The approval process for moving into the startup park was completed much earlier than Ha Yue had anticipated. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Ha Yue received the keys to her new office from the property management staff on duty.
The 90-square-meter open space is divided into three areas by transparent glass partitions. It is fully equipped with desks and chairs. In addition to the meeting room, office area, and reception area, there is also a sizable terrace on the sunny side, which connects to more than a dozen other companies that are currently in the startup incubation stage.
Buy computers, do interior decoration, install fiber optic cables, set up a live streaming room, debug live streaming parameters, and recruit network engineers.
This year's Spring Festival was destined to be a busy one, with no rest in sight. Before the Lunar New Year was even over, their online platform for helping farmers had already officially started operating. In addition to professional livestreamers, the company also hired unemployed farmers to work part-time, broadcasting for sixteen hours a day. Customer traffic steadily increased, orders poured in, and the office group expanded from three people to as many as ten.
In early April, Ha Yue successfully leveraged her connections in the business community to attract two small investors. The office space in Suicheng was already full. After deducting salaries paid out, all initial investments were made, and the business model was successfully implemented. Ha Yue's company even made a considerable profit.
It far surpasses other startups of the same period.
No one could have imagined that the dried sea buckthorn fruit in the old lady's basket would generate hundreds of millions in sales in a short period of time.
But even with these achievements, Ha Yue's ambitions don't stop there. In early May, she began actively contacting various investment companies at entrepreneurship salons, working to expand the scale of her business and compete for supply qualifications for Suicheng agricultural products in large chain supermarkets.
The new round of financing plans is no longer just a few million. In the next two years, she expects her company's market value to be over 50 million. With the help of capital expansion, Ha Yue is seeking financing between 10 million and 30 million.
At that time, she will face a comprehensive evaluation of the strength of her newly established small business by more professional venture capital firms, ranging from the business model and industry prospects to her personal ability and leadership skills as the company representative.
The road ahead is fraught with risks, but facing even greater challenges, she feels no fear, only full confidence.
Because she was no longer the little girl who wanted to cut her losses and leave as soon as she encountered difficulties in life. Above the abyss, there was only a steel cable. The burden on her shoulders was heavy, but she still had to move forward. Because she had to live, truly live, and could not be perfunctory with herself. When she looked around in the dead of night and felt lost, in order to dispel the desolation, she could only start a fire by rubbing sticks together and embark on this path of doing everything she could to save herself and move upward. There was no other way.
Perhaps after climbing one mountain, one will see an even higher one. People who are afraid of difficulties are easily trapped. But little do they know that every step of the journey is enough to enrich their lives.
Winter goes and spring comes.
A new dust storm swept through Suicheng. Ha Yue's hometown still felt both warm and cruel, but on the day the illusion dissipated, she walked along the familiar streets, passed the familiar lottery shop, and could faintly hear the horns of victory amidst the whistling wind.
Life is still a tough battle, but that's okay, Ha Yue has won against herself.
On June 1, the Suicheng Cultural Bureau held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil and open the new library. The new site is located in the former residence of a scholar, which was completely abandoned last year due to a broken funding chain.
It was International Children's Day. Ha Yue, who had been working overtime for two months without a break, finally took a week off for the first time. It wasn't to rest, but to take her mother, whose condition had worsened, to see a doctor at Jicheng Medical University.
Recently, her company has become a rising star. It has not only been designated as a key pilot area and received special funding from the Suicheng government for "Internet+", but has also recently attracted many investors to visit and observe.
Unfortunately, no miracle has been seen in the development of Alzheimer's disease. In less than six months, Zhao Chunni had lost most of her sense of emotion. The once irritable girl has become taciturn. Wu Fangtian can hardly arouse any interest in her, whether it is a TV program or cognitive training.
She often sat blankly in her chair, staring at the west wing for a whole day without saying a word.
The clinical trial that Xue Jing had suggested to Ha Yue became Zhao Chunni's last chance for survival.
After the consultation the previous day, the doctor's advice was the same as Ha Yue's idea: if the family's financial situation allowed, although the cost was considerable and the treatment effect was unpredictable, they could try to get Zhao Chunni to participate in the Phase II clinical trial of stem cell therapy.
After learning about the treatment methods and the first-phase sample follow-up in detail, Ha Yue did not hesitate much. After paying the fees and signing the family voluntary consent form, she took her mother back to Xue Jing's residence in Jicheng.
Before heading to Jicheng, she had already made preparations for her mother's hospitalization. Not only did she come, but Wu Fangtian also came. Before leaving, Ha Yue offered to continue caring for her mother during her hospitalization, with a raise in return. Fortunately, they had gotten along well as client and customer over the past six months, and Wu Fangtian readily agreed.
Early in the morning, the news probably leaked out from Zhou Shuang, and Xue Jing, who hadn't returned to Ji for a long time, received many calls of greeting.
The new book has received a good response, and the film and television rights transaction has been put on the agenda.
Xue Jing could decline positions such as book editor, IP manager, and reporter for the newspaper's book review section, but several members of the Writers' Association were particularly difficult to deal with, insisting that he give a special report on the matter of donating books in Suicheng.
When he couldn't write, Xue Jing wished he could attend more meetings. Even though his mind was blank, he would rush around to pretend to be a busy person. But once the creative process went smoothly, all social occasions became useless to him.
He has a shrewd and sophisticated mind, but deep down he prefers peace and quiet. He'd rather spend more time developing his relationship with his girlfriend than have those meetings with old men.
Although Ha Yue always says that it's enough to be happy in the moment, she doesn't stop planning and fantasizing about the rest of their lives while enjoying the present.
Xue Jing wants to get married before he turns thirty. He doesn't care about anything else, but he's worried that if he gets older, his appearance will decline when he takes wedding photos with Ha Yue. What's more, for some reason, in the eyes of children, Ha Yue is always a generation younger than him. As a "tall uncle," Xue Jing has already started to have anxiety about aging this year.
Lately, when he looks in the mirror, he feels that his jawline isn't as firm as it used to be.
After accompanying Ha Yue home from the hospital yesterday, Xue Jing has been extremely cautious and observant, afraid of not being able to fully notice Ha Yue's negative emotions. His apartment is really big, with two studies alone. When he lived there before, he felt he didn't have enough rooms, and he would often rearrange the furniture, leaving one room empty as a meditation room.
But after settling Ha Yue, Zhao Chunni, and Wu Fangtian in last night, he lay in the bedroom opposite Ha Yue and felt like he was crazy. Why did he buy such a big house in the first place? Buying a big house was one thing, but why did he install four beds in the house? With so many beds and so many rooms, he couldn't even justify his desire to sleep with Ha Yue.
Fortunately, he had good hearing. When Ha Yue got up around 1 a.m. to get some water from the refrigerator, he suddenly sprang to life, pretending to get her some water. He grabbed four bottles of different flavored sparkling water and slipped into the small bedroom, never to come out again.
Unfortunately, he didn't get a full eight hours of sleep. At eight o'clock in the morning, he went to the balcony, still half asleep, to answer the phone. He answered one call after another until he woke up Ha Yue.
In a hazy state, Ha Yue kept hearing someone whispering in her ear. After a while, Ha Yue groggily turned over. Xue Jing was typing a message next to her. Ha Yue glanced at his chat box, then slapped his butt and said, "Just go when he asks you out. It's not nice to refuse someone when you're already back. My mom is just waiting for the hospital admission notice. It's nothing serious. You just do what you need to do."
"Tsk." Xue Jing pulled her hand up and placed it on his chest, clearly used to Ha Yue's rough behavior. He paused before saying, "It's not just about Auntie. Isn't today a holiday? Aunt Wu is home with her, and I've already made plans. If you're in a good mood, how about we go to Ziyu to feed the deer? The weather's nice today, and there should be a lot of swans. We can have lunch there, then go shopping for gifts in the afternoon, go boating on Houhai Lake, watch the sunset, and have French food at Songzhu Temple nearby. If you're not tired tonight, we can take a walk, stroll through the hutongs, and have a couple of drinks. I'll arrange a driver; I'll definitely take good care of you this time."
Recently, on nights when he works overtime, he has been secretly practicing drinking, but he still only manages to get a flushed face after just one beer.
The plan sounded quite appealing, but in Ha Yue's little brain, a money-printing machine was still spinning.
Please, as far as she knows, Xue Jing's new book transformation is very successful, but so far he has not been able to sell the film and television adaptation rights. In the past six months, several film and television companies have contacted Zhou Shuang's studio, but they have all been stuck on Xue Jing. Now that the two of them have been spending more time together without masks, she has discovered that Xue Jing is not only a serious procrastinator, but also seems to be a deeply hidden socially anxious person.
Every time the topic of IP incubation, meetings, pricing, and terms comes up, he always says the same two things: "Let me think about it" and "We'll talk about it later."
Looking back, another month has passed since I went into deep diving, and the silenced phone is completely useless.
Besides, Ha Yue isn't a child. Although she may sometimes have a childlike heart, as a mentally independent 27-year-old woman, she believes that her holiday is March 8th. She doesn't need to join the crowds on Children's Day to see small animals with the children. She still has six days of holiday left. Xue Jing's romantic plans can wait until tomorrow. But the social engagements on the phone are different. If she doesn't strike while the iron is hot, she'll miss this opportunity.
It's true what they say: the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is.
So, like a ruthless top saleswoman, she used any means necessary to get next to Xue Jing and forcefully push him off the bed.
While adding insult to injury, he complained vehemently, "Ugh, I won't feel better until tomorrow. We're almost sixty years old combined, practically on our deathbeds. What's the point of celebrating Children's Day? Can you please stop bothering me this early in the morning? Distance makes the heart grow fonder, you know? I just can't stand you today. I really need to keep my distance from you. Go to your meeting."
"Don't bother me."
At nine o'clock, Xue Jing, carrying a laptop and looking as stern as Bao Gong, was kicked out of his own home by Ha Yue.
No sooner had Xue Jing left than Ha Yue rushed to the mall to shop.
She bought Xue Jing's favorite perfume and expensive shoes. After choosing the gifts, she went to pack the best roast duck she had ever eaten when she worked at Jida University for her mother. Finally, passing by the flower shop, Ha Yue came back with bags and bundles, and also packed a large bouquet of colorful snacks for Xue Jing and her mother.
When she arrived back at Xue Jing's house just before lunchtime, Wu Fangtian opened the door and frantically winked towards the living room, saying, "Teacher Xue's mother is here."
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