The store manager standing by was speechless and muttered to himself.
"Boss, isn't your friend the same as you? He just changed his career dream casually."
It is said that Tang Yan, Lu Sinian, and Ma Kaixuan, the three best friends, had agreed to pursue a career in politics together. However, Ma Kaixuan was the first to change his career and choose to go into business to inherit the development of the family business.
Although Tang Yan eventually went to a bank and became its president, it did not prevent him from entering politics. After all, all banks today are state-owned.
Of course, the store manager was complaining inside but he didn't dare show it on his face, because these past events were told to him as a joke by Ma Kaixuan when he was bored. If he said them now, he would surely get a cold look from the boss, and he might even lose his bonus this month.
At this moment, Ma Kaixuan obviously didn't know what his subordinates were thinking. After hanging up the phone, he immediately went upstairs to pack his things and hurried back to the office.
He had to go back to the office to get his bag, and by the way, he asked his secretary to go out with him to choose a gift for the opening of Lu Sinian's cafe.
The night gradually fell. Lu Sinian stood at the door of his Rongshan Coffee House. His eyes swept across the large gold-plated words of Rongshan Coffee House, with a deep light flowing in his eyes.
"Captain Lu, what are you doing standing at the door? We've been standing behind you for ages, and you haven't reacted. Could it be that the words 'Rongshan Café' are inlaid with gold?"
Hearing teasing voices behind him, Lu Sinian turned around and happened to see several comrades in his team. They had taken off their military uniforms and were wearing ordinary clothes. They got off the jeep one after another. Among them, the brigade instructor Wang Mingkai got off the passenger seat of the jeep and looked at him teasingly.
It was obvious that those words just came from Wang Mingkai's mouth. A hint of surprise flashed across Lu Sinian's expression, and then a smile appeared on his face. He walked over slowly, lightly punched Wang Mingkai on the shoulder, looked at the rest of his comrades, and said with a smile.
"Why...are you here?"
When he opened his private cafe, he wanted to keep a low profile. Although he invested all the money and the cafe was under his grandfather's name, he did not inform several of his colleagues on the team.
I only notified a few of his childhood friends, but unexpectedly, several of his good friends at work all came, and they all brought gifts.
Everyone opened the back of the jeep and took out several potted plants as gifts for Lu Sinian's coffee shop. Wang Mingkai said with a smile.
"What? Are we still brothers? Lu Sinian, you opened your private cafe without informing us. If I hadn't been out on business yesterday and accidentally got wind of it, I would have brought you here to celebrate the opening of your cafe tomorrow. I guess you were going to keep it a secret from us until we're old?"
The other comrades echoed Wang Mingkai's words with a smile.
"That's right, Captain Lu, you're wrong. We're colleagues and brothers at work, close friends who trust each other with our lives. Privately, we can be considered good friends, right? Your private cafe is opening. Although our military personnel must maintain extra confidentiality due to their identities, we're just here for a cup of coffee. We'll keep it a secret for you. How could you not inform us?"
"Yes, Captain Lu, that's your fault. How can we open a cafe without the presence of our brothers? We risked being punished and went up the mountain to get you some wild grass and plant some potted plants as a gift for the cafe's opening!"
As he said this, the man pointed to several potted plants that had been unloaded from the car. Lu Sinian looked over and saw that they were not just weeds. They were clearly precious flowers from the cliffs, and they were his favorite Hanshan Donglan series. They were very precious and full of friendship.
It was thoughtful of the brothers to risk their lives to go to the cliffs to get him a potted plant as a gift.
Feeling the brotherhood, Lu Sinian felt a warm feeling in his heart and raised his hands to apologize.
"I'm sorry, brothers. I was abrupt. I thought my identity wasn't suitable for public exposure, so I didn't inform everyone. Let's have a nice drink tonight."
Seeing that the usually arrogant and cold Captain Lu had said this, the other brothers did not pursue the matter of him not notifying everyone about the opening of his private cafe, and they all started talking and changing the subject.
"Oh, thankfully Captain Lu didn't notify us, so we came here on our own accord. So, we can be considered uninvited!"
"Yeah, we shamelessly came here, and at least we were able to drink the first cup of coffee since the cafe opened, which is a blessing for us brothers."
"Yes, yes, it's not a loss if you calculate it this way."
"What are you losing? Captain Lu wouldn't lose you. Hurry up and move these potted plants to Captain Lu's cafe. Can't you see that the cafe is short of potted plants for us guys?"
"Hey, Monkey, don't kick my butt. Can't I just move the potted plants? At worst, I can give you the Blue Mountain coffee later, is that okay?"
"Screw you, who drinks Blue Mountain coffee? Captain Lu said that Blue Mountain coffee is only for women. Guys, just drink black coffee. Hurry up and move the potted plants."
Just like that, in the cheerful atmosphere of everyone laughing and joking, the potted plants at the door were neatly moved in by several comrades and placed in the appropriate location in the cafe. Lu Sinian and Wang Mingkai also went to the cafe with a group of brothers to wait.
When Tang Yan came over, the Rongshan Coffee House was already filled with the aroma of coffee and bustling with people.
He couldn't be too stingy when the coffee shop of his childhood friend, with whom he grew up naked, opened. He bought all the coffee cups and fine porcelain in Lu Sinian's coffee shop, and asked his subordinates to deliver all the coffee cups and porcelain needed for the coffee shop during the day, so that he would not be sorry for his brother if the coffee cups were not in place when the coffee shop opened tomorrow.
Of course, when he came over, his hands were not empty. He took a few bottles of wine that he brought back from a business trip to Xinjiang a few days ago. Domestic wines are not as famous as those foreign big-name wines, but fortunately, the quality is good and the taste is excellent, which is just right for this small gathering.
Lu Sinian was in the cooking room watching the baristas making coffee with a very focused look on his face. The air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee, giving people a very comfortable feeling. These baristas were people he had hired from first-tier cities at high salaries. The coffee they made was authentic and pure enough, just right for a new coffee shop like his that had just opened and was eager to expand into the market.
I looked up suddenly and happened to see Tang Yan striding towards me from outside with a few bottles of wine, so I went to greet him.
"Tang Yan, why did you come just now?"
His brothers had already had two cups of coffee and a round of snacks.
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