Chapter 149: This Is Really Exactly What We Were Afraid Of!
Liu Ye looked at the wine in the cup, decisively drank it, and then handed the cup back.
Chen Han took the cup back, placed it on the table, and earnestly said, “Mr. Liu, you should still go to the hospital early for treatment, don’t delay your illness. Our Chen Clan is a place for tourism.”
Liu Ye felt very awkward when he heard this.
The hospital was really useless!
He had been to every kind of hospital, seen all kinds of experts and professors, and used all kinds of special medicine.
Just as he was complaining about hospitals, he suddenly froze. A warm feeling appeared in his deformed rheumatic knee, just like when he had eaten the medicinal cuisine before, very comfortable, yet different.
Although the medicinal cuisine made his whole body feel warm, it was not intense. Now the sensation at his knee was very strong, very comfortable, the kind that almost made him moan.
His expression lit up with joy. He immediately guessed that the medicinal wine was working. Sure enough, it could treat his rheumatic paralysis symptom.
And the effect was so fast.
What surprised Liu Ye even more was that this Chen Family Head had already prepared this medicinal wine before he arrived.
It was not strange that the Chen Family Head knew about his symptom; little Chu had definitely told him.
What shocked him was that if he had not behaved well today, had not first shown his pious devotion to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, he might not have gotten to drink this cup of wine.
He might have completely missed his chance at treatment despite his illness.
In that situation, he would not even have known that the cup of wine on the table had such an effect.
This made him feel very fortunate.
At this moment, Chen Han’s mobile phone ringtone rang. It turned out to be Director Chen from the culture and tourism bureau calling.
He answered, and Director Chen’s voice came through: “Chen Family Head, I have arrived at the Chen Clan’s side. I have something very important to discuss with you. Where are you now?”
“Director Chen, I will send you my location.” Chen Han was puzzled. What important matter made this director so anxious?
After hanging up, he said to Liu Ye and the others, “Mr. Liu, Mr. Chu, I am very sorry, but I have to host a guest right now.”
“Then we will not disturb the Chen Family Head.” Liu Ye immediately spoke respectfully and left with Chu Hao and Master Xin Yan.
He felt even more emotion in his heart. As expected, an expert with special ability was different.
If it were another mystic sect expert, not to mention a donation of 100 million, even 50 million would make the other party go out of their way to flatter him and visit his home to chant scriptures for him.
But look at this Chen Family Head. A donation of 100 million was nothing to him; he was too lazy to say even one extra sentence.
Experts are truly not all the same.
After leaving the courtyard, Master Xin Yan could not help asking, “Benefactor Liu, was the wine that the Chen Family Head gave you just now able to treat your symptom?”
When Liu Ye heard this, he immediately looked at him with a beaming smile. “Master Xin Yan, did the Chen Family Head not say it already? We must believe in science. For illness, we should go to the hospital.”
“???” Master Xin Yan was dumbfounded.
When did he become a talking parrot?
At the same time, he was very shocked.
He had chanted scriptures for this man for half a month. Each time it had no effect, and he knew clearly what this man’s condition looked like; he would not be in the mood to joke.
This meant that the man was in a good mood now.
So the medicinal wine definitely had an effect.
Chu Hao smiled behind them. He could be sure that the medicinal wine given by the Chen Family Head definitely worked.
However, this Liu Dong truly lived up to being a big shot; his ability to adapt was really strong!
Suddenly, the three of them saw a group of people with beaming faces escorting an old man towards them. The display was so grand it was impossible not to notice.
This group was naturally Chen Kai, along with some people from the county culture and tourism bureau.
And that old master was the Old Master Wang whose eyes had been cured.
Chen Kai was smiling broadly as he said to Old Mr. Wang, “Old Mr. Wang, thank you for your support of Linhe County’s tourism.”
Old Master Wang was dressed in Daoist plain clothes. “Director Chen, this has nothing to do with your Linhe County. It is because the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation previously blessed me, so I came to fulfill a vow and asked my son to submit an application document to help the Chen Clan widen this road!”
Chen Kai hurried to build rapport. “It is all the same, all the same. The Chen Clan is also one of our Linhe County’s tourism projects. Back then I personally signed the supporting document for the Chen Family Head’s father.”
After all, the road from the county to the Chen Clan was really not short. Although it was only a rural road, it would still cost tens of millions to widen.
As the Chen Clan’s tourists increased, the county had already learned about the roadside parking and traffic jams and was planning to widen the road.
But Linhe County was very poor, and this sum of money was not small. The leaders had been in meetings studying it.
Then suddenly someone applied to handle the procedures to expand the road for the Chen Clan.
The county leaders were stunned.
There was such a good thing?
Once they confirmed the other party was a tycoon, there was no hesitation. They let him follow the whole process.
After learning the full story, Chen Kai was very shocked. This old master was spending so much money just to fulfill a vow to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation?
The Chen Clan’s Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation must have done something.
He had personally experienced the heavenly sweet dew at the consecration ceremony, which only strengthened his belief.
But since the other party did not talk about it, he could not probe.
Besides, it did not matter. Even if the other party was repaying a vow to the Heavenly Lord, the procedures still went through the county. In reports to the higher-ups, this would be county-led and could be recorded in their merit ledger.
Liu Ye was very surprised when he heard their conversation.
The matter of the road had been preempted by someone else.
When he had seen the road conditions before, he had actually already had thoughts about it.
Moreover, when he heard that the man was there to fulfill a vow after receiving blessings from the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, his attention immediately shifted to his own knee.
After drinking the medicinal wine, that comfortable feeling became stronger and stronger.
He could be sure that this man who came to fulfill a vow must also have been treated.
But he felt something was not quite right.
Because he had not been blessed by the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation; he had only drunk a cup of wine.
Could it be that this was not enough for a complete cure?
Was there still some missing procedure?
Thinking of this, he did not hesitate. He immediately took out his mobile phone and instructed his assistant, “Help me contact the Linhe County side later.”
He could not throw money at the Chen Family Head, but could he not throw money at the officials of Linhe County?
In a poor little county like Linhe County, they would treat him like an ancestor.
…
Chen Han was also very surprised to see that Old Master Wang had come along with Director Chen.
Chen Kai immediately came forward to explain the situation. “Chen Family Head, it is Old Master Wang who wants to help the Chen Clan expand the road. The county leaders told us to fully cooperate. Now that the Chen Clan’s tourists have increased, the road conditions are indeed under some pressure!”
Old Master Wang quickly added, “Chen Family Head, the Heavenly Lord’s blessing cured my eyes. This is just a small token of my appreciation.”
These words made Chen Kai instinctively look over. Even though he had already guessed the possibility, hearing Old Master Wang personally say it still felt shocking.
For a wealthy man like this to willingly spend tens of millions to build a road showed that his illness had definitely not been simple.
When Chen Han heard the reason, he felt Old Master Wang’s piousness.
And he finally understood why those mystic sects all competed so hard for believers and for reputation.
Just look, if you encounter such a big-spending believer…
However, he smiled and said to Old Master Wang, “Old Master Wang, the Chen Clan is just a scenic spot. For treatment, you still have to believe in science. Our Chen Clan does not dare to claim this merit.”
When Chen Kai and Ma Qi heard these familiar words, they could not help curling their lips.
Why did it feel like the Chen Family Head was talking nonsense?
If it was not the Chen Clan’s merit, was the rich man a fool?
At his age, Old Master Wang was already a seasoned veteran. He immediately nodded. “Yes, yes, we must believe in science. I just want to do some charity.”
Chen Han smiled and said, “Old master, we made some medicinal cuisine today. At noon, please try a portion.”
“Thank you, Chen Family Head.” Old Master Wang hurriedly thanked him. After saying a few more words of thanks, he took his leave. “Chen Family Head, then I will not disturb you. I will go pay my respects to the Heavenly Lord.”
Chen Kai naturally accompanied him.
This old master had to be properly attended to. He was an ancestor now.
However, they could not offer incense, so when they reached the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, they could only wait outside.
After that, he also accompanied the old master as he strolled through the Chen Clan, even though the other party said it was not necessary.
But…
Time passed, and soon it was noon.
Chen Han had someone send the medicinal cuisine over to that Liu Dong, along with the promised portion for Old Master Wang. One person’s serving was not much; they could spare it.
After finishing the medicinal cuisine, Xiao Mi took out a notebook and said, “Chen Han, the national style event has been set, but we need program performances. We have to plan them. I have arranged a national style dance program. At that time you will help me by playing the flute as accompaniment.”
At this moment, Xiao Yu also said, “And me, I will perform a sword dance. I will have Xiao Jun and Dalong cooperate with me with set moves to make sure it is spectacular.”
As she spoke, the two girls looked towards Chen Han and the others. Xiao Yu directly said, “Senior brother, everyone has to perform. At least we cannot have too few performances. After all, Sister Xiao Mi set the ticket price at 699 yuan, so we cannot have too few programs.”
The 699 yuan ticket did not include accommodation. It only covered access to the inner venue to participate in activities and watch performances. If guests wanted accommodation and meals, they would have to pay extra.
After all, there were many aspects of the national style event that required spending money, and even inviting internet celebrities involved a big appearance fee.
Naturally, there were supplements: those who wore hanfu could get half-price; university students in hanfu could enter for free.
As for whether people would really pay 699 yuan, that would be underestimating the energy of this circle. Otherwise, why would various places compete to hold national style events?
The only difference was how well you did your promotion and whether you could invite enough heavyweight national style internet celebrities.
In fact, many internet celebrities would come just to join the fun or to piggyback on the popularity. As long as the event gained momentum, many national style girls would take the initiative to come without asking for appearance fees.
In this regard, with Xiao Mi’s connections, she had invited five close national style girls. Adding herself and her junior sister, there were seven girls already, so they already had influence.
The Chen Clan also had quite a bit of popularity recently. What remained was the quality of the programs.
Although the highlight would be these national style girls walking around and letting everyone take photos and interact, the performances also needed to be substantial.
Moreover, with the event lasting three days, they had to perform continuously for three days.
But when it came to designing performances, Chen Lin and Chen Dagou were clueless and racked their brains.
Finally, Chen Dagou said, “Can I perform chest crushing stone?”
Xiao Yu was immediately surprised. “Uncle Dagou, you know how to do that?”
“I tried it before. It did not seem that hard,” Chen Dagou explained awkwardly.
Chen Han smiled. With Uncle Dagou’s strong build, plus having eaten medicinal cuisine for so long and strengthening his body, chest crushing stone was pure talent for him.
Chen Dagou continued, “At that time we can have Chen Lin or Shuisheng use their fists to smash the stone.”
“I have no problem!” said Chen Lin.
“I have no problem either,” said Chen Shuisheng.
The two were clearly confident. They trained martial arts every day now, and with the medicinal cuisine strengthening their bodies, they had every reason to be confident.
Hearing this, Xiao Yu nodded. “All right, then Uncle Dagou will perform chest crushing stone. But the programs are still not enough.”
Chen Lin thought for a moment and said, “The three of us can perform boxing, and bring the Demon Subduing Hall people to fight together. If we practice a bit this time, we can definitely make it neat.”
“Okay.” Xiao Mi nodded, then she and Xiao Yu both looked straight at Chen Han.
He naturally understood what the two girls meant: he had to perform too.
And he realized he had quite a lot he could perform: ancient tricks, cloud barrier technique, beast taming technique, and so on.
He could even use the Green Pheasant Fan as a prop. The sneeze wind could give people two very satisfying sneezes. A couple of blasts towards the front row audience would be a nice benefit.
As Chen Han and the others ate, they discussed the national style event.
Old Master Wang had also gone to rest in his reserved detached courtyard, where the Chen Clan staff had already delivered a serving of medicinal cuisine and dishes.
Chen Kai naturally knew it was time for him to leave. He left a telephone number with the old master so he could call if he needed anything, and then departed.
But as soon as he left the courtyard, he received a call from the county leaders, and his face showed astonishment. “What? There is a tycoon who wants to rent a mountain and also invest in tourism in Linhe County?”
This news took him by surprise. They had never had such good fortune before, and now it had happened twice in a row?
After hearing the instructions from the leaders, he immediately said, “Rest assured, leader, I will treat him like an ancestor so he definitely will not slip away. Where is he now?”
“What… also at the Chen Clan?” Chen Kai was stunned.
No way. If the other party wanted to rent a mountain, he had better not want to contract the mountain behind the Chen Clan.
And now that the Chen Clan had become popular and tourists were increasing, that possibility was very high.
Although the mountain did not belong to the Chen Clan, if the other party contracted it and carried out some taboo development, the karma would be huge.
Then everyone involved would end up with that terrifying hemorrhoids problem. What would they do?
Thinking of this, he clenched his butt and subconsciously asked Ma Qi, “Have your wife and child’s hemorrhoids gotten better?”
Ma Qi did not understand why the leader suddenly asked this and could only answer awkwardly, “Last night they were still in agony. Today is just the tenth day. They’ve both lost a lot of weight. Fortunately, the Chen Family Head said the punishment would only last ten days.”
Chen Kai immediately felt miserable. He had seen several people in so much pain from hemorrhoids that they wished they were dead. Ten days in a row; how painful would that be?
It would not even feel like their own body anymore.
But he had to follow the leaders’ instructions. He had to go find that tycoon and hope he was not too unreasonable.
Soon, he arrived at another detached courtyard of the Chen Clan. When he went inside and saw the monk, he froze for a moment.
He seemed to have seen him earlier when he escorted Old Master Wang.
This made his heart sink.
The tycoon surnamed Liu had brought a monk with him. Was he planning to rent a mountain to build a temple?
This was a bit of a problem. Did the man not inquire about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation here?
But since the leaders had given instructions, he could only ask with a smile, “Excuse me, which one of you is Mr. Liu? I am Chen Kai, director of the Linhe County culture and tourism bureau.”
Liu Ye knew this must be someone from Linhe County, so he smiled and said, “I am Liu Ye. It seems Director Chen is specifically in charge of this matter, so I will be brief. I want to rent the mountain behind the Chen Clan.”
“Ah??” Chen Kai’s face changed instantly.
This was exactly what he had been afraid of.
“??” Now it was Liu Ye’s turn to be confused. He only wanted to rent a mountain. Why that expression? Besides, he was going to dedicate the mountain to the Chen Clan. The county would receive a large amount of rent for nothing. Should they not be delighted?
