#219 - Thick-skinned
Lu Haifeng was also feeling a bit of a headache now. This young lady from the Toyota family seemed quite interested in him.
Of course, this interest wasn't the kind of interest you might think of between a man and a woman, but rather a different kind, as if she had found a kindred spirit.
Whenever she had free time, she would immediately come over to chat with Lu Haifeng about his views on the future of the automotive industry.
Lu Haifeng believed that this woman was trying to get close to him for reasons other than just sharing the same ambition, as she claimed.
“Why think so much? If I can't even handle a woman, how can I dominate the tech world!”
After a self-deprecating smile, Lu Haifeng stopped caring about these things. He was confident that as long as he was careful, Toyota Junko wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble.
Having figured things out, Lu Haifeng decided to tease her.
“Miss Junko, do you know? My teeth ache whenever I see you now!”
Toyota Junko was stunned by Lu Haifeng's words: “Why?”
You get a toothache when you see me?
What kind of logic is that?
Lu Haifeng revealed a gentle smile on his handsome face and said, “Because… you're too sweet!”
“Pfft…”
“Cough cough…”
“Thump…”
Lu Haifeng's sudden cheesy pickup line gave Xu Zhilin and the Audi employees who were eating nearby goosebumps all over their bodies.
President Lu, are you kidding me? Most of us are single dogs, and we get abused by you even while eating.
“Uh…!”
Toyota Junko was now completely dumbfounded. It was the first time she had heard someone compliment her like that.
Toyota Junko couldn't help but feel her heart racing. Looking at Lu Haifeng's gentle smile, Toyota Junko's face flushed slightly as she said, “Thank you for your praise, Mr. Feng. Junko is very happy!”
Look, even her address had changed from Mr. Lu to Mr. Feng.
Lu Haifeng was very pleased with this. Although you, Toyota Junko, are a very ambitious and capable woman.
But no matter what, you, Toyota Junko, are still a woman. Lu Haifeng considered himself an expert at dealing with women.
“Mr. Lu, you don't seem to care at all about the ongoing engine selection. Or maybe you already know the results in your heart!”
“That's fine too. You've already won the Ward's 10 Best awards for exterior and interior. That's enough for you to celebrate back home!”
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out from the side, instantly dispelling Lu Haifeng's good mood.
It made Lu Haifeng feel that there were some people in this world who were born to be supporting characters, shamelessly pushing themselves forward only to be slapped in the face, tirelessly serving as stepping stones.
Such as this Walter, the design director from the Volkswagen Group.
Lu Haifeng was somewhat impressed. This design director from the Volkswagen Group seemed to have nothing but his design concepts in his head, while everything else about how to conduct himself was just mush.
Previously, Walter had mocked Lu Haifeng in front of him, saying that he couldn't design good cars.
At the time, Lu Haifeng didn't bother to pay attention to him, but after the results came out, reality gave Walter a hard slap in the face. The two car models designed by Lu Haifeng won the top two spots in the Ward's 10 Best awards for exterior and interior.
This made Walter feel like a clown, offering his face for others to slap.
It hadn't been easy to quiet down for a while, but now, during the course of a meal, this design director from the Volkswagen Group had once again appeared in front of Lu Haifeng.
And what he said gave Lu Haifeng a sense of déjà vu, as if it had just happened not long ago.
So Lu Haifeng asked back: “Mr. Walter, can I ask you a question?”
Lu Haifeng was now looking at Walter with great curiosity. As for the middle-aged man with an Asian face who came with him, Lu Haifeng had no interest in knowing. It was obvious that this person was Walter's companion.
“Oh, I don’t know what question Mr. Lu wants to ask, I am very willing to answer you!”
Walter replied with a smile that he thought was gentlemanly, seemingly having already forgotten what had happened a few hours before.
“It’s nothing, I just want to ask Walter, what brand of facial cleanser do you usually use when washing your face? Do you need a lot of facial cleanser?”
“What do you mean?”
Walter was confused, not understanding why Lu Haifeng would ask him about washing his face.
Whether I use facial cleanser when washing my face, and how much I use, is none of your business!
“I’m just thinking that ordinary facial cleanser definitely can’t wash off the dirty things on Mr. Walter’s face!”
Although Lu Haifeng was asking with a smile on his face, his voice was full of contempt and disdain.
Lu Haifeng's words were spoken in standard English and did not need to be translated, but they left Walter looking confused, not understanding what Lu Haifeng was saying.
Because this kind of language game that people from Daxia Country like to play is difficult for straightforward Germans to understand.
However, while Walter, the design director of the Volkswagen Group, didn't understand, Toyota Junko did. She had spent several years in Daxia Country studying the language.
“Pfft…”
She didn't expect that Lu Haifeng would be so bored, indirectly scolding Walter for having a thick skin, while this straightforward German couldn't even understand what it meant!
The middle-aged man with an Asian face who came with him couldn't stand it anymore and said in his ear: “Mr. Walter, that young man is satirizing you for having a thick skin!”
“What?”
Walter was furious when he heard this!
Damn Daxia Country people, actually satirizing me for having a thick skin in public, without any gentlemanly morals.
“Hmph, arrogant Daxia Country people, the facts will give you a heavy blow at that time. Only we Germans do the best in the field of engines!”
Feeling that his gentlemanly morals had been insulted, Walter left after leaving a polite remark.
He was afraid that if he continued to chat with Lu Haifeng, he would definitely be angered to death by this Daxia Country person.
After Lu Haifeng drove away Walter, this fly, again, it was finally much quieter.
After finishing the meal, Lu Haifeng chatted with Toyota Junko while waiting for the final test results to come out.
In the blink of an eye, it was 3:30 in the afternoon, and the entire engine and chassis testing process had been completed.
Those car enthusiasts from all over the world had witnessed in the Ward's official track how professional car rally drivers abused those civilian quasi-production car models.
Now that these drivers had completed all the tests, their scores for each driver had also been sent to the Ward's official staff.
After waiting for the computer test scores to come out, they could finally know which ten engines would be the final winners of this year's Ward's 10 Best Engines.
