Jiangcheng, CBD center.

The red Porsche slowly stopped in front of a teahouse.

Zhang Xuan parked the car on the side of the road and waited in the car.

Li Ming looked up at the teahouse in front of him with its quaint decoration.

The three words "Yuming Mansion" are filled with a unique sense of nobility.

"Hello, is this Mr. Li?"

As soon as he walked to the door, a young girl in cheongsam asked politely with a smile.

Li Ming glanced at her and nodded slightly.

"Our boss is waiting for you inside, please follow me."

Li Ming followed the waiter to an elegant room on the second floor.

The moment you push open the door, an ancient and tranquil atmosphere hits you.

The room is simply yet elegantly decorated. The wooden tables and chairs exude a faint fragrance. There are several exquisite calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, adding a touch of cultural heritage to the entire space.

And in the center of the room, Erica sat elegantly.

She was wearing a cheongsam, which was a deep royal blue in color and embroidered with exquisite floral and bird patterns.

The cheongsam tightly wrapped around her body, showing off her mature and sexy curves to the fullest.

Although Erica is already forty-six years old, time does not seem to have left too many traces on her face.

Her skin is still fair and firm, and her eyes reveal the wisdom and calmness that comes from years of experience.

Her hair was tied into an exquisite bun, with a few strands of golden hair falling beside her cheeks, adding a bit of charm.

Erica saw Li Ming coming in and stood up with a smile.

Her movements are graceful and natural, like a classical beauty walking out of a painting.

"Li Ming, we finally meet again."

Her voice is gentle and charming, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

Li Ming nodded slightly, his eyes lingering on Erica for a moment.

I have to admit that Erica does have a unique charm.

Her beauty lies not only in her appearance, but also in the temperament of a mature woman that she exudes.

But Li Ming had no interest in her.

All in all, she is more than qualified to be a mother to herself.

"Please take a seat."

Erica pointed to the chair opposite and invited Li Ming to sit down.

Li Ming was not polite and walked straight to the chair and sat down.

Erica sat back in her seat and started preparing tea.

Her movements are skillful and graceful, and every step is full of artistic sense.

She first placed the tea sets neatly one by one, and then rinsed them with hot water.

Next, she took out an appropriate amount of tea leaves and put them into the teapot, rinsed the tea leaves gently with hot water, and then poured out the first brew of tea.

Erica's movements were soft and delicate, her long, white fingers dancing flexibly among the tea sets.

Her eyes were focused and serious.

Li Ming was also a little surprised that Erica, you are so proficient in the art of tea.

While she was making tea, the waves under her cheongsam were unusually turbulent.

As she shook the tea set, it rose and fell.

This scale is more than twice as large as Aunt Zhao's.

Of course, this is also related to his height of about 1.8 meters.

Li Ming withdrew his gaze.

Erica didn't seem to notice Li Ming's abnormality. She continued to concentrate on making tea.

For her, being stared at didn't seem to be a strange thing.

Then, she slowly poured hot water into the teapot, covered the lid, waited for a moment, and poured the tea into the teacup.

The color of the tea soup is clear and transparent, exuding a faint tea fragrance.

Erica picked up a cup of tea and handed it to Li Ming. "Li Ming, try it."

Li Ming took the teacup, sniffed the tea lightly, and then took a sip.

The tea soup is mellow in the mouth, with a long aftertaste, which makes people have endless aftertaste.

"Good tea." Li Ming exclaimed.

Erica smiled and nodded.

"This is the top-grade Longjing tea I prepared especially for you. I hope you like it."

She paused and then said, "Li Ming, I am very curious about you.

I would like to ask what you think of our Ming Group? "

Li Ming put down the teacup and said calmly: "Ming Group is powerful."

He was indifferent and had no interest in the topic.

Erica heard Li Ming's perfunctory response.

She frowned slightly and continued, "What do you think of the probiotics that have side effects but can extend people's lifespan?

Do you think this thing will help or have a negative effect on our development? "

She smiled and changed the subject.

Li Ming answered without hesitation: "I don't know. To me, what you are thinking is too empty and pretentious."

Erica smiled helplessly.

She said: "Then do you think we can break through the physiological and natural limits and have a chance to achieve immortality?

Don’t you Chinese have many legends about immortality, and even detailed records of them?”

Li Ming didn't give a perfunctory answer this time. He said firmly, "Yes."

Erica was surprised to hear Li Ming's answer.

Because Li Ming's tone was very firm, it made her even more curious about Li Ming.

After a moment of silence, she smiled and said, "Li Ming, thank you for your answer.

Then I won’t beat around the bush and let’s talk about cooperation directly.

The original cost of a test was 10 million US dollars, but now I offer it for 20 million US dollars.

As for the cooperation with your company's technical department and business department, it remains unchanged.

This is my greatest sincerity and bottom line. This is a win-win situation for us.

If we continue to delay, it will only benefit the Li family."

Win-win cooperation?

Hearing this, Li Ming's mouth corners slightly raised.

“Twenty million dollars is not enough.

The secrets of my body are worth far more than this.

If you can figure it out, it will be priceless, not to mention tens of millions of dollars, even trillions of dollars will be worth it.

As for a win-win situation?

In my understanding, win-win does not mean that I win and you win, but that I win twice. "

Hearing this, Erica was shocked and the smile on her face became stiff. She was shocked by Li Ming's remarks.

However, she was very well-mannered and adjusted herself in a short while.

She asked calmly, "So how much do you think is appropriate?"

Li Ming took a sip of tea slowly.

"I think it's at least $50 million per study."

Hearing this, Erica took a breath of cold air. This price was really too high.

She also knew that Li Ming would never give in.

But she didn't want to give up this opportunity. After thinking about it, she said, "Li Ming, this price is too high. Our group also has cost considerations."

Li Ming shrugged.

“That can’t be helped, I believe there are still many people who are interested in my body.

If Ming Group is unwilling, there is nothing I can do." "If we can't reach an agreement, then forget it. Our time is precious." Li Ming stood up and was about to leave.

"and many more!"

Seeing this, Erica quickly called Li Ming.

She gritted her teeth and finally nodded helplessly.

"Okay, Li Ming, let's do as you said, 50 million US dollars per study.

However, we will not provide any support to your technical and business departments. "

I heard $50 million.

Li Ming smiled with satisfaction.

He said calmly: "Ms. Erica is really straightforward. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

After agreeing on the cooperation, Li Ming originally planned to go out for dinner.

But before he could say anything, Erica warmly invited him, "Let's go have a meal together and discuss the details of the cooperation."

Hearing this, Li Ming waved his hand and said, "I won't eat. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

When Erica heard this, she didn't care whether Li Ming was just trying to please her or not.

"What's the matter? Maybe I can help." Erica also stood up, put her hands on her lower abdomen, and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I just want to go swimming and relax, no help needed."

Go swimming?
Hearing this, I remembered that during the normal testing, Li Ming just cooperated with them and threw a few punches.

Up to now, their research on Li Ming is still limited to his strength.

They lack Li Ming's physical coordination, agility, whole-body force generation methods and habits.

If we could observe Li Ming swimming, it would undoubtedly be of great help in collecting these data.

Erica remained calm and chuckled, “Okay, then I won’t bother you anymore.

Let’s set a time to discuss the details of the next cooperation.”

Li Ming nodded and said, "Let's do it tomorrow. I'll have my dedicated assistant contact you."

Erica smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we will have a pleasant cooperation."

As she spoke, she took the initiative to extend her hand.

"Pleasant to work with."

But Li Ming shook hands with her, said something lightly, and turned and left.

See this.

Erica was slightly stunned, looked at Li Ming's departing back in astonishment, and couldn't help but smile.

After seeing Li Ming off, she returned to her room in the teahouse.

This was bought for her by her husband, Ming Guangjie, the head of the teahouse and the boss of Ming Group.

The purpose was to allow her to cultivate her character, and she was used to coming to the teahouse alone to be quiet and think.

Erica sat on the wooden sofa where she usually rested, took a few cushions, took off her shoes, and put them together.

"What an interesting person. Actually, he is not as lascivious as Beibei said."

After saying this, Erica rested her head on her head and squinted her eyes.

……

Jiangcheng, Xinghan Swimming Pool.

Zhang Xuan was still waiting in the car, and Li Ming had already arrived at the reception room of the swimming pool.

When he passed by the glass window, he saw an old man who was tall, with slightly gray hair, but full of energy.

It was when I was in Kyoto that he invited me to join his team, hoping to train me to become the world swimming champion Lin Jin!

He is also the mentor of Chen Ling and his sister!

It was because of him that Chen Ling agreed to cooperate with him in brain-computer interface research.

Of course, the condition is that he is willing to become a team member of the old man Lin Jin and let him be his head coach.

Then, I spent the next year and a half training with him, with the ultimate goal of winning the world swimming championship and making up for his regrets when he was young.

This condition was written in black and white in the contract. Li Ming couldn't deny it, and he didn't intend to.

Today is the time stipulated in the contract, and I need to follow Lin Jin to make the connection.

It is now January 2027, 14, and there is still a whole year until the 34th Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Next, Lin Jin will take him to prepare for the Olympics wholeheartedly.

Of course, the wholehearted devotion here is just the wishful thinking of Lin Jin and Chen Ling.

Li Ming doesn't plan to spend too much time on this matter, nor will he spend a lot of time.

After all, with the proficiency panel and one's own strength, it is not difficult to win a world swimming championship.

What he is considering now is how to control his performance so that he can just win the championship without standing out.

To do this, you need to understand the records of national and world swimming champions and predict the results they might achieve.

Then, based on this result, I maintained a certain lead when participating in the trials.

Otherwise, if your performance fluctuates too much, even if you win the world championship, you will be investigated, noticed or targeted.

After all, the world today is very different from what it was five or six years ago.

The existence of various black technologies and drugs has quietly caused changes in people's physical constitutions.

For example, at the 24th French Swimming Olympics, all members of the US swimming team had purple faces.

The whole world was questioning and making various speculations, but in the end, no illegal items were detected.

Li Ming now recalled that he had developed a reward system based on the special drug Yanshengsu researched by the three major families in Jiangcheng.

All of the above have proved that the world is still the same world, but some people are no longer the same people.

Some things are actually around us, but we are not in that circle and cannot access them.

Therefore, Li Ming's plan was to fulfill the agreement with Chen Ling while not drawing attention to himself.

After all, just being noticed by Jiangcheng's so-called three major groups is already troublesome.

If it is put on a national or even global scale...

Li Ming was not sure what was waiting for him.

Thinking about this, Li Ming came to the door of the reception room.

At this time, he also saw that the person next to Lin Jin was Dr. Chen Ling, who was smiling happily.

Li Ming rarely saw Chen Ling smile like this.

It's only been a week since I last saw her, but Chen Ling seems to have gained some weight, her face is rosy, and there's light in her beautiful eyes.

At this moment, Chen Ling was full of energy and gave him a very strange feeling.

Combined with Chen Ling's plan to conduct the second phase of brain-computer interface research in Kyoto...

There is definitely a problem!
Today, in addition to clarifying with Lin Jin, he must also find out Chen Ling's true purpose.

"Ah! Li Ming! We finally meet again!

I never thought that in just half a year, you have built such a huge industry.

You are truly a young hero. It is an honor for an old man like me to be your head coach."

At this time, when Lin Jin turned around and saw Li Ming, his smile became even wider and he stood up and came to pick up Li Ming.

Chen Ling also stood up and said with a rare gentle smile: "Li Ming, come here and sit down and talk."

With the two people's warm reception, Li Ming was pulled by them to sit in the middle seat.

"Haha, come on. Have some tea and we'll talk slowly."

When Lin Jin saw Li Ming, it was as if he had seen a long-lost treasure. His face was full of surprise and he couldn't stop smiling.

"Li Ming, the teacher moved the training center from Kyoto to the Jiangcheng branch specifically for you.

It will definitely not affect your normal work in the future, and you can train well. "

Chen Ling was also somewhat enthusiastic. Her face was gentle and her beautiful eyes were watery. Her gaze was always on Li Ming.

wrong!

So wrong!

Li Ming could feel that old man Lin Jin was so enthusiastic about him because he valued his talent.

But Dr. Chen Ling's eyes and expression were very pure, without any purpose at all.

What on earth is she thinking? Or, why does she look like that?! (End of this chapter)