Urban God-level Youth

Qin Hao said with a smile, "No need to go through such trouble."

Xu Siyao also replied with a smile, "It's fine, it's no trouble at all."

Qin Hao pondered the idea of setting up a Jianghai branch in his mind.

Setting it up now seemed a bit premature. He planned to wait until the roast duck restaurant opened and then decide on the branch matter based on the business situation.

After spending some time at the roast duck restaurant with Xu Siyao, they left.

Upon leaving the restaurant, Xu Siyao asked, "Where to next?"

"Let's head back to school," Qin Hao replied.

Xu Siyao nodded, "Then I'll drop you off first."

At 5:30 p.m., Qin Hao returned to Jianghai University Main Campus. After Xu Siyao dropped him off, she didn't leave either.

It was pointless for her to go back since there was no one she could hang out with, and her dad was still busy with business matters.

As they emerged from the parking lot, Xu Siyao asked nonchalantly, "Hao, do you have plans for tomorrow? It's quite boring at school, how about going out together?"

Qin Hao was momentarily caught off guard, "I still have some things to do tomorrow."

"Oh, in that case, never mind. We can do it another time when you're free," Xu Siyao felt a semblance of disappointment.

She glanced at Qin Hao, who had a calm expression on his face and looked thoughtful, as though he was contemplating something.

"Si Yao," a voice came from not too far away.

Qin Hao and Xu Siyao curiously turned their heads to see Sun Feng and Wu Jun coming towards them from the other side of the parking lot.

Initially, Sun Feng was quite excited, but his expression changed when he clearly saw who was by Xu Siyao's side.

Xu Siyao looked at Sun Feng and asked in confusion, "What's up?"

Trying to sport what he thought was a charming smile, Sun Feng asked, "Are you free tonight? I'd like to take you out for dinner."

Xu Siyao replied apologetically, "Sorry, I have plans."

Sun Feng's face turned awkward at the blunt rejection, then looking at Qin Hao, he casually said, "Qin Hao, aren't you hanging out with your girlfriend today?"

Upon hearing Sun Feng's words, Xu Siyao felt a jolt in her heart, and her complexion subtly shifted, though she quickly returned to normal.

Seeing her reaction, Sun Feng felt a wave of smugness. If I can't have it, this bumpkin from Jiangshan shouldn't get his hopes up either.

Qin Hao gave him a glance before turning his head away, not even bothering to acknowledge him.

It was outright disdain.

Sun Feng's face turned unsightly. This silent mockery and disregard were more embarrassing for him than being insulted outright.

Fine, be that way. You just wait., he snorted coldly, turning around and leaving with Wu Jun.

After Sun Feng left, Qin Hao and Xu Siyao continued on their way to the dormitory building.

Qin Hao was wrapped up in contemplating the future and didn't notice Xu Siyao's expression.

After walking for a bit, Xu Siyao finally spoke, "You don't seem to get along with Sun Feng?"

Qin Hao replied, "We used to share a dorm, but later they moved out over some issues."

Xu Siyao nodded and with a smile inquired, "He mentioned you have a girlfriend now, is that true?"

Qin Hao nodded affirmatively, "Mmm, she's at the Business Administration College, not on this campus."

As Xu Siyao absorbed his affirmative response, her mood grew a bit heavy, but she didn't let it show and curiously asked, "How come you've never mentioned her?"

Qin Hao replied in exasperation, "You never asked, and it's not like I should say, 'I have a girlfriend, my girlfriend is really beautiful,' every time we meet. Wouldn't that be really stupid?"

Hearing his response, Xu Siyao burst into giggles, "Yeah, that does sound pretty dumb."

...

When they arrived at the girls' dormitory building, Xu Siyao said with a smile, "I'm going to head back. See you later."

"Hmm, goodbye."

After Qin Hao returned to the dormitory, only Chen Ping was there, sitting in front of the computer looking at the screen with his fingers swiftly tapping the keyboard.

When Chen Ping saw him come back, he glanced at him and then turned his head away, "Ah, Second Brother is back."

Qin Hao sat on a chair and asked curiously, "Where are the other two?"

"The fatty and his girlfriend went out shopping in the morning, and Zhao De should be playing basketball outside," Chen Ping said without turning his head.

"Oh, what are you up to?" He walked over and took a glance.

Chen Ping's computer had a browser open, displaying a news webpage.

"The Agony of Missing Chips and Souls, Huaxing Banned, Tech Cold War Erupts"

Qin Hao was somewhat surprised by the headline, "What's this about?"

Chen Ping explained, "You should know about Huaxing Company, right, Hao? Huaxing Communication Co., Ltd. is Xuan Country's largest telecommunications equipment listed company, a large-scale multinational group with total assets exceeding one trillion. They cover all sorts of electronics industries, routers, switches, servers, big data, cloud computing, mobile phones, computers, and so on. The motherboards of our computers are all produced by Huaxing Group.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The ban on Huaxing by the Northwest Federation, prohibiting the sale of any technology and chips to Huaxing, is like the sky falling for them."

Qin Hao, curious about what he heard, honestly didn't pay much attention to the news and was unaware of many things.

"Does it have to do with the trade war? This is a multinational corporation with assets over a trillion; can it really go down that easily?"

Chen Ping nodded and replied, "Second Brother, you don't know, our country has a weak spot in the chip industry. Although some companies can independently develop chips, they are far behind others in terms of performance, and the production of our independent chips is too low, catering to only about 8% of the market demand. The gap is significant.

Every year, our country's chip imports amount to about two trillion, second only to crude oil imports."

Hearing such a detailed explanation, Qin Hao nodded slightly without saying anything, as he thought of the Xinghai generation intelligent robots in the system.

Within the Xinghai generation intelligent robots, there was a Xinghai generation chipset including the CPU chip and other components. Chips are the most critical part, equivalent to the human brain, heart, and torso.

Seeing him not speaking, Chen Ping sighed, "Our country is developing too fast. The Northwest Federation is afraid we'll surpass them in high-tech industries, and this trade war is almost half about restricting our high-tech products."

"The country will have to rely on you in the future, so keep up the good work, young man," Qin Hao joked.

Chen Ping smiled awkwardly, "Second Brother, stop teasing me. You're the genius with perfect scores. This kind of thing will definitely depend on you."

Right then, Qin Hao's phone rang. He took it out to see that Li Moying was calling.

"Hey, Master, what are you up to? Play a game for a bit?" Li Moying's voice came through the phone. Find exclusive stories on empire

Qin Hao nodded, "Yeah, okay, I'm free right now anyway."

"Alright, Master, I'll wait for you in the game."

After hanging up, Qin Hao checked the system and saw that he still had two tasks not completed, one was the main task of Business Tycoon, and the other was the side task of Gaming God.

He checked the side task reputation points, which had reached over seventy-nine million, still a significant gap from the one hundred million target.

He had noticed that the reputation points were increasing slower these days.

At the beginning, his reputation could rise by a few million a day, but now it was just a few hundred thousand, making it difficult to reach one hundred million at this rate.

Logging into the game, he checked the leaderboard, still in first place, but the second place was quickly catching up.

As soon as he logged in, Li Moying pulled him into a team.

She was live streaming and said to her viewers with a laugh after pulling Qin Hao in, "Didn't I tell you? One call and my master will log on."

"It's been a long time since we've seen the God of Guns perform, I miss it."

"Streamer 66666"

"Gun God, we miss you."

...

Li Moying's stream suddenly became lively, and simultaneously, her popularity soared, quickly breaking through one million, which was terrifying.

Only top-tier gaming gods would break through one million viewers during a live stream. The little witch's room could break one million viewers solely because of the name Shadow Gun Demon.