Chapter 137: Red Fruit on the Market
Because of Chu Yi's words, the already lively comment section exploded instantly.
Just like a pot of hot oil being poured into cold water, billions of netizens exploded in an instant, and the flashing comments were like data transmitted through optical fibers, which were simply impossible to capture with the naked eye.
Even cultivators don’t have such good eyesight, so Chu Yi could only ignore the comment section and walk into the venue on his own.
After walking a few steps, he ran into their honorary principal Ye Caiying, who was talking to Meng Pu, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This person is also an old acquaintance of everyone. Since the flower-growing business began to develop at a light-speed, he has appeared in public much more frequently than before.
When the two old seniors saw Chu Yi approaching, they smiled friendly and greeted her.
"Xiao Yi, you're here."
"Good evening, Xiaoyi. Congratulations on breaking through to the late Jindan stage."
Chu Yi had a good impression of the two people. After seeing them, he stopped and stood there to talk to them.
"Good evening, Principal Ye, and Minister Meng."
These two old men both have the calmness and composure that comes from experiencing the ups and downs of life, and it makes me feel very comfortable every time I talk to them. We can really learn a lot from their every move and every word.
The students in the elite class received a lot of care from them.
"How are you two these days?"
When meeting and chatting, the first thing to ask is about the recent situation.
Chu Yi looked at Meng Pu with some concern. The minister had some minor health problems a while ago and was almost hospitalized. It was unknown how he was recovering now.
"Is the medicine I gave Minister Meng last time useful?"
"Hahaha speaking of this I really have to thank you, Xiaoyi."
The gratitude on Meng Pu's face did not seem fake. He was so excited that he didn't even care about etiquette. He took a step forward and patted her shoulder affectionately. "If it weren't for your elixir, I would have had to retire last time."
"It's just a small favor, it's nothing to worry about."
For Meng Pu, this was a favor of saving the people, but for her, it was just a casual act. If she hadn't met him today, she would have forgotten about it long ago.
Besides, the pill wasn’t that good, I just made it for fun during class. I just happened to receive the news that he was not feeling well, so I simply made some improvements and gave it to him to try.
To put it bluntly, Meng Pu actually served as a guinea pig for Chu Yi.
Of course, based on Chu Yi's experience, there is no possibility of any problems with this pill. It just doesn't seem right to give a test product that has not even been through clinical trials as a gift.
When she gave it to him, she also explained that because it was developed based on his condition and there was no precedent, there might be a chance of negative effects after taking it, so she asked him to consider it carefully.
However, Meng Pu trusted her very much. Not long after the pills were sent out, he received news that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had recovered and returned to work.
At that time, Chu Yi had already received a letter of thanks from Meng Pu and his family. If both parties had not been very busy, Meng Pu would have wanted to bring his family to express his gratitude.
[Good evening, Minister Meng Pu~~~Speaking of which, it seems that the Minister and Chu Yi have always had a pretty good relationship? 】
[Minister Meng has always taken good care of the students at Xunzhen College. He hosts every press conference and helps deal with the media. They must have a good relationship.]
[My wife is also very nice. She has always been a person who cherishes the old times. Many of our old fans have received benefits from my wife.]
[Yes, my first action figure was a gift from my wife. God knows that I just stayed in the wife’s live broadcast room for two days when she was a newcomer and gave her some encouragement for a while. Later I left and came back after my wife became famous. Unexpectedly, my wife still remembered my ID! 】
[This live broadcast is also a way for my wife to give back to her fans. In the past, such major events were always hosted by the government, but this time, they did not take care of it at all and only let my wife broadcast live. My wife must have seen the comments from fans and applied for it.]
[It must be like this, otherwise the country would not let my wife be responsible alone]
[...Can fans be more rational? Chu Yi is a half-step Nascent Soul, and has always been the best at cultivating flowers. With her status, it is normal for her to host such an event.]
[I think so too. Besides, they are classmates. It would be better to let Chu Yi host the show than to just call an ordinary host. At least Chu Yi dared to talk and chat with the Chairman, Gu Jiayan, Qin Hang and others at will, see more】
[I don’t care, she’s just so awesome!] 】
After staying here for a while, Chu Yi continued to walk inside.
Her classmates were all there, and the chairman was also there, so it was only right for her to go over and greet them first.
"Good evening, Chairman. Doesn't our arrangement look nice? ~" Compared with Ye Caiying and Meng Pu, Chu Yi's attitude towards the Chairman was a little closer.
This is not to say that she has a good relationship with the Chairman, but it is the proper attitude towards a national leader.
They are all monks, and can barely be considered high-level monks. Even if he is the king, they don't need to show much respect. But no matter what, the Chairman is still a leader who grows flowers, and they cannot adopt a condescending attitude, so it is most appropriate to treat him with a friendly attitude like an elder.
The Chairman naturally understood the meaning of the music and was always very amiable whenever he met a group of students from the elite class. It was just like how elders in the family treat their own younger generations, without any of the airs of a national leader.
"Hahaha, good evening, Xiaoyi. You have become more beautiful recently."
"Really? That's great, hehe~" Chu Yi covered her cheeks with fake shyness and smiled foolishly.
Seeing her being naughty, the brother next to her couldn't help but smile helplessly. He knocked her on the head with a chestnut and gently scolded her: "You are the one who is shameless. You took the chairman's polite words seriously."
Before Chu Yi could refute, the audience in the live broadcast room left messages to help "refute".
[No way, the Chairman is right, our Xiaoyi is getting more and more beautiful]
[Yes, the wife's beauty is simply a lethal weapon, absolutely worthy of the phrase "a beauty that can overwhelm a whole city and a whole country"]
[It’s great to be a monk. Not only can I be so close to the Chairman, but I can also be treated so kindly. I’m jealous.]
[If I could meet the Chairman, I would brag about it to the underworld]
[Oh, who isn’t? I also want to tell my ancestors that I have seen the descendants of the president of the country. They are different from their other descendants.]
[...Why are so many people talking about going to the underworld now? Do you really want to be reborn? 】
[Reincarnate early and grab a good position early. If you can find a capable person to help you, or find a good feng shui site, then your next life will be fine, right?]
[Are you serious?] There are so many big guys in the underworld, and you still want to cause trouble in front of them. Do you think your life span is too long?]
[Kong Feiming released a short educational video a while ago. Have you forgotten about it? Anyone who dares to do these things will be sentenced to heavy punishment. They can only be reincarnated after serving their sentence, and this incident will also affect their next life.
[That’s right, the cost is so high, there wouldn’t be a fool enough to do it, right? 】
[There will always be people who take risks. Although the risk is great, the rewards are also great. If you succeed, your future will be bright.]
[To be honest, the underworld came out specifically to explain this matter, which means it is really very possible, and those masters are not all liars. If it really succeeds, it will be such a great thing.]
[However, based on media reports and the examples cited by Kong Feiming, none of those who conducted the experiment succeeded. Just think about how hard the underworld is trying to crack down on this matter.]
[This is called greed.]
After the initial discussion about Chu Yi's beauty, the topic in the live broadcast room quickly shifted to other places.
The short popular science video about Kong Feiming that they were discussing was a criticism and education from the underworld using Kong Feiming's popularity to target the increasing number of frauds in the human world recently.
Since their understanding of the underworld has deepened, many people who have no hope of becoming immortals in this lifetime have begun to have evil thoughts.
They are eager to change their destiny in the next life through the so-called Feng Shui masters' practices. Let yourself have a good family, good talents, and a good life.
It would be best if you could have a good marriage.
There is nothing wrong with this idea. After all, everyone wants to live a good life. But if this good is based on cheating and breaking the rules of the underworld, it cannot be tolerated.
Ever since the Kong Feiming incident, the flower growers who have seen the conditions in the underworld seem to have gone a little crazy. Events like the ones mentioned above began to enter a period of outbreak, and the souls of the dead who had been tossed into a mess by various masters were crowded in every corner of the underworld.
The officials in the underworld were already understaffed, and now they had to deal with these incomplete undead souls, which made everyone extremely angry.
Finally, he couldn't help it anymore, so he asked Kong Feiming to use his soul-embedded live broadcast device to shoot a short educational video, and then posted it on the human platform.
When this video was released, it almost scared netizens to death.
In order to play an educational role, this educational short video does not have any positive meaning. The content is so bloody that even adults who are not restricted from watching it will see mosaics.
Later, the underworld discovered that many images were forcibly mosaiced, and specially sent Kong Feiming to communicate with the official Flower Planting Company to ask them to unblock the video.
After receiving the notice from the big boss, what can the innocent and pitiful officials do?
I could only obediently follow the requirements of the underworld, put this video on the homepage for scrolling playback, and manually remove all mosaics.
As a result, many users did not dare to log into the video software during that period, causing many companies to lose a lot of profits. Unfortunately, they were just like the officials and dared not express any objections, for fear of being called up by the ghosts for a talk in the middle of the night.
While hundreds of millions of people in the live broadcast room were still talking about the underworld, Chu Yi and the others had already talked about the topic of tonight.
In addition to celebrating the great breakthroughs of the elite class monks, tonight's celebration party also has another very important purpose.
That is to introduce the big guys in the logistics department of Xunzhen College, who have successfully researched various natural treasures, which are natural treasures for ordinary people.
This is also the reason why so many ordinary people participated in the banquet today.
If you look closely, you can find that a large portion of them are big names in the pharmaceutical industry. They either control half of the country's pharmaceutical production lines, or occupy the largest retail market, or have the most advanced laboratories.
As long as these people work together, a drug that was just reported one second ago can appear in people's medicine bags the next second.
Maybe this is an exaggeration, but it also reflects their energy from the side.
In fact, as early as when Chu Yi arrived at the cloud venue, someone in the live broadcast room began to expose all the visiting guests.
Excluding students and politicians, these pharmaceutical industry bosses are simply beacons in the darkness, guiding netizens to uncover the truth.
You have to know that in the past large-scale events and banquets, although these bigwigs would also participate, there would not be so many professionals in the industry coming. According to netizens' investigation, many people, although they are big shots, are not qualified to attend such a high-level banquet.
So everyone knows what big news the country will announce tonight.
It’s just that since the official press release hasn’t come out, there hasn’t been much discussion about it.
But now it seems the time has come.
After Chu Yi and the others joked for a few words, the chairman walked towards the very eye-catching plant jungle next to him.
Behind him are the students from the elite class.
Without a single word, the group's movements instantly attracted the attention of everyone else in the venue. At this moment, both the guests on site and the audience on the Internet held their breath involuntarily, waiting for the next "thunder".
As the host arrived, the terrain of that area changed silently.
The soft yet firm clouds began to rise, forming a podium that was visible to everyone. The chairman's position remained unchanged, but the plant display stand behind him began to undergo dramatic changes.
First, the arrangement was changed from a garden style to a display stand, so that everyone can see the characteristics of each plant. Then the cloud-like shelves spread out the spaces further, allowing each plant to be displayed independently.
Following the chairman's words, the corresponding plants can be automatically moved to the front and rotated 360° to facilitate everyone's recognition.
"...This small shrub is the star of today's show. It is the result of the great efforts of experts and scholars in their research."
The first thing the chairman introduced was the Zhu Fruit that Liu Jimeng gave to Chu Yi. Like Liu Jimeng, he did not choose to say the name of the Zhu Fruit for the time being, in order to introduce the credit of the researchers behind it.
The audience in the audience was not impatient and listened attentively to the stories behind these achievements. When you hear something touching, you should give warm applause and excited smiles.
Chu Yi felt a bit bored listening to this, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to direct his camera to fly towards the plant displaying the red fruit.
The instrument flew up and down around the red fruit, capturing every fruit and every leaf in great detail, allowing the audience in the live broadcast room to appreciate this beautiful plant up close.
[Are there any experts in botany? Could you explain the origin of this plant? 】
[It is useless even if the experts in botany come. The plants nowadays have changed too much. They are completely different from the plants in the past. There is no way to compare them.]
[And the Chairman just introduced it, this is a new variety that was painstakingly cultivated by national experts, and it should have nothing to do with ordinary plants.]
[Even if it is a new variety, there should be a mother plant. It is impossible for it to appear out of thin air. Perhaps if we know the mother plant, we can know what effect this plant has.]
[Why is the chairman still telling the behind-the-scenes story? I want to hear professional popular science]
[The experts have put in so much effort, so of course we need to publicize it. Why rush? The results are there, and we will introduce them eventually.]
[I just asked my cousin who is an expert in botany, and he said he didn’t know it and that such a plant had never existed before. However, since the revival of spiritual energy, the appearance of various creatures has undergone tremendous changes, so it may be that he did not see it.]
[Well, it seems that I have to wait for the chairman to solve the mystery. I was thinking of sneaking away, what a pity]
[Let's make a bold guess as to what this is used for]
[It’s too troublesome to guess by yourself, it’s better to seek external help. Madam, Madam Daju, can you reveal a little bit of the secret? 】
Chu Yi, who was silently peeking at the screen, looked at the comment and the countless bronze balls and plus-ones below, and couldn't help but smiled brightly at the screen in the distance.
Then, amid the audience's surprised and expectant eyes, he stretched out his fingers and made a cross.
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[...Wow!] Madam, you have become bad! That’s too much! ! 】
[We strongly condemn this behavior!] How inhumane! 】
[A mouthful of blood spurted out, and I thought I could hear the answer...]
[If I were there, ma’am, I would come over to cause trouble for you]
[Wow~ I seem to see a warrior speaking, going to cause trouble for Chu Yi? This is a real warrior, but I support you]
[Although I understand that the Chairman is giving a speech, Madam, you cannot speak carelessly, but it would be nice if you could give me some hints, or even just draw a word with your spiritual power.]
[Forget it, just lie down and wait for the chairman to speak]
[I am like a spare tire waiting for the goddess' answer. I know there is no hope, but I still can't help but have extravagant hopes. What if my goddess is kind enough to give me a chance? Unfortunately, reality is always cruel...]
[I am like the salted fish who dreamed of pie in the sky, but in the end the discus hit me and flattened my face]
Looking at the various accusations in the comment section, Chu Yi really wanted to laugh out loud if he hadn't considered the occasion.
Everyone was so cute that she wanted to tease them again. Unfortunately, too much is as bad as too little. If it happens again, I guess everyone will be really furious.
However, the chairman's speech was not actually very long and was relatively brief. It was only because everyone wanted to hear the answer directly that they found it difficult to endure. Just when they were still accusing Chu Yi of "immoral" behavior, the chairman finally changed the subject and directly introduced the main character of today.
"...This plant is called Zhuguo. Yes, it is the Zhuguo that everyone thinks of. It is the product of experts who, based on the writings of the ancients and with the assistance of teachers from the academy, induced plants of the same type to evolve in a specific direction."
"I don't need to explain the effects of the Vermillion Fruit. I think everyone knows it."
The chairman still had that gentle smile on his face, not paying any attention to the commotion in the room. "Just one ripe red fruit can increase one's martial arts internal strength by 60 years, which can turn an ordinary person into a martial arts master in an instant."
"Even a useless person with no talent can gain inner strength after taking the Vermillion Fruit, and his life span will be increased to at least 120 years. For some people in our country, it can be regarded as a life-saving medicine."
"We should really thank our experts. If it weren't for them..."
[Wait, wait, wait, what is Zhuguo? ? I don’t seem to understand the language of flowers anymore.]
[Ahhh it’s the Vermillion Fruit ahhhh]
「Aaaaah, I don’t know what I’m yelling, but I feel like I’m yelling ahhhhh.」
Is this really the effect we expected? ! ! 】
[National Daddy, I love you! ! ! 】
[嘤嘤嘤Since the Chairman has summoned so many bigwigs from the pharmaceutical industry today, does it prove that the Zhu Fruit can be mass-produced? ! 】
[Absolutely!] Otherwise, what are these people doing? Want to see something new? 】
[60 years of internal strength, 120 years of lifespan, brothers, I'm going to charge, you can do whatever you want! 】
[Even if we can mass-produce it in a short period of time, it will not be able to fully cover the users in the country. Although there are many people who have acquired abilities, there are also many people without abilities, almost accounting for half of the country's population, which is not a small number.]
[The Chairman said that the number of purchases will be temporarily limited at the beginning, but I guess it won’t last long, right? 】
[It depends on how long it takes for the red fruit to grow. If it grows faster, there might be hope this year.]
[Could you ask the monks from Xunzhen Academy for help? Letting them set up a birth-inducing formation should speed things up, right? 】
[That makes sense. According to the introduction, the red fruit can only be considered the lowest grade spiritual plant, and the spiritual energy required is very little. If there is a formation to help gather spiritual energy, it should be possible to ripen it in a month, right? 】
[Wait, the chairman is now introducing the popularization time!] 】
......
[A thousand words are not enough to express my love for my motherland at this moment. Mom, I love you forever! ! ! 】
[嘤嘤嘤, it's so nice to be born in a place where I can grow flowers.]
[Just one year, I only need to wait another year and I will become a martial arts master! 】
[It really only takes one year?] ! Did I awaken some extraordinary talent? ? 】
[Sure enough, they asked a teacher from the academy to help. I guess it was Teacher Peng. He is the most proficient in alchemy and will definitely be able to arrange the most suitable formation.]
[Luckily, I have a strong background in flower growing, otherwise I wouldn’t have received such treatment]
[Now foreigners will be jealous again, their government does not consider ordinary people every day]
[Does this red fruit only belong to flower growers? Can we? 】
[The guy above is a new member, right? Of course you can. Didn’t you hear the Chairman say that you are ‘legal citizens who grow flowers’? Although you have only joined not long ago, you are still our compatriots and of course you can enjoy this benefit.]
[That’s right. If you marry into a flower-growing family, you will be a flower-growing person in this life. After you die, you will also go to the underworld of flower-growing people. You are no different from us.]
[Don't worry, we flower growers are not heartless and ungrateful people, everyone will have a share]
[Wow~ I love planting flowers! ! I love my country! ! 】
[Hahahaha, that’s right, I love my country too! 】
[I am really grateful for planting flowers. I don’t have to worry about the cold wind at night anymore]
[There are many more good days ahead, go for it brothers!] 】
......
The chairman on the stage was still introducing other plants around him. The business and political leaders below the stage listened carefully, and the students around them were also watching the scene in front of them seriously.
The bright moon hangs high in the sky, surrounded by stars, which dot the dark night sky like a scene from a fairy tale.
The night wind filtered by the barrier was exceptionally gentle, lightly brushing the corners of everyone's clothes, creating elegant arcs.
On the virtual screen emitting a faint glow, the flower-growing people are cheering and rejoicing. We all fantasize about a better future, look forward to a glorious tomorrow, and offer our most sincere cheers and blessings to our soaring country.
The scene before him seemed to be the realization of Chu Yi’s ideal.
The very beginning, the reason why she rashly chose this option was because she wanted to see this scene.
Although there will be endless challenges in the future, she may fail and all these things in front of her will no longer exist, but she will never regret her original choice.
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