On October 19th, Zong Jia saw Huang Richeng waving at him from the classroom door.
As soon as he approached, Huang Richeng shoved the box he was carrying into his hands.
"Mr. Zong, this is something Miss Jiang asked me to deliver. Please take good care of it and don't drop it, as it's not cheap!"
When Zong Jia returned to the classroom, the box in his hand attracted the attention of the whole class.
His roommate, Su Jianshu, saw the words on the box and shouted excitedly.
"My God! Zong Jiayu, this is a ThinkPad 230Cs that was only released in June this year! You're so rich!"
He noticed the curious looks from his classmates and couldn't help but rub his forehead. He pointed to the front of the classroom and said, "The teacher is here, let's start class."
His classmates were a little disappointed to see that he had left the box unopened.
At lunchtime, Su Jianshu didn't even have time to eat, and eagerly urged Zong Jia to go back to the dormitory.
Zong Jia had no choice but to ask a classmate to bring him food, and then he took his computer back to the dormitory to unpack it.
He grabbed a fruit knife and prepared to open the seal on the box.
"Stop!" Su Jianshu shouted anxiously, halting his actions. "Brother, this is worth tens of thousands of yuan! Don't use the knife!"
Zong Jia ignored him, deftly opened the seal, and took out the machine inside.
The compact black chassis, with the red, green, and blue IBM logo in the lower right corner, identifies itself.
Su Jianshu, standing next to him, shouted excitedly. Touching the surface of the computer, he said with rapt attention, "Feel this smooth texture, it's absolutely amazing!"
Zong Jia was speechless upon hearing his words, and he pulled Su Jianshu's hand away.
He plugged in the power, turned on the computer to test it, and after confirming that there were no problems, he shut it down, put it away, and locked it in the cabinet.
That evening, he found a quiet place and made a phone call. "Little Pear, thank you for the gift. It seems I've taken an advance on several of your competition prizes."
Jiang Xiaoli said with a grin, "Hehe, happy birthday, Comrade Xiao Zong! Have you used the computer? How was it?"
Zong Jia chuckled, "I haven't had a chance yet. I'll report back on my experience after I use it. A lot of people were so envious when they saw that someone gave me a computer today."
She stuck out her tongue. "Hehe, I forgot to tell him to give this to you secretly."
"It's okay. I have a local from Kyoto in my dorm who assembled a 486 and put it in the dorm right after the semester started. I was just thinking of buying one after my apartment was renovated, but I didn't expect you to get there before me."
Jiang Xiaoli asked curiously, "I bet many people in your computer science department don't have computers these days, right? So what do you study?"
Zong Jia patiently explained to her, "The school has computer labs, but we're still learning theoretical knowledge since the semester just started."
They chatted for a while, then Li Guizhi shooed her daughter aside and picked up the phone, "Happy birthday, Xiao Zong. Are you doing alright in Kyoto all by yourself?"
Seeing that they had so much to talk about, Jiang Xiaoli simply went to take a shower.
When she came out of the bathroom drying her hair, the phone call had already ended.
"Oh, you've finished chatting with your godson?"
Li Guizhi sighed as she knitted, "Xiao Zong is the kind of kid who only reports good news and never bad. I don't know if what he says about everything being fine is true."
Jiang Xiaoli sat down and put her arm around her shoulder. "Okay, don't worry. Zong Jiayu is a shrewd person. He's also so rich. How could he not take good care of himself? He'll be back in a little over two months at most. I bet he hasn't lost any weight!"
Li Guizhi patted her hand, "Xiao Li, next year when you go to school, I'll go with you. You won't find me annoying, will you?"
She pretended to be very angry, "What are you saying! You can't refuse to come with me!"
She leaned her head close to her, saying, "I'm still a baby, how can I leave my mother?"
"Haha." Li Guizhi felt a warm glow in her heart as her daughter coaxed her. "Okay, okay, Mommy won't leave you!"
...
Dafu has been extremely busy lately, as their branch factory's new product, the self-heating hot pot, is about to be launched.
Jiang Xiaoli has been busy with the physics competition recently and hasn't had time to take care of things here.
He made all the decisions regarding the production, packaging, and promotion of new products.
When Zhong Yuanlai delivered his share of the profits from the steamed bun shop to him, he was shocked. "Dafu, you've lost at least ten pounds! Are you working this hard?"
Dafu gave a helpless, bitter smile. "Brother Zong and Little Pear trust me so much, how can I not work my butt off?"
He casually picked up a stack of documents that needed to be signed and confirmed, and said, "Please sit wherever you like, I won't bother you anymore, I have a lot of things to do!"
Zhong Yuan touched his nose and left. On the way back to the city, he thought to himself, "Little Pear is really ruthless. I guess I'll go to Kyoto and hang out with Brother Zong!"
At the end of October, during a weekend off, Jiang Xiaoli finally had time to come to the branch factory.
When Dafu saw her, he was almost moved to tears. "Little Pear, you've finally come!"
With the self-heating hot pot about to hit the market, everything has been arranged, but this is the first time Dafu has taken on such a heavy responsibility, and he is feeling a little guilty!
Jiang Xiaoli patted his shoulder with a smile, "Brother Dafu, you don't need to be nervous. I know the situation at the factory. You're doing a great job!"
Dafu smiled and poured water for the two of them. "You're busy with your studies, so I've been making all the decisions here by myself. I'm really not sure if I've overlooked anything."
She waved her hand, "Brother Dafu, I'm not flattering you, you really did a great job. I also watched the commercial for the self-heating hot pot, it's fantastic! Even my mom said it looks appetizing. I heard from Han Xue that this was your idea."
Jiang Xiaoli accompanied Dafu through the entire process of launching the new product, and there really wasn't a single mistake.
She smiled and said, "Brother Dafu, our 'Jiang Li Ji' sales channels were all built up by you, province by province. With this increased advertising investment, you should have confidence in yourself!"
Dafu nodded emphatically, "Okay, we'll definitely succeed this time too!"
In late October, as autumn deepened and temperatures began to drop across the country, viewers watching television in the evening suddenly saw this advertisement.
No need to cook or go to a restaurant, just open a big lunchbox-like box, soak the meat and vegetables inside in water for ten minutes, and you can enjoy a steaming hot pot.
There was a lot of discussion about the new product from "Jiang Li Ji" for a while.
On the night the advertisement aired, Dafu stayed in the sales office.
The phone rang, and he was the first to answer it, "Hello, this is 'Jiang Li Ji' Food Factory, may I ask..."
Before he could speak, the person on the other end of the phone said urgently, "I know you're from 'Jiang Li Ji,' otherwise why would I call you! I want 100 cases of each flavor of that hot pot that you can eat in ten minutes on TV!"
After arranging the first customer's order, Dafu listened to the noisy phone calls in the office and finally laughed out loud.
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