Chapter 59: No turning back
I think our parting should be when the sun is not scattered in the morning. I only remember: we slept on the sofa in the coffee shop. I had a night of dreams. When I woke up, I was wearing a coat on my body, but she had already left. But the whole Mochou Road had not yet woken up. Only some cold sunlight mixed with street lights fell on the old eaves. Then some breakfast vendors came to the street one after another. When they lifted up the steaming pot, the whole street covered in winter seemed to have begun to become energetic. They had some business one after another. The first wave of office workers in this city had already started their busy day.
I folded Micai's white coat and hugged it in my arms. I felt a little disappointed, but I was very calm because I had already prepared her to leave. The best result was that she left in my sleep. In fact, I was also afraid to see her disappearing from my sight little by little, but I could do nothing.
In the morning, Robben and Yang Youqi met at a relatively famous breakfast shop in Nanjing. Yang Youqi did not regard herself as a star at the level of the queen. She was like a woman who cared about her boyfriend's face. She carefully brewed a pot of jasmine tea for me and Robben, and then sat aside, looking at me and Robben like an audience.
Robben asked me, “Where did you last night?”
I didn't want to tell Robben that I met Mi Cai for a brief time, for fear of arousing his series of concerns, but I wanted to respond one by one with the pain of parting. I just replied: "I ate some midnight snacks myself, so I just found a small hotel on the street to stay."
"When did you become so incompatible?"
I smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and remembered in my heart that Mi Cai asked me to talk about cooperation with An Qi before leaving. Before that, I had to decide with Yang Youqi whether I would like to endorse our online mall. So I turned to Yang Youqi, who had been sitting next to us and listened, and asked: "Youqi, I asked you to talk about cooperation a few times ago. How are you thinking about it?"
Yang Youqi smiled slightly and said to me: "Brother Zhaoyang, I was about to tell you about this matter!...I think we can further talk about cooperation."
I was delighted and asked again, "I really want to know what prompted you to make this decision?"
Yang Youqi first looked at Robben before turning to me and replied: "Roben said, you are a trustworthy buddy!"
I nodded. I don’t need to express my gratitude to Robben, the brother. His trust in me seems to be so unconditional from the first meeting we met. But on the other hand, Yang Youqi’s trust in him is also unconditional, so I did this so smoothly, which further shows that Yang Youqi’s true feelings for Robben. You must know how rare it is to make a cooperation decision when such a star, putting aside the endorsement fee and the project is still in the preparation stage...
However, will Yang Youqi, who is already giving sincerely, fall in love with Robben and have a result?
I can't figure it out, I just saw some shadows of Faye Wong and Dou Wei in them... I heard that life is a foggy forest. If the lost people are lost, the people who meet will meet again... If so, I hope they are the latter! I also hope that Yang Youqi's rising reputation will not become a burden to Robben.
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After I left Nanjing this morning, I went directly to Yangzhou, and then to the newlywed residence of An Qi and Zhang Yixi. Zhang Yixi was also in Yangzhou very rarely, so I turned this business meeting into a gathering of friends, so when I saw that their family was so happy that I had no desire to talk about cooperation. I just wanted to stay at their house, finish lunch and dinner...
Zhang Yixi and Anqi were busy in the kitchen, while I sat on the sofa with their son Pipi and talked about a very popular electric game recently. Then I exchanged my experience of playing the game very seriously, but it attracted Anqi to scold me, calling me a benevolent person and Zhang Yixi, who knew that he would take Pipi in a direction of not doing his job, and almost gave me an order to expel him...
After lunch, Zhang Yixi took Pipi back to the room for lunch. In the living room, An Qi and I finally talked about business cooperation in the manner of a businessman to a businessman.
I spent an hour telling Angel about her project ideas and strategic planning. During the process, she seemed to have taken control of everything and did not raise too many questions about my plan. However, she highly recognized my acquisition of the magazine "Fashion Guava" and the invitation of Yang Youqi to join the project. At this time, we reached an agreement that we will set up a relevant working group in the near future to determine the cooperation methods and related matters of interest distribution.
Time has come from noon to afternoon. Angel and I finally talked about life in our careers. I was able to breathe, but I inevitably remembered the night I was with Mi Cai yesterday. In fact, even I myself did not expect that we would calm down the ecstasy after a long separation and reunion, and live the short time together so peacefully, but so unforgettable, as if until now, there is still the faint breath left by her on my body, which makes me unwilling to believe that she left like this again!
That night, I really stayed at Anqi and Zhang Yixi’s house for dinner, and then found a hotel near the Shrimp West Lake Scenic Area and stayed... So my seemingly secret loneliness erupted in the night mixed with lights...
During this year, I saw that many of my friends around me had already settled love and life, but I could only pretend that I could wait any longer, wandering in the miserable sea of time without a deadline!
Standing by the balcony, leaning over to look at the enchanting night view, but sighed. Because I was troubled by loneliness, I couldn't feel like a happy person!
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After I returned to Suzhou, I started to set up a new working group and worked closely with the investment team of Anqi. We quickly and efficiently determined the amount of the investment in the first phase. A month later, I officially acquired the magazine "Fao Guava" in the name of Luku, and used the corresponding network of relationships to start building our own supply channels. At the same time, Tongzi also brought a new team to build our online mall, and I also personally formed a team to plan the marketing promotion after the mall operation.
During this period, in addition to being busy with the company and new projects, I also closely monitored the trends of my competitor Wansen. According to reliable news, Wansen's online mall originally had an advertising budget of 200 million in the second quarter of this year, but it was reported that it had shrunk by 100 million recently. This does not require too much speculation. Because it is related to the huge impact of Wansen's investors in the European market, they have to tighten their budgets to maintain the group's operations... However, these only put some financial pressure on them. Even if they leave the investors, Wansen is a well-established group with great background. They have other financing channels to maintain their own operations.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to defeat the behemoth of Wansen in a short period of time. We also need to have more direct competition in the market. The online mall created by Wansen with almost all resources is the best target of attack. Once the project fails to operate, it will hurt the foundation of Wansen's operation.
It was another busy night. I drove to the city center alone to have some late night snacks, but I met Fangyuan when I passed by Wansen. I don’t think this was a coincidence, because in the long time we had only met only a few times.
Fang Yuan came to me with a briefcase. Obviously, he was busy with work until this time. I looked at him coldly, because to this day, my heart was still full of irresistible hatred for him. If he hadn't trampled on our friendship for almost ten years with deliberate deception, I would not have come to this point with Mi Cai. It was him who selfishly used his inflated desire to destroy my life with Mi Cai... If God had eyes, an ungrateful person like him must receive the punishment he deserved, otherwise there would be no justice and fairness in this world.
Fang Yuan is a very elusive man. He seemed to have never done anything that was angry and resentful. He took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and handed it to me as skillfully as before, and asked with a smile: "Are you just getting off work?"
I didn't take his cigarette and responded: "You and I don't need the false politeness in these scenes... Fang Yuan, you have done so many things that both people and Gods have angered each other. Why can you live with peace of mind and stand in front of me with peace of mind?"
Fang Yuan smiled and said, "I don't know if I live with peace of mind, but it is human instinct to make myself happy... This is our biggest difference. I live for the sake of a better life, but you always play a role of seeking trouble!"
"Haha... you did pass for a better life, so you married Mi Lan, go out to play with female stars, and squander the money you have won with shamelessness..... If you do more unrighteous things, you will die. There are so many people you let down... Even Mi Lan, a very stupid woman!"
Fang Yuan looked at me, and he lit the cigarette he had been holding in his mouth, took a sip, squinted his eyes to avoid the diffuse smoke, and then said: "...A person will walk many ways in his life, but I only don't go back, because looking back means I admit that I have taken the wrong way..."
I interrupted what he wanted to continue: "There is no wrong way in this world, only the wrong people...you should do it yourself!"
Chapter completed!