21: Chapter 21 Future World Club

Gao Yuan understood in an instant...

People with specific hobbies are easy to handle as long as you cater to their interests! And if you manage them correctly, it's hard for them to turn on you.

If it's just a community of interests, it's easy for things to go south when the stakes are high enough.

Gao Yuan found Huangfu Shan increasingly mysterious, even suspecting for a moment if someone had arranged for her to get close to him.

But as soon as the thought emerged, Gao Yuan laughed at himself. It was impossible; he had just entered this world, so how could anyone have noticed him?

Before meeting Huangfu Shan, the only people Gao Yuan had contacted were Qin Mugutan and Li Qingmei! Neither of them would have had the time to arrange this...

"Sister Shan, what kind of hobbies does this Qin Gang have?"

Someone of his status certainly wouldn't be looking for money or lusting after beauty!

"Sir, Qin Gang's hobby is different from ordinary people. He is extremely obsessed with flowers. It's said that he keeps hundreds of pots of various rare flowers in his manor and tends to them personally every day..."

Gao Yuan was a bit puzzled...

Hundreds of pots... is that a lot?

"Sister Shan, how rare are we talking about?"

"Let me put it this way: the lowliest of his flowers is a Pothos... At an auction, a single pot of Pothos sold for as much as a hundred million!"

Gao Yuan was shocked.

No way, really a Pothos?

That thing costs five yuan a pot in the real world, and you can get as many as you want.

"Is Pothos that expensive? Isn't it the cheapest, most common plant?" Gao Yuan blurted out...

Huangfu Shan's expression froze!

"Oh, I forgot, you're also from the upper class! But greenery is very scarce now, especially the soil for growing flowers, which is as expensive as gold!"

"Is Soilless Cultivation technology that difficult?" Gao Yuan asked in confusion.

"Uh, Sir, it's recorded in history books! A few hundred years ago, people did think so. However, after we lost a vast amount of land, we thought Soilless Cultivation could sustain humanity, but..."

"Those plants began to degenerate generation after generation in Soilless Cultivation until they completely withered... Most plants are now extinct! The entire city is gray! Even the oxygen content in the air is now artificially regulated by the Federal Government!"

"Scientists are researching plant varieties that won't degenerate, but unfortunately, no plant can last more than a hundred years in Soilless Cultivation. A hundred years seems to be a curse! Ordinary plants start to shrink after ten years of Soilless Cultivation..."

Gao Yuan understood...

Although Soilless Cultivation exists in the real world, the duration is short, and seeds are almost always bred in soil, so people haven't discovered this problem at all...

The Future World went through generations of attempts...

History has proven that Soilless Cultivation simply doesn't work! Plants without soil are like duckweed without roots; they are doomed sooner or later!

"Alright, I see!"

Gao Yuan finally understood why plants were so expensive in this world...

"Sir, if you can get flowers and soil, you should be able to bring Qin Gang on board!"

Gao Yuan smiled...

A small matter!

"Sister Shan, decorate the clubhouse lobby like a tropical rainforest... And for each floor, find pictures from history books and decorate them according to different scenes: jungle, desert, snow mountain, grassland... Let's set up ten different scenes!"

Huangfu Shan was startled.

"Ah? Sir, do you mean using artificial trees? I'm afraid that wouldn't be good; artificial plants won't attract these VIPs at all! It's best if we use real plants, even if there are fewer of them. As long as they are real, then absolutely..."

Huangfu Shan was interrupted halfway by Gao Yuan...

"Who said I was going to use artificial plants? Use real plants for everything. I'm going to use thousands of species of plants and thousands of tons of soil to create the world's most high-end original ecological clubhouse! Alright, don't look at me like that, go on!"

...

Gao Yuan returned from the Future World to his own backyard...

At this moment, Zhang Baiyi was scrolling through his phone.

Gao Yuan walked over: "Old Zhang, what are you busy with? Is the planning done?"

"People online are such idiots, they're all damn well cursing our Black Fish Technology! Look at this one, it straight up calls us scammers..."

Gao Yuan took the tea Dandan brought over and took a sip: "Old Zhang, netizens don't know shit! They're all just jumping on the bandwagon. Haven't there been enough plot twists in online drama lately?"

"That's true, even bad publicity is publicity. Black Fish Technology was just registered and it's already viral... It's a good thing! Once the Photolithography Machine is settled, our reputation will turn around! By the way, Old Gao, Qin Danian invited you to Xiawei's launch event and insisted you must go... You're the star of the show!"

"To Longjing?" Gao Yuan thought for a moment and nodded. "No problem! By the way, Old Zhang, put some heart into the planning... We're going to start very soon!"

"The planning is fine, but as for the client you want, I stayed up all night and only managed to write a tiny bit..."

Gao Yuan laughed: "Can't you hire people?"

Zhang Baiyi rolled his eyes: "Hire people? You've got absolutely nothing here right now. Who would come? And where would they live?"

Gao Yuan was stunned...

"Old Zhang, are you damn stupid? Don't we have a building in Linzhou? Use it! Go poach people, get high-end talent directly from Qinjing and Mojing, and double their salaries across the board!"

Zhang Baiyi looked up: "That building is ready to use now?"

"Nonsense, are you keeping it to breed? Get on it. You're the VP of our Black Fish Technology now; where's that boldness you used to have?"

Zhang Baiyi slammed the keyboard: "You're right. I'll find a renovation company to spruce it up first... Sister Lin Mei, shall we go together?"

Lin Mei looked at Zhang Baiyi warily and shook her head: "I'm not going..."

"But you're our design director; come help me decide on the renovation style and everything!"

Lin Mei still shook her head firmly: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm staying in Muza!"

"You don't trust me?" Zhang Baiyi asked, somewhat annoyed.

"Yeah..."

"Yeah?" Zhang Baiyi looked like he was about to blow his top!

Lin Mei added: "It's not just that I don't trust you, I really can't leave. My mother is in poor health, and if I stay here, I can take care of her anytime... If I go to Linzhou, it won't be as convenient to come back!"

Zhang Baiyi wanted to say something more...

Gao Yuan kicked him: "Old Zhang, stop dawdling. Take Dandan and Meimei with you!"

As expected, Zhang Baiyi looked delighted: "That's more like it! Let's go..."

Lin Mei looked at Gao Yuan: "Brother Yuan, I don't like Zhang Baiyi..."

"He's just like that, but he's actually a good guy! Still, you're doing the right thing, don't get too close to him... How have you been lately?"

"Not bad. I've made a logo for Black Fish Technology, a culture wall for the future headquarters, a set of VI for office supplies, and some merchandise... Take a look!"

Gao Yuan leaned over next to Lin Mei, looking at the images on her computer screen one by one...

He could feel her seriousness.

"Not bad. Send them to Zhang Baiyi; the Linzhou branch can use them first! When the headquarters is finished, we'll use them there too!"

"Really? Brother Yuan!" Lin Mei looked overjoyed. In her previous design work, revising a draft dozens of times was normal!

"Of course. By the way, I have a gift for you..."

"Ah? No need... Brother Yuan!" Lin Mei looked shy.

"It's fine, consider it a company benefit! A Constant Temperature Clothing..."

"Ah? Constant Temperature Clothing... Where did you buy it from, Brother Yuan?" Lin Mei asked in surprise.

"Buy it? No, no, no... This is a small product from our company!"

A few minutes later, the robot Ruru delivered a set of women's tight-fitting Constant Temperature Clothing. In the Future World, official free Constant Temperature Clothing was made very baggy to fit all body types, but this batch was from Lin Nanwu's shop, so they came in various styles...

"Go change into it and see how it feels..."