Seeing that Cheng Lin was unfamiliar with this name, Liang Pi explained a few words.
Cheng Lin finally had some understanding of him. This boss Yuan was one of the batch of awakeners half a year ago. His awakened talents were classified as "other", and the details were not clear.
In short, after awakening, his cooking skills increased rapidly, especially for Lingzhi, who had special skills in cooking. With his cooking skills, he became a guest of some big shots, and later opened a shop like this here.
"Although it is expensive, it is definitely worth the money. The ingredients used in this dish are artificially cultivated spiritual plants. If you want to eat it outside, there is no way." Liang Pi introduced.
After a pause, he suddenly smiled mysteriously: "But the ban on artificially cultivated spiritual plants will soon be lifted."
"What's the meaning?"
Several people looked surprised and asked one after another.
Cheng Lin also listened attentively.
Liang Pi looked around, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "We all know that this spiritual plant was originally used as a strategic material reserve, and its circulation in the market is strictly prohibited.
Once found, they will be severely punished for smuggling.
However, now, this policy is slowly loosening.
Naturally occurring spiritual plants are still regulated,
But artificially cultivated ones are already ready to enter the market."
"The latest news I learned the day before yesterday is that the Special Intelligence Department is planning to establish an orderly spiritual plant trading market in various places.
In other words, soon, maybe next month, artificially cultivated spiritual plants will be able to circulate freely."
Li Yu from the Sixth Academy couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
Liang Pi glanced at her and said: "Money. Currently, some people estimate that the domestic spiritual plant trading market has reached a scale of one trillion. The country is also short of money. After all, cultivating dozens of departments across the country is a waste of money."
Bottomless pit.”
Chai Daofei and others all had expressions of astonishment on their faces, but Cheng Lin's expression did not change much.
He was not surprised by this.
During the previous flood deduction, he had already seen the development trends in the next twenty years, including the spiritual plant trade.
He also knows that the current trillion-dollar valuation only benchmarks the health care products industry. When the research on spiritual plants becomes more in-depth, the field of spiritual plants will squeeze out the original cosmetics market and even the largest pharmaceutical market.
When these markets are annexed and a new order is established, it will exceed one trillion by then?
That is a huge market enough to support several Fortune 500 companies.
However, although it was not a surprise, he still clearly realized the benefits of expanding his network of contacts. If the news revealed by Liang Pi were released, a person with a sharp mind could make a lot of money with the advantage of information.
Cheng Lin had no interest in doing business, but this did not affect him from taking a few more glances at Liang Pi.
Liang Pi was also sizing up Cheng Lin at this moment.
Compared to the surprise of Chai Daofei and others, Cheng Lin's expression was a bit too calm. Speaking of which, because he had joined the group early, Liang Pi knew a lot about the other people, but he still knew little about Cheng Lin.
After chatting for a while, the waiter began to serve the food.
As Liang Pi said, these home-cooked dishes actually contain spiritual energy fluctuations, the ingredients are extraordinary, and the taste is excellent. From this, we can see that Boss Yuan's craftsmanship is indeed amazing.
There was an interlude before the meal. A few people also made a pre-dinner ritual, which was said to be based on the way foreigners close their eyes and make the sign of the cross and shout "Amen" before eating. As die-hard fans of Senior Cheng, they also have to have a sense of ritual when eating.
"Follow me, close your eyes, hold your breath and concentrate, put your hands together, visualize Senior Cheng in your mind, and recite the slogan."
"Pay homage to Senior Cheng!" several men and women said in unison seriously.
Seeing them doing the ritual with serious faces, Cheng Lin followed suit with a confused look on his face. The feeling in his heart was too complex to be understood by outsiders.
After the ceremony is over, the meal begins.
Chai Daofei and the others usually don't have the opportunity to eat vegetables made from spiritual plants. Firstly, they are fresh, and secondly, eating these spiritual plants is also good for their cultivation. They were not embarrassed at first, but after the second-generation rich Liang Pi greeted them
Then he opened his arms and started eating.
Every piece of food was extremely delicious and intoxicating. Cheng Lin also took a bite and felt that it tasted really good.
It's just that the portions of these dishes are really small, and he quickly tasted that the ingredients of these foods, the so-called artificially cultivated spiritual plants, did not seem to be of high quality.
"The nutrition contained in it is far less than the three meals in No. 16 Spiritual Land."
Cheng Lin quickly judged.
But then I thought about it and realized that this was normal. Cheng Lin had to eat hundreds of thousands of yuan every day for the meals provided by Ren Yi in Lingdi.
The meal in front of me may seem expensive, but in fact it only costs tens of thousands of RMB. In terms of value, it is not as good as the food at No. 16 Lingdi. The only advantage is that it tastes better.
It's just that after eating Lingzhi's food for half a month, the amount every day was so large that he couldn't finish it. Ren Yi forced him to eat, and Cheng Lin almost vomited. Even now that he saw Lingzhi, he couldn't help but eat it.
Subconsciously I felt a little disgusted.
Even if Boss Yuan's craftsmanship is indeed good, he has no appetite.
In this state of mind, Cheng Lin didn't seem so surprised, and his food and appearance were very restrained, which was in sharp contrast to the other people.
Chai Daofei looked at it and couldn't help but asked: "Cheng Lin, why don't you eat it? You can't usually eat the dishes made by Lingzhi."
Liang Pi also advised: "Don't be polite to me. This is a specialty of the Magic City. Eat more of it. It's very nutritious."
"Yes, let's eat." Li Yu, who has a cheerful personality, also said.
Cheng Lin was speechless for a moment while holding the chopsticks. He hesitated and said helplessly: "You can just eat..."
"You're welcome."
As he said that, several people started to put vegetables in his bowl.
"I didn't," Cheng Lin saw that he couldn't resist, so he could only say sincerely, "You guys can eat, I... I have a bad appetite."
Poor appetite?
What's going on?
Several people looked disbelieving, especially Liang Pi, who took the Xia people's enthusiasm for entertaining guests to the extreme and tried to persuade them. Cheng Lin had no choice but to tell the truth: "You go ahead, I've been eating for half a month.
It’s really boring and I can’t eat it…”
There was a moment of silence at the table.
Liang Pi: "..."
Chai Daofei: "..."
The other three: "..."
Seeing the doubtful looks on their faces, Cheng Lin could only briefly talk about the short-term training at No. 16 Spiritual Land. When he finished speaking, he only saw the envious and jealous eyes of the other people.
Even Liang Pi is no exception.
Cheng Linton was curious and asked: "Every college of yours should have taken monthly exams, right? Don't you have similar rewards?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Liang Pi said with some shame: "Our second college has similar rewards, but we didn't perform well in the last exam, so..."
"Where did you get on the last test?"
"11..."
…
…
After a brief interlude, the dinner continued. A few people ate in silence, but Cheng Lin started to think about it.
He suddenly realized that his department seemed to have something.
There was no comparison before, and since it was the "ninth" bureau, Cheng Lin instinctively thought that his own bureau was actually quite average, and always felt that the other bureaus were better than his own.
This sentiment is common among students. Now it seems that this is not the case at all. At least the Sixth and Tenth Houses do not receive such treatment.
There are some in the Second House, but it sounds like the rewards are about the same as those in the Ninth House.
This is very surprising.
Another point is that the Second Academy is really worthy of being under the Second Division. The overall strength of the students is really strong. Liang Pi's cultivation level is second grade 3, and he can only rank eleventh among the Second Academy. This cultivation level is unrealistic.
It is one of the best among other colleges.
With these things in mind, soon everyone had almost finished eating and started chatting again, naturally talking about the topic of projection.
This time, it was a bit serious and serious.
"The formation of the projection this time is very slow and weird. It is actually transparent. I always feel that it is unusual," Chai Daofei was the first to speak. "I don't know what dangers there are, but the greater the risk, the greater the reward. I still
Be optimistic.”
Another relatively silent boy in the second hospital also nodded at this moment and said in a low voice: "If you can go in and explore, you must try your best to seize the opportunity."
The sisters in the Sixth Academy also expressed similar opinions.
"This time our four departments and bureaus are exploring together. There is competition, but the theme is still cooperation, especially for the few of us. If we can meet after entering, it is best to help each other."
"Of course."
A consensus was quickly reached on this point, and the purpose of the meal was achieved.
Everyone comes over for a dinner, which is nominally a fan gathering, but in reality, it's a way to bond and take care of each other in the projection.
After checking the time, it was around nine o'clock in the evening. It was time for the show to end. Liang Pi stretched out his hand and called the waiter, and the young waiter came over to pack his things.
"Hello, the total is seventy-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-nine yuan."
"Swipe your card."
"Okay, okay, here's your card."
Liang Pi ate nearly 80,000 yuan in one meal, but Liang Pi didn't care at all. It seemed that his family was not an ordinary wealthy one.
Although Chai Daofei and others were a little stunned, it didn't matter. We were all elites in major colleges and would rise to greatness in the future. A casual helping hand would be of more than this value.
After paying the bill, I walked out of the store and looked at the sky. The night was getting darker.
The number of monks in the alley is indeed increasing instead of decreasing. After all, this projection may be solidified when, and everyone is waiting.
A few people walked a few steps side by side, and suddenly they heard some comments.
"Did you hear the news?"
"What?"
"The murder of casual cultivators that just happened."
"I know that if something happens at this juncture, the leaders of the Second Division will probably have a headache."
"The projection is about to start, there will be a mixture of fish and dragons, everyone is here, this projection is different from the past, otherwise it will not be peaceful."
There was a lot of discussion.
Cheng Lin and others looked at each other in confusion. They caught a monk and asked, "Excuse me, what happened? Rogue cultivators killed people? What's going on?"
"Didn't you watch the news?" The man looked at several people and said, "Just ten minutes ago, a malicious murder incident occurred in the Magic City.
An illegal casual cultivator was hiding in a community and was accidentally discovered by a family.
As a result, this casual cultivator directly killed the man and his entire family.
All the witnesses were killed, and it is said that dozens of people died.
Still at this juncture,
The entire Second Division has been alerted and is hunting outside, but there is no news yet."
Cheng Lin and others looked at each other, their expressions darkening.
Rogue cultivators kill people?
I have vaguely heard of this kind of thing before, but this is the first time it has happened so close.
Chai Daofei clenched his hands into fists and gritted his teeth: "Dozens of lives, these bastards are really lawless!"
Liang Pi also looked gloomy: "Committing a crime at this time is a provocation! Provocation!"
A ray of cloud just blocked the moonlight, and the sky and the earth became dark.
Cheng Lin silently raised his head and looked away.