Chapter 254 Consulting a Lonely Person

I picked up the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

The other party said, "Hello, Mr. Wan."

"Hello." Whenever I receive an unfamiliar number, I am very calm.

"I met you in January when Taiyi Temple opened. I've always wanted to visit you. I wonder if you have time tonight."

"What's the matter?"

"I'd like to consult you."

"Okay. I'm not busy tonight."

About half an hour later, the doorbell rang.

I opened the door and a woman in her thirties clasped her hands together and said, "Hello, Mr. Wan. Nice to meet you."

I welcomed her into the living room and made tea. While I was making tea, I took a look at her:

The woman had fair skin, was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, had short hair, and looked very capable. She was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and a black skirt.

Compared with other girls of the same age, her makeup was quite standard, but the material of her clothes was not something that most people could afford.

Looking at her features, she is dignified and generous, not attractive at first sight, but of average appearance.

She has a narrow forehead, shiny black hair, a full face, and behaves in a reserved, generous and decent manner.

I figured it out. A narrow forehead suggests a poor background. A reserved demeanor suggests wealth and prosperity. In short, he's a true second-generation rich kid.

She smiled and said, "I've heard that Mr. Wan is very resourceful, so I wanted to ask you something."

I poured her a cup of tea and said, "Have some tea first. This is authentic Wuyishan Xiaozhong black tea."

She nodded: "My last name is Shu, Shu Mei. My father is Shu Yuanyan."

I laughed out loud. "So it's Mr. Shu's daughter. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."

Shu Yuanyan is the president of the largest mineral water company in Shangzhou. If he meets other people, he will definitely say, "Mr. Mei, just give me a call and I will come to your door right away."

I, Wan Shanhong, don't want to say that. She's incredibly wealthy, and no matter how much money she has, it has nothing to do with me. I must respect myself before others respect me, I must love myself before others love me, and I must respect myself before others respect me.

She smiled slightly, tucked her short hair behind her ears, and said, "I heard about the master. He can tell the visitor's intentions just by writing a single word, so I came here because of his reputation."

Rich people just love to make things difficult for others. Because she is rich, everything she says makes sense.

I didn't answer, but raised the corners of my mouth and gave a strange smile, which could be called kindness or a sneer.

She said, "I say 'every', Master, please help me solve it." Her jade finger gestured in the air a few times.

I closed my eyes slightly, like an old monk in meditation, and the room was completely silent.

After a while, I opened my eyes and said, "Your father wants to hand over power, and you want to reform.

This business was founded by your father and is now being gradually handed over to you for management. You want to reform and change the business he founded.

She looked at me without any expression, extremely calm.

"If I'm wrong about your purpose, you can leave now."

I have to teach this arrogant woman a lesson. Otherwise, you'll forget that you were just like everyone else when you were little, wearing crotchless pants.

She was in a dilemma. Facing my coldness, she smiled and said, "That's basically right. Then I want to change some of the current situation, right?

"The idea is right, just take your time."

"Take it slow, huh…?"

"The theory is perfect, but the reality is very bleak. Let me give you an example. A certain company (I won't mention the name) invites popular economists, business management experts, and well-known scholars to give lectures every week."

She nodded, indicating that she was familiar with this kind of thing.

I continued, "Once, an expert came and gave the chairman a lesson. The more he listened, the more he felt the expert was capable. He followed his advice, invested in the mobile phone industry, and set up a business unit in Beijing. As a result, he suffered huge losses.

In an era of increasingly specialized work, I think it's truly valuable to focus on one thing well. The Chinese mindset is that when they have money, they become arrogant, eager to expand and develop across industries.

So when I went upstate, I didn't find any century-old companies, and I didn't even see any fifty-year-old companies.

I only found a few century-old shops, such as those making rice noodles and buns. The so-called century-old is an exaggeration.

Because the shop is small, I focus on doing this business well. Now the annual income of this small shop is several million. "

Shu Mei felt that I was boasting and talking about business in front of her, which made her a little unhappy. She said sarcastically, "Mr. Wan is also good at business management?"

I laughed and said, "It's just empty talk. I wouldn't be able to run a business if it were handed to me. I just thought Mr. Shu was not ashamed to ask questions, so I gave him some advice."

She smiled.

"Then let's do a character quiz. You said it was 'every', so I'll analyze the word 'every'. I wrote the word 'every' on a piece of paper and said:

"The most original way of writing it is like this. There is a grass head on top, which means that the grass is very abundant."

Shu Mei asked, "Why is 'every' related to grass?"

"When the ancients created characters, they used pictograms. For example, a person would be represented by two legs, and water would be represented by ripples. The character '每' (every) doesn't represent a specific thing, so it can only be associated with something."

When I see the boundless grassland, I think of it as a woman (a mother) giving birth to a child, where every blade of grass produced is the same.

She wants to understand or not.

"Does a woman create a clone every time she gives birth?"

She nodded.

"So, 'every' represents the mother reproducing the next generation. They saw the grassland, which represented the grass constantly reproducing itself. Later, they saw 'sea', which represented the water constantly reproducing itself. They saw 'plum', which represented the tree constantly reproducing its fruit."

She understood.

I said, "It's okay if you don't fully understand. Some things can only be understood, not expressed in words. But the word 'every' also implies 'reform.'"

In the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals, it is said: "Yuan Tian always abandons the old and adopts the new."

So this "every" means to reform on the existing basis. However, this reform should be gradual and not drastic.

"Why?"

"Because if you change the word 'each', you will hurt the 'mother'. In other words, if you are not careful, your reform will hurt the original enterprise."

She chuckled twice and said, "You make a conclusion based on just one word?"

"Yes, this is my profession. If I don't judge a matter based on a single word, then why would I tell fortunes?"

She felt she had spoken out of turn and smiled sheepishly. She said, "Mr. Wan's eloquence and knowledge are truly well-deserved."

"I'm just talking nonsense. If I said something wrong or even the opposite, please forgive me. My words are for reference only."

She smiled, stood up and asked, "How much is a consultation, sir?"

I smiled and said, "I used to be charged a fee, but I haven't consulted for a long time, so I'll waive it now."

She said: "Next time I will specially invite you to visit our company."

I clasped my fists and said, "I'll visit you again when I have the chance."

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