Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 610 - 272 Mysterious Background_2

Chapter 610: Chapter 272 Mysterious Background_2

"How about this, Boss Wang!" Yan Fei pondered for a moment. "For the permit, let’s proceed this way at first. If I have the money later, I’ll build it according to this design; if I run out of money, I’ll make it a regular tile house according to this design, alright?"

"That works too." Boss Wang nodded. He was eager to help the kid get the permit, so they could end their business and walk away. As for the constructions of those few tile houses, he didn’t want to bother with such small business.

Building a house in the Provincial City is certainly different from in towns and villages. Boss Wang, being entrusted with this task, gritted his teeth and started hustling around with Yan Fei for various procedures.

Right in the midst of this, Yan Fei’s small bag suddenly beeped. When Yan Fei pulled out a pager, Boss Wang felt a bit upset. He didn’t expect the kid to own a pager. And not only did he have one, the brand and model seemed even superior to his own. He couldn’t help but say, somewhat sourly, "I didn’t know Student Yan also has a pager."

"It was a gift from a senior fellow student. He has his own old school mobile phone, so he gave me his work-issued pager which he didn’t need!" Yan Fei modestly smiled. "Can we stop the car so I can make a phone call?"

You’re not half bad, huh kid? I’m curious what kind of urgent matter a student with a pager could possibly have?

With this thought, Boss Wang fumbled around in his bag and pulled out an old school mobile phone. "It’s not convenient to stop here. You can use this instead."

"Oh, that would be too imposing! It’ll only take a moment, just a few sentences." Although Yan Fei verbally expressed his modesty, he had no qualms about taking the phone right away.

He muttered in his heart that Boss Wang had an old school mobile phone all this time and had hidden it away. Was he afraid others would borrow it? And I thought he only had a pager. So, he was pretending to be poor!

Watching Yan Fei dial the number skillfully, Boss Wang felt troubled: Is this kid really just an ordinary student? But he’s gifted with a pager, and he can use an old school mobile phone so proficiently. That skill, it doesn’t look like he’s a beginner at all, does it?

Could it be that he’s pretending to be a naive student, but in reality has strong connections?

With this thought, Boss Wang’s mind started to wander: Perhaps I’ve misjudged. Judging by his calm demeanour, he might be no ordinary student after all.

Could he be the legendary son of a high-ranking family with profound connections? After all, who nowadays, among the youngsters from moderately well-off families, would be willing to wear such outdated, worn-out military-green trousers!

Only those from revolutionary veterans’ families would enforce such strict austerity on their children, insisting on them wearing these military-green pants...

Looking at that torn canvas bag again, hmm, this bag has quite a history. Could it be that the grandson is carrying a bag that was used by some veteran during the Long March across snowy mountains and grasslands?

Right, it must be so. Otherwise, think about it, which ordinary student would be given a pager? Going by his earlier words, this pager was issued by someone’s workplace. These days, workplaces that issue pagers, they must be quite significant, right? And even if the workplaces are significant ones, they wouldn’t give them to ordinary workers, it must be only for leaders.

He just said he didn’t need a pager because he has an old school mobile phone. It must be no ordinary leader.

Such a leader, giving a pager to a student, could that student be an ordinary one? Even thinking with one’s toes, it’s obvious the student is extraordinary.

Now considering the matter at hand. Hm, a plot of experimental farmland belonging to the Provincial Agricultural University, two acres allocated for this student to construct a house. How many students are there in the province? How come I haven’t heard of any other student being given two acres to build a house?

I really misread the situation. Man, I’m supposed to be a seasoned jianghu veteran and I just bought into his story – just a professor giving away some crop seeds, a school giving him two acres of land as thanks.

Foolish me for believing such a cock and bull story. You know, after years on the hunt, I can’t believe I let the little sparrow blind the old hawk.

No need to guess anymore. Now it’s pretty clear in Boss Wang’s mind – this student’s background is becoming abundantly obvious!

Quite right! He must be the child of some high-ranking official, a really high-ranking official. I mean, the Provincial Agricultural University is giving face to this kid by appropriating two acres of experimental land to build tile-roofed houses. How high-ranking must his parent be to have such pull? A County Committee Secretary, even a City Committee Secretary couldn’t pull this off at the Agricultural University...

A Provincial Committee Secretary might have some pull, but most officials wouldn’t dare to be so bold! They wouldn’t even dare to accept such a gift unless they wanted to lose their positions or even their heads!

Okay, it might not be a local official. Could be someone from the military. Given his demeanor, he might be one of those kids with strict upbringing who regularly train with the troops. Such spirit, such swagger, he’s simply too imposing ...

As for why the young man was so unreliable – Boss Wang has already figured it out. Very simple! He has a strict family and hasn’t been exposed to society. Doesn’t know much about bottom-level social affairs. It’s not out of the ordinary. How many minister’s children know how to farm?

Lost in his flights of fancy, Boss Wang didn’t forget to keep his ears open, listening as the enigmatic ’privileged disciple’ made his phone call. The young man didn’t seem to mind him listening in. It must not be some top-secret matter. So, it shouldn’t be a big deal to catch a line or two, right?

"Senior Brother Wang! Sorry, I forgot to tell you last night when I got back late. Professor Qi gave me a piece of land and had someone help me with the paperwork. Yes, yes, yes... right! Can I come over this afternoon? Please apologize for me to Senior Brother Liu, I thought it was just a simple stamping job, but it ended up taking half the day. We’re still not done yet. Yes... who would’ve thought this Provincial City would be such a hassle! Back home dealing with paperwork, all it takes is asking someone to make a trip to get a stamp..."

"I’ll stop here, borrowing someone else’s Old School Mobile Phone. I’ll call you when everything’s settled. Remember to apologize to Senior Brother Liu for me. When we’re done, I’ll take you two to the foreigners’ place to enjoy some free steak..."

As Boss Wang listed to these words, he concluded internally: Good thing I have been acting properly today or I might have offended this student with the mysterious background.

Yes, the conversation confirmed his previous guess.

Just listen to what he’s saying, at home when he needs to build houses, it just takes having someone run a simple errand to get the stamp. When a leader’s aides handle tasks, they’re bound to be super swift, right? Who dares to deny them, unless they don’t want to get by anymore?

Treating someone to a meal means free steak from a foreigner. If he doesn’t have a powerful background, I’ll kick my own head around like a soccer ball!

After Yan Fei finished the call, Boss Wang calmly took back the Old School Mobile Phone. He sneakily pressed a button to confirm: Yes, the number that was dialed indeed belonged to an Old School Mobile Phone. By the way he kept saying ’Senior Brother’, he surely isn’t an ordinary person!

"Ahem, Student Yan!" Boss Wang shifted gears while his mind raced, and started speaking enthusiastically. "Actually, the house you just saw, the supposed Ming Dynasty-style villa, is really just an old-fashioned house. There are many old houses marked for demolition in our Provincial City. If you’re building now, it’d be a good opportunity. It’s easy to find materials, and I’ll even stick to the old price. It will be two hundred thousand, and since we’re practically family, it’s not like we’re making a profit here..."

"Beep beep beep..." Yan Fei was about to speak when the pager rang again!

Boss Wang immediately silenced his chatter. After Yan Fei checked his pager, he quickly extended the Old School Mobile Phone again, saying: "Important business again, feel free to use this! Parking is inconvenient..."