The Five Cities League is getting closer and closer.
The school team's grueling training was nearing its end, and Lu Guoliang began to reduce the intensity of the training to ensure that every student participating in the competition could maintain their best condition.
Zhou Chen's training has been quite effective.
The 100-meter time is 0.3 seconds shorter than the previous best record. Don't underestimate this 0.3 seconds. Even professional national sprinters would have to spend countless hours and still find it difficult to improve by even 0.1 seconds.
Zhou Chen's improvement in just over a week is truly remarkable.
In fact, Zhou Chen knew that improving by 0.3 seconds was not his limit; he could do even better. However, Lu Guoliang was very satisfied with his performance, so he didn't say anything.
Even so, Lu Guoliang couldn't stop smiling, believing that he would definitely win the first place in the 100 meters again in this competition.
With the school team's training intensity greatly reduced, Zhou Chen focused more of his energy on his academic studies and management.
He would talk to Sun Wanying for an hour almost every day at noon, especially about management knowledge.
The workers didn't dare to joke or tease about the relationship between the two in front of Sun Wanying, for fear of upsetting her, since Sun Wanying was Sun Liancheng's daughter.
Only after Sun Wanying left did they all gather around, asking him if he liked Sun Wanying and such, showing their gossip.
This left Zhou Chen both amused and exasperated, and she emphasized that they were just friends.
However, the effect was not obvious.
Even his master, Xu Laoqi, took the initiative to talk about this when no one was around, reminding him that if he liked Sun Wanying, he should stay away from other girls to avoid upsetting Sun Liancheng.
Zhou Chen had to explain their relationship again: he and Sun Wanying were truly just ordinary friends, as pure as can be.
Seeing this, Xu Laoqi finally believed it completely.
As they were talking, Sun Liancheng's secretary asked Zhou Chen to come to his office, as Sun Liancheng wanted to see him.
"Mr. Sun, you wanted to see me."
When Zhou Chen arrived in front of Sun Liancheng, he had no idea why Sun Liancheng wanted to see him.
"Xiao Li, you can go down now."
Sun Liancheng sent Secretary Li out, leaving only the two of them in the office.
"Half of the month has already passed, are there any franchisees yet?"
Sun Liancheng asked with a smile, starting the conversation.
Speaking of this, Zhou Chen was a little frustrated. Logically speaking, the stinky tofu business should be doing well, but it just hadn't appeared yet.
Neither Zhang Dafu nor Liu Dongmei, nor the first group of elderly people who went to other counties to do stinky tofu business, could attract franchisees.
This made Zhou Chen doubt himself, wondering if something was wrong.
Not yet.
Zhou Chen shrugged, making no attempt to hide it, understanding that Sun Liancheng's purpose in contacting him was to inquire about the progress of the number of franchisees.
Right now, it's like bringing up a sore spot.
"Hehe...then you'd better speed things up, otherwise you'll have to work for me for the rest of your life."
Sun Liancheng laughed and said that everything was as he expected. Zhou Chen's attempt to imitate foreign companies and start a franchise business was not so easy. Stinky tofu is just a specialty snack. Without the support of a brand and advertising, no one would be willing to spend tens of thousands of yuan in franchise fees to join Zhou Chen's brand.
Building a brand is no easy task.
Zhou Chen is doomed to lose this bet!
"Xiao Zhou, have you considered admitting defeat now?"
"I am open to admitting defeat."
Sun Liancheng spoke again, saying that it would be best if Zhou Chen could admit defeat sooner, which would be a sure thing and there would be no need to worry about Zhou Chen making a comeback. Although he did not think Zhou Chen could make a comeback, one can never be too careful.
pity,
Zhou Chen is not so easily defeated. Even though he has not recruited a single franchisee so far, he remains confident.
"The bet is set for the end of the college entrance examination, so it's too early to talk about winning or losing. Besides, I don't think I'll lose. On the contrary, if you lose, Mr. Sun, you'll have to agree to three things. I can give you a chance to admit defeat today. If you admit defeat, I'll take one thing away. How about it?"
Zhou Chen smiled.
He then returned the favor.
Sun Liancheng raised an eyebrow, then laughed loudly: "Good lad, it seems we'll have to wait and see in a few months. But I'm more curious now, when will you break the zero-franchise mark?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen was about to speak when he felt his cell phone ringing in his pocket.
"It's alright, go ahead and accept it."
Sun Liancheng didn't mind and gestured for Zhou Chen to connect.
The call was from Zhang Dafu.
This is precisely the time when Zhang Dafu is busiest, could it be...?
With a hint of suspicion, he pressed the answer button.
"Okay, I understand."
"Hard."
In just over ten seconds, Zhou Chen put down his phone, a faint smile on his face.
"What? There are franchisees now?"
Seeing the smile on Zhou Chen's face, Sun Liancheng's expression flickered, and he casually asked.
Zhou Chen nodded.
Um?
Sun Liancheng was taken aback. He had only mentioned it casually, and now franchisees were already arriving? He had just finished saying when Zhou Chen would be able to break the zero-franchise mark.
It didn't even take a minute, and they did it? Are you kidding me? What a coincidence!
"Ahem... Not bad, we finally have our first franchisee. However, Xiao Zhou, this is just the first step in a long journey, you..."
"Excuse me, Mr. Sun, to correct you, it's not one franchisee, it's two franchisees."
Sun Liancheng, who was interrupted, was stunned again.
"You're really lucky."
After a series of mishaps, Sun Liancheng was truly embarrassed. There were franchisees, so what? But they just happened to appear right after he said that. He initially thought it was just one franchisee and tried to save face, but Zhou Chen corrected him, saying there were two franchisees. He wasn't giving them any face at all, was he?
At this moment, Sun Liancheng suspected that Zhou Chen was his nemesis, that they were incompatible, and that whenever he tried to elevate himself, Zhou Chen would pull him down.
Especially when he thought of his precious daughter, who went to the construction site canteen every day to exchange management knowledge with Zhou Chen, he felt that his daughter, Sun Wanying, had refused to go out to eat with him. This made him feel even more that his little darling had been snatched away by Zhou Chen.
That brat!
He looks a bit like he deserves a beating.
I really want to punch him.
For some reason, Zhou Chen felt uneasy, especially the way Sun Liancheng was looking at him. It gave him a terribly absurd feeling; it seemed like Sun Liancheng really wanted to beat him up.
What's going on?
Is it a hallucination?
Sun Liancheng is a man of status; how could he do something so rude?
He must have misjudged the situation.
"Mr. Sun, I have classes this afternoon, so I should go back to school."
Regardless of whether Sun Liancheng really wanted to beat him up, Zhou Chen just wanted to slip away as quickly as possible, find an excuse, and prepare to leave.
"Go."
Sun Liancheng did not stop him, and with a smile still on his face, he waved his hand.
Goodbye, Mr. Sun.
Zhou Chen threw down a sentence, turned around, and strode out the door without pausing for a moment.
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