Upon seeing his girlfriend's depressed expression, Zhang Lisheng could not help but chuckle. Stroking Tina's soft golden hair, he said, "Tina, after I became a wizard, my only pursuit is to obtain great omniscient power and enjoy great freedom. For this reason, all the hardships and dangers that I've suffered and all the killings and battles that I've experienced are all enjoyable and not painful. You don't have to look at me like how you look at an ordinary man …"
"Baby, we have a cultural and gender barrier, so you can't comfort me by saying things that I don't understand."
"Is that so? In that case, I'll just say it in the simplest way." The young man shrugged. "I'm an extraordinary man. I don't care what other men would think if they have a girlfriend like you. I only know that in my heart, you're the most qualified lover in the world."
"Oh baby, this is the sweetest affirmation I've ever heard in my life. I love you …" The girl's disappointment was swept away right away. Hugging Zhang Lisheng, she cried out happily.
The two of them hugged and kissed for a while. Suddenly, Zhang Lisheng's phone call broke this sweetness.
"It's Charlie. I haven't contacted him since I came back. Looks like he must be calling me at a fixed time every day." The young man fumbled for his phone and looked at it. Shrugging helplessly at Tina, he picked up the phone. Charlie's surprised voice resonated from the receiver right away. "Boss, I've finally contacted you!"
"Yeah, and your call came at the right time …" Zhang Lisheng said in a strange tone as he leaned his spine against the back of the driver's seat. "Charlie, I think the reason why you've been contacting me in a hurry must be because of the Noah Project, right? Actually, I've been wanting to contact you as well. Let's put the plan of Shrimp B1 Island becoming the 51st state of the federation on hold for the time being."
"Yes, boss. Right now, the Congress has been quarreling over the immigration arrangement of the Noah World, so they really can't care about anything else these days." Charlie sighed in relief. "There's one more important thing. Our LS Group has appeared in the first batch of companies invited by the federal government to participate in the Noah Project.
They'll provide an interest-free five-year loan of 2 billion dollars to invite us to build an ecological slaughterhouse on the scale of a city with a million people in the first 24 immigrant oases in the Noah World. "
"A city with a population of one million?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Lisheng calculated sensitively. "Twenty-four one million would be 24 million. How many people does the US have? Are we going to move one-tenth of them in the first batch?"
"Of course it's impossible, boss. Even if we can find more than 20 million US citizens who are willing to immigrate to the Noah World, the federal finance doesn't have the ability to afford this level of urban construction. The government's current approach is just to put some relatively cheap infrastructure in place in one go."
"Then I understand.
Okay, Charlie, since the federal government has invited LS, then we'll do it. Find a few professionals to calculate how long it will take for the project to be completed and then call me. "
"I've already calculated it, boss. The overall project will take about a year, but the first two oases near Earth can be built in about four months."
"Alright, I'll make a trip to the Noah World to start the slaughterhouse," Zhang Lisheng said casually. "I remember that four months is just the time for the fast-producing beef cattle to be slaughtered. Come to think of it, it's really a creative idea to build a ranch in the oases to raise livestock and slaughter them on the spot. I hope that the federal government can fulfill its wish."
"Oh, there won't be any cattle, boss. I guess the people who immigrate to the Noah World will have to rely on drought-resistant lambs or camels from the Middle East if they want to eat meat.
Alright, I won't bother you anymore. Please apologize to your female companion on my behalf. Goodbye, "Charlie said and chuckled before hanging up the phone.
"What a smart old fox!" Zhang Lisheng tossed his phone aside and put on his clothes one by one while smiling at Tina. "Let's go take a hot spring bath and watch a movie, shall we?"
Upon hearing this, the girl replied sweetly, "Of course, I only have one request. We won't go to the restaurant for dinner tonight. Can we just eat hamburgers and hot dogs like ordinary couples when we're hungry?"
Of course, the young man readily agreed to such a request. Just like this, the two of them first visited a famous artificial hot spring club in Manhattan, the New York Prism Lake, that was said to be completely imitated according to the mineral content of Yellowstone Park's hot spring. After soaking in the hot spring, they ate popcorn and watched three high-budget sci-fi movies set in a row with the Shrimp World No. 1's conquest war as the background.
After the movie ended, they bought a bunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, Coke, and juice in the cinema hall to gorge themselves. In the end, Zhang Lisheng sent Tina back to the fence of the only idyllic villa in the Upper West Side that was quiet in the middle of the hustle and bustle. After kissing Tina goodbye, he watched the girl disappearing into the dark courtyard in a golf cart and ended the night's date perfectly.
At this time, cold raindrops began to fall from the sky again. It was already close to midnight. The young man returned to the SUV and pondered for a moment before casually looking for the nearest hotel to stay. After having breakfast the next morning, he hurried back to his home in Brooklyn.
After Gill and Harry, the youngest pair of twins in the Lavin family who had a blood relationship with Zhang Lisheng from different fathers, went to college, Lili would often be left alone at home.
Upon hearing the sound of the door opening, Lili, who was busy mincing meat in the open kitchen, looked up and saw her son, whom she had not seen for a long time, striding into the door. Joyfully, she went up to hug the young man and kissed his cheek before saying excitedly, "Baby, you're back!"
"I'm back, mom," Zhang Lisheng replied eagerly. "You said on the phone that you have something important to talk to me about. What is it?"
"Don't worry, baby. Sit down first and I'll tell you slowly." Lili took Zhang Lisheng's hand and walked to the chair at the kitchen table before pressing his shoulder to sit down. Turning around, she continued to be busy with her work just now. "It's like this, baby. Do you still remember that I wrote a book on the education of children in new immigrant families?"
"Of course I remember. When I advised you to do some charity to kill time last time, you mentioned that you wanted to write a book on this. I even planned to help you publish it after you've finished writing it and give it to those immigrant families for free."
"Oh baby, thank you for your kindness, but that book has been published now." When Lili heard that her son remembered her so clearly, a happy smile appeared on her face. She said, "It's also because of the publication of this book that I received an invitation."
"What invitation?"
"An invitation to be the principal of a public elementary school."
"Do you want to change your job, mom?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Lisheng's heart that had been lifted up immediately returned to his stomach. Even though he did not show an indifferent expression, his tone had already become a little careless. "The chief student advisor of a middle school and the principal of a primary school? Oh, these are really two positions that are equally matched. I think, well, I'll just do as you wish …"
"Baby, that primary school is built on an oasis in the Noah World," Lili interrupted her son's words and said while kneading the dough.
Zhang Lisheng said in shock, "Mom, you mean, a public primary school built in the foreign world has invited you to be the principal? This is really too strange."
"What's so strange about this, baby? I'm an educator who has made great achievements in the education of new immigrant children. Those living in the Noah World's oasis must be immigrant families so isn't it normal for the government to give me such an invitation?"
The young man was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, he also felt that this matter seemed to be logical. Opening his mouth, he said, "But can you adapt to moving to the Noah World now, mom? That's a desert environment and you've already … already …"
After saying 'already' twice, Zhang Lisheng suddenly recalled that even though he was already 21 years old, his mother was not even 37 years old yet. In modern society, such an age could even be barely considered as a 'young person' so he could only change his words. "Then what about Uncle Lavin? What will he do if you go to the foreign world?"
"With your Uncle Lavin's qualifications, he can totally apply to be a town sheriff in the Noah World's oasis. I've talked to him and he's willing to do so."
In fact, Zhang Lisheng's objection to his mother going to the foreign world to work was completely out of instinct. After he no longer had any reason to object, he re-examined this issue and suddenly realized that the Noah World was completely different from the foreign worlds he had experienced. Even though the environment was harsh, it was relatively safe so there was really no need for him to object to his mother going there.
Besides, even if he objected, his mother would definitely not listen to him anyway. For this reason, he shrugged and said, "Oh, in that case, just like what I said just now, just choose according to your heart, mom … Actually, I think you've already made your choice.
Actually, I think you've already made your choice. "
"I've already made my choice, baby. The job at Lowbige Junior High is no longer challenging for me, but the oasis in the Noah World is a brand new start.
When I was young, my ambition was to be an educator who can inspire the students' passion for life like Meryl. I think this is an opportunity … "
"If you think that working in the Noah World is an opportunity to realize your dream, then seize it, mom." At this time, Zhang Lisheng encouraged his mother instead.
"But baby, if I leave New York, I'm afraid I'll have fewer chances to see you," Lili said a little sadly. "Not only you, but Stephen, Randy, Riley, Michelle, Gill, and Harry might also not be able to see each other even once a year."
"In that case, keep this house. I'll send someone to take care of it. You can come back to New York for school holidays, Christmas, and New Year every year."
"Oh baby, that's a good idea! I didn't think of it at all!" Lili was stunned for a moment before replying in pleasant surprise.
"I didn't think of it at first, but someone taught me yesterday to look at a problem from a different perspective and learn how to twist my brain," Zhang Lisheng joked.
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