At 11:30, in the restaurant of the presidential suite, the famished Zhou Wang finally managed to have a rather late breakfast.
Besides Zhou Wang and Xu Wenqian, the participants included Qi Jiayi, Lin Ran, and Qi Jiayi’s assistant, Sura.
The Yun Rou and Yun Lan sisters knew their boundaries well at times like this. Although Zhou Wang had invited them, they chose to stay in their rooms.
Miao Ying, even more so, wasn’t around unless Zhou Wang needed her, as she generally lacked presence.
At that moment, Zhou Wang sat alone at the table because Qi Jiayi and the others were still busy exchanging pleasantries with Lin Ran.
It wasn’t just Qi Jiayi; as Zhou Wang’s second assistant, Lin Ran was meeting Xu Wenqian, the first assistant, for the first time as well. Three women can create quite a scene, let alone four, so Zhou Wang figured they wouldn’t sit down without chatting for at least 40 minutes. So, he decided to start eating by himself.
The suite’s butler asked Xu Wenqian, who then asked Zhou Wang. Thinking about his first breakfast in Magic City, Zhou Wang decided it should have some local flavor, so he let the butler arrange it as they saw fit.
Crab roe noodles + crab roe soup dumplings + chrysanthemum fish.
That’s the breakfast the butler arranged.
To be honest, the taste wasn’t bad, the seasoning was generous, and it was quite filling. The only downside was that it felt like eating in Hang City... because the salty-sweet flavor made it too cloying.
Originally, given Zhou Wang’s hunger level, he could have eaten two bowls of noodles, but after one bowl, he was already quite full.
Turning around, he saw the four women still chattering away, having moved from discussing Magic City’s weather to each other’s outfits, forcing Zhou Wang to speak up.
"Are you all going to eat or not? If not, I’ll have the butler clear the table!"
Hearing their boss’s slightly irritated words, Lin Ran and Xu Wenqian quickly got up and walked over, with the little assistant Sura sticking out her tongue and following closely behind. Only Qi Jiayi remained leisurely, casting a slightly provocative glance at Zhou Wang.
Faced with Qi Jiayi, whom Zhou Wang felt a bit guilty toward, he chose to pretend not to see, turned around, and went to take a bath.
After soaking for a while and trying out the bathtub’s massage function, Zhou Wang found that it still wasn’t as comfortable as Yun Rou’s sisters’ little hands, so he dried himself off unenthusiastically, grabbed a new set of clothes he’d brought from yesterday, casually did his hair, and came out just as the women were almost done eating.
"Boss, how’s your schedule for today?"
Lin Ran asked first.
Hearing this, Zhou Wang fell into deep thought.
In fact, he had quite a few things to do in Magic City. The two properties he’d gotten equity in earlier, the Magic City Pinghe School and the Magic City Jiahui International Hospital, Zhou Wang definitely needed to visit personally.
Besides, there was the reward he got last time by earning the "Bossy" badge and the "Idol" badge: the office building at the International Gold Center and the luxury mansion at Tangchen Yipin, which also needed to be received.
Additionally, there were endless trivial matters...
Such as, since he sought the help of Xia Xiwei’s second uncle, it’s only proper to pay a visit and possibly host a dinner, and he also needs to visit Guo Bing’s father, Guo Wangshan.
Furthermore, there was a certain plan in Zhou Wang’s mind that needed to be realized in Magic City, which was his primary reason for being there, but it required some groundwork and preparation.
While Zhou Wang was lost in thought, his phone suddenly rang. Taking a glance at the caller ID, Zhou Wang moved to the side to answer the call.
"Hello, Mr. Zhao?"
"Haha, Mr. Zhou, am I disturbing your nap?"
A polite voice came from the other end of the line.
The person who called Zhou Wang was Zhao Shusheng, the richest man in his grandmother’s hometown, Sanhe Town. Due to an accident, he once helped Zhou Wang and always felt grateful. The donation of two million to the hometown by Zhou Wang was also facilitated by him.
Only after a while without contact, Zhao Shusheng’s way of addressing him changed from the once-intimate "Brother" to the more formal "Mr. Zhou".
This was normal; relationships need ongoing communication to be maintained. After some time without contact, even the best of relationships can fade, let alone when the two hadn’t seen each other much to begin with.
"I’ve already answered the phone, what do you think, old buddy?"
Zhou Wang laughed.
After a slight pause, Zhao Shusheng’s tone warmed up quite a bit, sighing, "Hahaha, Brother Zhou, when it comes to the art of conversation, you’re the best among young people I’ve met!"
"Old buddy, do we need to butter each other up? What’s the matter?"
"Well, Brother, I’m in Ming City right now, having a meal with Secretary Bai from the Yunnan Province Chamber of Commerce. Upon knowing that we’re both from the same hometown, he..."
As soon as Zhou Wang heard the first part of what Zhao Shusheng said, he immediately understood what was going on.
It was still related to the aftermath stirred up by the previous Wangyuan Commerce incident. The Secretary from the Yunnan Province General Chamber of Commerce had tried to reach out to Zhou Wang several times after hearing some rumors, but Zhou Wang had refused each time for various reasons.
This time, it seemed that he’d learned about the connection between Zhou Wang and Zhao Shusheng and got him to act as an intermediary.
After some thought, Zhou Wang remembered that he had some resentment due to issues related to a previous election. But now, he’d made the Secretary wait for quite a while, and after all, Yunnan Province was his home, which he couldn’t completely separate from.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wang smiled and said, "How about this, old buddy: you tell Secretary Bai that I’m indeed not in Yunnan Province at the moment. The next time I return to Ming City, probably around the end of the year, I will reach out to him myself to invite him for a meal..."