The meeting ended.
Jiang Yuan, with blessings from Huang Qiangmin, went to greet Pang Jidong and the botanists.
When he got to the meeting room downstairs, he saw that Pang Jidong and the botanists were in the midst of an animated conversation.
Several of them already knew each other, and since Pang Jidong was cultivating an image of being studious and thoughtful, he only asked the simplest of questions. The botanists felt a strong sense of being needed and were able to meet those needs in return, so the back-and-forth discussion quickly became lively and enthusiastic.
As Jiang Yuan entered the room, he could even sense a feeling of intellectual invigoration wafting through the air.
"You've all worked hard," Jiang Yuan greeted everyone with a smile and added, "It's almost noon; let's go have a simple lunch together."
"Just a little something to eat is fine," the group easily agreed.
Even though it wasn't time to get off work yet, the botanists' job was essentially done.