usatvline Chapter 148 Nothing tastes better than dumplings
Chapter 148 Nothing tastes better than dumplings
After the woman left, Lu Chen returned to the office and rummaged under Li Qiang's desk for a while before taking out two bags of tea. He found a cup, got some boiling water and started to make tea.
Just when Lu Chen finished making the tea, Li Qiang walked in from outside.
"Hello, boss. What can I do for you?"
Lu Chen said, "Let's not talk about that for now. Let's talk about the beauty in the office next to you. When did you hire her? Why didn't I see her when I came last time?"
Li Qiang looked at Lu Chen with a sly smile and whispered, "Why, boss, you like her? Let me tell you, she is the village beauty here, and she has been to school. Many people here have their eyes on her, even Americans like Dave are pursuing her now. Boss, if you like her, you'd better hurry up."
When Lu Chen heard Li Qiang say that this woman was a Filipino, he sighed in his heart, no wonder she didn't look like a Chinese, it turned out she was a Filipino. At the same time, he felt a little strange, wondering what the people in the factory saw in her, why so many people were chasing after this woman, not only was the woman not as pretty as Evelin, but she was also far inferior to Yun Wanting.
No, stop. Why am I thinking of Yun Wanting? She is Fu Mingzhuo's girlfriend now. A friend's wife should not be bullied. We can't have any thoughts about her. Lu Chen secretly warned himself in his heart.
Lu Chen collected his wandering thoughts and asked Li Qiang:
"Li Qiang, how many weapons do we have in our warehouse now?"
Li Qiang said, "There are only more than 20,000 rifles and more than 100 mortars produced this month in the warehouse. There are also 80 to 90 heavy machine guns. What, boss, do you want to transfer these weapons again?"
Without waiting for Lu Chen's confirmation, Li Qiang immediately cried, "Boss, you can't do this. These are all stocks for China's orders. If you take these weapons away, how can we deliver the mortars this month?"
Lu Chen touched his nose and said, "Well, I see you have already expanded the factory. This time I only need 10,000 rifles and 100 mortars. With just this amount of guns, it won't affect the delivery."
"How can it not affect us? That's an order for 300,000 guns. After you sold a batch of guns last month, William came to me to pick up another batch of guns. As a result, we only delivered 10,000 to 20,000 guns last month. We still need 20,000 to 30,000 guns. I was planning to make up for it this month, but now you want to take away another 10,000 guns. So I can't make up for it this month."
Lu Chen said, "Don't worry about it for now. I need these guns urgently. Keep them for me. I will probably ask someone to pick up these weapons next month. You also need to prepare enough bullets and shells for me."
Li Qiang said helplessly: "Okay, but in the next few months, boss, you can't come to me for money again."
Lu Chen said, "Don't talk about this. I've already asked you to expand the factory to produce 100,000 rifles a month. How can your current output meet the needs of the market? I'm going to rest now."
After saying that, Lu Chen walked out of the office. When he was leaving Humen, he said to Li Qiang:
"Oh, Ike is here too. He's now living in the town near the Special Forces Company. Send someone to find him and tell him that I'm here. Ask him to come early tomorrow because I have to go to the U.S. military headquarters tomorrow."
After saying this, Lu Chen closed the door and left Li Qiang's office.
The next day, Lu Chen got up early in the morning. After breakfast, he and Ike drove to the US military headquarters in the Philippines.
When Lu Chen arrived at the headquarters, Green had just finished breakfast. Seeing Lu Chen coming so early, Green said sarcastically:
"Didn't you refuse to accept those 10,000-plus veterans yesterday? Why did you come to sign a contract with me so early today?"
Lu Chen retorted: "I came here so early because I have other things to do. I will leave the Philippines after signing the contract with you."
Green looked at Lu Chen with suspicion.
"What else can you do that is more important than signing a contract with me?"
Lu Chen answered without hesitation: "My sister-in-law is about to give birth, and I want to go see my little nephew. Do you think this matter is more important than this one?"
Green was extremely speechless at the reason given by Lu Chen.
"What does your sister-in-law giving birth to a child have to do with you?"
Lu Chen said nonsense in a serious tone, "We Chinese have a saying that nothing tastes better than dumplings. It's also fun... Hehe, so I have to go back and prove that he is my nephew."
Lu Chen's serious look made people feel that what he said was true. And Green really believed it, because in foreign countries, such things as stealing for a night seemed to be true. He thought for a while and said:
"Then you should really go back earlier, so as not to affect the relationship between you two brothers."
Lu Chen suppressed his smile and said to Green:
"Then Mr. Green, let's sign the contract quickly. We also need to buy a boat ticket back to China."
Green nodded, asked his secretary to take out the drafted contract, and then he and Lu Chen signed their names on the contract. After signing the contract, Green said to Lu Chen:
"I will have someone send the gun to the special forces company in a few days. You can go back to China without any worries."
Lu Chen nodded and fled out of the headquarters. After leaving the headquarters, Lu Chen couldn't help laughing for a long time.
Seeing that Lu Chen couldn't even straighten his back, Ike asked:
"Boss, what funny thing happened to you that made you laugh like this?"
Lu Chen breathlessly told Green about the nonsense he had talked about. Ike laughed and said:
"It's really not Mr. Green's fault. If I wasn't with you so often, I would probably believe you if you said that."
Lu Chen asked curiously: "Why do you believe it?"
Ike explained: "Because when you interact with these people, you basically talk about business and never joke with others. So they don't consider whether what you say is false or not."
Lu Chen thought about it seriously and realized that he had never joked with anyone before. Even so, being able to tease Green still made him feel very happy.
Lu Chen said to Ike, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Drive me to the dock and we'll book a boat ticket to China today."
Ike looked at Lu Chen in surprise: "Boss, did your sister-in-law really give birth to a baby today?"
Lu Chen said angrily, "Get lost. I'm going back to China for something really important. Don't ask me. Let's drive to the dock quickly."
Under Lu Chen's constant urging, Ike drove quickly to the pier. After getting off the car, Lu Chen immediately ran into the ticket office. Fortunately, there were not many people buying tickets here at this time.
Lu Chen found a window and asked when the next ship to China would depart. The ticket seller checked and told Lu Chen:
"The next ship to China doesn't leave until tomorrow morning. Do you want to buy a ticket, sir?"
There was no boat until tomorrow morning, which made Lu Chen a little disappointed, but he still took out the money and bought two tickets.
The ticket seller happily took Lu Chen's money and handed him two tickets. Then he said:
"Sir, the ship will set sail at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Please bring your ticket and board the ship in time."
Lu Chen put away the boat ticket, turned around and left the ticket hall, and then walked towards Ike.
Suddenly, two people appeared from the side and blocked Lu Chen's way. Lu Chen looked at the two people with a vigilant look and asked:
"What are you doing? Why are you blocking my way?"
An Asian man wearing a black round hat and a windbreaker looked at Lu Chen seriously and asked:
"Are you Lu Chen?"
Lu Chen looked at the two people carefully, and after recalling in his mind, he found that he had never seen them before. The two people looked to be about 1.78 meters tall, and they did not look like the average height of an ordinary person who was only 1.5 meters.
Lu Chen said with a sullen face: "Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
The man in the black hat said to Lu Chen: "Whether you are Lu Chen or not, please come with me."
Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "What if I don't go?"
The man smiled and glanced at Lu Chen, then turned around and waved. Suddenly, a group of people appeared on the dock. The man looked at Lu Chen jokingly and said:
"Sir, you better come with me."
Lu Chen suddenly ran towards the ticket hall. The man immediately led his men to chase after Lu Chen. He kept shouting as he ran,
"Lu Chen, don't run away. You can't escape today."
Lu Chen's expression changed instantly. He cursed, "Damn it, which bastard has brought so many people to arrest me? I have never offended anyone in the Philippines."
Lu Chen's movements immediately caught Ike's attention. When he saw Lu Chen being chased by a group of people, Ike immediately realized that something was wrong.
He immediately got in the car, started the engine, shifted gears, and stepped on the accelerator in one go, and drove towards Lu Chen's position.