I'm back in 1990

Chapter 904: As long as there's breath, there's no time to be idle.

Not long after Shi Lei left, Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan also arrived at the hospital.

The younger generation all stepped forward to greet the two.

"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, so you'll have to behave yourself for three months now!" Old Huang joked when he saw that his old friend was alright.

Old Yu, on the other hand, looked completely unconcerned: "Tch, it won't stop me from playing chess and drinking. At most, I won't be able to play ball with you anymore. Just you wait! It'll only be three months, it'll be over soon."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Aiying angrily pointed at Old Yu on the hospital bed and her close friend Zeng Lijuan, saying, "Look at him, look at him! The older he gets, the more disobedient he becomes. Even in this state, he still wants to smoke, drink, play chess, and play ball. It's infuriating!"

Zeng Lijuan advised, "This means that Lao Yu is really alright. Besides, men like him will never be idle as long as they have breath. My husband is the same way, and I'm used to it." Zeng Lijuan could only offer this kind of advice. Fortunately, it was good that he was alright, and she felt much more at ease after coming to check on him.

The two old men went about their business as usual, while the two old women huddled together, denouncing their husbands for all their faults. Seeing this, Huang Xiaochuan, Yu Wei, Yue Zhiyuan, and the others smiled knowingly and went to the reception room.

As the most upscale restaurant in Shanghai, Huahong Hotel's main branch is always packed with customers, especially on holidays and weekends, when there are almost no empty tables. Even on regular weekdays, the occupancy rate can reach 75%.

Moreover, Zhang Gaolei is holding his company's annual meeting here tonight, which has caused the hotel's parking lot to be full, and even the roadside is full of cars, most of which are luxury cars.

Because of Huaxin's talent recruitment strategy, technical personnel enjoy generous salaries and stock options, making them among the first to get rich. In addition, Huaxin provides a 50% subsidy when senior technical personnel buy cars, so these technical personnel naturally buy luxury cars such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Cadillac.

That evening, Yu Wei hosted a dinner for Shi Lei at Tang Jianhua's restaurant.

Only then did Tang Jianhua learn about Lao Yu's hospitalization.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Tang Jianhua complained to Yu Wei.

Yu Wei looked aggrieved: "Hey! Brother-in-law, to tell you the truth, I wasn't in the mood to talk about this with anyone back then! Don't blame me."

Tang Jianhua could understand this, so he said, "I'll go to the hospital to see my uncle tomorrow."

Yu Wei didn't bother with formalities with Tang Jianhua, after all, Tang Jianhua's relationship with his brother-in-law was obvious, so there was no need for such empty formalities.

"I'll send you the ward and bed number in a bit."

"Alright, you guys have some tea first, I'll go arrange some dishes for you."

Tang Jianhua was about to leave when Huang Xiaochuan stopped him.

"You can arrange for the restaurant manager to take care of the dishes. We're all family here, so sit down and join us. You can have a drink with Lao Shi."

"It won't delay you. I can come back after I've made all the arrangements." Tang Jianhua was still worried and insisted on making the arrangements himself before returning.

Huang Xiaochuan let him be. It was always like this, and it had become Tang Jianhua's habit. Whenever Huang Xiaochuan came to eat, as long as Tang Jianhua was there, Tang Jianhua would personally make the arrangements. If people didn't know that he was the boss, they would mistake him for the restaurant's lobby manager.

Since arriving, Yue Zhiyuan could tell how popular this high-end restaurant was. It had all kinds of fresh seafood, and everything was clearly priced. However, he couldn't help but gasp at the prices.

Especially that two-headed abalone, it's worth almost half a year's salary for him. One abalone is selling for 21,880? Help me out, gold is only a little over 100 yuan per gram now, okay? One abalone is worth ten or twenty grams of gold. Eating this stuff is like swallowing gold!

Restaurants of this caliber simply don't exist in small cities like Qingjiang, and even if they did, no one could afford to eat there.

Although he had a brother-in-law who was a billionaire, to be honest, Yue Zhiyuan still lived on his own salary and didn't benefit much from his brother-in-law's wealth. Therefore, Yue Zhiyuan's family was just a wage earner in Qingjiang, but they belonged to the upper class of wage earners. After all, Yu Min's income was not low. Although their unit was not very profitable, it was still a public institution, so their income was guaranteed regardless of circumstances. It was just that there were no bonuses.

Back in the 80s and 90s, especially the 90s, newspapers could be described as making a fortune every day. But those good days are over, and now they're just living off their past achievements.

However, Yue Zhiyuan was still a good writer. He often wrote articles for Soso.com and earned some money. Overall, he lived a pretty comfortable life. But when he got here, he realized that people in Shanghai really didn't value money!

Not long after, Tang Jianhua returned, bringing Shi Lei with him.

"I just happened to see Director Shi arrive, so I came with him."

Upon seeing Shi Lei, the three people who were originally sitting in the private room stood up together.

Upon seeing Shi Lei, the three people who were originally sitting in the private room stood up together.

Yu Wei immediately stepped forward, grabbed Shi Lei's wrist, and led him to the left side of the main seat: "Brother Shi Lei, please sit here."

With Huang Xiaochuan present, Shi Lei dared not sit there. He and Yu Wei started arguing over seating arrangements. Huang Xiaochuan couldn't stand it anymore and laughed, "Alright, Lao Shi, Yu Wei told you to sit, so sit. He invited you tonight. I'm just here to keep you company. Hurry up and sit down so we can all sit!"

Hearing this, Shi Lei reluctantly sat down, while Huang Xiaochuan sat down next to him and took the initiative to arrange the seating: "Brother-in-law, you sit to Yu Wei's right, and Zhiyuan will sit next to you. That's settled."

Yu Wei had no objection to this; on the contrary, he was quite satisfied with Huang Xiaochuan's arrangement.

Since everyone present was a guest, Huang Xiaochuan didn't have the waiter serve in the private room. Naturally, Tang Jianhua took over the task of pouring the wine, but Yue Zhiyuan, who was sitting next to him, intercepted him halfway through.

Yue Zhiyuan laughed and said, "I'm better at pouring wine, let me do it!"

Tang Jianhua naturally refused, but Huang Xiaochuan persuaded him, "Then let Zhiyuan have to do the work." Hearing this, Tang Jianhua stopped arguing with Yue Zhiyuan about who should pour the drinks.

Tang Jianhua said to his brother-in-law, "Your classmate Zhang Gaolei's company is having its annual meeting here tonight. He knows you're here, but he can't leave right now. He asked me to tell you to wait for him. He'll come find you for a drink when he's done."

"Why is he asking me to drink instead of properly hosting his company's annual party? Honestly!" Huang Xiaochuan muttered.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang Gaolei walked in. It was only because of him that anyone else would have been stopped at the door.

"What a coincidence tonight! So I had to come and have a few drinks with you guys no matter what." Zhang Gaolei knew almost everyone present.

Tang Jianhua stood up, intending to offer his seat: "Gao Lei, please sit here."

Zhang Gaolei waved his hand: "No, I'll just sit next to Xiaochuan. I'll have a couple of drinks with you guys and then I have to leave. The annual party is about to start, and I'm just worried that I'll drink too much and won't be able to hold my liquor, which is why I came here now."

Seeing this, Tang Jianhua didn't insist anymore and sat down again. Before sitting down, Zhang Gaolei shook hands with each of them and greeted them, except for Huang Xiaochuan.

After finishing a round of drinks, Zhang Gaolei gritted his teeth and said to Huang Xiaochuan, "Damn it, that little notebook is too damn bad. This morning it sent a notice that the price of photoresist will be raised after the New Year. It's going to be 200. They don't want me to have a good New Year. I'll curse them out."

"Are you planning to go there?" Huang Xiaochuan guessed that Zhang Gaolei might be going to Japan.

Zhang Gaolei rubbed his legs: "I can't not go! They're asking for exorbitant prices and then haggling over them. I have to go and talk to them. Since a price increase is inevitable, it's better to reduce it a little. Besides, I also need to go to Europe to see if I can find an alternative. I can't keep being manipulated like this, can I?"

How is the research and development progress at domestic universities?

Zhang Gaolei shook his head with a wry smile: "Progress isn't that fast! You know, this kind of technology requires long-term research and development. When we'll see results, or even if we can produce them at all, is still unknown."

Huang Xiaochuan patted him on the shoulder: "The difficulties are temporary, everything will be alright."

Zhang Gaolei nodded: "I know, but time waits for no one, and besides, this has increased the costs again, damn it!" Mentioning the costs, Zhang Gaolei couldn't help but start cursing again.

After talking for a while, Zhang Gaolei got up to say goodbye, as the annual meeting was waiting for him to hand out awards.