After Song Hongye spoke, everyone naturally stopped discussing Sun Yurong and started chatting enthusiastically about other things. The men talked about current affairs and work, while the women naturally talked about their children and all sorts of miscellaneous things at home, as well as their complaints about their battles of wits with their mothers-in-law.

In general, there are almost no daughters-in-law who get along well with their mothers-in-law. Every family has its own problems, and marriage is usually a mess.

Lu Mo sent a message asking if Ye Qingqing could come up.

"Come up right away."

Ye Qingqing quickly replied to the message, saying loudly, "I have a dinner party upstairs, so I'll take my leave now. Let's meet up another day."

"Go on, go on, important business is more important."

Ye Qingqing smiled, put on her shawl, and left. It was a bit chilly at night, and her shoulders felt cold.

Lu Mo was waiting at the elevator entrance. She saw him as soon as she stepped out of the elevator and asked with a smile, "Did you have a good time tonight?"

"Mmm, that was awesome! Have you finished eating?" Ye Qingqing took his arm and went with him to the private room.

"It hasn't started yet; they've been playing cards the whole time."

"You can play cards? Did you win or lose?"

Ye Qingqing was quite surprised. She had never seen Lu Mo play cards before. She felt that he only worked and had no other hobbies. She never expected that he would play cards.

Lu Mo chuckled lightly, "I lost a bit, but business requires it; I have to learn how to play."

In fact, he knows a lot of odd jobs. Although he is not as good as Ding Ba and He Weishao, he knows more than these two. He is just not proficient in any of them because his previous jobs required him to master different skills in order to hide his identity.

He has a basic understanding of Pai Gow, as well as wine tasting, jewelry appreciation, and antiques. However, he is best at Pai Gow because it can be calculated mathematically. The others require time to accumulate knowledge, which he doesn't have, so he only has a superficial understanding.

He deliberately lost tonight. He and several other companies were feeding each other cards, which was arranged in advance. The winner was a big shot from the Health Department. To put it bluntly, he was going to feed this big shot tonight so that his company's products could naturally enter major hospitals. This would be a considerable profit, and Lu Mo was determined to win.

Of course, this behavior is improper, but if he doesn't do it, others will. He can't be like Qu Yuan, who was sober while everyone else was drunk, nor does he want to follow Qu Yuan's example and jump into the river to end his life. He's not that noble.

Nothing is more important than living well.

So he is willing to change himself to adapt to this capitalist society, but he also has his bottom line.

Medicines must be of guaranteed quality; we must never make money through dishonest means.

Ye Qingqing understood immediately and asked with a smile, "Did you two agree to set off firecrackers?"

Lu Mo patted her on the head. "You got it right, no reward."

He then introduced the VIP guest for the evening, the big shot, "Just call him Director Xie. His wife is here too. He's a new appointee this year, a breath of fresh air, very capable, and eager to get things done. I spent quite a while trying to win him over before he finally agreed to play cards today."

Director Xie is the most difficult to deal with. He's a bit greedy, but he also wants to achieve results, so he won't be greedy indiscriminately. He has to investigate beforehand. It seems that Director Xie has carefully investigated Lu Mo's company and character during this period before agreeing to the appointment and being willing to accept his benefits.

"I understand, have you given in?" Ye Qingqing knew what was going on.

"Not yet. He's quite cautious; he definitely won't give in after just one time." Lu Mo had a bit of a headache.

To be honest, although he hated those greedy guys, he now missed them.