Chapter 408 The Feast at Hongmen?
On the third day, the invitation arrived.
The gold-stamped cardboard has a faint sandalwood scent.
"We hereby invite Ms. Su Yue, Director of Blue Ocean Daily Chemical Factory, to attend the 'Qiong-Hong Kong Charity Appreciation Dinner' held at the Provincial Guest House at 7 p.m. tonight."
The invitation was delivered by Lin Zhihong's private secretary, who was dressed in a tuxedo and white gloves, and whose attitude was so respectful that no one could find fault with him.
Huo Wenxuan held the invitation in his hand, his palms sweating: "To go or not to go? This is a trap. If I go, I'll be playing a supporting role to his 'great philanthropist' persona; if I don't go, I'll be disrespecting him and confirming my 'arrogance' accusation."
"Go." Su Yue casually tossed the invitation onto the table. "Someone's inviting me to dinner, why shouldn't I go? Not only should I go, but I should also go dressed up nicely."
7 p.m., Provincial Guesthouse.
This place is usually heavily guarded, but today it is brightly lit.
Lin Zhihong booked the entire banquet hall.
Crystal chandeliers cast dazzling light, and long tables were laden with cold dishes and red wine, with waitresses in cheongsams moving among them.
Those who came were all prominent figures from Hainan Island.
Military leaders, provincial officials, and hospital directors all surrounded Lin Zhihong, treating him like a star among spectators.
Lin Zhihong changed into a dark red Tang suit, holding two walnuts in his hands, and chatted and laughed with people with a ruddy complexion.
"Mr. Lin truly cares deeply about his country; this batch of equipment has been a great help to us!"
"Not at all, it comes from the people and should be used for the people. As long as it can do something for our hometown, what's a little money?"
The door was pushed open.
Su Yue walked in.
She wasn't wearing the trendy polyester shirts of the time, nor were she wearing those brightly colored dresses.
She was wearing a black velvet dress.
The cut is extremely simple, yet it perfectly outlines her slender waist and straight back.
Her hair was loosely tied into a bun, with a white jade hairpin inserted.
She wore no jewelry, yet exuded an air of nobility.
That kind of elegance isn't built on gold and silver, but rather on a composure that comes from within.
The once noisy hall fell silent for a moment.
Lin Zhihong turned around, saw Su Yue, paused for a moment while playing with the walnuts, and then his smile widened.
He strode up to her, his voice booming: "Director Su! I thought you wouldn't do me the honor!"
This shout drew everyone's attention.
"Mr. Lin does charity work, how can I not come and learn from him?" Su Yue smiled slightly and extended her hand for a brief handshake.
"It's not really learning." Lin Zhihong turned to the side and pointed to the group of people behind him who were extremely grateful to him. "Director Su, look, this is the power of cooperation. As long as our two companies join forces, Blue Ocean Chemical Factory can do good things like this every day. At that time, Director Su's reputation will be much more renowned than it is now."
This is targeting her.
Without cooperation, you're just a small-time, profit-driven vendor; with cooperation, you'll gain both fame and fortune.
Su Yue followed his finger and looked over, her eyes clear: "Mr. Lin is right. But we have an old saying in mainland China, 'You can only cook as much rice as you can handle.' Blue Ocean Factory is a small business, and our duty is to make good products first. As for charity, that's the domain of great philanthropists like Mr. Lin, and we dare not steal the limelight."
A soft nail.
Lin Zhihong's smile froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.
"Director Su is still as witty as ever." He waved, and a waiter came over with a tray on which were two glasses of red wine. "Come on, let's drink to our friendship."
Su Yue took the wine glass and was about to speak when a slightly excited voice suddenly came from beside her.
"Excuse me... are you Ms. Su Yue?"
The voice had a heavy Cantonese accent and was even a little trembling.
Lin Zhihong and Su Yue turned their heads at the same time.
The speaker was a small old man in his fifties, wearing an ill-fitting suit, with messy hair and thick-rimmed glasses.
He was still holding half a piece of cake in his hand, which looked rather comical.
Lin Zhihong frowned.
This is one of the experts he brought with him, named Liang Wendao. He's a bookworm who usually doesn't say a word except when he's doing research. Why is he making a fool of himself here?
"Professor Liang, I'm talking to Director Su..." Lin Zhihong's tone was slightly displeased.
The old man named Liang Wendao completely ignored Lin Zhihong.
He casually placed the cake in a potted money tree next to him, rushed over to Su Yue in two steps, wiped his hands haphazardly on his body, and then excitedly stretched them out.
“Ms. Su! I am Leung Man-tao! I am from the Department of Biology at Hong Kong City University! I read the report about the ‘Hunter-9’ bacteriophage in the People’s Daily internal reference! Did you write that paper? Did you really come up with that double-layer microcapsule encapsulation technology?”
The entire room fell silent.
Bacteriophage? What's that?
The leaders and businessmen present exchanged bewildered glances. Only Lin Zhihong tightened his grip on his wine glass.
Su Yue looked at the shrewd old man in front of her and smiled.
Our ally, here we come!
“I wrote it.” Su Yue put down her wine glass and shook Professor Liang’s hand. “I have some new ideas about the ratio of chitosan in that layer recently, and I was just worried about not having anyone to discuss them with.”
"Really?!" Liang Wendao was so excited he almost jumped up. "Does the degree of deacetylation of the chitosan need to be controlled at over 85%? And what about the acid hydrolysis time..."
The two of them immediately started chatting as if no one else was around.
They were spouting technical jargon that only they understood.
What are "lysins", "host specificity", and "transduction particles"?
Lin Zhihong stood to the side, like an outsider.
He watched as Professor Liang, who usually ignored him and held himself in high esteem, now acted like a primary school student in front of Su Yue, frantically taking notes in a small notebook and occasionally exclaiming in amazement, "Wonderful!" or "I see!"
Lin Zhihong's smile completely vanished.
The reason he dared to pressure Su Yue like this and threaten her was because he took advantage of the lack of information in the mainland and the fact that Su Yue lacked academic backing.
He thought that Su Yue's technique was just a lucky, folk remedy.
But now, the city's top biology experts are bowing down in worship to Su Yue.
what does that mean?
This means that the technology Su Yue possesses is not only real, but also cutting-edge. So cutting-edge that even Hong Kong City can't match it!
"Mr. Lin."
Su Yue suddenly stopped talking and turned to look at Lin Zhihong.
At this moment, her face no longer wore that polite, fake smile, but rather a confident air of being in control of the situation.
“Professor Liang just said that if we were to do this project in Hong Kong, just building that P3-level laboratory would cost at least five million Hong Kong dollars. But at Blue Ocean, I only used less than 100,000 RMB to create a basic model.”
She picked up the wine glass she had just put down, swirled it gently, and the red wine left streaks on the glass.
"The two million US dollars you just mentioned, to buy my core technology and controlling stake."
Su Yue stepped forward, getting closer to Lin Zhihong. Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear and resonated in everyone's hearts.
"Do you think I made a profit or a loss in this deal?"
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