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

Chapter 394 I'm not incapable!
In a hotel suite in Mianyang.

Lü Yao is searching for information about the city of Mianyang.

Chengdu, as a strategic city in the southwest, undoubtedly holds a prominent position in the region. However, Lü Yao vaguely remembered that there was another city in Sichuan with an incredibly strong historical foundation: Mianyang.

What makes him so awesome?
What's impressive is that it's only a little over 100 kilometers from Chengdu, yet it has managed to become the second largest economic city in the province, a true sub-center of the province.

If any random person from a major province were here, they'd probably be completely bewildered. What's wrong with being a sub-provincial center? This kind of title means absolutely nothing to Su Daqiang.

Look at my own territory, with all this talk of Huaihai Entrepreneurship Group, Provincial Strong Region Alliance, Asu Orthodoxy, and Six Ancient Capitals. Your words, Brother Nan, may not carry any weight in my northern region. Even if my economic development is not as good as yours, it just doesn't matter.

But these methods don't work well in the Sichuan region.

Chengdu is a notorious vampire city, turning all the brothers into ruthless characters who wear blood packs on their bodies.

China's GDP exceeds two trillion yuan! It ranks seventh in the country's GDP! It has left Mianyang, which ranks second, by more than one trillion yuan.

What's most amazing is that Mianyang is right next to Chengdu.

To maintain such a scale near such a ruthlessly exploitative provincial capital is a testament to Mianyang's impressive capabilities.

So why is Mianyang so awesome?

This is because it is an important military product manufacturing and R&D center in China. Take Changhong, a well-known military-to-civilian enterprise, for example. Their original business was in machine control, fire control, and radar. Making home appliances was just to make some extra money.

What makes Mianyang so powerful, and what gives Chengdu the confidence to not exploit it too much, is the high-end talent cultivated locally in Mianyang.

After seeing all the information about Mianyang, Lü Yao really felt that it was a blessed land with outstanding people and auspicious feng shui. Unfortunately, many of the research and development projects here were top secret. When Lü Yao was studying in the future, he had never heard of much about this place. Even after returning from his studies in the future and reaching his current level, he still hadn't been able to come into contact with many high-end talents here.

But since Lü Yao is already here, he'll definitely want to wander around and see if he can come up with anything.

Just as Lü Yao was pondering how to develop his presence in the southwest and make a strategic move, Lin Yongzhen came over with a plate of cold-cooked rabbit and said, "I bought this downstairs earlier, would you like to try it?"

This cold-served rabbit dish is brightly colored, with chili peppers and seeds evenly attached to each piece of rabbit meat. For Lü Yao, who loves spicy food, just seeing it makes his mouth water.

Cold-cooked rabbit is actually stir-fried, but the flavor becomes even richer and more fragrant after it cools down. So, what should have been a hot dish of spicy rabbit cubes became the cold-cooked rabbit, a particularly popular snack in Sichuan, and one of the few Sichuan delicacies that Lü Yao loves to eat.

After Lin Yongzhen, Cheng Xinyu also brought over a plate of spicy pig's ears, sliced ​​beef and tripe in chili sauce, and a fruit and vegetable platter: "And these too."

Lu Yao closed the laptop and put it aside: "Let's do it!"

Sichuan is famous for producing high-quality baijiu (Chinese liquor). Brands like Luzhou Laojiao, Shuijingfang, Jiannanchun, and Wuliangye are very well-known, and their taste is indeed different from the baijiu from Lü Yao's hometown.

Lin Yongzhen got up and took out a small wine jar that looked like something out of a TV drama from the suite's refrigerator. The jar was even sealed with mud.

Upon seeing this, Lü Yao laughed and asked, "Is this a bottle of Maotai?"

Lin Yongzhen smiled and said, "No, it's Shui Jing Fang's aged liquor. This afternoon, a friend I knew from before knew I was here and specially sent it over."

Lu Yao laughed and said, "Our Sister Yongzhen is not only incredibly resourceful, but she also has friends everywhere. She can even get her hands on this kind of old vintage wine."

Cellared old wine is not like the kind in TV dramas, where you fill a jar with old wine, seal it with mud, bury it in the ground for decades, and then take it out. Wine stored like that will spoil very quickly, and once the mud seal is broken, it will emit an extremely disgusting earthy smell.

Authentic aged wines need to be stored in a constant temperature and humidity environment and require regular care.

When placed in such a carefully crafted environment, the brewed wine, after aging over time, will have a more mellow and mellow flavor, and become increasingly captivating to taste.

That's why "cellar-aged" baijiu is so expensive and unavailable, with prices so high they're outrageous.

This kind of wine not only requires superb brewing techniques to produce the original liquid, but also requires time, manpower, and material resources to obtain such a fine wine.

Lü Yao himself wasn't particularly fond of baijiu (Chinese liquor). Even when he was almost forty when he went abroad to study, he still preferred to mix whiskey with Sprite or Coke. However, he was very willing to try this kind of aged liquor.

Even wines aged in the same cellar can have slightly different flavors depending on the storage time and location.

Lu Yao rubbed his hands together happily and said, "Okay, let's give it a try."

Lin Yongzhen removed the mud seal and opened the stopper of the wine jar. Immediately, a refreshing and light, yet exceptionally long-lasting, aroma of wine wafted out of the jar.

Lü Yao leaned in and sniffed: "Wow—"

This thing is so hot!

After taking a sip, Lü Yao didn't immediately feel the spiciness of the alcohol in the liquor. Instead, he was awakened by a refreshing taste, and then the spiciness of the alcohol rushed into his mouth and then rose to his nasal cavity.

Then pair it with a piece of cold-served rabbit~~
This tastes really good!

Lu Yao, in high spirits, raised his glass and invited, "Cheers!"

After a few rounds of drinks, Lü Yao sat on the floor, leaning against the sofa, chatting with Lin Yongzhen and Cheng Xinyu. Lin Yongzhen was also sitting on the floor, one arm propped on Cheng Xinyu's knee, and looked at Lü Yao, asking, "I think you went to a bit too much trouble this time. Signing an internet celebrity, even if Miss Hu is involved, did you really need to come here personally, and even personally give that person..."

Lin Yongzhen couldn't quite remember Liu Tongxiong's name.

She waved her hand and said, "Never mind, it's not important. Anyway, it's not appropriate for you to contact them personally. It might even have a negative effect."

If Lü Yao were to send someone to do this, or even entrust it to Lin Yongzhen, she would only need to make a few phone calls and contact a few people to get it done quickly. However, if Lü Yao were to do it personally, it would be easier to "infinitely elevate" Li Ziqi's value in the eyes of Li Ziqi's boss, thus increasing the difficulty of reaching an agreement.

When Lin Yongzhen asked him this, Lü Yao laughed and said, "Oh, I was just bored. I had some things on my mind that I hadn't settled, so I took care of them. Besides, I already said this is my 'gap year'." Lin Yongzhen smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

A gap year, also known as a "gap year," refers to a period of time, usually a year, during which an individual chooses to pause their studies or career plans to engage in activities such as travel, volunteering, internships, learning new skills, or self-exploration. This can enrich their life experiences, clarify their career direction, improve their overall qualities, or achieve personal growth.

This behavior typically occurs in the Western world.

There is no such thing as a "gap year" at the University of Tokyo. The lives of University of Tokyo students are very fast. From the time they can remember, young people at the University of Tokyo will start the process of studying, working, starting a family, and growing old without stopping.

Many college graduates have only been working for a few months, and their parents, who were previously very strict about preventing them from dating, have started asking about their relationship status and urging them to get married, as if their sweetheart would magically fall from the sky.

Therefore, at the University of Tokyo, most ordinary people really need a "gap year" to figure out their life direction.

Why do universities and workplaces at the University of Tokyo not support young people taking a "gap year"?

Besides workplace hiring standards and ability considerations, the most important reason is that high-intensity, highly repetitive workplace work itself is a highly standardized form of training for employees.

A gap year is the best way to deal with this kind of high-intensity, high-standard training. When you look at everything in the world with a truly relaxed mindset, your vision, mind, and thoughts will also become broader. When you clearly know your life direction, you can see more clearly what is beneficial to you and what is not.

In this way, many of the CPU tactics used in the workplace will become ineffective against you. Even if you cannot distinguish these tactics, you will instinctively reject and resist them.

In this situation, workplace managers cannot tame such people, and without taming them, they cannot manage them better. Those who truly have the courage to pause their lives will find that even if they don't go to work, they won't starve; even if they become deadbeats, their lives won't change much from before.

This is a very cruel underlying logic.

Some people who speak without understanding the situation, or those who are not clear-headed, might say—"With such lax and unrestrained behavior, the country will cease to exist!"

In reality, the only purpose of most working people in their lives is to provide financial support. Even the concern shown by society for single people ten years later is just a hope that most working people can be mass-produced to provide continued financial support.

Those who truly make a nation a nation are never ordinary people, but those who demonstrate extraordinary talent in their respective fields from the very beginning.

The development and leadership of science and technology are accomplished by geniuses.

The creation of humanistic spirit was also accomplished by a series of sages.

Most ordinary people in this world are really just NPCs (players who play non-player characters). Therefore, for ordinary people, giving themselves some time to find their direction, and then living their own lives and making their lives truly their own is a very meaningful thing.

But Lü Yao doesn't need it.

Lin Yongzhen wouldn't dare say she understood Lü Yao completely, but she could tell that Lü Yao had long ago rebuilt his mindset, and his goals were clear. Moreover, based on Lin Yongzhen's understanding of Lü Yao, he wouldn't do anything particularly meaningless.

But Lin Yongzhen can't understand what Lü Yao is doing now, because Lü Yao has been keeping things hidden, and she can't even help Lü Yao analyze them.

this time.

Lu Yao still didn't directly address Lin Yongzhen's question, but this time he gave Lin Yongzhen a guarantee: "It's okay. Even if something happens, Boss Li Ziqi won't cause us any harm."

Although it is said that even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake, the problem is... Liu Tongxiong, who is a local snake, is not a local snake in Sichuan.

……

At Liu Tongxiong's home in Hangzhou.

Ever since receiving Lu Yao's call, Liu Tongxiong has been in a very bad mood.

As one of the few "high achievers" in his family, Liu Tongxiong has a very high talent for business. How high? He has an almost divine sense for grasping and perceiving trends. When an opportunity appears in front of him, he can feel the anticipation welling up inside him.

His heart was pounding, his blood was flowing faster, and the intense throbbing told him—this could definitely work!
Just like when he first discovered Li Ziqi online before she became particularly famous, he felt like he had been electrocuted. Watching the serene and indifferent Li Ziqi in the video, Liu Tongxiong felt a current jump out of the video and into his eyes. Then, this current quickly spread, rushed into the back of his head, and filled his back, making him stand up from his office chair on the spot.

He then flew to Sichuan and won over Li Ziqi with his sincerity and reasonable price.

Liu Tongxiong's instincts and intuition told him that Li Ziqi's commercial value was enormous. Now, Shangnan Lü Yao's interference proved Liu Tongxiong's idea. But the problem was that Lü Yao wanted to sign Li Ziqi, but he didn't give him a chance to cooperate at all.

Is this right?
If you put yourself in Lü Yao's shoes, Liu Tongxiong would have done the same.

That's how the business world works. People will talk to you about interpersonal relationships because you have the value and the right to do so. But when you're too low-ranking and too fragile, they won't bother with these empty formalities. They'll just swallow it whole. That's the right approach.

Even Zhang Mazi, who loved to talk about human relationships, eventually failed.

So Liu Tongxiong kept telling himself that giving money away and making a good connection was the best way to handle this incident. Even if Lü Yao was indifferent and looked down on him now, with Li Ziqi as a connection, Liu Tongxiong would definitely find an opportunity to get close to Lü Yao and absorb some of his resources.

These words echoed in Liu Tongxiong's mind again and again, but at the same time, he was also smoking again and again, flipping through the information about Lü Yao that he had spent the whole afternoon collecting.

Liu Tongxiong smoked three packs of cigarettes that night.

The document, which was printed out in the afternoon, was already worn and frayed by Liu Tongxiong.

When the morning sun pierced through Liu Tongxiong's villa by the river in Hangzhou, his mind, which had not slept all night, was completely empty and devoid of sound.

Liu Tongxiong came to the window and looked at the newborn Dongxi. His eyes gradually changed from confusion to determination.

"Lü Yao, right?"

"I admit you're amazing, but I'm not incapable of it!"

Liu Tongxiong didn't believe that he could be killed by Lü Yao on his own turf!
(End of this chapter)