I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

A gray-haired man sitting next to her slowly frowned.

"Yuqing, where were you last night?"

Gu Yuqing turned to look at him and said irritably, "As you command, I'm on a blind date with someone."

How did the blind date go?

"There's no need to say it here," Gu Yuqing said.

The man picked up a cigar, and a waiter immediately came over to light it for him.

"The Yi family is one of the energy giants and controls the lifeline of western Shanxi. It is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of your blind date with him will affect the whole country, but you seem to be completely indifferent."

Gu Yuqing chuckled and said, "I don't think I have that much ability."

The man frowned and said, "That's not modesty, that's cheating."

The man sitting to the side was Gu Yuqing's father, Gu Zongyan.

He doesn't usually work here; his business spans the entire country. Gaoshan Capital, this small company, is just an insignificant piece of his business empire.

But he would come to sit in and oversee every board meeting.

He wanted to witness his daughter's growth with his own eyes.

Although this is a board meeting of Gaoshan Capital, the topic of family can be brought up here as if it were business.

Because almost everyone present was from the Gu family and was a relative of Gu Yuqing.

"I heard that you recently made a large private investment?" Gu Zongyan asked, changing the subject. "What's the reason?"

Chapter 318 Who is Bai Yujing?

After listening to her father's words, Gu Yuqing remained unmoved and smiled slightly, "A large investment? What do you mean?"

Gu Zongyan frowned and said, "You don't need to pretend. Your cousin Zefeng has already told me that you recently invested 1 million US dollars in an unreliable startup team. Is that true?"

Gu Yuqing turned her sharp gaze to the other side, where a man slightly older than her looked ashamed and kept nodding and smiling apologetically, asking for forgiveness for his tattling.

Gu Yuqing turned around, her expression calm: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Seeing that his daughter seemed unaffected, Gu Zongyan frowned deeply and became even angrier: "You still ask what happened? Why would you invest 1 million in a team like this? Your working capital is only a little over 1 million, right?"

Gu Yuqing said, "Yes, this is my own working capital, and I don't think it's necessary to talk about it in this kind of setting. Dad, let's not waste any more time and get to the formalities."

Gu Zongyan interrupted her: "This is a formal issue, and a very serious one. Tell me, if you judge this company to have a promising future, why not approve the company's investment in them? Why go through with private investment instead?"

Gu Zongyan's words sounded ordinary, but the underlying logic was deadly—

If Gu Yuqing judges that the small team can make a profit, then it means that Gu Yuqing is profiting at the expense of the public.

If that team can't make a profit, then it means Gu Yuqing has something wrong with her brain.

The board members present immediately felt extremely uncomfortable.

They rarely heard such a stern tone in this conference room.

We are all members of the Gu family, of the same blood and lineage. Even if there are minor flaws or blemishes, they will only be mentioned briefly.

What's more, this time the one who made the mistake was Gu Zongyan's own daughter.

Gu Yuqing, however, seemed completely unfazed by the pressure, and spoke in her usual nonchalant tone:

"It's very simple. My colleagues at the company all thought this investment was not worthwhile, but my opinion was different. The company couldn't afford such a loss, but I could, so I invested."

Gu Zongyan nodded and said, "Okay."

He nodded more than a dozen times, seemingly pondering a strategy to deal with Gu Yuqing, and then said:

"Then I'll see if your investment will actually succeed."

Gu Yuqing smiled and said, "Then please wait and see."

Gu Zongyan was almost used to his daughter's lack of respect for elders.

She was disobedient from a young age, which gave her parents a lot of headaches. They thought she would get better as she grew up, but unexpectedly, she became even more difficult to control.

"Don't go too far!" Gu Zongyan slammed his hand on the table. "Don't think that all your money is earned through your own abilities. If you weren't my daughter, you could never have done it! Don't forget who you are!"

Gu Yuqing said softly, "But we didn't have a choice, did we?"

Gu Zongyan stared at her, while her eyes were fixed on her father, showing no sign of yielding.

I cannot choose my father, just as you cannot choose your daughter.

We're all the same.

Beneath the surface of her clear eyes lurked something incredibly resilient.

Gu Zongyan sighed and said, "Alright, since that's what you think, I'll give you a chance."

Gu Yuqing looked at him, her eyes darting around, but she didn't say anything.

"Let's set a six-month timeframe. If your investment succeeds within six months, I won't bother with you anymore," Gu Zongyan said. "If your investment fails, then I'm sorry, from now on, the family won't let you cause any more trouble. You'd better get married obediently!"

After listening, Gu Yuqing narrowed her eyes.

The truth was revealed when the map was unrolled; it turned out he was waiting here.

Gu Yuqing immediately figured out what was going on with that guy surnamed Yi from yesterday.

It was obvious that her father wanted to marry her off.

Today's outburst was just for show, a way to block my own escape route.

But it must be said that his methods were very effective.

Gu Yuqing is not the kind of person who likes to contradict herself.

If she backs down here, she'll have to keep backing down from here on out. Right now, she can only endure the pressure and get through this.

“Okay,” Gu Yuqing said. “Then it’s settled. If my investment is successful in six months, the family will no longer be able to interfere in my personal affairs.”

Seeing that his daughter had taken the bait, Gu Zongyan quickly added, "A successful investment is not just about making a profit; the rate of return must be at least 120% to be considered a success!"

"120%? Why don't you just rob a bank?"

"So you weren't confident, huh? You seemed so sure you could do it." Gu Zongyan sneered.

Gu Yuqing rubbed her forehead and then started arguing with Gu Zongyan.

She accepted the bet, and that was that; she had many ways to win.

But a 120% return would be $120 million, and you could recoup your principal and interest in just six months—even mining gold wouldn't be that fast!

The directors present listened helplessly as the father and daughter haggled over prices, going on and on about everything from A-shares to "Das Kapital," without stopping all morning.

……

……

While Gu Jia of Gaoshan Capital was holding a meeting, a meeting was also taking place on the campus of Kyoto University, on the other side of the city.

However, this meeting was much smaller in scale than the one over there.

This was an academic conference where the principal invited a leading figure in teaching to give lectures to the teachers and share his academic experience and insights.

The author is a good person, but his voice is too monotonous, and he draws out the beginning of every sentence, making a group of university lecturers drowsy.

Falling asleep on the spot would be extremely disrespectful to the great master, so in order not to fall asleep, these people started chatting idly.

Lu Aiai sat in the last row, the area most prone to idle chatter, but unlike the others, she was very quiet.

She was fast asleep.

I've forgotten what I dreamt about, but when I woke up, a name just happened to enter my ears.

"...Bai Yujing's view on this issue is quite interesting..."

Lu Aiai was fully awake. She touched her nose and wrapped her clothes even tighter.

She wrapped herself up tightly not because she was cold, but because she didn't want anyone to know that she hadn't gone back to her dorm last night.

The whispers around us rose a few decibels:

"Bai Yujing's theories are all purely theoretical and cannot be proven..."

"...But you can't deny that Bai Yujing's configurations possess a subtle mathematical beauty..."

"I didn't understand it at all, and I don't believe you did..."

Completely bewildered, Lu Aiai couldn't help but interject, "Bai Yujing?"

Seeing that Lu Aiai had asked a question, someone nearby quickly came over and said, "Haven't you heard of Bai Yujing? That name has been quite famous lately."

Lu Aiai shook her head.

This was the first time she had ever heard this name.

"He's published several papers already; you can take a look later. I highly recommend him."

Another person said, "That's right, his direction happens to be similar to Ai Ai's, I think she will definitely gain something from reading it."

Lu Aiai covered her mouth with her hand and yawned slightly.

After yawning, she asked, "Which university?"

The people talking exchanged glances, then said, "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"It should be considered an anonymously published paper. We don't know the person's specific identity, but we know that he should be Chinese."

"Can I publish this anonymously?" Lu Aiai asked.

“Anyway, no one says it’s not allowed, it’s just that no one has ever done it before,” the man said with a wry smile. “But I reckon Professor Yang should know who that person is.”

“Yes,” another person next to him nodded, “Professor Yang definitely knows that he is the contact person, but I’m more curious about who else in China would put their name as the first author and have Professor Yang as the contact person.”

One of them, his eyes lighting up, asked, "Do you think it could be... Old Qian...?"

The "Old Qian" he was referring to was none other than Qian Zhenmin.

In the current academic circles in China, Qian Zhenmin firmly holds the top position.

Yang Changshuo is a big name in the industry, and he is also Qian Zhenmin's disciple. The only person who can command him is Qian Zhenmin.

Another person shook their head and said, "I don't think so. There's no need for Mr. Qian to use a pseudonym. Wouldn't it be better if he just used his real name? Besides, he's already quite old..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone immediately retorted, "So what if he's old? He's a theorist; his theoretical knowledge doesn't decline with age..."

"I didn't say his theoretical foundation had declined; I said his energy had declined..."

Soon, the crowd started arguing again.

Lu Aiai sat to the side, tilting her head thoughtfully for a while, before saying:

"Just go ask."

"Huh?" Everyone turned to look at him.

“Go ask Professor Yang,” Lu Aiai said. “Ask him who Bai Yujing is, he should be able to tell you.”

One person solemnly said to Lu Aiai, "Then, it's up to you."

“Yes,” someone immediately nodded in agreement. “Ai’ai, go ask Professor Yang if Bai Yujing is really Qian Lao.”

"..."

Yang Changshuo was a senior scholar, and although he wasn't the strict type, younger scholars were often hesitant to communicate with him.

If he suddenly gets the urge to test your skills, most people really can't handle it.

However, Lu Aiai did not have such concerns. Because Yang Changshuo was considered her mentor.

She was never afraid of his tests.

……

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"The square root game? What's that?" Yang Changshuo asked in confusion.

Yang Changshuo lived in the first building at the intersection of Yanyuan Street, a place Lu Aiai visited almost every day.