31: Section 31

Lin Bai slept straight through until dusk, only waking up slowly when his stomach started rumbling.

"I'm a little hungry..."

"What should I have for dinner?"

Lin Bai, who hadn't eaten much all day, went to the kitchen fridge, and seeing it empty, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I almost forgot, I've been eating plain noodles every day, there's not even a scrap of meat in the fridge."

However, a look of anticipation soon appeared on his face.

"Oh, right!"

"Now that I have a tiny bit of money, I can't skimp on food!"

"And besides..."

Lin Bai thought of Li Yaoyao.

I have to admit, his former neighbor truly felt like a bit of a good luck charm to him.

Every time she thought about winning a lottery or buying a ticket to improve her life, it did end up improving—but it was his life that improved.

Although it wasn't intentional, he was the one who genuinely benefited from the outcome.

He should thank her properly.

"The steak and red wine I treated her to last time were cheap, 'black technology' knock-offs from Pinduoduo."

"This time, I'll treat her to something genuinely good!"

However, Lin Bai didn't know much about expensive things.

He opened the E-commerce platform app on his phone and searched directly for the most famous red wine name he knew—

lafite!

"I couldn't find the '82 vintage. Whatever, these will do."

"In any case, it should be better than the generic red wine from last time."

After selecting the red wine, Lin Bai ordered several steaks valued at five or six thousand yuan each, with titles mentioning words like "Fillet," "Original Cut," and "wellington."

He hadn't tried them before and didn't understand the jargon, but he figured that no matter what, they had to taste better than the generic steaks from last time.

Meanwhile, the people in the conference room grew excited when they saw Lin Bai finally open the E-commerce platform app on his phone.

"Attention, everyone! Lin Bai is about to start shopping online!"

The moment the words fell, the entire conference room became silent enough to hear a pin drop, and everyone held their breath, staring intently at Lin Bai.

Three minutes later.

Academician Li was still the first one who couldn't help but pound the table.

"He got so much money! And all he can think about is buying food? Couldn't he buy something else?!"

Food was different from other things; it was too difficult to handle.

It was extremely difficult for them to replace items with things that could advance Huaguo's technology without being discovered and without affecting Lin Bai's original purchase.

Although they could put in two items, like they did with the medicine last time, and use the excuse that they made a mistake.

If they did it too often, they would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Fortunately, Lin Bai's online shopping didn't stop, and everyone quickly resumed watching him on the screen.

"Oh, right, my villa kitchen doesn't seem to have anything to fry steak with."

"For such expensive steak, it's worth buying a good frying pan to cook it properly."

Thinking of this, Lin Bai added a frying pan to his order.

He then put down his phone, clearly having no intention of continuing to shop.

"..."

Seeing that the only physical item Lin Bai bought online after receiving hundreds of millions in prize money was just a frying pan.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.

"Ahem, we can't blame him. This shows that our country's education for young people is excellent, ensuring they don't indulge in casual extravagance!"

Although they said this, everyone was silently thinking the same thing.

They would rather Lin Bai be extravagant, preferably going on a massive shopping spree the moment he got the money!

If that were the case, Huaguo's comprehensive global leadership would be just around the corner!

...P.S.: Brothers, as everyone knows, data is extremely important during a new book's free period—it's even key to whether a book can continue to be written!

The data for this book hasn't moved much, and I'm really panicking!!

Here, I humbly beg everyone to lend a hand. If you could give me a flower, a review ticket, or even a reward for support, I would be eternally grateful!!.

Chapter 39: High-Level Discussion, Releasing the Rare Earth Refining Technology Documentation!

Chapter 39: High-Level Discussion, Releasing the Rare Earth Refining Technology Documentation!

However, since the fact was already established, they couldn't change it now.

The Special Decision Group had no choice but to start the discussion based on this.

"Alright, although Lin Bai's online purchase this time didn't reach the level we had hoped for."

"We still cannot miss this opportunity!"

"Everyone, share your opinions. What can we utilize in this online purchase?"

Chief Yun spoke first, setting down the proposal he had been holding, which was related to the mobile phone.

Most of it consisted of high-tech creations, including even concept car models, just in case Lin Bai decided to buy a car online.

The result, however, was that he bought a flat frying pan.

The courier box for an item like this wasn't large; they couldn't possibly stuff many things inside.

Therefore, they had to restart the discussion.

"Based on Lin Bai's previous experiments, we can basically confirm that his ability can upgrade the quality of items purchased online."

"Therefore, whatever we put in must be something that, after being upgraded, won't easily reveal any clues!"

"After all, we don't know if this ability will disappear once it's exposed, so we must be cautious!"

Everyone discussed many small objects they wanted to send as accessories for the frying pan.

But considering the difficulty of retrieval, they all gave up.

Finally, Academician Wang thought for a moment and suggested: "Actually, why are we fixated on upgrading physical objects?"

"If we were to replace the instruction manual with just some design drafts or a compilation of a certain technology, wouldn't that be..."

As soon as he said this, everyone's gaze toward Academician Wang became excited.

Academician Li burst into laughter, realizing the implication: "That's right! As expected of an expert in brain research, your mind is certainly sharp!"

Academician Wang really wanted to retort that the two things were completely unrelated.

However, the others had already started discussing the idea, giving him no chance to object.

"I propose putting in the initial drafts of some medical concepts, so we can use Lin Bai's ability to obtain the final results!"

"Old Zhao, step aside! Last time, the Medical Science Academy stole the spotlight, surely it's our turn now!"

"Exactly, shameless! I propose putting in some research diagrams for cutting-edge technology, so we can use the ability to gain future research directions!"

"Why is it always your research institute? Our military region's armament factory also has many design blueprints waiting for technological breakthroughs!"

"We must ensure our soldiers get the most powerful weaponry and equipment immediately!"

"Science and technology are the foundation! Increasing the primary productive force should be the highest priority!"

"Medical care too..."

Suddenly, the conference room, which was supposed to be solemn and serious, became as noisy as a wet market.

Everyone was desperately promoting the projects they were in charge of.

Finally, everyone reached a consensus, agreeing that everyone should take a step back, put some items in, and allow simultaneous upgrades, thus resolving the dispute.

Then, everyone took out one to three printed copies of documents and placed them on the table.

However, looking at the thick stack of photocopied documents, which were dozens of times thicker than the frying pan Lin Bai bought, Chief Yun rubbed his temples helplessly.

They claimed they were taking a step back, but in reality, everyone was trying to take a huge step forward.

"Everyone, Lin Bai's ability cannot be abused, and certainly not used carelessly!"

"We only know that items related to his online purchase can be upgraded."

"Furthermore, have you considered that Lin Bai's ability only upgrades one or two items each time? We don't know the limit of his upgrades!"

"If we mess around this time and stuff too much in, and the ability fails to trigger, the loss will be far greater than the gain!"

Finally, Chief Yun brought up the biggest concern:

"After all, Lin Bai..."

"...doesn't shop online often!"

This was the biggest problem!

If Lin Bai shopped online frequently, they wouldn't have to fight over this.

It was precisely because of his lack of desire that everyone didn't want to waste this precious opportunity and fought to secure an upgrade for their own department.

However, after Chief Yun's words, everyone calmed down.

"So, does that mean we can still only put in one project this time?"

"In that case, we need to select it even more carefully!"

"Moreover, as we learned from the asthma medicine experiment last time, the upgraded items possess significantly advanced technology. If we directly obtain overly advanced blueprints, extracting currently useful technology from them will be difficult."

Speaking of this, Academician Zhao also slightly lowered his head.

He was the one who felt this point the most deeply.