"You..." The Premier reached out and patted Lin Yao's head again, "You're completely obsessed with money."
"There's nothing I can do, Uncle, my family is poor. Look, the car I bought in Beijing is a domestic Chery, it only cost a little over 20,000 yuan, just because I don't have the money..."
Lin Yao's drawn-out tone made the Premier laugh, and he increased the pressure of his hand, slapping Lin Yao on the back of the head. "You're poor?! How much is my salary as Premier a month? It's not even enough for one of your meals, is it?"
"Uncle, you've wronged me!"
Lin Yao immediately became serious and said, "Our family never spends more than 300 yuan on a meal outside, and that's only because we have guests over. Otherwise, it's at most a little over 100 yuan. You don't know, my mother is extremely stingy. She tries to stretch every penny. She's always complaining about being poor, which forces me to do manual labor to earn money. It's also because of this that I'm helping my foreign friend with his medical treatment. Do you think I don't want to spend more time with my girlfriend in the park? My family is short of money!"
"Alright, alright, you're poor, your uncle believes you."
The Premier smiled and thought to himself that it was indeed true. This family was not indulging in luxury at all. Just look at the cars that Minhong Pharmaceutical in Chengdu buys. They only choose the ones that are suitable. They don't own any cars that are slightly more expensive. The same goes for the cars that Minhong provides throughout the country. Everything is purchased based on performance. They have never been extravagant because of face.
"Xiao Lin, why don't you allocate a few slots for the government for your special treatment? That would help you build better relations with the local authorities."
The Premier remained undeterred, still hoping to reconcile the conflict between Min Hong and officials at all levels in the local and capital regions. He stared intently at Lin Yao, awaiting his reply.
"Uncle, this won't do, there's no room for discussion!"
Lin Yao decisively refused, "Think about it, how could I possibly give a special treatment worth 100 million to those officials? Unless they are good people like Jiao Yulu, and are recommended by Minhong's subordinate units, I will consider it and then review it. Otherwise, I will not give it to them at all."
"On the other hand, Jiao Yulu's deeds only became known to the public because he died in the line of duty. Normally, the Minhong would not be alerted. As the saying goes, 'If an official does not serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.' No matter how well he does his job, the Minhong will not give him special treatment. This is a principle. The Minhong advocates personal morality, and only those who do the best in this regard will receive special treatment."
"Uncle, I have no choice. Don't be fooled by how much hype Minhong's special clinic makes. In reality, I'm the only one running around. If there are more special clinics in the future, I don't know how I'll handle it. How can I manage all of this by myself? It's giving me a headache..."
The Prime Minister was speechless. Seeing that this guy was acting like a child who didn't treat him as an equal, he really didn't know what to say to him.
"Xiao Lin, if that mysterious person hadn't helped us get the evidence of Jia Maode's crimes in Taiyuan last time, and the government hadn't taken action, wouldn't things have gotten even worse? You know, Jia Maode has a lot of influence in the local area. Even if he abuses his power to mobilize state forces, the private forces he can use are still enormous. It's really not good to have such sharp conflicts with these local people."
Lin Yao smiled, his face beaming with joy.
"Uncle, let me tell you, Minhong is not afraid of force at all. Minhong welcomes anyone who wants to use force!"
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Chapter 357 The Creation of the Creation Pill
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After witnessing the Premier swallow a super "life-saving pill," Lin Yao took his leave. The Premier was extremely busy, and he couldn't take up too much of the leader's time.
The Premier had mixed feelings about the outcome of the meeting and found it difficult to assess the gains and losses. He could only let Lin Yao and Min Hong do as they pleased. However, in his office where no one else was around, the Premier couldn't help but express his feelings.
"If it's going to rain, it's going to rain; if a mother wants to remarry, let it be..."
Refusing the Prime Minister's offer to send him a car, Lin Yao hailed a taxi and went straight back to "City Forest." He couldn't wait to test the "Creation Pill" on Yi Zuojun and Yi An. Since his own physique was abnormal, the experimental data could only be used as a reference; the effects shown on others would be the most real.
Duke Witt the Old Bat has been dispatched to guard the temple on Mount Heng in the Hengyang area of Hunan Province, with his target, of course, being the thirty-six super "Tai Sui" on the summit of Zhurong Peak.
Lin Yao couldn't have it himself for the time being, but he would never allow anyone else to have it, or even let anyone discover the secret, lest they regret it for the rest of their lives.
As for the mutated "vitality" contained within that largest super "Tai Sui," after two days and two nights of thought, Xiao Cao named it "Life Force."
Although the name was common, it won Lin Yao's approval because the word "life" was combined with "vitality," and it was not unreasonable to call something that exceeded "vitality" "life force." So, that's how it was decided.
"Yaoyao, we can actually consider Old Bat's suggestion."
Xiao Cao suddenly spoke in Lin Yao's mind, "Anyway, it only costs two or three million. Then it will be very convenient to get those 'Tai Sui' without anyone knowing. Isn't that great?"
Lin Yao didn't answer Xiao Cao's question, thinking to himself, even if he managed to create it, where would he put it?
The thought of that enormous behemoth sent chills down Lin Yao's spine. How long would it take to refine pills from such a massive "Tai Sui"? He didn't even know if he could persevere. What if he ran out of true energy and the pseudo-elixir fire halfway through? Wouldn't that entire batch of pills be wasted?
Lin Yao wouldn't feel heartbroken if he lost something else, but if he lost the super "Tai Sui", he would tear off all his hair and roll on the ground in despair, because the effect of "reviving the dead and healing the wounded" was simply irresistible. It was a temptation that probably no one could resist, and Lin Yao was no exception. Although this effect was just Xiao Cao's estimate, Lin Yao had long since chosen to completely trust Xiao Cao's judgment.
According to Xiaocao and online research and evaluations of "Tai Sui," the entire super "Tai Sui" really cannot be divided into small pieces for alchemy. This is because it would likely cause a loss of medicinal properties.
As the most mysterious, or perhaps the second most mysterious, life form in the world, "Tai Sui" may seem lifeless, but it is actually a life form so complex that even scientists cannot determine it. Therefore, one must either refine the entire "Tai Sui" directly when making pills, or one cannot act rashly. This is the reason that Lin Yao is most conflicted.
Lin Yao is now increasingly convinced of the contents of the Book of Strange Tales. He doesn't understand the effects of using living natural treasures to refine pills versus using inanimate objects, so he doesn't dare to make any moves and only asks Duke Witte to make all the preliminary preparations.
Xiao Cao had already described the internal structure of the Zhurong Peak, and she even used computer graphics. Heaven knows when this guy learned graphic design software. This discovery made Lin Yao feel ashamed, feeling that he was useless in front of Xiao Cao. Fortunately, everything Xiao Cao had was his, which made him feel a little better. Otherwise, he would have been insanely jealous.
The grass meticulously depicted the layout of the mountain's interior, the size and thickness of the rocks, the soft clay, the thickness of the soil at the summit, and its shape and structure.
What the Duke of Witte needs to do is hire the world's best experts to design a feasible plan to hollow out the mountain without causing the summit to collapse or sink. This will require a huge amount of money; the design fee alone is estimated to be in the millions, not to mention the unknown cost of steel and cement.
After obtaining the design, Witt would arrange for the custom-made steel plates, steel columns, and reinforced concrete to be built on the other side of the mountain. After storing these materials, he would continue to guard the temple until Lin Yao took out the "Tai Sui".
This project was so massive that Lin Yao even had Guo Xiangyang, a distributor in Hunan, contact local connections to resolve the issue of constructing buildings in secret locations within the scenic area.
Guo Xiangyang's other commission was to obtain the large cauldron in front of the Yan Emperor's Mausoleum in Yanling County. Lin Yao decided to bring the cauldron to Beijing to study it carefully and see if it was really an alchemy furnace as Xiao Cao had said.
Although Lin Yao was full of expectations, he still didn't have too many illusions about this cauldron. Even if it really was a pill refining furnace, he simply didn't have the ability to use it with his own strength. Just looking at its size and space, he didn't know how much pill fire and true energy it would require. This analysis made Lin Yao feel very frustrated. He originally thought he was a reclusive master, but he couldn't even use a broken cauldron. It was really embarrassing.
"Sir! You're back."
Yi Zuojun's face was full of excitement, as if Lin Yao had survived a near-death experience on his trip. It seemed a bit affected, but Lin Yao was very satisfied with this attitude. He felt a sweet joy in his heart, as if he had eaten honey.