Chen Yiran glanced at the restless crowd around him and said helplessly, "Long time no see, Hannah. This song isn't quite right for the occasion. You're not just going to dance randomly, are you?"

Hannah laughed and said, "It's good to bounce around a bit."

Despite saying that, the two of them still distanced themselves from the restless crowd.

Chen Yiran was actually a little embarrassed. Although he already knew that Catherine had invited Hannah, and their relationship had always been good, they often went out together. He thought that seeing each other again wouldn't be a big deal, since they were both adults.

But in the end, he still seemed a bit awkward when they met again, far less outgoing than Hannah. Perhaps it was because when he was with Hannah, he was at least a warm and caring man in a one-on-one relationship, but two years later, he had become a womanizer with a whole bunch of women at the same time.

Hannah seemed to sense Chen Yiran's embarrassment and comforted her, "You don't need to feel embarrassed. It's not like you dumped me. I was the one who initiated the breakup. This will be an important topic of conversation later."

Also, although we broke up, I've always recognized your talent. I bought a lot of Apple stock myself, my parents bought a lot too, and my uncle bought a lot as well.

Frankly speaking, I'm the person with the best investment acumen in my circle.

Chen Yiran felt less awkward and pouted, jokingly saying, "Your investment acumen is really lacking. If you were truly good at investing, you should have proposed to me back then, and I might have said yes."

"How could that be? Catherine told me you have over a hundred women now!"

"No, there aren't that many! She's lying, at most ten!"

"That's ridiculous! My mom used to tell me that men who work hard in their careers will definitely find a lot of ways to relax, the most common being having many women. At the time, I thought she was just scaring me, trying to prevent me from falling for it."

Chen Yiran saw ACCDC performing their classic song "TNT" on the balcony. He stretched out his hand and said, "Let's not waste any more time, let's dance."

Hannah paused for a moment, then reached out her hand.

The two of them danced a ballroom dance on the lawn behind, amidst the gossipy gazes of countless whisperers, accompanied by the sharp and irritating music of ACCDC.

As it turns out, even the ACDC couldn't draw people's attention away from the young millionaires; people in front of them would turn around to look at the situation every few seconds.

After the song ended, Chen Yiran asked, "I can tell you came to see me because you have something to say. Shall we find somewhere to talk now?"

Hannah didn't speak, but pushed Chen Yiran forward: "How can you say that now? It's someone else's wedding! If you run away, Catherine will come after you later. My uncle needs to see you later. Look over there, that handsome fat guy is my uncle."

Chen Yiran looked to the side and saw a handsome, chubby man raise his glass to him.

"Alright, the wedding is over. I'll send someone to find you."

After the ACDC performance, John Legend took to the stage and sang "All of Me," a song more suited to a wedding atmosphere.

This song itself is a love letter that John Legend wrote to his fiancée, and it was only released in August as a surprise before their wedding in September.

Chen Yiran returned to the table at the front and glanced at the side. Emily and Catherine's parents looked much better.

Although the United States is relatively open-minded about this, in reality, people can say whatever they want when talking about others. However, when it comes to their own children finding same-sex partners, it is actually very difficult for them to accept it.

Fortunately, Catherine and Emily have been in a stable relationship for many years now. When Catherine was struggling with her medical studies, Emily was always there to support her and even introduced her to a job with Chen Yiran, which helped her achieve her current status.

Given that the wedding was indeed very impressive, both sets of parents seemed to have let it go.

After the wedding, Chen Yiran asked Nuno to invite Hannah and his uncle to his villa.

Olsen, holding her child, lingered with her friends, unwilling to leave, all eager to see what would happen. In their eyes, this was Chen Yiran's first girlfriend and his first woman, something they were all keen to observe.

Chen Yiran simply took the initiative to go out and led Hannah and her party to the study.

Hannah's uncle extended his hand and said, "Hello, it's great to meet you. I'm an admirer of yours. My name is Martin Craighead, and I'm Hannah's uncle."

Chen Yiran reached out and shook his hand: "Is there something you need from me?"

Martin Craighead began by introducing himself: "I don't know if you're aware, but I'm the CEO and Chairman of Baker Hughes, one of the world's three largest oilfield services companies. I'm here today hoping to get some technical support."

"An oilfield services company? I've looked into it before, but not much."

Martin Craighead wiped the cold sweat from his brow: "So you really do, completely disregard us, and just casually entered our industry."

"I was simply advancing our company's technology naturally; it wasn't targeting your industry."

"So it was you who was destroyed. What does it have to do with you? Mr. Chen is truly a genius. Actually, my niece told me about your deeds before, and I have been paying close attention to you ever since. I just didn't expect you to affect our company first."

Hannah chided him playfully, "Chen Yiran, if you can, please help my uncle. Even if the company goes bankrupt, he can still be a wealthy man through the trust. But our family has also invested in this company."

Bankruptcy could affect our family's trusts for three generations. Of course, we've made a lot of money in your related companies' stocks, but oil is our family's traditional business.

Chen Yiran recalled what Hannah had said about her family background and asked, "So your maternal grandfather's family used to be oil tycoons in Texas?"

"A small-time oil tycoon, not a big tycoon."

"Alright, Mr. Martin, there's no need for formalities regarding my relationship with Hannah. You can just state your purpose directly. No problem, I'll help."

Martin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right. The other two of the world's three largest oilfield service companies are Schlumberger, the global king of oilfield services, a behemoth with nearly $50 billion in revenue and $7 billion in net profit. They are also the most internationalized, with a very low percentage of their revenue coming from North America."

The other company is Halliburton, with revenue of $30 billion and net profit of $3 billion, which is much better than ours, but not as good as the top company. They also happen to be the company most dependent on the North American market, with basically half of their revenue coming from North America.

I actually know that they have been secretly contacting our Baker Hughes shareholders, wanting to acquire us to supplement their overseas business and incidentally become the world's number one oilfield services company.

I wasn't particularly concerned about this myself; the acquisition wouldn't affect our interests. However, the pipeline business has changed, which could significantly lower our company's valuation, and if they seize on that, it would be troublesome.

Chen Yiran nodded: "So, what are your thoughts? If you need exclusive authorization for Mechanical Dog in the oil business, I can provide that. We're not familiar with this business ourselves, so having a professional agent would be a good option."

Martin shook his head: "It's not just that. I'm hoping you can give us some support to help me swallow up the bigger fish and take over Halliburton!"

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