Having received the advance payment for "Cangshan Villa", I went straight to Chen Jin's bar. Chen Jin hadn't been idle these past two days either; he had already communicated with the decoration company and come up with a preliminary decoration plan. What we needed to do today was to finalize this plan.
I gave Chen Jin the bank card I had prepared beforehand, and then said to him, "There is 400,000 yuan in this card. You can use it first... The rest of the money will arrive within half a month."
“Okay, I’ll call Tina and have her come over now so we can sign the new share distribution agreement.”
"This isn't urgent, let's talk about the project's progress first."
As I spoke, I reached out to Chen Jin for the renovation plan from the renovation company. After receiving the plan, I focused my attention on reviewing it. Overall, I was satisfied, so I only offered some suggestions regarding the lighting arrangement.
Aside from the stage, I don't really like overly bright lighting in other places. I've always felt that overly bright places aren't suitable for expressing emotions, but bars are places where emotions collide all the time. People who come here for entertainment often have a psychedelic and expressive heart, and being exposed too much to bright light would actually diminish the ambiguous atmosphere.
Chen Jin accepted my suggestion, immediately communicated with the decoration company, and then finalized the decoration plan.
Although it wasn't much progress, the feeling of getting things done was still quite comforting. Chen Jin and I ordered a beer and enjoyed this rare moment of relaxation while drinking.
I'm quite tired. After finishing the bar business, I still have to go to the company where I deliver food and come up with an advertising strategy... This is not a simple matter, because to ensure the accuracy of the advertising, we must coordinate the most efficient allocation system between the riders and the designated areas. Before that, I have to study a lot of data.
My belief is firm: I will not take a single penny from "Binjiang Group" for nothing. Therefore, the advertising costs they spend on me must yield a return many times over.
Consider this my way of being competitive. Anyway, I really don't want to owe Ye Zhi anything anymore... So, the only thing we can do between us is a fair and equal deal.
...
After downing a beer, I said to Chen Jin, "Let's leave it at that for now... I need to hurry to the company; there are still a lot of things waiting for me there."
"You've really made yourself so busy that you don't have a single spare moment."
"There's no way around it... the greater the responsibility you shoulder, the more exhausting it will be..."
As I said this, I smiled and added, "The sword has been drawn, so there will definitely be bloodshed... You need to be mentally prepared beforehand, and let's fight this battle together."
“I know what I'm doing… Back when Jiulongju was going through so much, I still stuck with you through it all.”
"Yes... Looking back over the past few years, I still feel that the year I spent in Jimo was the most comfortable."
"To be honest, I've never really understood what's going on in Jimo."
What's so captivating about you that you did absolutely nothing and still stayed there for a year?
I squinted, then recalled my time in Jimo. With a touch of nostalgia, I replied to Chen Jin, "It was leisurely... I had time to take a walk on the beach every evening... Do you know how big the sunset is at the beach?... It's huge, like a red-hot foot bath hanging on the other side of the sea... If I really had nothing to do, I could even haggle with the local fishermen and get some fresh seafood to take home and eat..."
Chen Jin laughed: "A red-hot foot bath basin, you really know how to describe it!"
I laughed and continued, "The apartment I rent has a balcony with a sea view... I often bring a barbecue grill and sit on the balcony to grill scallops... Across the way is the boundless sea, the cargo ships are whiter than seagulls... When the sea breeze blows, that feeling of loneliness is so sophisticated... Really, I've really thought: if there were a woman willing to stay there with me, asking for nothing in return, to spend her whole life like this... I would definitely marry her... We'd just wrap ourselves in blankets, sit on the balcony grilling scallops, watching the sunset... If we got really bored, we'd have a child to share our loneliness..."
"Are you trying to become an immortal? ...Then why don't you go to Jizu Mountain and find Instructor Ma?"
“There are many paths to immortality, but I only want to find a woman to become an immortal with… He won’t do that; he relies on the concept of 'emptiness of the four elements'.”
"I'm impressed, you can really make up a ton of nonsense!"
After a brief pause, Chen Jin asked with a smile, "May I relay your words to Lu Jia?"
"No...she's clearly not that kind of woman."
As I spoke, I picked up the keys to my electric scooter and prepared to leave.
As I stepped outside the bar, a wave of exhaustion washed over me again... Chen Jin shouldn't have talked to me about Jimo; it made me complacent and drift along with the tide... But thinking about it carefully, isn't that a good place to settle down... Is fame and fortune really as enjoyable as a lifetime of leisure?
I can see the difference between the two, but when it comes to actually doing it, I'm still a bit lacking... So, overcoming this fatigue, I mustered my energy and rode my electric bike towards the company.
...
Once I got to the company, I was busy non-stop. I spent all my time analyzing the delivery data from the past six months on the computer. After carefully analyzing this data, I started to implement the advertising plan, assigning it to each delivery person at different times…
During the breaks, I instinctively wanted to reach into the cigarette pack for a cigarette, but after several attempts, I couldn't find one.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
