The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Li Ming said softly, "Yes, it's the bamboo house you asked to build."

"I added an overhead layer underneath, and it became a bamboo building, which is more in line with your design ideas."

Zhou Xiaobai's voice was a little lazy. "I don't even remember when I said this."

"A year ago, I remember everything that happened with you clearly."

"The better you are, the more painful it will be for me."

"Be good, it doesn't hurt, just remember that you are the one I love most in my heart."

"I'm not stupid. You must have said the same thing to them both."

It’s not good for a woman to be too stupid, but it’s also not good to be too smart sometimes. Besides, Section Chief Li is not very good at comforting women.

If it doesn't work once, try again.

Afterwards, the two of them lay on the bamboo bed to rest.

Zhou Xiaobai lay there for a while, then got up and lay on top of him. "This bed is too hard."

It was purchased from Gangcheng. Li Ming had tried lying on it before and he thought it was okay, but since Zhou Xiaobai said it was not good, then it must be not good.

"When you've rested, I'll take you to the harbor city and you can choose a good mattress and mat."

"By the way, pick up some other daily necessities. This is our little nest. Without those necessities, it will lack a bit of life."

Zhou Xiaobai was not in high spirits. "Let's go to Hong Kong City next time. Today's events have made me feel overwhelmed. I need to think things through carefully."

Li Ming was thinking that he should take advantage of your confusion to fool you first, so as to avoid any more trouble later.

Many things start with a bang, then decline, and finally run out of steam. Although the cool-off period for divorces may seem anti-human, it actually makes sense.

"You don't have anything to do today. I've already made an appointment with Li Fangsheng to take a rest today. I happen to be free to go shopping with you."

"Others will think that the two of us staying in the east wing all the time will have an impact on you." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xiaobai hated himself for not being good enough and still thinking about him even in this situation.

Li Ming said casually: "It's okay, the people in this courtyard won't tell anyone for me."

"If they tell it, it will only do them harm and no good."

Zhou Xiaobai was very smart and said, "You are usually very nice to the people in Siheyuan, right?"

Li Ming smiled proudly and said, "Of course, I have already bribed these people."

"There is no family that has not received my favor."

"Whether the children in the orphanage can find suitable jobs in the future probably depends on my connections."

If there is a powerful person in a courtyard who can and is willing to help others, the neighbors will basically unite around him.

Zhou Xiaobai twisted him hard twice, "Then he took care of Qin Huairu and put her on the bed."

Li Ming deliberately bared his teeth and said, "It was an accident! I just wanted to take advantage of her at that time, and I regretted it later."

"I've told you before, I won't let other women take advantage of me."

"Ever since that time, I've often reminded myself of this."

Zhou Xiaobai snorted coldly: "When you were chasing me, you were still involved with Lou Xiao'e."

He was in the wrong about this matter, and it was impossible for him to admit it. Li Ming lied, "She had already gone to Hong Kong City at that time."

"You didn't lie to me, did you?"

"It's already like this, why would I lie to you? You can also ask Lou Xiao'e in person and inspect our family business in Gangcheng."

"I don't want to see either of them for now."

Li Ming now goes along with her in everything. "If you don't want to meet, then don't meet. They are also very busy."

"If the private jet I bought works properly, Lou Xiao'e will fly to Japan and Australia frequently, and even to Magnesium from time to time."

Zhou Xiaobai had no interest in these things and murmured, "I really hope that what happened today was just a dream, and when I wake up, everything will return to the way it was before I went to bed last night."

"We'll go on with our lives as usual. They won't bother us."

"Humph! I get angry when I think about you having another woman!"

"Don't be angry, I'm hungry, let's go to the harbor city to have some snacks."

"Where are my clothes?"

"I've prepared new clothes for you a long time ago. Don't worry, you won't be conspicuous in a high school uniform."

Port city.

The bustling Central.

Zhou Xiaobai sat in the Mercedes-Benz car and asked, "Why are the roads in Hong Kong so narrow?"

"We are on an island, and the land around here is very tight. You can see that the buildings on both sides of the road are straight, flat and short."

"I thought it would be like the streets of the capital."

"To find something like the capital, you have to go to Su Country or Beichaozhi. The big cities in Mei Country just have more skyscrapers."

Now that they were here, Zhou Xiaobai naturally wanted to walk around and have a look, so Li Ming drove her around.

Egg tarts, fish balls, fried large intestines, stinky tofu, bowl-shaped cakes, milk tea, etc. Zhou Xiaobai wanted to try everything he saw.

Although there were a wide variety of dishes, she only took a few bites, and the rest had to be eaten by Li Ming. She thought this was also a punishment.

night.

The terrace of the hilltop villa.

The two of them snuggled together and watched the night view of the port city.

"The night view is more beautiful than that in the capital."

“Those colorful places are bars and dance halls.”

"Is it the kind of place where people always go to have sex in the movies?"

"About the same. The ones in Hong Kong are more depraved. I've never been there once. I'm very clean."

"Does Lou Xiao'e control you?"

"Do you think she can control me?"

Zhou Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, "Yes, no one can control you."

Li Ming looked at the lights of thousands of houses at the foot of the mountain and said, "With great ability comes great responsibility."

“Only self-discipline can keep us from getting lost in money, wealth, or superpowers.”

"My attraction to you is my greed, but I also restrain my desires towards other women."

At this point, Zhou Xiaobai had to admit that he was indeed pretty good, "Yeah."

Li Ming said frankly: "I am not a saint, so I just need to do more things to kill the extra energy."

"We have done a lot of things in Hong Kong and also in the mainland."

"It's just that one person's ability is limited, otherwise I would have changed a lot of things directly."

Zhou Xiaobai continued, "As you said this afternoon, people's minds are complicated. Even slaves will have their own ways of passive strike."

The two of them went to the cinema in the afternoon to experience the cinema effects of Hong Kong City.

It happened that the movie was "Dream of Red Mansions", and Zhou Xiaobai raised a question at that time: why did the Jia family give such high monthly wages to the maids and servants?

Li Ming gave her examples of various possibilities that might happen if the Jia family did not pay her wages.

Let her know that humans, a complex group, can only be driven by profit, and other methods are useless. Li Ming said slowly: "Many things now exist, which means they conform to general laws. We just need to follow the trend."

"For the rest, we should do more good deeds to help the weak and make up for the shortcomings of social operations."

"You send people from the mainland to Hong Kong to Australia, is that also to settle them down?"

Today, Zhou Xiaobai appreciated the prosperous side of the port city, and also saw the shacks full of sewage. He realized that there is a world of difference between the two extremes of the port city.

Li Ming chuckled and said, "The tens of thousands of people we are transporting now are just appetizers."

"Lou Xiao'e doesn't know my plan, so I'll give you a lowdown."

"I intend to turn Australia into an Australia where we Chinese make up the majority of the population."

"Similarly, there are places like New Zealand and Canada where there are vast areas and sparse populations. We transport a large number of our people there."

Zhou Xiaobai was surprised and asked, "How many people will be transported there?"

"The temporary targets are 1300 million people in Australia, 200 million in New Zealand, and Canada will depend on the situation. It's not so easy to operate in the backyard of Magnesium."

“Will the local people object?”

Li Ming said confidently: "Why can they have one hundred or three hundred acres of land, but we can only have one and a half acres of land?"

"For things like this where there's a chance to change, I'll naturally give them some fine-tuning."

"Western Australia has a small population. If we spend money to get rid of the white people in those small towns, people in other parts of Australia will not know exactly how many Chinese there are."

"When we have more people, whether it's through voting or fighting, the other side will make the choice."

My man is promoting a huge project that involves the fate of tens of millions of people and is striving for greater development space for the entire nation.

Zhou Xiaobai suddenly felt relieved, "Let's work together."

"We work together."

More than half a month later.

1 month 21 day.

Capital, west of the city.

Because he was about to join the army, Zhang Haiyang invited everyone to a dinner at the Institute of Innovation and Technology.

Li Ming held a bottle of Arctic Ocean soda in his hand and said, "Congratulations on getting what you wished for. Learn skills well in the army. You will be of great use to others in the future."

Zhang Haiyang was holding a beer. "Of course, I have to make a name for myself."

Luo Yun was eating mutton, "Don't be so stubborn that you want to come back."

Zhang Haiyang's face darkened. "This kind of thing can only happen to you."

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said, "Say more encouraging words to Zhang Haiyang today."

Luo Yun smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that he will fail."

"Our institute has made achievements one after another, but he has no achievements in the army. He will bring shame to all of us."

Zhang Haiyang has been busy with other things these days and hasn't been to the institute much. "Are there any major developments recently?"

Luo Yun continued to say unreliable things, "There is some progress on the CT machine. When you have a head injury in the future, we can use the CT machine to check you."

Zhang Haiyang's face turned even darker. "Thank you first!"

Zhou Xiaobai said: "I just know how to output the image. I need to consult more doctors who can use X-ray machines to try to draw clear scan images."

Zhang Haiyang took a sip of his wine and said, "It will probably be soon."

"We need to increase investment to achieve results more quickly."

Since he knew he was a big capitalist, Zhou Xiaobai no longer had to worry about funding and could do his research with full freedom.

Increasing investment, Zhang Haiyang guessed: "Did Gangcheng donate money again?"

Luo Yun said with great joy: "Donate 100 million to build a laboratory building for us, and donate 10 yuan a month as funding."

Zhang Haiyang was surprised and said: "This money can't be compared with that of a large research institute, but it is much more than that of an ordinary research institute!"

These words immediately attracted the attention of the crowd who were enjoying the meal.

Other people in the institute had just heard about the amount of money.

Zheng Tong asked, "Is this money in Hong Kong dollars?"

Zhou Xiaobai said calmly, "RMB. Funds will be allocated according to projects, and all current projects will have additional funding."

She has accepted the fact that she is worth hundreds of millions, and has begun to spend money lavishly like Li Ming.

To be honest, keeping such a big secret did increase her stress and made her more mature.

at night.

Small world, by the central pond.

Lou Xiao'e lay on her own recliner, "Don't you have to accompany your charming little wife tonight?"

Li Ming smiled and asked back: "What's the matter? Are you jealous?"

Lou Xiao'e sat up, looking fierce, "Of course I'm jealous! I'm busy all day long, but you guys are enjoying the flowers and the moon."

Li Ming walked over and put his arm around her shoulders, "How can we be together under the moonlight?"

"Recently, 500 new female workers came to the ham sausage factory. There were many things that needed my decision. I stayed in the security department for several nights."

Lou Xiao'e asked suspiciously, "Isn't she having fun in her bed?"

"Why would I lie to you? Besides, she's had her period recently."

Only then did Lou Xiao'e believe him and talk about the company's business.

"My brother called. The new president was sworn in today, and we're going to announce a $1 million investment in Magnesium tomorrow. Does that make us look too much?"

In winter, Washington time is 13 hours behind Beijing time. When it is late night on the 21st in Beijing, it is daytime on the 20th in Washington.

Li Ming said casually: "It's nothing, just shout out the slogan first, we will give a peach and the other party will return the favor."

"This kind of thing will soon fade from the news, and people will forget about it in a few days."

"If we really had a large investment, reporters would not dig up old news. If we didn't invest, we would be used to criticize our past from time to time."

After receiving his signal, Lou Xiaoe stood up and said, "Then I will reply to my brother like this."

Li Ming put his arm around her waist and suggested, "We haven't taken a walk for a long time. Let's take a walk together."

"Yeah. I've been exhausted these days selecting the person in charge of the induction cooker business." Lou Xiao'e also knows how to act like a spoiled child.

"Who told you to be the first wife? I remember all your hard work."

This made Lou Xiao'e very satisfied. "Before, we lacked suitable management talents. Now there are too many candidates. It gives me a headache to choose."

"Different markets can be given to different people. The company can give them a fair competition environment and select the general manager after they compete on performance."

Lou Xiao'e has also learned from experience, "Induction cookers can do this, but those in the biological and pharmaceutical business cannot.

"If medicine does this, it may deviate from our original intention."

Li Ming smiled and said, "You are right."

"We are doing the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries as a good deed, but it will probably ruin a lot of people's jobs."

Lou Xiao'e thinks this is nothing. "We only make mature drugs and medical devices, which does not affect other companies' research on new drugs and medical devices to make profits."

"Old products like vitamin C have been profitable for decades using old processes, so it's time to change them." (End of this chapter)