Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 216: Achieve Greatness (6k Subscription Request)

The desire to win comes from the desire to compare, and the desire to compare means the desire to gain and lose.

If it happens to an ordinary person, the emergence of this desire for gain and loss means that it is not far from completely conquering the other party.

But this theory does not apply to Lin Yongzhen.

However, Lu Yao never thought about truly taming Lin Yongzhen. While the other party was still an ally, he would make good use of the other party's resources and strength; if one day they became enemies, he would do his best to defeat the other party.

The relationship between him and Lin Yongzhen is that simple. Of course, it would be even better if the other party was always an ally.

With this mentality, it will be much easier to get along with Lin Yongzhen. As for what Lin Yongzhen shows in daily life, Lu Yao believes that those things must have been true at the time they were shown.

Just like when a man says "I love you" to a woman, these words must be extremely real and sincere the moment they are spoken.

But sincerity changes rapidly, and it is common for it to deteriorate.

A few days later, the Spring Festival finally arrived.

This is the second day of the Spring Festival after Lu Yao returned from studying abroad. Compared with last year when the gloom was heavy and the local forces in Shangnan were so aggressive that he almost couldn't breathe, this year's Spring Festival is much more relaxed and comfortable.

He was accompanied by Lin Yongzhen. On New Year's Eve, Lin Yongzhen took out all the New Year supplies that had been bought a few days ago and placed them on the storage cabinet in the living room, preparing to get up early on the first day of the New Year to put them up and prepare them.

Then I start planning what to eat and what to cook tonight from noon.

In fact, they could just call a chef to come to their home and cook for them, but during the Chinese New Year, the main thing is the atmosphere. Unless there are too many people, it is necessary to invite a chef to cook. Otherwise, it will be more atmospheric if they do it themselves.

Lu Yao also sent a message to Zhou Bella, asking her when she would come over and whether she needed to do her part.

Zhou Bella replied immediately: "I will finish eating with my family at 5 or 6 o'clock. I will save my stomach to come and see you~"

Because Zhou Bella's mother and sister live in Shangnan, they have many opportunities to meet each other, so there is no need to stay together even on New Year's Eve. They can finish their New Year's Eve dinner early and come over.

As for whether the New Year’s Eve dinner eaten too early is still the New Year’s Eve dinner…

There are different opinions on this in different places.

In some places, the New Year's Eve dinner starts at noon. For example, in Lu Yao's hometown, the New Year's Eve dinner starts at around two in the afternoon. If relatives and friends come over to drink and brag, the dinner can last from two to four or five.

After dinner, a group of people went out to play cards until late at night.

In some places, the New Year's Eve dinner does not start until around 7 or 8 in the evening. The whole family eats, drinks, chats and jokes while watching the Spring Festival Gala.

In order to take Zhou Bella's schedule into consideration, Lin Yongzhen scheduled the New Year's Eve dinner at around 7pm so that the three of them could eat while watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Before Zhou Bella came over, Lu Yao helped Lin Yongzhen pick and prepare vegetables.

When Zhou Bella came over with a bottle of red wine, three main dishes, "Pork Ribs Stewed with Beans", "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" and "Beef Stewed with Tomatoes" were already stewed in the pots on the three stoves in the kitchen.

In addition, four cold dishes and three stir-fried dishes are being prepared.

Lu Yao opened the door and let Zhou Bella in. Zhou Bella immediately smiled and said, "Wow~ It smells so good!"

She put down the red wine and went to the kitchen. She leaned over to Lin Yongzhen and said with a smile, "Sister Yongzhen, your cooking skills are so good. You even have Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?"

Zhou Bella pointed at the "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" that was stewing on the stove and exclaimed: "You can even make this."

Lin Yongzhen smiled and said, "I have learned cooking skills on purpose, and I have a certificate. These skills were needed in the past, so I received special training, but I didn't like cooking before."

"But now it's different. I suddenly find that cooking is actually quite interesting. It's just that it's troublesome to clean up after cooking."

Zhou Bella said happily: "Sister Yongzhen is amazing, it's okay, I'll take care of it tonight."

Lin Yongzhen smiled softly: "Then I'll have to trouble Sister Bella~"

A girl like Zhou Bella, who was originally a simple girl, was too easy to be manipulated in front of Lin Yongzhen. After a few rounds, she almost became Lin Yongzhen's little fan girl, following behind Lin Yongzhen like a follower.

Lin Yongzhen was also very nice to Zhou Bella. She taught her some cooking tips in the kitchen and gave her some suggestions when talking about work so that her future work would go more smoothly.

Lu Yao looked at the two people busy in the kitchen and smiled, feeling particularly comfortable in his heart.

This is probably what the so-called feeling of home is, right?

Then Lu Yao suddenly thought of Sister Wang. Would the atmosphere be better if she was here? But Lu Yao always felt that the current rhythm seemed to be led by Lin Yongzhen.

No, that's not right.

It's not about rhythm either.

A more accurate feeling is that Lin Yongzhen seems to be trying desperately to integrate into Lu Yao's circle.

After Lu Yao re-examined recent events from the perspective of an observer, he began to feel something was wrong: Was this actually a manifestation of insecurity?
This lack of security gave Lu Yao a strong premonition - as if Lin Yongzhen would put on her coat, pick up her bag, and go out on a sunny afternoon as usual, and then never come back, and from then on, the name "Lin Yongzhen" would completely disappear from this world.

Lu Yao sat in the living room and looked towards the kitchen. There was a cloud of mist floating under the warm yellow light of the kitchen. The two beautiful figures of Lin Yongzhen and Zhou Bella seemed so real, yet so elusive.

The thought that emerged in his mind was a bit puzzling, but Lu Yao still looked over there greedily a few more times.

After returning from studying abroad, Lu Yao has both youth and the feeling of youth, so he cherishes his current life very much and is willing to record these beautiful moments with all his heart.

As if sensing Lu Yao's gaze, Lin Yongzhen, who was chatting with Zhou Bella, suddenly looked at Lu Yao. Facing Lu Yao's gaze, Lin Yongzhen leaned on the center island and tilted her head to ask Lu Yao, "What's wrong?"

Lu Yao shook his head: "No, I was just watching you guys chatting."

At this moment, Lin Yongzhen seemed to sense what Lu Yao was thinking, so she said nothing, gently lifted the hair that fell by her ears, and continued to chat with Zhou Bella.

She also likes this kind of atmosphere and moment.

We start preparing at around three or four in the afternoon, and by around eight o'clock all the dishes are almost ready.

Especially the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall carefully prepared by Lin Yongzhen.

This dish is from Minzhou. Lu Yao first knew about this dish when he was a child, when he went to a pirated video hall with his family to watch "Shaolin Temple". Then, for a long time, Lu Yao believed that Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was really made with frogs.

The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall dish made by Lin Yongzhen is a very standard one.

Abalone, sea cucumber, hide glue, tendon, scallop and other ingredients are gathered together, added with broth and aged rice wine, and then simmered over low heat.

There are so many ingredients in it, and it has been boiled for almost five hours. Dozens of ingredients are simmered together, which has a common meaty taste while maintaining their own characteristics. It is soft and tender in the mouth, with a rich meaty aroma but not greasy, and full of flavor.

The moment Lin Yongzhen brought the dish to the table and opened the lid, steam rising with a rich aroma wafted into the air, causing Lu Yao and Zhou Bella to exclaim in praise one after another.

Zhou Bella leaned over the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and looked intoxicated: "Wow~ It smells so good~"

Lu Yao looked at Lin Yongzhen and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Yongzhen smiled gently and virtuously: "It's not hard, come and try it."

The TV in the living room was already on, and the music unique to the Spring Festival Gala began to echo in the apartment. The three of them sat around the table, drinking together, and then began to feast on the food and drinks to the white noise of the Spring Festival Gala.

Lu Yao had long forgotten whether there were any special programs in the 2015 Spring Festival Gala. He just saw familiar Spring Festival Gala guests such as Jia Ling, Sha Yi, and Cai Ming when he occasionally glanced at the TV.

Although the Spring Festival Gala is becoming less and less interesting, it has to be said that it is indeed particularly in line with the tone of the Spring Festival.

It’s festive and lively, and can be called the best white noise for New Year’s Eve.

After they had almost finished eating, Lin Yongzhen started to play drinking games with Zhou Bella and Lu Yao.

Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen are both masters of bar games. A novice like Zhou Bella will only be killed if she plays with Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen. When she gets angry, she starts clamoring to change games.

Then Lu Yao and his friends moved from rock-paper-scissors to dice, from dice to poker, and from poker to rock-paper-scissors.

Later, Zhou Bella couldn't stand it anymore: "Why do I always lose?"

"No, no, I can't take it anymore."

Later, Zhou Bella, who was drunk, simply went to the sofa and fell asleep.

Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen both have a good alcohol tolerance, so they continued drinking for a while at the dining table.

When the countdown to the Spring Festival started at twelve o'clock, along with the countdown of the hosts on TV, fireworks began to bloom in various places outside Shangnan.

Although a fireworks ban was implemented in 2015, a ban is still a ban and people who want to set off fireworks will not care about you. So through the balcony window of his home, Lu Yao saw high fireworks rising in many places in the distance.

Especially the area by the river specially designated for setting off fireworks.

The continuous roar sounded everywhere in Shangnan, making the entire Shangnan seem to be caught in a huge and noisy war.

The atmosphere of the Spring Festival was pushed to its climax with the sound of fireworks.

Lu Yao came to the bed with a glass of wine, and Lin Yongzhen followed closely behind.

It was not until the sound of the fireworks had died down that Lu Yao raised his glass and saluted Lin Yongzhen, saying, "Happy New Year."

Lin Yongzhen responded: "Happy New Year."

It feels quite strange to celebrate New Year with Lin Yongzhen. They are friends but they are wary of each other; they are not lovers but they know each other well.

Lin Yongzhen took it from Lu Yao and put it on the flower table of the TV cabinet. Then she walked to Lu Yao with lotus steps, took Lu Yao's hand, put her arm around her waist and said with a smile: "Happy New Year, you can't just say it with your mouth."

Lu Yao smiled, then lowered his head and prepared to do something with his mouth.

Although Bella Zhou slept in the living room, Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen did not avoid her. Amid the festive background sounds of the Spring Festival Gala and the gradually fading fireworks in the distance, Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen blessed each other with their actions.

When Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen were blessing each other, the drunk Zhou Bella secretly turned over and leaned back on the sofa facing north...

But even if the background sound of the Spring Festival Gala was loud enough, it couldn't drown out the voices of Lu Yao and Lin Yongzhen blessing each other by the window.

Zhou Bella couldn't help but secretly bite her lips...

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Yao was awakened by the noise coming from the kitchen. He just woke up and saw Lin Yongzhen and Zhou Bella making dumplings and glutinous rice balls in the kitchen. There is a big difference between the north and south of the province. The south eats small dumplings, while the north eats dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

Lu Yao still doesn't know where Lin Yongzhen is from, but Lu Yao and Zhou Bella are both from the north, so the custom on New Year's Day is to eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls, so Lin Yongzhen prepared dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

Seeing Lu Yao wake up, Lin Yongzhen smiled and said, "You can carry gold ingots soon. Is that what you call it over there?"

Zhou Bella has learned to answer quickly: "Yes, that's right, we say the same thing over there."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "You are so thoughtful."

He turned back to his room, took out the red envelope he had prepared long ago, and handed it over: "Happy New Year."

The red envelope was thick, but there was actually only 10,000 yuan in it. This amount of money was a small amount even for Zhou Bella, but it was always a happy thing to receive a red envelope. Even Lin Yongzhen, who was used to seeing large sums of money, was very happy.

After receiving the red envelope, she came over and kissed Lu Yao on the face: "Happy New Year~"

This is the red envelope she gave.

Zhou Bella blushed when she saw this. Are they not going to avoid her at all? How shameful!

Zhou Bella was in a state of confusion, and before she could decide whether to follow Lin Yongzhen's example, Lu Yao leaned over with his other face and asked, "Where's your Happy New Year?"

After being gently pushed by Lu Yao, Zhou Bella no longer hesitated, and immediately kissed Lu Yao on the other cheek, and then said shyly and softly: "Happy New Year, Brother Lu..."

Lu Yao was in a good mood: "Hahaha, great, happy new year."

After eating dumplings in the morning, Zhou Bella left Lin Yongzhen's place. She had to go give red envelopes to her sister. Lu Yao stayed at home and continued making dumplings with Lin Yongzhen. He and Lin Yongzhen would bring the dumplings to the company later and eat dumplings with the employees who stayed on duty in the company.

When Lu Yao brought the dumplings to the company, he found that the public leisure area of ​​Guang'an Online Game Company was very lively.

The voice chat platform supervisor, MCN supervisor and Chen Li who were on duty gathered here, as well as Zhu Junyan, Zhou Xiangyang and others.

Seeing Lu Yao coming over, Zhu Junyan asked in surprise: "Huh? Master, Sister Lin, why are you two here too?"

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Of course I'm here to celebrate the first day of the new year with everyone. I brought some dumplings."

Zhu Junyan laughed and said, "Isn't that a coincidence? We brought a lot of seafood and good wine, that's perfect! After we finish eating and drinking, we can play mahjong and throw eggs. No one is allowed to slip away."

The employees of Guang'an Online Game Company couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw this.

Although they did not go back home for the Chinese New Year this year, they were very happy staying in Shangnan. In addition, apart from daily maintenance and operations, there was almost no particularly heavy work during the Chinese New Year period. Coupled with the triple salary, the guys who stayed behind to work overtime felt that they were making extra money.

However, the corporate management system implemented by Lu Yao's company is the same as that of Huasheng Life and Pang Donglai.

Those who stay to work overtime this year will not be able to continue to work overtime in the next three years. They can work together to overcome difficulties in the workplace, but they reject internal competition in the workplace, and the company's personal evaluation has nothing to do with internal competition.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Yao stayed in the company all day, eating, drinking and having fun with everyone.

Don't tell me.

This is much better than going back to the village to celebrate the New Year.

……

Time always goes by quickly during holidays because I can sleep in, so it is almost noon when I open my eyes every day. I just relax and it is already afternoon. I go out to play or do something at home, and the day goes by quickly.

The whole world is moving fast.

Then the Spring Festival holiday passed so quickly.

All the people who were supposed to go to work returned to work.

In the bulk province, there is actually no such thing as a new work bonus. Some companies will give out red envelopes on the first day of work, while others will have a dinner party on the same day.

Lu Yao chose to send out red envelopes + have a dinner together.

It’s just that there are already a lot of people in the company now, so the work of mobilizing for resumption of work is assigned to the people below. After they get through the first day of work in a quasi-slacking state, the company enters a formal working state on the second day.

The planned activities during the Spring Festival were prepared before the New Year, and all the activities until the Lantern Festival were prepared before the New Year. Next comes the planning of many festivals after the New Year.

There are almost no festivals in March, but there will be a wave of small events on April Fools' Day in April.

For the May Day holiday, Lu Yao is planning something big - he has even thought of a name for the event, it’s called the May 5th Black Festival!

That's right.

It’s an event planning concept stolen from the future.

"Shoot It" has developed into a patchwork of the essence of many future games. To some extent, it is Lu Yao's "original" work, and then major game manufacturers and Penguin stole it without hesitation. So what's wrong with Lu Yao stealing some things from Penguin in the future?

Lu Yao felt at ease stealing, and even every time he thought about how he stole the future and plotted against the penguin, Lu Yao felt cheerful.

After the Lantern Festival, Lu Yao sent Liu Mulin to secretly bring Yao Qiguang and his family to Shangnan.

In order to bring Yao Qiguang over, Lu Yao first let Yao Qiguang go for a trip abroad, and then asked Rong Nianqing to send a private plane to help pick Yao Qiguang up.

After seeing Yao Qiangguang again after a long time, the stone that had been hanging in Lu Yao's heart finally fell to the ground.

Yao Qiangguang was actually a little surprised and even a little touched that Lu Yao went to such great lengths to send a private plane to bring him back from abroad.

Although Penguin had been trying to recruit him into the Penguin Group for more than a year, Yao Qiangguang was still somewhat touched by the fact that Lu Yao still treated him so seriously after getting his definite reply.

Talented people at the University of Tokyo all have some romantic genes in their bones.

Or it could be the romance of a man dying for his friend.

Or maybe my lord is in the north, and he will not let me die facing the south.

Or maybe I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me for my arrogance.

When someone treats you so sincerely, how can you repay him? Moreover, Yao Qiguang is already 40 years old... His most energetic and thoughtful years have been spent in Penguin Group.

In the workplace, he is a person who needs to be optimized.

He was like a piece of sugarcane that had been squeezed dry, with all the sweet juice squeezed out.

This was also the reason why he was initially reluctant to come to Lu Yao. He also had this consideration. He was not sure whether he could achieve results with Lu Yao and obtain his position in Penguin.

At the age of 40, he is still working with a startup team, and his target competitor is even a behemoth like Penguin... Wouldn't anyone who comes have to think twice?

But Lu Yao seemed to be more confident in his abilities than himself.

They were even willing to spend so much effort on a 40-year-old grassroots executive like him.

When Yao Qiguang saw Lu Yao at the airport, he said nervously, "Boss Lu, I didn't expect you to think so highly of me that you not only sent a special plane to pick me up, but also came here in person."

This is the art of language.

Yao Qiguang has been working in Penguin for so many years, and even though he is not a very smart person, he has learned how to speak politely.

Lu Yao smiled and asked, "How was it? Are you tired from the journey? Did you have fun at the places you visited?"

He did not ask about his work and other things first, but instead cared about whether he was tired and whether he had fun. This friendly and easy-going greeting gradually dispelled Yao Qiguang's inner uneasiness. While chatting, Lu Yao took Yao Qiguang and his wife to the car, and then took them to the residence Lu Yao arranged for them.

The residence that Lu Yao arranged for Yao Qiangguang was a large flat in Shengzhou District.

Shengzhou District is a new urban center created by Shangnan that integrates five major functions: finance, business, trade, exhibitions, and culture and sports. Most of the buildings here are skyscrapers, and their glass facades look modern and business-like.

The urban atmosphere here is not inferior to that of the most prosperous areas in Shenzhen.

Lu Yao took Yao Qiguang to their new residence and introduced it to them: "The floor area here is 165 square meters, the living room is very large, and the scenery is also very good."

He came to the French window and asked, "How is it? Are you satisfied? If not, I can accompany you to find a house that suits you in Shangnan in the next two days."

Yao Qiguang quickly refused: "No, no, no, this is too much trouble. This is very good, very good."

This house is even bigger than the one he has in Shenzhen, and the decoration style is more stylish. Even Mrs. Yao Qiangguang is particularly satisfied with it.

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Our company is in the city center, which is actually a bit far from here, but the company has provided you with two cars for your convenience. If you need anything in the future, you can just tell me directly."

Yao Qiguang had not expected that Lu Yao would arrange everything so clearly for him. He even began to feel a little timid: "Boss Lu, I can actually do all these things myself. I am really surprised that you would condescend to arrange these for me."

"What's the word?"

Lu Yao looked at Mrs. Yao Qiguang and said, "Can you let me talk to Mr. Yao alone?"

Mrs. Yao Qiguang immediately smiled amiably and said, "Ah, then you guys chat, I'll go downstairs and take a look around."

After Mrs. Yao Qiguang left, Lu Yao looked at Yao Qiguang and said, "Mr. Yao, these are all things I should do. Since you are already here, I will tell you straight."

"The next project you will be participating in needs to be kept highly confidential. Your phone will also be monitored and supervised by the company's information security department. Until our project is launched, we all need to stay on our toes."

Lu Yao stared at Yao Qiguang: "Are you ready?"

Yao Qiangguang knew Lu Yao’s ambition, but he came from a penguin and knew how huge a penguin was.

A company that was established less than a year ago, and a grassroots executive like him who was almost 40 years old was poached to Shangnan...Yao Qiguang took a deep breath: "Can someone of my age still achieve great things?"

Lu Yao came to Yao Qiguang and said affirmatively: "Of course, forty years old is the right age to make breakthroughs."

"Let us join forces to achieve something great."

As he said this, Lu Yao extended his hand to Yao Qiguang.

Yao Qiangguang didn't know what his future would be like, but Lu Yao knew.

The success of Honor of Kings is certainly inseparable from the support and empowerment of the Penguin social system, but the role played by Yao Qiguang himself cannot be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)