At the same time, Jiang Yisen, who overheard the inside story nearby, felt his head start to "buzz."
"Damn... Zhou Wang, is he really that impressive?"
Lending out six billion just like that and not even asking for interest...
Jiang Yisen didn’t fully grasp the business intricacies; he only felt inexplicably... how cool!
This was simply the "king of swagger" style he’d always envisioned.
"Mr. Jiang, could I get Mr. Zhou’s contact information from you?"
At this moment, Cui Yeqing spoke up, feeling a bit rueful. He shouldn’t have given up so easily earlier; he should have at least stubbornly insisted on adding him on WeChat, especially when they didn’t manage to get a business card. Who would have known that Zhou Wang was so connected to their company...
Jiang Yisen finally came back to his senses and casually said,
"Oh, actually, I didn’t save it, but his number is easy to remember. I glanced at it once; it’s 189 and a bunch of 9s..."
...
A jet-black Audi A6L was driving on the expressway towards Beidou Daxing Airport, heading north, towards the first city of Huaxia, which held so much history and sentiment.
The scenery on the airport expressway wasn’t much to look at. Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhou Wang watched for a while before averting his gaze. He took out his phone and logged into a foreign search engine after connecting a proxy, beginning to verify some things.
Initially, Zhou Wang hesitated a bit, but he quickly took a deep breath and typed his own name into the "search."
Very quickly, the search results loaded on the webpage. Zhou Wang skimmed through but found almost nothing of use; occasionally, there was a relevant hit, but it was merely the same name, not him.
After a brief moment of thought, Zhou Wang deleted his name and re-entered "Caroline Dobrev" into the search.
After a brief delay, a large amount of dense and related news popped up, the first one being the Wikipedia of the related person.
"Caroline Dobrev, Chairwoman of the Cloud Trust Fund, Chairperson of the Cloud Mining Group..."
Zhou Wang clicked on it, and when he saw the character’s album, he was astonished. He silently clicked on one of the high-definition pictures, zoomed in, and stared intently at the photo.
It seemed to be a photo taken by a journalist when she attended some event, dressed in full regalia. Her perfect curves were fully displayed, with a shining blue diamond necklace adorning her neck, complementing her lively appearance. Her features, a blend of Eastern charm and Western prominence, seemed to glow, making her appear like a mythical night elf, an unattainable beauty.
Upon confirming that Caroline indeed existed in reality, rather than being a figment from his dreams, Zhou Wang’s feelings grew complex.
Mainly, he still couldn’t determine if Caroline appeared only after he activated the "Time Gear" yesterday.
Because upon checking now, Caroline’s entire life history was well documented, including childhood photos.
Finally, Zhou Wang found a piece of news that seemed to corroborate everything—
It was taken a few years ago on the streets of a European country, a photo of Caroline taken by random passersby. At that time, she was in a flustered state of escape, but in the photo, besides Caroline, there was a young man holding her hand.
Due to the angle, the young man’s face was indistinguishable, but from the black hair and body shape, one could tell... wasn’t that him?
All these points together had already proven it.
Closing the search engine, Zhou Wang thought for a moment, then separately called Jiang Qingkui, giving her a few keywords, instructing her to compile the relevant materials and send them to him.
"Qingkui, if you find it difficult, you can enlist help from relevant bureaus, the more detailed the information, the better..."
Zhou Wang concluded with a word of advice, and after hanging up, he found it somewhat amusing.
Investigating himself, what kind of deep madness was this!
"Yun Rou, could you hand me my passport?"
Zhou Wang turned and spoke to the girl in the back seat.
Upon hearing, Yun Rou hurriedly took out a separate pouch to rummage through and then handed Zhou Wang his passport.
As Zhou Wang received his passport, he immediately sensed something different about it.
His passport was something he had rushed to get during his freshman year along with his roommates to be trendy, but once obtained, it remained unused, sitting in the depths of his wardrobe.
Now, only for just-in-case purposes, it was carried with him, and theoretically, it should still look brand new. However, holding it in his hands, Zhou Wang noticed signs of wear and tear.
Upon opening the passport, sure enough, it was densely filled with stamps, already covering more than half of the pages...
"I’ve actually been to so many countries, and yet I have no memory of it... that’s absurd."
Shaking his head, Zhou Wang, who had gradually begun to accept the reality crafted by the system, had Yun Rou put away the passport again.
After this bit of hassle, the Audi had already entered the South Fifth Ring, stepping into the main district of Beidou.
Zhou Wang also put away other thoughts for the time being and focused his gaze on the scenery outside the window.
This was Beidou!
No matter what expectations one might hold for this city, as a Huaxia person, it’s impossible not to bear expectations toward this city...
Although many find that visiting once is enough after having been there, the saying remains, one must visit at least once.
Of course, Zhou Wang’s unsettled mind was also due to another very important reason.
There was someone in this city who was very special to him.
Up to now, Zhou Wang already had many significant female connections, but some people are truly different.
He really... kind of missed her.