Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1186: Chapter 1185: Scientific Researchers

Hmph, Zhao Shuai is making a fuss again, the receptionist noticed Lin Zai coming out, ”Hey, you’re down already, have you had breakfast yet? Our hotel offers a very hearty breakfast for you to choose from.

”Really? That’s great, I’ll just grab something quick.” Lin Zai felt it was better to have breakfast here since he wasn’t familiar with the place, ”No, no, what’s there to eat here? Let’s eat out, I know a lot of great places to eat and have fun.”

Zhao Shuai kept nagging, ”Alright, alright, let’s just eat something here.” Lin Zai ignored Zhao Shuai and went to the hotel restaurant, choosing a seat by the window. The waiter brought the menu and asked, ”Sir, what would you like to eat?” ”A medium-well steak and a glass of red wine,” Zhao Shuai said proudly, wiping his hands with a wet napkin.

”What steak in the morning? Two coffees and two sandwiches will do,” Lin Zai told the waiter. ”Alright, sir.”

”Hey, I say, you really don’t know how to enjoy life,”

Zhao Shuai said, rolling his eyes, ”Fine, you know how to enjoy life, speaking of which, I’m quite curious how you managed to make yourself broke.” Lin Zai retorted, ”What can I say? I’ve said it before, I’m a second-generation rich, my card was frozen by my dad.”

”What does your family do?”

Lin Zai was curious too, ”My family? Let me tell you, given this small town, if it was normal times, would I be here? My family is one of the top ones in the Imperial Capital, even the boss would give my dad some respect,” Zhao Shuai boasted. ”Is your family that great? Okay, make sure to look out for me when I’m in the Imperial Capital.”

Lin Zai laughed and said, ”Don’t worry, since you called me handsome, I’ll have your back. Hahaha,” Zhao Shuai laughed irritatingly again, making Lin Zai chuckle.

”So you are Lin Zai?” said a chubby man at the next table. ”And you are?” Lin Zai was surprised since he thought he only knew Zhao Shuai here. ”Oh, you haven’t met me, I’m Dahai. A lot of people were talking about your ring this morning, you’ve probably become a celebrity around here, many want to meet you,” Dahai looked at Lin Zai admiringly.

”What’s so special about Lin Zai? Don’t you know me yet? Am I not handsome enough for you?”

Zhao Shuai had a ”you guys are blind” look, ”And you are?” Dahai thought he might be some big-shot scientist. ”Oh, enough, enough, he’s Zhao Shuai, a friend of mine,” Lin Zai felt Zhao Shuai was about to boast about his looks and wealth, so he stopped him.

”If you’re Scientist Lin’s friend, you must be quite impressive,” Dahai said to Zhao Shuai, ”Just call me Lin Zai, we’re all friends here, no need to be formal,” Lin Zai smiled and said, obviously, the word ”friend” made Dahai very happy, ”Great, it’s my honor to be friends with you. I’m always interested in technology, but unfortunately,” Dahai said regretfully, ”What a shame?”

Lin Zai was curious, ”You might not know, I work at the Town Nanotechnology Research Institute, but in recent years we’ve hit a bottleneck, coupled with technological stagnation in the national Imperial Capital estate, we’re quite puzzled in researching nanomaterials. When I saw your ring yesterday, its material was unlike anything we’ve seen before, seemingly smaller than nano, very precisely structured. We’re all truly impressed,” Dahai said excitedly. ”So this is the state of technology on Kai Ao Star.”

He always thought Kai Ao Star’s technology should be behind Earth’s, but didn’t expect such stagnation recently, Lin Zai thought. ”Can I visit your town’s research institute?” Lin Zai wanted to glimpse the town’s tech level. ”Of course, your visit will surely brighten our institute,” Dahai said excitedly, making Lin Zai think of his fan girls when he became famous on Earth. ”What’s the point? It’s boring. Lin Zai, let’s go to the biggest nightclub in town, there are lots of pretty girls, hehe.”

Zhao Shuai said wanting to drag Lin Zai along, ”I’m not going, you go by yourself,” Lin Zai waved, just as breakfast was ready. Lin Zai took a sip of coffee, ”If you don’t go, what am I doing there alone? Alright, I’ll go with you to that boring research institute,” Zhao Shuai also took a sip of coffee and gave Dahai a glare. Lin Zai originally wanted a pleasant morning, but Dahai kept barraging him with questions, along with Zhao Shuai’s disruptions.

After breakfast, Lin Zai followed Dahai to the research institute, with Zhao Shuai still talking about where the steak was good and where the wine was rich. After walking for ten minutes, they saw two adjacent four-story buildings, looking aged. It was work time, but not many were working. Observing this, Lin Zai felt this planet’s technology might be regressing.

Dahai led Lin Zai and Zhao Shuai to a room on the third floor, ”Director’s office, what are we doing here?” Zhao Shuai asked. ”I think Scientist Lin should have a chat with our director, you’re both highly respected scholars in my heart.”

Dahai said, Lin Zai suddenly felt something unusual about Dahai, sometimes he didn’t seem as straightforward as he appeared, ”Hey, Zhao Shuai, could you wait at the door? After all, you’re not in the research field, there might be things you shouldn’t know,” Dahai said to Zhao Shuai. ”Hey, you bring me here but don’t let me in, you think I’m at your beck and call?” Zhao Shuai said discontentedly. ”Wait for me for a bit, handsome, I’ll come out and go have fun with you. This is a research place, after all, lots of confidential stuff here.”

Lin Zai was actually puzzled, logically Dahai didn’t know him well and should be more suspicious because of the ring, plus the director’s office isn’t somewhere a regular researcher could just go. He couldn’t help but get more curious about Dahai. ”Alright, alright, be quick, I’m waiting,”

Zhao Shuai reluctantly headed downstairs. Dahai knocked on the door, ”Come in,” a deep, not young voice sounded, Dahai led Lin Zai in. Inside was a simple office with a slightly chubby, short man around forty behind the desk, wearing a suit, black hair, ordinary-looking. ”Not many scientists in suits,” Lin Zai thought. ”Deputy Director, you’re here, you said you’d take three days off, yet you’re back already, really care about the institute, haha,” the director said with a smile.

”Oh, not at all, during my break I met a remarkable scientist who also wanted to visit our institute, so I brought him along.