Chapter 134: 5200 words
"Hehe, that's it..." She smiled as if she relieved her embarrassment. "Where is my health products, I haven't sold them, I haven't made any money. I can't write well, so I want to join a fried chicken shop. The various franchise fees of the fried chicken shop are combined to cost 100,000 yuan. It's a bit difficult for my family to take out 100,000 yuan now. I'm thinking at home and want to find a partner. I think Jiang Xi is free. Jiang Xi must be very idle at home. If we open a fried chicken shop together, you write yours at home in the morning, you go to see the store in the afternoon, I rest, I work harder in the evening, and I will see the store again, and then the profit is halfway. Do you think this is a good thing? Let's do it together? Jiang Xi, maybe we can make our career bigger? In the future, we will open ten and eight stores in Nanjing. The most important thing is not to delay your writing. What do you think?"
Wang Meili finished her entrepreneurial concept passionately and looked at Jiang Xi with anticipation.
At first glance, it seems that the idea is really good. While doing a business, it doesn’t delay Jiang Xi’s writing. The most important thing is that I also think that joining a store, even if you do something, is more reliable than Jiang Xi’s writing.
I originally thought that Jiang Xi would think about it, but she looked at Wang Meili without even hesitation and said directly, "Your idea is pretty good, but you want to find someone else to partner with me, I have no interest in opening a store."
"Oh? Jiang Xi, please think carefully! I'm short of 50,000 yuan, otherwise I'll definitely do it myself. I know a friend. The fried chicken restaurant she opened has a net profit of 300,000 yuan a year, which is already very good."
Jiang Xi still shook her head, "I'm not interested in how much money I make."
Her attitude was so firm that Wang Meili was speechless for a moment. She suddenly glanced at his husband Zhao Mingfei and said, "Mingfei, go and talk to Jiangdong alone,"
"oh!"
Zhao Mingfei stood up and said to me, "Jiangdong, I'll talk to you alone, let my wife talk to your wife alone."
I glanced at Jiang Xi, she nodded, and I followed Zhao Mingfei out of the door and went to the stairwell.
I don’t know what Wang Meili said to Jiang Xi again, but what Zhao Mingfei wanted to say to me seemed to be easy to guess. She sent me a message: If Zhao Mingfei borrows money from you, you will say that our family’s money is the final word of my wife.
I wanted to laugh in my heart, but at this time, Zhao Mingfei handed me a cigarette.
I shook my head and said, "I can't smoke."
I can drink less wine, but I really don’t like the slightest bit of cigarettes, and I feel very annoyed when I smell the smoke.
Zhao Mingfei smiled, "What era is this? Don't smoke or drink, you lack masculinity!"
I smiled and said, "Maybe everyone has a different understanding of the concept of manliness. I think that people who do not smoke or drink can better reflect a person's ability to control themselves."
"Haha! That's right." He obviously didn't want to argue with me, as if he was giving in to me.
After talking for a few words, he started to get to the point. He really admired Jiang Xi. She guessed it correctly, but I was not amazed either. I was probably used to Jiang Xi's wisdom and keenness.
Zhao Mingfei put out a cigarette butt and said, "That's right, my salary is not high. Meili is a virtuous wife who is well-mannered. She has been worried about our family's financial situation all day long. This makes me feel very guilty. Who makes me incompetent? She has not made money selling health products. She wants to learn to write with Jiang Xi. She is not as good as Jiang Xi. She can't even spend time writing without making money. So she especially wants to open her own fried chicken shop. Meili
She is very diligent. She can do anything when she gets up early and goes to bed late, but she is short of 50,000 yuan for the time being, so she wants to open a store with Jiang Xi. What she told me at home is that she can do more work at that time so that Jiang Xi can have time to write. It’s okay if she suffers some losses. I felt very sad when I heard this. It’s not that I’m not capable of giving her more 50,000 yuan. So, I came to find you today. I just heard your wife’s intentions that she didn’t want to open a store…”
I nodded, "Yes, Jiang Xi is not interested in opening a store."
Zhao Mingfei immediately said, "If your wife is really not interested in opening a store, then Jiangdong, can I ask you to lend me 50,000 yuan? My family really needs this 50,000 yuan to open this fried chicken shop..."
OK, after saying so many things to lay the groundwork, the last sentence is the key point.
The couple meant that if they could not join forces, they would become borrowing money and were very good at calculating. Fortunately, Jiang Xi was smart enough and had predicted everything in advance.
I still laughed harmlessly, "Hahaha, Oh, I'm going to tell you, I'm a wife who is strictly in charge. My family's money is collected by my wife. I have to ask her for a penny for every penny I have to have no money on me. I have no money at all. She collects my salary card. If I go on a business trip, how much money I spend, I have to keep the account and compare it. If one penny is missing, it may be dangerous to kneel on the keyboard."
This time, Zhao Mingfei didn't laugh, as if he couldn't laugh anymore, and said lightly, "As a man, you are too afraid of your wife, right?"
I still answered with a smile, "There is a saying in Zhao Benshan's sketch, this is not fear, this is love, only love can only be afraid. How can you be afraid of her if you don't love?"
Zhao Mingfei smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Go in!"
He looked helpless and unwilling to go into the house with me again. On the way, I saw him sending messages with his mobile phone. I thought he should have informed his wife about the situation.
When we entered the house, I happened to see Wang Meili glance at her phone, and she immediately frowned.
Then she raised her head and said to Jiang Xi, "Jiang Xi, if you are really not interested in joining a fried chicken shop, can you lend us 50,000 yuan? Our family really needs this fried chicken shop. I promise that within a year, as long as the store makes money, I will return it to you immediately. Even if we don't make money, we will sell the pot and eat braised vegetables, and we will definitely return it to you!"
To be honest, we have the 50,000 yuan in hand. It doesn’t matter if we are classmates or friends who have a good relationship with each other. However, I really can’t guess whether Jiang Xi will lend it to them.
At this moment, Jiang Xi seemed to be really impatient. She stopped smiling and said calmly, "We are short of money now."
Wang Meili immediately said, "Jiang Xi, don't say that. Your Jiangdong works in a foreign company and makes a lot of money every month. If you say you are short of money, who would believe it!"
Jiang Xi also said seriously, "Our family is really short of money because we are planning to buy a second house."
"Ah?" Wang Meili looked shocked, "I'm going to buy a second house? Does it cost so much?"
Jiang Xi said, "I don't have much money, so I'll prepare 500,000 yuan. Now we have 450,000 yuan, and we are still missing 50,000 yuan. We are saving money. Originally, Jiangdong and I were thinking about whether we can borrow 50,000 yuan from you so that we can buy a second house."
Wang Meili frowned suddenly, with a crying voice, "No, can you stop buying a house, or buy it half a year later, and borrow 50,000 yuan from us to open a store. When I make money, I will pay you more interest. Then you can buy a house."
Jiang Xi immediately followed her emphasis, "Oh, how can it work? The house is rising so fast now. If you don't buy it now, you may not be able to buy it in the future. It would be a pity not to buy a house. Otherwise, you don't open a fried chicken shop. Opening a fried chicken shop may not make money. If you lose money, it will be even more troublesome. Lend us the money and let us buy a house first. We are all so anxious. Look at the other classmates in Jiangdong, which family has two houses. I feel so anxious."
This seemed to hit Wang Meili's heart all of a sudden. She said with a little dissatisfaction in an instant, "In this way, our house is at least and smallest."
Jiang Xi immediately said, "The houses of our two families are similar, but I never compare with others. People have big houses, but they have the ability. What does it have to do with us? The more capable we have, we live in the big house. In the more wealthy days we have, we can get a down payment of 500,000 yuan in the fifth floor, otherwise I wouldn't want to have the second house. This person should have the ability and the big things he thinks, don't you think? Also, we also
I want to borrow money from others, but after thinking about it, I have no relationship with my classmates in Jiangdong, so I can't speak? Even if you didn't talk about borrowing money today, we wouldn't say anything. Since you mentioned it first, I'm not polite. You lend us the money, which is better than opening a store. When the housing prices rise, I will give you three times more interest than the bank. Do you think about it?"
I really admire Jiang Xi for being so angry that she easily turned her passive position into an active position, and even kicked the difficult ball to the opponent.
In and out of the words, Jiang Xi was already very clear, expressing our determination not to borrow money, but also slamming them and taught them a lesson that our relationship was not as good as the one to borrow money.
The couple also understood it. Wang Meili stood up with a gray face and said in depression and displeasure, "Okay, I understand it. Jiang Xi, you are really hardworking. Since you are such a noble person, I think you will definitely not want this health supplement..."
Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Of course!"
The tone is a bit annoying, but you can't tell me. There is a way I like to see you have no choice but to do anything to me.
"Go away!"
Wang Meili glared at Zhao Mingfei and left first. Zhao Mingfei quickly followed. When he reached the door, Jiang Xi suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"
The couple immediately looked back at Jiang Xi, with a little surprised and cautious look, as if they had already experienced Jiang Xi's power.
Jiang Xi picked up the bottle of Wang Meili on the cabinet and gave her the first multi-dimensional piece, "Take this one away!"
Zhao Mingfei seemed a little embarrassed and said, "You can keep this and eat it!"
Jiang Xi said, "It's better to take it away. The hands of people who take it short and the mouth of people who eat it shortly. Our family is not used to taking advantage of others. Take it away, it's so clean!"
The subtext is broken! The couple should be able to understand these words.
Wang Meili grabbed the multi-dimensional film on Jiang Xi's hand with an unhappy look on her face, turned around and left, and Zhao Mingfei immediately followed.
When I closed the door, I turned around and asked Jiang Xi with some confusion, "Do you think we are a bit cruel to their husband and wife like this? In fact, Wang Meili's idea of joining a fried chicken shop seems pretty good. If you build a store with others while writing, wouldn't it be nice if you can make some money?"
Jiang Xi picked up the teacup on the tea table, drank a sip of water and said, "I once read a passage in a book, saying that small cooperation should put aside attitude and respect each other; big cooperation should put aside interests and balance each other; lifelong cooperation should put aside personality and achieve each other. Just ask for it without knowing how to give; or just be willful and do not know how to make concessions, you will lose all your money in the end. Growing together is the way to survive. Work is like this, marriage is like this, friendship is like this, and career is like this!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at me, "Do you understand what I'm talking about?"
I shook my head, not very clear.
Jiang Xi said, "Look at what I said in this passage that someone like Wang Meili can match?"
My heart suddenly felt like it was suddenly enlightened.
Jiang Xi continued, "From the beginning of her quarrel with Chen Tingxia in person at a class reunion, we can see that she is a person who is more profit-oriented than loss. The last time she invited us to dinner, we can see that she is a person who is selfish, self-interested, and has a bad heart, hates people with rich people, laughs at people with poor people, and is better than her, and is jealous of her."
"Yes! Yes!" I nodded quickly.
"Looking for a partner is like falling in love. If the person is right, everything will be right. In this way, we can cooperate for a long time and achieve a win-win goal. If there is any accident, we can live up to the joys and sorrows. But if the person is wrong, no matter how good things are, they will fail. Therefore, if you choose a partner, you must keep your eyes wide and not be tempted by some superficial interests."
"Wife, you are very right, I'm not thinking well."
She sat on the sofa, and I sat beside her and reached out to rub her shoulders, and then asked tentatively, "Wife, if you think the business of the fried chicken shop or other franchise stores is pretty good, why don't we join one of them?"
Jiang Xi turned her head and looked at me sideways. I blinked, wondering if I was saying the wrong thing? In her heart, she might not want to do anything except write?
"Well!" Jiang Xi suddenly sighed and said, "Do you know Jiangdong, most people, when they were in their teens, didn't know what they wanted to do, so they did it randomly; when they were in their twenties, they felt that they could do anything, so they did it hard; when they were in their thirties, they found that there were a lot of things on hand, but they didn't want to do it; when they were in their forties, they realized that they could do only one thing, and they only wanted to do that... Although I was less than forty, I felt that after I resigned from a TV station and a magazine and went home, and pushed for some script writing jobs, I knew very well what I wanted. I only wanted to write this thing in my life..."
I looked at her firm and sincere eyes, as if I heard that this was her promise to her life.
She also said, "If our family is in financial difficulties now, let alone let me open a store, even if I am asked to work as an hourly worker and work as a nanny for others, I can do it. But now our family has no financial pressure, and I just want to fulfill my ideal."
"Wife, you have very good ideas. Really, I support you, but I just have a question. What level do you have to do when you write? Even if you have fulfilled your ideal?"
Jiang Xi turned his eyes and said, "Well... I wrote a book full of positive energy that is thoughtful and connotated, which can correctly guide young people's world outlook, outlook on life, values and family concepts, and then, a big fire! This is my ideal."
"Puff!" I laughed, thought for a while, and said, "You are doing this so seriously, I believe you will become popular sooner or later."
"Cough!" Jiang Xi said with a smile, "I think I want to be popular, it's harder than others!"
"Then why?" I was puzzled.
We are like two old friends talking about life and ideals, of course they all talk about her, because I don’t have any special ideals. My ideal is to be able to raise this family well, to allow my wife and children to have enough food and clothing, and to allow my wife to write what she likes without pressure. This is my greatest ideal. I think my ideals are always being realized, and I have been working hard in my ideals. It’s great. Looking at my wife and children’s happiness, I feel quite accomplished!
Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Because I am too greedy, others will make a choice when writing articles, such as choosing a subscribed item to pretend to be slap in the face, or choosing an IP copyright in the IP that is more important than thoughts and connotations. They will choose one of them. Every time I conceive a essay, I always want to take all of these, and I always want to write a book that is both entertaining and thoughtful, but it seems that I have not written any aspect well, and then every time I ended up in a miserable way."
"Hahahaha!" I laughed, touched her hair, hoping to use this action to comfort her, "Wife, don't care so much, just write the articles you want to write, and write the articles you think will be happy. Don't you often say it? It depends on people and things will be accomplished. If you do your best, leave the rest to God, but you have to ensure that you are happy in the process!"
She turned her head and suddenly kissed the corner of my lips, smiling sweetly, "Thank you husband, I'm more confident with your encouragement. I think I will be popular one day, it's just a matter of time!"
"That's right! It's definitely!"
Actually, I didn't know why I could say such unwilling words at that time. Year after year, day after day, Jiang Xi was always very determined and kept stumbleing smoothly, without even a surprise.
By the end of the month, I began to sort out the invoices and prepare for the validity. Even though our family of three went out to have dinner every day, they didn’t get 20,000 yuan in the end. I was so worried that where could I find so many invoices?
I called Zhang Yang and wanted to ask him how. Where did they get the invoice? I said that they invited customers to have so many meals, but I didn't believe it at all.
"Hey! Zhang Yang, I just want to ask you where can I get an invoice? Why can't I get enough 20,000 yuan?"
Chapter completed!