Chapter 195 - 125: Farm Security Guards on an Expedition?

Chapter 195: Chapter 125: Farm Security Guards on an Expedition?

On the other hand, Zhao Lili was dumbfounded.

She had spent 10 million on Li Yuan Farm and planned to finish up her business this morning before rushing over there.

Although Li Yuan Farm’s endorsement of her video yesterday had helped turn the tide a little, it still wasn’t enough.

But when she saw the trending news this morning, her own story was completely buried.

’Damn it, 10 million was too much to pay.’

...

Not long after Zhang Lin arrived at the farm office, Zhong Miaoying led two people in. "President Zhang, County Head Liu and Bureau Chief Zhao are here!"

When Zhang Lin saw them, he immediately stood up to greet them. "County Head Liu, Bureau Chief Zhao, welcome!"

Zhong Miaoying had already moved to the tea table to prepare tea. By the time Zhang Lin had shown County Head Liu and Zhao Han to their seats, she was already boiling the water and cleaning the tea set.

Once the tea was brewed, she poured a cup for both of them. "County Head Liu, Bureau Chief Zhao, please have some tea."

Although she was a bit of an introvert and tended to be shy and awkward around people, she had been here long enough that she could now act with grace and composure, as long as it wasn’t a large group.

"County Head Liu, Bureau Chief Zhao, for you two to come here together, there must be something important, right?" Zhang Lin asked, though he had already guessed their purpose. ’It must be about the moisturizing cream.’

County Head Liu smiled. "Boss Zhang, we did indeed come today to ask you about something. We saw the news about your farm’s moisturizing cream. We never expected the farm could create a product like this. Now it’s getting rave reviews online, and many people who want to buy it can’t get their hands on it."

"Boss Zhang, is it possible to scale up production of the moisturizing cream? If you need anything—loans, factory space, workers—the county can help arrange it all. We’ll give you our full support."

This was precisely his reason for coming.

Thanks to the recent incident, Li Yuan Farm’s moisturizing cream was now a household name online. Its reputation even surpassed that of many established brands. This could be developed into a major industry, which would be hugely beneficial for all of You City.

Zhang Lin knew it was about the moisturizing cream. He could only shake his head. "County Head Liu, I’m afraid I have to disappoint you. The moisturizing cream is made with rapeseed oil from our old rapeseed Flower Sea. The thing is, those rapeseed plants are a special variety and can’t be cultivated on a large scale. Because of that, the cream’s output is extremely limited."

Hearing this, County Head Liu could only sigh.

He was quite disappointed by this outcome. However, seeing as Li Yuan Farm restricted sales of the cream to the farm itself, he had already suspected as much. It just felt like a shame.

Having gotten his answer, County Head Liu chatted with Zhang Lin for a little while longer before leaving with Zhao Han.

Just then, Zhang Lin suddenly received an event notification from the game system:

[In the special Fertile Land, it appears that two special Sunshine Rose seedlings have emerged!]

As soon as he got the notification, Zhang Lin left the office and headed for the core area.

When he arrived at the two plots of Fertile Land, he saw that, sure enough, the recently planted special Sunshine Rose Seeds had already sprouted.

There was just one problem.

The special Sunshine Rose Seeds didn’t have a rapid-growth attribute, so he couldn’t tell just by looking at their growth which two seedlings had triggered the Fertile Land’s special effect and retained their game properties.

Zhang Lin tried to tell them apart with the naked eye, but he quickly realized it was impossible.

So, he would just have to wait for the Sunshine Rose plants to mature before harvesting their seeds to tell them apart.

Still, now that the special effect had been triggered, it meant that once these seeds were harvested, he would no longer have to rely on the game for special Sunshine Rose Seeds.

When Zhang Lin returned to his office, he found that Senior Brother Chen Xin had cheerfully come over. "Junior Brother, you know it’s Muxue’s birthday tonight, right?"

"Yeah," Zhang Lin nodded. Senior Sister Lin had already sent him a WeChat message. She’d booked a table at Extreme Bar tonight and invited everyone to the party.

To be honest, he rarely went to bars and wasn’t fond of such noisy environments. But since Senior Sister Lin had invited him, he felt he had to go.

Chen Xin said with a grin, "Muxue invited me. Do you think this is a sign she’s interested in me?"

"Congratulations, Senior Brother," Zhang Lin said, though he was doubtful. ’Senior Sister clearly hasn’t shown any interest before. Senior Brother Chen is just being wishful.’

"Junior Brother, I’ll go with you tonight, then!" Chen Xin immediately revealed his true intention.

"Okay," Zhang Lin agreed, then turned to ask Zhong Miaoying, who was nearby, "Miaoying, Senior Sister invited you too, right?"

Zhong Miaoying nodded. "She did, but I have to go with my mom to visit an elder tonight, so I already told Director Lin that I can’t make it."

"I see," Zhang Lin nodded.

When it was time to leave work, he received a WeChat message from Fu Yao. "Uncle, I’ve never been to a bar, and I don’t know where Extreme Bar is. Muxue’s birthday party is there... could you take me with you?"

"Yeah, I’ll pick you up tonight." Zhang Lin had no reason to refuse such a small request.

On her end, Fu Yao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhang Lin’s reply.

She had truly never been to a bar before. Although many of her classmates had organized outings to bars, her teachers frequently warned them against going to places like bars and KTVs. She thought of them as bad places, and she definitely didn’t dare to go by herself.

But it was different if her Uncle was taking her.

Bars were considered nightlife spots, and a 9 PM start was still considered early.

Zhang Lin only left after getting a message from Lin Muxue that it was time to head over. He asked Fu Yao for her location and drove to pick her up.