Rebirth 05: From Coal Mine Owner to Mobile Phone Tycoon

Lin Shaoyang was speechless. This guy could be really outrageous when he joked around.

"You'd better say 'intervene'!"

Lu Yuan shrugged indifferently.

"Otherwise what? Did you think it was about inserting dogwood?"

"What is dogwood?"

"A kind of herb!"

"You didn't know? Let me tell you, this thing..."

Lin Shaoyang interrupted Lu Yuan's spellcasting directly.

"Fine, fine, I don't want to hear it. If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. You know what you're doing anyway."

Lu Yuan sighed.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that this is a side move, and I'm not sure if it will come in handy in the end."

"So it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that I don't know myself."

"But this money will definitely be used for charity in southern Yunnan."

"Since it's for charity anyway, what role did Mr. Zheng ask you to play?"

Lin Shaoyang was somewhat confused.

"Give me some face, anyway, Mr. Zheng won't care about the details. Whether this money is used in Village A or Village B won't affect Mr. Zheng much."

"But who knows, it might work wonders for me."

Lin Shaoyang nodded, truly unable to understand why these people did things in so many roundabout ways.

Perhaps this is the difference between people. Can't these people just create their own planet and play by themselves, leaving the world to ordinary people like them?

"Just so you know how serious this is, the surveillance here in Hong Kong is very strict."

Lin Shaoyang said with a serious expression, "I don't want us to just start working together, and then you end up in jail."

"Relax, relax, you should know me pretty well now."

"Although I like to joke around, I can still distinguish between what is important and what is urgent."

Lu Yuan didn't say anything more and started looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Mr. Lu, shall we go straight back to the hotel?"

Lu Yuan smacked his lips.

What are your plans for later?

"I'll be going back to the company in a bit."

"Going back to the company? Are you going back to work overtime so late?"

Lin Shaoyang glared at Lu Yuan with annoyance.

"Didn't you say you wanted to see the first draft of the investigation report tomorrow?!"

"My people are working overtime at the company right now, it's already excessive for me to go out to a dinner party tonight!"

"Your attendance at this banquet is also very important, at least it's a good start."

Lu Yuan looked at Lin Shaoyang

"Old Lin, there's no turning back now that the arrow has been released. There's no going back."

"I know."

"Then what are you thinking, looking so hesitant?"

"I don't know, maybe it's just a sense of unease before something big happens."

Lu Yuan nodded. Indeed, time was tight and the task was heavy. Under such high pressure, it was difficult for people to maintain a stable mindset.

"No, you should go back to the company and rest for a while. If you stay here and supervise all the time, they will also be under a lot of pressure."

"Trust me, the report on the New World Digital Base won't be that difficult. Just let them do it."

"By the way," Lu Yuan changed the subject, "since you're all working late into the night, and I can't really help you much, perhaps..."

"I'll treat everyone to a late-night snack."

"Our company has often encountered situations like working through the night before."

"So we have a regular late-night food supplier. We always order from them, and it's the same this time. We'll give you the bill later, and you can settle it."

Lu Yuan shook his head as he listened, thinking it was too formal and lacked any originality.

"Don't you get tired of eating it?"

"Besides, the past is the past, and the present is the present. We need to let them know that behind them stands a coal mine owner, whose food and drink will definitely not be lacking."

"How about this, I'll call the Grand Seafood Restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel and order a seafood set meal. How many of you are working at the company tonight?"

"There are five in total, all of them are data analysis experts. But we really don't need to book the Jialinlou restaurant; we can just book the one we booked before."

"Then, including you and Ryan, that makes seven," Lu Yuan stated firmly, indicating that this late-night snack was entirely up to him.

"Old Lin, stop arguing. I'll treat everyone to something good to eat; it'll boost morale."

He was about to take out his phone to call the front desk of Jialinlou Restaurant.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Lu, it's not that we don't appreciate your feelings."

"There are some things that Boss Lu may not be aware of."

Hearing Lin Shaoyang say this, Lu Yuan put down his phone and waited for Lin Shaoyang to continue.

"We work intensely through the night, and eating late-night snacks is really just to fill our stomachs. Eating too much or too rich food can easily make our stomachs uncomfortable."

"Having an upset stomach and having to stay up late to face high-intensity work is just too unpleasant."

"So the restaurant we usually order from does have pretty good food, and it's very light, so you won't feel thirsty or hot after eating there."

"Secondly, the ingredients are very fresh, so no one will get an upset stomach after eating them. This is very important; we've learned this the hard way."

"So after discussing it with everyone, we decided not to switch to another company so easily."

Lu Yuan nodded. That made sense, although he didn't think they really needed to work through the night.

"How about this, I'll order everyone a soup, as an extra dish. Hot soup is warming and comforting."

"In a place like Jialinlou, the probability of a food safety issue is about the same as winning the lottery."

Lin Shaoyang didn't refuse, so Lu Yuan redialed the Jialin Building's number.

"Hello, I would like to order 7 servings of ginseng and cordyceps flower chicken soup."

"Okay, would you like to use it here or take it away?"

"Takeaway, please."

"Yes, sir, please go ahead."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment

"Hmm, do you have any ginseng, pigeon, and apricot kernel soup?"

"Please wait a moment, I'll ask for you."

"Yes, sir, our kitchen will prepare it for you. How many portions would you like?"

"Then please replace all 7 servings of ginseng and cordyceps flower chicken soup with ginseng, pigeon and apricot kernel soup."

"Okay, sir, no problem."

"Put it on the tab, room number 2509. I'll send someone over to pick it up in a bit."

Lu Yuan hung up the phone and saw Lin Shaoyang looking at him with a strange expression.

"What's wrong? What kind of look is that?"

Are you sure you're not from Guangdong province?

"Of course, I'm a genuine, top-notch coal mine owner from Jinshan Province, okay?"

"Then tell me, what's the difference between the two soups you ordered?"

Lu Yuan was a little confused.

"These two soups are not much different; they are both mildly nourishing."

"Then why did you change it?"

Lu Yuan was even more confused. Could it be that chicken soup was more popular than pigeon soup in Hong Kong?

"Because ginseng, cordyceps flower, and chicken soup is so nourishing. You guys working late into the night will cause your body's systems to become imbalanced and your functions to become disordered."

"If you keep taking supplements at this time, it's easy to get internal heat."

"The ginseng, pigeon and apricot kernel soup is different; it's much milder."