Chapter 517 Cheap Relatives
Chen Lin finally met his cheap second uncle in the conference fact, he hadn't seen his relative for many years. Chen Lin hadn't been home for several years after graduating from university, and he hadn't gotten married yet, so naturally he wasn't allowed to go visit relatives.
"My dear nephew, I, your uncle, never expected that you would be in such a position now!"
After not seeing him for many years, Chen Lin's second uncle still looks the same as before, except that he seems to have more white hair on his head, and his whole body looks fakely excited.
Chen Lin responded with a smile, then asked the so-called elder in front of him to sit down, and he sat not far from him. While signaling his assistant to bring more tea, he asked him what he wanted.
"What could be the problem? I just missed my good nephew, so I came to see you!"
"I'm fine. If you don't have anything else, go back quickly. I'm quite busy here."
Chen Lin didn't pretend to be polite. When he heard his second uncle say that there was nothing wrong, he immediately ordered the person to leave.
The man in front of him immediately became angry and waved his hands, saying, "Why are you still chasing me away, nephew? I heard that you became a high-ranking official, so I wanted you to find a good job for your second uncle."
"Who told you I was here?"
"Do I need to hear this? Who in our entire family doesn't know this?"
The second uncle rolled his eyes at Chen Lin and said, "You can often be seen on TV attending various events! Everyone knows that the person in charge of Anyun Base is the pride of our Chen family. A few days ago, there was a special training session to award certificates. The second uncle saw you presenting awards to those students..."
Chen Lin listened to the man in front of him calmly, and then said, "I see. It's pretty much what I expected."
"The reason I came here is actually because I really have something to ask of you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Lin raised his head and looked at the man: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. All the work within the association is no different from that on Earth. They all require special exams. Under normal circumstances, positions within the base are directly assigned by the association. Technical positions do not require so many restrictions. But what can you do?"
The man in front of him was stunned for a long time. It took him a while to recover. Then he said to Chen Lin: "Because of what you did, my good nephew has now developed into the head of a whole large base. It shouldn't be a problem for him to find a lucrative job for his uncle? I'm also thinking about a position in the association. Can you give me a head or regional manager position in the base here?"
Chen Lin looked at his second uncle with a smile on his face: "There are technical positions, but they are all occupied now. Second uncle, if you think you can do better than them, I will remove them all and let you do it alone."
"Nephew, aren't you embarrassing your uncle by doing this?"
The man smiled awkwardly: "You know, I've been around for so many years and mostly rely on my communication skills. If there is any professional work here at the base, I really can't do it. Can you find me a job that doesn't require so much technology?"
"Those who don't need technical skills are directly assigned by the association. Second uncle, why don't you talk to President Li about this?"
Silence is Cambridge tonight.
Chen Lin was not in a hurry. He just picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly. The man sitting on the right seemed to have made up his mind. After a while, he said to him, "My good nephew, your second uncle has never asked you for anything in all these years..."
"I haven't asked my second uncle to help me with anything."
Chen Lin spoke slowly, "In fact, my family helped you a lot in the past. When we bought a house where we live now, we didn't have enough money and had to borrow money from everywhere. Did you ever lend us money?"
"Didn't we take out 10,000 yuan at that time?"
The man suddenly became angry and shouted angrily at Chen Lin.
"It was given by my second aunt, not you."
Chen Lin's face showed a completely bright expression: "If my second aunt came to see me today, I would at least try to find her a suitable job. Forget about you. I really can't hire a big Buddha like you. Then you won't have to use my name to start making trouble in your position."
Second uncle's face immediately turned red and purple, and it took him a while to catch his breath. He stood up and said to Chen Lin: "I was so nice to you in the beginning, but I didn't expect you to be such an ungrateful person!"
Chen Lin was not worried about having a conflict with him. Anyway, he had already saved his face, so it would be beneficial for both parties to talk it out directly.
"If you said you were here to see me today, I would be very happy. When you go back, I would ask my assistant to bring you some local specialties or even some small gifts."
"But if you want to ask me for a good job, I'm sorry, I won't accompany you!"
Chen Lin also stood up and turned to leave: "See you out."
"Chen Lin!"
The man behind him stood there and shouted at him: "Is this how you treat your relatives from your own family?"
Chen Lin stopped and turned to look at the man. "Uncle, what you said is true. I took some time out of my busy schedule to meet you. This is already a great honor. If you were not a relative from home, you might not have been able to see me at all."
While the second uncle was slightly stunned, Chen Lin had already flashed out of the meeting room, and Xiao Wu and others hurriedly followed him at the door.
"Go tell your assistant to send this guy back immediately. Next time, blacklist this place for me and don't let him in if you see him again."
"I'll do it right now!"
"and many more……"
Chen Lin waved his hand at Xiao Wu and said, "Tell the assistant to get him some local specialties from the Taka Continent before he leaves. Don't give him cash or anything like that. This guy spends money without restraint. It's better not to give him anything."
"I understand brother!"
Xiao Wu immediately ran to the conference room. Chen Lin sighed slightly and continued to walk slowly towards his office. It was not that he did not want to give his relative a job, but that this so-called second uncle was too disappointing and had done too many ridiculous things when he was young.
For example, as Chen Lin knew before, his second uncle was doing well driving a truck for someone many years ago, but he insisted that the company was targeting him and wanted to lay him off, so he gave away gifts and spent a lot of money. At that time, nothing happened in the entire company, so talking about layoffs was nonsense.
In the end, he spent his money but got nothing good out of it. Instead, he became a laughing stock.
He had done similar things more than once in the past few decades. He had not saved any money in all these years. Instead, he asked Chen Lin's second aunt for money. Even their son, Chen Lin's cousin, couldn't stand it anymore and rarely came back after getting married...
After Chen Lin opened the portal, it had a profound impact on the entire family. Although the entire Chen family was not directly promoted to a super family in public, Chen Lin's direct relatives in the family were secretly protected, and the younger generations were all arranged to attend the best schools. Many overt and covert matters were arranged by the association.
However, because Chen Lin seldom returns to his hometown now, or even can be said to seldom return to Earth, he is unaware of these things most of the time, and of course has no chance to tell his relatives about these things at home.
The assistant returned quickly, and Chen Lin asked him to look at the recent arrangements. He found that there was nothing special in the past few days, so Chen Lin made some temporary arrangements and prepared to go back to take a look.
Chen Lin contacted his parents first. Both elders were not at the outpost base. After asking, he found out that they were both inland of Dalad.
"What are you two doing over there? Weren't you both in Stuttgart before?"
Chen Lin suddenly became curious and couldn't help but ask.
Chen Lin's father was immediately overjoyed and said, "Not only are we two here, a lot of people from our family are here!"
"Your uncle and even a bunch of people from your family came here with us to farm!"
Chen Lin was a little amused when he heard this: "Why are you still planting the land?"
"Hey, you know what, farming in Dalade is really a good job. When I first came here with your mother, they didn't believe it. We contracted 400 acres here in the first year. Except for the initial fatigue, the rest of the time can be said to be easy."
Father Chen started to talk on the phone: "Originally I thought we were going to grow food like before, but the people from the research institute said we shouldn't grow those things. They wanted us to grow a new crop, which seems to be called Liangyu No. 101. That thing doesn't look like food, but what it produces is almost like food. I heard it's used as feed. We have a huge demand for this kind of thing."
"Your mother and I were researching how to grow cotton. Later, we heard that what the professionals said must be right, so we bought equipment and hired people to level the land and pull pipes. It took us more than three months to get the land ready, and then we started to plant this 101 variety of crops. We didn't expect that this thing would produce so many fruits. It was fully grown and full of fruits in more than three months..."
"In the first year, the two of us earned more than 400,000 yuan by growing this kind of thing. It was all purchased by the base. Although the price was not high, it was beyond our ability to produce!"
While talking on the phone, Chen Lin entered the information about "Liangyu No. 101" into the computer, and then he realized that this thing was actually a new type of crop cultivated at the Xuanwu Base on the Dalad Continent.
It was originally cultivated as feed, but later it was discovered that it also has medicinal effects. Its yield is at least 300% higher than that of conventional crops, and its growth cycle is also extremely short, maturing in three months to 90 days.
This thing is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, disease- and pest-resistant, has strong adaptability, and is rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, which can meet the growth needs of livestock and poultry. It also has good palatability and can be said to be an excellent thing.
Its medicinal use is even more unique. This thing contains a variety of biologically active substances, such as flavonoids and polysaccharides, which account for a very high proportion. It has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory effects. It can also be used to prepare Chinese medicine feed additives, improve the immunity of livestock and poultry, and reduce the occurrence of diseases.
The purchase price of one ton of this stuff is actually lower than that of grain, but the yield is high. The Chen family can earn at least a thousand yuan per acre of land. No wonder they could earn more than 400,000 yuan in the end.
"When our relatives heard that they could make money by growing this, they all came over."
Father Chen said on the phone: "Although our Chen family is now better off than before and has a certain status, none of our people have any special privileges. We all paid for the land from the Xuanwu base."
"Your eldest uncle bought 800 mu of land, your second uncle bought 1000 mu, and one of your cousins' family bought 500 mu. Your mother and I thought about it and bought another 500 mu from the base, making a total of mu..."
Chen Lin happily listened to his father talking about recent events. After a long time, it was his turn to speak. The old man then remembered and asked Chen Lin what he wanted to do by calling this time.
"You are a man who never comes to visit without a reason. It's been a long time since you called home. You called us this time specifically. It shouldn't be to ask about us, right?"
Chen Lin quickly explained to his father: "It's not that I don't want to call you, but I've been too busy with work recently. I'll call you as soon as I have some free time!"
"Alright, alright, I don't know you kid!"
Father Chen scolded with a smile, "Just tell me what you have to say."
"I should go back tomorrow. I originally wanted to go back to my hometown, but you and your parents are in Dalade, and a lot of relatives are there too. So I'll just go to Dalade. Director Zhong of the Xuanwu Base and I have been friends for many years. If I go, I guess he will be there in person."
"Oh my goodness, the person in charge, Mr. Zhong, is here too?!"
Father Chen was a little surprised. He originally thought that his son's coming back was just an ordinary thing, but when Chen Lin said this, he immediately remembered Chen Lin's current identity - the general manager of Anyun Base, which is actually similar to the ancient provincial governor!
"Okay, okay, I'll ask your mother to prepare it right away... Our relatives all live not far away, so I'll ask them all to come over and have a meal together!"
Chen Lin responded and immediately reminded his father not to let certain people come. He briefly talked about what happened to his second uncle today. After hearing this, Father Chen was silent for a while and immediately said that he already knew about it and he would measure it.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Lin came to his senses and asked his assistant to arrange tomorrow's affairs. The assistant took a look and showed a strange expression: "Mr. Chen, your fiancée is going to come to our place tonight..."
fiancée?
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that he had an officially recognized fiancée. Although they had not yet obtained the marriage certificate, many people in the association knew about it. In addition, the girl's father was General Lin, and Chen Lin had even promised him not to let the girl continue to delve into the path of weapons research and development...
However, I haven't seen her for a long time. The last time they met was probably four months ago. Chen Lin had a brief exchange with Lin Yun when he returned to the outpost base. Both of them were extremely busy. They even felt like they were doing a mission when doing things. Both of them found it quite boring.
"What is she doing back this time?"
Chen Lin subconsciously asked, "Are you going to leave after just one day?"
"I'm not sure. You should ask her yourself."
(End of this chapter)
