Chapter 604: Paying Respects

Wu Hongkang pondered: "You mean, we should follow up and donate to Project Hope?"

"Right!" Zhang Shenghui said: "It's so lively now, if we don't do something, it's too much of a loss."

Wu Hongkang hesitated: "If we do it now, will it..."

Zhang Shenghui said: "We are partners with Zhou Andong. Responding to the call of our partners and donating to Project Hope is righteousness. No one can say anything."

Wu Hongkang slapped his thigh: "Right, we are responding to the call of our partners, which is different from Jianlibao and Pepsi."

Zhang Shenghui smiled: "Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00, we will hold a press conference at the same time."

"Okay!" Wu Hongkang agreed and hung up the phone.

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The night grew deeper. Coca-Cola China Headquarters, the conference room on the 15th floor of the Kaiyuan Building, was still lit.

Zhao Hongxing had a thick stack of newspapers in front of him. This guy looked down and suddenly grinned and laughed loudly, feeling a mood he had never felt before.

"Jianlibao, Pepsi, you never dreamed that you donated money, but not only did you not get benefits, you were scolded instead."

Jiang Yuping smiled: "Headquarters' slow reaction is not without benefits. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been spared this time."

"Vicky, that slut, looked down on me. She also capsized this time, right." Zhao Hongxing laughed loudly again, "Now I'm not in a hurry. Just wait slowly, maybe there will be a good show to watch."

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April 25, 1993, the 4th day of the third lunar month, Sunday!

Zhou Andong got up in the morning and had someone send ten cases of special-supply Yugong liquor, ten cases of blue-packaged iced black tea, and ten cases of China Red Iced Tea.

The trunk couldn't fit them, so more than ten cases were put in the back seat, and the rest would be loaded into Yao Jun's car when he came.

At this time, Man Hongshan's car entered the gate and stopped beside him.

Man Hongshan got out of the car: "Chairman!"

Zhou Andong asked: "How is our Very Cola?"

Man Hongshan said with a smile: "Working overtime to produce. It will be on the market on May 1st, no problem at all."

Zhou Andong said: "There must not be any more problems like Zhumadian. The water source must be tested regularly, and the quality inspection team must keep a close eye on quality."

Man Hongshan nodded solemnly: "I have already explained that whoever has a problem will be dealt with, and there is no human relationship to speak of."

"Right!" Zhou Andong patted his head and said to Wu Chao beside him: "Go back to the warehouse and have someone send me ten cases of Very Cola."

"Okay!" Wu Chao ran away, and soon, two logistics workers rode a tricycle and delivered ten cases of cola.

"Chairman, put them in the car?"

Zhou Andong said: "The car can't fit them. Wait a moment, Security Department Minister Yao will be here soon. Put them in his car."

It wasn't long before Yao Jun arrived: "Chairman!"

Zhou Andong said: "It's almost 9:00. Hurry up and load the things."

Opening the trunk, the two workers moved the drinks into the car. The trunk couldn't fit them, so they were all put in the back seat.

"Let's go!" Zhou Andong greeted Yao Jun, opened the car door, and got in.

Yushan Town, in an ordinary farmhouse courtyard, there were more than ten tables, already full of people, with children shouting and adults calling, looking very lively.

In a corner of the courtyard wall, three large iron pots were set up. One was stewing a pot of meat, one had a high steamer, and it was puffing out hot steam. In the last pot, a chubby chef was pouring oil into it.

Because the fire was very strong, the oil started to smoke as soon as it was poured into the pot. The chubby chef used a large iron spoon to scoop a large spoonful of meat from a basin and put it into the pot.

With a sizzle, thick smoke rose, and the aroma of meat drifted away. The chubby chef nimbly grabbed a handful of minced green onion, ginger, and garlic and threw it into the pot.

At this time, Zhang Tao came out of the room: "Old Three!"

A half-grown boy running wildly in the courtyard answered: "What?"

Zhang Tao said: "Aunt and Uncle are almost here. You drive the donkey cart to pick them up."

"Okay!" The half-grown boy led a black donkey out of the donkey shed, nimbly harnessed it to the cart, and then took a whip and flicked it in the air.

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the half-grown boy shouted: "Drive!"

The black donkey brayed and ran away with its hooves.

An old man with white hair and high spirits came out of the room.

"Taozi!"

"Grandma!" Zhang Tao turned back and asked: "What's the matter?"

Cao Shuzhi asked: "Your aunt and uncle are coming, did Ma Jun and Ma Hui come?"

Zhang Tao said with a smile: "You're celebrating your 66th, can they not come?"

Cao Shuzhi smiled when she heard they were coming: "If they don't bring the children, don't enter this courtyard."

"Hello, Teacher Cao!"

"Hello, Teacher Cao!"

A group of children ran into the courtyard from outside and greeted Cao Shuzhi when they saw her.

"Good, good, good!" Cao Shuzhi responded with a smile, and then saw a boy crawling on the wall with his butt sticking out.

"Zhao Eryou, get down."

The boy crawling on the wall was startled, his hands loosened, and he sat on the ground with a plop, grimacing in pain, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

A middle-aged woman came out of the room, walked over, picked up Zhao Eryou, and slapped his butt a few times.

"I'll let you be naughty, I'll let you be naughty."

"Ouch, ouch, Mom, don't hit me, my butt is going to be split into eight pieces."

Cao Shuzhi said helplessly: "Don't hit him. If a child makes a mistake, talk to him properly."

Hearing Teacher Cao's words, the woman stopped hitting and pinched Zhao Eryou's ear: "Go inside and do some work."

"Teacher Cao!" The chubby chef scooped a pot of cooked vegetables into a large basin, then lifted his apron to wipe the sweat off his face, "Is Zhou Andong your student?"

"Isn't he!" Zhang Tao came out of the room again, "When he was young, Zhou Andong often went to my grandma's house to eat."

Cao Shuzhi said with a smile: "When they were young, Zhou Andong and Yao Jun were the naughtiest and were often punished by me to stand. Then the two would run to my house to apologize to me.

You say apologize, but why not come at any other time? Every time they would come at mealtime. Their timing was so accurate. I suspected that the two boys had been peeking outside to see if the food was ready."

These words immediately caused everyone to laugh loudly.

A middle-aged man said: "Didn't expect Zhou Andong to be like this when he was young."

Suddenly, the roar of an engine came from outside, and soon a Mercedes-Benz and a car they didn't recognize stopped at the gate.

Everyone stood up, looking at the two luxury cars that shouldn't have appeared but suddenly appeared.

"Zhou Andong!"

"Yao Jun!"

Cao Shuzhi was stunned when she saw the two people getting out of the car, and then shouted excitedly. ===== CHAPTER 605 =====