Chapter 31.1
Rumors were spreading in the industry, saying that after Tang Shen was marginalised by the Tang family, he planned to support Hua Yue in challenging the Tang family…
Who didn’t know that Hua Yue was on the verge of bankruptcy?
Everyone who heard these rumors either believed it was fabricated or that Tang Shen was simply not living up to his name.
Subsequently, there were whispers also saying that Tang Shen had invested in a gaming project, led by a freshman with a team of young students. Industry experts couldn’t see the potential, and Tang Shen’s motives for this investment remained a mystery.
It seemed like a case of having too much money to spare.
No one thought that Tang Zhou’s decisions were correct, and they were all waiting for a spectacle.
The outside rumors didn’t affect Tang Zhou, as he had all his focus on Hua Yue.
Hua Yue and the Tang family could be considered competitors, and neither wanted to back down.
If Hua Yue fell, the Tang family would benefit the most.
Tang Zhou remembered this from the dream. When Hua Yue went bankrupt, he was already working at the company. After analyzing the downfall of Hua Yue, he wasn’t happy as others were. Instead, he felt a sense of urgency.
Because if Hua Yue could fall, then couldn’t the Tang family?
Despite the Tang family’s sudden rise to glory, Tang Zhou still had some unease in his heart.
The old master, despite his age and inability to keep up with the pace of changing times, remained stubborn and unwilling to relinquish power and often clashed with Tang Zhou’s ideas, and they even argued during meetings.
As a result, many of Tang Zhou’s plans went unimplemented and the old master, swayed by Tang Zhen’s few words, believed that Tang Zhou had become reckless and so lost his trust in him.
And in an attempt to balance power, the old master gave Tang Zhen and Tang Tianyang more authority in handling affairs.
So no matter how capable Tang Zhou was, he couldn’t fully execute his plans.
It was only when Tang Zhen caused a significant problem and he dedicated great effort to solve it that he earned the board’s approval.
The past wasn’t worth revisiting, but Tang Zhou’s acquisition of Hua Yue was, to a large extent, about him making up for his regrets.
He wasn’t trying to oppose the Tang family, because even without Hua Yue, other companies would compete for the market share, so the longevity of the Tang family depended on their own actions.
However, apart from a few acquaintances, others wouldn’t understand his decision.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, Tang Zhou, wearing academic regalia, was backstage at the auditorium preparing to speak as the representative of the graduates.
When he received a call from Old Master Tang.
“Ah Zhou, why did you acquire Hua Yue?”
Tang Zhou replied seriously, “Grandfather, I just wanted to give it a try.”
Old Master Tang was genuinely puzzled, “If you want to try, the company has room for your contributions. Why insist on Hua Yue?”
“You were young once too, so I hope you can understand.” Tang Zhou, seeing that it was soon about to be his turn said calmly, “I have some other matters to attend to, so I’ll hang up for now.”
Old Master Tang, who had been hung up on wasn’t too comfortable with it.
He put the phone down helplessly and sighed, asking Uncle Fang, “Did I really make a mistake?”
Uncle Fang smiled and consoled him, “It’s a good thing for the young master to venture out. After all, he’s still a part of the Tang family, not the Zhangs. You don’t need to worry too much.”
Tang Zhihua paused at these words. He made sense.
Regardless, Tang Zhou was still part of the Tang family, so acquiring Hua Yue wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, although the risks were substantial. If Hua Yue couldn’t be saved, it would just tarnish Tang Zhou’s reputation.
Thinking of this, Tang Zhihua said helplessly, “Young people are impulsive. If Hua Yue… he’ll realize that the outside world isn’t an easy path.”
After tasting the bitterness, he wouldn’t be so stubborn.
Seeing him come to terms with it, Uncle Fang said in a timely manner, “Today is the young master’s graduation ceremony, and he’s the student representative.”
Tang Zhihua was taken aback. He really didn’t know about this.
“Have someone prepare a graduation gift and send it over. This kid, he won’t even tell his family about such significant matters.” Tang Zhihua grumbled in a complaining tone.
Uncle Fang smiled as he agreed.
After finishing his speech, Tang Zhou returned to the backstage area. He casually picked up his phone and found that several people had sent him messages.
[Pi Xiu]: Tang Shen, congratulations on your graduation!!!
[Li Fengyu]: Tang Shen has graduated! Congratulations!
[Lu Ye]: Delivering an unscripted speech, impressive.
[Qiao Yuan]: Well said, Zhou Ge!
[Ai Mo]: I heard that boss is graduating today! Celebratory confetti~ By the way, the movie is starting production. Will Tang Shen come to take a look?
Having heard so many people call him ‘Tang Shen’, Ai Mo also spontaneously adopted this nickname.
After replying to each one of them, Tang Zhou refreshed his phone several times, but he still didn’t see a message from Fu Shen.
Could it be that he was too busy to remember?
That’s right, Fu Shen had been extremely busy during this time, often leaving early and returning late, with no time even for games.
Leaving the little healer all alone every day, and on the forums, people had started to speculate that he had been abandoned by F God.
Tang Zhou originally thought that Fu Shen was occupied with a project, but after he asked Pi Xiu and the rest, he was told that the company didn’t have such late overtime.
Even they were unaware of where Fu Shen had gone.
So mysterious.
Tang Zhou suppressed the loss in his heart and turned to go back to the front of the auditorium where he found his seat in his major and sat down next to Lu Ye.
“You sent a video of me to Xiao Yuan?”
Lu Ye was confused, “What video?”
Tang Zhou showed him Qiao Yuan’s message, “Then how did he know what I said?”
“Pfft–” Lu Ye laughed so hard that his shoulders shook, “Tang Shen, what misconception do you have about yourself? When you were giving your speech, didn’t you see that everyone in the audience had their phones up?”
Tang Zhou: “…..” He thought they were just taking pictures.
A guy in the front row turned around and reminded kindly, “Tang Shen, the forums are buzzing about you.”
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