Seven in the morning, at the airport.
Song He sat in the car waiting. It was his first time personally picking up a client, and the reception had been arranged on an exceptionally grand scale.
He was looking through Dewitt's codebook when a message suddenly popped up.
Xiang Xiaotong: "I've taken care of the Brain-like Chip Company. We'll put the address in the suburbs of Yemo City. The factory, Office Building, and R&D center will all begin construction simultaneously. The first phase will receive an investment of ten billion. You put in five billion, and I'll put in five billion."
Song He replied with a thumbs-up emoji. "You're really capable!"
Xiang Xiaotong: "You're getting carried away. Why does that sound like you're praising a subordinate?"
Xiang Xiaotong: "How are things on your end? The model really was difficult to solve, wasn't it?"
Song He: "I solved the model on the plane. These past few days, I've been supervising the renovation of the Electromagnetic Rocket Well. It was just completed, and we'll conduct a test launch in a few hours. I'm at the airport waiting for the Middle Eastern clients who are coming to observe the test launch."
Xiang Xiaotong: "You're personally welcoming the clients? They're getting quite the grand reception!"
Song He: "This wasn't supposed to be my job. Xie Yuanxun's wife is about to give birth. The couple is walking around the hospital to ease her contractions, so they can't get away. I can only fill in."
Xiang Xiaotong: "Oh? Xie Yuanxun is about to become a father so soon? Are you jealous?"
Song He: "What good would jealousy do me? I'm still single."
The distant roar of an airplane approached. Song He put away his phone and got out of the car, then stood beside the tarmac with