The young man sitting next to the stout woman was likely her son, the one she was incessantly bragging about, adorned in gold and jewels.
Unlike his obnoxiously proud mother, her son appeared somewhat dull-witted, the quintessential example of a small-town achiever.
Regarding his mother's boasts, the young man, completely disregarding the presence of relatives at the dining table, "unemotionally" punctured his mother's inflated claims!
"Mom, I'm not as outstanding as you say."
"The battery factory I work at is indeed one of the top ten new energy lithium battery suppliers in our Great Xia. However, my goal is to join the parent company of our battery manufacturer. Our company is a franchisee of Huarong Technology. If I can get into Huarong Technology, then that would be truly impressive!"
"Mom, you have no idea. Our parent company, Huarong Technology, has developed lithography machines, crushed the former lithium battery overlord, NG Company, and even solved the technical challenges for the world's top fifth-generation fighter, the F-35."
"If I could join Huarong Technology, that would be the true fulfillment of life!"
Being "analyzed" by her son, who was as clueless as a papaya and whose brain had been addled by studying, completely lacking in emotional intelligence and the ability to play along with his mother, the stout woman felt her face flush. However, this did not stop her from boasting about her son.
"Did you hear that? It's one of Great Xia's renowned battery companies..."
"It's one of the incredibly formidable Huarong Technology's affiliated companies..."
"My son, he will eventually join Huarong Technology..."
Just as the stout woman was continuing her boasting, the bride and groom came over to toast. They happened to overhear the stout woman's incessant bragging.
"Aunt, if you want Big Cousin to join Huarong Technology, it's not difficult at all..." The groom's eyes suddenly lit up. Although he was conversing with the stout woman, his gaze was fixed on Meng Hao's parents. The stout woman was getting carried away with her bragging and completely failed to notice the gazes of the bride and groom. She assumed that even the protagonists of this banquet, the newlywed couple, were flattering her!
"Of course."
"Your cousin is a dragon among men."
"It's only a matter of time before he joins Huarong Technology's parent company!"
These words of boasting made the newlyweds somewhat awkward. They quickly added, "Aunt, you've misunderstood us. I meant Uncle Meng's son... Meng Hao..."
The stout woman interrupted the newlyweds again. "Yes, you're right."
"Meng Hao is idle all day long. He should really learn from his Big Cousin, my son!"
"If he were even a tenth as outstanding as my son, he wouldn't be doing nothing all day!"
Damn it. Seeing that the conversation was going from bad to worse, the newlyweds could no longer maintain their composure and directly used words to block the stout woman's mouth.
"I mean,"
"Huarong Technology, it belongs to Meng Hao brother."
"If your son wants to join Huarong Technology, he should build a good relationship with Uncle Meng and offer him a couple of drinks. As relatives, he'll surely be satisfied!"
What? The entire table fell silent. Huarong Technology. Was founded by Old Meng's son? How could that be possible? Seeing the atmosphere turn heavy, the bride and groom had no intention of saving face for the stout woman. Compared to pleasing Meng Hao's parents, this stout woman who only knew how to brag endlessly was utterly insignificant.
Indeed, the stout woman, who had been ignored and even slapped in the face, immediately began to clamor.
"How is that possible!"
"What a joke."
"Her son, is the founder and owner of Huarong Technology?"
"Then my son is the Secretary-General of the United Nations!"
This stout woman, having been exposed, and in the domain where she was most proud of her son, immediately started to rage, regardless of whether it was a wedding scene.
"Mom."
"Don't be like this."
"I remember a colleague mentioning that the CEO of the parent company, Huarong Technology, seems to be named Meng Hao!"
Seeing her son actually taking the side of others, the stout woman, who had been embarrassed and thoroughly humiliated, immediately retorted.
"What's wrong?"
"Can't people have the same name?"
"You also said it's your parent company... Such a large company, with a market value of at least one to two billion, how could it possibly be established by a young kid from an ordinary family?"
Seeing the stout woman's outburst, the surrounding relatives did not step forward to dissuade her. They were all busy taking out their phones to search online.
"It is indeed mentioned online that Meng Hao, and there are photos... Old Meng, although I haven't seen this kid Meng Hao for years, I still remember what he looked like... Look at this photo, Meng Hao hasn't changed since he was little!"
"Wow, Old Meng, how did you raise such an excellent son? You've been hiding it all along... According to the internet, Huarong Technology's market value has already reached over two billion. You were afraid we poor relatives would take advantage of you!"
"Incredible, your Old Meng family's ancestral grave must have smoked green smoke. Look at the achievements of Meng Hao mentioned online, it's simply defying the heavens!"
These uncles and aunts, elders, spoke with considerable restraint and dignity. Among their peers of slightly younger age, the exclamations were full of "Wow," and "Awesome!"
"Wow, it's amazing, the US military, the Dutch government, and the King of Sweden have all highly praised Meng Hao and acknowledged Huarong Technology's achievements in the F-35 fighter jet technology breakthroughs and the feasibility of domestic lithography machines!"
"Awesome, the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year were all awarded to Meng Hao... Even the Swedish royal family specifically created an innovation award... the first innovation award was also given to Meng Hao!"
In an instant, various praises echoed endlessly. Old Meng and his wife were completely stunned. As parents of Meng Hao, who owned a small factory, they were no different from ordinary people. And their small factory was actually just a workshop with three to five workers! At this moment, one moment they heard their son had a company worth over two billion, the next moment they heard the whole world was praising their son. They looked at each other, bewildered.
"What?"
"My son just graduated! I haven't heard him say he found a job yet... How did he become the CEO of a conglomerate worth over two billion?"
"Also, what is F-35? What is a lithography machine?? What is the Nobel Prize???"
Seeing that the bewilderment on Old Meng and his wife's faces was not feigned, some relatives quickly and eagerly stepped forward to explain.
"The F-35, that's the world's most advanced fighter jet... Let me put it this way, one unit is worth over a hundred million... US dollars, not our Great Xia currency!"
"As for lithography machines, that's a cutting-edge technology that the whole world is blocking Great Xia from. Not to mention that one lithography machine is worth hundreds of millions of US dollars... It's often a machine that our country simply cannot procure!"
"As for the Nobel Prize, that's the most top-tier scientific award in human society..."