Chapter 1675: 1675: I Want to Challenge Him

Chapter 1675: Chapter 1675: I Want to Challenge Him

(Update time setting error, two chapters updated together)

Around eight o’clock in the morning, Luo Ziling, who was having breakfast with Yang Qingyin and Luo Yuqing, received a call from Xu Zhiyuan, saying that he would arrive at their hotel in half an hour.

Today, the delegation’s public activity is to participate in a Korean-organized meeting around nine o’clock, where leaders from both sides will speak, explaining the purpose and arrangements of the delegation’s visit. Following that will be lunch, and in the afternoon, there will be visits to several places arranged by the Korean side, including the Korean Medicine Research Institute and the traditional medicine production base. The academic exchange between high-level figures in the traditional medicine field from both sides, or the technical competition, is scheduled for tomorrow.

The entire day tomorrow will be technical exchanges and competitions.

The Korean side learned from the Japanese side’s lessons and did not appear aggressive, but their arrangement’s purpose is still quite obvious.

Visiting the Korean Medicine Research Institute—For a long time, East Asian countries have called traditional medicine Chinese medicine, originating from Huaxia’s medical techniques. Previously, the Korean side also called it that way, but in recent years, due to rising nationalism, the name Chinese medicine has been abandoned, Korean medicine replaced the name that has been used for thousands of years, and they are even preparing to apply for world heritage status under this name.

This behavior is disgusting, and today’s first program, visiting the Korean Medicine Research Institute, is even more disgusting.

Tomorrow’s competition cannot turn into a farce like in Japan; it will definitely be a real showdown.

In any case, during these two days of the visit to Korea, the struggle between the two sides will be intense.

Luo Ziling knows that Hu Wenjun has previously negotiated with the Korean side on the term Korean medicine, and the nation has expressed dissatisfaction on this matter, but Koreans remain indifferent and ignore them. Therefore, all the delegation members are fully motivated to compete well with the Koreans.

Koreans like being so shameless, something Luo Ziling learned often while in a small village in the Northwest, so the arrangement this time didn’t surprise him. In the impression of Luo Ziling and many countrymen, Koreans are shameless and faceless; Japanese are humble but inherently arrogant and very despicable. The image of these two East Asian countries is like this, both very irritating.

Luo Ziling is not interested in today’s morning meeting; he wants to pay a visit to Xu Chongzhi to understand what kind of person this most prestigious old Chinese medicine practitioner in the Korean traditional medicine community is.

His opponent is also Xu Chongzhi; defeating this old man is equivalent to defeating the Korean traditional medicine community.

He wants to challenge Xu Chongzhi face to face.

Soon, Xu Zhiyuan’s car arrived at the hotel where Luo Ziling stayed. When Xu Zhiyuan’s car arrived at the hotel entrance, Luo Ziling was already standing at the door waiting with Luo Yuqing and Yang Qingyin.

Xu Zhiyuan’s car was a not-so-flashy Mercedes S600. After the car arrived at the hotel entrance, Xu Zhiyuan and Jin Qingji, who came to welcome together, got off the car and quickly walked toward Luo Ziling.

“Mr. Luo, I’ve come to pick you up,” Xu Zhiyuan extended his hand to Luo Ziling, “you look very well today, I believe you had a good sleep last night.”

Luo Ziling thought Xu Zhiyuan’s words were implying something, that they knew what happened last night. He laughed heartily, saying, “My sleep quality has always been good, a few small troubles won’t prevent me from sleeping well.”

“That’s good,” Xu Zhiyuan released Luo Ziling’s hand, then shook hands with Luo Yuqing and Yang Qingyin and greeted them.

Luo Ziling extended his hand to Jin Qingji, greeted her politely, and shook hands with her.

He thought Jin Qingji was just like that Japanese star, appearing once at the first meeting and disappearing later. Unexpectedly, she came to meet with Xu Zhiyuan today.

While greeting, he joked, “I thought I wouldn’t see Miss Jin again, didn’t expect to see her today. Seeing Miss Jin’s beautiful face in front of me, I suddenly felt very happy.”

Jin Qingji’s Huaxia language skill was poor, she basically didn’t understand what Luo Ziling said, and only after Xu Zhiyuan translated did she understand, and then responded with a smile, “I heard Mr. Luo’s company has a top entertainment media company, I hope to have opportunities to cooperate in the future. So, I must meet Mr. Luo today, otherwise, missing the cooperation opportunity would be too regrettable.”

“Then I look forward to future cooperation opportunities between us,” Luo Ziling replied without refusing.

After some pleasantries, everyone got into the car.

Xu Zhiyuan arranged two Mercedes S600, and three women sat in one car, while Luo Ziling and Xu Zhiyuan sat in another one.

Luo Ziling’s guards took two other cars and followed behind.

Seeing Luo Ziling bringing so many guards, Xu Zhiyuan couldn’t help but joke, “In the Huaxia delegation, undoubtedly Mr. Luo’s treatment is the highest; I think even your team leader wouldn’t travel with so many security personnel.”

Luo Ziling ignored the sarcasm in Xu Zhiyuan’s words and responded calmly and confidently, “Maybe Mr. Xu doesn’t know, last night when my sister and I went to the banks of the Han River to play, we were attacked by thugs and almost lost our lives, so it’s better to be a bit cautious!”

“Ah?!” Xu Zhiyuan was surprised upon hearing Luo Ziling say this, “What happened?”

After Luo Ziling briefly explained the situation, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, “I thought Hanseong was a city with good public security, didn’t expect such a thing could happen.”

He briefly mentioned the attack by thugs last night, casually, without going into detail or mentioning his people’s counterattack. He just wanted to let Xu Zhiyuan know that upon arriving in Hanseong, he encountered an attack.

Hanseong’s poor public security left him disappointed during his visit here.

Xu Zhiyuan immediately asked Luo Ziling if he reported to the police, and how the police investigation was going.

Luo Ziling said he didn’t report it to avoid trouble and since the thugs were chased away; thus, he preferred less hassle.

Xu Zhiyuan quickly advised Luo Ziling to report to the police and let them handle the matter.

In foreign-related matters, nothing is trivial.

But Luo Ziling refused, saying he’ll just be more cautious in the future.

Luo Ziling’s message was clear, he felt Hanseong had poor public security, and he didn’t trust Hanseong’s police either.

Xu Zhiyuan understood the meaning in Luo Ziling’s words, feeling a bit displeased. He was also upset with Luo Ziling still calling “Hanseong” instead of “Seoul,” so after advising, he reminded Luo Ziling about this point.

“I barely follow the news, even domestic news, so I didn’t know about Hanseong being renamed Seoul.” Luo Ziling ignored Xu Zhiyuan’s protest and laughed, “Besides, Hanseong was used for hundreds and thousands of years; you’ve only recently changed the name, people need an adjustment period.”

Before Xu Zhiyuan could respond, Luo Ziling immediately shifted the topic, “When I visit your grandfather today, I want to make a request.”

“What request?” Xu Zhiyuan could only let go of the “Hanseong” “Seoul” issue.

“Your grandfather is South Korea’s most prestigious traditional medicine doctor, known as the Modern Medical Sage, although what I say may sound shallow, I still want to presumptuously challenge him, preparing to challenge him face-to-face and compete in traditional medicine techniques.”

After saying this, Luo Ziling turned his head to look at Xu Zhiyuan, to see what his reaction would be.