Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 929 - 333: If This Is Enslavement

There is a famous singer in Huaxia who, if he doesn’t sing well, would only go home to inherit a fortune worth millions...

Fortunately, his entertainment career is very successful, evidently, Yu Wei wasn’t so lucky.

After graduating with his bachelor’s degree, he chose not to pursue further studies and went home to inherit the family business.

However, the good news is that his family business is very successful now. After all, he is somewhat friends with Qiao Yu.

With such connections and the fact that his family has always been in the import-export business, there’s naturally a great advantage.

The only pity is that Yu Wei’s temperament isn’t exactly suited for business. But sometimes, when he chats with Qiao Yu, some troubles can be resolved...

Although with Yu Wei’s nature, he doesn’t want to exploit this relationship for profit, sometimes people gradually learn to compromise.

Of course, Zheng Xiweng knows all about these matters.

In fact, anyone with any intersection with Qiao Yu has a thick stack of information in Zheng Xiweng’s hands.

Yu Wei’s personal information is probably the second thinnest among these people. The thinnest is Qiao Xi...

As for Yu Yongjun, who has much thicker skin than Yu Wei, he also graduated with a Ph.D. from the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University last year. He is currently an assistant researcher at the mathematics research institute under the Academy of Sciences.

Every time Zheng Xiweng thinks about this guy, he wants to laugh.

This guy really wanted to apply for Qiao Yu’s combined master’s and Ph.D. program. Unfortunately, Qiao Yu decisively rejected it and then introduced him to another mentor.

It’s not that Qiao Yu doesn’t cherish old friendships, or that he thinks Yu Yongjun lacks talent.

It’s probably because Qiao Yu feels they’re too familiar, and it’d be hard to be too strict while managing him. As the kind of senior who would spoil the atmosphere for future students.

Of course, these are all Zheng Xiweng’s guesses; the real situation is probably only known to Qiao Yu.

He just needs to make a few phone calls according to Qiao Yu’s requirements. Zheng Xiweng’s English level is not high, but daily communication is no problem.

Of course, even if the other party doesn’t understand, they will actively find a Chinese translator. After all, he’s one of the most important people around Qiao Yu.

Many times, what Zheng Xiweng says represents Qiao Yu’s will.

To be honest, Zheng Xiweng is a bit curious about what attitude these two Western tech giants will have.

Whether they are willing to obediently hand over those materials. Indeed, the highest-end business battles are never as thrilling as shown in movies; instead, they are quite straightforward.

There’s no need to hire commercial spies; just directly asking will do.

Sometimes, Zheng Xiweng really wonders if Qiao Yu is an American, or at least grew up with West University education.

The thought process is too similar.

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Another West person is currently undergoing what could be described as somewhat "cruel" training for ordinary people daily at the aerospace science research center.

Apart from routine physical and weightlessness training, he has to go through several alternative training sessions each day.

It feels roughly like riding those most thrilling roller coasters several times a day.

After the initial novelty wears off, the days are actually hard to endure.

Thomas is actually okay, young people have higher acceptance of this kind of thing, but several times Richard really considered giving up.

If it weren’t for the thought that his mission to the Moon is important, paving the way for his future, he probably wouldn’t have endured even a week.

For a middle-aged man, many overly exciting projects are intimidating.

Yet, there’s no choice.

Thinking about the ongoing shooting of the documentary "Richard’s Family", he can only grit his teeth and persist.

What else could he do?

Because of physical reasons, should Richard announce his withdrawal from this Moon mission after a week of training?

Of course, if there was cooperation from the Huaxia people, it might be possible. As long as the Huaxia people are willing to announce to the outside world that it’s because of health reasons he can’t continue training, people might understand.

But first, Richard doesn’t think the Huaxia side would tell such a lie for him; second, if he doesn’t go to the Moon, will Thomas go?

If Thomas chooses to go alone, the documentary would only record his Moon journey, and he, the father, would be labeled as irresponsible...

If Qiao Yu hadn’t told him those things before, it actually wouldn’t matter.

After all, he only needs to manage his family well and doesn’t have to care too much about how the outside world sees him.

But now he has a chance to move into the White House, and if he gives the public the impression that he’s a coward, that would be a huge loss.

Although Richard has never had experience as a candidate, he is also a voter... To be honest, he prefers leaders with the spirit of adventure rather than a coward.

Of course, he could also choose to withdraw from this trip together with Thomas.

But this boy is very serious about training, eagerly looking forward to quickly passing the training to board the spacecraft to the Moon.

In short, when a middle-aged man suddenly has grand ambitions, no matter how hard or difficult it is, he seems to have no choice but to go through it bravely.

Luckily, for now at least, he doesn’t need to worry about his wife and other two sons.

The three of them have already started a month-long free travel in Huaxia.

The company has specially arranged for a guide to take the three everywhere to see the great mountains and rivers of Huaxia.

A group from the documentary filming crew is also arranged to follow them throughout, documenting the wife’s and children’s trip to enrich the documentary material.

According to the arrangement, director Michael Roddy will follow Richard’s wife and two kids for the first three weeks to shoot, and return to Beijing in the last week to document Richard and Thomas’s final training.