On Friday, July 6, 1984, the day before the college entrance examination, Li Chu received a notice early in the morning to go to the central government.

In the presence of these distinguished elders, the equity transfer agreement was signed.

Li Wenhui and Wang Yueyue each received 0.5% of the shares in Lianhehang.

Looking at the signed, stamped, and officially effective agreement in his hand, Li Chu felt a heavy weight in his heart.

Just before signing, he specifically asked his superior if he could get fewer shares, as he was feeling a little uneasy.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Wu called back later and simply told him to keep it safe and not to worry about anything else.

Uncle Wu was one of the leaders when the United Bank was first established.

As soon as Li Chu finished his business and stepped out of the conference room, he was stopped by a staff member next to Elder Shen.

"Dean Li, the leader wants you to go to his place later."

Li Chu glanced at Elder Shen, who was chatting and laughing not far away, and nodded: "Right here?"

"right"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Ten minutes later.

"Please sit down, Xiao Chu. Don't be shy. What would you like to drink?"

"A glass of water will do."

"Xiao Chu, by putting those shares in Huihui's name, you're putting our family in a difficult position!" Old Master Shen said with a smile, sitting on the single sofa.

"Uncle Shen, how could I dare? You know I only have two children, and I must treat them equally."

“You’ve done a good job of being fair. I assure you here that no matter how much those shares are worth in the future, they are Huihui’s personal property. Our Shen family will absolutely not touch them. I will also make this clear to Xiaojun and his wife.”

"Uncle Shen, you don't need to say that. If I had that concern, I wouldn't have given it to Huihui in the first place."

Old Master Shen waved his hand: "Alright, let's not talk about that. We haven't seen each other for a while. I called you here today mainly for two things."

First, thank you for helping Xiaoyi move that pharmaceutical factory to their location. Second, what are your plans regarding those five vehicles?

"Uncle Shen, Xiao Yi is not only your child, but also my son-in-law in the future. Helping him is helping my daughter. We are all family, so there's nothing to thank me for."

As for the car, let the higher-ups handle it as they see fit; I have no objection.

Old Master Shen nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "This is what I'm thinking: Xiao Yi will continue his training down there for three more years, and when Huihui graduates, I'll transfer him back to Beijing. It's not good for two people to live apart, and it's not good for me to follow him around."

Li Chu was stunned by these words. He thought that Elder Shen would want Shen Yi to stay at the grassroots level, since talent is best displayed at the grassroots level.

"I won't comment on that, but I think it's better to let him get more experience for a few more years if it's for the sake of his future development."

Looking into Li Chu's clear eyes, Elder Shen smiled slightly: "Then let them choose for themselves when the time comes."

He glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Alright, I have a meeting later, so I won't keep you any longer. Xiao Jun is usually in the army. If you don't have anything to do, come over and chat with this old man."

Li Chu, who had already stood up, smiled upon hearing this: "Uncle Chen, I dare not make too many trips to your place. The current situation is already bad enough for some people. If I go a few more times, some people might go crazy."

"Hahaha," Old Shen laughed heartily and waved his hand.

Li Chu glanced back at the closed door as he walked out of the meeting room, shook his head with a smile, and then walked out.

...

Experimental base, Japanese laboratory.

"Inoue, has the approval from headquarters arrived yet?"

"Yes, they agreed to our withdrawal. Watanabe, is there really no other way for us?"

The man known as Watanabe slowly shook his head: "While we were conducting experiments here, headquarters never stopped either. They even consulted several so-called masters of traditional Chinese medicine, but just like here, there was no effect at all."

You've seen the test results for the ten people who went through Li Chu's treatment; their physical functions have indeed improved. But those who participated in the experiment in China fared much worse.

Although there is no immediate danger to his life, his body's organs are failing to varying degrees; it is a miracle he survived.

"Sigh~" Inoue took a drag on the cigarette in his hand: "It's been two years, and I'm a little unwilling. Are we really going to go back like this, all humiliated?"

"Otherwise what?" Watanabe asked, spreading his hands. "Do you still have feelings for Li Chu? You know what happened to Ono-kun."

"Watanabe, we have so many masters of traditional Chinese medicine in our country, some of whom have been practicing for hundreds of years. Is there really no way to treat this prescription?"

"There's really no way around it. Headquarters even asked someone to invite Master Nohara from the Imperial Palace, but to be honest, Master Nohara can't even understand why people write prescriptions the way they do," Watanabe said with a wry smile.

"Hiss..." Inoue couldn't help but gasp when he heard that headquarters had brought out that person from the palace.

But at the same time, a deep sense of sorrow welled up in his heart.

Master Nohara is considered the most skilled practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine in their country; his ancestors were imperial physicians for generations.

Is the level of traditional Chinese medicine in their country really that far behind that of traditional Chinese medicine in China?

"Actually, Master Nohara wanted to come to China to exchange ideas with Li Chu, but his status prevented him from doing so," Watanabe continued.

"Forget it, these are not issues for us to consider. Let's talk to the people in the lab, and then talk to Director Zeng and tell him that they can send someone to take over the equipment. We'll send someone to help them install it, and then we can go back to China."

Inoue nodded, picked up the cup on the table, took a sip of water, and then got up and walked outside.

The same scene has been playing out at the experimental base for the past two days, making Zeng Qiang the busiest person at the entire base.

More than two years later, his mission was finally coming to an end, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Old Zeng, have they contacted you from Japan too?" Sun Changle asked Zeng Qiang, who had just hung up the phone.

"We've contacted them; they're the last one. Now we just have to wait for the main hospital to take the equipment away, and then it'll be completely over."

“Phew…” Sun Changle let out a long breath. As someone sent by the foreign affairs department, he had been walking on thin ice for the past two years.

However, being able to handle this extremely long diplomatic reception mission independently and ensure that nothing bad happened during the process will be of great benefit to his future development.

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"Old Sun, let's have a good drink together when the mission is completely over."

"No problem, I've been waiting for this for a while. We'll drink until we drop."