CHAPTER 1887: CHAPTER 891: PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS_2

"Heard of it!" Xiaohe got excited at that moment. "So, it’s you, Brother Fei? I really didn’t recognize it was you. I just saw the news, never thought we’d be dining at the same table. A big shot is a big shot, impressive wherever you go!"

"Impressive, my foot," Yan Fei chuckled. "Don’t mention it, I’m in the middle of a lawsuit! Just wired a lawyer fee over there, that journalist is suing me for defamation. Hmm, it’s a woman..."

"..." Xiaohe was speechless for a while, then burst into laughter. "Brother Fei, this is... hahaha..."

His laughter was inexplicable, and both Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan looked at him like he was a fool. Feeling uncomfortable from their stares, he stopped laughing: "Haha... can’t blame me for laughing, this story has been exaggerated. They all say a Chinese guy in Hollywood showed off Kung Fu in front of many people by writing on the face of a big beauty. My buddies were all in awe, hoping one day to meet this great master... didn’t expect you’d be sued..."

"Haha... By the way, Brother Fei, will you win this lawsuit? If you need help just say the word, I may be young but I know plenty of people, all with some connections, and they can surely offer a bit of help..."

Yan Fei declined quickly: "No need, that foolish woman is a bit dim-witted, this lawsuit is just a war of words, can’t lose."

...

The two of them were chatting so excitedly that Yan Fei had initially planned to leave in the evening, but Xiaohe insisted he stay for dinner. He even invited a few young folks to join who were in utter admiration of Yan Fei’s feats, treating him purely like an idol they came to see.

When Yan Fei mentioned his own age, he wasn’t that old, and these young folks weren’t much younger. Most crucially, many were still students, but the way they acted, if they hadn’t said they were students themselves, Yan Fei would have thought they were just loafers.

The car drove down the city streets, and Yan Fei initially wanted to express regret for not spending the afternoon with his wife to go play, but Xu Xiaoyan’s focus wasn’t there at all: "Yan Xiaofei, haven’t we earned a lot of money these past few days?"

"Yes, yes!" Yan Fei knew she was referring to the money from the Meng Family for the medicine.

The Meng Family’s business is different from others, they too have plenty of funds. The key is Yan Fei’s medicine sells itself, there’s no fear of being unpaid, so Elder Meng instantly had Meng Si’an pay up.

The girl felt delighted thinking about that sum of money: "So, making money is this easy! By the way, when are you going to sell the other medicines from the lab?"

It seems the profit from the medicine business had indeed thrilled her.

"No hurry with that." Yan Fei thought for a moment. "I plan to have someone start publishing the clone cattle thesis at home, boost our lab’s reputation. Once the new lab runs for half a month, then we’ll release the new medicine. If the registration number is hard to get, we’ll start by selling it as a health supplement. Our medicine works well, as long as the first batch sells, we won’t worry about no sales later."

In truth, the clone cattle experiment hasn’t reached the final step because no matter how efficient the work is, the embryonic development process inherently cannot save time. But it doesn’t matter, since there’s no doubt the experiment will have no issues, now it is in the final stages, results are guaranteed not to present any surprises.

They’ve been fussing over this for almost half a year, although compared to the years or decades of research from others it’s frighteningly brief, but for Yan Fei, it’s been long enough.

Though Xu Xiaoyan’s head is heated with excitement, she still retains necessary calmness: "Our lab achieved results in such a short time, are we good?"

"Facts are facts, if they don’t believe, they can come see for themselves." Yan Fei reassured her. "It’s been long enough, if we don’t publish the results soon, I’ll lose patience for cloning cattle and might try cloning dinosaurs instead."

"Haha..." Xu Xiaoyan laughed. "Yan Xiaofei, are you aiming to scare people to death?"

"What’s scary about it, just catch a dinosaur, see if they dare not believe." Yan Fei chuckled. "Alright, we’re leaving the city, you go home and think about which dinosaur we’ll clone, I’ll come pick you up later."

"Okay!" Xu Xiaoyan nodded just as the car transitioned from the modern roads into the dinosaur world’s ranch.

...

The following days were genuinely for preparing the thesis, and a group of teachers and students were in high spirits. After so much hard work, Yan Fei finally allowed them to publish the results, leaving the lab brightly lit throughout the night for consecutive days.

The stubborn gatekeeper old man no longer drove people away, although he’s a bit stubborn, having spent so much time at the lab, he’s aware the teachers and students are researching world-class, domestically non-existent technology.

With results about to come out, he surprisingly no longer kept a wooden face. Inside the two small rooms outside the lab belonging to his work and living space, a small coal stove simmered assorted items 24/7.

Various concoctions for clearing heat, boosting energy, calming, and improving brains were readily available.

Rock sugar pear tea was served then replaced with lily and white fungus soup, once red date wolfberry was served, they switched to rock sugar white fungus again...

Various teas brewed directly were also included, from willow leaf tea to half lotus, from Maofeng to Da Hong Pao...

He covered the favorite tea of every teacher, and watching the busy teachers and students while bringing tea, seemed like he found a new pursuit in life.

Honestly, his transformation surprised quite a few teachers and students, including Yan Fei at first. But as they got used to it, seeing him more energetic than before brought everyone joy.

...

Yan Fei was also quite busy, needing to review the prepared thesis, or rather to have those laborers in the ranch double-check it for any omissions. Although these guys had been out of touch with society for a while, their technical skills hadn’t fallen behind.

Hmm, a speech draft also needed to be prepared.

For various occasions, have to be ready, also for media promotions, this also needs preparation.

He planned to host a press conference, inviting some media journalists directly to the lab, making his lab instantly known through the journalists’ visits.

After several days of vigorous preparation, before the press conference started, Director Xu from the Provincial City trading company came knocking.

Bringing large bags of gifts, tea, alcohol, and cigarettes, quite well-stocked, entering and greeted with utmost politeness: "Boss Yan, busy eh!"

Yan Fei was walking the dog with his wife, but he said busy, then busy it is!

"Director Xu, bringing so much stuff, you must have a purpose for visiting, right?" Yan Fei grinned and greeted.

"It’s nothing major, for Boss Yan it’s merely a small favor..." Director Xu looked a bit awkward.

The matter was simple, the first batch of beef from Anderson in America had already sold, due to good quality, not only was the first batch of payments sent, but substantial deposit sums were also wired over.

Got to commend Anderson for his integrity, he seeks no personal gain from trade, just aims to get the job done. Out of all this money, he only used a small part, due to lacking funds for his business transitions, intending to hold some in reserve—Yan Fei was generous, indifferent about it, after all, Anderson was rather capable, besides the price of top-notch beef in America was quite satisfying.

Crucially, this beef came from the East, Japonese Wagyu had made a name, doing Yan Fei a favor. Regardless, it’s top-notch beef from the East, aren’t Japonese not selling to them? Now China sold their finest beef over for tasting, isn’t offering a low price beneath your dignity?

To others, selling beef for eighty renminbi a catty from Yan Fei’s farm seemed outright robbery. But in comparison with the prices in America... hehe, would you complain paying for something you got for free?

Once that sum was transferred, even Director Xu from the provincial city got wind of it. His visit was about that, alleging local operations were small-scale, managing foreign currency wasn’t meaningful, having enough Chinese yuan could mean a promotion and raise. Hence, he wished Yan Fei to deposit the foreign currency at the provincial trading company.

For Yan Fei, it indeed was merely a simple favor, it’s up to him if he wants to do it or not!