Chapter 137
Ji Wanmei's school starts on August 30th.
However, Ji Wanmei planned to go to school a few days early to prepare, find a dormitory room to make her bed, and familiarize herself with the area around the school.
Therefore, Ji Wanmei planned to go to the provincial capital a week in advance.
After all, she had already settled things at home and in the shop.
So, in the next couple of days, Ji Wanmei planned to pack her things and set off.
Ji Xingguo was very reluctant to see her go when he learned that she was going to East China University a few days earlier than planned.
Although he knew this day would come, Ji Xingguo still thought that he should spend as many days as possible with his daughter.
Last month, Ji Wanmei's shop had more than three thousand yuan in cash left after deducting the principal and restocking costs.
She then returned the thousand yuan investment to her father, saying, "Dad, this is the money you invested in me back then. I've made it all back now. Please keep this money safe."
Then she took out another five hundred yuan and said with a smile, "This five hundred yuan is my dividend to you as the largest shareholder of my shop."
Ji Wanmei gave her father a total of 1,500 yuan, and she still had more than 1,700 yuan left in her own hand.
Ji Xingguo glanced at the money his daughter handed him, but didn't take it. He chuckled and said, "Dad really didn't expect that my precious daughter would be such a business-minded person, earning half a year's salary in just one month."
"But Dad doesn't want this money. You can keep it yourself. There will be many expenses when you go to university. In the future, you will be in the provincial capital, which is far away from Dad. If you need anything, Dad won't be able to be by your side in time. As a girl, you should have more money on hand. It will come in handy in case of any emergencies."
"Oh, Dad, I still have some money. Besides, I'm just going to school, and I'll be eating and living at school, so I won't need that much money." Ji Wanmei was stubborn and insisted on giving the money to her father.
Ji Xingguo firmly refused, and said earnestly, "Do you know where you're going? It's a university in the provincial capital. Students there have several hundred yuan a month just for living expenses. There are plenty of students from well-off families."
“When you go to university, even though Dad won’t say he supports you comparing yourself to your classmates, you will still have to interact with them, make friends, and socialize.”
“These days, college students are all into parties, gatherings, and student organizations, right? You should participate more. Besides, the provincial capital is different from our county town; prices are high and the cost of living is expensive. Use this money to buy yourself some decent clothes. Dad is a rough old man and doesn't understand these things. You lost your mother when you were young, so you've matured early. Dad entrusts this money to you to manage; I'm very confident in it.”
Not only that, Ji Xingguo also took out eight hundred yuan and said to Ji Wanmei, "This is your living expenses for one semester. If it's not enough, just call me or write me a letter. I'll send you more money when I receive it."
A semester is four months long, and Ji Xingguo calculated that it would cost two hundred yuan a month.
She had three or four thousand yuan on her. What college student carries that much money to school? Ji Wanmei really couldn't do anything about her father.
In the end, neither could convince the other, and Ji Xingguo refused his daughter's money, nor did Ji Wanmei refuse her father's money.
Both father and daughter share the same stubborn temperament.
The next day, Ji Wanmei went to the credit union in the county town and deposited three thousand yuan into her savings account.
This money, along with the store's monthly income, will serve as Ji Wanmei's future start-up capital.
Upon learning that Ji Wanmei was about to start school, Luo Chunyan felt reluctant to part with her, but more than anything, she felt a sense of anticipation.
I hope that this store will thrive and become increasingly successful under her management.
Ji Wanmei was quite at ease leaving the shop in Luo Chunyan's care.
Firstly, Luo Chunyan wasn't the type to secretly embezzle money. Secondly, Ji Wanmei had a detailed record of every purchase and restock in the store; in addition, she personally set the retail price for every item in the store.
As long as the quantity and price match up every month, there won't be any mistakes.
Of course, even best friends need to keep public and private matters separate in this kind of situation.
Ji Wanmei then instructed Luo Chunyan to take all the monthly bills and income records to her father, Ji Xingguo, for review after she went to the provincial capital.
After all, as the largest investor in the store and Ji Wanmei's father, Ji Xingguo had this right.
With Ji Xingguo overseeing things, Ji Wanmei had even less to worry about.
But before leaving, Ji Wanmei had one more thing to take care of.
Two days later, Ji Wanmei went to the photo studio and picked up the developed photos.
Ji Wanmei bought all twenty or thirty negatives, specifically three photos of Yang Zhiping bringing women in and out of the guesthouse.
Moreover, the photographer took these three photos at particularly clever angles, capturing the two of them with their arms around each other, whispering intimately as they walked down the stairs of the guesthouse.
And coincidentally, the name of the guesthouse was also captured in the shot.
After receiving the photo, Ji Wanmei looked at it coldly for a while before going to the Oriental Factory.
She didn't go into the factory, but waited for a while across from the factory gate.
Ji Wanmei remembered that when Lei Tingjun was still around, he and his brothers used to sit on the steps at the factory gate and smoke. She wondered if they had changed that habit.
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long before she saw a familiar-looking thin man come out of the factory gate.
Ji Wanmei walked over and called out to the skinny man.
She remembered that this person was also often with Lei Tingjun, and his name was something like Sun Xiaojun. He had even come to her shop to buy a Bruce Lee poster last time.
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