I Can Stock Up in the Game

Chapter 134: Chapter 101: This is Some Major Gossip

”Has the review for our Tiao Yin account been approved?” Zhao Neng asked.

The discussion wasn’t just happening organically in You City; he had even hired paid posters to spread the word in the comments of Li Yuan Farm’s videos. Every so often, you could see comments claiming Kailin Investment Farm’s salaries were higher than Li Yuan Farm’s.

This led to another question: What was Kailin Investment Farm? And where was it?

This was also a subtle way to build hype and prestige for Kailin Investment Farm. Once people found out Kailin Investment Farm was also in You City, it would create a ”clash of the titans” scenario, drawing even more attention.

When the time came, he planned to use this gimmick with his paid posters to siphon off as much traffic as possible from Li Yuan Farm.

His assistant replied, ”President Zhao, the review on Tiao Yin was approved. What’s more, people have already started following our Kailin Investment Farm account.”

Zhao Neng smiled.

Although the campsite and Flower Sea projects couldn’t achieve their original intended effect, the current situation was good. Everything was proceeding according to his plan.

「Time passed.」

By the afternoon, recruitment at Li Yuan Farm had slowed down. Most people had concentrated in the morning, so fewer came in the afternoon.

When Zhao Han arrived at the farm with Wang Yu, the recruitment was basically finished.

”This flower wall is really well done.” Zhao Han had only seen videos of this flower wall online. Seeing it in person now, he couldn’t help but praise it, feeling the powerful boost it gave to the surrounding environment.

”To make the wall of an office complex this beautiful... only Boss Zhang would do something like this,” Wang Yu said from behind him.

”Yeah. Let’s go in.” Zhao Han agreed. As they walked into the courtyard, the two were clearly captivated by its sheer size and the floral arrangements, as well as the sudden feeling of cool relief from the sweltering heat outside.

He remarked with a sigh, ”Our Tourism Bureau is going to build a new office complex soon, isn’t it? It would be great if the construction company could learn a thing or two from Boss Zhang.”

”Chief Zhao, that’s probably impossible!” Wang Yu said, bursting his boss’s bubble.

”You’re right.” Zhao Han shook his head and walked inside.

’If our Tourism Bureau really built something like this, we’d probably be investigated. Who knows how much money Boss Zhang spent to achieve this effect?’

When Zhao Han arrived, Zhang Lin naturally came out at once to welcome him and lead him to the tea table to brew some tea.

The last time he visited, Zhang Lin could only host him at the service center. Now that he had a proper office with a dedicated place for brewing tea, things felt a bit more formal.

”Chief Zhao, have some tea!” Zhang Lin brewed a pot and poured a cup for both Zhao Han and Wang Yu.

Zhao Han took a sip and couldn’t help but praise, ”Boss Zhang, this office of yours is truly exceptional. I’ve been to many company offices, but yours is definitely the most impressive!”

”A workplace should be pleasant. It puts you in a much better mood for work, don’t you think?” Zhang Lin didn’t bother with false modesty. ’After all, this was a product of the game system. With its special attributes, what other company office in You City could possibly compare?’

Zhao Han then said, ”Actually, I came to see you today about two things, Boss Zhang. First, because of the explosive popularity of the Bamboo Culture Park, it has started to stimulate You City’s bamboo products industry. According to recent statistics, orders in the bamboo product sector have increased by 30%, and this trend is still growing! So, Liu County is holding a county-wide guidance summit on product quality for the bamboo industry the day after tomorrow, and they’d like to invite President Zhang to attend.”

”Okay, I’ll be there,” Zhang Lin agreed with a smile, then asked, ”Chief Zhao, what’s the second thing?”

’The conference really had nothing to do with him, since he didn’t run a bamboo products company. But considering the huge role the Bamboo Culture Park played, it wasn’t surprising that Liu County would invite him.’

’The key was to show Liu County some respect, even if it just meant sitting in a meeting for an hour or so.’

Zhao Han explained, ”The second matter is about Kailin Investment. They also started recruiting employees today, and their salaries for every position are higher than yours. I just wanted to ask if your farm has a counter-strategy. I’d hate to see Li Yuan Farm’s good progress get thrown into chaos by Kailin Investment.”

Zhang Lin smiled. ”Thank you for your concern, Chief Zhao. But I’m not worried about Kailin Investment. I’m confident that their projects can’t compare to mine!”

’Are you kidding me? All my projects have game attributes. The outcome was set in stone from the very beginning.’

Seeing Zhang Lin’s confident expression, Zhao Han nodded and said, ”It’s good that you’re confident, Boss Zhang. If there’s anything you need our Tourism Bureau’s help with, we’ll do everything we can to assist.”

”If the need arises, I’ll definitely trouble you, Chief Zhao.” As he spoke, Zhang Lin poured another cup of tea for Zhao Han and Wang Yu.

Just then, Lin Mengyao and Fu Yao walked in.

Seeing that there were people in the office, Lin Mengyao quickly started to back out. ”President Zhang, you have guests?”

Zhao Han immediately said, ”It’s fine, if you have business, go right ahead. Don’t mind us!”

Zhang Lin added, ”Go ahead. Is it about the recruitment?”

Only then did Lin Mengyao hand a recruitment file and an application form to Zhang Lin, reporting, ”We’ve filled all the positions for waiters, security guards, and cleaners. The more technical roles, like the camping instructors, will still take some time. This is the list of newly hired employees. Their contracts have been signed, and we’ll start basic service training tomorrow. But first, they need to get their work uniforms.”

Zhang Lin nodded, signed his name on the application form, and handed it back to Lin Mengyao. ”Go to the logistics department to pick up the supplies.”

He had put his mother in charge of logistics now. The uniforms, daily work supplies, and other such items had all been moved to the new office complex, making them convenient to pick up.

”Okay, President Zhang!” Lin Mengyao took the form and dragged Fu Yao, her designated helper, out of the office. Then, she called over a few of the newly hired employees to go with them to logistics to get their things.

The logistics department was located in the west wing of the office complex.

As the person in charge, Lin Yan was extremely conscientious. Even though the farm was her son’s business, she truly treated it as her own job and took it seriously.

When Lin Mengyao arrived with the others, Lin Yan was chatting with Zhang He.

Zhang He was there to deliver a new batch of work uniforms and, while he was at it, to see his nephew’s farm. He was genuinely surprised by its current state. The last time he came, the farm only had a single service center.

”Fu Yao!” Lin Yan was clearly surprised to see her. After all, she had met her before at Darunfa and knew this was her son’s girlfriend.

She had actually been wanting her son to bring this girl home for a visit, but she also sensed that he didn’t like her meddling in his love life, so she had never brought it up.

She was very happy to see Fu Yao now.

”Auntie!” Fu Yao recognized Lin Yan as well.

’She clearly hadn’t expected Zhang Lin’s mother to be working at the farm. Running into her like this, especially with him not around, was a bit awkward.’

Lin Yan, however, smiled warmly and pulled Fu Yao over to introduce her to Zhang He. ”Brother, let me introduce you. This is Fu Yao, Lin’s girlfriend!”

Zhang He instinctively looked at Fu Yao, his eyes filled with surprise.

’It wasn’t strange for his nephew to have a girlfriend, but wasn’t this girl a little too young? She looked like a high school student.’

’Then again, he knew some people had baby faces that made them look younger than they were.’

Besides, he was very happy that his nephew had found a girlfriend, so he immediately greeted Fu Yao, ”Hello!”

”H-Hello!” Fu Yao stammered in reply. ’This is so embarrassing.’

Beside them, Lin Mengyao’s face was a mask of disbelief.

’After all, she knew Fu Yao’s age—she was going to be a high school senior next semester.’

’She already had a boyfriend?’

’And things were already at the ”meet the parents” stage? Didn’t she just see the logistics auntie introduce her to a relative as her son’s girlfriend?’

’Are people’s attitudes really this casual nowadays?’

’This felt like hearing some major gossip.’

’I wonder what this Fu Yao girl’s boyfriend looks like.’