Song Chengqi frowned and remained silent. Qi Weiwen, seeing Nine-Tattooed Dragon, forced a smile and said, "After Uncle Bo Ming took more than a dozen elderly people to a welfare home in Kwai Tsing, we haven't heard from them for four days. Song Advisor sent someone to inquire, but the social worker said that Uncle Bo Ming and his group arrived at noon, but felt uncomfortable in the afternoon and left on their own. Now, there's no one at the welfare home, and they don't allow anyone other than social workers to enter. Even the police said it was too far and told us to wait a few days before investigating. So, Song Advisor is planning to pretend to be a lonely elderly person and have me pretend to be a social worker to take him to the welfare home and find out what's going on there and where they took Uncle Bo Ming and his dozen or so elderly people."
"Song Advisor alone? Isn't that too dangerous? If something really happens to him, he's so old..." Nine-Tattooed Dragon heard Song Chengqi's plan to go to the orphanage by himself.
"I've already notified Yanni to bring some people over soon. It's just an orphanage, nothing should happen. Besides, Song Advisor and I are worried that too many people coming would alert them," Qi Weiwen said to Nine-Tattooed Dragon.
Nine-Tattooed Dragon, holding a flute, said, "I'll accompany Song Advisor inside. Song Advisor is an old man; I'll pretend to be his idiotic, deaf-mute grandson. I'm strong enough to handle any trouble. If anything happens, I'll definitely take good care of Song Advisor."
Just because Nine-Tattooed Dragon said that Song Chengqi's grandson was deaf, mute, and mentally challenged, Qi Weiwen's goodwill towards her adopted brother increased greatly. She looked at Song Chengqi, "Song Advisor, it's safer for two people to go in. Ah Long can also look after you for me, so that you won't be caught in any trouble before Yanni arrives with her men and can leave in time."
"Okay." Song Chengqi agreed without hesitation, but turned to urge the driver to set off.
Nine-Tattooed Dragon tucked his flute into the hem of his clothes and pretended to be mute. He gestured and made "Aba, Aba" sounds to Qi Weiwen, sounding very lifelike, as if he were a real deaf-mute. Seeing Qi Weiwen's surprise, Nine-Tattooed Dragon said proudly, "When I was in the countryside, there was a deaf-mute old man sitting at the entrance of the village. When I was a child, I often imitated his 'Aba, Aba' sounds."
The three of them got back into the car and headed towards the remote and desolate Kwai Tsing.
Chapter 240 Lu Wenhui's Title
"Big Brother, you didn't have to call me so late last night. You could have called me first thing this morning. It kept me up all night." Song Tianyao yawned as he sat in a private room at Lu Yu Teahouse and said to Chu Xiaoxin, who had invited him out for tea.
Second Young Master Chu called Song Tianyao out because Oxfam's second free drug donation had ended. Although more people received the drugs than the first time, and Chu Xiaoxin even donated an extra amount of free drugs to Oxfam, it felt that the response was significantly less than the first donation, both in terms of buzz and publicity.
Although Oxfam President Mrs. Bess and Honorary President Ge Mulian both took time out of their busy schedules to attend and give speeches on their donations, Chu Xiaoxin still felt that something was missing. Even the president and honorary president's attitudes seemed perfunctory. What exactly went wrong?
Mrs. Bess has already secured her position as president of Oxfam, but she'll likely only hold it for a year at most, after which she might be reassigned to a title such as advisor or committee member, or even a nominal position like a permanent advisor.
It's understandable that the Governor's wife, Ge Mulian, was perfunctory, given her status and wealth. Her presence at the Oxfam, despite her title as honorary president, was likely due to past financial and other benefits.
However, Second Young Master Chu was somewhat frustrated. His position was earned through his roles as vice president and founder of Oxfam, at least on the surface. Others might be indifferent, but he couldn't very well abandon Oxfam after becoming Justice of the Peace, just like everyone else. What if word got out that Chu Xiaoxin had obtained his title through fake charity...
Moreover, his future father-in-law, Lu Wenhui, gave him a few words of Oxfam during dinner last night, saying that he needed to put some effort into Oxfam, and that being a young Philanthropist was more advantageous than being a businessman or even Justice of the Peace in certain matters. She also asked him what his views were on the future development of Oxfam.
Second Young Master Chu had no opinion of his own, so after his future father-in-law gave him some pointers last night, he rushed to Lu Yu Teahouse this morning to ask Song Tianyao Oxfam develop in order to secure his position as a young Philanthropist.
"You bastard, don't forget you still hold the title of Oxfam treasurer. Don't you have a share? Hurry up and tell me. I called you last night, and you wouldn't talk. Of course, I'll call you out again today and get to the bottom of this." Chu Xiaoxin tapped the table, displeased with the listless Song Tianyao. "Look at you! You're so young, yet you seem spineless. Don't let a little money make you spend your days indulging in debauchery. Be careful you don't die from exhaustion."
"No way, Big Brother? You have the nerve to say I'm a womanizer? I'm just following your example. Should I tell that Miss Lu about what you did before?" Song Tianyao looked up and said after hearing Chu Xiaoxin's words.
He had just seen the Foreign Girl off to the United States yesterday afternoon. Before leaving, he inevitably did some things that were not suitable for children. After seeing Foreign Girl off, he met with a few stockbrokers and had dinner together. When he returned to the factory that evening, Lou Fengyun told him that Chairman Chu Yaozong had invited him to dinner at the Chu Family tomorrow night. Song Tianyao pondered for a while about Chu Yaozong's intention in calling him. He had just lain down and closed his eyes to sleep when, at 11 p. m., the Second Young Master Chu called again, asking him to come to Lu Yu Teahouse for tea this morning. No wonder he had no energy.
"I've already said it. You were in charge of setting up Oxfam from beginning to end. So how do you plan to keep everyone paying attention to Oxfam like last time? It's still the same thing: you provide the effort, and I'll provide the money." Chu Xiaoxin wasn't in the mood to argue with Song Tianyao today; he was just eager to get to the bottom of things.
Last night, Lu Wenhui essentially tested him, and he had to do his best to answer this question. Even his fiancée Lu Peiying, was a little nervous, fearing that her father might not have a good impression of Chu Xiaoxin, and that the relationship between the two families would remain lukewarm and distant in the future.
"Doing the same thing over and over again gets boring. But a charity isn't a newspaper; there's no need to break a big story every few days to grab attention, is there?" Song Tianyao picked up his teacup, took a sip, then rubbed his temples and went over Chu Xiaoxin's conversation with Lu Wenhui from the previous night. After thinking for more than ten minutes, he looked up at Chu Xiaoxin and said: