Chen Yong and Lu Chengwen both grew excited.
Chen Yong said, "Ah, actually, that was what I had in mind from the start. It's just... the investment would be too large."
"You can't catch wolves without sacrificing the bait! You can't catch hooligans without sacrificing your wife..."
Lu Chengwen tossed the marker onto the blueprint. "If we're building it, we build the best! You have to trust your own judgment. If you don't even have the nerve to envision it, then you might as well not envision it at all."
Chen Yong said, "Sometimes I always want to spend less and accomplish more."
"Well, that's your limitation!" Lu Chengwen said. "How can you spend less and still accomplish more? Why aren't you some worker earning a few thousand a month? Why are you a big shot? You need to understand this better than they do: spending less definitely means accomplishing less. Spending more may not buy you the best, but if you spend the least, what you buy will definitely be the worst!"
Chen Yong said, "Then here, I was actually thinking of doing this, this, and this..."
"Sounds good!" Lu Chengwen got excited and picked up his pen again. "Since we're already doing that, why not just do this, this, and this!"
"Brilliant!" Chen Yong was thrilled. "And here, we can do this, this, and this..."
"Right, right, right! Here, and here—oh, and here too..."
Lu Chengwen was having a great time.
He simply took off his jacket and handed it to Chen Yong's secretary.
Chen Yong's secretary was utterly baffled, but the two men were too engrossed to notice, so she could only take it.
Lu Chengwen stared at the blueprint and snapped his fingers toward the side. "Coffee."
The secretary froze. "I... I didn't bring any coffee..."