Chapter 25 Visit

Chapter 25 Visit

Starry Grand Hotel.

Early in the morning, Lin Shoucheng and his wife were already standing at the entrance of the private dining room.

As one of the high-end hotels in Dongning City, Starry had nothing to fault other than being expensive; whether it was the service or the quality of the dishes, no flaws could be picked out.

Holding the banquet for their son becoming an Evolver here gave them even more Face.

"Cousin, you're here."

"Sit over here, sit over here."

"Is this your daughter? In the blink of an eye, she's grown up so much."

"Uncle Nian, please walk slower and go inside. If it weren't for you back then, I wouldn't know where I'd be now."

Lin Shoucheng never had a moment of rest, continuously standing at the entrance of the private room to exchange pleasantries.

Half an hour later.

Almost everyone had arrived.

The family banquet officially began.

Everyone began to sit down, eating and drinking.

Lin Yuan sat in the main seat, and his chopsticks never stopped moving.

The reason Starry could grow so large in Dongning City was not only because of the people behind it, but its own conditions were also crucial.

Many of Starry's Materials came from other planets, and much of the meat was rare exotic beast meat, with quality and texture crushing the farmed meat native to Dongning City.

Although the energy contained in these meats was far inferior to Advanced nutrient solutions, it still surpassed ordinary meals, and Lin Yuan ate very happily.

At the banquet.

Other than Lin Yuan, everyone else didn't just focus on eating.

Communication and casual chatting were still the main focus.

Among them, the most active ones were naturally those who were doing well for themselves.

Lin Shoucheng's distant cousin Lin Jiye had caught the trend in Dongning City, buying a few plots of land in the suburbs that were eventually developed by the government, making a huge fortune. He could be said to be riding high.

"Let me tell you, I've met the boss of Starry a few times, and she's a woman. It is said that—"

Lin Jiye immediately began to show off his connections and insights.

However, his words indeed caught the attention of most people present.

Starry's boss had always been mysterious, and few people had ever seen her. Everyone was secretly guessing which big shot it could be.

"Right."

"Shoucheng, what plans does your little Yuan have for the future?"

After chatting about Starry's boss for a bit, Lin Jiye suddenly cast his gaze toward Lin Yuan, who was eating and drinking.

As soon as these words were spoken.

Everyone's attention was immediately focused on Lin Yuan.

After all, today's family banquet was initiated on the pretext of Lin Yuan.

Furthermore, Lin Yuan being able to become an Evolver truly exceeded the relatives' expectations.

Setting everything else aside, just looking at Lin Yuan's future development, it certainly wouldn't be small. Most of the relatives present could only look up to him.

"I don't have any thoughts yet, just taking it one step at a time."

Lin Yuan was slightly dazed, put down his chopsticks, and said truthfully.

This was indeed the truth; up until now, Lin Yuan truly didn't have any specific goals.

If he really had to say something, it would be to become as strong as possible, but saying this plan was tantamount to saying nothing—who wouldn't want to become strong?

"Why don't you come to my company? Although your uncle's company isn't big, as long as you come, I'll pay you twenty thousand a month."

Lin Jiye said while patting his chest.

Twenty thousand a month?

The surrounding relatives successively revealed looks of envy.

Twenty thousand a month, which is two hundred and forty thousand a year—this could already be considered a high salary, while ordinary citizens' normal monthly salary was roughly two to three thousand.

"How about it?"

"Don't feel like it's beneath your talents."

"Our company also hired an Evolver to be responsible for security work."

"If you come over, not only can you collect money every month, but you can also consult him on questions regarding evolution."

Lin Jiye said confidently.

To ordinary people, Evolvers were extremely rare.

But in the eyes of wealthy bosses, there were dedicated channels to hire Evolvers.

Of course, the ones hired were only unranked Evolvers; higher-ranked Evolvers were simply not something small bosses like Lin Jiye could afford to hire.

Even so.

Lin Jiye's words also greatly elevated his status in the hearts of the relatives present.

Immediately, someone asked: "Jiye, does your company still need people? That boy of mine has been looking for a job lately."

"As for the salary, it doesn't need to be twenty thousand. Five thousand, five thousand is enough."

"Five thousand? Third Aunt, your son isn't even a graduate of some prestigious Higher Academy, how dare he ask for five thousand?"

"Jiye, my daughter is pretty and has a good figure. She'd definitely be suitable to go to your company as a front desk receptionist."

Unknowingly, Lin Jiye replaced Lin Yuan and became the focus of the banquet.

And Lin Jiye also appeared very polite, grinning from ear to ear amidst the flattery of many relatives.

Lin Yuan didn't mind this in the least, picking up his chopsticks once more to eat while watching Lin Jiye's performance.

Don't look at how enthusiastic Lin Jiye was right now, putting on an attitude that everything was on him; once the banquet ended, he would probably play dead.

Just now, Lin Yuan took the opportunity to connect to the network, and using his Second-Class Citizen permissions, roughly checked Lin Jiye's asset status.

He indeed had a company and had employed an unranked Evolver.

But this unranked Evolver had voluntarily resigned several years ago.

The reason was that Lin Jiye had repeatedly deducted wages, and this matter almost went to the Evolver Association.

One could imagine that Lin Jiye might have had money once, but his current asset status definitely wasn't very good.

How could he possibly hire another Evolver?

Of course, Lin Yuan saw through it without exposing it, but Lin Shoucheng and Lu Qiong thought what the other party said was true, occasionally chatting with Lin Jiye and asking for details about the job.

At this moment, Lin Hao, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly spoke up: "Xiaoyuan is still so young; even if he has become an Evolver, there's no need to step into society to work so early."

When Lin Hao spoke, the scene instantly fell silent.

Even Lin Jiye, who had been boasting just moments before, immediately shut his mouth.

Among everyone participating in the family banquet, the one with the highest status was definitely Lin Hao.

As a secretary to a certain bureau chief in Dongning City, Lin Hao being able to participate in this family banquet made even Lin Shoucheng feel shocked.

"Brother Hao, what do you mean?"

Lin Shoucheng asked in a low voice.

"Our bureau has a quota this year to go to a Higher Academy for Advanced studies, and only Evolvers can apply."

Lin Hao pondered for a moment and said: "How about this, Xiaoyuan will participate in the bureau's interview in a while. After he joins the job, I will transfer the quota over to him."

Going to a Higher Academy for Advanced studies with the identity of an Evolver would inevitably receive resource inclination from that academy. This was a completely different treatment from ordinary students.

Therefore, this quota was an absolute hot cake, and those few Evolvers in Lin Hao's bureau were all eyeing it.

However, this matter could only be decided by Lin Hao. Although he wasn't an Evolver, he was the bureau chief's secretary and managed those few Evolvers.

Originally, Lin Hao intended to save such a good thing for his own son.

But his son was unpromising; he hired several Evolvers to teach him, but in the end, he still didn't become an Evolver.

Seeing that the quota was about to fall onto the other few Evolvers in the bureau,

he heard that one of his distant relatives' homes actually produced an Evolver?

Lin Hao's thought was very simple: since his own family was fated not to have this quota, it might as well be given to Lin Yuan, which was at least better than giving it to those few Evolvers in the bureau.

At least in the future, Lin Yuan would still remember the favor of his distant cousin-uncle.

After all, no matter what, they were relatives.

"Ah? Would this be very precious?"

Lin Shoucheng was somewhat dazed.

Although he didn't know the difficulty of an Evolver obtaining a Higher Academy Advanced studies quota,

for ordinary people, wanting to be admitted to a Higher Academy was exceedingly difficult, yet with a single word from Lin Hao, his son could just enter?

"No matter."

"Just listen to me when the time comes."

Lin Hao said indifferently.

Giving the quota to Lin Yuan could be considered keeping the benefits within the family.

Who told his own son to be so unpromising?

Thinking of this, Lin Hao glanced at the son sitting beside him.

Participating in this family banquet, he had also brought his son along.

"Many thanks, Brother Hao, many thanks, Brother Hao."

Lin Shoucheng was overjoyed in his heart and immediately stood up to express his thanks.

"Xiaoyuan, why aren't you thanking your cousin-uncle?" Lin Shoucheng glared at Lin Yuan.

"Thank you, cousin-uncle."

Lin Yuan said.

After all, this was his cousin-uncle's good intention; at least whenever there was any benefit, he would think of him.

"Hmph, you got such a huge benefit, and all you have to say is a single thank you?"

Lin Yan, who had been sitting next to Lin Hao without speaking, felt exceptionally displeased in his heart.

Rationally speaking, this quota should have been his. After all, he was Lin Hao's son; if such a huge benefit wasn't given to him, who else could it be given to?

As a result, something went wrong with the matter of becoming an Evolver, and he failed to become one.

If matters ended here, that would be it; Lin Yan had already prepared himself to let the quota go to someone else.

But he never expected that his father would end up giving the quota to a distant relative of his.

The moment he thought of Lin Yuan going to a Higher Academy for Advanced studies in the future and enjoying everything that originally belonged to him, Lin Yan felt exceptionally uncomfortable inside.

"You bastard, you're trash yourself and yet you're talking about others."

Lin Hao furrowed his brows tightly and stared at his son, almost ready to slap him across the Face.

When the others heard these words, their expressions revealed odd looks.

This was clearly an internal problem of Lin Hao's family. Now that it involved Lin Shoucheng's family, it turned into quite a good show.

Lin Shoucheng's Face turned somewhat red, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

Normally speaking, at this moment he should immediately speak up and say that his family didn't need that quota,

to ease the relationship between Lin Hao and his son.

But Lin Shoucheng couldn't bear to let go of that quota.

The situation on the scene suddenly became awkward.

Right at this moment,

Starry's staff suddenly rushed in.

With a slightly nervous expression, they said: "Excuse me, is Mr. Lin Yuan here?"

These words instantly broke the atmosphere at the scene.

"He is here."

"Is there something the matter?"

Lin Shoucheng stood out to answer.

The staff immediately said: "Someone wants to visit Mr. Lin Yuan."

These words left Lin Shoucheng scratching his head for a long time.

Someone wanted to visit his son? Weren't all the people for the family banquet already here? Who would come at a time like this?

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The Main World plot is almost over, and the second traversal will open tomorrow.

The word count is approaching seventy thousand words. I wonder if book friends have any opinions or thoughts?