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Chapter 43: Chapter 41: 20 Million in Account (Seeking Recommendation!)_1
The ensuing two days.
Were filled with stressful monthly exams.
Tang Qing had made ample preparations.
He believed he would certainly make good grades this time, just so that he wouldn’t have to blankly stare at the blackboard anymore.
As for English, it was needless to say, he found he could easily get full marks. The listening comprehensions that seemed so difficult in his previous life were now a cakewalk. He felt speechless, how could he have been so dumb before?
Chinese language was a bit tough though.
There were many objective answers, but there were also a lot of subjective questions and unseen classical Chinese texts. As for the essay, he was not a literary saint, and one’s writing ability could not improve in a short time.
He had written many copies, but at most, the use of language was much more meticulous and precise, and the examples given were no longer the nauseating examples of Li Bai, Du Fu, Tao Yuanming that the teachers were tired of seeing.
He genuinely understood the teachers’ pain.
The monotonous examples of Li Bai, Du Fu, Edison, Newton, Da Vinci...
Even if these examples were used in a variety of ways.
It would still be sickening to read.
...
On the first day.
The morning was for Chinese and English, the afternoon for math.
"Old Tang, how did you do? This math paper was rather difficult; I didn’t even do one of the questions." After the math exam, Li Kai came over, he did this after every exam.
It was as if hearing Tang Qing say it was difficult.
Could increase his chances of victory.
"Definitely better than you. Brace yourself; you’re about to lose a lot of blood." Tang Qing said irritably. He obviously knew Li Kai’s psychology. After the exam, most students hoped to hear that others did not do well.
Even high achievers would say something like this.
And if you believed them.
They scored 140 feeling they did not do well, you scored 70, you would be dumbfounded by then.
Therefore.
Never believe a high achiever who says that they didn’t do well; that’s purely self-punishing.
"Hmph, what’s there to be proud of? Even if you win, as long as my dad knows it was me who treated you, he will obediently take out the money." Li Kai laughed triumphantly.
"You’re a pain in your dad’s ass, aren’t you?"
"La la la, I am a professional at pissing off my dad, what can you do about it, let’s go..." Li Kai jubilantly started singing a changed version of a nursery rhyme, feeling extraordinarily good. Regardless of the outcome, he would benefit.
As for getting punished severely by his dad for performing poorly.
He couldn’t care less about it now.
He wanted to enjoy and talk about it later.
Tang Qing looked at him and stepped away, implying he didn’t know him. Despite his classmates’ sideways glances, Li Kai didn’t care and continued to stick with Tang Qing.
The two of them laughingly walked out of school.
"Old Tang, what’s your plan for tomorrow?"
After finishing his song.
Li Kai finally stopped being a pain in the ear, and turned to ask Tang Qing.
"Got some stuff to deal with, why?" Tang Qing asked curiously.
"Just asking. It feels like you’ve been quite busy lately, hardly getting any peace even during school." Li Kai mentioned. He knew a bit about what Tang Qing had been up to lately and it was entirely unlike any activities a high-schooler would be involved in.
Having such an outstanding friend did indeed pressurize him.
Imagine having a friend who outdoes you in all aspects, who is the rich and influential second generation and works harder than you, what reason would you have for being slack? As for Tang Qing not being a direct descendant of an influential official, Li Kai conveniently overlooked that.
Tang Qing stopped in his tracks.
Raising his head to look at the far-off sky, he said faintly, "For my dreams."
This fake profundity, I would give full marks.
"Dreams my ass, enough with your nonsense. I’m off to the restaurant to treat myself with a big meal with dad and fuel my brain." Li Kai immediately hit back. He said this out loud, but deep down, he instinctively believed.
"Okay, see ya." Tang Qing said.
Li Kai responded and went to the bus stop.
"Huh?"
Just as Tang Qing was getting ready to return home. 𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑝𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝘮
He heard the system alert sound and quickly stopped in his tracks. Until now, Tang Qing still couldn’t understand why he could only view the system when his eyes were closed, who knows what kind of setting that was.
The system message reported a deposit of 25,505,000.
Looking at the more than 2 million in his account, Tang Qing transferred everything into the system. After deducting the sum to be exchanged, he profited 1,050,000 this time, suddenly becoming a millionaire.
He had not brought his mobile phone to the exams held in the past few days.
Although the tests were not particularly strict, being caught could result in serious consequences. Thankfully, he didn’t activate the text message alert feature - if it was either at home or someone else was using his phone.
That could lead to a lot of trouble.
A high school student’s account suddenly seeing a transaction of tens of millions.
...
November 14th.
Sunday.
Tang Qing arrived at the restaurant early in the morning.
By now, Li Jianguo had bought a new minivan, which he only used after shopping. Tang Qing drove it out. This time, he did not call Zhang Dongqing. As Zhang Dongqing’s role had ended, it was inappropriate to involve him further.
Tang Qing was entirely driving without a license.
Initially, Li Jianguo was worried about Tang Qing’s driving skills. However, after taking a few laps with Tang Qing, he began to believe in him. As for driving without a license, Li Jianguo didn’t believe that anything would happen to Tang Qing with Qin Yugang around.
Now, Qin Yugang had assumed his post.
Several of the meals were eaten here.
Clearly, Qin Yugang knew about Tang Qing’s stake in the restaurant. Li Jianguo was quite pleased with it. The sense of security one feels from having a backer was something an outsider could never truly understand.
Driving in the minivan.
They arrived at the villa area.
Tang Qing didn’t withdraw the money until outside the villa area.
Carrying millions of dollars on oneself was too risky. It wasn’t about being robbed. In this world, even drinking water could choke you. Something unexpected happening when you go out is nothing surprising.
Just to be on the safe side.
"Little Tang, I didn’t expect you to be so low-profile," said Liu Qian, looking at Tang Qing’s minivan with surprise. But then he thought it over and attributed it to transaction security.
After all, who would think that an old minivan - albeit 90% new - carries a huge sum of 3 million dollars? You could buy hundreds of minivans with it.
Perhaps the smarter someone is, the easier they are to deceive. These people’s imaginations were too powerful; they could fill in any gaps and explain away any inconsistencies. First deceive themselves, and then deceive others.
"Sorry for the embarrassment, Uncle Liu. I’ll buy a better car and get a driver’s license later," said Tang Qing, somewhat embarrassed. Of course, he had no idea that Liu Qian had interpreted his actions as being for transaction security.
Even if he did know, he was already planning to buy a better car. Firstly, he had never owned a car in his previous life. Secondly, loving cars was in a man’s nature. He was planning to buy one once he had a more flexible budget.
It’ll be convenient for anything.
"Are you driving without a license? Be careful. It’s not about hitting someone, but your safety. Don’t worry, no matter if you hit someone or another car, my uncle will settle it for you."
Because of Tang Qing, Liu Qian started paying special attention to Qin Yugang. Given his connections, he came to know that Qin Yugang’s current career was flourishing. It would be hard not to get promotions.
Even without dollar transactions.
He still couldn’t underestimate Tang Qing.
After all, his highest backer was at the same level as Qin Yugang.
"Thank you, Uncle Liu. My driving skills are not bad, but the expensive cars are unaffordable," Tang Qing gratefully said.
"Oh, Small matter. Besides, Little Tang, your future is limitless. You’ll be able to afford anything expensive, sooner or later. Perhaps Uncle will rely on you for meals in the future," Liu Qian quipped.
But he really thought so in his heart. Tang Qing is young and successful, not arrogant or impulsive, and handles things steadily. Even though he still has other small shortcomings and hasn’t reached the level of the cunning,
But this is how a young talent should be.
A six-year-old child who talks about life isn’t a genius.
It’s a very scary thing.
"Uncle Liu, you flatter me. Let’s check the money first," Tang Qing ended the topic. For convenience, he brought two large bags, each containing 1.5 million. It weighed only a bit over 20 kilos and was not heavy at all.
"Okay."
Liu Qian led Tang Qing into the house.
He had someone prepare some tea.
Three million dollars didn’t look like too much.
But it was a massive amount of nearly tens of millions in 2004. Tang Qing watched that Gangzi and Monkey maintained their composure, indicating they had seen more luxurious scenes. This confirmed his suspicion in his heart.
The money counting machines were very fast.
There were three money counter machines specifically for dollars, each able to account for a thousand notes per minute.
Three million dollars meant 30,000 notes. Including the intervening time, it took over 20 minutes to finish counting. Perhaps due to all the bills being new, there were zero errors.
