically, what she lacks most right now is resources.

"..."

While responding to everyone's toasts, Xie Qingyang subtly scanned the faces of the people present and began to steer the conversation.

None of these people are legitimate business heirs.

They either have older, capable siblings, or their parents are too old for them to be in the family.

but--

Even from these people, one can still glean some seemingly insignificant industry news.

"Ah Zhe, isn't your old man busy coordinating with the city investment companies in the south lately? Why do you seem a bit down today?"

Xie Qingyang asked casually.

The man with the dyed hair had drunk a few glasses of wine and his guard had lowered considerably. Hearing this, he waved his hand.

"Don't even mention it. My dad's been focused on new energy and intelligent manufacturing lately. Have you heard of Rongke Intelligent? It's been practically dead on the A-share market for the past six months. But the other night, I got up in the middle of the night and overheard my dad on the phone with a director at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in his study. The director revealed that the government has already taken the lead, and early next month, Rongke Intelligent will be fully acquired by Huaxin Group, with military-grade technology assets injected into it."

The man chuckled. "This news hasn't spread yet, and there are hardly any insiders. Once it's officially announced early next month, Rongke's stock will probably hit the daily limit for ten consecutive days. It's just a pity that our family is in real estate, and all our funds are tied up in a few newly acquired plots of land. We can't free up a single penny of cash flow, so we can only watch this lucrative opportunity with envy."

Mergers and acquisitions.

Top secret.

Injection of military-grade assets.

At least ten consecutive daily price limits.

This seemingly unintentional complaint struck Xie Qingyang like a thunderbolt.

Isn't this the shortcut to heaven she's been waiting for?

Rongke Intelligent's market value is currently at an all-time low. If one could invest a huge sum of money to buy in before the news is made public...

Once the official announcement is made next month, doubling or even tripling your assets will be just a matter of a few clicks!

but--

Xie Qingyang was no novice in the business world. She knew very well that the country's supervision of the securities market was extremely strict, and that such undisclosed major insider trading was a serious illegal and criminal act.

She can't do this with her own account.

Or rather, it cannot be done through formal channels.

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