I shifted my gaze from Ye Zhi, then looked at the Huangpu River where countless ships passed by. I was weighing whether to tell Yang Sisi my predicament. If I did, I would be betraying my initial intentions. I am essentially a rather stubborn person. My stubbornness stems from the fact that I carefully consider every decision before making it. This creates a fixed mindset in my brain, and if I deviate from it, I will begin to doubt myself.
Before right and wrong are determined, it's hard to call this a pathological condition. Perhaps, I'm the one who's right?
I smiled and finally spoke to Ye Zhi, saying, "Love is only a part of life. I don't want to put too much energy into it. What I need to do most right now is to build confidence. So, I'd really like you to give me some advice on my career, which is what you're good at... When it comes to handling relationships, you're not much better than me, so I won't listen to you."
Ye Zhi turned around again and leaned against the railing. I stared at a tree by the river that was already covered in snow for a while before turning around and standing shoulder to shoulder with her.
"What are you planning to do next?"
I immediately felt pressured. I subconsciously let out a sigh of relief and then told Ye Zhi about my idea of creating "one-click games" and the difficulties I was currently facing.
She listened to me with a frown, and after a moment, she said, "I don't approve of you doing this project. This is not an area you are familiar with, and it belongs to the mobile internet sector. These are bottomless money pits that require a constant influx of funds to keep developing... Your network of contacts is limited. If you don't have enough financing channels, you will suffer more and more. Your current mental state simply cannot withstand that much pressure."
Ye Zhi is undoubtedly a strong figure in the business world, so I listened to her words. I was a little unsure, but I still asked her with some reluctance, "Objectively speaking, is my idea really that bad?"
Ye Zhi patiently replied, "You've been in Dali all this time, so you might not be exposed to this kind of atmosphere. You could go to Beijing or Hangzhou and take a look. Zhongguancun in Beijing generates countless eye-catching ideas every day, but how many of them actually stand out? The mobile internet field is always a game of heavy capital, and you've already lost by a long shot..."
I looked up and gazed at the white snow falling densely onto the transparent umbrella. The sky seemed to be pressing down, making me feel suffocated. I felt incredibly unlucky, and my spirits were severely shaken. But I could still distinguish between good and bad, so even though Ye Zhi said these things to me, I didn't have any intention of retaliating.
My nose was a little itchy, so I rubbed it and then sneezed several times in a row... I heard that's because someone is thinking of me.
Do you have any paper?
Ye Zhi pulled a tissue out of her bag and handed it to me. I wiped my nose and sighed again. I threw the tissue on the ground, and Ye Zhi picked it up and threw it into the trash can along with the cigarette pack I had dropped earlier.
She always seems to have such a good mindset, she is well-mannered, never gets angry, and never loses her temper... This gives people a sense of security, so when she is around, I inexplicably calm down and then examine myself more deeply; she is like a mirror to me, and the me in the mirror is self-important, but also self-reliant.
After a moment of silence, she spoke to me again, saying, "Let's do what we're best at first. That's the lowest-cost and lowest-risk approach..."
In a hoarse voice, I replied, "Brother Ping wants me to speculate on real estate in Thailand. He said the tourism real estate market there is very good."
"It's an opportunity. Many domestic airlines have launched low-cost flights to Thailand, and Thailand has also implemented a free visa-on-arrival policy for Chinese tourists. In the future, the cost of travel between the two countries will become lower and lower, and the efficiency of travel will become higher and higher. This close connection will inevitably drive the explosive growth of Thailand's tourism real estate... Because of such policy dividends, our group also plans to carry out a new round of commercial development in Phuket next year... Big data shows that the willingness of Chinese people to buy property in Thailand is gradually approaching the historical high... However, there are risks, but compared to doing mobile internet, the risks are still controllable."
I weighed the options in my mind again. I knew I had to go to Thailand. I would decide whether the real estate market was good or bad after I went there to investigate. As for the "one-click travel" project, I was not willing to give up just like that, but I needed to find a better way to start. Otherwise, if it failed, I would immediately lose the ability to bear the consequences.
Sometimes, it's true that you need to act within your capabilities.
But if I really have to temporarily stop the "One-Click Travel" project, what am I going to do with Zhou San? I can't just let him stay in Dali delivering food for the rest of his life.
During my silence, Ye Zhi asked me again, "When are you planning to go to Thailand?"
I looked at my legs and replied, "I can't delay any longer. I need to go back to Dali, finish what I have to do, and then leave immediately."
"Well... I've said everything I needed to say. The rest is up to you to decide... If you need me to go to Thailand with you, just call me anytime... I'll be waiting for you."
I gazed at Ye Zhi…
I never imagined that I would hear the words "I'm waiting for you" from her in my lifetime. All these years, I have been the one waiting for her. These words "she is waiting for me" sound like a kind of compensation, but they hit my heart directly.
I forced a smile and replied, "I won't call you. Your company is also developing projects in Thailand, right? Let's see if we really have such a strong connection that we can meet again, even in a foreign country, just like when we came to Dali."
"I'm not in charge of the Thailand project. I'll probably be even busier next year than this year, and I won't be able to go to Thailand many times."
"Is that so?...Then the bonds between people really do have an end...and they should have an end too...It sounds ridiculous that two people rely solely on fate to maintain their relationship!"
Ye Zhi glanced at me, then left the small patch of ground I was standing on before I did, and drove away. My world suddenly felt empty.
Amidst the swirling snowflakes, I turned and leaned against the railing, reflecting on what I had learned that evening: I understood that Ye Zhi had only given me two pieces of advice throughout the night. She advised me to be honest with Yang Sisi, and also to give up the idea of doing "one-click travel".
Whether it's the former or the latter, both have disrupted my planned life, essentially making me live it all over again.
Do I really have that kind of courage?
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