"No. But there is no need for us to expose him here. If you still want to get the orchard owner's assistance in investigating the orchard, you'd better give him some face."
"What does it mean to give someone face?"
“Chinglish, you should know it.”
Johnny did not deny it. He sighed and said in Chinese: "Well, since the King in Yellow said so, it should be useful. You can continue. As long as you work hard enough, awakening will not be a problem."
The orchard owner smiled and said, "That's what I told you. Master Ma must be right."
Johnny nodded perfunctorily and said, "This is your orchard, right? We want to take a look."
"Okay! Come, this way please!" said the orchard owner enthusiastically.
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Oh shit, it looks like I can only update five times today.
Tomorrow, there will definitely be ten more chapters tomorrow.
Chapter 558 Meeting (fourth update)
While the two Americans were experiencing the customs of Yuezhou, Masha was puzzled by the pile of books that had just piled up in his car.
"This is terrible. Even with the library management system donated by Mr. Ma Yu, these books are piled up like this, and the management system is completely useless."
Masha muttered.
It took nearly two hours for dozens of workers sent by Mr. Ma Yu to move all the books using a forklift. Masha estimated that the total number of books was more than 10,000, and no management system would work without enough bookshelves to sort them out.
——If I had known earlier, I should have asked Boss Ma to build a library for me directly.
——But now that things have come to this, let’s just leave it at that. It would be a different kind of experience to find books to read from the mountain of books by myself.
As for the library management system given by Boss Ma, it can be modified and used for other things.
Masha thought optimistically.
At this time his cell phone rang.
Chen Zhongwu took over and said, "The Americans have arrived and are touring the orchard. Your arrangements and the hospitality of the Yuezhou people seem to have given the Americans a small surprise."
"Really? That's good. We hope that the two guests who have come from afar will enjoy the journey we have prepared for them." Masha spoke in the tone of a second-rate scenic spot tour guide.
"They haven't asked to see you yet, but I guess they won't miss your maid shop. When the time comes, there will be four SSS-class gathered in that small shop. If I were a super-powered terrorist, I would definitely launch an attack."
Masha guessed that the "superpower terrorist" Chen Zhongwu referred to here was "Shadow".
——I’m sorry, Sir Chen, I am both the “soldier” and the “bandit”, so no one will take the opportunity to attack!
——Also, there will be more than four SSS-level people gathered under my roof, but six.
Chen Zhongwu naturally had no idea what Masha was thinking, so he said, "Anyway, I'll go meet them first. If they want to see you, I'll take them there."
"Okay. Tell them I welcome them to visit my world in the car."
"I'll pass that on."
**
About an hour later, Masha met Johnny "Iron Master" and Ben "Dr. Hyde".
Masha's imagination of the meeting between the two sides was filled with the aura of when old enemies meet in the movies.
At least there should be some impressive BGM or something.
But in fact, Johnny just pushed the door and walked into Masha's maid shop. He glanced at Masha who skipped military training and stayed at home today, and said, "Hey, the King in Yellow."
It couldn’t be more ordinary.
Masha wanted Johnny to leave the maid shop, play the background music on his phone, and then go in again. But he was not sure if the other party would follow his pace.
Although Masha is usually hated, he will not provoke those who he thinks are powerful and threatening for no reason.
If I act recklessly according to my own preferences, it would be bad if others don't get it and their favorability towards Masha plummets.
Masha had told Xue Jianmei before that he would treat Johnny and Ben as friends, and the fewer enemies the better.
As for the feud between Ying and Johnny, what does it have to do with him, Masha?
"Hello, Avengers." Masha greeted.
However, what came to his mind was a fat man named A Fei in a recently popular game video.
Johnny definitely hadn't watched that game video, so he naturally didn't know what Masha was thinking, but he obviously noticed that the corners of Masha's mouth curled up when he thought of that video.
Johnny: “What are you laughing at?”
"I think of happy things," said Masha.
Johnny: "What's the happy news?"
"My Mr. Chen has fully dived." said Masha.
Johnny looked confused: "What?"
Ben: "It's a mobile game. It's a new phenomenon in China."
Johnny looked at Ben in confusion, "How do you know this?"
"I was bored on the plane, so I read the CIA's Greater China situation summary for the past two months."
"The CIA is now paying attention to mobile games?" Johnny was shocked.
"That report covers a wide range of aspects. The total length of the two-month report is more than 100,000 words."
Johnny: "You actually read all this general stuff? Isn't it enough to just read the outline of these things?"
"I've finished reading it, so I understand his jokes." Ben spread his hands, "See, my time spent was worth it."
Johnny shrugged, then turned his attention back to Masha. "Okay, so Mr. Yellow King, you're addicted to mobile games at a time when the whole world is going through a huge change?"
"What else? Should I become addicted to single-player games?"
Johnny: "I can recommend you some good independent games."
"Really?" Masha smiled. "I've also been enjoying playing some independent games lately. Although these games have many shortcomings due to technical reasons, it's hard to conceal the charm of their inspiration and creativity."
Johnny: "Why are you laughing again?"
"I, Mr. Chen, have fully submerged."
Johnny stared at Masha who was throwing out the same joke again and laughed: "I feel like maybe we can get along well."
"Same here." Masha extended his hand to Johnny. "We were both hit by Shadow's orbital attack. We have a lot of common topics."
Chihiro said from the side: "It was obviously me who was blown up by Ying's orbital attack, you were just watching the show from the sidelines."
"Let's not be so clear about the difference between us." Masha shrugged and looked at Johnny, as if asking with his eyes, "Don't you even want to shake hands?"
Johnny took the hand that Masha extended, "I am curious as to why both the Shadow and the Vigilante value you so much as the Yellow King."
"Because my abilities are special," said Masha.
"This is very strange," Johnny said, holding Masha's hand tightly. "Even the World Government is not sure what your ability is, and Greater China has been vague about it. But Ying and the Vigilante seem to know exactly what your ability is. Don't you think that you are a little too distant with the World Government in this matter?"
"The Greater China District is not vague, and they don't know what my abilities are. Believe me, if I report my abilities, it won't just be the Kage and the Vigilantes who will come after me. There will be a mountain of trouble. The CIA has only raided this maid shop once, and I don't want the intelligence agency's special forces to visit me every night in the future."
Masha paused and smiled for the third time.
"I value sleep quality and don't like being disturbed at night."
Johnny nodded. "Yeah, that makes sense. But, keeping your abilities hidden will cause many people to lose sleep. What does the Yellow King think of this?"
Masha immediately asked back, "Are you also one of the people who lost sleep because I concealed my ability?"
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Wow, even five chapters seems like a stretch... I thought I was fully myself after the break...
There is nearly an hour left, watch me write the fifth update.
Come back tomorrow to challenge ten more chapters.
Also, for those who asked about recommendation votes, the closest to ten thousand votes in the past few days was nine thousand and four the day before yesterday, and yesterday it was less than eight thousand, and so far today, it is less than six thousand votes.
This week, the number of votes for all books on Shuke is less than last week, and it’s not just me.
Chapter 559: This move is called the left and right game (Part )
Johnny: "I always sleep well. 'I'll think about these things tomorrow, because tomorrow is a brand new day.'"
"You also like Gone with the Wind." Although the passage quoted by the other party was in English, Masha immediately told the source.
Although Marsha is not good at speaking English, he actually has a good command of English. In order to improve his English, he has read a lot of Chinese-English novels for a while. Although he read the abbreviated version specially for middle school students, Marsha still remembered this famous quote from Scarlett, the heroine of Gone with the Wind.
Johnny: "No, you misunderstood. I'm an American. We Americans are famous for not liking to read. I know this line from a movie."
Johnny's self-mockery made Ben next to him laugh out loud.
Masha also laughed and said, "It is said that Americans don't like to read, but the world's largest physical publication market is in the United States. You Americans are very cunning."
"That's because many older Americans still retain the habit of reading, but I am a 19-year-old young man," said Johnny.
Ben added, "He also likes to listen to rock music."
"Yes, rock youth." Johnny nodded. "Iron Man in the Avengers perfectly copied my hobby. However, starting from the second movie, I can't say much about their taste in music selection."
Masha thinks that the rock music in "Iron Man 2" is pretty good, but the prototype himself said so, so of course what the prototype said should be taken as the standard.
Johnny continued, "The band I like is a signed artist of a rival music company owned by Disney, so my opinions are ignored. It's really annoying."
These words suddenly made Masha's impression of this "Iron Master" better, and he didn't know why.
"The armor summoned by your ability is quite different from that in the movie. Is it also because of Disney?" Masha joked.
"Yeah." Johnny shrugged. "I can easily destroy a city, but I dare not disobey Disney's legal department."
Masha: "What if, as the aura revives, our power becomes stronger and Disney can no longer punish you, are you going to draw a Mickey Mouse on your armor?"
Here, Masha calmly used the word "we" to put himself and Johnny into the same camp.
The American seemed unaware of Masha's little tactic, and Johnny responded, "I don't like Mickey Mouse. If I may, I would draw a portrait of Donald Duck's uncle."
Masha: "Are you talking about the uncle who jumps into the ocean of gold coins in his vault every day? What's his name?"
"Scrooge McDuck." Johnny fluently called out Uncle Donald Duck's name.
"Yes, that's the name. I read the comic book when I was a kid and was deeply impressed by it swimming in the vault." Masha said, "I didn't expect Mr. Johnny to be such a money-grubber."
Johnny spread his hands and said, "In the United States, people worship wealth. My dream before I woke up was to become a billionaire, and it is still the same after I woke up."
"Here, we call this not forgetting our original intention," said Masha.
Chihiro: "I don't think this is how you should use "never forget your original intention"."
"Why not? Wanting to make money is not the original intention?" Masha glanced at Qianxun, "You are prejudiced. I am a layman. I think there is nothing wrong with wanting to make money. Wanting to make money is different from worshipping money, do you understand?"
Johnny: "Looks like we have something in common again."
"Yes. Mr. Master Tie, is there any money-making project that I can invest in? If there is wealth, we can all make it together." Masha teased half-jokingly.
"I think that orchard is great. If we can produce this phenomenon in large quantities, the agricultural output value can be directly multiplied several times. I wonder how much Your Excellency the Yellow King knows about that orchard?"
Johnny looked at Masha, his expression clearly suggesting that this problem was not simple.
——Sure enough, Johnny suspects that this vision is related to me, which is normal.
——Fortunately, I was mentally prepared for this.
Masha frowned and put on a serious expression: "I think you have already seen that I used the original owner of the orchard to conduct some experiments. First of all, I want to determine whether this phenomenon is harmful to the human body."
Ben: "I see. But, using humans directly to conduct experiments..."
"I asked them to raise a lot of animals in the center of that area," Masha interrupted Ben. "If the anomaly is harmful to living things, theoretically it should first manifest itself in small animals. Once I find that the chickens, ducks, rabbits, etc. are in an abnormal state, I will personally ask them to leave the orchard and request the office to seal off the orchard."
Johnny looked at Masha, thoughtfully.
Masha thought: How about that, unexpected, right?
Masha's frank remarks were the response he had planned in advance.
If you want to make friends with people, you have to show some sincerity, right? And this honest talk from the heart will naturally reveal your sincerity.
Of course, Masha would not tell Johnny, "I created this God's presence on earth", but partial concealment does not change the fact that what he said is true.
