As his reputation as the Masked Acupuncturist grew, his magical deeds were even spread in the residential area for the municipal committee members.
In the villa for the municipal leaders of Shuangta City, Lin Yuandao sat on the sofa and thought about the next step of Jingxin Lake's development plan. Suddenly, the maid, Aunt Qiu, came to him with several newspapers from major news agencies.
"Sir, should we take Miss to the Sanbao Pharmacy? I think Miss's illness is getting worse and worse!"
"Aunt Qiu, Jiayi's matter has been troubling you all these years, thanks for your work. But as you know, we have been visiting renowned doctors all over the world, but no one has been able to cure her illness. I think there is no hope of curing her in the small Shuangta City." Lin Yuandao put down the teacup in his hand and handed a few neatly folded newspapers, which had been put by his left hand, to Aunt Qiu.
"So you already knew! I'm sorry." When Aunt Qiu saw that the newspapers that Lin Yuandao handed over were exactly the same as the ones in her hand, she said with slight disappointment.
It was true that Aunt Qiu was only a maid, but she was also the person that Lin Yuandao and Lin Jiayi trusted the most.
Lin Jiayi's mother died of illness many years ago. From then on, Aunt Qiu took care of Lin Jiayi like a mother, putting all her thoughts on Lin Jiayi.
However, the future was unpredictable.
When Lin Jiayi graduated from junior high school, she suddenly had a strange disease that was very similar to her mother's. From then on, she became more silent.
No matter what happened, she did not want to tell Lin Yuandao. However, Aunt Qiu could still communicate with her sincerely.
All these years, no matter where Lin Yuandao went, he would always bring Lin Jiayi and Aunt Qiu along.
Some time ago, Lin Jiayi asked for a leave because of this strange disease. What was worse was that recently, as the college entrance examination was about to begin, Lin Jiayi became ill more and more frequently.
Two days ago, Lin Yuandao asked his classmate who was living in the United States for help and his classmate had made an appointment with a very famous medical expert. It was said that the expert was the U.S President's private doctor.
Lin Yuandao had already bought tickets and arranged an itinerary, but Lin Jiayi was unwilling to go. In the end, they didn't go to see the expert.
Now, they could only wait for a whole year until they had another chance to make an appointment with the medical expert next year.
Lin Jiayi was unwilling to go, not because she wanted to give up the treatment or be unreasonable.
It was because if she went to the United States to receive the treatment, she must give up on the college entrance examination, and even her recommendations for admission to a university would expire. If she was ill like this, no university would be willing to take risks in enrolling her.
If something happened to her when she was in university, the university would have to shoulder great responsibility. Even if her family and the university signed a disclaimer agreement, it was inevitable that some people would distort the truth.
In this era, there were many good people, and there were also many bad people.
This time, Lin Jiayi was determined. Even if Lin Yuandao or Aunt Qiu persuaded her, she must wait until she finished the college entrance examination.
"Aunt Qiu, is Jiayi still in her room?" Lin Yuandao asked.
"Well, since the afternoon the day before yesterday, except for coming out for dinner, she has been staying inside her room. She has not come out of her room from morning until now. I have sent some of her favorite fruit and snacks to her several times, but she has not eaten them. The food is still at the door!" Aunt Qiu thought of Lin Jiayi's behavior in the past two days and said painfully.
"It seems that she is still angry about what happened that day. It's all my fault for not being considerate enough. I only cared about my own thoughts and ignored her feelings!" Lin Yuandao said with regret.
"Sir, why do you insist that she should go to Yanjing University?" Aunt Qiu still remembered the conversation between Lin Yuandao and Lin Jiayi that day. At that time, Lin Jiayi even cried about it.
"I think Xijing University is also very good. You live in Shuangta City. If Jiayi goes to Xijing City, she can be closer to you. Isn't that better?" Aunt Qiu asked doubtfully.
"This is all because of my selfishness!" Lin Yuandao looked up at the crystal lamp above his head and said slowly, "At that time, Jiayi's mother and I both graduated from Yanjing University. When we got married and found out that she was pregnant, Jiayi's mother said that she hoped that her child could be admitted to Yanjing University in the future just like us..."
"If she were an ordinary student, I wouldn't have thought about this. But now, she clearly can get into Yanjing University, but she insisted on going to Xijing University. This made it hard for me to understand at that time, which was why I had a disagreement with her. After calming down and thinking about it, I found out that my daughter had grown up and had her own thoughts. As her father, I should not force her. I will support her no matter what she wants." When Lin Yuandao said this, Aunt Qiu could clearly feel a trace of regret in his words.
All parents, no matter what status they had, be it officials, nobles, or common people, would make compromises with their children because of their love.
Although Lin Yuandao was the leader of the municipal committee, who always argued with reason and refused to yield at work, he sometimes had to compromise when facing his daughter.
Aunt Qiu helplessly took the newspapers and left.
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At the same time, Lu Yao received an invitation from Fang Jinghua, and it was a very formal invitation.
"Mr. Lu, I am impressed by your great abilities and wants to establish long-term cooperation with you. I invite you to the Yadu Hotel, hoping that you can come and see me!"
Lu Yao saw the invitation letter that Dr. Hu gave him, and from the words, he could feel how much Fang Jinghua valued him.
Lu Yao, who was only 18 years old, received such a formal invitation from Fang Jinghua, the richest man in Shuangta City, which was a clear manifestation of his outstanding abilities.
Lu Yao and Li Jiang were quite satisfied with this outcome.
Li Jiang had carried out his plans step by step, all for this meeting.
In Li Jiang's words, it was definite that Fang Jinghua would look for Lu Yao. If he didn't even have this bit of business sense, then he couldn't become Shuangta City's richest man.
But as for how they would start their collaboration, it would depend on the meeting this time, which was especially important.
If Fang Jinghua just casually invited Lu Yao to meet, it meant that he wanted to completely lead the cooperation this time, and then Lu Yao's entire plan would be considered to have ended with failure.
However, if he invited Lu Yao in a formal way, and treated Lu Yao as his peer, then it meant that he had completely seen the potential of Lu Yao. This way, in the future cooperation, Lu Yao would be able to maximize his benefits.
Therefore, Lu Yao agreed to Fang Jinghua's invitation.
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Half an hour later, Lu Yao and Dr. Hu, who had travelled in Fang Jinghua's private car, a Lexus 570 with the license plate number of XG1111, arrived at the Yadu Hotel.
The Yadu Hotel was the only international five-star hotel in Shuangta City.
It was said that some of the rich men in Shuangta City had joined forces and invested hundreds of millions of yuan to build this landmark building.
They did this in order to attract more people to come to Shuangta City to invest, hoping that the declining Bakutu would thrive again.
Therefore, both the previous government and the new leader of the municipal committee, Lin Yuandao, paid special attention to this hotel and made great efforts to support it.
As a result, Yadu Hotel, which had only been open for two months, had an astonishing turnover.
According to some industry insiders and the comments on some tourism software, Shuangta City only had two types of hotels.
One was Yadu Hotel. All other hotels were categorized into the second group.
It could be seen that Yadu Hotel was absolutely the No.1 in this industry.
This was the first time Lu Yao had enjoyed such luxury which he had only seen on television.
After the car passed through the entrance, there were two security guards in gorgeous security uniforms who followed the car and ran from the entrance to the hotel lobby's reception desk.
After the car stopped, two more waitresses wearing professional suits with nearly identical body shapes ran over and covered the two red carpets under the car. The red carpets extended all the way to the hall.
Then, the two security guards immediately stepped forward and carefully opened the car door, inviting the guests to get out of the car.
Yadu Hotel had two sections, one for dining and the other for accommodation. All guests like Lu Yao, who only came to eat and did not stay, would be ushered to special private booths by their special waiters.
Fang Jinghua was Shuangta City's richest man, and he was also one of the shareholders of this hotel.
Today, he invited Lu Yao to dinner, and naturally, he chose the number one VIP room on the top floor of the hotel.
In order to send some information to the outside world, Fang Jinghua specially arranged for the person he trusted the most, Li Lan, to go and greet Lu Yao.
Moreover, before Li Lan came to greet Lu Yao, Fang Jinghua repeatedly told her to be polite and meticulous.
Li Lan, thirty years old, graduated from the largest hotel management education group in Switzerland, the Swiss SG Hotel Management Education Group. She was a rare talent who had overseas education.
She was familiar with hotel management, exhibition management, luxury management, human resources, financial management, marketing, hotel design, western cuisine and other professional knowledge.
She originally worked in an overseas hotel. But after Lin Yuandao took office and carried out The Plan for Attracting Overseas Talent to Shuangta, she was drawn back from overseas. The plan offered job opportunities for around a hundred excellent candidates in the industry of high-end tourism.
Although she was only the manager of Yadu Hotel's catering department, almost everyone in the hotel knew that this was just a transition period for her. Sooner or later, she would be appointed as the general manager of Yadu Hotel.
With her rich experience, she knew that the guest that Fang Jinghua valued so much must be extraordinary.
But what she never expected was that the honored guest that Fang Jinghua had repeatedly warned her to properly entertain was actually a young man who was not yet twenty years old.
Although the young man looked dignified and handsome, she had no way of seeing this young man as an extraordinary bigshot.
However, fortunately, her experience was indeed rich. After a short moment of astonishment, she immediately acted like a professional, being natural and graceful. She said with a smile on her face, "Welcome to this hotel. I am the manager of the catering department here. My name is Li Lan. You can call me Li. Tonight, I will provide my best service for you. I hope you will be satisfied with our hotel and my work. Thank you!"
Although Lu Yao had not experienced much, he expected this to happen, so he was relatively calm.
Both of them gave Li Lan a gentle smile and nodded.
"Please follow me. Mr. Fang has been waiting for you on the top floor for a long time!" After saying that, she gestured to the two guests to enter the VIP elevator.
Dr. Hu and Lu Yao then slowly walked in the direction Li Lan pointed.
Li Lan followed closely behind.