Jiang Chen didn’t take this matter too seriously, but when he transferred his bus, he suddenly changed his mind. He took another bus and went back to the Jiangs’. He stayed with his parents and sister all night before going back to the research institute.

He told the three old gentlemen that Shi Fengyue would join the team. Except for Mr. Yang who opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, the other two were surprised, but they all accepted it quickly. Old Mr. Xiang even laughed and said: “I heard Nan Feng said that you two have a good relationship before, and I saw you together in Li De, but I didn’t expect him to be really moved by you.”

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Jiang Chen said honestly, “Grandpa Xiang, I didn’t persuade him. Shi Fengyue agreed after hearing that you were the one who invited him.”

Professor Xiang was taken aback for a moment. But thinking of something, the smile on his face faded, he snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Things proceeded in an orderly manner. The researchers at the Military Research Institute had been confirmed. The top-floor office building of the Central Building that He Yanfeng had promised to him had already been prepared. The decoration and even office tools were all finished and prepared. As long as the employee recruitment was in place, they could start operations.

Jiang Chen specially asked Huo Bo and Shen Xu to go visit their office together.

Shen Xu looked at the modern and huge office area, and exclaimed, “Didn’t we only recruit five people? It can fit more than a hundred people here, which is more than enough.”

Huo Bo accepted it well. He checked the office location, including the three offices that were completely transparent to the office worker area and which had excellent views. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: “Your father treats you very well.”

Jiang Chen smiled. He Yanfeng jokingly said that this office building was given to him when he was taking the college entrance examination, and he had already prepared everything for him before the results even came out.

Shen Xu also echoed: “Mr. He is really good to you. We saved a lot of money on this floor, and we can recruit a few more people at that time.”

Huo Bo: “Did you forget that our company still has scientific researchers who want to sign contracts? Their annual salary is not enough to be covered by our company’s start-up capital.”

Shen Xu thought for a while, then frowned and said, “That’s right, we only have 300,000 yuan, can we even recruit one?”

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes: “Three people have been recruited, and the salary has not been agreed yet, but when signing the contract, they are given 10%. Don’t worry, our company’s accounts can still be maintained.”

Shen Xu rubbed his chin and said, “Why don’t I apply for an accounting major? Aren’t we short of a CFO? When I work part-time in college, we will have less expenses.”

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo rolled their eyes at the same time.

“You might as well be the front desk directly.”

“Our company is not a grassroots team.

Shen Xu curled his lips, leaned on a clean desk, and looked at them with his face propped up: “Then what do you say I study in college?”

“I feel that I performed well this time, but I also know my level. If I want to go to Yan University with you, I can only choose a transfer of majors. Rather than being transferred to a useless major, it is better to find a reliable first-rate university, but after much deliberation, I still don’t want to be separated from you, and I don’t know what major to apply for.”

During this time, Jiang Chen was busy with work and some family matters. In addition to the end of the college entrance examination, he was rarely able to devote his energy to other places, including his two friends, so he didn’t realize Shen Xu’s emotions until now. In fact, his mood had not been very high lately.

“What do you want to study?” Jiang Chen asked.

“If I just knew, I wouldn’t have asked you.” Shen Xu put down his hands, lay down on the table, and said in a muffled voice, “I really envy you two. You both know what you want to do and what you are good at, but what do I know? I don’t know anything, I don’t even seem to know what I like.”

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo looked at each other.

Huo Bo leaned on the table and looked down at Shen Xu: “Don’t you like dealing with people? I saw that you did a good job when you were in the student union.”

Shen Xu didn’t look up, “What kind of talent is that? Does the university actually have a major that specializes in chatting with people?”

Jiang Chen sat down next to Shen Xu, smiled and teased, “Being a lawyer or a psychiatrist requires talent in this area. Are you interested?”

Shen Xu was straightforward: “Not interested.”

Huo Bo pursed his lips and patted his head lightly twice: “Well, you know what you don’t like, that’s pretty good.”

“Please, keep on making fun of me.” Shen Xu raised his head, gave them an eyeroll, and snorted: “When the time comes, I’ll just see how the transfer of majors goes. In short, I want to go to the same school as you two.”

After finishing speaking, Shen Xu also recovered. He took out his mobile phone and said: “By the way, Jiangzi, have you read the posts about you on the Internet? It’s super hot, there are a few who are too scummy and can’t speak human, and your daddy, I, tore them a proper one for a long time.”

Jiang Chen nodded and said, “I saw it a few days ago.”

Huo Bo also knew about this matter, but like Jiang Chen, he didn’t take it to heart, and pulled back to continue the original topic: “If our company wants to sign a contract with someone, it must first have a basic prototype. Everyone who needs to be recruited has to be recruited, and the time is tight, it is best to release the recruitment advertisement as soon as possible.”

Shen Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at him: “Our company doesn’t even have a front desk, how can we recruit people?”

Huo Bo’s eyes fell on him, Jiang Chen thought for a while, and also looked at Shen Xu thoughtfully.

Shen Xu covered himself for three seconds before he realized, pointed to his nose and said, “You two don’t really want me to be on stage, do you?”

Huo Bo curled his lower lip and Jiang Chen smiled: “Why not?”

“Oh, piss off!” Shen Xu stood up and was about to wave his fisticuffs, but Huo Bo grabbed him and calmed him down, “Among the three of us, only you are the most eloquent.”

“But the prettiest one is Jiangzi?” Shen Xu wasn’t fooled by him at all: “Also, if we want to intimidate our colleagues, it’s better for you to sit at the front desk.”

Huo Bo: “We are a regular company and we don’t charge protection fees. It’s not appropriate for me to sit at the door.”

Shen Xu looked at Jiang Chen: “Then Jiangzi will be in charge, anyway, I’m not doing it.”

Jiang Chen reasoned and said, “I’m busy.”

Shen Xu looked at Huo Bo again.

Huo Bo’s reason also sounds reasonable: “I’m too mean looking.”

“So it’s just me who’s not busy or mean looking?” Shen Xu glared, and seeing Jiang Chen and Huo Bo shrugging their shoulders and holding back their smiles, he finally reacted: “You two teamed up to deliberately punish me?”

“Alright, let’s get down to business.” Jiang Chen coughed lightly: “We really need to get the most basic staff in order first, and the front desk is one of them.” He glanced at Shen Xu, causing Shen Xu to kick his chair.

After Jiang Chen dodged, he stopped joking: “In addition to the front desk, we also need a professional project manager to contact Like De, as well as a trustworthy accountant.”

“The front desk is easy but it will be a bit difficult to find a project manager and accountant.” Huo Bo thought: “Especially the accountant, although our company is still small, the income and expenditures are very simple, but for the sake of long-term, the selection of an accountant is the top priority, and it needs to be found as soon as possible.”

Jiang Chen and Shen Xu also agreed with this point, but it was not so easy to find trustworthy people, and their company had just been established, and the shareholders were all students who have just become legal and haven’t even entered university. In terms of reputation and stability, they are at a disadvantage in comparison to other companies, and it was difficult to recruit reliable and capable people.

Shen Xu came up with an idea: “Why don’t you find your father? Mr. He has such a big company, even if you poach over a financial account, there won’t be any shortage.”

“No.” Without waiting for Jiang Chen to speak, Huo Bo said, “Using the He family’s place as our office can only be regarded as a gift from Mr. He to Jiangzi, but if the He family sends their people over, it will be a different matter.”

Jiang Chen also nodded: “We can’t ask the He family for help.”

Shen Xu was a little puzzled, but he believed in the two friends and didn’t mention it again. He just asked: “What should we do then? We haven’t entered society yet, and we don’t have any connections. It’s too difficult to find a reliable person to be a financial manager. “

Jiang Chen thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a person.

“Wait for me for a while.” He walked to the other side and called Li Nanfeng.

Li Nanfeng was very surprised to receive his call. After teasing him a few words about being a busy man, he asked him what’s the matter. Jiang Chen directly asked him if he had any reliable accountants that he could introduce to him.

It was not surprising that Li Nanfeng knew about Jiang Chen’s plan to start a company, so he gave him a contact information, telling him that there were headhunters in this industry, and the person was very reliable. Just tell them the requirements and they would be able to recruit the employees they want.

Jiang Chen immediately called the number, and after communicating with the headhunter, not only the accountant, but also the project leader was handed over to him to help find.

Neither Shen Xu nor Huo Bo have stepped out into society, so naturally they didn’t know that there was actually such a channel for recruiting employees, but Jiang Chen knew. However, there were also many kinds of headhunting companies, and whether they were reliable or not depended on the introduction of acquaintances, so naturally he thought of Li Nanfeng.

The recruitment part was done, but Jiang Chen didn’t return to the Military Research Institute yet. The research team had not yet been fully established. What he needed to do was to equip the company’s scientific research personnel as soon as possible.

Fortunately, he had already decided on Shi Fengyue, and he also had candidates in mind for the others.

Two of them Were C and H from Wingnet. Although Jiang Chen had met these two in real life, he had not established a deep trust or fully understood their abilities, so whether he could sign a contract with them or not he still needed to wait for a period of assessment before making a decision.

However, Jiang Chen did not expect that A would contact him on his own initiative.

When A asked straight to the point whether the scientific research project that was going to launch in the near future was related to him, Jiang Chen had not had time to wonder which channel he got the news from, when the other had already reported his background: a Ph.D. professor of the National Ordnance Industry Computer Research Institute. His research field was on the digital battlefield management system, the most widely used military exercise platform was the result of his research.

In this way, it didn’t matter where A got the news.

Changjiang’s current field of focus was still applied to civilians, but it would definitely be used on the battlefield in the future. A researcher who once worked in the Ordnance Industry Computer Research Institute presented a great use to the entire team. 

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After chatting with A, Jiang Chen found Major General Wu to help him obtain A’s information. After confirming that it was true and reading his past achievements and papers, he immediately gave him the last place on the list of researchers on the Military Research Institute side.

At the same time, Shi Fengyue, as he said, completed all the scheduled operations within a week, and completed his resignation.

And on the day he resigned, the college entrance examination scores also came out.

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After all interviews were completed, Jiang Chen discussed the candidates with the other four interviewers. At present, most of the candidates have basically been decided, and the remaining one was somewhat controversial.

Professor Yang pondered for a moment and said, “Although Zhao Zheng lacks some innovative spirit in scientific research, he is calm and steady. A team needs a person like this.”

Professor Zhou smiled, but he didn’t hold back in his words: “It may be possible to work steadily in other units, but scientific research requires innovation. If there is no innovation, how can there be creation? I personally think that Zhao Zheng is not good enough.”

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Professor Yang frowned: “Now the team has been basically determined, the sooner the project begins, the better. In less than two months, Xiao Jiang will start school, and he will not be able to stay in the institute for a while, so these two months are almost a race against time. The sooner the project is started, the sooner it will be on the right track, and the smoother it will be in the future.”

Professor Zhou did not back down at all: “This project is originally a long-term project, and there is no shortage of one or two months. Xiao Jiang has to go to class and military training for college freshmen. Since a project team is to be established, it is necessary to form a stable and united team. Every candidate must be carefully selected, and you can’t randomly choose someone just because of time, this way something like the project collapsing just because Xiao Jiang left for a few days.”

Professor Yang asked Professor Zhou: “Currently, the top computer researchers in the country are all here except those who have projects in their hands and those identities have not yet been reviewed. Where do you plan to choose from? From abroad?”

“Could it be that we are such a big country, with so many universities and so many research institutes, that we can’t even find top scientific researchers in information processing?” Professor Zhou also lost his temper, and raised his voice: “Zhao Zheng is not engaged in information processing. Is the team lacking in system structure now? No, adding another Zhao Zheng will not be of any use to the entire team, but will only drag it down!”

Not to be outdone, Professor Yang said, “Scientific research in the domestic information processing field…..”

The two old men were calm at first, but after one raised the volume, the other couldn’t sit still anymore, and they quarreled instantly.

Jiang Chen sat on the side, quietly flipping through the documents, going through all the resumes from beginning to end again, and sighed softly in his heart.

There was indeed an information processing person in the team, but in the domestic situation, there were not many top scientific researchers in the field of information processing. As a cornerstone figure in the domestic information processing field, Professor Xiang would have recommended someone to him if there was a suitable candidate, but he didn’t even open his mouth, so it could be seen that there was really a shortage of people now.

At the beginning, Jiang Chen confirmed that none of the researchers who signed the contract with the company were in the field of information processing, so no matter what, their team really needed an information processing researcher.

It was just that if there was no one, then there was no one, and one could not be created out of thin air.

Just when Jiang Chen was thinking about where to find or find a way to replace this position, Professor Xiang, who hadn’t intervened since the beginning of the discussion, said, “Since the last spot has not been determined, I have a candidate to recommend.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up, and Professor Zhou and Professor Yang immediately looked over.

“Old Xiang, you have someone but you kept us arguing for so long?” Professor Zhou’s round face was still flushed from the excitement of the quarrel just now, and he widened his eyes and said unhappily, “Why didn’t you say it earlier.”

Professor Yang also frowned: “I remember that all of your students have projects in their hands, and Huang Zhong just passed the interview. Who else?”

Professor Xiang sighed, shook his head and waved his hand: “He is not a computer major, and he has not engaged in work or research in this field, and ah…..it may be difficult to invite that kid over.”

Professor Yang frowned and pondered, then something flashed in his mind. Professor Zhou quickly opened his mouth: “You don’t mean that kid from the Shi family, do you?”

Professor Xiang raised his eyes to look at them, but did not answer.

Professor Yang also stared: “You want that kid from the Shi family to come over? Are you planning to ruin this project? I don’t agree!”

For once Professor Zhou was on Professor Yang’s side: “I also disagree, not to mention that he is just a non-staff member of the research institute, and he cannot be counted in the appropriate range at all. With his temperament, how can he do this for several years? If he suddenly wants to leave, can you stop him?”

Before Professor Xiang could speak, Professor Zhou said directly, “If you could stop him, you would have stopped that kid when he went abroad to study medicine.”

Professor Yang continued: “Old Zhou is right. The kid from the Shi family went to the hospital as soon as he came back. I heard that his medical skills are quite good now. My old leader even had to queue up to make an appointment for him to do the operation. It could be seen that that kid is indeed talented in the medical field, if you drag him to the research institute, let alone whether he agrees or disagrees, the patients lined up in his hands will disagree.”

Professor Xiang was refuted by his two friends and had nothing to say, his beard trembling a few times. This was the reason why he had been listening to their argument but didn’t open his mouth. He knew that as soon as he made the suggestion, he would be refuted and ridiculed by them.

But, was there anyone here who could propose a better candidate than Shi Fengyue?

When Professor Xiang taught him computer hand by hand, by the time he was ten years old, he had already surpassed the most gifted and hardworking student of his at that time. By the time he was thirteen, he had nothing left to teach him. He always thought that this kid was amazingly talented, and maybe within ten years after graduation, he would reach the highest peak in the field of computer research in the country.

But who knew, he chose to study medicine, and in the next few years he didn’t even go home, let alone visit him, even his grandfather and uncle barely got to see him.

Professor Xiang was angry that he did not study computers and studied medicine. What was even more infuriating was that he left and acted recklessly, leaving an opening for countless criticisms. As a result, even now, whenever someone from the institute mentioned him, they would shake their heads, a very bad reputation following behind him.

But that was the child that Professor Xiang watched grow up, and from the time spent together, Shi Fengyue was more like his grandson to him than Xiang Hong, so when he saw the list given by Jiang Chen, even before the scientific researchers from all over the country were in place, he had already thought of Shi Fengyue.

At that time, he only thought of Shi Fengyue, and knowing that he was working in the hospital now, he didn’t really intend for Shi Fengyue to join Jiang Chen’s team, but now Jiang Chen’s team lacked such a person, and Shi Fengyue was the best candidate, how could he not speak up.

Professor Xiang’s silence made Professor Zhou and Professor Yang also fall silent. How could they not know that Shi Fengyue might indeed be the best candidate for this position.

Not only Professor Xiang taught him, but all the professors and friends of the professors in and out of the compound had taught him. When Shi Fengyue was in high school, everyone fought for which school he would be admitted to in the future and whose student he would be, several times their faces becoming flushed from arguments breaking out among themselves.

They taught Shi Fengyue only because he was smart and learned things quickly and gave them a sense of accomplishment, but when Professor Xiang taught Shi Fengyue, he really regarded him as his grandson and apprentice, making sure he studied and making sure he took his medicine. Shi Fengyue had a high fever at the age of six, and there happened to be no one at the Shi’s that night, and only Professor Xiang was there to carry him on his back all the way to the hospital.

At that time, everyone thought that Shi Fengyue would eventually become Professor Xiang’s direct apprentice, so even though they fought, they didn’t have much hope in their hearts.

But Shi Fengyue did not become anyone’s student, and instead chose to study medicine abroad. They were disappointed in their hearts, but they felt more grief for their friend.

Professor Xiang let out a soft sigh. Without looking at Professor Zhou and Professor Yang, he said to Jiang Chen: “Everyone in the team must be carefully selected. If there is no suitable candidate, just wait.”

Jiang Chen was thinking about the possibility of bringing Shi Fengyue into the team. Hearing this, he nodded his head and said thoughtfully: “Professor Xiang, do you think that if Shi Fengyue agrees, the Institute would let him join the team as an official employee?”

Professor Xiang shook his head, and said bluntly: “The Military Research Institute would not let him join as an official employee, but you can draw him into the team in the name of your company’s contract.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen had a solid foundation in his mind and made a decision.

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When Shi Fengyue saw Jiang Chen at the door of his office, his footsteps paused slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

At the He family banquet a week ago, he had a few words with Jiang Chen. He knew that the project in his hands was about to be established, and it would be very busy during this period, and he had prepared himself to go further in their relationship after he entered university, but did not expect to see him at the door of his office now.

Jiang Chen also saw Shi Fengyue, he smiled and waved his hand.

“When did you come?”

Shi Fengyue pushed open the door of the office, and Jiang Chen walked in after him.

“Not long ago. I heard from the nurse that you were doing an operation. This is the second one today.” Jiang Chen’s eyes fell on Shi Fengyue’s eyes. He didn’t appear tired, but the whites of his eyes were a little bloodshot.

Shi Fengyue always looked lazy in his daily life, but he was very strict in the hospital. Even if he had several surgeries in succession, it was hard to see the tiredness between his brows. Making it hard to relate his boneless appearance normally to how he was at work.

Shi Fengyue rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and said lightly, “There will be another one in two hours.”

Jiang Chen mulled over his words, and suddenly became curious: “Shi Fengyue, last time I asked you why you chose to study medicine, you didn’t answer, and now I still really want to know.”

Shi Fengyue looked at him with raised eyebrows: “Why?”

He asked, “Why are you so curious about my affairs?”

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, subconsciously thinking about Shi Fengyue’s words. He seemed to be very interested in Shi Fengyue’s affairs, but in fact, before Shi Fengyue, he seldom dug into other people’s private affairs.

He had experienced three lives and met all kinds of people. There were always a few who seemed to be full of stories just by looking in their eyes, but the strange thing was that he had never been curious or explored further.

Only Shi Fengyue made him want to know more about him without even realizing it.

“I don’t know either.” Jiang Chen said honestly, “Maybe it’s because people around me always mention you.”

Shi Fengyue supported his chin with one hand, looked up at him, and said in a lazy and relaxed voice, “Who mentioned me again?”

“Professor Xiang.” Jiang Chen paused, and said, “Didn’t I tell you a few days ago that I am going to set up a scientific research team? The interviews just ended yesterday.”

Shi Fengyue: “How was it?”

“Basically, the scientific research personnel in the official employment of the Military Research Institute have been confirmed, and there are also candidates for contracting with my company, but there is still a lack of an information processing professional.”

Shi Fengyue picked up two patient’s films and looked at them, and said casually, “Is there no recommendation from Professor Xiang?”

“Professor Huang was recommended, but he alone is not enough.” Jiang Chen looked at Shi Fengyue and said, “Professor Huang knows a little bit about information processing, but he is better at information retrieval. Professor Xiang said someone else is more suitable.”

Shi Fengyue paused, then slowly raised his head, his eyes colliding with Jiang Chen’s.

He raised his eyebrows slightly: “Me?”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

Shi Fengyue revealed a rare trace of astonishment. Thinking of something, he twitched the corner of his mouth: “I’m a doctor now, and if I do scientific research it should also be related to pharmaceuticals.”

“You won’t think about it?” Jiang Chen had thought about Shi Fengyue refusing so although it was a pity, he was not too disappointed.

Shi Fengyue smiled, “You don’t want me to go?”

Hearing the underlying meaning, Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, his eyes widening a little.

“I still have more than a dozen operations in hand, and it will take at least a week.”

Jiang Chen immediately said: “It’s okay, I’ll wait for you.”

Shi Fengyue quirked his lips, and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door of the office twice, and a nurse poked her head in and said, “Doctor Shi, Doctor Zhang from the anesthesiology department asked you to come over, something went wrong with your patient’s physical examination, and it seems that they can’t be completely numbed.”

“Coming right away.”

Shi Fengyue stood up, took off the white coat hanging on the side, and put it on.

“If you’re busy, I’ll go back first.” Jiang Chen stood up even though he had just sat down. He glanced at his watch, seeing that he still had time to rush back to the research institute.

Shi Fengyue nodded casually. Just as he walked to the door, he thought of something, so he turned around and said, “You can take a look at the forum when you have time.”

Jiang Chen: “What forum?”

Shi Fengyue’s footsteps paused, with a smile that was not a smile, and his tone was a bit mischievous: “You will find out when you go and see.”

Jiang Chen was puzzled. Immediately after exiting the hospital, he took out his mobile phone and opened a well-known forum used nowadays. After a cursory glance, he didn’t see anything strange. He was about to close the forum when he saw two very young girls on the side of the road sizing him up.

It was not the usual passers-by who glanced at him casually, but it seemed like they were comparing him to something.

Jiang Chen felt a little strange, but he didn’t think too much about it. He took a step and walked towards the bus stop ahead.

The two soldiers who have been following him for the past two days have returned to the army to report on their duties. Today, he came to the hospital to look for Shi Fengyue on a temporary basis, so he didn’t let anyone follow him. So now he could only get a ride by himself.

Standing at the bus stop, this feeling of being scrutinized was even more obvious, especially after getting on the bus. He stood holding the ring, and a girl sitting next to him looked at him without blinking, and when he looked over, she immediately avoided the line of sight. Such a thing occurred frequently around him during the ride.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Because Jiang Chen had grown up well since he was a child, Jiang Chen was often greeted with attention when he was walking on the road or at school, but most of the time, people would only look at him a few more times than usual at most, and it was rare for them to stare at him like this. Don’t know if it was Jiang Chen’s illusion, but there were not just one or two people on the bus who always seemed to be looking at him.

Suddenly remembering the forum that Shi Fengyue mentioned, he took out his phone again, this time he didn’t scan casually like before, but looked more carefully from the very top.

The first post was also the most popular post, the title was: I was violently attacked by this male god’s gorgeous picture at the school gate, now someone has dug up his school forum photos. I won’t be stingy, and will share the love.

This post didn’t seem to have anything to do with him. Jiang Chen scrolled down and saw the second post: The real identity of the popular male student interviewed at the school gate is exposed. Real!rich young master, proof in pictures.

Jiang Chen continued to scroll down, and the other posts had nothing to do with him. He paused while pressing the down button, and suddenly remembered that during the college entrance examination, he seemed to have accepted an interview at the gate of Chenghua Academy, and he immediately scrolled up, found the first post and opened it.

Under the title, a picture slowly loaded——with the familiar Yan No. 1 High School basketball court as the background, the figure in the picture was of him in the middle of jumping up and throwing a basketball in his school uniform.

He continued to scroll down, photos of him and his classmates, reading books in class, participating in sports meetings, eating in the cafeteria, and even going home with Shen Xu and Huo Bo…..The photos here were so complete that it was almost like his campus life recorded in pictures.

The replies to the post below were all thank you to the poster, or that they have saved the photos as computer/mobile screensavers, and some commenters also uploaded photos of him.

Jiang Chen knew that there were students in his school who liked photography, and they would often take some photos during recess or campus activities. Occasionally, students in the class would call him to take pictures, but he didn’t know that besides those he knew of, there were so many other pictures that he didn’t even know about.

He clicked on the next post, the host did not post a photo, but wrote in the main text: Reposting the original text: This poster has a rich second-generation classmate who attended a banquet some time ago, and then recorded a video of the protagonist of the banquet for this poster to watch. At that time, she just wanted to share the handsome guy with this poster, but she didn’t expect that this poster has piercing eyes, and immediately recognized that he is the boy at the school gate who has become super popular since two days ago.

There were a few screenshots after that, the pixels were a bit fuzzy, but Jiang Chen could tell at a glance that they were photos taken at the banquet a few days ago. In the photos, he was wearing a white suit and talking to someone, although the side of his face was a little blurry, it did not affect others’ recognition of him, because next to it there was a picture of the interview from an unknown news outlet, and the side of his face from the same angle could be recognized at a glance.

Jiang Chen scrolled down, and most people were discussing these two photos and his identity, and quite a few people uttered vicious words, as if they were scolding him——a pretender? And making a conclusion that his face would be swollen sooner or later?

After reading the whole story from the scolding battle that went on, Jiang Chen finally knew what was going on.

——He said in an interview before that this time the college entrance examination questions were not difficult except for a biology question in the comprehensive science test.

Just because of this sentence, some person concluded that his grades were so poor that he couldn’t even understand the questions, which attracted countless people to agree with them, because most people think that biology was generally recognized as the easiest subject in the sciences.

Some students who participated in the college entrance examination this year spoke for him, proving that this time the comprehensive science test’s  biology questions were indeed beyond the standard, and the difficulty was even more difficult than that of physics or chemistry, but there were more people who refute it, so they were arguing back and forth in various forums, Coupled with the people who added their two cents because of his good looks, the replies piled up higher and higher, and there were more and more posts.

Now almost all well-known forums have posts discussing him. Passers-by couldn’t help but click in to have a look, and then express their opinions. It went on and on, and the popularity continued. The video of the He family banquet released a day ago even pushed the heat to the peak.

Some people were guessing his identity, some were explaining for him, some were waiting for the results of the college entrance examination to slap him in the face, and some were just looking at the photos…..

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Jiang Chen browsed through several posts at a glance. Although he was a little surprised, he didn’t feel anything in his heart. Instead, he got off the bus very calmly.

Compared with the public opinion and suppression he experienced when he was awarded the management power of the Changjiang system in front of the people of the whole interstellar, these could only be said to be insignificant, and there was nothing to worry about at all.

It was just that Jiang Chen didn’t believe that a simple post could have such a long-lasting popularity for no reason, there must be someone behind it.

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After the banquet, Jiang Chen stayed at He’s for two nights before returning to the Jiang’s. After staying with his parents for a day, he took his suitcase and moved to the Military Research Institute.

Once the project was approved, it took another process from the formation of the team to the actual establishment. During the days when Jiang Chen returned to school, the Military Research Institute had already invited many top scientific researchers in related fields to participate in the selection in the name of establishing a new artificial intelligence project.

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Today was the last round of selection, and there were a total of 20 top researchers who have been selected out of more than 500 people.

Jiang Chen would go through the final interview with several other leaders of the Military Research Institute to select the most suitable members of his team from the twenty people.

The first conference room of the Seventeenth Military Research Institute.

The young man in military uniform knocked on the open wooden door of the conference room, and after everyone inside had looked over, he said, “All the interviewers have already arrived in the fifth conference room, and now according to different research directions, In groups of four you will come with me.”

Three men and one woman stood up at the same time. They were all members who had undergone selection and confidential training together. They were very familiar with each other. They glanced at each other and followed the young soldier out.

After they left, the remaining people couldn’t help discussing:

“I heard that the project leader will come today. Who do you think he might be?”

“I think it may be Chang Feng. I heard that since he won the innovation award for the chip he made, because he couldn’t mass-produce it and it had a lot of bugs, there was no follow-up development. Maybe the project was stopped, so he came to the Military Research Institute to start a new project.”

“You think it’s so easy to approve projects in a military research institute?” A middle-aged man said: “Chang Feng is indeed talented, but he hasn’t reached the level where the military research institute can gather us all together for him. I think it is very likely that it is Professor Zhou.”

Someone exclaimed: “Professor Zhou?”

“It is indeed possible.” Someone pondered: “There has been no news about Professor Zhou in the past few years. I heard that the project in his hand happens to be an artificial intelligence project. Maybe it has made progress, so we are all called here to study together. After all, apart from Professor Zhou, I can’t think of anyone else in China who can have such influence to make the government issue notices to all national research institutes.”

“It would be great if it was Professor Zhou. I have always wanted to study under him. Before he left Yan Uni, I always wanted to take his postgraduate entrance examination. Who knew that he left the year I took the examination. This has always been my regret.”

“Brother, what’s your year? Professor Zhou was a teacher more than 20 years ago, right?”

“Hahaha…..”

Professor Zhou, who was being discussed in the conference room here, was currently sitting in front of Jiang Chen.

After Jiang Chen listened to Professor Xiang’s introduction, his heart was filled with excitement, and he couldn’t help showing a little bit of it on his face.

This was a person who appeared in the history texts of the ancient earth and in the professional textbooks of all students who study AI in the interstellar era. He was the most cutting-edge and top artificial intelligence researcher in Asia and had brought countless technological conveniences to the people and the world.

“I’ve heard your name for a long time, I’ve been wanting to see you, and I finally saw you today.”Professor Zhou was not as thin and old as Jiang Chen had seen in the books, but rather mellow, and his eyes squinted when he smiled, appearing very kind, “You are much younger than I imagined.”

Jiang Chen sat obediently, and smiled shyly when he heard this.

Seeing him like this, Professor Xiang was quite surprised. He pointed at him and said to Professor Zhou, “I haven’t seen him look so obedient since the first time I saw him.”

Professor Zhou smiled and said, “Maybe it’s because I’m more kindly looking.”

Professor Xiang glanced at him, and then began to discuss something serious with Jiang Chen: “He will be your team’s consultant in the future, you can ask him any questions you have.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes, and the surprise in his eyes poured out: “Really?”

“Really.” It was rare for Professor Xiang to see him so happy, and he also laughed: “He will be interviewing the candidates with you later.”

Jiang Chen suppressed his excitement, stood up and bowed slightly to Professor Zhou: “Professor Zhou, please give me advice in the future.”

Professor Zhou also stood up, supported Jiang Chen’s arm and said, “We will be cooperating with each other, but I can’t talk about giving advice. I watched the two battles between your Changjiang System and the Cyber Security Bureau. It was so exciting. I always thought that it would take at least fifty more years or even longer for artificial intelligence to develop to such a level. I didn’t expect you to promote the development of science and technology all over the world by just yourself. If you talk about giving advice, there is no age or seniority. According to the achievements and depth of the professional knowledge, only you can be giving me advice here.”

Professor Zhou’s words were gentle and sincere. Looking at the round and kind old man in front of him, Jiang Chen relaxed his nervousness.

Professor Xiang waited for the two of them to finish talking before reminding them: “Let’s go, the interview will be starting soon.”

The fifth conference room.

There were already two people sitting behind the long table. Seeing Jiang Chen and Professor Zhou come in, they both stood up and greeted them with a smile.

It was not the first time Jiang Chen met these two. The last time was at the meeting where the image processing system was put into use by the military. One was the old man who was sitting across from him and asked him the first question, and the other was the man with high cheekbones who had treated him with distrust.

At this time, the man with high cheekbones looked at Jiang Chen with a smile on his face, pulled a stool for him to sit down, and said a lot about his optimism for the future of the Changjiang system, and no one could see that the two of them had been on opposing sides before.

Jiang Chen accepted his compliments with a smile and thanked him. The man saw that Jiang Chen didn’t seem to remember the enmity at the meeting, he was relieved, and the smile on his face became more real.

Someone came in and told them that the first batch of interviewees were ready and waiting outside the door, and asked if they would be allowed in now.

The three old men appeared serious or kindly, but none of them intended to speak. Jiang Chen’s eyes moved slightly, knowing that they were using actions to show that he was the only leader of this project, and at the same time they voluntarily assisted him in his work.

Jiang Chen said, “Let them in.”

The four interviewees walked in quickly and sat on the four chairs opposite the long table. The ages of the four of them were not much different, they were all around 30 years old, so when they saw that the person sitting in the center of the interviewers’ seat was a young man who could be no more than 20 years old at a glance, some revealed clearly surprised looks.

“I’m Zhao Zheng. I have been working in the Qing City Branch of the Institute of Computing Technology, of the National Research Institute since I graduated from graduate school. It has been exactly ten years now. My main research field is system structure research. I have been responsible for projects such as…..”

The four introduced themselves one by one, and the interviewers could start asking questions.

Jiang Chen flipped through the resumes of the four of them, but said nothing. The middle-aged man with high cheekbones looked to the right and saw that no one had any intention of speaking, so he coughed and opened his mouth first.

“Huang Xinghua, you once participated in the research on the scalability verification chip. What do you think was the biggest gain from this project?”

The person who was asked the question was the only female interviewee. She almost didn’t have to think, and quickly summed up her experience and gains. It was remarkable but not particularly outstanding.

After the middle-aged man asked, Professor Yang and Professor Xiang also asked the other two questions, but Professor Zhou and Jiang Chen remained silent.

The eyes of the three focused on the two of them. Jiang Chen glanced at Professor Zhou, put down the resumes, glanced at the four people in front of him, and his eyes finally landed on the man who spoke first: “Zhao Zheng, what do you think are the shortcomings of the current 2G network? And if you want to upgrade the 2G network, what is the most feasible solution?”

Zhao Zheng, who was asked the question, was stunned for two seconds. He had been hoping that Professor Zhou could ask him the question, because he was here for Professor Zhou, but he didn’t expect that the young man sitting in the middle would ask him the question, and the question was so weird, it had nothing to do with the previously assessed items.

Zhao Zheng pondered, then said: “The disadvantage of 2G is that the network is unstable and the maintenance cost is too high. If you want to upgrade to 2G, you can start from these two aspects.”

Jiang Chen laced his fingers and rested his chin on them, his expression couldn’t be told if he was satisfied or not: “Is there any more?”

Zhao Zheng frowned and said, “No more.”

Jiang Chen nodded and stopped talking.

Professor Zhou finally said, “You can all go out now.”

Zhao Zheng was taken aback, and blurted out: “You are the person in charge, why don’t you ask us questions?”

Professor Zhou smiled and shook his head: “I’m just a consultant for this project, not the person in charge of this project.”

The other three were also stunned. Zhao Zheng asked, “Who is the person in charge of the project?”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes, closed their resumes, and said lightly, “Me.”

Zhao Zheng blurted out: “How is it possible?” After he finished speaking, he realized the situation here, a trace of annoyance and self-blame flashed in his eyes, but he also went all out: “Since you are the person in charge of this project, can you tell me what is the project that has so many of us concentrated here at the same time? It has to do with artificial intelligence? Why have I never heard of your name before?”

Jiang Chen said in a calm manner: “My name is Jiang Chen. I was in charge of the research of the military’s image processing system before. Now that the results have been put into use, you should have heard that the project I am currently in charge of is a national secret. Before you become a member of the project team I can’t tell you anything, sorry.”

Image processing system?

Although the interviewees were in different fields, they were all computer technology researchers. They naturally knew of the image processing system that caused a storm some time ago, but they only know that the image processing system came from the 17th Military Research Institute, but they didn’t know who was responsible for it

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a young boy in front of him.

Zhao Zheng was convinced a lot more now, but he was still a little unwilling: “Can I ask, what do you think of me? Do you want me to join your team?”

Jiang Chen smiled: “Mr. Zhao, I’m sorry that I can’t give you an answer for now. After all the interviews are over, you will receive your answer.”

Zhao Zheng sat still: “I have two last questions.”

Jiang Chen had a very good temper, and nodded: “Ask.”

“First, you asked me about the shortcomings of 2G. I mentioned two of them. You seem to be dissatisfied. I want to hear your point of view. Second, was the image processing system a project you led or a project you participated in.”

Jiang Chen: “In addition to the unstable network and high maintenance costs, the most important thing is that the transmission rate is too low. Only by increasing the transmission rate can we truly upgrade 2G. The image processing system was a project developed by me alone. After signing the contract with the military research institute, we have further developed the image processing system, and have achieved certain achievements in the military. At present, the image processing system needs another development team to conduct medical application research.”

Jiang Chen answered in great detail, and the four interviewees could hear it clearly, especially Zhao Zheng. He couldn’t believe that the image processing system that he had admired countless times before and wanted to meet the researchers was actually made by Jiang Chen. And it was even developed by him alone, and was now put into research on other applications.

But no one would lie in front of some of the foremost authorities in the computer industry. Moreover, the fact that the young man in front of him could sit here, sitting in the most central position already showed his strength.

Zhao Zheng recalled the confidentiality level of this project and the amazing image processing system, and it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart. Thinking that this might be the project he had been looking forward to for more than ten years, he breathed a little faster: “I really hope to enter your team, I hope you will consider me more.”

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Jiang Chen could see his excitement, and said with a smile, “I will.”

When he walked out of the meeting room, Zhao Zheng could no longer hide the excitement that he had tried to hide on his face.

He turned his head and said to the other three people: “I have a hunch that this project will be one of the most important projects in our country in recent years, and it will also be the most exciting journey of my scientific research career, so no matter what, I have to be part of this team.”

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Jiang Chen glanced at the guests in the audience. Most of them were unfamiliar faces. They all had different expressions, scrutinizing and curious, but they hid them under polite smiles, forming faces that were not much different.

In the past, he was not good at dealing with these things, but later he was still unwilling and did not need to deal with them. He thought that after returning to the He family this would be inevitable, but just now He Yanfeng told him: He was Jiang Chen, still Jiang Chen, and would always be Jiang Chen.

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The young man on the stage had calm eyes, slightly drooping eyelashes, and his eyes seemed to fall on the people looking at him lightly, quietly but hard to ignore. The continuous discussion gradually disappeared, and everyone unconsciously showed a look of waiting, and their breathing also slowed down in anticipation.

Jiang Chen walked to the microphone, his voice bright and clear, unhurried: “It’s the first time we meet, I’m Jiang Chen.” He smiled slightly, and took half a step back to return to his original position.

It took two or three seconds for the people who were waiting for his next words to come back to their senses.

It’s over?

That was it?

Shouldn’t there be a speech?

Everyone was confused and looked at each other, but for some reason, they didn’t speak. 

If the students of the Department of AI Technology Development and Application of the Federal University of the Interstellar Era saw this situation, they would definitely wave their hands and tell them that there was no need to be surprised. This was a common thing in Professor Jiang’s class. They would unconsciously quiet down and listen to his lectures, which was more effective than the most stern and uncompromising dean in the department’s scolding.

The guests present didn’t know this, and before they had time to notice why they couldn’t speak, He Yanfeng on the stage had already taken over the microphone.

“This was something to be announced, and the next thing is to celebrate.” The smile on He Yanfeng’s face deepened, and there was a trace of pride in his tone that was not difficult to detect. He raised the champagne glass in his hand and said with a smile: “My son has already received a letter of acceptance from Yan University and Hua University, and will enter the Department of Computer Science at Yan University in September this year. Let us congratulate him in advance!”

The guests subconsciously raised the wine glasses in their hands. Before their brains even began to turn, their mouths were already uttering words of congratulations, the atmosphere harmonious and cheerful:

“Congratulations!”

“Direct acceptance to Yan University and Hua University at the same time, the tiger father has no canine sons.”

“Congratulations.”

Halfway through the congratulations, someone came back to his senses, and turned his head in a daze to ask a good business partner next to him: “Who is the son that Mr. He just mentioned?”

The business partner smiled, turned slightly sideways, and breathed out from the corner of his mouth: “It must be He Qianjian, who else can it be?”

“I’ve always heard that the eldest young master of the He family has good grades. I didn’t expect it to be so good. But this Jiang Chen is a bit pitiful. He just got recognized back and a banquet is held to announce his identity but he is just brushed aside after a few words, and the rest is celebration for the adopted son. It’s no wonder he didn’t even bother to change his name, the He family doesn’t care too much about him.”

“You can’t blame the He family. He Qianjian has been so outstanding since he was a child. Who doesn’t say a word of praise whenever they see him, envying He Yanfeng’s fortune? He has been raised for eighteen years. How can the relationship of so many years be comparable to a child who just got back?”

“That’s his own son too, he’s related by blood.”

“Some people pay attention to this, and some people don’t care. Didn’t the He family still bring him back? Although they didn’t change his name, they didn’t let him continue wandering outside. It can only be said that the He family still cares more about feelings than blood.”

…….

This kind of dialogue happened in many places in the banquet hall, but a small group of people conversed on the same topic as them, but they had completely different opinions.

“The He family is too partial.” A young man in the corner raised his eyebrows, crossed his legs and said to the middle-aged man next to him: “Dad, if you find out that I am not your biological son, would you also be so partial to the biological son who came back.”

The middle-aged man slapped him on the head: “If you weren’t my own son, I would have used a broom to sweep you out of the house long ago. Don’t talk about partiality, I wouldn’t even give you a look.”

Zhang Yanjing rolled his eyes, put down his legs and looked very excited, “What do you think Uncle He is thinking? After tonight is over, He Qianjian will lose all face. How will he still survive in our circle in the future? Damn, could it be that Uncle He doesn’t want his fake son at all, and is going to kick him out.”

“What are you talking about.” The middle-aged man gave him a warning look: “Don’t let your mouth run outside, don’t meddle in the He family matter, and now that you’ve graduated, don’t always trouble He Qianjian in the future.”

Not far away, someone was warning:

“Don’t bother Jiang Chen all the time.”

Li Nanfeng was annoyed: “What do you mean I bother him? We are cooperating. I give him several million yuan every year, okay?”

Shi Fengyue raised his eyebrows, obviously not wanting to discuss this topic with him, he just rested his chin on a hand and looked at the swaying red wine in his wine glass.

“Hey, tell me, is there something going on in the He family? Does He Qianjian have the character of easily letting himself be swept out casually without doing nothing? Besides, old Mr. He has always liked him. I imagine it will not be so easy for Jiang Chen to drive He Qianjian back to the Jiangs’.”

“Who said Jiang Chen wanted to drive He Qianjian back to the Jiangs’?”

Li Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Shi Fengyue was still looking lazily at his wine glass, as if he hadn’t spoken just now, he leaned over and asked curiously: “What do you mean? Jiang Chen still wants He Qianjian to stay in the He family?”

Shi Fengyue raised his eyelids and glanced at him with a very obvious expression.

“No way.” Li Nanfeng had a tacit understanding with him for many years, and he could see the other’s meaning behind his look of disdain at a glance, and said in surprise: “Is Jiang Xiao Chen planning to not even give a single way for He Qianjian to survive? Not letting him stay in the He family nor go to the Jiang family, could He Qianjian’s biological parents agree?”

Shi Fengyue didn’t say a word, and raised his eyes to look forward. Sure enough, He Yanfeng waited for the people in the audience to discuss for about half a minute, and then continued: “I’m honored to invite Professor Xiang to come to give a congratulatory speech for my son, welcome.”

The hale and hearty old man stepped onto the stage. His serious expression was three parts softer than usual. He took the microphone, and the first sentence he said was: “I didn’t want to come.”

Without waiting for everyone to be surprised, he continued: “At the beginning, I asked Hua University to send a letter of direct acceptance first, and I did everything to persuade this kid to go to Hua Uni, and even told him that my good student is teaching in the mathematics department in Hua Uni. He could enter the research institute ahead of schedule, get guaranteed graduate school admission after graduation, and directly enter the National Research Institute after. But who knew that he entered the National Research Institute all by his own merit in just his third year of high school. And in less than a year, he already has research and development results under his belt.”

“Besides that, not only did Yan Uni rob me, but the Military Research Institute is also trying to snatch him from me. Originally, I thought that although his undergraduate degree will be at Yan Uni, he will still be able to enter the National Research Institute after graduation, and he will still be my student at that time. But who knew that the Military Research Institute signed the contract with him without even a heads up, and even the research project plan had already been approved directly, with the research being able to begin right after the team is established.”

“But when I thought that even though I couldn’t directly become Jiang Chen’s teacher, I can at least stand out from the crowd by winning against old Zhao and young Wu, who tried to fight me over giving Jiang Chen’s congratulations speech. So that’s why I came here in the end.”

Professor Xiang was rigorous and meticulous in his research, but he was vigorous and decisive in his life. His words were uttered without any slowing down and when he finished speaking, the guests had yet to recover from the huge amount of information within.

First of all, the most shocking thing, and the most shocking news to everyone present——it turned out that the person He Yanfeng said to celebrate just now was not He Qianjian at all, but his biological son Jiang Chen.

At this time, most of the guests remembered that the young man on the stage had been standing between He Yanfeng and his wife from the beginning to the end, and was wearing the same style of formal wear as his younger siblings. As for He Qianjian, apart from following beside old Mr. He and making a brief appearance, there was no sign of him at all now.

In other words, they had thought wrong from the beginning.

If the He family really valued He Qianjian more, no one would have noticed that he was not there at this time, unless the He family clearly knew about it but ignored it. As for Jiang Chen, He Yanfeng and his wife have protected him tightly from the moment he came out onto the stage, which not only made him an existence that could not be ignored in the banquet hall, but also blocked any scrutiny and curiosity that he might have directed at him.

Was this not showing value and importance? Clearly, the He family had already told them at the very beginning, who was the protagonist of this banquet!

Before when He Yanfeng said that he would not change Jiang Chen’s name, they thought it was because the He family cared more about He Qianjian, so they didn’t care if their biological child changed back to the He family’s surname.

However, listening to Professor Xiang’s long string of congratulatory words just now, there was actually not a single word that was not a compliment or words of showing off. Who would have thought that the old man who could speak eloquently academically would also be so unscrupulous when he praised people. Was that just a simple congratulatory message? There was practically glee and pride even in the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

Wait, what else was there? Entering the National Research Institute in high school and having research results in less than a year. Now he had even signed a contract with the Military Research Institute, and the plan for the next project had been approved. He just needed to wait for the team to be formed and the research could then be carried out?

Everyone recalled what Professor Xiang said just now, and the more they recalled, the more they couldn’t believe it. Could this be true? Or did they actually get it wrong?

Although it was rare to enter a research institute in high school and have research results in less than a year, it was relatively easy for everyone to accept that due to the existence of Shi Fengyue who had two patents under his belt by fifteen. But signing a contract with the Military Research Institute? And after the plan was approved, just wait for the formation of the team?

If it was a simple contract, it was to enter the Military Research Institute and become one of many general researchers of the Military Research Institute. Although at this age it was rare enough, it could only prove that he was smart enough and had talent in scientific research. Although everyone would just think that the He family had good fortune, their biological child was so outstanding after being away for more than ten years, which was quite enviable, but it would only be enviable.

But——being able to form a research team?

Even if the people present were not in the scientific research circle at all, they knew that not everyone could set up and head a scientific research team, let alone a scientific research team approved by the Military Research Institute. The scientific researchers who could independently form a team were all the best in the field, and most of the leaders of the teams that could be established with the approval of the Military Research Institute have already achieved multiple achievements in at least one field, and many of them have even won authoritative scientific research awards at home and abroad, and was a top-level figure in their field.

For example, Professor Xiang who was next to Jiang Chen, and Major General Wu who was exceptionally awarded a military rank because of the great significance of scientific research results to the country mentioned by Professor Xiang.

But…..

Everyone looked up at the young man on the stage who was clearly under 20 years old. After making sure that they had heard correctly, they digested the news little by little, and couldn’t help feeling terribly jealous.

Where did the He family get such good fortune, to be able to find and bring back a child who had been mistakenly switched for more than ten years, and even come back with such great achievements. It was no wonder that He Yanfeng felt that there was no need to change his name. Unlike other fledgling heirs, he did not need to use the surname given by his family to gain the respect and convenience of others.

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It was not difficult to imagine that after tonight, there would only be Jiang Chen as the eldest young master of the He family, even if his surname was not He, even if there was another He Qianjian who had been the eldest young master of the He family for more than ten years, whose name was more like a member of the He family. 

Everyone would only recognize the one on the stage in front of them.

Because, Jiang Chen himself was enough to earn everyone’s respect.

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In June in Yan City, it was almost eight o’clock in the evening, and the sky was reluctantly darkening, the transition from blue to gray slow and stretched.

The elongated road was congested with traffic. It stood in front of the lobby of an old-fashioned hotel in the city center. The doormen opened the doors in an orderly and efficient manner, leading the well-dressed guests into the hall.

The middle-aged man who just got out of the car straightened his clothes, held the invitation card in his hand, bent his arms to be held by his female companion, and walked in with his chin slightly raised. After walking a few steps, his eyes suddenly lit up and he left his female companion behind in a few steps quickly: “CEO He!”

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The loud voice caught the attention of the family of three in front. The slightly fat man turned his head, saw the person behind him, and stopped in his tracks, with a standard social smile on his face: “So it’s CEO Zhang, long time no see.”

“You are also here to attend the He family’s banquet.” CEO Zhang shook hands with CEO He, smiling warmly and familiarly.

“That’s right.” CEO He glanced at the invitation card in his hand with a smile, and said, “It seems that CEO Zhang has also been invited.”

“Yes.” CEO Zhang carefully put the invitation into the pocket of his suit, and he couldn’t hide his excitement: “Speaking of which, it was quite lucky. We happened to cooperate with Tunan Group last month. I didn’t expect that Mr. He still remembered me, I couldn’t believe it when I received the invitation.” 

“Say, how long has it been since the He family held such a grand banquet? The last time was when I first came to Yan City. Although I didn’t have the chance to see it at that time, I still hear people talking about the birthday party of the eldest son of the He family, but I didn’t expect that I would have the opportunity to step into this banquet today, it’s really…..”

CEO Zhang was too excited to hold back. He expressed all the excitement in his heart and only then realized that he had lost his composure after he finished speaking, and his voice also lowered. But it could be seen that CEO He was not impatient. Both his wife and child smiled slightly, a little moved and a little embarrassed.

“Sorry, I was too excited just now.”

“It’s okay.” CEO He still smiled. Seeing that he was still treating others sincerely despite his age, he thought of his honesty and loyalty in the business field, and kindly gave him a tip: “Today’s banquet does not have a theme that is made known. After CEO Zhang go inside, don’t rush to see Mr. He immediately, maybe it would be better to chat with Mr. He after Mr. He finished his speech.”

CEO Zhang only came to Yan City at his age, and he was able to get to this level in five or six years, which was absolutely inseparable from his own high EQ. As soon as he heard CEO He’s words, he knew that there must be something else going on here. Thinking that all parties were guessing about the intention of the He family’s banquet, he had the bottom line in his heart, and he didn’t ask CEO He what he knew, but just sincerely thanked him.

CEO He nodded and took his wife and child to the banquet hall first. CEO Zhang was a few steps behind and quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Another boss behind him heard part of their conversation and caught up and said, “Old Zhang, just now what were you talking about with CEO He?”

CEO Zhang saw that he was a good friend in the business circle, and he didn’t hide what he learned. He leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

The friend’s eyes widened slightly, and he couldn’t hide his surprise in his lowered tone: “Then the He family’s banquet this time is not for their eldest son?”

CEO Zhang nodded slightly, his voice lower than that of his friend’s: “It’s probably not.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye, and asked in a daze, “Is the one who just went in, Secretary Zheng?” (TN: chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)

“Who?” The friend immediately looked up in the direction he said, but saw nothing, shook his head and said, “Impossible, Secretary Zheng has never attended these banquets.”

CEO Zhang thought about it for a while, and he thought it was indeed true, and said, “Maybe I saw wrong.”

“What you said just now…..”

The two lowered their voices and discussed in whispers. After whispering, they exchanged glances, let their female companions take their arms, and walked into the banquet hall.

In the bright and resplendent hall, there were clunking champagne glasses and exchanged greetings among the attendees. The range of invitations issued by the He family this time was not small. There were people from all circles. Those who were familiar with each other greeted each other, and those who didn’t know each other could exchange a few words with a glass of wine and exchange business cards.

The topic that everyone discussed the most was the theme of today’s banquet. Especially the few families who have frequent contacts with the He family have the most people around them. It was the same for the elders and the younger generation.

Beside the dessert table, several girls surrounded the girl in the long champagne colored dress in the middle.

“Ya Ya, do you know what today’s banquet is for?”

“That’s right. The last time the He family held such a big banquet seemed to be He Qianjian’s twelfth birthday. What is the reason for this time? Making up for He Qianjian’s eighteenth birthday?”

“A lot of people guess that way, and I think it’s probably a nine out of ten possibility.”

“Although there are quite a lot of people guessing like this, my dad said that this banquet should have nothing to do with He Qianjian, so I am curious. After all, which big banquet held by the He family before had nothing to do with Eldest Young Master He. Eldest Young Lady, please satisfy my curiosity, does it have anything to do with your fiancé?”

Han Qiya smiled slightly, her voice soft: “It has something to do with my fiancé, but it has nothing to do with He Qianjian.”

The girls were taken aback for a moment, and they all had question marks on their foreheads.

Wasn’t He Qianjian Han Qiya’s fiancé? What did she mean it had a relationship with her fiancé, but had nothing to do with He Qianjian?

The girls were confused, but Han Qiya didn’t say any more, just smiled and looked in one direction.

Not far from them, a man with peach blossom eyes put down the champagne glass in his hand, raised his eyebrows to look at the other person beside him, and did not hide the gloating in his eyes: “Yo, the real official fiancee has appeared, but you the supporting male lead no. 2 after chasing for so long still have no name or status, and even no idea what the other’s sexuality is, shouldn’t you give up?”

Shi Fengyue looked in the same direction as Han Qiya, and he didn’t even bother to spare Li Nanfeng a look from the corner of his eye, and said coldly, “You should think about how to discuss the next cooperation with Jiang Chen.”

Li Nanfeng shrugged with boredom: “It’s not important to cooperate or anything. The important thing is whether you can pursue your love. At the beginning, my laboratory was built so quickly, wasn’t it because it would make it easier for your road to love? For such a long time, the boiled frog in warm water is already cooked by now. But you, good grief, he probably still does not even know that you are even chasing him.”

Only then did Shi Fengyue give him a look out of the kindness in his heart. With his eyelids half-drooped, he tilted his head slightly and asked, “What do you think is the difference between me and you?”

Li Nanfeng rubbed his chin, pretending to think, and answered after three seconds: “One is average handsome and the other is exceptionally handsome. Moreover, the average handsome dude is a pure virgin who has never even been in a relationship, and the exceptionally handsome dude lived up to expectations and became a playboy?”

Shi Fengyue rolled his eyes, and answered him unhurriedly: “The difference is that I am a human being, and you are not.”

Li Nanfeng clicked his tongue: “You can’t say that I’m not human just because I get laid. Shi Fengyue, this is no good. You not only don’t have the heart to improve, but you even look down on me, a full scoring player.”

Shi Fengyue gave him an eyeroll, then turned his eyes to look forward again.

Li Nanfeng was dissatisfied, and asked: “Just tell me, why am I, a big handsome guy, not human, and if you don’t make it clear, I will make you look at my handsome face all the time, make you ashamed, make you regret, make you…..”

“Shut up.”

Li Nanfeng shut up. He followed the sudden commotion and looked in the same direction. He saw five members of the He family walking in, plus one Jiang Chen.

No, Li Nanfeng corrected himself in his heart, plus one He Qianjian.

“I’ve gotta say.” He said in Shi Fengyue’s ear, “I never thought that Jiang Xiao Chen would be so handsome in a formal suit. If when I saw him for the first time he was dressed like this, I also would have chased after him with you.”

Shi Fengyue glanced at him, and reminded in an indistinct tone: “When you first saw him, he was still underage.”

Li Nanfeng didn’t care at all: “So what? Is it not allowed to fall in love early? If it’s consensual then it’s not against the law…..wait——” His expression changed, and his wide-open eyes were full of disbelief. Even when he thought of this possibility, he still asked with ninety-nine percent doubts: “Was it because Jiang Xiao Chen was underage that you kept silent before? No way, you are not such a noble and great person, or could I have misjudged you for so many years?”

However, before Shi Fengyue could answer him, his eyes, like everyone else in the banquet hall, were attracted by the three siblings on the stage whose formal wear were clearly made by the same designer.

Someone whispered:

“What’s going on?”

“Who is that boy? Why is he wearing the same style as the second and third child of the He family?”

“Yes, where is He Qianjian?”

“He’s behind, next to old Mr. He, wearing a dark blue suit, do you see him?”

“Why is he standing there, and why is he wearing a blue suit? If one doesn’t know better, one may think that those three in front are siblings.”

“I’ve gotta say, that boy really looks more like the He family than He Qianjian…..”

As soon as the person who spoke at the end finished speaking, he was startled by the thought that suddenly appeared in his mind. He looked around, but saw that the people he was chatting with all had the same expressions.

Several people looked at each other, and before they had time to confirm what the other was thinking, He Yanfeng’s voice spread through the microphone to every corner of the banquet hall.

He Yanfeng simply thanked the guests who came to the banquet, and got straight to the point: “Today’s banquet is to announce something, and it is also to celebrate something in advance.”

“About half a year ago, I suddenly found out that my eldest son had been mistakenly switched with another family’s child. I wanted to let the two children return to their original track immediately, but at this time they were both in their third year of high school, and they were in the midst of preparing for the college entrance examination. In order not to affect them, we decided to postpone the time.”

He Yanfeng put his arms around Jiang Chen’s shoulders, and announced: “The one next to me is my first child with my wife Yang Yun——Jiang Chen.” After a moment’s pause, he looked to Jiang Chen at his side, and smiled before continuing: “Both my wife and I think this name sounds good, and we are also grateful to Mr. Jiang Zhuo and Ms. Yang Si for their unreserved love for him in the past eighteen years, so even if according to the rules, he should be named following the “Qian” character generation of the He family, and the surname should be changed. But after discussing it with my wife, we still think that the name that had accompanied him for eighteen years should be kept.”

The guests in the hall were all surprised for a moment, and when they came back to their senses, they discussed with the people around them:

“What does the He family mean? Do they recognize this child or not?”

“The name is not even changed. I don’t think it means welcoming the child back.”

“He Qianjian is still here. One’s surname is Jiang and the other is He. Isn’t that clear enough?”

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Jiang Chen didn’t hear the discussions in the audience. His eyes widened slightly, looking at the biological parents who he seemed to have never really understood before, and he couldn’t hide the astonishment in his heart.

“Dad…..”

“Come here and have a few words with everyone.” He Yanfeng’s eyes overflowed with smiles, with a trace of mischief, just like the appearance he had when he was brought to the study and pretended to beat and scold him, showing a bit of naughtiness in a childish manner. He approached Jiang Chen’s ear and lowered his voice, “After the banquet is over, if your grandfather raises his cane, you might have to stand in front for your father.”

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He Qianjian sat down beside Yang Yun, and for a long time without speaking, he only looked at her from time to time, hesitating to speak, and looking a little tentative.

“What’s wrong?” Noticing He Qianjian’s expression, Yang Yun turned her head to look at him: “Do you have something you want to talk to Mom about?”

“Mom…..” He Qianjian glanced at Jiang Chen, then quickly withdrew his gaze and said, “If Jiang Chen is staying at home today, why don’t I go sleep over at Father Jiang and Mother Jiang’s place. If Jiang Chen is not at home, they would definitely feel a little unused to it, and it might be better if someone is with them, besides, with Jiang Chen staying on this side, I should also go over.”

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Yang Yun thought that He Qianjian was nervous because of Yang Si’s attitude at noon, and comforted him: “Even if you and Chen Chen officially changed your identities, this place has always been your home. It’s not just me and your dad who thinks so, your biological parents also think the same way, so you don’t have to worry.”

“But today is different after all, and…..” He Qianjian’s eyes were dim: “And I should also go and see what my original home looks like.”

Although Yang Yun was a little surprised because He Qianjian had been refusing to go to the Jiangs’ before, only to suddenly show that he really wanted to go to the Jiangs’ today, but she didn’t think too much about it. She only thought that it was due to meeting his biological parents, so he changed his mind. It was just that the current attitude of Jiang Zhuo and his wife was not suitable for He Qianjian to go back and cultivate a relationship with them at this time.

She continued to persuade: “It’s too late today, let’s make an appointment in a few days, how about we go visit together?”

Of course not, Jiang Chen answered for He Qianjian in his heart.

As early as when the System spoke up before, he had heard their plans clearly, and he was clear about He Qianjian’s purpose of going to the Jiangs’, but he was not worried at all that He Qianjian would go to the Jiangs’, because he knew that even if He Qianjian went over, it was impossible for his parents to let him enter his room. And even if they really let him sneak into his room, the System’s plan would not succeed.

The foundation of Changjiang was defense, not only for possible attacks on the Internet, but also for the means of stealing the core code of Changjiang by disconnecting, stealing, copying, etc. As an artificial intelligence system, its intelligence was reflected in many aspects, such as automatic defense, automatic attack, automatic search and so on.

However, there was another breakthrough in Changjiang that was the most secret, most core and most humanly intelligent. Neither the federal scientific research institute in the interstellar era nor the current national scientific research institute knew about it——it could recognize people.

This function was born from Jiang Chen’s accidental research and development. At that time, he tried countless times to modify Changjiang’s program to revert this “little accident” that was humanized but not suitable for working in the entire interstellar world. But no matter how he made modifications, the original function of Changjiang would either be weakened or collapse, so he could only temporarily overlook this accident.

What he thought at the time was that he still had decades to correct or rewrite this accident in the future, but he didn’t expect that he would be reborn back into his high school years of his first life not long after.

In this era, if one wanted to rewrite the core code and algorithm of Changjiang, the possibility of success was at least ten times lower than that of a dozen top artificial intelligence researchers in the Federation discussing their research together.

This meant that the possibility of correcting this accident in this era was almost zero, and it also meant that only with Jiang Chen present, could Changjiang be the real Changjiang. Once the controller was replaced by anyone else, Changjiang would lose its true utility.

Therefore, Jiang Chen was not at all afraid that He Qianjian and the System would enter the Jiangs’ house with the plan of stealing, but He Qianjian didn’t know this. He only knew that the more people went to the Jiangs’, the more it would hinder his actions. So of course he would definitely not want the He Yanfeng couple to go with him.

Sure enough, right after Yang Yun said this, He Qianjian’s face changed imperceptibly, and he insisted: “I think it’s fine to go there today, and it shouldn’t be too late for Uncle Wang to send me there after the banquet is over.”

He Yanfeng had been paying attention to the conversation here, and when he heard these words, he spoke lightly, with an unquestionable tone: “Even if it’s still early, you can’t go to the Jiangs’ tonight.”

He Qianjian was a little apprehensive about He Yanfeng, especially after He Yanfeng’s attitude towards him was not as good as before, and it was rare to even say a few words to him for almost a month. But thinking that the System had said that the longer it dragged on, the more detrimental it would be to them, he still asked, “Why?”

He Yanfeng asked: “The Jiang family only has three rooms, one is Jiang Chen’s room, the other is your biological parents’ room, and the third is the nursery room. Where will you sleep after going over?”

He Qianjian paused, but he didn’t expect that He Yanfeng would reject him because of this reason. He knew that the Jiangs’ were not as well off as the He family, but Jiang Chen’s everyday clothes and behavior didn’t look like he grew up in a poor family, so the conditions at least should be well-to-do. He never thought that Jiangs’ might not even have a guest room.

He opened his mouth, “I…..”

At this time the hotel manager personally led old Mr. He and his wife in, and interrupted what He Qianjian was about to say: “Mr. He, the old gentleman and the old madam are here.”

He Yanfeng got up and took two steps forward to meet old Mr. He.

“Dad, why did you go out so early today?”

“It’s because your mother kept urging me, she even pulled me out before I finished my tea.” Old Mr. He complained, but his eyes were attracted by the three siblings who got up, and saw their clothes clearly. There was a hint of a smile in his eyes, and after they all finished greetings, he smiled and said: “Not bad, you all look very energetic.”

“Xiao Yun had been preparing these clothes for them since three months ago. If they don’t look good, then all that time would have been wasted.” He Yanfeng said with concern: “You and Mom should sit down first, or go to the room to rest for a while, I’ll call you again when the banquet starts.”

Old Mr. He waved his hand: “Your mother and I are in high spirits. There is no need to rest.” As he spoke, he sat down on the sofa, took out a small notebook from his pocket, and handed it to Jiang Chen: “Xiao Chen, your father, uncle and I have looked at a few names, you can see which one you like, and then change it to that name.”

Jiang Chen’s hand paused in opening the notebook, and he didn’t open it again. He smiled slightly and said, “Grandpa, I’ve been called Jiang Chen for a long time and I’m used to it, and I even registered a company with this name as well as signed a contract with the research institute with it. It may be inconvenient to change the name now, so it would be better to just add the surname in front of Jiang Chen.”

Old Mr. He’s eyes were slightly darkened, and his eyes fell on him for a long time. Seeing that his expression did not change nor did he avoid his eyes, he spoke in a manner in which one couldn’t distinguish his emotions: “Your generation is the ” Qian” character. If only your name is an exception, what will outsiders think?”

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, and said without giving in: “The name is just a name. I don’t want others to use my name to distinguish my identity.”

Old Mr. He replied unhurriedly: “Since it’s just a name, what’s the difference between changing your name and just adding a surname before your current name?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips slightly. Even after three lifetimes, he was still not good at arguing, and he would rarely talk back to his elders. At this time, when old Mr. He asked him back, no matter how many reasons he could use to refute, it was difficult for him to actually utter the arguments.

Old Mr. He saw Jiang Chen’s restraint, and the look in his eyes softened. He patted his hand on his knee lightly, and said earnestly: “I know you have more feelings for this name, and for your adoptive parents. But what a name represents is not just a name, it has more functions and meanings. I know that you are now cooperating with the research institute, and you have a confidential project to sign, and you also know that the kid from the Shi family who gave you some advice and tips, but do you really think that he was able to sign his contract with the Institute back then so smoothly only because of his cleverness and skills?”

“Or, do you think your feelings for your adoptive parents, or your adoptive parents’ feelings for you, will change because of a name?”

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes. It was undeniable that everything old Mr. He said was correct. He always convinced people by reasoning himself so he understood: “No.”

“Then that’s right.” Old Mr. He laughed, and the wrinkles at the end of his eyes made him look a lot more kind: “If you like your current name and feel uncomfortable with a completely unfamiliar name, why don’t you just keep it?” How about choosing from Qian Jiang and Qian Chen?”

Old Mr. He took a step back as an elder, and Jiang Chen also took a step back. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Qian Chen.”

Old Mr. He took out a pen from his pocket, carefully wrote his name on the notebook stroke by stroke, and handed the notebook to the assistant who followed silently behind him.

Not long after the assistant left with the notebook, the three members of He Yanjun’s family and He Yanya all came. Before the banquet started, the assistant came back and handed the notebook, a replaced ID card and household registration book to old Mr. He.

Old Mr. He handed both the ID card and household registration book to Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen took a look. He was not surprised why he was able to apply for an ID card when he didn’t go personally, and the photo was no different from his current appearance, but he didn’t expect the He family to be so swift, moving He Qianjian out of the He family’s household registration book.

He Qianjian was standing right behind Jiang Chen, and he naturally saw what Jiang Chen saw, and he also knew what it meant. He tried his best to adjust his expression, but the bulging veins on the back of his hand, which was grasping the back of the sofa chair, exposed his true feelings.

Old Mr. He also noticed He Qianjian, and after seeing his unwillingness and resentment underneath his calm expression, he couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment. He didn’t intend to make things so absolute before, but last night He Yanfeng’s investigative materials handed to him made him change his mind.

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The heart of the tiger and wolf could only be eradicated at the root. If he could repent and change, the He family would still have a place for him in the future.

He was afraid, however, that he would only walk down the dark road without repentance.

Old Mr. He didn’t look at He Qianjian any more, and turned his gaze away and said indifferently: “You all go busy yourselves, your grandma and I will go downstairs to see those old fellows. Today’s banquet is very important, and there are many guests here so come down early.”

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