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Anastasia’s departure.
Tang Qing didn’t even look.
Beauty.
Viper.
Sometimes they are one concept.
To join the CIA,
None are to be taken lightly.
However, Chai Ren and the others were puzzled, no matter what. A girl comes up to say hello to you, especially in this setting, and your tone is all about making it impossible for her to save face.
This was not in line with Tang Qing’s usual style.
"Tang Qing, what’s this..." Mu Jian asked curiously.
Tang Qing sipped his fruit wine.
"This woman is not simple."
Mu Jian asked, "Do you know her?"
Tang Qing shook his head.
"No, but in her eyes, I can’t see sincerity. With such a person, there’s no need to converse."
The others heard this.
And were bewildered at Tang Qing’s way of making friends... He just glanced at her, saw no sincerity, and took on an uninvolved stance. It really was... principled.
"Jianzi, do you know this woman?" Chai Ren asked.
Mu Jian shook his head.
"I’ve never seen her before," then he looked at his wife, Liu Zhi thought for a moment and also indicated she hadn’t seen her before, but didn’t care much. The world is so big, who knows who brought this guest.
"I also think this woman is not simple," Chai Ren said, recalling the various charms of Anastasia.
"That’s hindsight."
"..."
Listening to the two of them banter,
Tang Qing’s gaze strayed to Anastasia, who was also drinking alone in a corner.
Just then,
Anastasia didn’t forget to throw a seductive glance over, Tang Qing inwardly smiled, a professional agent indeed, ’well-trained’ in her smile. An average person would probably be hormonally intoxicated in a minute.
Unfortunately, it had zero effect on Tang Qing.
At that moment,
Tang Qing had finished looking through Anastasia’s information.
Anastasia.
Female.
Twenty-eight years old.
Unmarried.
Finnish.
Moved to the United States with her parents as a child, and due to a series of family encounters afterward, her personality became rather extreme, very open, which just fit the CIA’s requirements. She secretly joined the CIA after turning eighteen.
Now her identity was that of a clothing store owner.
And she also moonlighted as a lover of a senior executive at a military industrial company that was going public.
She was a mid-level auxiliary agent who rarely carried out combat missions. She was one of the CIA’s intelligence officers in the United States, living a rather dashing and free life. Intelligence showed that this woman had no fewer than four long-term partners.
She liked multiples.
The kind that’s not happy without meat.
Therefore,
To Tang Qing, he truly didn’t want to speak to her.
And the purpose of Anastasia’s visit.
The Command Room had also sent over an analysis.
This was not an official CIA task, so it was not recorded in the archives, and there was no detailed task content. But from some corroborating evidence, the fighters still analyzed her purpose.
Today’s event.
Was merely a transaction.
The CIA serves the United States Government, but also serves America’s capitalists. Such an institution, one could say, extends the tentacles of capital everywhere. This time, it was just that someone was paying for a service.
--- To make the Ge Family bleed.
It was a vengeful act.
A tall tree catches the wind.
It’s the same everywhere, when a person or family holds too many resources, they unavoidably provoke friction with powerful neighbors, like a country that keeps expanding, growing stronger, it is a sin in itself.
The Ge Family had a big family and a large business, many friends, and many adversaries, too.
The cause of this time’s incident was not complicated.
It was still about money.
Interests.
They are always the origin of strife in the world.
When direct confrontation fails,
resort to underhanded tactics—that’s all they have. But this time, they chose the wrong target. One plan didn’t work out, Tang Qing probably had a backup plan, but he had no interest in playing along with these people.
Since forming an alliance,
it was time to send a small gift.
...
Following that,
Anastasia didn’t come up to join the fray again, uninterestingly. As the news of Tang Qing’s arrival spread, more and more guests came over to introduce themselves, handed over their business cards after a brief chat, and then left.
Everyone was busy.
Tang Qing, with a net worth of billions of dollars, wasn’t there to spend money on them; getting acquainted was enough.
Soon,
Tang Qing’s pocket was stuffed with a small stack of business cards.
"Tang Qing, it seems you are quite popular," Chai Ren smiled. 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Tang Qing narrowed his eyes, "It’s not me who is popular, it’s the money."
"True, haha."
At that moment,
an Indian man approached.
"Boss Tang, nice to meet you." Both words were spoken in Chinese.
He handed Tang Qing a business card casually.
Tang Qing accepted it and put it in his pocket.
"Mr. Ramul, nice to meet you." How could Tang Qing not know this person? ERV’s Executive President, previously a Vice President at Yahoo, and recruited by Fighters, was a very capable Indian.
The Executive President
was below the Chairman, also below the CEO, and currently the third-highest in the ERV management hierarchy.
Sometimes you have to say,
some Indians are quite impressive. They’re not all like the overpowered and strangely confident ones on the TV; there’s a large group of talented individuals among them.
He was recruited
for the diversification of management.
Of course,
to outsiders,
it appeared they valued his abilities.
"Boss Tang knows me?" Ramul said with a delighted smile.
Tang Qing nodded, "I’ve learned a bit about you."
"That’s truly an honor for me. This ’Epoch’ has adopted our ERV’s Sirius System, and I want to thank you for that. Rest assured, our Sirius System is definitely the world’s best and most stable Mobile Terminal Operating System," Ramul said proudly.
This pride
made Tang Qing feel that the high wages he gave the man were not in vain.
In terms of standpoint,
he saw things quite clearly.
"You’re being too modest. Our ’Epoch’ is the best, so of course, we would use the best operating system. ARM’s architecture is also the best chip architecture," Tang Qing praised without a shred of embarrassment.
"Ha ha, I hope we have more opportunities to cooperate in the future," Ramul enjoyed the compliment.
"There definitely will be."
After exchanging pleasantries,
Ramul left with his glass of wine.
ERV’s Vice President,
this Vice President of the world’s highest market value company commanded respect wherever he went. It’s just unfortunate that he joined the company too late and wasn’t part of the founding team.
He had management bonuses, but no options, let alone shares.
Otherwise,
he would have been a billionaire in minutes.
But such good fortune
obviously eluded him, though he was quite satisfied with his current treatment—work more, get more paid. Having too many expectations in such a big company, a slight mishap could lead to being replaced.
Inside ERV,
the Chairman held absolute authority.
Chai Ren curiously asked, "Is ERV close to the Ge Family?"
"Possibly not, ERV’s Chairman is a Westerner, and there’s little overlap with the fields the Ge Family is involved in. This Executive President probably knew the Ge family before, hence his presence," Mu Jian speculated.
"That’s possible. The growth speed of ERV is frightening. Whose side are they on?" Chai Ren inquired.
"I don’t know," Mu Jian shook his head.
"You don’t know?"
Mu Jian explained, "Currently, ERV has not shown closeness with any family. I had the fortune to meet once; a very impressive person, serious but also charismatic. However, behind that charisma, what I sensed was distance."
"A mysterious person, in short."
