Huayu: Live a carefree life

Chapter 84 Seeing Chen Duling Again

Having escaped Lei Jun's clutches, Lu Jie continued his tour of the laboratories with the Xiamen University staff, occasionally asking several professional-related questions.

The tour concluded with a luncheon. Xiamen University hosted a very high-level reception, with both vice mayors of Xiamen in charge of education and economy attending, showing great respect to Lei Jun.

Lei Jun came to Xiamen University mainly to investigate hydrogen energy technology. In addition to investing in XPeng, he is also considering starting his own new energy vehicle business.

The technological ceiling for hydrogen fuel cells is higher than that for traditional lithium batteries, but as Lu Jie said in his live broadcast, many of the patents that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles cannot avoid are held by Japan.

If you want to take this path, you have to pay protection money to the Japanese. Isn't that just being stupid and having too much money? So the best way is to let the Japanese play by themselves and then take their place when they can't play anymore.

Japan, a tiny country, has always had a short-sighted population. Lu Jie said that if he had been born twenty years earlier, he would definitely have developed open-source hydrogen fuel cell vehicle patents.

First, attract those willing to develop hydrogen energy technology to jointly promote and develop the industrial chain. When the time is right, that is, when relevant countries and companies invest heavily.

Then, by leveraging technological advantages to upgrade industries, new patent barriers can be established, forcing companies that have already established such barriers to pay for them.

Of course, this is an ideal situation, and only someone like Lu Jie, who is smart enough and has a powerful country protecting him, could pull it off.

Japan is no good! A tiny country is just a tiny country, and it's even an overseas territory of the great beauty. It's not worthy of leading the technological progress of human civilization at all.

Lu Jie was actually more interested in the research of two other cutting-edge disciplines at Xiamen University: materials science and engineering.

However, today's main character is Lei Jun, and he's just joining in the fun. It seems that Chen Duling's father is a professor at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Thinking of this, Lu Jie sent a message to Chen Duling: "Dudu, are you in Xiamen?"

Hey, how come you, such a busy person, have time to contact me today?

Since he stood up for her at the beginning of the month, the two have been in constant contact via WeChat, and occasionally they even sweetly duo-queue League of Legends.

Dudu is very skilled at games and has a pleasant voice, but she is easily teased and blushes easily when flirted with.

Lu Jie smiled involuntarily as he thought of her adorable puffed-out cheeks. "Missed you, huh? I just accompanied Lei Jun on a tour of the Jiageng Innovation Lab."

Oh, you're in Xiamen? Where are you? I'll treat you to dinner!

Lu Jie casually snapped a picture of the tableware in front of him. He was eating at the Xiamen University cafeteria, and President Zhang and the two vice mayors were treating him.

(Dazed expression) Ah Jie, your social skills are a bit too advanced~ This lady will take her leave now, bye-bye~

Let's meet up after I finish here. I really miss you, Dudu~

"You're just being cheeky!" (Smug expression)

On the other side of the city, Hu Lianxin, who was also taking a midday nap, hummed a little tune as she returned to her RV to prepare for lunch.

Her meal allowance was unique to the entire crew. It wasn't particularly lavish; it was still three dishes and a soup, but it was ordered separately according to her tastes, a privilege reserved for the landlady.

The assistant opened the lunchbox for her and got out of the car. Xiao Hu didn't mind sharing her food with the assistant, but she liked to video chat with her mother while eating.

Her words immediately made her mother lose her composure: "Mom, Lu Jie promised me last night that he would marry me after I graduate from university!"

"Is that really true? But how can I agree to it?" Mrs. Hu looked at her silly daughter with a smile on her face. It's true that fools have good luck.

"Lu Jie said he would get our marriage certificate after I graduate from university."

Xiao Hu danced with joy, exclaiming, "I'm so happy!"

"Silly girl, are the 36 husband-taming strategies your mother taught you any good?"

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Xiao Hu nodded happily and said, "Hehe, this is super useful, thank you, Mom!"

Mrs. Hu shook her head indulgently and smiled, "Silly girl~ Did Lu Jie go to visit you on set again?"

"Yes, but I went to Xiamen University with Lei Jun today, so I'll come with you tomorrow morning~"

The two then ate and chatted, and the conversation gradually picked up.

"Mom, do all men like stockings? Lu Jie and the other two really like them."

Mrs. Hu smiled proudly, "They're pretty much the same, your dad really likes me too~"

"Among the 36 strategies your mother taught you for controlling your husband, isn't the stockings seduction trick one of them?"

Xiao Hu chuckled and scratched his head. "Hehe, it seems like I was told, but I don't remember anymore, hehe~"

"Silly girl~"

After Lu Jie had eaten and drunk his fill and finished exchanging pleasantries, he bid farewell to Principal Zhang and the two local officials at the entrance of the small canteen.

Lei Jun put his arm around the young man he had discovered, who had risen rapidly and whose wealth had surpassed his own, and said, "Xiao Lu, the live stream went really well today. You're better at creating entertaining content than I am."

Lu Jie did not deny this, "Hehe, live streaming is just chatting, right? I was able to convince you to invest in my startup, so how could I not handle a few netizens?"

"It's not as simple as you think. Expression is an art. Some people have ideas but are not good at expressing them, like Zhang Yiming."

"When he was raising funds in the early days, he was rejected by investors in person because he was too introverted. They said they didn't think he, a quiet person, could succeed."

Lei Jun patted Lu Jie on the shoulder and said, "You're different, Lu. You have ideas and you can express them fully. You can give investors confidence just by using words. That's a talent."

Lu Jie was so flattered by the praise that he couldn't contain his excitement. He deliberately scratched his head as if to demonstrate, "Oh dear, Mr. Lei, you're making me blush!"

"Hehe, my flight is still a while away. There's a nice teahouse there, want to come sit with me for a bit?"

Lu Jie waved his phone and laughed, "I'm not going to keep you company, my girlfriend is filming in Xiamen~"

People seem to become more gossipy as they get older, and Lei Jun is no exception.

"Haha, a young man who isn't a ladies' man is a wasted youth! Little Lu, your womanizing ways are quite well-known in the circle now! I heard Old Ren was originally planning to introduce Little Yao to you—"

"No way! Forget it, I can't handle that rich girl!" Lu Jie waved his hand with a smile. "I don't want to turn my marriage into a tool for exchanging favors."

"I've accumulated some wealth, so it's impossible for me to do whatever I want, but I can certainly choose not to do what I don't want to do, right?"

Lu Jie spread his hands. "If this still doesn't work, what have I been busy with all these years, right? Hehe~"

"Young people are so carefree!" Lei Jun patted him on the shoulder again. "I'll go first then. See you in Beijing."

Lu Jie smiled and said, "Bye-bye, remember to get some rest, Lao Lei~"

He didn't get into the Maybach S680, but instructed his two secretaries to return to the hotel to rest. He then got into the Mercedes-Benz GLE, which is relatively low-key in Xiamen.

They forwarded the location sent by Chen Duling to the bodyguard and headed towards the target location.

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