Wang Ming nodded after listening.
"Yes, an old friend indeed."
The middle-aged man imdiately greeted him with a smile, grabbing Wang Hao’s right hand with both of his and said, "Hello, my na is Zhao Gang, the director here! What should I call you?"
"Hello! My na is Wang Hao."
Wang Hao ca to his senses and wondered to himself. He had never t the director before, so why was he so enthusiastic?
Watching Zhao Gang circling around Wang Ming, he thought it must be out of respect for Wang Ming.
"By the way, since you happened to co to the city today, why don’t you co to the laboratory with ? Use your mbership card to pick out so dicines, take them while they are free."
Wang Ming suddenly rembered the mbership card and reminded Wang Hao.
Wang Hao didn’t think much of it, but Zhao Gang next to him was stunned upon hearing this and stared at Wang Hao, his expression incredulous.
He glanced over Wang Hao from head to toe, a sense of doubt creeping into his mind.
How could Wang Hao, who looked like a countryside farr, have a mbership card to the Zao City Biological Laboratory?
But since Wang Ming said so, it ant that Wang Hao did indeed have the mbership card.
"Rember not to forget, if you don’t have ti, you can entrust soone else to go."
Wang Ming made a point to remind Wang Hao before leaving, glancing deliberately and unintentionally at Zhao Gang.
After Wang Ming left, Zhao Gang imdiately approached Wang Hao and asked.
"Mr. Wang, what brings you to our place? Don’t stand there, let’s go to my office and talk over tea."
"I do have sothing indeed, I ca to test the soil from our village."
Wang Hao felt sowhat embarrassed by Zhao Gang’s sudden enthusiasm.
"No problem, I’ll arrange for soone to do the testing right away. I guarantee results in two hours, and we’ll test for every elent."
He said, pulling Wang Hao into his office.
...
At the front desk of the soil testing office, Xia Xue anxiously waited with her samples at the counter.
A staff mber handed her a form and said, "Your form isn’t filled out correctly, fill it out again."
The tone was full of impatience.
"How is it still not correct? This is the fifth form already; you’re clearly bullying people."
Xia Xue was getting angry.
Anyone would get angry in such a situation. She had co to the testing office to submit samples yesterday.
She ran into Liu Zhigao at the entrance, not expecting him to be the deputy director of the testing office now.
It should have been a good thing to run into an acquaintance, as it would make things go smoothly.
But, as luck would have it, Liu Zhigao was her ex-boyfriend. They had an unpleasant breakup.
Liu Zhigao had always held a grudge. Now that Xia Xue had co into his territory to get things done, he was bound to look for a chance to settle scores privately and find a way to tornt her, to give her a taste of suffering.
"We are just following the rules. If you have any complaints, you can go directly to our Director Liu."
The staff mber’s face showed disdain, and the tone was laced with sarcasm.
Xia Xue knew in her heart that it must have been Liu Zhigao causing trouble behind the scenes.
But now she was on foreign turf, and she had to get the test report quickly. There was no choice but to swallow her pride and fill out another form.
After all, she had promised Wang Hao to bring back the results as quickly as possible.
She quickly filled out another form and handed it to the staff mber.
"Wait here for a mont!"
The staff mber took the form and went into the director’s office.
He ca out shortly, empty-handed. Seeing this, Xia Xue imdiately stood up.
Thinking that this ti, Liu Zhigao might finally let her off the hook, she could probably get the testing done right away.
"Is it approved? Can my samples be tested now?"
Xia Xue hurried forward and asked.
"Director Liu said he doesn’t have ti right now as he has an urgent sample from the city that needs testing, so wait here for a bit."
The staff mber said indifferently.
Xia Xue knew this was just stalling.
Liu Zhigao was such a petty man, and to think she had just felt he had developed a conscience, it seed his conscience had been eaten by a dog.
He never intended to test her sample today, always delaying.
But Xia Xue was helpless, she didn’t have other connections here and couldn’t make a scene.
If she did, Liu Zhigao would be even less likely to test her sample, resulting in a loss without gain, so she could only wait obediently.
Xia Xue waited anxiously at the reception desk, while at the sa ti, Wang Hao was leisurely drinking tea in Zhao Gang’s office.
Zhao Gang was attending to Wang Hao as if he were a senior leader, pouring tea and offering him a pack of good cigarettes.
"Mr. Wang, do you really have the Biological Research Laboratory’s mbership card?"
Zhao Gang saw the timing was right and asked tentatively.
Wang Hao could tell that Zhao Gang was flattering him for a reason, certainly needing sothing from him.
Now he finally knew, it was about that card.
But as the director of the Soil Research Institute, an important agency in the city, and a figurehead in his own right, how co he didn’t have that card?
It seed his card was still a treasure, lucky that he hadn’t thrown it away as a useless card.
"You an this card?"
Wang Hao took the mbership card out and looked it over.
Zhao Gang’s gaze was instantly captivated by the card, he couldn’t wait to claim it as his own.
Wang Hao was also curious, a small card had such a big appeal.
"Director Zhao, do you want this card?"
Wang Hao asked curiously.
"I don’t have that privilege. This card is only issued to those who have made significant contributions to the laboratory, and only one is issued per year. Soone of my status doesn’t stand a chance."
Zhao Gang’s eyes nearly popped out with desire, but when it ca to owning the card, he was far from qualified.
"I wonder if Mr. Wang could lend your card to just once?"
Zhao Gang finally voiced his desire.
"Is this card very important to you? Why don’t I just give it to you, I don’t need it anyway, consider it a way to make a friend."
Wang Hao passed the card to Zhao Gang casually, also to test how much he really wanted this card.
Zhao Gang was taken aback by Wang Hao’s gesture and hastily waved his hand to refuse.
"Mr. Wang, you misunderstand , I just want to borrow it once, I’ll return it after I use it."
Seeing Wang Hao’s puzzled expression, he continued.
"This card has already been bound with your identity, it can only be used by you or your imdiate relatives, others need your personal authorization. If unauthorized use is discovered, it will be confiscated, and the user will never be allowed to enter the laboratory again."
Wang Hao was taken aback after hearing this, the laboratory was so strict, what was so special about it?
Seeing that Wang Hao wasn’t speaking, Zhao Gang beca a bit anxious and pulled out a bank card from a drawer.
Wang Hao knew imdiately what Zhao Gang was about to do.
"Director Zhao, that’s not what I an, I just want to know what’s so special about this laboratory."
Wang Hao looked at Zhao Gang curiously, wanting to find the answer from him.
After thinking for a mont, Zhao Gang answered, "This laboratory specializes in poison research, using poisons to create many special dications that ordinary hospitals don’t supply, and it’s said they are now researching how to extend people’s lifespans."
"Moreover, besides those who hold the mbership card, only those above us can receive these dicines, we can only aspire to that."
Wang Hao was stunned. He certainly knew who "those above" referred to. Now he finally understood why the card was so hard to get.
Looking at it this way, not taking that three hundred thousand seed to have landed him a much bigger benefit.
He wondered what the director had in mind for borrowing the mbership card?
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