After taking the ticket from Tony's hand, Zhang Lisheng's complicated feelings that were affected by his supervisor's crazy behavior gradually calmed down. Without warning, he asked, "Tony, do you know that South Africa has been successfully invaded by the steam civilization?"
"You mean the Karlado people?" The butcher's manager immediately replied in a tone that suggested that he was talking about an interesting news. "Didn't these guys already sue the South African government for peace? They're renting Cape Town in exchange for enough food and providing quality free medical care for all South Africans?
It's said that these foreign world's people can even use a steam bath to treat AIDS. I think these poor South Africans won't be able to refuse this. "
Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment. Without warning, he chuckled and shook his head. "Looks like we're not the only smart people on Earth.
Alright, Tony, go back to the shop. I'll get on the ship now. "Then, he strolled to the end of the queue and slowly moved to the ferry.
Not long after, the engine of the ship gave off a roar of 'tuu tuu …'. Under the escort of a small battleship, it slowly left the port and sailed to the depths of the sea.
Along the way, Zhang Lisheng stood at the bow of the ship facing the sea breeze. Unknowingly, the huge and thrilling outline of the new New York port entered his eyes.
When he arrived at the port and got off the ship, it was still full of new and eye-catching billboards.
There were noisy crowds of people of all colors.
There were also the deafening announcements of cruise ships and cargo ships arriving at the port. After feeling the familiar atmosphere of modern civilization for a while, the young man followed the crowd and walked out of the new port ferry.
When he was about to stop a taxi, a mysterious man wearing a black robe with a cloak covering his face suddenly blocked his way. "Sir, the end is coming. God loves the world." Stuffing a bright leaflet into his hand, he turned around and walked away without saying anything.
Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment. Looking at the piece of paper in his hand, he saw a huge black steam engine emitting billowing steam on the front. A group of Earthlings with distorted faces were struggling in pain in the steam. The title of the top had a striking short sentence written in bright red handwriting — 'The end is coming.'
On the other side, there was a beautiful scene of the Garden of Eden with trees, fresh fruits, barbecued meat, and wine. A group of happy people strolled around with the words "God loves the world" above their heads.
Needless to say, this was a new sect that took advantage of the Karlado people's successful invasion of South Africa to rise using doomsday rhetoric. When the foreign world had just appeared, it had sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, but now, there were only a few of them left alive.
Zhang Lisheng looked around and saw many cloaked people in black robes handing out flyers. He could not help but chuckle as he shook his head. He crumpled the paper in his hand into a ball and threw it into the dustbin. Then, he stopped a taxi and entered the car.
Unexpectedly, before he could say his destination, the brown-skinned, big-nosed Indian taxi driver stuck out his tongue and said, "Sir, your blasphemous behavior is not good.
There will be terrible retribution on Judgement Day! "
"Is that so? Thank you for reminding me, Mr. Driver. May I trouble you to go to the LS factory nearby?" Zhang Lisheng ignored him and waved his hand.
"Alright, Sir!" The philistine Indian driver, whose body had a faint smell of curry, did not refuse to serve the young man just because he had a different religious opinion. However, looking at his careless manner, he kept on muttering about the greatness of the Doomsday Revelation Church, which was originally very short.
The originally short journey seemed to have been stretched several times longer. Zhang Lisheng finally returned to his office in the LS Slaughterhouse. Sitting on the large office chair, he rubbed his furrowed brows and dialed Charlie's number. Without beating around the bush, he said, "I'm going back to New York, Charlie. Prepare the plane. I'll leave for a trip around the United States tomorrow and start all of LS 'factories."
"Oh, Boss! God bless me! It's so good to hear your voice! I've been so anxious these past few days! I've already hired the employees, but the factory doesn't work, so I'll lose a lot of pay every day for nothing!
No problem, I'll call the airport right away and arrange a charter flight for you. Tomorrow is Monday, so the flight should not be too busy. Oh yeah, where should I pick you up tomorrow morning? " When the tormented general manager of the LS Group heard his big boss's words, he cheered excitedly.
"Is it Sunday today? Oh, the people on Shrimp B1 Island have lost their sense of time. I'm sorry to disturb your rest, Charlie. Come to the factory to pick me up tomorrow morning. I only have one night, so I won't be going home."
"Alright, Boss! See you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow, Charlie!"
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Lisheng immediately dialed Tina's number. When the call was connected, the girl appeared to be very excited as she rushed to say, "You finally called, Lisheng! You finally called! I've been worried to death for the past month!"
"Didn't I tell you long ago that I can handle anything and that you don't have to worry about me?" Compared to his girlfriend's emotional tone, the young man smiled calmly. "How are you doing in school?"
"Other than the fact that I've been worrying about you all day, everything is fine," the girl replied faintly.
"Oh." Zhang Lisheng pondered for a while. "Well, the group's factories in the eight major metropolitan areas in the US have been completed. I plan to go around the US to start them up tomorrow. If you're interested in going with me, I'll go to Boston to pick you up first."
"Oh, Lisheng, the summer vacation is coming soon. I'll be very busy in my sophomore year." Tina became silent for a while before replying in a tone that was dull at first before becoming cheerful. "But I'm so smart, so it should be fine for me to be absent minded for a few days.
You don't have to go through so much trouble to come to Boston to pick me up. I'll book a ticket back to New York now … "
"Book a ticket now? There's no need to go through so much trouble, Tina. Isn't it easier for me to charter a plane to pick you up tomorrow? It's already one o 'clock in the afternoon now."
"But I can't wait to see you, baby! I want to see you as soon as possible!" Tina whispered on the phone.
Sensing the girl's tenderness, Zhang Lisheng's voice became gentler as he said considerately, "I'll pick you up at the airport later. See you tonight."
"See you tonight, baby!" Tina said and hung up the phone.
Upon hearing the beeping sound resonating from the phone, Zhang Lisheng immediately made a third call. This time, it was naturally to his mother. Because he felt that he would speak the longest, he left it until the end.
"Baby, is that you?" The phone rang for a while before it was finally picked up. Lili's tone appeared to be both hurried and pleasantly surprised.
"Of course, it's my mother!" Upon hearing the noisy background noise resonating from the phone, Zhang Lisheng smiled. "Are you attending a party?"
"Yes, it's a family gathering between neighbors. How about you, baby? Where are you now?"
"Oh, I'm at Stanford. The military helicopter took us directly back to the university. After verifying several important experimental parameters, we'll return to Shrimp B1 Island," Zhang Lisheng lied. "However, I'll be able to return to New York in about two to three weeks and can take a week's vacation. By then, I'll be able to accompany you."
"There's no need for that, baby. If you have a vacation, you should go accompany your girlfriend instead of your mother. The mothers in the US are not that clingy to their sons," Lili joked, but her tone was a little choked.
"But I'm Chinese, mom!" Zhang Lisheng became silent for a while before saying with a smile. "Oh yeah, how was your party? Was it fun?"
"Not bad. All the mothers here are bragging that they have a good son, but they don't know that a real good son can be famous all over the country without bragging. This is something that I, the 'Vulture's Mother', know very well."
"Oh, I'm sorry, mom. I've let that kind of thing disturb you …"
"Don't worry, son. Your grandfather is a judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. Unless I take the initiative to appear, no reporter would dare to disturb me." The mother said to her son confidently.
If one did not live in the US for a period of time, it would be hard for one to imagine the reverence towards the law enforcers here. For example, the only reason why a beautiful junior high school girl could not get a boyfriend here was because her father was a police officer. There was only one profession that was ten times more prestigious than a police officer, and that was the judge.
In this young country's history of more than 200 years, the voice of the judge in the court had always been followed by all the people in the US like the voice of God, except for one time when it was not actively implemented, which led to the Civil War.
In such a country, the media might play the edge when reporting on politicians or super-rich people and disturb the peace of their families, but they would guarantee enough respect for a judge's family.
After all, it was very unreliable to hope that the judicial challenge system could get rid of the bad luck after offending such a family.
This was just like how if any police officer was injured on the streets of the US, all the police officers in the city would go crazy to arrest the murderer for the absurd reason of 'wearing a police badge on the street'. Using the daughter of any state's Court of Appeals judge to stir up the news would easily cause the other judges to be extremely disgusted.
In a civil lawsuit, this kind of disgust often meant a huge fine or even closure of the business.
After living in the US for three to four years, Zhang Lisheng had gradually understood that the law, at least on the surface, dominated everything in this country. Upon hearing his mother's words, his heart jolted all of a sudden. He said thoughtfully, "Mom, I've always heard you mention grandpa, but I've never seen him before.
Looks like it's time to meet him. "
"Let's wait until Christmas, son. The judge is very busy before he retires …" Upon hearing her son's words, Lili said in an obviously secretive tone.
After that, the mother and son chatted for a while because the neighbor began to laugh and shout loudly. "Lili, it's your turn to go to the kitchen to make the fried steak. Go, dear, let us taste your good cooking." Only then did his mother hang up the phone reluctantly.
After ending the third round of calls, Zhang Lisheng, who had nothing to do after dealing with the official and personal matters at hand, commanded the few wizard gus in the underground trench of the factory to turn invisible and appear in front of him with his mind.
Even though they had been fed for a few months, due to the reason that all the blood food was distributed, the wizard gus did not change much.
The young man secretly shook his head in dissatisfaction. After driving the wizard gus back to the trench, he turned on the computer.
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