Chapter 27: Showdown

Lin Lang asked back: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's true!" Zhou Mengyao smiled playfully.

Lin Lang half-jokingly said: "Although I, Lin Lang, come from a poor family, I am the first generation of the Lin family. I don't want to be a son-in-law of your Zhou family. If I do that, we won't be able to write our Lin family tree, right?"

Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "I didn't realize that you still have such a fighting spirit, old classmate."

"But in today's materialistic and morally corrupt society, Lin Lang, you come from a poor family and don't have a noble person to help you build social connections. Starting a business is a life-or-death struggle!"

Lin Lang actually replied: "I studied finance in college and found that economics is a lie."

"Economics is actually the art of being thick-skinned. The skills I learned in college seem to be all deceptive. I am afraid of myself when I become ruthless. If I don't succeed, I will die~"

"Lin Lang, you are right. This is a dark age for economics."

"You just graduated from college, but you can jump out of the underlying logic and understand that economics is a lie. This shows that you, Lin Lang, are no ordinary person~"

Lin Lang smiled but said nothing.

"Mr. Lin, please have some coffee." The maid Aunt Mei smiled and handed Lin Lang a cup of coffee.

Lin Lang took the coffee and said, "Thank you!"

"Your tea, young lady."

Zhou Mengyao took the tea and smiled politely.

Seeing this, Lin Lang asked, "Mengyao, do you like tea?"

Zhou Mengyao replied: "Yes!"

"If a woman wants to exude elegance from the inside out, she should nourish her heart with tea. She should spend a cup of tea every day thinking, feeling, and experiencing, and eventually she will discover her extraordinary self in the ordinary."

After hearing this, Lin Lang praised: "Ladies from famous families are really different."

"I believe your fans, Mengyao, would never have thought that you, as the top-ranked female racer in Xia Country, would prefer tea instead of whiskey or vodka."

Zhou Mengyao took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The outside world's impression of me is that of a cool motorcycle goddess, fast and passionate, wild and sexy. They never thought that I have a gentle and elegant side."

"Is it because my sense of contrast is a little too great?"

Lin Lang held up his coffee cup and replied, "Everyone has more than one side, but vulgar people tend to only see one side and define people based on that side. This is prejudice."

"Mengyao, I never get tired of seeing every side of you."

Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "Old classmate, you are really good at chatting. You must be very popular with women in your life, right?"

Lin Lang shook his hair exaggeratedly and said jokingly in a serious manner: "To be honest, I am a master of the Saint level in the Heart Stealing Realm. A master, a master of the highest level!"

"In many cases, being too popular with women is also a kind of trouble."

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "My old classmate, when you were in high school, your image as the melancholy and aloof school idol was about to collapse, but now you have become quite humorous."

"I was just poor in high school, but I had such a lustful heart! It was all because of my poverty that I was able to keep myself in good character and good conduct. Otherwise, I would not be a good person."

"Lin Lang, you've become so funny that I almost spit out the tea in my mouth."

"Ha ha……"

Lin Lang regained his composure, took a sip of coffee elegantly, and then replied pretentiously: "Fine Blue Mountain coffee, tastes pretty good~"

"With just one sip, you've tasted the best Blue Mountain coffee. Lin Lang, are you also knowledgeable about coffee?"

Lin Lang looked at the bullet screen in front of him and replied in a pretentious manner: "I am not talented, but I know a little bit about everything."

"This cup of freshly ground coffee I drank was made with beans from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It is known for its amazingly rich fruity aroma, mellow taste and velvety texture. It has a long aftertaste and is easy to taste."

Zhou Mengyao exclaimed: "You make me look at you with new eyes time and time again. My old classmate is amazing!"

Then, Zhou Zhongdang and his wife Zhuang Jingxue came down the spiral staircase of the villa and said warmly and politely, "Mr. Lin, it is a great honor for me to visit my humble home. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person!"

Lin Lang replied politely, "I am honored to receive Uncle Zhou's kindness and host a family dinner for me. I am sorry to bother you so much."

Zhuang Jingxue looked up and down at the junior Lin Lang and was surprised to see that Lin Lang had a dignified look, was tall and handsome, and had a good appearance. She smiled and praised him, "In my impression, Mr. Lin was still a young high school student, but now he has become handsome and has an extraordinary temperament."

Lin Lang smiled and replied, "Hello, Aunt Xue!"

"When I was in high school, I had the honor of seeing Aunt Xue holding a parent-teacher conference for Mengyao. I was amazed by your elegant and dignified temperament. It has been a few years since I last saw you. Aunt Xue is still as beautiful and graceful as ever. You are truly a beauty that time cannot defeat!"

Zhuang Jingxue was very happy after hearing this and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin is really good at talking. You and my daughter were deskmates in high school. I often heard Mengyao mention you before."

Lin Lang said sweetly: "It seems that Mengyao is so beautiful because she inherited your good genes, Aunt Xue."

"When I was in high school, I only knew that Mengyao's mother was a famous cardiac surgeon in Hai City and served as the vice president of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University. I just learned recently that Uncle Zhou, a treasure appraiser, and you are married."

Zhuang Jingxue smiled and asked tentatively, "Where is Mr. Lin doing now?"

"I am currently an independent angel investor, involved in some stock and financial investments, antique and artwork investments, and some real estate venture capital. The next step is to move into real estate investment."

"The Changteng Capital Investment Co., Ltd. planned by the younger generation is in the process of preparation. I believe that it won't be long before Changteng Capital can make a name for itself in the business community of Hainan."

Lin Lang's answer was very confident.

Zhuang Jingxue praised: "Mr. Lin is young and promising, his future is immeasurable!"

Zhou Zhongdang said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, you picked a good name for the company, Changteng Capital!"

Zhou Mengyao was puzzled and asked, "What's the best way? Dad, can you tell me?"

Zhou Zhongdang replied: "The meaning of the name of Changteng Capital is that it grows wildly like a vine. It has a bit of the meaning of capital expanding everywhere. Wherever there is profit, vine branches will appear."

“So that’s how it is. People with intellectual talents are different. The names they choose for their companies have profound meanings.” Zhou Mengyao looked at Lin Lang with another admiring look.

"Uncle Zhou is not only a treasure appraiser and collector, but also a literary giant. He immediately expressed the ambition and aspirations of the younger generation to establish Changteng Capital. I admire him!"

Zhou Zhongdang laughed and said, "Mr. Lin, you are too kind!"

"As the saying goes, the waves behind push the waves ahead. I'm afraid that I, the wave ahead, will be pushed to the beach by you, the wave behind."

Lin Lang replied modestly: "Uncle Zhou, you are too kind to praise me. I really don't deserve it."

Zhou Zhongdang continued, "Mr. Lin, you are too modest!"

"Yesterday, at Jing'an Temple Antique City, someone spent less than 40,000 yuan on a blind bet on jadeite rough stone and cut out a top-grade imperial green jadeite worth tens of millions of yuan. People in the antique market are saying that this person is called Alang, and he is a tall and handsome young man."

"Mr. Lin, your name is Alang. Could it be that you were the one who cut out the top-grade Emperor Green in the Jing'an Temple Antique City yesterday?"

Lin Lang replied modestly: "To be honest, it is the junior."

"Oh..."

Zhou Mengyao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she said in shock: "Alang, you are so amazing!"

"Not only did you find a bargain yesterday, a pair of Tang Dynasty rhino horn cups worth tens of millions, but you even blindly gambled on jadeite rough stone and cut out the best imperial green. This is simply unbelievable!"

Zhuang Jingxue was surprised and said, "Mr. Lin is not only good at appraising treasures and finding bargains, but he is also good at gambling on stones?"

"It's just a moment of luck." Lin Lang smiled modestly.

Zhou Zhongdang exclaimed: "It seems that your high school deskmate Mengyao is definitely not an ordinary person!"

"If it was just a temporary luck, Mr. Lin, at most you would have found a pair of Tang Dynasty rhinoceros horn cups hidden inside lacquerware wine glasses while browsing antique stalls. It is absolutely impossible for you to have great luck twice in one day."

"Mr. Lin, you were able to identify the stone without a strong flashlight and blindly bet on the top-grade imperial green jadeite. You must have some extraordinary ability to ensure a sure win."

"Uncle Zhou, you are too kind!"

"As the saying goes, wealth comes with luck, and happiness comes from heaven. I have good luck, so I have great fortune. I have no special skills in appraising treasures or gambling on stones."

"Uncle Zhou is a master of treasure appraisal. I still need to learn a lot from you."

Zhou Zhongdang replied: "As the saying goes, even gods cannot tell the difference between a jade and ghosts cannot tell the human heart."

"Gambling on jade is a matter of one knife to heaven or one knife to hell. Three parts depend on luck, and seven parts depend on experience and jade identification. Based on the performance of the skin, you have to guess and judge repeatedly, so gambling on jade is full of unknowns."

"Although I am proficient in appraising treasures, I am not as good as Mr. Lin in betting on jade, who can blindly bet and cut out the best imperial green jadeite."

"From the mining of Burmese jadeite to its final trading in the market, there are dozens of levels of experts who have to go through."

"Normally, good quality Burmese jadeite raw stones will not flow into the Xiaguo market for gambling, so nine out of ten gambling on jadeite will result in losses."

"Mr. Lin made a blind bet and cut out the imperial green jadeite. If it was just based on luck, the probability of him being killed by lightning on a sunny day would be even smaller."

"Therefore, I can conclude that Mr. Lin, you are just hiding your talent, not showing off your intelligence, and intentionally hiding your abilities. Am I right?"

"Since I can't escape Uncle Zhou's discerning eyes, I won't pretend anymore."

"I, Lin Lang, have the ability to turn stones into gold and cut rocks into jade. I am laying my cards on the table!"

"Oh..."

"Mr. Lin is indeed no ordinary person!" Zhuang Jingxue was shocked and stunned.

"Uh……"

"It seems that my old classmate, you are no longer the same as you were before, and have become a rare talent." Zhou Mengyao looked at Lin Lang in disbelief, as if she was looking at a monster.