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Chapter 198: The Spring of Foodies

As Chen Shuhan said, Yan Baitong was indeed sitting at a table by the window in the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant. There was also a middle-aged woman with him. According to Chen Shuhan, she was Yan Baitong's wife. Yan Baitong would bring her wife with him every time she came to have dinner.

Having not seen each other for half a year, Yan Baitong's body size has obviously expanded. The original grayish face was a bit premature, but now it looks red. This may only be explained by the fact that the food in the restaurant in spring is nourishing people.

As early as half a year ago, when Feng Xiaochen had dinner with Yan Baitong for the first time, he felt that this old Yan was a typical foodie, but because the teacher had a low income, it was rare to have a feast. In the past six months, Yan Baitong ran back and forth in Xinling and Tongchuan, and his days in Tongchuan were more than in Xinling. Feng Xiaochen had learned in his letter to him that Yan Baitong had helped the company solve many technical problems and came up with several good designs. Yang Haifan, in accordance with Feng Xiaochen's instructions, gave a heavy reward for all the contributions made by Yan Baitong. Yan Baitong received two or three thousand yuan from the company, at least in terms of eating, he no longer needed to save money.

Chen Shuhan also told Feng Xiaochen that the VIP card system he suggested was already implemented in the Spring Restaurant. Because Yan Baitong was a friend introduced by Feng Xiaochen and worked in Chenyu Company, Chen Shuhan really sent him a platinum card, which could enjoy a 30% discount. Yan Baitong's wife was not good at cooking, and Yan Baitong thought the food at home was not delicious, so she often went to the Spring Restaurant to have meat.

Feng Xiaochen asked Feng Li to ride home first, and asked Chen Shuhan not to accompany him. He walked towards the table where Yan Baitong was sitting alone. Yan Baitong and his wife were not particularly luxurious, but just ordered two dishes to eat. There was a small wine glass in front of Yan Baitong, and there was a bottle of half a bottle of wine next to it. He did not drink too much, and he only drank about one or two wines for each meal. This bottle was brought by him from home. In that era, there was no saying that the bottle was charged. He brought wine to him every time, which was equivalent to treating the restaurant as his own canteen.

"Teacher Yan, are you eating?" Feng Xiaochen greeted Yan Baitong casually, then pulled over a chair, sat down at the table, and also greeted Mrs. Yan, saying, "Hello, Master's wife, my name is Feng Xiaochen, and I am a student of Teacher Yan."

"It's Director Feng, when did you come?" Yan Baitong saw Feng Xiaochen with a look of surprise on his face, and then introduced to his wife: "Shuzhi, this is the Director Feng I told you. Chenyu Company was brought in by him."

"Oh, it's Director Xiao Feng, hello!" Mrs. Yan hurriedly greeted Feng Xiaochen. Since her husband worked for Chenyu's company, the family's income level has increased rapidly. Not only have she had money to go to the restaurant every few days, but Mrs. Yan also made several good clothes and earned enough money from her colleagues in the unit. She naturally couldn't not know about the person who provided her husband with such a good opportunity. However, although she had heard Yan Baitong say that Feng Xiaochen was very young, she could not help but feel a little surprised.

"Teacher Yan looks much better." Feng Xiaochen said to Yan Baitong with a smile.

As soon as this said, Yan Baitong's old face turned red. I don't know if it was because of the alcoholism or other reasons. Mrs. Yan smiled and revealed: "Director Xiao Feng, you don't know, Old Yan is good at everything, but this mouth is too clever. In the past, I always thought that the food I cooked was not delicious, and I couldn't afford to spend money when I was eating outside. So, you introduced him to Chenyu's company to help, and I was very polite there. I gave some labor fees from time to time, and all subsidized it to his mouth. Do you think his complexion is not good?"

"It's indeed... I've eaten a little better." Yan Baitong explained in a somewhat embarrassing way. People who are used to eating simple food suddenly have an opportunity to eat and drink, and it lasts for half a year. The effect of gaining weight is very obvious. Regarding Yan Baitong's fat gain, it has long become a kind laughing stock among colleagues at the Institute of Technology. Now that Feng Xiaochen has told me, how can he not feel embarrassed?

"The main reason is that General Manager Yang is very polite. Every time I go to Tongchuan, he will tell the canteen to cook for me specifically. Three meals a day are not counted, and he will add another midnight snack tonight. Alas, the doctor said I have a little fatty liver." Yan Baitong said depressedly. After saying that, before Feng Xiaochen took over the conversation, he quickly changed his mind and asked, "Director Feng, when will you come back? This time, you have to go back to the capital after the New Year?"

"I just arrived this afternoon." Feng Xiaochen said, "My mother and younger brother are both in Tongchuan, and only my father and I are in Xinling, so I led my father here to have dinner. I happened to hear that you are here too."

Yan Baitong: "Yeah, I just came back from Tongchuan the day before yesterday. I'm here to take your teacher's wife here for dinner. The children at home are all working in other places, so we old couple are too lazy to run."

Feng Xiaochen naturally would not expose Yan Baitong's lies. Foodie can be arrogant in future generations, but was very despised by people back then. In fact, Feng Xiaochen thinks that eating some food is not a disadvantage, it is better than some people making life mistakes after making money? Feng Xiaochen has heard some of the work of Yan Baitong. He originally planned to go to find Yan Baitong in the evening, but now he meets it, and he just happens to have a chat.

"Teacher Yan, is it still smooth to work in Tongchuan?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

"So smooth, very smooth." Yan Baitong replied without thinking, "The foreign company is a foreign company, and its work style is more solid than us. I said what experiment to do and how much it costs, Manager Yang signed it immediately without saying a word. The results came out in the laboratory, and Manager Yang and General Manager Chen would immediately take it to the workshop for trial production. Sometimes I told Manager Yang, should I discuss it again and see if this design is good? Guess what Manager Yang said? Time is money, and we have to race against time."

Feng Xiaochen smiled. Time is money, but he said it to Yang Haifan. Yang Haifan learned it very quickly. However, Yan Baitong is a capable person. The design he dared to take out is very good. Yang Haifan also knew this and took it directly to the workshop for trial production. Yang Haifan told Feng Xiaochen that the several bearings designed by Yan Baitong had been patented by the company in Europe, and the market response was also very good. As for the income, it is still in the company's account. It will be settled with Yan Baitong until the time is ripe. Now that he is given too much money, the engineering school will cause trouble for him.

"I heard from Manager Yang that Teacher Yan is very serious in his work and often works for the middle of the night without paying attention to rest. By the way, Master's wife, when Teacher Yan goes to Tongchuan in the future, if you have nothing to do, follow along, so someone will take care of Teacher Yan. The scenery in Tongchuan is still very good." Feng Xiaochen said to Mrs. Yan.

"He is so kind of person. In the past, he did experiments in school until midnight. However, because the school didn't have much funding, he couldn't do some experiments, so he would even vent his anger when he got home." Mrs. Yan said in a angrily tone.

"I'm not waiting for time." Yan Baitong sighed, "Xiao Feng, you are still young and can't understand the ideas of our generation. I'm all over fifty years old. How many years can I do it? It turned out that I didn't have equipment, no experimental materials, and I didn't even have the layout fee for writing articles. That's a worry. Now the conditions are so good that I can do any experiment. If I want to publish articles, I have a company to help me pay for it. I'm just worried that I don't have the ability to do five things at the same time.

Let me tell you, I have at least 50 good ideas now, all of which are my students doing experiments. When these articles are written, they will be published again, hum..."

At the end of the day, Yan Baitong's face shone with a proud light. The subtext is that he will be so awesome. There is no SCI atmosphere in China nowadays, but if he can really publish dozens of articles in influential journals abroad, Yan Baitong may not be able to pretend to be low-key. He is definitely the number one academic authority in Nanjiang Province.

"Old Yan, don't blow!" Mrs. Yan couldn't stand it anymore, so she glared at Yan Baitong across the table, and then said, "No one from Director Xiao Feng introduced you to you, can you have such an opportunity today? You just have to toast Director Xiao Feng with a drink, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I have to toast Xiao Feng." Yan Baitong then realized that he gestured to the waiter and asked the waiter to help him get a wine glass, then picked up the bottle, poured a glass of wine for Feng Xiaochen and himself, and then picked up his wine glass and said to Feng Xiaochen: "Director Xiaofeng, this glass of wine is my old Yan Jing. I understand in my heart that if you didn't say hello, they wouldn't have given me so much convenience."

Feng Xiaochen picked up the cup and said, "Teacher Yan, I dare not behave you. Chenyu Company and you have a mutually beneficial relationship. Without you, they would not have mastered the skills of the Germans so quickly. I have heard that you and your students are doing very well. Manager Yang also asked me to ask you if any of your students thought that Chenyu Company would be willing to hire him at a high salary."

"Well..." Yan Baitong put down the cup again and said distressedly: "Manager Yang also told me about this matter, but you also know that the distribution in the school is now determined by the state, so students have no choice. Besides, Chenyu Company is a joint venture after all, and it is not as stable as a state-owned enterprise. Therefore, students also have their own ideas, don't you think?"
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