Xiaohua has been busy with her studies lately, and she also has to take time every day to check on the work at her training institution.
They are so busy every day that their feet barely touch the ground.
She had just entered the classroom when she was stopped by the class monitor.
"What's up, class monitor?"
Squad leader He Jie pulled her into the corridor, looking at her as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Class monitor, just say what you need to say, class is about to start."
He Jie seemed somewhat reluctant to speak.
"Ye Xiaohua, my father is sick and needs a lot of money. You heard from your classmates that you run a large training institution outside of school and the business is doing quite well. I'd like to borrow some money from you, is that okay?"
They were all classmates. He Jie was one of the few students in the class who came from the countryside. The counselor always gave him priority when it came to the class's scholarship quota.
Xiaohua had heard that the family's situation wasn't very good.
But it's not entirely clear, since Xiaohua is incredibly busy, appearing in class and leaving immediately after class.
"How much do you want to borrow? Let me see if I have enough."
He Jie lowered his head slightly, seemingly unable to lift it.
"It's okay, just tell me. We're classmates, it's only right to help each other. I'll lend you whatever I have."
He Jie said in a low voice, "One hundred thousand? Do you... have that?"
He seemed a little unsure of himself, perhaps because he felt it was embarrassing to ask for a loan!
"Do we need so much?" Xiaohua was also surprised.
After all, 100,000 was an astronomical figure for ordinary people in the early 1990s.
"I need to go to the best hospitals in Beijing for surgery and chemotherapy, and I also need to take imported drugs."
In those days, not only in rural areas but also in cities, there was little to no medical insurance, and the concept of buying commercial insurance was nonexistent.
If you need to take imported medicine, it will indeed cost a lot of money.
"I know this is a lot, but I can pay you back slowly in the future."
People say never to underestimate a young person's poverty, but Xiaohua couldn't help but think, "Brother, this is 100,000 yuan! 100,000 yuan in the 1990s! How are you going to pay me back slowly?"
If this happened after 2020, you could earn back the money by working hard in a factory for a year, but unfortunately this was the 1990s, not the 2020s.
"100,000 is indeed too much. I can't come up with that much. How about this, I can lend you up to 50,000, and you can try to find someone else to help you."
She really didn't have that much money.
Kang An now relies almost entirely on He Yan for his expenses.
"Didn't you run a training institution? How come you don't have 100,000?"
He Jie seemed not to believe her claim that she didn't have 100,000 yuan. He felt that it was already difficult enough for him to lower himself to borrow money from a woman, and yet she was unwilling to lend him 100,000 yuan. Had she considered his pride as a man?
Xiaohua was a little angry at these words. She was already showing consideration for their friendship by lending her 50,000 yuan. How come her training institution collected more than 100,000 yuan in tuition fees? Don't her employees and teachers need to be paid salaries? Don't they need to spend money on daily utilities, classroom maintenance, teaching materials, and tools?
How come the tuition money is all going to her alone?
“He Jie, don’t try to morally blackmail me. Besides, if you’re going to try to blackmail someone, go ahead and blackmail a rich person. I’m not a rich person.”
After Xiaohua finished speaking, she went into the classroom.
At noon, Zhou Musheng called Xiaohua. His car was waiting at the entrance of Jiaotong University. He was coming to Jiaotong University to meet Xiaohua for lunch.
Ye Xiaohua, a small business owner, also started using a mobile phone. Although she disliked it for being big, ugly, and stupid, at least she could contact people. Despite her dislike, she had no choice but to use it.
Inside the restaurant, a hungry little flower was devouring the delicious food in front of her, eating one bite after another until her cheeks were bulging.
"Look how hungry you are. Did you skip breakfast again today?"
Seeing her like this, Zhou Musheng felt a pang of sympathy, as he had also experienced the early stages of starting a business when he was so busy that he often missed meals.
"I'm too busy to eat."
Xiaohua explained as she ate.
"No matter how busy you are, you must eat breakfast on time. The day begins with breakfast, which is very important for your health. If you don't have time for lunch or dinner, you can skip it, but you must eat breakfast. Skipping breakfast can easily lead to stomach problems and gallstones."
Zhou Musheng kindly offered advice.
Xiaohua knew that he was concerned about her.
"Everyone understands the principle, but when busy people apply it, they find that the principle is just that—the principle—and doesn't really work. Haha~" she said with a helpless bitter smile.
"You haven't contacted me lately, are you a little angry with me?"
Xiao Hua hasn't contacted Zhou Musheng for a while.
Zhou Musheng thought Xiaohua was angry with him for not agreeing to her opening a branch school.
"Mr. Zhou, is this the first time you've met me? Do you think I'm such a narrow-minded person? Later I realized you were right, I was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, this branch school shouldn't have been opened in the last two years."
Look, these tutoring schools are springing up like mushrooms every day lately, and parents are blindly choosing. They just pick the cheapest one and send their child there, or the closest one and send their child there. They don't consider the teaching quality, ability, or past student performance to decide which school to send their child to.
Without comparing middle and high school entrance exam results over several years, no school can immediately establish a reputation among these tutoring institutions. Not opening branch schools is the right thing to do; what needs to be done now is to build the brand, improve the school's teaching capabilities, and focus on results. Results are everything; results are the best reputation.
Xiao Hua finished speaking in one breath, looking at Zhou Musheng as if to say, "Mr. Zhou, please praise me!"
Look how quickly and clearly I think things through, how well I think, how insightful I am, how much of a big picture I have! I'm not some brainless, willful little girl. I may be impulsive and daring, but I still have my brain.
Zhou Musheng nodded approvingly.
"The reason I disagreed with you opening a branch school and was unwilling to invest in it was because I wanted you to figure it out yourself. It wasn't that I was unwilling to spend the money. I still stand by what I said: whatever you, Ye Xiaohua, want to do, I can give you whatever amount of money you need. If I don't have enough money, I can borrow it for you."
As soon as Zhou Musheng finished speaking, Xiaohua nodded vigorously.
“Mr. Zhou, you are my guide. In the future, I will definitely calm down and think things through before acting impulsively like I did this time.”
Actually, she should thank Lu Zhan. If Lu Zhan had readily given her the money, the teaching building for this branch school would probably have already started construction.
"Xiaohua, did you figure it out on your own, or did someone give you a hint?"
After Zhou Musheng finished speaking, he took a sip of tea.
Xiaohua bit her lip, not wanting him to know that she wasn't actually that smart.
But I told the truth: "Actually, I asked someone else to invest, but that person was too greedy and I didn't agree. Without money, there would be no money to build the branch school. I did some market research myself and found that the branch school was indeed not suitable to open, so I stopped looking for investors."
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