Chapter 653: The Person Tang Sihai Recommended Is Me

Chapter 653: Chapter 653: The Person Tang Sihai Recommended Is Me

President Gai had found out Tang Sihai’s phone number through certain channels many years ago, but he had never dared to call him.

President Gai couldn’t figure it out—how did Tang Sihai have his number?

What President Gai understood even less was why Tang Sihai would be calling him.

After all, the gap between him and Tang Sihai was wider than the Cross-Sea Bridge!

President Gai cautiously answered the phone, pretending he didn’t know it was Tang Sihai.

"Hello, Crab Feast Buffet."

Tang Sihai got straight to the point. "This is Tang Sihai! Xiaogai, Mr. Cheng has already spoken with you, correct? Let me know when you’re free, and I’ll have my assistant come over to sort things out. As soon as the details for the new branches are finalized, the 2.4 billion in funding will be transferred immediately! However, let me be clear up front: the Tang Group will send auditors to oversee the flow of these funds every step of the way."

"Of course, of course. Please rest assured, Mr. Tang. Every single penny will be spent where it’s supposed to be. I am available anytime!"

"There’s no time like the present. Let’s do this afternoon! My assistant, Xiaoxue, will be there within the hour."

"Excellent! I will eagerly await Special Assistant Xue’s arrival!"

Seeing President Gai’s excellent attitude, Tang Sihai offered a word of advice. "Xiaogai, let me give you a reminder. When you’re working for Mr. Cheng, don’t you dare have any funny ideas you shouldn’t. Mr. Cheng can raise you up to be a top magnate, and he can just as easily cast you down into a bottomless abyss."

President Gai’s expression turned solemn as he said in a low voice, "Please rest assured, Mr. Tang. From this day forward, I will be absolutely loyal to Boss Cheng. I will never have a second thought!"

"Good. That’s all, then."

「...」

After leaving the buffet restaurant, Cheng Yuan called a Didi and headed straight for Sakura Garden.

Sakura Garden was located in Qingcheng’s Zhongshan Park.

It covered a vast area of over six hundred mu.

Among them were about 2,000 purebred cherry trees imported from East Japan.

Most were single-blossom cherry trees. Double-blossom and mountain cherry trees were less common; even combined, their numbers only matched that of the single-blossom variety.

Originally, the cherry blossom festival at Zhongshan Park was held in April and May.

But this year, the Qingcheng Agricultural Science Institute had developed a new variety of cherry blossom—one that belonged to our Dragon Country!

The Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms had an exceptionally long blooming season, lasting from summer all the way through autumn, only withering during the coldest days of winter.

To promote the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms,

The Qingcheng City Government had specially scheduled the cherry blossom festival for September to publicize the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms.

However, to everyone’s surprise,

less than three days after the plan was confirmed, a problem arose with the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms.

At first, only a few cherry trees wilted. But as time went on, more and more of them began to wither!

As of today, over eighty percent of the cherry trees had withered.

This gave the Qingcheng City Government a massive headache.

If the festival had to be canceled, not only would the reputation of the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms be ruined, but Qingcheng would also become a global laughingstock!

Especially East Japan.

They were already resentful that Qingcheng had developed the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms.

If the Qingcheng cherry blossom festival fell through, they would probably jump for joy.

To salvage the situation,

Qingcheng City Lord Dunn had tried many solutions.

He had even swallowed his pride and invited an academician from the Long Science Institute—Long Shixiu.

Academician Long was a leading authority on botany at the Long Science Institute.

Academician Long quickly assembled a team to diagnose the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms!

They conducted research, looking at factors like climate, soil, water quality, genetics, and pests.

But after three full days of research,

they came up with nothing!

The final conclusion was that everything was normal!

Long Shixiu was at his wit’s end and could only recommend his good friend, Chen Yifeng, to Dunn.

Originally, Dunn was a skeptic of things like Feng Shui.

But after speaking with Tang Sihai, Dunn decided to give it a shot and contacted Long Shixiu.

Upon receiving Long Shixiu’s invitation, Chen Yifeng immediately boarded a plane for Qingcheng.

By the time Cheng Yuan and Lin Ruoxi arrived at Sakura Garden, Chen Yifeng was already there. Accompanied by Dunn and Long Shixiu, he had already toured the entire garden.

Cheng Yuan activated his Double Pupil and saw that more than eighty percent of the cherry trees in Sakura Garden had withered.

The leaves of the cherry trees were drooping slightly, and faint white spots were appearing on them.

This was a sign of frost damage.

Cheng Yuan couldn’t help but frown. ’Tang Sihai had said the Dragon Country Cherry Blossoms were quite cold-resistant and would only wither during the coldest days of winter.’

’Autumn has only just begun, and the weather is still relatively warm. How could they be suffering from frost damage?’

Cheng Yuan pushed his Double Pupil to its maximum. His vision instantly enveloped the entire Sakura Garden, even penetrating deep beneath it.

Soon, Cheng Yuan discovered the problem.

Just as Cheng Yuan deactivated his Double Pupil, a group of people walked toward him.

Cheng Yuan had seen his fair share of leaders. From Dunn’s every move and bearing, he instantly deduced that this man was the City Lord of Qingcheng.

Cheng Yuan took Lin Ruoxi’s small hand and walked briskly toward Dunn.

When they were still more than ten meters away from Dunn, two staff members stepped forward to block Cheng Yuan and Lin Ruoxi.

"Sir, ma’am, excuse me. The City Lord is conducting business. Please go around."

Cheng Yuan wasn’t angry. He said calmly, "I am Cheng Yuan. Tang Sihai sent me. Could you please inform the City Lord?"

’Tang Sihai?’

The gazes of the two staff members softened immediately.

’A person recommended by the richest man in Qingcheng certainly couldn’t be treated lightly.’

One of the staff members said politely, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Cheng. I’ll go inform the City Lord right away."

Cheng Yuan nodded.

The staff member walked quickly to Dunn’s side and whispered in his ear, "City Lord, there’s a Mr. Cheng here who says he was sent by Mr. Tang Sihai."

Dunn’s eyes lit up. "Master Cheng has arrived! Quick, show him in."

Chen Yifeng, who had sharp hearing, overheard the conversation between the staff member and Dunn, and couldn’t help but frown.

Chen Yifeng couldn’t very well lash out at Dunn, so he shot a reproachful look at his friend. "Old Dragon, since the City Lord has already invited another Feng Shui Master, why did you bother asking me to come?"

Long Shixiu quickly tried to smooth things over. "The City Lord doesn’t understand the situation in the Feng Shui Realm. If he knew your status in the Southern School of Feng Shui, he definitely wouldn’t have invited anyone else."

Dunn sensed Chen Yifeng’s displeasure and hurriedly tried to remedy the situation. "Master Chen, please don’t be offended. This Master Cheng was recommended by the exclusive sponsor of the cherry blossom festival. I couldn’t refuse him."

Chen Yifeng’s expression softened slightly. ’He’d like to see if this Feng Shui Master, this Cheng, would be scared out of his wits upon seeing him, Chen Yifeng!’

Soon, Cheng Yuan and Lin Ruoxi were led before the group.

"City Lord, I’ve brought Master Cheng."

For a moment, everyone’s expression became very strange.

’Isn’t he a little too young?’

’A Feng Shui Master who’s still wet behind the ears?’

’Heh...’

Dunn shook his head slightly, a little displeased with Tang Sihai. ’Tang Sihai was being too flippant. The withering of the cherry trees was such a serious matter, yet he recommended a young brat who was still wet behind the ears?’

Clinging to a final shred of hope, Dunn asked with a smile, "Young friend, the Feng Shui Master that Old Tang recommended... that would be an elder in your family, I presume?"

Cheng Yuan grinned. "City Lord, you guessed wrong. The person Tang Sihai recommended is me."