Chapter 367
Ji Wanmei ordered food for three people, but Lei Tingjun ordered a bowl of beef noodles for himself.
Ji Xingguo could easily see through his daughter's attitude.
If you order too much food, that's fine. If he can't finish it, he can eat it. If he really can't finish it, he can pack it up and take it to the train to eat.
Ji Xingguo countered each move with a tact, not taking his daughter's little tricks seriously.
Beef noodles are quick to prepare, and the braised beef is already made in advance. Just cook the noodles, take them out, and blanch a few pieces of vegetables in the broth.
So the beef noodles that Lei Tingjun ordered were served first.
"Please enjoy your noodles." After bringing the noodles over, the owner went back to the kitchen to cook other dishes.
Lei Tingjun picked up his chopsticks, looked up at Ji Wanmei across from him, and saw that she was also staring at him.
When Lei Tingjun's gaze fell upon her, Ji Wanmei casually looked away.
Now Lei Tingjun was certain that Ji Wanmei was genuinely angry with him and was deliberately ignoring him.
If eyes could speak, Lei Tingjun would have a thousand words to say to her at this moment.
But longing is the only thing that can be conveyed to the other person through a single glance, even without words or spoken words.
Although Ji Wanmei deliberately turned her head away and looked elsewhere, Lei Tingjun's burning longing gaze seemed to be aggrieved because he had been 'abandoned' by her, yet he did not defend himself. He just stared at her with his dark eyes without blinking.
How could Ji Wanmei not sense it?
But now, sitting between them is Ji Xingguo, her father.
Ji Wanmei kept in mind her purpose in bringing her father to Pingdong City.
She tried to ignore Lei Tingjun's intense gaze and said to her father, "Dad, I remember you said before that you still have old friends you met when you were working in the countryside in Yunnan. Should we contact those old friends when we go there?"
Ji Xingguo borrowed the shop owner's palm-leaf fan and fanned himself vigorously. As people get older, their physical abilities are indeed not as good as when they were young.
Twenty years ago, Ji Xingguo could easily carry a hundred-pound load for two miles without any problem. But now he's no longer a strong young man in his twenties or thirties. He's already out of breath after carrying such a small amount of stuff for such a short distance.
"You can't deny getting old," Ji Xingguo sighed to himself.
Hearing his daughter's words, Ji Xingguo said, "No need, we're just going there for a casual visit, there's no need to trouble them. Everyone has their own work and life, it's not good to disturb them rashly."
Lei Tingjun overheard the conversation between the father and daughter and realized that they were going to Yunnan.
Is Ji Xingguo going there on a business trip? Or is he going to visit relatives?
When Lei Tingjun saw that Ji Wanmei had also packed her luggage, he knew that she was definitely going to go with her father.
After Ji Xingguo finished speaking, he suddenly turned to the people behind him and said meaningfully, "The most important thing in being a person is to have a sense of propriety and not to be self-righteous and disregard the feelings of others."
Could Ji Wanmei not understand what he meant by those words?
Lei Tingjun naturally understood that this was a veiled criticism, implying that he lacked discretion.
Ji Wanmei immediately said, "But you've gone to Yunnan and you're not contacting your old friends who fought alongside you. People will think you don't care about them. Everything has two sides; it depends on which angle you look at it from."
Ji Xingguo didn't want to dwell on the topic any longer, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it when it's over. Who knows, they might not even be in Yunnan anymore by now."
"Then, Comrade Ji Xingguo, what is your evaluation of the development zone project that I'm showing you today?" Ji Wanmei directly brought up the original purpose of today's discussion.
Lei Tingjun paused in his eating, looked up, and looked over.
Ji Xingguo knew that Lei Tingjun was sitting in the back right now, and he snorted and said, "No comment. You have to bear the responsibility for the risks you take."
"So, what advice do you have for those in charge of such risky development projects?" Ji Wanmei asked with a smile.
At this moment, the restaurant owner brought out two plates of freshly stir-fried dishes.
A plate of twice-cooked pork and a plate of braised eggplant; the food at this restaurant leans towards Sichuan cuisine.
The steaming hot dishes, fresh out of the pot, satisfied Ji Xingguo's appetite after walking quite a bit all morning.
Ji Xingguo picked up his chopsticks and said, "I have no advice. Young people these days are all too ambitious, dreaming of instant success. They don't understand the importance of being down-to-earth and paying attention to details. Things are done one step at a time, and you eat one bite at a time. Once you understand this principle, even someone with poor natural talent can make up for it with hard work."
Ji Wanmei placed a piece of meat into her father's bowl, pretending to discuss, "Since you have neither offered any comments nor suggestions, then tell me, if you were in charge of this project, what aspects would you consider in addressing the problem?"
Ji Xingguo watched his daughter's seemingly ingratiating but actually manipulative tactics with a blank expression, and said in a deep voice, "The bigger the operation, the more aspects need to be managed and taken care of, especially for private companies. The most important thing is the cash flow. Once a supplier of materials has a problem, or defaults on payments or fails to deliver on time, it will cause the entire operation to come to a standstill. Your father has worked in large state-owned enterprises for many years. If a state-owned enterprise has a problem with funding, the state will bail it out. But if a private company has a problem, then it has to bail itself out."
Ji Wanmei continued to serve the boss food attentively: "You've been working hard just now, please eat more."
"My dad truly lives up to his reputation as a factory director with over twenty years of experience; he's definitely more experienced than the younger generation. I think that the legal representative in charge of the project, upon hearing this, will surely humbly learn from you."
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