Chapter 249 - 173: They Didn’t Go Off to Do That, Did They?
"Fix your attitude and get back to work."
Chen Jingxian turned Lin Jiang’s head to face the screen and said,
"If we make this place a little more high-end, the revenue potential will be much greater. I heard Yaoyao say that the high-end clubs in Zhonghai have annual revenues exceeding one hundred million. The profits involved are just unimaginable."
After a moment’s thought, Chen Jingxian continued,
"However, the initial investment and renovations will probably cost a lot of money. Our current capital reserves are a little tight for that."
"Let’s take it one step at a time. All of our businesses are profitable right now, so things will improve."
"Don’t you want to look over the financials for the other departments?"
"I’ll pass."
"If that’s all, I’ll head out."
"Why don’t you stay and let me have a look?"
"You can never be serious around me."
After giving Lin Jiang a light pinch, Chen Jingxian left with the laptop.
Lin Jiang took the opportunity to check his main mission.
[Mission Name: The Source of Deliciousness]
[Mission Description: Acquire a beef processing plant in Red Star Town]
[Mission Reward: Wagyu Feed Formula, 40 Points]
’A Wagyu formula?’
Lin Jiang examined the mission reward.
[Wagyu Formula: Feed with this formula for 7 consecutive days to raise the meat quality to C5 Wagyu grade. Feed for 15 consecutive days to raise it to B5 Wagyu grade. Feed for 30 consecutive days to raise it to A5 Wagyu grade.]
’Holy shit!’
Lin Jiang’s expression grew serious.
This thing seemed unremarkable, but the potential profits behind it were far greater than he had imagined.
Lin Jiang even had a feeling that this could be a game-changing reward, one that would impact the entire industry.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—
"Come in."
As the knock sounded, Lin Jiang answered from inside.
The door opened, and He Siyao walked in.
"Are you tired? Do you want me to give you a massage?"
’These two pets I’ve collected are really thoughtful.’
"Alright."
"Come lie on the sofa for a bit."
He Siyao sat on the sofa and patted her lap, signaling for Lin Jiang to rest his head there.
"It’s not convenient here. Let’s go somewhere else."
As he spoke, Lin Jiang opened a hidden door in the office, much to He Siyao’s slight surprise.
’I was just in here cleaning this morning and didn’t even notice a secret room.’
The two entered the secret room. When she saw the bed inside, He Siyao immediately understood what it was for and shyly lowered her head.
But she knew her place. On the surface, she worked for Lin Jiang, but in reality, she was...
"Sister Xian won’t suddenly come in, will she?"
"If outsiders could get in, it would defeat the whole purpose of this room’s design."
"I understand..."
Quietly, He Siyao slipped off her outer clothes and let Lin Jiang rest his head on her lap as she massaged his head.
Meanwhile, Lin Jiang took out his phone and started looking up information on Red Star Town.
The town was just over 50 kilometers from Zhonghai, which wasn’t very far.
It had 12 villages under its jurisdiction, and the villagers’ main income came from farming and raising cattle. Even those who didn’t raise cattle still relied on related industries for their livelihood.
After reading this, Lin Jiang had a general understanding of the situation in Red Star Town.
’The town’s industry is likely centered around small-scale livestock farming.’
’Next, I need to check how many slaughterhouses are in the area, then find a suitable one to acquire.’
"President Lin."
"Hm?"
Being called "President Lin" made Lin Jiang feel a little awkward.
"Do you not like it when I call you that?"
"I’m not quite used to it."
After all, they were former classmates. Lin Jiang felt it would be more comfortable if she just called him by his name.
"Do you want me to call you Master?"
"Hm? How did you know?"
"I heard my old coworkers talking about it at the club," He Siyao said.
"A lot of guys like it when girls call them that, or other names, like ’Daddy’."
Lin Jiang suddenly realized that women were far more interesting creatures than he had imagined.
The things you assume they’d care about, they might not care about at all. Take He Siyao, for example.
She was once the innocent campus belle of Shangda University, the unobtainable ideal for countless guys, but now she could calmly discuss things like this.
Lin Jiang felt this had little to do with her time working at the club; it was more that she wasn’t opposed to it in the first place.
The opposite was true for Qin Yangyang.
She came from a wealthy family, and after becoming a lawyer, she’d been exposed to many rich people. She had definitely heard about all the risqué things they get up to.
You’d think that after being exposed to so much and knowing so much, she would be more open-minded about these things, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Even though they had slept together several times, they had mostly stuck to conventional positions without trying anything else.
"You know, you’ve actually given me a new idea. I hadn’t even considered that before."
"So, is ’Master’ okay? I don’t think I could bring myself to call you ’Daddy’."
"No problem. That sounds pretty exciting."
"Um..." He Siyao asked tentatively, "Can I still call you President Lin in front of other people?"
"Of course you have to call me President Lin. If you called me ’Master’ in front of a crowd, you’d make me a viral headline on social media."
PFFT—
He Siyao couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
"Then that’s what I’ll call you."
"I’m actually quite surprised you’re okay with that name."
"You paid off my debt, got me out of the club, and gave me a respectable job. So isn’t this what my real role is?"
"And you’re content with that? You used to be the unobtainable ideal for countless guys."
He Siyao continued massaging Lin Jiang’s head as she spoke.
"There’s nothing to be resentful about. An ’unobtainable ideal’ is only an ideal as long as it stays a memory. It’s a product of the imagination. So no, I’m not resentful. I have a stable job, you’re an old classmate of mine, and also..."