Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 996 What Gift Should I Give to the Billionaire? (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
In 1978, Labor Day was only a one-day holiday.

Normal work resumes after one day.

After attending Xiao Zhang's wedding, Fang Yan returned to her daily school routine.

Of course, this school-like routine won't last long, because I'll be leaving with Director Liao on Thursday.

On Thursday, we'll go to Shanghai first, not because Director Liao is going to visit his second sister to take care of Fang Yan.

Rather, Director Liao already had something to do over there.

He needed to visit some old friends, as well as some overseas Chinese businessmen who had returned but hadn't gone to Beijing and were also here; he needed to meet them.

Because not all overseas Chinese businessmen need to return to seek medical treatment.

Some people came back for other reasons.

Fang Yan was just someone I met along the way.

Besides Director Liao, several other seniors whose dialects I didn't recognize accompanied me this time.

They were all invited by the Huo family.

Besides being invited to Representative Huo's wedding, Fang Yan was also there to ensure the health of the people along the way.

Additionally, before departure, it is necessary to prepare a wedding gift for Representative Huo.

In the past, I mostly received gifts in dialects, so I didn't think much of it. But when it comes to giving gifts, dialects become a bit of a headache.

When deciding what kind of gift to give, one must consider both the recipient's and one's own status.

In Representative Huo's situation, giving money or valuable items would definitely not work; the person wouldn't care.

So what should we give as a gift?

In the end, it was Lao Hu, who was also a wealthy businessman, who came up with an idea: to give them a traditional Chinese medicine health booklet written by Fang Yan himself.

The above content mainly teaches middle-aged men how to regulate their bodies and how to maintain their bodily functions.

There is also information about mild dietary supplements that can enhance weapons.

The manuscripts, handwritten in the local dialect, though few in number, are enough to demonstrate the care and dedication put into the work.

This is better than spending money to buy things that others don't need.

Fang Yan agreed with Lao Hu's suggestion and then spent some of his spare time writing down some practical things on it.

It includes the Meridian Nourishing Yang Guiding Technique, such as:

The Heavenly Drum is used to stimulate kidney energy, and the Guanyuan and Mingmen acupoints are massaged to gather Yang energy.

There are also dietary supplements to protect the kidneys and strengthen essence.

Two Immortals Paste: 15g of Curculigo orchioides, 20g of Epimedium brevicornu, and 30g of Lycium barbarum. Soak in rice wine for seven days. Take one cup warm before bedtime (see Chapter 499 for the improved formula of Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Origin Powder).

Seahorse and Walnut Porridge: 3g seahorse powder, 50g walnut kernels, and 100g japonica rice. Eat this in the morning to help with lower back and knee pain caused by frequent business trips.

Secrets to sobering up and protecting your liver.

Before the banquet, take kudzu flower candied fruit: 9g of kudzu flowers steamed and then soaked in honey. After the banquet, quickly drink the Japanese raisin tree fruit refreshing soup: 12g of Japanese raisin tree fruit and 20g of kudzu root decocted together.

Pressing the Liver Shu acupoint, located 1.5 cun lateral to the ninth thoracic vertebra, and rubbing it clockwise 81 times can relieve alcohol-induced headaches.

In addition, there is a medicinal bath formula: 50g of Pyrola rotundifolia, 30g of Cistanche deserticola, and 15g of rose petals, boiled in water and used for bathing. It is used on the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month to promote blood circulation and invigorate Yang.

These are all dialects specifically selected, avoiding anything too unorthodox, ensuring safety while providing substantial assistance.

This gift strikes a perfect balance in terms of social status, cultural symbolism, unique personal value, and the psychology of wealthy businessmen.

Old Hu's idea was the best.

After preparing a wedding gift for Representative Huo, Fang Yan also needed to prepare a gift for her second sister in Shanghai, Le Miao in Hong Kong, Grandpa Tang Shengming, and the Zhou family of three.

However, you definitely can't bring anything too heavy; you can only bring a small gift to express your feelings.

For my second sister, there's no need to think about gifts; just give her money and national food coupons.

To improve her life in Shanghai.

Le Miao's gift was easy to think of: some local specialties from Beijing, like pastries, so she could taste the flavors of her hometown.

The same goes for Old Tang; Fang Yan got him some Hunan specialties, and then they'll go over and check his health again.

What gift did the Zhou family send?

Fang Yan thought about it for a while and finally chose the same thing as what he gave to Representative Huo.

However, the content was specifically tailored to their family's situation.

This included daily health care for Lao Zhou and his wife, as well as some daily body maintenance tips for Zhou Zhaoqin. After preparing the gifts, Thursday arrived.

On this day, he got up before dawn.

The plane is at 8:40 in the morning.

After breakfast, I took a "Shanghai" travel bag.

Fang Yan is on leave today, so the work at the hospital will be temporarily handed over to Lao Meng, Lao Fan, and Yuan Qingshan.

Old Meng is the one who temporarily takes the place of Fang Yan.

In terms of medical skills, Li Zhengji was actually the most suitable, but unfortunately he didn't join Peking Union Medical College Hospital, so we had to let Lao Meng come instead. However, just making rounds was enough for him.

As for Ma Wenying, Fang Yan told her these past few days that she needed to ask for leave.

Besides, she's almost fully recovered now, so there's no need to worry.

"When will Master be back?" Sophia, who was also at Fang Yan's house during her morning exercise, asked him when he would be back.

Unbeknownst to them, Fang Yan realized that if he were to leave, it would have a significant impact.

He told Sofia that he would come next Wednesday.

Sophia counted the days on her fingers, while Zhao Zhengyi reminded his silly senior sister, "Seven days in total!"

Sofia then realized what was happening.

Fang Yan promised his family he would bring them gifts from Hong Kong, and just as he finished speaking, a car horn sounded outside the courtyard.

Just as dawn was breaking, Director Liao's secretary, Xiao Zhou, drove over to pick up Fang Yan.

Director Liao was not on the bus.

I learned from asking around that Director Liao had already taken another car to the airport, because there were other invited senior comrades, so he went ahead first.

Xiao Zhou came specifically to help people with dialects.

Fang Yan said goodbye to his family at the entrance of the courtyard house, and then began his first business trip in a long time.

"Remember to comfort your second sister. It's not a big deal if she can't go to Japan!" the old woman told Fang Yan from behind.

"Understood!" Fang Yan replied.

"Be careful on your journey!" his wife said to Fang Yan.

“Okay, you too!” Fang Yan replied.

Then Lao Hu said to Fang Yan:

"Don't worry, I've got you covered in the capital!"

Fang Yan nodded, said goodbye to his family members one by one, and then got into the car.

As soon as we got in the car, it headed straight for the airport.

Fang Yan asked Secretary Zhou:
"Should Secretary Zhou go over too?"

Secretary Zhou nodded:

"Yes, we went together. This time, in addition to the invited people, there were quite a few accompanying people, more than twenty in total."

"So many?" Fang Yan exclaimed in surprise.

Secretary Zhou said with a smile:

"Yes, Dr. Fang will need to take good care of the leaders' health along the way."

He said in dialect:

"Yes, I know, don't worry about that."

On this trip, Fang Yan not only brought gifts, but also the silver needles he carried, as well as some emergency medicines from the Secret Formula Research Institute.

The airport we went to this time was Beijing Capital International Airport, which was about 26 kilometers away. Because there was no highway, it was mainly ordinary roads. Fortunately, there were not many cars on the road. We drove for more than an hour, starting from 6 a.m., and didn't arrive at the airport until almost 8 a.m.

As soon as they got off the car, Fang Yan hurriedly went into the terminal with Xiao Zhou.

We'll take off in forty minutes, and arrive at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in two hours. We'll be received by leaders from Shanghai for lunch.

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(End of this chapter)