Chapter 60: A person’s goodness can only take one side.
The three of them gathered in a cafe outside Daxing Airport.
Sasa was still in the same tone, even more so. As soon as she sat down, she pulled out a golden object from her bag. It was made of metal, long and thin, with a ring on the top. It was hard to tell what it was. It even looked a bit like a strange earring. Sun Ziyi looked at it eagerly, waiting to see what she would do. She took out a cigarette and put it on it. Only then did they realize that it was for smoking. Sun Ziyi came over and said that Sasa was really pretentious.
"What if my fingers are stained with the smell of cigarettes? It's impossible to remove it." Sasa said calmly.
Among the three people, only Chen Qingqing was not in the mood to joke around. She took out her computer and told Sasa about her embarrassing situation in Shanghai while turning it on. Her main purpose was to ask Sasa for help in writing a planning proposal.
Sasa asked Shen Qingqing while smoking: You said you met with the investors of electric cars, and now you want to meet with the investors of bibimbap sauce?
Shen Qingqing nodded.
"I think the electric car investors have ideas about you. Now all you need is a good business plan. I looked up these two brands on the way here. The electric car investors are indeed very wealthy, but they're very pragmatic, investing most of their money in production. This kind of management is a bit like Lao Gan Ma. Lao Gan Ma doesn't have many advertisements, but who in the market doesn't know Lao Gan Ma? This kind of pragmatic enterprise is a good match for you, but it just lacks a good plan to bring you together. As for the bibimbap... do you think two people who are about to get divorced can still give you material for a meal? If you go with the kind of investment that only focuses on the overseas market and doesn't consider product placement, you will definitely get the least money. You might as well come up with a good plan and let the electric car investors have exclusive investment. After all, how much can you spend on making a documentary?"
Shen Qingqing said, “But the investors of the electric car company said that the plan I gave for pursuing freedom is not what they want at all.”
Sasa pressed the empty cigarette into the ashtray as if she had heard something funny. "Pursue freedom? Pursue what freedom? Electric cars are a fourth- and fifth-tier market. First- and second-tier cities can take advantage of the free market, but people in fourth- and fifth-tier cities need to survive!"
Chen Qingqing widened her eyes and reached out to light another cigarette for Sasa. "Why are you saying exactly the same thing as the investor..."
Sun Ziyi was playing Happy Candy Crush on the side while listening to them talk, looking up at them from time to time.
"Your plan should be practical. You can buy a branded electric car and take some photos for them." Sasa analyzed her photos.
Shen Qingqing asked, “For example?”
Sasa thought for a moment and said, "For example, if a couple is getting divorced, they'll definitely have to divide their belongings. You can record one of them putting all their belongings into the electric car. That way, it's practical, and then each person can go off with one car. That's enough."
Shen Qingqing was very puzzled “Is it so deliberate?”
Sasa opened her eyes wide in shock. "Isn't this much better than pursuing freedom... Besides, you're making a documentary, and you're filming ordinary people. This is a daily routine for them. If you make it more exaggerated, they won't be able to act it out."
Shen Qingqing asked again, "I really don't want to go to Hangzhou?"
"You can give it a try, but I don't think the money will be high and the effect will be small. It depends on your opinion. If you don't mind too many ads affecting your viewing experience, you can go."
Shen Qingqing let out a long "oh".
Sasa said, "I'm going to Hangzhou soon too."
Shen Qingqing asked, "What are you doing in Hangzhou?"
"I want to go see the factory. I want to start a business." said Sasa.
Sun Ziyi didn't play Candy Crush this time. He looked directly at Sasa and said, "Starting a business? You're making 40,000 or 50,000 yuan a month working now, and you don't want to do it? Starting a business is risky. If you're not careful, you can lose everything."
"I haven't really decided yet, but I think I need to change a little now that I'm thirty."
Hearing this, Shen Qingqing laughed out loud, "The change I've experienced at thirty is that I'm preparing for a divorce~"
Sun Ziyi clutched his chest as if he was frightened. "Stop talking, you two. You're making me panic about turning thirty."
Sasa added, "I'm planning to buy a house, aren't I? My mom told me that houses in Nanjing are actually backed by private mortgages. If I want to buy or sell, I have to pay off the loan."
Shen Qingqing quickly asked, “How much?”
"No more, no less, the same amount as my current savings. I'll pay off the loan, sell the house, and buy a new one in Beijing, and the operation will be completed."
I didn't hear too much bad stuff.
"Then just do it this way." Sun Ziyi said and returned to the world of Candy Crush.
Sasa shook her head. "The biggest revelation from this conversation between me and my mother is that people must have money to avoid being forced into a corner by the world."
Sun Ziyi finally locked his phone and looked at the two people with his arms raised. "That's right, only when you have money can you have absolute freedom."
Sasa said, "I make 50,000 yuan a month, but after taxes, I don't actually get 40,000 yuan. If I keep going back and forth like this to get a loan to buy a house, I'll have to pay back around 20,000 yuan a month. By then, I won't have much disposable income left, and I can't spend it all every month, right?"
Shen Qingqing and Sun Ziyi both nodded.
Sasa glanced at Shen Qingqing and said, “I didn’t rely on my family’s luck.”
He glanced at Sun Ziyi again, reached out and pinched her face, "You're not lucky enough to be with a rich man!"
Sun Ziyi laughed out loud, "Or I can introduce you to someone from Xu Zecheng's friends."
Sasa quickly refused, "No, no, I'd rather become a rich woman on my own."
Chen Qingqing asked, "Then you're not going to buy the house?"
"I won't buy it for now. I don't want to be burdened with a mortgage every month. When my family comes to me to solve the problem again, what will I do?" Sasa replied.
Shen Qingqing found it very touching. "I found that you have never avoided family problems. In TV dramas, people in your situation have cut ties with their families. Although you always have complaints, you are always solving them."
Sasa recalled the beautiful shoes she wore as a child and felt relieved. “Because my parents took good care of me when they were rich, so I can’t just ignore them.”
Shen Qingqing stretched out her hand, touched Sasa, and said, “I believe that people like you will be successful no matter what you do.”
Sasa stroked her hair narcissistically and asked, "Do I look very career-oriented?"
Shen Qingqing said, “Oh, that’s not the reason.”
"A few years ago, I thought there were some lucky charmers in this world, the kind who had it all right: family, love, and work. But this year, I've discovered that behind all appearances lies a thousand holes. This year's experience has taught me that in life, you can only have one good thing at any given time; it's impossible to have everything right. And after all, aside from your career, everything else about you is terrible."
"But it was also this year that I suddenly realized that people who can get one of them are already very lucky." Sun Ziyi suddenly said this.
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Shen Qingqing finally decided to go. Her situation made it impossible for her to focus solely on one investor, so she decided to go to Hangzhou. The two of them watched her leave with her schoolbag at the airport gate. They didn't turn around until she passed security.
While waiting for the online taxi, Sasa took out the prop to smoke again. Sun Ziyi turned his head to look at her and said, "I think sometimes, using you as material is enough for me to write a book."
Sasa asked, "For example?"
Sun Ziyi said, "For example, a year ago, you were an urban beauty using an aromatherapy lighter to light your incense, but now you're a gloomy entrepreneur smoking a cigarette. For example, a year ago, Chen Qingqing was a well-fed and well-off husband, but now she's also begging for money with her material... For example, a year ago, I was being cyberbullied, had my name dropped, and was kicked out, but now I'm actually dating a rich man!"
Sun Ziyi is determined to make the joke of hanging out with rich men become a joke.
"What you summarized is quite interesting." Sasa laughed.
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As expected, Bibimbap Jiang rejected Shen Qingqing's investment invitation and directly answered without giving a penny.
The executive producer was waiting for Chen Qingqing at the entrance of a village in Guizhou. Chen Qingqing came from a distance on an electric bike. The producer went to meet her and looked up and down at the brand new electric bike. "Sister Qingqing, we are so poor, why did you buy an electric bike..."
Shen Qingqing stopped the car with one foot on the ground, patted the back seat and asked the producer to get in. "This is our financial sponsor."
The producer sat in the back seat to show Shen Qingqing the way, and began to tell her about the local situation after they intervened. "Actually, the situation this time is a bit complicated. The client is 43 years old and has been married for 20 years. A few years after giving birth to a child, she found out that her husband had someone else outside. However, her husband has never stopped providing living expenses, so the client has turned a blind eye for the sake of the child."
"But this year, their situation took a turn for the worst. The client's daughter went off to college this year. She was very well behaved and worked independently after entering college. As a result, the client's husband began to find excuses to stop paying for her living expenses. The client used to regard her child as her life's motivation and accompanied her to study every day. In recent years, she has been basically marginalized by society. Even if she went out to work, she had no practical ability. After their situation deteriorated in the past six months, in order to maintain the image of a good father in her daughter's heart, she started working in town, selling vegetables, buying and selling vegetables, to maintain her daughter's living expenses and prepare to hold on until her daughter gets married. However, while selling vegetables, she witnessed her husband going to the market with other people several times, and their behavior was quite intimate..."
Shen Qingqing asked, "Does that mean you're cheating?"
"The client said she had anticipated the affair. After all, her husband had been unfaithful for years. But the cruel part is that the person he recently cheated with was... a distant relative of hers, someone within the same village, and someone her daughter knew. The rumors in the village are now extremely unsettling."
"What's up?" Chen Qingqing uttered, her mouth wide open, swallowing half a bellyful of wind.
"She feels that as a wife, she can tolerate her husband's infidelity, but for the sake of their children's growth, this development has made the matter very complicated. Her current goal is to get her husband to give her the house, animals, and fields in the village in cash so that she can take her children and move away from here."
Shen Qingqing said, "What if she doesn't want to leave the country? How can we record this situation?"
"Sister Shen, the client said directly that everything she did was for the child, and she didn't want the child to know about this. I think if her husband hadn't stopped providing living expenses and affected the child, the client wouldn't have gotten to this point, so I think our solution should be based on the child."
Shen Qingqing was confused and said, "...why didn't you investigate carefully before coming?"
The producer said, "This is the second problem. The client's education level is not very high. When she saw our content, it was said by a distant cousin on the phone. The only person she can talk to is this cousin, and it was her cousin who encouraged her to divorce. So she didn't really understand the nature of our help. When we arrived, the client didn't say it directly. It was just now, when I was filming the footage of the client selling vegetables, she dodged and didn't want to come forward... She only said it when she couldn't hide it anymore, and then she wanted to ask us if we could not broadcast it, or if we could broadcast it without being recognized as her. But don't worry, Sister Shen, we all do things by groping for ways, and this situation will not happen next time!"
Shen Qingqing's heart sank to the bottom, she was riding an electric bike, the wind whistling in her ears.
"I'll go take a look first."
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Everyone in the crew calls the client Sister Liu. Sister Liu's house is not small, so all colleagues can live there. Sister Liu brings back the leftover vegetables every day and cooks them for them.
When Shen Qingqing arrived, it was already evening. Sister Liu, who was riding an electric bike, happened to meet Shen Qingqing. The executive producer got off the car and introduced each other.
Shen Qingqing had a brief conversation with Sister Liu, and communicated with Sister Liu that the problem of not wanting to leave the country was not easy to solve. Sister Liu led Shen Qingqing to the bedroom and said that she could wear the newly bought scarf.
Shen Qingqing looked at the square scarf, which looked a bit like a tablecloth. The texture was very hard and even a little abrasive.
Seeing Shen Qingqing touching the scarf without saying a word, Sister Liu put the scarf directly on her head, and in a few strokes, she wrapped herself tightly. She asked in a flattering way, "Is it okay, Director Shen?" I really can't let my daughter know about these bad things. The child is still young. After I get divorced, I will go to work near my daughter's university. We will never come back.
Shen Qingqing pulled an indescribable expression “Sister Liu, I…”
Sister Liu reached out her hand again, held Shen Qingqing’s hand and said, “Please, help me.”
Shen Qingqing thought for a moment, “Then can you also do me a favor.”
Shen Qingqing stretched out her hand and pointed at the electric bike parked outside. "Then Sister Liu, when you serve the food tomorrow, can you ride this electric bike and let us take a picture?"
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