"Hi, David, over here." Chen Xiaoru’s eyes lit up when she saw the person entering through the door, and she proactively greeted him.
She explained to Liu Qing beside her: "This is David, my classmate from Harvard. After graduation, he went to intern at Morgan upon our professor’s recomndation, and later he seed to join a large international oil and grain company as a financial officer. He’s an exceptionally talented person. I thought I’d never see him again, but here we are."
Liu Qing nodded thoughtfully.
Although she was also a returnee who had studied abroad.
But unlike the purebred returnee beside her, who had been sent abroad to study from an early age, she had only gone abroad for further study after completing her undergraduate degree in China, so she wasn’t as inclined to worship foreign things.
However, she could understand the other person.
Because David indeed looked handso and tall, a typical Western hunk.
Upon hearing Chen Xiaoru’s greeting, he clearly recognized this forr classmate, walked over warmly, and prepared to shake hands as a local gesture.
Who knew that the other party would embrace him imdiately and even offer a friendly ’cheek kiss,’ catching him sowhat off guard.
"Wow, beautiful Miss Chen, didn’t expect we’d et again."
"Yes, you went to Morgan right after graduating from undergrad, and I continued with my master’s and PhD. It must have been seven or eight years since we’ve seen each other, and you’re still as handso as ever."
Chen Xiaoru’s complints flowed out as if they were free, a stark contrast to her previous deanor.
"Thanks, you’re as beautiful as ever too." David, being an old hand in the business world, coupled with his innate talent for charming girls, turned Chen Xiaoru head over heels.
"Really?" Chen Xiaoru touched her cheek, "Age is a woman’s enemy, I thought I had lost my charm from before."
"Oh, who said that? That’s a cri. Miss Chen, in my eyes, you’re still so beautiful." David’s words dripped with sweetness like honey.
Even Liu Qing on the side found it hard to handle.
"David, I didn’t know you and Xiaoru were college classmates. I wouldn’t have guessed if you hadn’t ntioned it." Liu Qing chid in as well.
David was already an old acquaintance of their club.
She rembered it was she who had personally brought him in.
He’s not only a senior executive at an international oil and grain company but also the head of an investnt bank under the Morgan consortium in Asia.
But when the conversation turned to work, David couldn’t help frowning: "Hey, don’t ntion it. The shareholders of the oil and grain company where I worked have completely changed, and Morgan has sold all its shares there, so my position naturally disappeared, leaving with only the investnt banking job."
"Oh, is that so? It seems there wasn’t much fuss about it in the outside world?" Liu Qing was a bit surprised.
But it was understandable.
After all, different industries are like separate mountains.
So industry news, if deliberately covered up by insiders, is impossible for outsiders to know.
"Well, but the company that received the shares is also an Arican company, and they’re generous with their actions, plus they’re low-key, so not much information has been disclosed."
Seeing their interest, David added more.
"Oh, I wonder which company acquired it. It wouldn’t be a small sum, right?" As an investnt banker, Liu Qing naturally had a keen sensitivity to this kind of news.
She seed curious to know which hidden giant had orchestrated this.
After all, the Singapore grain and oil company where David worked ranks internationally, just behind the well-known Four Major Grain rchants and Sinograin.
Such acquisitions typically involve colossal sums, hundreds of billions being trivial, often reaching trillions.
A company with that much cash for acquisition couldn’t be obscure.
"Oh, this company is apparently quite famous in your country recently, with its Asian headquarters located in your Shanghai City. What’s it called... Keno Capital, yes, that’s the na."
Chen Xiaoru didn’t react much to this na, as she had just returned to the country and didn’t know about it at all.
However, Liu Qing beside her seed to hear thunder rolling in her ears and couldn’t help but look at a certain figure: Isn’t the chairman of Keno Capital (Asia) him?
Unexpectedly, he was backed by such a huge capital?
No wonder he had such confidence.
It seed he wasn’t intimidated by her side indeed.
Liu Qing couldn’t help feeling relieved, glad that she had always been courteous with him and had not caused any awkward situations.
The only awkwardness seed... her eyes involuntarily turned to her ’good friend’ beside her, feeling bad that her good intentions had inadvertently offended him in this regard.
What should she do?
Just then, the person in question was walking towards her.
She imdiately put on a very genuine smile.
"I have so personal matters to attend to, so I’ll have to leave early."
Who knew he ca over to bid farewell, and her smile almost faltered for a mont. With effort, she replied, "President Sun, sorry for the inadequate hospitality today, please don’t take it amiss. Next ti you visit, I will definitely make it up to you."
Sun Dasheng looked at her a bit strangely: Make up? What do you need to make up to for?
However, seeing that there were many people around her, he didn’t ask, just nodded slightly and then left.
Throughout the whole process, he didn’t glance at that so-called ’socialite’ even once.
This made Chen Xiaoru quite annoyed, sneering, "Pretentious, just putting on a show, hmph!"
"Xiaoru, don’t talk about President Sun like that." Unexpectedly, she encountered harsh criticism from her good friend Liu Qing.
Chen Xiaoru felt a bit clueless, "Did I say sothing wrong?"
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