I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 197 Emperor's Foot Bath
"Mr. Chen, you've worked hard. You've been on the plane for ten hours!"

"Oh, we still have to take the bus for several hours! Uncle Zhang, how is the Magic City?"

"Don't mention it, everything is expensive! It feels like the currency used in other cities is not the same."

"Hahaha!"

The two walked to the parking lot together. Uncle Zhang was driving a Volkswagen. After putting the luggage away, the car slowly drove out of the airport and headed towards the destination.

"Aren't you going to take me to the bus station?" Chen Xi felt that the direction was a little wrong.

"Your dad asked you to stay in Shanghai for one night before going back. First go to the company and then go to the hotel."

"What's going on with the company?"

"I've opened a new office. I'll take you to have a look."

Uncle Zhang said as he drove.

Tianshan Road, in front of a small building.

"Damn, how could it be such a shabby place?" Chen Xi stared at the somewhat old office building in front of him with his mouth wide open.

"This is the place your uncle found. He probably swallowed up the money..." Uncle Zhang waved his hands unhappily. This is a new office in the district, and he was transferred here to manage it.

"Uncle San must have lost money in Australia again... I thought things were not going well at home!" Chen Xi curled his lips. His uncle San was good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

His smoking and drinking were all taught to him by his third uncle, and he is not a get-doer at all. However, his father dotes on this younger brother and even treats his third uncle better than him, which makes him feel very unbalanced.

"Come on, everyone! Mr. Chen is here."

As soon as he entered the office, Chen Xi saw several young employees chatting and slacking off, one of them was even playing solitaire.

When they heard the vice president's voice, they immediately stood up and greeted Chen Xi.

It seems that Uncle Zhang is very dissatisfied with Uncle San's approach and wants to bring Chen Xi to see the actual situation of this office in person so that he can report the problems here to Chen's father truthfully.

"Aren't there guests coming to see the machine this afternoon? Why are you guys so free?"

"The guests came and saw that our environment was average, so they said they were considering..."

In response to Uncle Zhang's questioning, one of the young men answered.

"Hurry up and get to work!"

Uncle Zhang shouted in displeasure, and the young people instantly turned into good kids and started to do the work at hand, making phone calls and typing on the keyboard. It was unclear whether they were really busy or just pretending.

"Hey~ I'll help you with the situation here when the time comes." Chen Xi coughed and said in a low voice.

"Ha, then thank you very much, Mr. Chen, your third uncle, eh~" Uncle Zhang shook his head. He really couldn't understand why the chairman would choose such an unlearned person to be responsible for this important job.

"My third uncle is like that. He eats, drinks, gambles and has sex. My dad wants him to do something to change him. But as the saying goes, it is difficult to change a person's nature, and it is impossible to prop up a rotten wood..." Chen Xi scolded his third uncle and then comforted Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang’s real name is Zhang Shijie. He also graduated from a top university. Although he is not a technical person, he is serious and responsible in his work. He joined the company right after graduation and has been working there ever since. He has been promoted very quickly.

"I'll go downstairs to buy a pack of cigarettes!" Chen Xi knew that Uncle Zhang didn't smoke, so he said hello and went downstairs.

"Boss, come and pack the soft gold sand."

"Here~"

Chen Xi took out a fifty-yuan note and handed it over, then asked for a lighter.

"Domestic cigarettes are still cheaper and more comfortable to smoke!" Chen Xi took a deep breath and squinted his eyes as he looked at a typing and copying shop next to the store.

This typing and copying shop has outdated equipment, with only a few worn-out printers and engraving machines, and no other high-value advanced machines.

"Shit, I've been running around several blocks and still can't figure it out. What a crappy advertising store."

"Forget it, let's find a bigger store!" Two girls in business attire walked out of the small store, complaining constantly.

After hearing this, the boss muttered in dissatisfaction: "Idiot! If I had money, wouldn't I buy more machines? You can tell they are fresh graduates." As he said that, he lit a cigarette and stood at the door watching the girls leave.

"What do you need?" A figure flashed beside him. The boss asked, but he didn't expect the other party to hand him a cigarette.

"How long have you opened this shop?" Chen Xi smiled as he looked at the man in front of him whose hair was a mess.

"Five years, what? Together?"

"No, I sell machines upstairs."

"Oh, I also use your equipment."

At first, the boss was cold and even a little hostile to Chen Xi, mistaking him for a competitor. However, after hearing Chen Xi's explanation, the boss's expression gradually softened and his tense expression slowly relaxed.

"How much can your store earn in a month?"

"Not much, can't make much money. I won't buy new machines, if there is nothing else, I'll go in first." The boss was obviously a little impatient. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, then turned and walked into the store.

Chen Xi looked into the store and saw that there were only two people in the store with limited equipment. So, he stroked his chin and began to conceive a plan.

"No way, Uncle Zhang! You're just going to arrange for me to live here?"

Looking at the somewhat shabby hotel in front of him, Chen Xi opened his mouth wide.

"Your father insisted on making this arrangement, don't blame me! He said it was to teach you how to save money." Zhang Shijie shrugged, picked up his luggage and walked towards the hall.

"He has such a good place to live outside, and you want me to live like this? I'll do it!" Chen Xi curled his lips.

"I have a dinner party tonight, do you want to go with me?"

"Don't worry about me. I'll take the bus back tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Zhang Shijie looked at the time and seemed a little anxious, probably because of something important.

Chen Xi waved at him indifferently, then looked around the room. It was clean, but the decoration was a bit old. "So many small cards!" After Zhang Shijie left, Chen Xi picked up a bottle of mineral water on the table.

Under the mineral water was a colorful stack of cards, all with pictures of beautiful women printed on them, but they looked like they were copied from the Internet.

According to the current domestic market conditions, even in Shanghai, a very beautiful one probably won't cost much. You can probably find several here for the price of ordering one in Australia.

"Tsk tsk tsk~" Chen Xi put the cards back to their original places. Nowadays, most women in China dress in non-mainstream styles. In his eyes, the clothes worn by those who do this look very old-fashioned, so he naturally has no interest in them.

"TNND." I tossed and turned in bed for a long time but couldn't fall asleep. I slept for several hours on the plane, so of course I wasn't sleepy now.

He walked to the table, picked up another bottle of mineral water, looked at the colorful cards, and shook his head again.

Put on your coat and open the door.

Ten minutes later, in front of a foot bath shop not far from the hotel, he looked at the lobby and sign of the shop and thought it should be a high-end place.

As soon as he approached the foot bath shop, the doorman bowed respectfully to greet him and shouted enthusiastically: "Welcome, sir!"

It was already past ten o'clock, but there were still quite a few customers in the foot massage shop. Most of them were drunk middle-aged men, walking in and out in groups with smiles on their faces.

"Sir, what project do you want to do?"

"introduce."

Chen Xi took off his shoes and lay down on the sofa. The waiter had already brought the fruit plate and asked.

"Here we have the 1888 Imperial Foot Bath, the 1188 Tender Love, the 888 Lotus Steps..."

"Let's get one from 1888."

"Okay, sir, do you need a card?"

"Need not."

When the waiter heard that Chen Xi directly ordered the most expensive one, he immediately smiled and his service attitude became much more respectful.

In his opinion, Chen Xi is just a rich second-generation from Shanghai, and he must have come here to have fun.

He quickly picked up the intercom and informed the insiders of the needs of this distinguished guest.

Chen Xi ate a piece of fruit and took a sip of the tea on the table, then picked up the remote control and turned on the evening news channel.

"Last month, two coal mine accidents in Shanxi Province have been fully investigated. The accidents caused..."

The news anchor was speaking seriously.

"Good evening, boss!" Moments later, someone knocked on the door of the box, and a row of young and pretty girls came in, leaving Chen Xi stunned.

“Is this a foot bath or a KTV?”

"Hehe, boss, of course this is a foot massage parlor." One of the girls, who looked sweet and very young but deliberately dressed very maturely, covered her mouth and laughed.

"Please ask the boss to choose the people." The waiter standing by said respectfully, and pointed to the number tags on each girl.

Oh my god, this foot massage parlor is just like selecting girls in a KTV.

"Whatever, just the one with number 88!" Chen Xi casually pointed at a tall busty girl in the middle. These girls were all very beautiful, and he was just going to have a massage anyway, so he just picked a more auspicious number.

"Boss, you have a good eye. No. 88 is the best among us."

"Well, that's it." Chen Xi waved his hand. He felt a little uncomfortable with so many women surrounding him.

"Boss, please choose another one."

"Hmm? There are still two of you."

"Of course. As an emperor, how can he only have one concubine?" said the waiter with a smile.

"Then let's go with number 77!" Chen Xi frowned and pointed at one of the girls who looked more innocent. It was speechless to have two women for a foot massage.

He originally thought that 1888 was a bit of a rip-off, but now it seems that with the service of two technicians, it is still good value for money.

The box was not small. Chen Xi took the clothes handed to him and changed into them. Then he lay back down like the old man and continued watching the news.

The news said that on December 2006, 12, which was the 15th day of the th lunar month, the blue planet experienced a rare and severe magnetic storm.

The effects of this magnetic storm were widely recorded and reported by space weather monitoring agencies around the world.

According to a report released by the National Space Weather Monitoring and Early Warning Center on the 15th, this super-large magnetic storm hit the blue planet in the early morning of the 15th.

This large-scale magnetic storm event has a significant impact on artificial satellites as well as communications and navigation systems on Earth.

Researchers from the Space Weather Room of the National Satellite Meteorological Center revealed the source of this magnetic storm.

He pointed out that at 13:10 on the 40th, the sun erupted a X3.4-level flare, accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME). After these ejected materials reached the blue planet, they triggered a super-large magnetic storm in the early morning of the 15th.

However, the matter did not end there. At 15:6 on the 15th, the sun erupted again with an X1.5-class flare, also accompanied by a CME.

The effects of magnetic storms are not limited to space.

Researchers explained that large magnetic storms have the ability to change the attitude of artificial Earth satellites, thereby affecting the detection direction of remote sensors on the satellites.

It can also interfere with positioning, navigation and shortwave communications, although mobile phone communications are generally not affected.

The additional currents generated by large magnetic storms even have a certain impact on the power system.

What’s even more interesting is that strong magnetic storms can also cause released pigeons to get lost, because they fly according to magnetic field lines, and magnetic storms can change the direction of magnetic field lines.

"Boss, I can tell at first glance that you're a cultured person. I don't understand this kind of news at all." Technician No. 88 praised Chen Xi with a coquettish look on her face. She didn't care about culture at all. She just thought that Chen Xi was handsome and generous.

"Haha, how could I understand it? This news sounds like a science fiction movie." Chen Xi laughed and put his feet in the hot water.

(End of this chapter)