Chapter 148 Changing the Direction of Entrepreneurship
The phone rang three times before being answered.
The voice wasn't Xiao Cheng's, but a strange female voice, polite and courteous.
A female voice introduced herself – "Hotel."
After hearing the other person introduce himself, Bai Lu immediately said, "Hello, could you please help me to a guest room? The guest's name is Xiao Cheng, and he has two friends staying with him, one named Luo Shiliu and the other named Xiao Dazhuang."
"I was on the phone with Xiao Cheng just now, but the signal was bad and the call dropped. We still have something very important to discuss, so we need to talk again. Xiao Cheng is my husband, and I am his wife, Bai Lu. Thank you for your help."
Reputable hotels generally won't disclose any information involving customer privacy, let alone transfer phone numbers.
Out of professional ethics, the female receptionist intended to refuse after hearing the whole thing. However, after hearing Bai Lu identify herself and speak in a clearly anxious yet sincere and polite tone, she made an exception and gave an answer within her authority.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, the front desk phone cannot be transferred to the guest rooms. Let me check for you whether the guests you mentioned are staying at our hotel."
"If so, I will ask the other party to call you back. Please wait a moment. Thank you for your call."
After the call ended, Bai Lu and Xiao Wei stood motionless in front of the high table, anxiously waiting for their boss's call.
Time sometimes flies by, and sometimes it flies by. When it flies by, it slips through your fingers in the blink of an eye.
Slow times are like now.
The clock on the wall ticks away, ticking away, going around and around, countless times.
"Ring ring—"
The phone call finally came.
Bai Lu quickly picked up the phone receiver: "Acheng, I didn't hang up just now. I dropped the receiver because I wasn't holding it properly. I didn't hang up on you on purpose."
In the smoky room, the flickering red light was held between slender fingers and then extinguished by the man in the chair in the ashtray, the cigarette butt buried under layers of ash.
"Have Xiao Wei bring Wang Hao to the phone." His tone was as calm as ever, revealing no emotion whatsoever.
Bai Lu was taken aback for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Is there something you need to discuss with Wang Hao on the phone?"
"Work-related matters."
"Okay... Do you want to hang up now and call back later? Xiaowei and I will go get Wang Hao."
"No, I won't hang it up."
Bai Lu didn't ask any more questions. She put the phone receiver on the table and went to find Wang Hao with Xiao Wei.
Chen Chunli is so fierce, what if Xiao Wei gets bullied if he goes alone?
Let's go together.
The matter of explanation can wait until Xiao Cheng and Wang Hao have finished discussing important work matters.
As expected.
Bai Lu and Xiao Wei arrived at Wang Hao's house. They had only knocked on the door three times when a shrewish roar erupted from inside.
"What are you banging on!"
"Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?! Are you going to pay for the broken door if you knock?! If you knock again, I'll..."
As soon as the door opened, the shrewish roar of the Hedong lioness vanished instantly. Chen Chunli looked at Bai Lu, who was hidden by Xiao Wei's small frame, and coughed awkwardly.
What are you doing here?
Xiao Cheng asked Wang Hao to answer the phone.
As soon as Bai Lu finished speaking, Wang Hao ran out of the house, holding a notebook in his hand.
It's clear they were prepared long ago.
Chen Chunli said nothing, neither seeing anyone off nor stopping anyone; she just stood by the door and watched.
Wang Hao, Bai Lu, and Xiao Wei had walked several steps before they heard the door close, but there was no sound of it being locked.
Xiao Wei still had to go to school, and when he got home, he continued eating. Bai Lu poured Wang Hao a cup of tea before sitting back at the table. Without eating, she openly listened to people talking on the phone.
Wang Hao was reporting to Xiao Cheng on the shop rental situation in Pingcheng and several surrounding county towns.
There are also a few appliance stores that provide real-time information such as monthly sales volume, daily sales volume, and prices.
As for which city and which street are controlled by the higher-ups or by江湖人 (jianghu people, people from the underworld), those who have been out there for years know it all too well, so there's no need to say more.
It seems Wang Hao hasn't been idle at home; Xiao Cheng assigned him a task before he left the province.
Based on the market situation here, is Xiao Cheng planning to return to Pingcheng to develop his career?
Bai Lu was a little surprised that Xiao Cheng's entrepreneurial path in this life was completely different from that in his previous life.
Pingcheng is the county closest to Nanshi, the capital of G Province. Xiao Cheng's network of connections is all here. In the future, as his business expands, he can move from Pingcheng to Nanshi, and from Nanshi to all over the province and other provinces. His economy will soar, and a business tycoon can emerge here.
It's just unknown whether Xiao Cheng's decision was a spur-of-the-moment thing or if he had already planned to develop his career here.
Bai Lu rarely inquired about Xiao Cheng's business matters. As for the cedar wood matter, it was only one morning when she woke up and saw Xiao Cheng sitting by the window looking at a piece of kraft paper. She got up and said good morning, and he told her about it.
She had just woken up and was still half asleep when she was folding the blankets. She was stunned by what she heard, and all her sleepiness vanished.
One phrase kept repeating in my mind: the landlord's stupid son, the landlord's stupid son...
Yes, that's right. The former bully inherited the family business and transformed into a new landlord who owns the entire Cedar Mountain.
The price of cedar wood did not fluctuate much in later generations; in short, it was always relatively high.
The market in Hepingcheng, Nanshi, is monopolized and suppressed by industry giants, which is why the price of cedar wood is so low that it's practically worthless.
If Xiao Cheng is able to successfully transport that mountain of cedar wood out of the province and trade it in another province, he can sell it for at least several hundred thousand.
A startup fund of several hundred thousand is enough.
Although Xiao Cheng was scammed during his first business venture in another province in his previous life, he certainly won't do that in this life.
In this life, Xiao Cheng is starting a business on his own turf, so he's sure to have a smooth start and make his first fortune much earlier than in his previous life.
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