Chapter 2244: Chapter 2064: Much Needed Fifty. No. Sixty years ago, Western countries began researching supersonic airliners. After more than a decade, the UK and France developed the Mach 2 Concorde. Super fast. It was known as the "Never-setting sun" because its flight speed exceeded the Earth’s rotation speed. In the evening, flying westwards, the sun would always remain at dusk. Thus. It was a sensation for a while. Very popular. A large number of people flocked to experience the halved flight time. However. It did not become widespread. In 2003, after the last Concorde retired, there were no more supersonic civil aviation routes globally. There were many reasons. Internal. External. Continuous setbacks made what was once a great project cold down. Later, when major aviation manufacturing companies saw this, they all slowed down their pace. Like this. Decades have passed. The speed of passenger planes has hovered below the speed of sound, not because the technology is lacking, but because the current speed is enough to meet market demand. It’s sufficient. No problem. Why update? Too idle! It’s not a mass consumer product that needs frequent updates to capture the market. Concorde proved that going faster doesn’t necessarily get you hot meals; it might even burn you to death. ... Soon. The convoy arrived at Suleiman’s manor. At this moment. Almost all key members of the Budy family were present. Such a distinguished guest couldn’t be invited just anywhere, even if a president invited them, they might not go. Tang Qing. Already has the qualification to refuse. Therefore. Everyone took it very seriously, dressed in their finest attire. Though called formal wear, it was still a white robe, just with better fabric and carefully selected accessories. In the doorway. They lined up. "Welcome!" "Thank you." Tang Qing shook hands with Suleiman’s second brother. Among Suleiman’s five brothers, being the eldest, he inherited the position of clan leader, and each of the brothers was extraordinary in their own right. The second brother. Currently the second in command of the Algerian Ministry of Energy and Mining. The third brother. Currently the Vice President of the Supreme Court of Algeria. The fourth brother. In the military. Already wears a general’s star. This includes direct line relatives; many from the collateral lineage either hold important positions or have amassed great wealth, wielding significant influence in Algeria. The Budy family ranks in the top three in Algeria. Furthermore. For example, his youngest daughter is married to Ayman, a Saudi Prince. Such alliances are clearly not isolated, with deep and extensive connections. Therefore. In Algeria. Hummingbird’s partner was chosen to be the Budy family. Last time I came. Only Suleiman and the second brother were present, but this time they were all here, mainly because the relationship between the two parties hadn’t been this close then. Having everyone here wouldn’t have been appropriate. But this time. The ally relationship was fully confirmed, so naturally, they had to show due importance. Suleiman introduced them one by one, and Tang Qing met them all, responding with a calm smile. Soon. He met an acquaintance again. "Alison, long time no see," Tang Qing said with a smile. Alison. Ayman’s brother-in-law. They had once invested in that Oilfield together. Hearing that Tang Qing still remembered him, Alison couldn’t stop smiling. Three years ago. Tang Qing wasn’t as famous yet, and they had been in contact. Who would have thought that the subsequent development would be so exponential, catapulting him to the world’s second wealthiest? Looking back. Really. Incredible. Back then, Tang Qing was already quite wealthy, thought to be like other tycoons with the usual ups and downs. Who knew he would play a series of winning cards. - Civilization. - Time. - Epoch. Forcibly pushing his net worth sky-high, reigning supreme in the heavens like that, and then a series of subsequent actions that virtually dazzled everyone. - Hummingbird. Spread everywhere. - Wan Qing. About to welcome a series of enormous orders. - Sheng Tang. Now launched Constant Temperature Clothing, earning staggering daily profits. These achievements are destined to be written into, or perhaps already written into, business textbooks around the world. Unfortunately. Even after learning. Who could replicate it? Dream on. Fifty years, perhaps, would only produce one such phenomenon. With a net worth of over three hundred billion USD, terrifying indeed, but what’s more impressive is his growth potential. Every step. No wasted moves. Unlike many companies, with high market value, where the owner’s net worth easily hits tens of billions, but often can’t even come up with a hundred million in Cash. As for Tang Qing? Similarly. Over three hundred billion USD mostly market value. However. His ability to generate income is powerful as well: Comet, Qing Yuan, Microcrystal, Qing Yang, along with Sheng Tang currently in its explosive phase, this year’s profits will surely be astounding. If it’s lower than 150 billion RMB, he’ll eat the household register. ... After the introduction. They went inside. The table was already laden with ingredients. All vegetarian. No meat because none could impress. Only vegetarian dishes, which can be cultivated using Modulation Solution. Thus, the chefs did their utmost to prepare a table full of vegetarian dishes. Despite being vegetarian. However. The cost was no less than 100,000 USD. Seated. They started eating. Chatting as they ate. Seeing is believing, in just a few minutes of interaction, they were almost ready to kneel down. Because. Throughout. Tang Qing conversed with them in Arabic without any hint of awkwardness, his accent pure. They really wanted to ask: how many languages do you know? But they held back. However. Ayman was less reserved and asked. "Six!" Tang Qing casually gave a number. Upon hearing this. Everyone present had an eye-popping look of amazement. Six languages, and Ayman was asking about foreign languages, so including his native language, that’s seven. It is said. Tang Qing has been attending school, managing company affairs after school, usually engaging in personal research. They really wanted to ask, where do you find the time to study? Indeed. You can’t compare to a prodigy. Never mind. Let’s just quietly be regular mortals. Eating, sleeping, entertaining, working, doing what a normal person should do, sounds great! While eating. Opposite. A cousin of Suleiman asked: "Chairman Tang, your company’s Constant Temperature Clothing is truly amazing. We wonder if our type of clothing could use that Constant Temperature Material." Hearing this. Tang Qing nodded. "It’s possible." Truth is. Seeing them wear such clothes made Tang Qing feel hot. Clothing made of Constant Temperature Material would probably sell like crazy here. Fortunately, this group wasn’t short of money. "That’s wonderful. I wonder if my company could purchase some." "Sure." Selling to anyone is still selling. "However." "Currently, the production is limited, unable to provide much. You can send a team over there to learn how to manufacture it, which is vastly different from the usual." "Great, great, thank you." That person was overjoyed. He was in the clothing business; the emergence of Constant Temperature Clothing opened up a New World in his sight, and such an entity would certainly sell well there. Unfortunately. He didn’t know Tang Qing. Moreover. He couldn’t easily approach Suleiman. Today, being able to bring it up face-to-face and receiving a positive response was already satisfying, as for the minor actions European and American countries were doing. No matter. If you want to operate as medical supplies, that’s your business; we have no need to align with you. Algeria has always been neutral and won’t easily lean. Moreover. For them, it really is a need.