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The year Ji Gedian may be seen by many as a rather uneventful one, but for Shuiqing it was quite the opposite. For college football fans, this year will likely be remembered most for the FIFA World Cup held in Korea and Japan, where South Korea made it to the semi-finals, and China qualified under Coach Milu's leadership, participating in the World Cup for the first time.
This year saw people referring to those deeply engrossed in the internet as "internet addicts," with many internet cafes adopting this name. The first generation of online language terms such as "meimei" (beautiful girl) began to gain popularity, along with Korean films, culture, music, and the hot TV series Meteor Garden broadcast by various provincial satellite channels.
This year saw the restructuring of two giant telecommunications companies, China Telecom and China Unicom, which officially came into existence. Shanghai won the rights to host the World Expo. The Legend Holdings Corporation successfully developed a supercomputer with computing power in excess of one trillion operations per second, ranking it among the world's best; however, over the next eight years, China would see the development of petaflop-class computers following America’s lead and become number one globally, though as a whole, the country remained behind other nations, and its advantage might not last long.
In this year, at the top echelons of politics and business in the People's Republic, so-called "privileged capital" began to make itself known amidst slogans like "state retreats and private advances," as major state-owned enterprises were divested. Some mysterious figures with complex backgrounds worth billions of dollars moved deftly through reforms in state assets, trying to swallow up high-quality public capital; among these figures was Jian Hua, whom Su Can knew. The media reported extensively on this matter. These masters involved many interest groups and fought fiercely throughout the year before reaching a fever pitch the following year. While ordinary people might not grasp the complexities of it all, its effects were felt in their daily lives through goods they used, homes they lived in, topics they discussed, and government policies.
In this midst of clamor and changing times, there was still a small stream that persisted on its own path.
It's worth noting that during February to March of this year, Facebook, which had become mainstream among many American college students, received substantial funding in Silicon Valley. Students in North America hailed the news enthusiastically; surveys showed that many were addicted and logged on for several hours daily with a monthly login frequency ranging from 75% to 90%.
Reports about Facebook began making their way into Chinese media too, with one of the biggest revelations being that one of its founders was of Chinese descent. This eventually evolved into the latest news version that the founder currently attends Nan Da University (Nanjing University). Thus, debates on whether this founder is ethnically Chinese or a Chinese overseas continue.
After all, founding Facebook in America and then raising funds successfully in Silicon Valley, only to return to China for university studies within just a few months later, makes such an unusual life path difficult for many people to understand, leading to various speculations and doubts.
"That social network thing you mentioned Is that the one you were working on with your exchange students when you went to America during winter break" Over the phone from Nan Da University's campus area, Su Licheng spoke sternly but couldn't hide his excitement in his voice. This was typical of how he usually dealt with Su Can; although his tone was slow and somewhat righteous in inquiry, it did little to conceal his pride.
The new telephone handset at Su Cen's house had excellent quality, allowing him to hear his mother breathing beside Su Licheng, presumably listening in on their conversation.
Su Cen thought that compared to four years ago, his father was now completely different. Whether it was the tone of voice or the way he spoke, there were probably noticeable differences when dealing with others, but one thing remained unchanged: how he felt about his own son.
"Yes. I went to America for fundraising. At first, it was just an interest-driven venture, and I never expected such a massive impact afterward."
In the end, this matter had still reached his parents. Naturally, it would be difficult for Su Licheng and Zeng Ahua to notice Su Cen's information on a small section of the newspaper. Furthermore, Rongcheng was inland and not as advanced in terms of information technology compared to Shanghai. Mainstream media in Rongcheng likely wouldn't report on Facebook either. Even if they did, it would probably be treated just as a minor piece of news or gossip.
The situation would be similar to white-collar workers taking the bus or reading newspapers at their company's front desk and smilingly passing by such information without much thought.
Only someone like Liu Rui, who could leverage the convenience of the internet, had a chance to learn about this news. As per his father Su Licheng's account, he learned about Su Cen’s situation from Wang Bo, the Secretary of the Rongcheng Municipal Committee.
Su Cen thought it through and felt relieved; later on, Wang Weiwei found out about his matter too. Upon hearing that many universities in Shanghai were aware of this incident and laughing about it, demanding Su Cen treat them all to a meal.
Pause.
After contacting his father again, Wang Weiwei would no longer keep the information about Su Cen a secret. After all, Wang Bo had also been paying close attention to him.
If his father learned everything through Wang Bo, then in Su Cen's view, this was a good sign, at least indicating that their connection had reached a certain level. Before this point, Wang Bo’s interest and gratitude towards Su Cen were likely the main reasons for any assistance given to him.
But Su Cen knew that he could never use gratitude as a means to索取資源回饋的工具和憑藉。而到了現在，蘇理成與王薄之間的密切聯絡已不再單純是出於對王家感激的原因，這裡麵還涉及利益、結盟以及友誼等因素。蘇燦成功地扮演了一個紐帶的角色。
大格建工作為省內首屈一指的副部級國企，在徐征老爺子還冇有退休的時候是非常強硬的，行為蓉城的基礎建設核心力量和一個接近百億俱樂部產能發動機的角色，一般的蓉城大小官員都不敢隨意插手指導大接建工。
然而在蘇理成接手之後，就明顯感受到來自四麵八方的壓力。掌管這樣一家重量級國企，雖然民意支援和上級指示欽點上任，但還是能感覺到內部鬥爭與外部競爭的激烈。
如果冇有做出顯著的"政績",集團內的元老派未必會聽從你掌控,離心力也會逐漸喪失。而外來勢力更是頻繁插手進來，企圖從集團中獲取利益。一個市長牽頭的和附近省市的一個區開發項目就插手進來了。原來隔壁省的一位副省長曾經是蓉城一位副市長的老上級並提攜過他，這位副市長就要大接建工董事會臨時通過一項決議，為隔壁省開發商業區投入4億元左右的資金。相當於這位副市長利用大槽建工的手將這四億資金以及後續無數配套增值後的政績白白送給他的老上級。
在徐征老爺子冇有退下之前，這種情況是不可能發生的。誰敢伸手向集團索要，並公開施壓？恐怕那位老人會拿起柺杖打斷他的腿。
不過川南航空集團的事件中，王薄和蘇理成親密合作收拾局麵，入股川南航空的方式，以及其中各種權利爭奪過程，最終馴服這頭混亂巨獸，其實力已經顯而易見。
通過這次川南航空事件，可以說雙方都獲益匪淺。
蘇理成在集團中的地位因此得到鞏固。原本幾位比較活躍的元老，那些伸一根指頭就能撚死集團內二十多年混跡中高層乾部的人物，也不敢輕易出來成為阻礙蘇理成施政的障礙物或發出過於反對的聲音。
王薄手上的線牽住了可以掌控的一家航空集團，手上有了更多籌碼，自然高興。
Wang Bo was able to talk about his own matters with Su Licheng, which also proved that their relationship had progressed to a certain level. Su Can still felt quite relieved about this. Since his family was already aligned with the Wang Family Interest Group, it would be beneficial for him to爭取到像王薄這樣的強勢存在。隨著王薄的政治手腕越來越強，他在王家派係中的地位自然也會越來越高。相應的，蘇燦認為他父親也就越能把握自身的命運，不會輕易成為高層大佬手中的棋子。
能夠多爭取一些支援自然是好的。一個不容易攀爬到現在家庭地位的人自然要充分利用周圍的各類資源。重生讓蘇燦變得更加敏銳，並學會抓住身邊某些珍貴的東西。
費儘心思和自己的父母解釋了半天，再加上父親蘇理成如今的工作讓他思維更加慎密，很多情況都是再三詢問過蘇燦後才覺得心裡踏實，包括美國公司的註冊方式、簽訂股權問題、資產管理以及如何運作等。最後他掛了電話。
掛上自己父母的電話之後，蘇燦又突然想起了唐嫵家那邊的情況，虛榮心難免會讓他去設想如果唐父唐母知道這件事後的反應和態度。雖然說蘇燦願意低調地享受平靜的生活，但他畢竟一手改變了那麼多東西，總會有些成就感，而這種成就感滋生出虛榮心也是人之常情。人類本身就是矛盾的生物。
但奇怪的是最近冇有聽到更多來自唐嫵家的訊息。麵對唐嫵時，他總不太好意思當麵問她“你們家人對此的看法是什麼？”以唐嫵的聰慧，蘇燦恐怕開口這麼一說就會泄露了他詢問這些話的目的和暗中的小虛榮。而她一眼看穿這一切也並非難事。
蘇燦多少需要在唐嫵麵前保持一份老男人特有的固執和麪子上的虛榮。當然不可能明目張膽地問出來。
這讓蘇燦又想起之前穆潔倩突然的到訪，想起了她所謂要為自己說好話的“同盟”關係，回想起來還是覺得有些可笑。
蘇燦認為現在發生的事情已經足夠不同尋常了：蓉城川南航空抵抗勢力被消滅了；詹化露出馬腳了。他的中國創始人的身份曝光了。無論是班級、寢室、宿舍，還是唐嫵的朋友以及這所學校認識他的人，都將這當成是一件大事來關注討論。蘇燦認為此事引起的震動將會逐漸減退，也許他會喘一口氣。
但是卻冇有料到，在此之後更不同尋常的事情接踵而至。
The recent updates have been rather unsatisfactory. I am trying my best to adjust, but please bear with me. Nan University’s audience.Su Can stood up and stared straight at Lin Luoran without hesitation. Furrowing his brow, he said, “Does my opponent's argument represent genuine freedom or is it merely an...