Yevgeny

The second wave of visitors consisted of some domestic small-time bosses.

Of course, "small-time" was only relative. Anyone who could step through Chen Zhao's front door had a net worth of at least nine figures.

The small bosses all had very strange requests:

Boss Zhang: "I want to take on the construction project for Zhangjiajie's new airport. Do you think you could put in a good word for me...?"

Chen Zhao was baffled. "That's such a huge matter—I can't help much with it... Just bid for it publicly..."

Boss Zhang: "You must know some leaders in the relevant departments, right? You only need to mention it casually!"

Chen Zhao shook his head. "I'm a researcher. I don't know any officials! My only leader is my wife, and she can't handle this sort of thing either."

Boss Li: "There's an iron mine in Australia, and several domestic companies are fighting over it. Could you maybe...?"

Chen Zhao was going bald from stress. "I've never worked in mining either..."

Boss Li: "No, no, you just need to mention it to the Australian government..."

Chen Zhao looked troubled. "What I say won't carry any weight. I'm not familiar with anyone on the Australian side."

Boss Li: "It will! It definitely will! If you just bring it up, that project will definitely be mine! The Australian government wouldn't dare go against you!"

Chen Zhao: "Wow! You think far too highly of me. It's not like I'm the Emperor of Australia."

Boss Zhao: "My daughter is driving me mad. She's taken the college entrance exam for two years now and only scores around three hundred. She doesn't want to study abroad either."

Chen Zhao reacted quickly. "I've already resigned from my teaching position at Lop Nur University!"

Boss Zhou: "Here's the thing.