Chapter 106: The Chairman’s Car! Someone’s Undermining!

As soon as Chu Lin answered Chen Feng’s call, he drove at once to the Jinmao Tower.

After all, Chen Feng had prepared a huge surprise for him.

Once again, he arrived at the Linfeng Aquatic Pets Company.

The two reception girls at the front desk were still as lovely as ever, and their sweet greetings were as pleasant as before.

Chu Lin walked into the company and found that quite a few employees were already at work.

He went straight to his chairman’s office and lay down for a while on that astonishingly large sofa. It still felt wonderfully comfortable, though regrettably there was no secretary to lie there with him.

Not long after, Chen Feng came in with two documents and handed them over.

Chu Lin took the two files with a smile. One of them was a development plan.

After the company’s latest investment conference, Linfeng Aquatic Pets had brought in twelve million yuan. Adding the original investment funds, the company still had twenty-eight million yuan in its account. Even if all the specialized aquatic pet farming equipment for the breeding farm arrived and he spent several million more, it would still be enough.

Besides, with the breeding speed of those blue-ring jellyfish, more money would soon come in again.

So leaving that money idle in the company account was a waste. He wanted to take ten million yuan first and, like those major domestic aquatic pet companies, choose locations and open direct-sale aquatic pet stores, facing the market head-on and gathering customers.

Although there was only one species for now, the blue-ring jellyfish, they could cultivate others in the future. It was always wise to prepare early.

Once the stores were ready and the breeding numbers of the blue-ring jellyfish had risen, they would be put to perfect use.

What was more, aside from the flagship store, the other shops would initially carry only blue-ring jellyfish. By taking the small-store route, each outlet would cost only around a hundred thousand yuan to set up completely.

With staff recruitment and other expenses included, that ten million yuan would be enough to open about sixty stores in Min City and the surrounding cities.

Chu Lin actually felt this pace was a little too bold.

After all, those few aquatic pet companies had been operating for a long time and were rich in experience, while Linfeng Aquatic Pets had no experience in this area.

Fortunately, Chen Feng had already run an aquatic pet shop before, which helped make up for that weakness.

So after thinking it over, he signed his name as well. Business development meant trying things out, and Linfeng Company had room to absorb the cost of mistakes. Besides, with Chen Feng handling this, who could say it would not succeed?

Then Chu Lin looked at the second file.

This was the real surprise Chen Feng had prepared for him: a company vehicle allocation document for the chairman.

“Buying a Cullinan all at once—isn’t that a bit extravagant? It won’t affect the company’s finances, will it?” Chu Lin asked, looking at the photo of the new Cullinan in the file, though his words said one thing and his heart another.

This car would probably land at over eight million yuan.

Even though he now had plenty of money in his account, he had never thought of buying such a car. Naturally, if he could have one, no man would dislike it.

Chen Feng immediately said, “Brother Lin, our company now has twenty-eight million yuan in liquid funds. Even if we use ten million to expand our stores and add a car for you, there’s still over ten million left. That’s more than enough to pay for equipment, raw materials for the breeding jars, and all kinds of expenses. Besides, our breeding cycle means the second batch of blue-ring jellyfish will be out very soon.”

“And I discussed it with Liao Hai and Zhu Xin. You’re the chairman, but driving a Panamera just doesn’t have the presence. My Maybach costs more than your car, and I’d feel embarrassed.”

“Brother Lin, we know you like to keep a low profile, but as our chairman, we ought to give you a little more standing, don’t we?”

“Heh heh heh.” Chu Lin laughed.

It had to be said, Chen Feng was very good at this sort of thing.

He liked that.

So he signed his name on the vehicle allocation form too.

Signing a document to allocate himself an eight-million-yuan luxury car really did feel rather good.

“Then I’ll have someone order it right away,” Chen Feng said with a smile. “I happen to know a used-car boss who just got a new one in. I’ll also get you a good plate number while I’m at it. If we move fast, it can be done by tomorrow.”

“That quickly?” Chu Lin was surprised.

Chen Feng smiled. “The boss’s uncle is a big shot in the traffic bureau.”

Chu Lin nodded, understanding at once.

He stayed at Linfeng Aquatic Pets for a while longer and listened to some of Chen Feng’s company plans. At noon, he ate with him and then returned to the breeding farm.

In the afternoon, Liu Fa had already bought all the materials Chu Lin needed for the medicinal brew.

After washing two large vats clean, Chu Lin moved them into an empty room in the color-steel shed, right beside the hundred jin of bone wine.

After that, he brought over several digital scales of different models and began preparing the brew.

First came the order and proportions of each ingredient. Only by making not a single mistake, and getting the ratios perfect, could a perfect medicinal brew be made.

It took Chu Lin the whole afternoon to prepare more than a hundred jin of the brew. After that, he even asked Liu Fa to buy a thermostat and place it in the room to control the temperature.

Once everything was done, all that remained was to wait for a week of fermentation.

...

The next day.

Just after Chu Lin finished lunch, he received a message. The moment he saw who it was from, his brows furrowed.

The message was from Li Siyi, his first love.

It included a photo of a private booth, and beneath it was a line of text:

“The shop’s internal booth has special sofas and chairs. With the curtain drawn, no one outside can see in. It’s definitely very exciting. Want to try it?”

“...”

Chu Lin fell silent.

He understood instantly what his first love meant.

And indeed, it would be exciting.

That so-called internal booth was really just an ordinary booth set apart by itself, with a glass partition between it and the rest.

If he thought about it, the soundproofing would be poor. Even if there were people outside, the curtain could block the view but not the sound.

In that kind of setting, it would certainly be thrilling to death.

Most importantly, with the girl inside too shy to make a sound...

Tsk, tsk.

This first love really did understand him. Just like back then, for the sake of excitement, she would take him to the restroom in the mall.

Only now, things had changed beyond recognition.

Chu Lin chose to ignore Li Siyi’s message.

But not long after, he received another one, again with a photo. This time it was sent by Li Qian.

In the picture, she was wearing a sexy dress, along with a message: “New dress!”

Looking at the photo, Chu Lin wanted to say: how does this girl dress so well?

The key was that the designer of this outfit was far too much of a genius, actually removing so much fabric from the chest area that her cleavage was almost entirely on display.

And yet the missing fabric was just enough, avoiding an outright scandal. What was truly revealed was only that small, dazzling patch of fairness that counted as a bonus.

Oddly enough, it was precisely this design that made it impossible to look away from her. His mouth went dry at once.

Tell me, wasn’t that designer formidable?

Added to that was Li Qian’s figure. Those extra points were absolutely on par with Miss Cai’s, both belonging to the sort he liked: striking enough to seize the eye, yet not so excessive as to ruin the beauty of the proportions.

“Looks good?” Li Qian asked in another message.

“Looks good!” Chu Lin replied directly with an emoticon full of heart-shaped eyes.

“Come to the shop and let me show you properly, okay?” Li Qian sent back, with a coquettish tone.

“Okay,” Chu Lin said with a smile, and suddenly remembered the internal booth Li Siyi had mentioned.

Just now he had been regretting that the booth photo had come from his first love, and had forgotten that Li Qian was also there.

For exciting things, he could experience them with Li Qian too, could he not?

On the other side.

When Li Qian saw Chu Lin’s reply, she happily said to the nearby Li Siyi, “Sis, Chu Lin said he’ll come over in a bit.”

Li Siyi pursed her lips when she heard that.

That rotten man. She had hinted so obscurely, and he had ignored her completely. Yet the moment her younger cousin sent a message, he agreed at once.

Was he really that fickle and shallow?

Still, she pretended to be unconcerned and said, “Xiaoqian, Chu Lin’s taste is definitely better than ours. When he comes, ask him to give us more advice.”

“I will, Sis.” Li Qian nodded with a bright smile.

She had not seen Chu Lin for a few days, and she was missing him a little too.

At the breeding farm.

After agreeing to Li Qian, Chu Lin immediately let his thoughts sink into the Atlantis map, grabbed two oysters, washed them, and ate them raw.

Only after feeling a warm sensation spread through his waist did he nod in satisfaction and drive out.

If he was going to do something exciting, he had to fuel up first.

Soon, Chu Lin parked by the lot near Li Qian’s shop. Arriving once more, he spotted from afar that the coffee shop’s name had already been changed to Sisters Milk Tea Shop.

As he drew closer, he also noticed a young man chatting with Li Qian.

“Xiaoqian, your sisters have worked so hard renovating this shop these past few days. Why haven’t I seen your boyfriend come help?” the young man said, and Chu Lin heard every word clearly.

He instantly understood what the man meant.

This guy was trying to poach his girl.

What did he mean, your sisters have worked so hard renovating this shop, why hasn’t your boyfriend come help? That was classic sugar-coated tea talk.

Wasn’t he just trying to find out whether the girl had a boyfriend?

If she did, then the remark could also imply that the boyfriend was useless. Even an outsider like me can see you’re exhausted, yet your boyfriend can’t even see it and come help.

It was truly a two-pronged jab.

If there were already some tension between a couple, hearing that would immediately set the woman off, making her feel that the boyfriend really was no good, not even as decent as an outsider.

Damn it.

Chu Lin cursed inwardly.

He had only not come for a few days, and his girl had already caught someone’s eye.

“Chu Lin!” At that moment Li Qian also spotted him. She hurried over and clung to his arm. “Mr. Gu, my boyfriend is here.”

As if worried Chu Lin might misunderstand, she introduced him specially. “Chu Lin, this Mr. Gu is the owner of the shop next door.”

“Let’s go inside,” Chu Lin said with a smile, nodding. He completely ignored Mr. Gu, with no intention of greeting him at all.

Gu Shun looked at Chu Lin’s retreating back and smiled, a trace of confidence appearing on his face.

These past few days, the pair of sisters at the newly opened milk tea shop next door had truly been a pleasant surprise. Especially Li Qian, who had stirred something in him.

He had also quietly learned that Li Qian had a boyfriend, and knew that if he wanted to pursue her, he would have to poach her from someone else.

But now that he saw the other man’s age, he figured the boy was either still in college or had only just graduated. He didn’t seem threatening at all, aside from being a bit handsome.

The crucial point was that he was confident in his own looks too, so the other man’s only advantage was no longer an advantage.

Moreover, his shop made four hundred thousand yuan a year, and he had just bought a Mercedes-Benz E300. Among his peers, he was already a success. Compared with someone that age, it was an absolute one-sided crushing.

End of chapter.