The financial forum has always been the most popular, and the venue with a capacity of 500 people was almost full, most of them important figures from the financial and business worlds, and only the last three rows were reserved for media reporters.

Wu Mian sat in the penultimate row, more than 20 meters away from the rostrum where the guests were speaking, but with his keen eyesight, he could still see the people on the stage clearly.

Chai Qing, the investment director of Huisheng China, who is known as the number one beauty in the investment industry in Dongjiang Province and has the reputation of "fund princess"!

She was standing behind the podium, speaking into the microphone skillfully and freely. In addition to the reporters taking pictures routinely, many male audience members also held up their mobile phones and small cameras to take pictures.

The only reporter who didn't take pictures was Wu Mian. He looked at the beautiful woman on the stage in a daze, the delicate face that once fascinated him, the figure that had appeared in his dreams many times, was now in front of him.

The past suddenly flooded back to my heart.

That was eight years ago, when Wu Mian was eighteen years old and a freshman at Zhuzhou Chinese University, and as soon as he entered the school, he noticed that there was one of the most striking beautiful girls among the freshmen, which made him look stupid on the spot.

The girl's skin is snow-white and pink, with pure natural wavy curly hair, her eyes are as clear as pearls, and her appearance and temperament look very foreign, but her bloodline and speech and demeanor are pure Chinese girls, without a trace of artificiality.

Wu Mian fell in love with the girl at first sight, and for many years after that, she was the most beautiful memory in his heart, until Ding Zini, the "flower of news" that captivated the country and the city, appeared, and took away the "most beautiful" position in Wu Mian's mind with a goddess-level charm beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

But eight years ago, his aesthetic standards made him give 100 points to the girl without hesitation.

Wu Mian still clearly remembers that when performing at the welcome party, the girl wore a pleated skirt to sing an opera and danced a court dance, and when she spun lightly, the pleated skirt fluttered around her like a flowing cloud, making her glow with extremely dazzling brilliance.

Wow! The fairy tale "Snow White" should be like this, right? This is Wu Mian's exclamation from the depths of his heart.

Later, he learned that almost all the boys had the same amazement, and they all gave her the nickname "Snow White". What is rare is that she does not have a "princess temper", she is quiet at all times, and never makes trouble with her beauty.

Wu Mian immediately found out that the girl's name was Chai Qing, and the next day he wrote a love letter and sent it to the girls' dormitory. But he was still a step too late, and she had already received dozens of love letters. However, all these love letters were politely rejected without exception, on the grounds that she only wanted to concentrate on her studies and did not want to fall in love too early.

The boys were disappointed, many of them did not give up, and persevered in the pursuit of the offensive, sending flowers and gifts to write love letters every now and then, or playing the guitar and singing downstairs in the girls' dormitory to confess, but unfortunately these tricks were all to no avail, Chai Qing politely and resolutely refused every time.

In the second semester of his freshman year, there was an obsessed senior boy who finally couldn't help it, and after a night of self-study, under the pretext of talking about the work of the student union, he tricked Chai Qing into a secluded place on campus in an attempt to commit violence, but was bumped into by Wu Mian, who happened to be secretly reading the yellow book. He struggled to knock down the guy who was stronger and taller than him, and sent the frightened Chai Qing back to the dormitory.

Wu Mianman thought that after the hero saved the United States this time, the touching plot of the beautiful woman in the TV in the novel would be staged next, but Chai Qing went through the withdrawal procedures and left the school the next day, and two days later he received a call from her, first thanked him for his kindness, and then told him that because of this incident, his parents were extremely dissatisfied with the safety of this school and decided to send her to study in the United States.

And so, before it could all begin, it died. Although Wu Mian pretended to congratulate her easily, he was quite melancholy and regretful in his heart.

Since then, the two have never met again, nor have they contacted each other again, after all, they were just classmates before, and they didn't know each other at all.

In his college career since then, although Wu Mian has also soaked in many girls, he still haunts Chai Qingmeng in his heart, and it was not until he became a reporter after graduation that he was too busy with work that he gradually rarely thought of her.

However, at the beginning of this year, one day he accidentally saw a large report about Chai Qing in a local financial newspaper.

It turned out that she went to the United States to study at the top financial college, and got a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in only four years, and then returned to work in a well-known private equity fund in Zhuzhou City, and was promoted again and again with excellent investment performance.

Wu Mian was surprised, and also had the idea of meeting Chai Qing to catch up, but after thinking about it, she was already a prominent new star in the financial industry, but she was just a small reporter, and the status gap between the two sides was so big, even if they reunited, what if they reunited? I'm afraid it will only be boring for herself. So he finally suppressed this idea, and he rarely ran financial news, so he never met her.

But today, this girl who once pursued appeared in front of her again!

Wu Mian came back to his senses from his memories and looked at her intently with emotion.

Compared with eight years ago, Chai Qing's appearance is the same as always, with a snow-white and delicate face and wavy hair, still full of the taste of "Snow White", but there is an extra pair of rimless glasses on the bridge of her straight nose, which looks much calmer.

Her speech was also very professional and skillful, and the topic was how to seize the opportunity of cooperation between East and Hong Kong to find the most potential investment sectors. However, Wu Mian didn't listen very carefully, and there was only one thing in his mind.

Is Chai Qing really going to kill herself tonight......? Seems quite normal!

Wu Mian was puzzled and observed Chai Qing more seriously, until she finished her speech, stepped down and returned to the guest seat with warm applause, and he didn't observe why.

After that, six or seven guests took turns to speak, and Wu Mian was distracted, paying attention to Chai Qing's movements at any time while listening to the lecture.

At half past three, Chai Qing quietly got up and walked out of the side door in front of the venue, and most people didn't notice it.

Wu Mian immediately left the venue, ran forward quickly, went around half a circle to catch up with Chai Qing, and stopped her when she was about to enter the elevator.

"Chai Qing!"

Chai Qing turned around when she heard the voice, and saw Wu Mian was slightly stunned at first, and then her eyes lit up: "Are you ...... Wu Mian?"

"Yes, it's me!" Wu Mian ran to her and stood still, and said with a smile, "Yes, you still recognize me!"

"How can you not recognize it, we have been classmates for more than half a year, and you have basically not changed at all!" Chai Qing looked Wu Mian up and down, a happy smile blooming on her face.

"Really? But you've changed a lot. Wu Mian also looked at Chai Qing carefully.

At such a close distance, he could see more clearly, she had grown taller and her figure was mature, although she was not as angry as Ding Zini and Qianrou, but the carcass wrapped in the professional suit was also curvy, and she was definitely not a "princess of Taiping". Stepping on a pair of capable women's leather shoes, there is also an elegant smell of perfume on the body.

"Is it? It's ugly, isn't it?" Chai Qing said lightly.

"Who said that? Of course, it's getting better and better. Your beauty index has increased by at least 50 percent compared to that year!" Wu Mian half-jokingly used a simple financial sentence.

Chai Qing sneered: "Your ability to coax girls has also improved a lot, at least doubled!"

Both of them laughed, casually chatted a few more recent words, and exchanged business cards with each other.

"Oh, you're a reporter at Dongjiang Business Daily?"

"Yes, but I rarely run finance, and I'm either here to interview you today, or just come and have a look. Wu Mian said, shook his business card and said, "Why don't you have your mobile phone number on the business card?"

"Absolutely. Chai Qing briskly said her mobile phone number, and then advised, "Don't disclose it to other media colleagues! I have never told any reporter this number, you are an old classmate I only told you." ”

"Don't worry, keep it confidential!" Wu Mian was overjoyed, it seemed that Chai Qing still cared about the friendship of her classmates, and looked at herself differently.

"By the way, Chai Qing, you have been ...... recently Is it okay?" Wu Mian cautiously looked for words, "I heard that you are under a lot of pressure to invest, and many fund managers have quit at the age of thirty!"

"Hehe, it's not that exaggerated. Of course, there is pressure, but that sense of accomplishment is always greater than pressure. Chai Qing said with a smile.

Wu Mian looked at her expression carefully, as if there was nothing abnormal, and he couldn't tell whether he was telling the truth or forcing the scene.

After all, the two hadn't seen each other for nearly eight years. A simple girl who was originally carefree, after the passage of eight years and the fierce professional competition, is enough to control all her negative emotions well, and always shows a quiet and generous professional image to outsiders.

"Okay, I still have work to go back to the company, let's talk another day. After Chai Qing finished speaking, she waved goodbye to Wu Mian and walked into the elevator.

Wu Mian hurriedly said: "I want to invite you to dinner in a few days, can you appreciate your face?"

"Okay, call a few more old classmates and catch up together. I'll call you on the weekend. After saying these two words, the elevator door closed, and Chai Qing's figure disappeared from sight.

Wu Mian was thoughtful. The last request to eat just now was a temptation on his part. If Chai Qing already had the idea of suicide, she would naturally subconsciously refuse. But not only did she agree, but she also offered to find a few more old classmates to catch up, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a person who was about to commit suicide.

In this way, it is possible that the future news report will be "misinformation"! Because the report itself admits that it comes from "online news," and may just be a hoax rumor by some netizens.

Thinking of this, Wu Mian's mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and he returned to the venue to continue listening to all the guest speeches.

After the whole event, he leisurely finished enjoying the refreshments, and then slowly returned to the Dongjiang Business Daily newspaper office, turned on the computer and prepared to write.

Before writing the article, he habitually browsed the news on the Internet, and suddenly saw an eye-catching title on the homepage of "Dongjiang Online", which was "Dongjiang Pharmaceutical and other top ten pharmaceutical companies broke the counterfeit drug scandal!"

Wu Mian patted his thigh and vaguely guessed what the problem was - he remembered very well that Chai Qing revealed in her speech that she was most optimistic about the investment prospects of the pharmaceutical sector in this province!