Chapter 112 [112] In the past decade, the first female entrepreneur...
April 19, 1992, Tang Yuanyuan’s birthday.
Zhang Lancao drove for a whole day and returned home. She first put the gift in her daughter's room.
A crumpled piece of pink letter paper was thrown carelessly on the dressing table.
Student Tang Yuanyuan:
A mountain cannot separate the longing between two people, and a world cannot end the silence between two people...
Is this a love letter?
Restraining the urge to continue reading, Zhang Lancao quickly put the love letter down, sorted it out, and placed it neatly in the drawer.
Tang Yuanyuan should be out of school in two hours, so she has to cook.
Braised pork, garlic-flavored spareribs, and hairtail were all her favorite dishes, and she also stir-fried some vegetables. These meat dishes were incredibly time-consuming and labor-intensive, and by the time they were done, it was already late. Zhang Lancao took off her apron and went to the cake shop to pick up the custom cake she had ordered on her return. Just as she entered the door, Tang Yuanyuan had already emerged, clutching a gift box.
"mom!"
Just like when I was little, I spun into my mother's arms like a little top. "I knew you would come back, and I guessed right. So I rushed out of the school as soon as school was over. I took a taxi back."
"You only have birthdays once a year, so of course Mom has to come back to celebrate your birthday. Let's go in and have some cake."
Tang Yuanyuan hadn't even had time to open the gift. She felt it was so heavy and asked, "Mom, what is this?"
"It was some kind of camera, the latest imported Japanese model."
"Wow! Mom, how did you know I like this?" Tang Yuanyuan couldn't wait to open it. "Mom, you're like a worm in my stomach."
It took her five minutes to read the instructions and she finally figured it out. There was a click, and Zhang Lancao was startled. Then she realized it was the sound of a camera and burst out laughing.
Tang Yuanyuan found that she really liked the camera. Seeing the world through the lens was a different feeling. However, film was too expensive and not durable. She quickly finished a roll and reluctantly put down the camera.
Zhang Lancao chose her words carefully: "Yuanyuan, I just went to your room to put the presents away and accidentally saw the love letter on your desk. Was it written by a male classmate?"
"Yeah, it's hilarious," Tang Yuanyuan ran back to her room and took out the love letter. "Mom, you don't know how many books he copied for just one love letter."
"The opening line, 'A mountain cannot separate the lovesickness of two people,' is a copy from The Return of the Condor Heroes. 'You are the sky, your cloud,' is a copy from Xu Zhimo... There were 16 people who copied this in total. What's even more outrageous is that several girls in my class received these love letters. Except for the names, everything else was the same."
Zhang Lancao: "...So, you don't like this boy?"
Tang Yuanyuan read it again and laughed until her stomach hurt: "Who would like someone who even has to copy love letters? How childish."
So, I just thought it was fun and had no intention of falling in love too early. I even shared it with myself foolishly.
Tang Yuanyuan sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, watching Stephen Chow's comedy movies. From time to time, when she thought of something funny, she would lean over and tell her about it.
In her previous life, when my daughter was in the third year of junior high school, she studied day and night, trying her best to get into the college and become a free student, just to save the family a few hundred yuan in tuition fees.
The air in the house was filled with the bitter smell of herbs. Tang Youshan was in pain and liked to curse. Tang Aiguo's temper was not much better. He found ways to find fault with her every day. If the pancakes were a little hard, he would scold her for being useless.
Zhang Lancao didn't know whether anyone had written love letters to her daughter in her previous life. She only knew that she never talked about what happened at school and was only concerned about grades. If she failed a place in an exam, she would cry secretly and would push back her bedtime that day. Even in her drowsy dreams, she would keep repeating, "I must get into the free student program."
In fact, she was also afraid at that time, afraid that she would not be able to complete her studies.
Now she spends far less time studying than in her previous life. When she gets home, she watches TV and looks for snacks out of greed, but her grades are better than in her previous life. It must be her family that is holding her back.
Fortunately, she has this life to make it up to her daughter.
After getting used to my current life, I look back at my previous life and it really wasn’t a life for a human being.
I don’t know what the Tang family’s situation is like now. Without my hard work and dedication, the second and third branches would probably be in chaos.
But these have nothing to do with me anymore.
My son-in-law in my previous life was from Shanghai. I don’t know how they met. He has been good to my daughter all his life, and in this life, I brought my daughter out early.
Is it possible to meet him again?
Zhang Lancao hopes to meet another person who truly loves her daughter.
Tang Yuanyuan went to the photo printing shop the next morning to develop the photos and got them in the afternoon. She brought the camera to school and took photos of her classmates, charging three yuan per photo.
It is approaching graduation season, and many students want to take photos as souvenirs. In fact, there are photographers coming in with cameras every day to take photos, and the charge is three yuan per photo.
Tang Yuanyuan was responsible for taking photos, and she asked Hu Yue to run errands for them.
In order to make money, photographers take pictures quickly, especially those that involve more than a dozen people. He doesn't care if some people have their eyes closed. Tang Yuanyuan certainly likes to make money, but she has inherited Zhang Lancao's good habits. She is serious about everything she does and studies the lens.
As long as you put in the effort, the results will be different. Tang Yuanyuan learned the technique of photography while earning money.
The students soon discovered that the photos taken by Tang Yuanyuan were better looking, and each photo seemed to tell a story.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't want to affect her studies, and she didn't like working hard for money, so she just raised the price and charged 5 yuan per ticket.
There are many rich people in Shanghai, especially girls, who have a deep love for taking photos and cannot be stopped. There are too many people, so Tang Yuanyuan simply limits the number of students and only accepts 20 students a day. The students have become more enthusiastic about her and are proud to have their photos taken with her.
After the junior high school entrance examination, Tang Yuanyuan was successfully admitted to high school with excellent results. Zhang Lancao had expected this result a long time ago, and the house she had prepared before came in handy.
It is just across the street from the school, and you can walk there with an umbrella on rainy days. This is a real commercial house, 108 square meters, three bedrooms and two living rooms, and a separate study. It has a bright European style decoration that young people like. There is a heater placed on the wall in each room, so the room will be warm in winter and there is air conditioning in summer.
When buying furniture, the clerk asked Zhang Lancao what price range she wanted, and she replied, "I want the best."
Now that she has money, she wants to give her daughter the best things.
Through an introduction, he found a local aunt who had worked as a maid for many years and was responsible for Tang Yuanyuan's three meals a day.
This kind of special servant has excellent cooking skills. She is not limited to meat dishes such as braised pork. She knows how to make nourishing soups, and she can take nutrition, taste and color into consideration. She also speaks softly. Tang Yuanyuan likes her very much and she lives the real life of a little princess.
"Is there anything else you want?"
She had worked hard for 9 years to get everything in this room. This feeling of satisfaction was indescribable. Zhang Lancao asked as she gently braided her daughter's hair.
The only thing I feel guilty about is that I have to go out all the time now and can't be with my daughter every day to accompany her through these important three years of her life.
Tang Yuanyuan loves this house, especially the natural wood floor, which is super comfortable to walk on barefoot.
She really wanted something: "I want to open a photo shop nearby, is that okay?"
"Okay, I'll find you a store downstairs. It'll be very convenient for you to look after it."
Zhang Lancao didn't even ask, because she knew her daughter was very good at arranging her life and it wouldn't affect her studies at all.
In this era, people take photos by themselves. There is no such thing as professional photography. It is a big happy event for ordinary people to take a family photo during the Chinese New Year.
Influenced by Zhang Lancao since childhood, Tang Yuanyuan naturally developed a habit of thinking about high-quality products from the customer's perspective when doing business.
Tang Yuanyuan bought some beautiful clothes and put them in the store. She hired a skilled craftsman and a woman to do her makeup.
She learned all the photography skills her master had accumulated over half his life, including the photo-developing techniques. She learned quickly and her master was happy to teach her.
Tang Yuanyuan also took photos for half a day on weekends. She learned the skills and earned money. Gradually, her photography skills surpassed those of the old masters. Because she only took photos for half a day on weekends, gradually people came to ask her to take photos. Tang Yuanyuan later directly added fees to herself. If anyone asked her to take photos, they would pay 20 yuan. The more she did this, the more popular she became and she gained a little fame.
With an economic foundation, making money is easy and fast.
During the past five years, the Foreigner Chili Sauce has expanded rapidly and has already ranked among the top 20 companies in terms of tax payment among all the companies in Shanghai. Although she is at the bottom, she is the only one who started her business entirely from scratch. This is the first time that Zhang Lancao has been awarded the title of Outstanding Entrepreneur by the government.
This is the first female entrepreneur in nearly ten years.
It happened to be winter vacation, and Tang Yuanyuan of course wanted to witness this grand occasion with her own eyes, so she went with her mother, carrying a camera.
All the entrepreneurs present were men in suits, so Zhang Lancao, wearing a women's suit, looked very different.
The golden medal on the medal was shining with a dazzling light, and even the person himself was glowing. Tang Yuanyuan took several photos and she felt that she had captured the best side of him.
It is definitely better than those photos taken by reporters. She plans to give her photos to reporters for publication in newspapers so that the whole world can see how beautiful her mother is.
"Ms. Zhang Lancao, let me tell you, you are now my most admired idol, and I am your most devout believer."
The medal was very light, but Zhang Lancao felt it was a little heavy in her hand.
13 years!
She transformed from an illiterate street sweeper to female entrepreneur Zhang Lancao.
A mother who can give her daughter the best material things.
Love, money, social status, all are there.
Mr. Shen was busy and couldn't come, so he sent his two sons to witness the scene. Someone started calling out to Tang Yuanyuan, mistakenly thinking she was a government-appointed photographer. "Excuse me, staff, come over here and take a close-up photo of each of our entrepreneurs."
Tang Yuanyuan took the camera and went over to take pictures of each entrepreneur in a suit in order.
What she didn't know was that Mr. Shen had something to do today, so he asked his eldest son to come and receive the award on his behalf. Mr. Shen didn't like this kind of occasion very much, so he asked his younger brother to come and accompany him.
Shen Yu was just there to hang out. He heard a clear female voice: "Sir, please raise your head."
Tang Yuanyuan regarded him as an entrepreneur to be commended.
When he looked up, Shen Yu faced the camera.
With a "click", a silver light flashed in the aperture.
Tang Yuanyuan put down her camera, the half of her face that was exposed drooping slightly, her thick, long eyelashes curling slightly. She fiddled with the camera with both hands and said, "Huaihe Road, Yuanyuan Photo Studio, 20 yuan per photo, pick up by yourself."
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