Chapter 513 Oh, Annie!

Chapter 513 Oh, Annie!

Chapter 513 Oh, Annie!

Magic City.

The train slowly stopped at Hongqiao Railway Station, and the lights from the platform shone into the business car through the windows.

Tang Song put on his backpack, picked up his suitcase, and walked out of the carriage door under the guidance of the conductor.

Follow the signs inside the station, walk through the crowded exit passage, and arrive at the taxi waiting area.

After waiting in line for a while, a taxi stopped steadily in front of him.

After getting in the car, he reported his safe arrival to Xie Shuyu, Liu Qingning, Wen Ruan and others.

Tang Song put away his phone, lowered the car window a little, and let the evening breeze blow on his face.

At this time of year in Shanghai, the temperature remains between 20 and 26 degrees Celsius all day long, and the relative humidity is not high, making the body feel very comfortable.

As the taxi entered the city.

The city outside the window is brightly lit, and the flashing neon lights reflect the prosperity and vitality of this financial center.

As if he had thought of something, Tang Song took out his cell phone and called Mo Xiangwan.

After two beeps, the call was connected.

Mo Xiangwan's deep and slightly magnetic voice came from the receiver: "Mr. Tang, good evening."

"Good evening, Xiangwan." Tang Song chuckled and said, "Guess where I am?"

Mo Xiangwan paused for a moment, then replied in a firm tone: "Modu! Today is already the 2nd, you should have arrived as planned, right?"

"If you answer correctly, I'll give you a kiss as a reward." Tang Song said half-jokingly, and deliberately kissed the microphone.

Mo Xiangwan on the other end of the phone was obviously confused. After a brief silence, he stammered, "This... doesn't seem appropriate..."

"Okay, that was just a joke, let's get down to business. In addition to visiting the set the day after tomorrow, I also want to accompany Su Yu to participate in the filming as a special guest actor, and complete a scene opposite her."

"Really?" Mo Xiangwan's voice suddenly rose, even with a hint of a scream.

"Tang Song said seriously, "Of course, don't tell her about this yet. Just help me arrange it. It'll be a surprise for her."

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Mo Xiangwan said excitedly, "I will definitely get this done."

The two chatted briefly on the phone about the details of the itinerary.

Before hanging up, Mo Xiangwan suddenly lowered his voice and said solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Tang."

...

21:50 in the evening.

The taxi slowly drove into the JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square.

After completing the registration procedures in the lobby, Tang Song returned to his long-term executive suite on the 59th floor.

In the cloakroom, the familiar safe is still there.

Tang Song reached out and grasped the door handle of the safe, and lightly touched the fingerprint reader with his thumb.

"Click-click-click-" After a few clean and crisp sounds, the safe opened.

Stacks of envelopes were neatly placed inside.

Inside are invitations to Su Yu’s concerts, movie premieres, birthday parties, and celebration parties over the years.

In the game, all he saw were insignificant notification messages, and he didn't take them seriously.

Only when the system occasionally reminds him that he should maintain favorability and send gifts, will he try to comfort her.

This [female star] is also very well-behaved. As long as he says a few "sweet words", her favorability level will immediately return to full marks.

But when we put it into reality, we realize how cruel this practice is.

Now, a long time has passed and he can finally keep his appointment.

After looking through it carefully for a while, Tang Song got up and went to the minibar, taking out a bottle of beer.

Sitting on the single sofa by the window, you can enjoy the gorgeous night view of Pudong.

While drinking, he fell into deep thought.

At present, he has only recovered the dream memory of 2016, and his meeting with Su Yu was in 2017.

There are still gaps in his memory about Su Yu, and he is far from having a deep understanding of her.

Until now, he still regarded her more as the perfect [female star] in the game that he had personally cultivated.

I hope that this contact and interaction with Su Yu can trigger the [Light Feather of Memory] and bring back the shared memories between her and me.

"Ding Dong——" the WeChat notification sound interrupted his thoughts.

Tang Song took out his cell phone and looked at it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth involuntarily.

Anne: "Hey, Song! I hope I didn't disturb your evening plans. It's about 10 pm in China now, right? Here in New York, it's only 10 am. I'll be boarding the plane soon, and should be able to land at the Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai at 1: pm tomorrow.

Tang Song quickly replied, "Okay, Annie, I got it. I'm looking forward to meeting you tomorrow."

【Anne: "Wait... Are you saying you're already in the Magic City?! You never mentioned this before!"】

Tang Song looked at the series of exclamation marks and couldn't help but chuckled as he replied, "I just arrived tonight. You said you would arrive in Magic City on the 3rd, so I arranged to come here according to this schedule."

Anne: "Wow, this is such a big surprise, Song! So... you'll pick me up at the airport, right? Just say you'll come!"

Tang Song: "Of course, if you wish."

Anne: "Great! See you tomorrow, honey!"

It also comes with a red lip and hugging emoji.

Tang Song smiled and shook his head, impressed by the enthusiasm and straightforwardness of this American girl.

The image that couldn't help but come to mind was that blond, blue-eyed figure.

In fact, in addition to Su Yu, he was also looking forward to his first positive contact with this [Consultant].

This white girl was born in Chicago, grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and graduated from Harvard Law School.

Smart, decisive, confident, and with a bit of American humor, he always makes people feel good about him.

Of course, this feeling is different from the one I have with my girlfriend Su Yu.

Judging from their current chats, the friendship between him and Anne is very pure and nothing much has happened.

It was more like meeting a female netizen who I could talk to very well. I felt both excited and nervous.

Annie is also an SSR-level character that he personally trained, and he has also seen her in his memory of 2016.

In a sense, these game characters represent unfinished stories.

He is continuing to write them.

At this moment, the phone vibrated and the WeChat notification tone rang again.

[Sun Jiayue: "Sorry Tang Song, I was too busy these days and forgot to ask you, have you arrived in Shanghai?"]

Tang Song took a photo of the night view of Lujiazui outside the window and shared the past.

The message read: "What a coincidence, I just arrived tonight."

【Sun Jiayue: "Is this the photo taken just now?"】

Tang Song: Nod.gif (emoticon package)

[Sun Jiayue: "However, what's even more coincidental is that at this moment I am working overtime in a building in your photo."]

【Sun Jiayue: photo.jpg】

Tang Song clicked on it and saw that it was a picture of Sun Jiayue standing in the office area and shooting towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

In addition to her reflection, there is also the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Bund night view.

Tang Song couldn't help but smiled and shook his head, replying: "It's indeed a coincidence, are you still working overtime so late?"

After all, they were former high school classmates, and in the memories of 2016 that he had just recovered, Sun Jiayue appeared very frequently. Tang Song had a deep impression of this old classmate.

So I just chatted with her for a while.

……

Hengyue Investment Management Co., Ltd., 16th Floor, Times Financial Center Building.

Sun Jiayue finished the black coffee in her hand, put down the cup, and typed a reply: "Let's not talk for now. It's already late today, and you just arrived in Shanghai. Have a good rest. I will get off work early tomorrow. You can come to my house in the evening and have dinner together. It can also be regarded as a way for me, an old classmate, to show my hospitality."

"Buzzing—"

[Tang Song: "Okay, see you tomorrow night. I happen to have something to do during the day."]

After sending a "bye" expression, Sun Jiayue returned her attention to the PPT.

I carefully checked the content, saved it and sent it to the leader's email after confirming that it was correct.

I closed my computer, tidied up my workstation, said goodbye to my colleagues who were still working overtime, and clocked out with my computer bag.

I took the elevator downstairs and called a Didi car.

While waiting for the bus, she took a deep breath and looked up at the brightly lit skyscrapers.

This is the financial center of Shanghai and one of the busiest commercial districts in China.

Hengyue Investment, where she works, rents an independent office area of ​​more than 700 square meters here, with a monthly rent of more than 20 yuan, and the decoration is very high-end.

However, in fact, this company is just a small and medium-sized private equity fund company with a management scale of barely over 13 billion yuan.

This is the ceiling she can reach at the moment.

After all, in this industry, if you want to enter a big company, you either need to have extremely outstanding academic qualifications, or have a wealthy family with connections and resources.

It is extremely difficult for someone from a grassroots background to make a name for himself.

Starting from her internship in college, she went directly into the fundraising department of Hengyue Investment, starting as an assistant and was promoted to specialist only last year.

Although her salary and performance increased significantly, the pressure that came with it made her feel suffocated.

She had strict fundraising performance requirements, but Hengyue Investment had neither brand appeal nor did she personally have resources or connections, so it was difficult for her to enter the core social circle.

You can only meet and visit some corporate executives or individual LPs through industry conferences, alumni associations, clubs, etc.

Over the past year, her original high spirits and vigor have almost been worn away, and her work has become extremely difficult.

Not to mention being promoted to fundraising manager, even ensuring the basic amount of funds raised is difficult and I worry about it every day.

This is also one of the reasons why she is so enthusiastic about Liu Qingning.

The investment of more than 400 million yuan is not a small amount for her, and it can directly help her complete a large part of the fundraising task.

Of course, there is real affection.

After all, they were good friends who had shared a dormitory for three years in high school.

"Beep beep--" A shrill horn sounded suddenly. Sun Jiayue quickly came to her senses, checked the license plate number, opened the door and got in.

...

Ten minutes later.

Sun Jiayue returned home, changed into slippers, and walked into the living room.

"Finally you're back, busy man." Zhang Nuo, my roommate, came out after hearing the noise and said with a smile, "You have to work overtime so late during the National Day holiday. Your company is really great."

"I have a lot of things to do after the holidays. I can't help it." Sun Jiayue put down her computer bag and said, "By the way, a classmate will come to visit us tomorrow night. Can you buy some seafood in the afternoon and help me prepare it in advance?"

"Hey, which classmate is worthy of your attention?" Zhang Nuo came over curiously.

"I haven't seen you in years, high school classmate. Now that he's in Shanghai, I have to entertain him."

Zhang Nuo's eyes widened instantly: "Oh? Boy or girl?"

"Um...boys."

"Wow, an old sweetheart from high school? A secret crush? Yueyue, you're done. I'm going to tell Xu Pengyuan about this!" Zhang Nuo teased with an exaggerated expression.

Sun Jiayue frowned and kicked her angrily, "Don't spread rumors, he's just an ordinary classmate, we weren't close, and we haven't been in touch since we graduated from high school."

"Then why do you suddenly invite him to your home? You take it so seriously."

Sun Jiayue was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "He and Liu Qingning have a very close relationship, and can be said to be childhood sweethearts."

"Ah? Is that your high school classmate who graduated from Imperial University, started a business and cashed out over 3 million in 300 years, and joined Green Lemon Technology?"

"Well, that's her."

"No wonder." Zhang Nuo exclaimed: "This boy must be very good? He can handle such a woman, amazing."

Hearing this, Sun Jiayue chuckled and said, "You're wrong. In my opinion, he's not that good. At least, he's not worthy of Liu Qingning. His family conditions are not very good. He graduated from an ordinary university. He had a good job before, but unfortunately he quit. He's currently working as a programmer in Yancheng."

"Is that so? Then he is very handsome?"

"Emm..." Sun Jiayue thought for a moment, "If you were to talk about the past, he was indeed quite handsome, but it's a pity that he gained weight and became ugly later."

When Tang Song was in high school, he was also a tall, thin, handsome guy with red lips and white teeth. He looked a good match for Liu Qingning when standing next to her.

Unfortunately, he later "degenerated into depravity".

Moreover, he had no ambition in his career, so he quit his job at a large Internet company and went to Yancheng to enjoy life.

Logically speaking, he and Liu Qingning have no future together and are completely incompatible.

However, judging from Sun Jiayue's previous contacts, Liu Qingning still "stays with him" and even plans to use the money from cashing out her equity to buy a house in Yancheng.

This puzzled Sun Jiayue, but also made her more determined to meet Tang Song.

She hoped that through this meeting, he could persuade Liu Qingning, and also hoped that Tang Song could recognize some things.

"Okay." Zhang Nuo shook his head in disappointment, and then asked, "By the way, do you have any idea about the candidates for the event?"

Sun Jiayue said helplessly: "Pengyuan has already helped me contact someone, but there is nothing suitable. If it really doesn't work, forget it."

This weekend, there is a large-scale investment circle event in Shanghai, "Investors' Night: Leading the Future with Intelligence".

The direction and field just happen to overlap completely with the funds their company is currently raising.

In addition to leading institutions such as Sequoia Capital, IDG, and Jingwu Capital, the official also invited many active individual LP/family office representatives.

Sun Jiayue’s target is these “individual LP/family office representatives”.

In fact, it is not just her. Many fund fundraising managers focusing on the technology sector in the Yangtze River Delta region basically have the idea of ​​participating.

At the same time, this also means that competition will be more fierce than ever before.

It just so happens that Hengyue Investment is not outstanding in any aspect.

Sun Jiayue had no choice but to work on other directions and planned to find a "tool man" to disguise himself as an LP attending the meeting.

Helped her to start the fundraising topic at the event banquet, and finally reached an investment intention with her, which served as a successful case to demonstrate her professionalism.

Of course, the requirements for this "tool man" are also very high, otherwise she wouldn't be so worried.

First of all, the image, conversation and quality should be excellent, and it is best if they are real investors;

Secondly, you need to have knowledge of financial investment and cannot be a familiar face in the Yangtze River Delta investment circle, otherwise you will be easily exposed.

This gray method is actually very common in the fundraising industry. Its essence is to leverage the decisions of high-net-worth clients (LPs) through low-cost leverage.

Sun Jiayue was not very willing to use this method before, but now the performance pressure is too great. If the target is not achieved, not only will her year-end bonus be cut in half, but she may also face a layoff crisis.

She has asked her friends and classmates to help her look for one, but she has not found a suitable one.

In fact, she felt that there was someone who was very suitable, and she invited him again and again - that was Liu Qingning.

Liu Qingning's resume and achievements perfectly meet these requirements, and she has an excellent image, which will definitely attract the attention of other LPs at the venue.

Unfortunately, Liu Qingning rejected her in the end.

However, she did recommend another person.

Tang and Song dynasties.

God knows how strange her expression was at that time.

However, she still gave Tang Song some face and agreed to contact him to ask for his opinion.

Perhaps in Liu Qingning's eyes, her childhood sweetheart is really outstanding.

But what is the reality?
Compared with those truly outstanding people, Tang and Song are really far behind.

Sun Jiayue smiled and shook her head, looking at herself in the floor-length mirror.

A neatly tailored professional suit, exquisite makeup, and a determined look.

Today, she is becoming the financial elite she has longed to be since she was a child, direct and efficient, confident, highly cognitive and capable of taking action.

……

Tuesday, April 2023, 10, cloudy.

JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square.

After lunch, Tang Song returned to his room, tidied himself up, put on a handsome suit, shaved in front of the mirror, and fixed his hair.

Took the elevator downstairs.

When he arrived at Hongqiao Airport, there were about 40 minutes left before the plane was scheduled to land.

Compared with ordinary terminals, the business jet terminal is particularly quiet, with few people and tight security.

After presenting the reservation information, Tang Song successfully entered the VIP lounge and waited.

The environment here is elegant and private, the sofas are soft and comfortable, and the air is filled with a faint aroma of coffee.

Tang Song ordered a cup of coffee and casually opened an English magazine.

It took a while.

A clear and pleasant voice sounded: "Hello, sir, are you here to pick up Ms. Anne?"

Tang Song looked up and saw a staff member in a red uniform walking towards him.

"Yes, I am her friend."

"The Gulfstream G650 business jet has completed the landing procedure and parked at the designated location." The staff member smiled and added, "You can wait for a moment. Ms. Anne needs to complete the joint inspection, which will take about 8 minutes."

"Thank you, sorry for bothering you."

"You're so polite." The staff member bowed and turned to leave.

Tang Song closed the magazine, his eyes occasionally glancing at the watch on his wrist, the vague sense of anticipation in his heart becoming stronger and stronger.

When the time was approaching, he stood up, adjusted his collar, and straightened his back to make himself look more upright and elegant.

Soon, a hurried sound of footsteps was heard at the door of the VIP lounge.

The first thing that caught my eye was two women dressed as assistants, wearing uniform business suits and with solemn and focused expressions.

Then, a tall and hot figure walked quickly into the lounge.

She was wearing a beautifully tailored black women's suit with a tight beige base shirt underneath. Her shoulders were sharp and crisp, making her figure look even more slender and straight.

Her long golden hair fluttered and fell softly on her shoulders, but there was a barely perceptible hint of pride and confidence between her eyebrows.

She is 178cm tall and weighs 62kg. She has a slim and well-proportioned figure with slight muscle lines.

The perfect measurements of 90/60/90, coupled with beautiful shoulder and neck lines, perfectly illustrate what blonde hair, blue eyes and a devilish figure are.

The footsteps are getting closer.

Anne stopped in front of him, tilting her head slightly, looking him up and down with her light eyes.

Her eyes were filled with curiosity, surprise, excitement, and astonishment...

Looking at this beautiful and unique face up close, Tang Song gradually completely overlapped her with [Consultant - Anne Kate] in the game and in his memory.

A sense of unreality looms, but eventually merges with reality.

The smile on Tang Song's face gradually brightened. He took a deep breath and said seriously in English: "Long time no see, Annie."

His voice was low but warm, with a sincerity that had been missing for a long time.

"Yes, it's been a long time, almost exactly one year." Although Annie's tone was cheerful, there was a hint of complaint in it. "In fact, if Jin hadn't stopped me, I would have gone to Yancheng to find you on your birthday last year. You don't know what a crazy gift I prepared for you. For this, I even offended Jin and my father."

Tang Song was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "What gift?"

Anne leaned forward, her tall nose almost touching his, and the warm fragrance filled his face.

The corners of her mouth curved up and she whispered, "You once told me in an email that you admired several American adult film stars. Last year, around your birthday, I acquired an entertainment agency that had stars you liked."

"This..." Tang Song's eyelids twitched and his mouth opened slightly.

He had indeed visited the European and American areas and had admired several adult movie stars, but he didn't remember discussing this topic with Annie in the game.

This must be the him in the dream messing around, he is not that kind of person.

Seeing his reaction, Annie suddenly chuckled and said, "Song, you really have become different from before. I think I can be a little too extreme. You shouldn't be angry, right?"

As she spoke, she opened her arms and gave him a big hug, and kissed him hard on the face.

At the age of 28, she possessed an absolutely mature body, and her exotic aura pressed directly upon him, causing Tang Song's heartbeat to accelerate.

Anne's hand boldly squeezed his waist, then moved down.

"Wow, I can feel your muscles, they're so firm. You're much sexier than before, so great."

Tang Song cried out in his heart, "Oh, Annie! Don't do this!"

Then he naturally hugged the big mare, feeling the joy of reuniting with the game character.

(End of this chapter)