Chapter 62 Encounter
For Jiang Lili, the reward was not important. What was important was that Cheng Yuntian realized their value. When she returned home from the train station, she was filled with joy. She thought, this was probably what people say about being in high spirits when something good happens.
Back home, Jiang Lili went straight to her room to do her homework without Jiang Yulan's urging. While she was working, she kept her mind on what was happening with Manager Liu. If all went well, the Rongcheng market would open smoothly. This way, Tongqu Players' products would spread further and further, and perhaps their next goal would be to expand into the national market. At this thought, Jiang Lili couldn't help but curl her lips.
The next morning, Jiang Lili was a little surprised when she saw Lu Jiaze when she came downstairs: "Did you stay here last night?"
"Well, how did the talks go in Jincheng?" Lu Jiaze asked casually.
"It went very smoothly, even smoother than I expected." Jiang Lili smiled when she mentioned this.
Seeing her like this, Lu Jiaze couldn't help but be happy for her. He knew how much she cared about this career. Now that she had successfully opened up the market in Jincheng, she might be able to concentrate on her studies in the future.
The midterm exams were quietly approaching. With the experience of the previous two monthly exams, everyone was becoming more relaxed about the test. However, Ji Mingyue was a little worried. Zheng Gaoyang's strategy value had begun to stagnate again. What measures should she take this time? During the exam, she found the current content more difficult than before. She stared down at the notebook in front of her. She didn't think about surpassing Jiang Lili for the time being; her current goal was to maintain her current ranking.
Ji Yushu had been very busy these past few days. To avoid wasting money on rent, they were planning to move into their newly purchased courtyard. It was then that he realized they would need to repaint the walls and buy a lot of necessities if they really wanted to move in. This, in turn, was a significant expense. The financial pressure made him more diligent in setting up shop. Ye Qiuju's belly was growing bigger day by day. She lowered her head to look at her belly, a smile on her face. She knew they could live in their big house once the baby was born, and they would even have a big villa in the future. Thinking of this, Ye Qiuju's gaze fell on Ji Yushu's back. So, where exactly was his opportunity? She remembered from the newspaper that he had made his fortune in 1996, but it was already the end of December. Could she have misremembered it? Ye Qiuju frowned.
Compared to the previous two times, everyone was much calmer about the midterm results this time. Jiang Lili and Lu Jiaze still held first and second place, while Ji Mingyue had even fallen out of the top 20. The classmates who had previously thought she could compete with Jiang Lili were dumbfounded. What was going on? Wasn't she the most likely to replace Jiang Lili as the new top student in the grade? Why were her grades getting worse and worse?
"I guess he was lucky the first time." Someone analyzed casually.
"She lived in Jiang Lili's house before the first monthly exam. Jiang Lili must have tutored her a lot." Someone guessed this, and others thought it made sense and nodded in agreement.
Such speculations entered Ji Mingyue's ears every moment. She wanted to refute, but she didn't know how. After all, the time she lived in Jiang Lili's house was indeed her most relaxing time. Now she has become the nanny of the family. After finishing the housework, she has no extra energy to review. Every time this happened, she began to doubt the truthfulness of Ye Qiuju's words, but seeing that she was enjoying it, it didn't seem like she was lying. She could only tell herself to wait a little longer.
The good news from Rongcheng came the day after the midterm results came out. Rongcheng and Tongqu Players had pre-ordered 10,000 sets of teethers. Cheng Yuntian looked at the mother and daughter with a smile on his face. "Great! You guys hid the news so well. You haven't revealed a single word in such a long time since you came back."
"Of course we can't disclose things that haven't been finalized. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if it doesn't work out in the end?" Jiang Yulan's tone was full of satisfaction. This was an order that Lili had signed with her own ability.
"That's right. It's better to be cautious. There will be rewards this time." Cheng Yuntian thought about it and felt that what they said made sense. Regarding the reward, she finally decided to give the bonus directly so that everyone would be happy.
"By the way, Sister Jiang, you need to go to Jincheng again this week to discuss the contract." After communication between the two parties, the contract details have been signed, but they need to send someone to sign it.
"No problem." After Jiang Yulan said this, both mother and daughter saw joy in each other's eyes. This trip to Jincheng was just the right time to settle the house issue.
Jiang Yulan had already obtained Jiang Lili's ID card yesterday, but she didn't have time to open an account for her this time. Anyway, they were already planning to use the money to buy a house, so there was no need to go through it again.
On the way back from the factory, Jiang Lili turned her head to look at Jiang Yulan beside her and asked, "Mom, have you talked to Grandpa and the others about buying a house?"
"Not yet." Jiang Yulan shook her head. She hadn't figured out how to bring this up with them.
"What about borrowing money?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised.
"No rush. Let's talk to them when we get back today." Although Jiang Yulan said there was no rush, she was already thinking about how to bring up this matter with them.
Jiang Lili glanced at her, a thoughtful look in her eyes. She roughly understood what she was thinking. To be honest, it was because they were not making money fast enough.
"Buy a house in Jincheng?" Jiang Jianyi and Jiang Aiguo were both surprised.
"Yes, the number of trips back and forth will only increase in the future. The most important thing is that with the development of the city, Jincheng will be better than this place in the future. If I buy now, I will not lose money whether I live in it myself or resell it in the future." Jiang Yulan has not been completely idle these days. She has made a lot of comparisons.
"That makes sense. Jincheng's development is indeed better than Yuncheng's." Zhou Qingfen agreed.
After a long while, Jiang Jianyi slowly spoke: "Now that you have made the decision, let's do it."
This meant that she agreed to lend the money. Jiang Lili said happily, "Grandpa, I will work hard to make money and pay it back early."
"This isn't something a little kid like you should worry about. Go play with Tongtong," Jiang Yulan said, gently nudging her to go play with Jiang Qitong, who was watching TV over there. Jiang Lili guessed they probably had something to discuss, so she nodded, "Okay."
"Sister Lili, come quickly, the commercial is about to end." Hearing her name mentioned, Jiang Qitong waved at her while the commercial was playing.
"I'll be right there, you little TV fan." Jiang Lili said as she tapped her forehead, and the two sisters soon burst into laughter on the sofa.
In this adult bureau, Jiang Yulan looked at the other three with some guilt: "I have to trouble you again."
"We are a family, so don't say such polite words. Since you have decided to buy a house, just choose one that suits you and don't worry about the money." Over the years, Jiang Aiguo and his wife have saved some money, and the old man also has some savings. This time, buying a house in Jincheng will probably empty the family wallet.
"Aiguo is saying that since we will be going to Jincheng frequently in the future, it would be convenient for us to buy a house by ourselves. Otherwise, we can't always trouble the Lu family." This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Jianyi supported them in buying a house.
"Well, this is also one of the conditions we consider." Jiang Yulan nodded.
"Then it's settled. You go book the ticket yourself tomorrow and check it first. Call us when you're sure and we'll wire the money directly." It's always unsafe to carry so much money.
"Okay." Jiang Yulan had never been so eager for success as she was at this moment.
Jiang Yulan had booked a ticket to Jincheng, but before departure, Director Yang came up to her. Jiang Lili was a little surprised to see him: "Director Yang, why are you here?"
"Of course I'm here to thank you. Manager Liu from Rongcheng said that it was you who mentioned me to them. Lili, you are really a benefactor to our factory." Most of the market in Yuncheng has been occupied by manufacturers who followed the trend. During this period, their orders all came from Jincheng. As the orders were completed, everyone began to worry that the factory would follow in the footsteps of the second factory. They never expected that people from Rongcheng would take the initiative to contact them, and all this was brought to them by Jiang Lili.
"Director Yang, you're too kind. I just mentioned it to them casually. The main reason is that the toys from our factory are of high quality, so they chose you among so many other factories." Jiang Lili didn't lie. Nowadays, there are more and more manufacturers that follow the trend of cross-dressing dolls, but the quality and workmanship are unsatisfactory, so maintaining good quality control is their way to stand out.
"Thank you, too." Director Yang was truly touched, so he came this time to return the favor. He compiled a full page of contact information for nearby sales outlets: "You can try to contact all of them. They basically don't sell the toys from our factory anymore, so you can give them a try."
In the short term, Jiang Lili cannot produce cross-dressing dolls, so Director Yang gave these contact information very readily. There must be give and take before there will be a next time.
This contact information was a complete surprise for the mother and daughter. Jiang Lili touched her chin and thought that she should do more good deeds, as doing good deeds would be rewarded.
This time when they went to Jincheng, they did not choose the train ticket on Friday, but the one on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, so that they could arrive in Jincheng just in time for lunch. They made an appointment with Manager Zhang to sign the contract in the afternoon, and the rest of the day and tomorrow would be used to look at houses.
At that time, there were many tube-shaped buildings, and commercial housing would be vigorously promoted only after the benefits of housing distribution were completely cancelled. The area that Jiang Lili was interested in was still near the train station. At this time, if there was information about renting or selling a house at home, many people would write it on the small blackboard downstairs or post it on a nearby telephone pole. Of course, the best way was to find an agent, after all, they were not familiar with this place at all.
They first looked around on their own, and finally decided to leave professional matters to professionals. Compared with the 10% agency fee in later generations, Jiang Lili could still accept the fee at this time, but neither of them expected to meet Lu Hongzhe at the agency.
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