"Ahem, I see."

Fortunately, the host remained calm under pressure and immediately began to smooth things over:

"Hahaha, I just saw a young lady introducing the menu to someone. She must be an employee of Honghe Technology, right?"

Li Ning covered his face, genuinely feeling that the host had absolutely no talent for conversation.

"No, Mr. Ren and I are very good friends. I was invited by Mr. Ren to come and experience the facilities in the creative park and take a look at the menu to see if there is anything that can be improved."

Xu Milu looked very serious:

"The menu should ideally change with the seasons, and we could also increase interaction between people and the animals in the restaurant's aquariums. We also need to add information about the ingredients and collect basic customer information, because many of the ingredients are newly cultivated varieties, and the chefs can't be sure if customers will have allergies. Therefore, the ingredients should be listed after each dish..."

She spoke eloquently to the camera, but the comments in the live chat were a mixed bag.

[This girl is so pretty!! Good-looking people always seem to have good luck.]

[So young, who knows where the money comes from? Either her family is rich or she found a rich boyfriend, tsk tsk tsk.]

[Can you get lost, you upstairs? Are you deaf? Didn't you hear that it was Mr. Ren who invited her? If it weren't for an official invitation, who could get so many tickets in one go?]

[Seriously, I'll give you a million dollars to buy this. Can you even afford to wash my hair upside down?]

[Ren's good friend? LOL, another one trying to scam you, huh? Ren himself invited you? How dare you?!]

[Is she really a chef? I think I saw her on a cooking competition before. Her surname should be Xu, and she seems to have a strong background. I think she's an apprentice of a chef who teaches state banquets.]

Didn't she just say she chose the menu? It should be true, right?

I'm totally smitten with this girl's looks! Her round, almond-shaped eyes are so cute!

[Hilarious! These days, people brag without thinking. Even Honghe, who tried to piggyback on the moon landing, got sued. How dare you criticize someone else's restaurant on a live global broadcast?!]

Wait, isn't she the only officially designated partner of Honghe before? Yes, that's her, Xu Milu, right?

What are you talking about?

[Yes, yes, she used Luo Luo Pig to cook before it was even on the market. I think she made a braised pork dish, and it even trended on social media that day. Was that her?]

[A staff member at Honghe can tell you with certainty that President Ren only arranged the visit so that her best friend could easily come over.]

[Holy crap! So, thinking about it this way, how many votes did CEO Ren give out in one go?]

Holy crap? Why don't I have a best friend like that?!

[Wait a minute, a domineering CEO with a cold, aloof older sister and an innocent, harmless little cook?! Good heavens, is this even possible for me to ship???]

The online comments were getting increasingly heated, and the host was about to ask another question when her staff frantically gave her meaningful glances. A thought struck her, and she immediately skipped the topic:

"Ah, it's clear, Ms. Xu, that you are a perfectionist. Our interview will conclude here for now. Viewers, next we'll interview the caretaker of these pigs—"

The camera panned away, and the staff at the Honghe Research Institute all breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone's heard that the CEO has someone he cares about. Today, CEO Zhang specifically told us not to disturb them. Who knew we'd just happen to be able to interview them?

...

...

As soon as the filming crew left, Xu Minian immediately came over, eager to gossip:

"Sister, you and President Ren are so close! Can I ask if President Ren is good-looking? Is he really as beautiful as in the photos? I've heard people say that President Ren is of mixed Chinese and foreign descent, is that true?"

Xu Milu tapped his head and said with a smile:

"Curious? You'll find out for yourself later. I've arranged to meet her this afternoon. You can ask for an autograph or a photo then, no problem."

"!!!"

Li Ning reacted the most. He has always been a fan of Ren Honghe, and when he heard that he could meet her in person this afternoon, he was so happy that he almost collapsed.

"The time is almost up, I'll call her and see where she is."

While dialing the pinned WeChat account on her phone, Xu Milu was intently controlling her external body, appearing extremely relaxed, but in reality, she was highly tense.

...

...

"It's a pleasure to work with you."

Ren Honghe shook hands with the person in front of her expressionlessly, her face cold and indifferent.

"This time, the energy stones can be sent directly to the research institute and Zhang Cang can handle them."

As she expected, the third transaction resulted in the Chinese government not only spending a huge sum of money to buy one hundred holographic helmets, but also acquiring one hundred scrapped aircraft—although they were no longer usable, they were enough for the scientists to research something.

"Oh dear, we're really looking forward to our next collaboration. And we have some good news for Ms. Ren: our 'Laurel No. 1' division experiment is going very smoothly, and we'll have good news after the New Year. Also, there's been significant progress in drug development—"

"Buzzing—buzzing—"

The vibration of his phone interrupted Chen Yuanyu's words, but he was not angry. Instead, he gracefully gestured for someone outside to get back to work.

The character of "Ren Honghe" didn't require her to be particularly polite, so she answered the phone directly:

"Hello? Lulu."

Upon hearing this cry, both the external body and the original body on the other end of the phone felt a chill.

It feels strange to call myself, let alone call myself that so intimately.

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