With brains and a temperament like that, if he ever decided to fight his brother for control of Shili, President Ji would probably have to go back to the countryside and grow sweet potatoes.
Ji Ting hadn't understood that remark and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean by 'handcrafted hardship'? Does Ji Yanzhi have..."
Pfft-Wang Mian suddenly burst out laughing, then clutched his stomach and collapsed on the sofa, his limbs splayed out.
"P-President Ji... digging up sweet potatoes... hahahahaha... driving a walking... a walking tractor... ah, hahahahaha..."
Why was Ji Yanzhi going to drive a tractor again?
Ji Ting had absolutely no idea what he was laughing at. Outside the President's Office, Wang Bin listened to the laughter coming from within, then silently turned and left.
Wang Mian laughed for quite a while, only stopping when he began to cough.
"Ji Ting, cough, can I ask you something?"
"Mm."
Wang Mian leaned forward slightly, looking at him expectantly. "If you'd been in my shoes today, would you have hit Li Tianhua?"
"No." Ji Ting barely hesitated. "I would've swallowed my anger, but I would've remembered what he said too."
That answer took Wang Mian completely by surprise. In his eyes, capable people all had their own pride, especially someone as capable as Ji Ting.
"You'd swallow it? And then what? That'd be it?"
Ji Ting fell silent for a few seconds before saying, "Li Tianhua said M Country and D Country would achieve technological breakthroughs within five months. If I had your abilities, I'd give myself that same deadline to build Huaguo's own Computational Lithography Platform."
Wang Mian's pupils suddenly trembled, but Ji Ting continued calmly, "Then I'd tell Li Tianhua to his face that this is the new Huaguo now. It was the Qing Government