Chapter 918 - 774: Disturbing the Neighborhood in the Dead of Night

Liu Shaoxian spoke eloquently with the help of alcohol.

The group chatted until late at night before finally dispersing and returning to rest.

Lu Yan returned to his room, unable to calm his emotions for a long time.

At today’s dinner, he was pulled aside for a few drinks by the provincial Traditional Medicine section’s hosting leader due to his special status, and later was offered a few more toasts. Although his drinking capacity was decent, it still got to him a bit.

Liu Shaoxian’s earlier speech was impassioned and sincere.

After listening, everyone suddenly felt an indescribable surge of excitement arise spontaneously.

Lu Yan was even more in a state of mental exhilaration.

At this moment, he lazily leaned against the headboard, pondering over Liu Shaoxian’s earlier speech, suddenly having an impulsive thought.

...

At half past one in the morning, this was a time of deep sleep.

From a medical perspective, during this period, the gallbladder starts to detoxify.

Lying comfortably on his spacious and cozy bed at home, Zhou Li was sound asleep.

"Clang, clang!"

"Clang, clang!"

"Clang, clang!"

...

The phone on the bedside suddenly began ringing incessantly.

Zhou Li woke from his dream, paused for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Groggily, he fumbled for his phone, turned on the screen, and saw messages from "Lu Yan".

In the time it took to pick it up, two new messages had come through.

[President, I hope you can approve the newcomer membership application submitted today, Chef Fu is really impressive, Teacher Liu’s recommendation is very reliable!]

[Today, Teacher Liu shared some of Chef Fu’s experiences with me, which touched me deeply, and I just wanted to tell you...]

[I’ve approved this, could you please stamp it over there, seriously, we definitely need to bring in such talent, we can’t let fertile soil flow to outsiders! I really believe in him...]

[President...]

...

Seeing the barrage of messages from Lu Yan, Zhou Li couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless.

Zhou Li sighed, feeling both helpless about the behavior of his subordinate vice president at this time and annoyed for being awakened from deep sleep.

However, he didn’t want this to affect his sleep, considering he had many things to handle tomorrow.

He just quickly glanced at the long-winded pile of messages Zhou Li sent over.

Goodness, the first few were at least only a dozen seconds long, but the following ones were all lengthy voice messages, starting from fifty seconds.

Who has the mood to listen to voice messages in the middle of the night!

Zhou Li shook his head, put the phone on silent, and went back to sleep.

...

Lu Yan leaned lazily against the headboard, resting his eyes. He was very tired and sleepy, but his mind was particularly excited.

He sent messages to Zhou Li, expressing all his excitement, feeling full of vigor for a moment!

Lu Yan has been the vice president of the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association for seventeen years now.

Since joining, he’s been diligently climbing up, taking ten whole years to firmly settle into his current position.

Originally, everything was peaceful.

The leadership was thoughtful, and work was going smoothly. His subordinates were also very capable, each able to manage their responsibilities, making him feel incredibly relieved.

However, just this summer, President Zhou Li suddenly announced that he had only one year left on his term.

What does this mean?

It means Zhou Li will be promoted. It was long rumored that the deputy director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine would retire.

It seems the position already has a predetermined candidate, and when Zhou Li’s term is up, he’ll be directly transferred there.

Being promoted is a good thing, but when Zhou Li leaves, this president’s position definitely needs someone to fill it.

This made Lu Yan very conflicted.

Because the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association, although it has only one president, has a total of five vice presidents.

And each is exceptional, with profound backgrounds.

The competitiveness is undeniably strong!

This visit leading the inspection team down to localities was a chance Lu Yan fought hard for to improve his performance.

Without outstanding achievements, he estimates he wouldn’t even have the opportunity to compete.

To have a few more chips on hand, Lu Yan naturally has to find ways to demonstrate his abilities and also strive to rally other members of the association.

Therefore, it was precisely because of this that he paid great attention to Liu Shaoxian’s recommendation and also expressed support in this voting decision event.

Likewise, it also made Lu Yan realize the importance of inviting Fu Yu to join and assume the role of consultant.

Earlier this year, at the seventh national congress of the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association, President Zhou Li had declared the principal task of this congress.

Working hard to unite and motivate herbal cuisine workers nationwide to keep their original intentions, forge ahead, and promote the herbal cuisine cause to a new level.

This was also the goal when the research association was first established.

After all, herbal cuisine is based on theories of Chinese medicine, culinary arts, and nutrition science, using cooking techniques and modern scientific methods to create dishes.

When herbal cuisine is mentioned, the first thought that comes to everyone’s mind is traditional Chinese medicine.

Yet, in the eyes of many people today, Chinese medicine is just chaotic concoctions of ants, spiders, centipedes, even feces, with supposedly no theoretical basis.

Many research institutions have conducted in-depth studies on the components of traditional Chinese medicine, naturally concluding: traditional Chinese medicine is simply incomprehensible.

Chinese medicine itself is criticized, let alone herbal cuisine, prepared based on the theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine.

We all know, any medical experiment is only successful after clinical trials, aren’t these experiences the result of clinical trials too?

So how does herbal cuisine confirm what illness a person has and what dishes should be eaten?