Chapter 215: Mutual Exploitation

The two chatted for a few words that had nothing to do with itching. After sitting down, Shen Linglan asked Chen Mengxue to show Minister Song the things she brought.

After Minister Song took the documents, he first took out a pair of glasses from his bag. After putting them on, he actually looked more like an intellectual, but Shen Linglan guessed that they should be reading glasses.

Shen Linglan drank her coffee leisurely, watching Minister Song reading the documents page by page.

The information in the document is quite comprehensive.

There are reports on tap water investigations, the harm of the toxin to the human body, and experiments on mice on the consequences of drinking contaminated tap water every day, as well as the effects of hawthorn on the human body, etc.

All of these reports describe the harmful effects of tap water pollution on the human body and the harmful properties of hawthorn.

Although Minister Song looks to be in her 50s, she is very clear about what she sees, and she has read all the highly professional materials one by one.

Shen Linglan raised her hand to call the waiter and ordered a medium-rare steak for herself, while Minister Song asked for a well-done one.

"Can I meet this Professor Zhang Shengnan?" Minister Song asked after putting down the documents.

"She can't get away." Shen Linglan said with a smile, "She has been tied up with several important studies recently. Normally, even if I, her boss, want to visit her, I have to arrange it according to her schedule. But if Minister Song wants to talk to her, I can call her now and ask her to spare half an hour."

As soon as these words were spoken, Minister Song, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, immediately understood what she meant.

"All capable people are busy, I understand. There's no need to disturb her, just let her be busy." Minister Song waved his hand and did not force it.

The reason why Shen Linglan didn't want Zhang Shengnan to come was that she was busy, and on the other hand, she didn't want Minister Song to bypass her and ask for money from anyone in the SZ Life Science Department.

After all, they are only cooperating temporarily, and it is still uncertain what the future will be like.

Minister Song read the reports carefully, put them back into his briefcase, and said to Shen Linglan: "You really helped us a lot. Once this matter is settled, I will definitely..."

Before she could finish her words, there was a sudden commotion from next door, so loud that it interrupted her words directly.

"I told you I want my steak rare, but the skin is burnt. How can this not be medium rare?" It was a man's voice.

He pointed at the waiter and started to curse him. Seeing that the waiter lowered his head and said nothing, he said viciously, "I want to see your store manager!"

Shen Linglan looked up and found that the man looked familiar.

"Sir, please calm down. The skin of our steaks is like this even if they are rare. But once you cut it open, you will know that it is very tender inside and has sweet and fresh gravy. Just try it..."

With a loud slap, the man's palm slammed on the stone table. He looked ferocious and had a vicious expression. He slapped the waiter hard in the face.

At this moment, Shen Linglan finally remembered.

This man was the chief of police among the policemen who were in Shen Zhaoshan’s villa at that time.

He hit the waiter too hard and he was knocked to the ground in an instant. Perhaps out of grievance or pain, the young male waiter burst into tears.

The police chief showed no mercy, even though the woman at the same table with him kept persuading him, "Just order another one, don't be angry, don't hit anyone, calm down, calm down."

But the police chief acted as if he didn't hear anything. He grabbed the waiter by the collar and picked him up. Like an eagle catching a chicken, he walked towards the kitchen.

The people watching nearby were terrified. When many saw the police chief leave, they took out their phones to call the police, but were stopped by the police chief's desk mate, who said, "Don't call the police, don't call the police. He was just a little impulsive. He will be fine once he calms down. I'm sorry to have scared you..."

Shen Linglan guessed that the woman was probably his wife. He was afraid that if he called the police, they would see him and think that the one causing the trouble was his boss, which might affect his career.

The woman here persuaded the guests at other tables for a long time.

Shen Linglan looked away only after she saw the police chief really go to the kitchen.

Minister Song asked sharply, "Does Mr. Shen know that person?"

Shen Linglan did not hide it either, and said: "When I went to Shen Zhaoshan's villa, someone called the police, and he was the one who led the police team. But I didn't think he was so irritable at the time, it was really strange."

She said it casually, but Minister Song took note of this person.

There is no other information. The information revealed by Shen Linglan's words is that, first, this person is from Shen Zhaoshan's side, that is, he is on the opposite side of Minister Song; second, his personality was not like this before, but is somewhat consistent with the symptoms written in the report.

The two of them understood each other tacitly and did not discuss the man anymore.

Minister Song was cutting steak while asking Shen Linglan, "After using this special water purifier, will the citizens be free from the threat of virus invasion?"

“Not entirely.”

Shen Linglan took a sip of red wine and swallowed the food in her mouth before she said, "That allows the tap water to purify itself, but it will not have any effect on the toxins accumulated in the human body. It needs to be combined with SZ Bioscience's purification agent to completely restore the health of the citizens."

Minister Song suddenly raised his eyes to look at Shen Linglan, and said meaningfully: "Then President Shen must urge the staff of the SZ laboratory to work overtime to produce the purifier."

"Of course." Shen Linglan said.

"But SZ's purifier doesn't seem to be cheap, right?" Minister Song asked again.

"The material cost is just higher, and the machine and labor costs have not been added in. SZ didn't make a penny from this."

Shen Linglan knew that what Minister Song meant was whether SZ could distribute this test reagent for free like Shen Zhaoshan's hawthorn.

If it were someone else, they might have agreed. After all, if they kept doing favors to the government, they would be the ones who would benefit in the end.

But Shen Linglan was unwilling to do so. She had no obligation to do so. She also didn't want Minister Song to think that she was a soft persimmon that could be rubbed at will during her first confrontation with him.

Shen Linglan smiled, as if she didn't know Minister Song's true intention, and said to him: "You can rest assured that SZ will never raise the price."

The two of them didn't say anything else the whole night, and in fact no one knew how many moves they exchanged.

Shen Linglan is much younger than Minister Song, but what she has experienced during this period is enough for her to suppress her young and impetuous heart and practice Tai Chi with Minister Song, the old fox.

The reason why she was willing to join forces with Minister Song was simply because Shen Linglan, as a good citizen, was influenced by the power behind Shen Zhaoshan when she was playing against him.

Shen Linglan needs someone to restrain that power, and so does Minister Song.

So they joined forces at this time to take advantage of each other.

That's all, Shen Linglan has no intention of being recruited.