In Wancheng City, there is no seafood right now. Due to transportation limitations, things from the seaside can’t be transported to small cities like Wan City for the time being. So most people in Wan City have only heard of seafood, but never had the chance to taste it.
The only time Director Lin ever ate seafood was thanks to his wife’s good fortune. He tagged along on one of the internal tours of the Morning Glory and went to the seaside. Normally, don’t be deceived by his title as director; he’s actually quite poor. The most unfortunate thing is that if he’s slightly extravagant, he might even get reported...
After staring at the seafood for a long time, he frowned and didn’t eat: They really don’t know how to eat!
It was Yan Fei who peeled shrimp and crab meat for him to eat. As he ate, he noticed a family next to them finishing up and calculating the bill. He immediately felt dissatisfied: "There’s so much food, we can’t finish it. I thought these things by the sea would be cheap. This must be a few hundred bucks, right? Wait, this few hundred is several times more according to our currency, isn’t it? I checked the exchange rate before coming."
After pausing, he continued to express his opinion: "The way you’re spending isn’t right, like a nouveau riche. You’re just out for a few days, and now you’ve bought another car. A car is over a hundred thousand, and that’s a big chunk of change according to our money. Your way of spending isn’t like a boss’s style at all; even with money, you shouldn’t spend wildly."
Yan Fei was indifferent: "This is already cheap enough, what more do you want? Back then, when I didn’t have money to eat and looked for you, you would casually throw me five bucks, which was one-thirtieth of your monthly salary. Now I’m treating you to a meal, and this meal is equivalent to... forget it, just hurry up and eat. In the time you’ve been talking, I’ve earned enough to treat you to several more meals!"
After saying this, he couldn’t help but add boastfully: "With this car, now I earn enough in a day to buy two of them. Soon I can buy several a day, it’s no big deal."
Only with Lin Baoguo would he speak so relaxedly; he was too lazy to bother talking to others.
"Pfft..." Chen Yingjun couldn’t hold back and laughed, hugging the baby.
Lin Baoguo was speechless for a long time, feeling like he was eating out of a rich man’s pocket. He angrily tore off a large piece of meat from the red grouper and began eating it.
Yan Fei’s newly purchased car is a seven-seater Mercedes commercial vehicle, and the price in the country doesn’t come down below one and a half million. Forget the expensive car, the key issue is its large engine displacement. Even with Director Lin’s salary, he wouldn’t accept the car even if it was given to him — it kind of hurts his pride. If he drove that car to work and back home a few times a month to see his wife and kids, he wouldn’t be able to afford the fuel.
Luckily, Du Minghui was kind hearted. She wasn’t aware that these two always bickered whenever they met and explained to Lin Baoguo: "Actually, it’s quite affordable here. If you go to those high-end restaurants, a table of seafood won’t cost less than several thousand bucks. It’s just that there are no tourists here, only locals playing around, so the price is better."
She’s not wrong. Not to mention anything else, just look at the sea cucumber soup with those sea cucumbers; at a high-end restaurant, they’d charge several hundred bucks a bowl.
Xu Xiaoyan saw Director Lin’s surprise, looked up and said with a smile: "Uncle Baoguo, don’t leave next week. Stay a few more days, and you’ll see the latest expensive ingredients listed here! I estimate that by then, the price of a single dish will be more expensive than this table full of stuff."
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"The beef from our ranch!" Du Minghui glanced at Xu Xiaoyan and explained for her. The ranch was built well, but the design she learned wasn’t useful for now, so she’s managing accounts at the ranch like Xu Xiaoyan. Hence, she understands the next steps for the ranch as well. "Old Chen, go see if there are any newspapers for sale here, buy a few!"
Chen Yingjun handed the crab leg to the baby he was holding, put the baby down, and ran to a nearby shop.
Du Minghui continued: "Didn’t you watch the news last night? They introduced beef from our ranch. The beef from our ranch is even better than the highest quality beef locally, and it’ll probably be rated at a new standard. There’s several levels of beef here, with each higher grade costing significantly more. Our beef will definitely be the most expensive. Boss Yan earns money terrifyingly fast, so you don’t need to save money for him!"
Director Lin buried himself in eating, feeling suffocated and not wanting to talk.
He knew this thrifty nephew could earn money, but he didn’t expect him to be so capable now. It’s all because Accountant Xiang usually doesn’t talk much when he returns home — accountants know to keep certain things confidential, and besides, Director Lin wouldn’t deliberately pry.
Now, domestically, people have just started to get rich, most haven’t witnessed much high-consumption yet. For Director Lin in Wancheng City, spending a hundred bucks on a meal is already high relative to his income. As for meals costing several hundred or several thousand, people still often label them as nouveau riche.
The newspaper was bought soon after, and Director Lin looked at it confusedly. While he recognized the letters, when combined, there were few words he knew.
It was Xu Xiaoyan and Du Minghui who kindly helped him decipher: "There are no local newspapers here; they’re all state newspapers. Well, Australia is divided into six states, and we’re in Queensland. This article talks about last night’s news, expressing some disbelief and thinking it might be hyping... Currently, Australia is negotiating with Japan to import Wagyu, which is Japan’s best beef, aiming to improve their beef, and they’re still in talks."