After nearly forty-eight hours, Duffy finally got in touch with the British girl who was doing the design.
The other party was in Nepal at the time. He was originally planning to go hiking in the Everest area on the Nepal side, but he had to retreat due to high altitude sickness. He rested in the hospital for a few days before finally recovering.
Originally, the girl’s idea was to hike in the Mount Everest region of Nepal for seven to ten days, and then take the land route from Nepal to China to start her journey to China. However, due to high altitude sickness, she decided to fly to China from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. However, there are currently very few domestic flights from Kathmandu, and she is worried about altitude sickness and does not dare to fly directly to Lhasa, so she is planning to transfer via Dhaka or Bangkok.
Before confirming the route, the British girl went online to report to her family that she was safe, and received Duffy's MSN message.
Du Fei told her that a friend in China wanted to design an MP3 player and asked him to help find a talented industrial designer, so he thought of her.
Because the British girl could not enter China by land, and the plane had to be transferred to other countries, the cost increased a lot. She was worried that she was a little strapped. When she heard that Du Fei introduced her to a part-time job, she agreed without much hesitation. down.
After Du Fei confirmed the details with her, he called Li Mu to tell them.
After hearing this, Li Mu asked: "When will this British girl come to China? Is Yanjing the first stop?"
Duffy said: "Don't call her a British girl, she has a name."
Li Mu hummed, "I know she has a name, but you didn't tell me."
Du Fei said: "Her name is Arya, Arya, Arya Johnson. She plans to take a flight to Bangkok tomorrow, and then fly from Bangkok to Yanjing. She should arrive in Yanjing in the afternoon the day after tomorrow."
"Okay." Li Mu said, "Tell me the flight number then and I will pick her up at the airport."
Duffy said: "People have said that it is no problem to design an MP3, but the design fee will be 20,000 US dollars."
Li Mu smiled and said: "What I am lacking now is talent, and the most indispensable thing is money."
Du Fei smiled and said, "Just blow it."
Li Mu said: "Really, if you are thirsty for talent, all you have to do is go to a tattoo shop and get six words tattooed on your forehead: stupid people, plenty of money, come soon."
It was the first time that Du Fei heard the joke about how fast people can make money. She laughed hard on the phone. After a while, she regained her composure and said, "I will go back and join you in a while. I hope you are really like what you said." That way, people are stupid and have too much money!”
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Two days later in the afternoon, Li Mu held up a large sign in front of the exit of Terminal 2 of the Capital Airport with a string of English words written on it: Arya.Johnson.
After the flight from Bangkok to Yanjing landed, a large number of people of various races gradually poured out of the exit. Li Mu waited for twenty minutes holding a sign. A young white woman about 1.73 meters tall and slightly thin appeared. Standing in front of Li Mu, he said in very unfamiliar Chinese: "Nihao..."
Li Mu turned around and saw that this girl was tall and thin, with blond hair and blue eyes, and a pretty face. She looked very much like the American actor Blake Lively, the S in Gossip Girl, the female star who later had an affair with Leonardo DiCaprio.
The girl was carrying a huge and scary hiking bag, with a sleeping bag tied underneath and a pair of hiking shoes hanging on her back. At first glance, she looked like a typical backpacker.
Just when Li Mugang wanted to ask her if she was Arya Johnson, she pointed to the name on the sign, then pointed to herself, and said, "Excuse-me, I'm-Arya Johnson, are-you-Mr. Lee?"
When Li Mu heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes-I-am, Great-to-see-you." After saying that, Li Mu stretched out his hand and shook Arya's hand gently.
Arya finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in English: "I heard Du Fei introduce your situation. I will stay in China for a while this time and help you solve the MP3 design work first."
Li Mu nodded, then offered to help her carry her bag, and then went to the parking lot.
Arya said embarrassedly: "This bag is too heavy, so I'd better do it myself."
Li Mu said with a smile: "In China, if a man walks with empty hands with a woman carrying such a big bag, he will be despised by everyone. People will say that he is not gentlemanly."
Arya stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Well, no matter what, I can't let a gentleman be misunderstood." After that, she took off her huge backpack and handed it to Li Mu.
The moment Li Mu took the backpack and felt the weight in his hands, he was secretly surprised. This backpack must weigh at least thirty or forty kilograms. It is really admirable for a girl to carry such a heavy backpack all over the world.
After getting in the car, Li Mu said to Alya while driving: "I have booked a hotel room for you. I will take you to the hotel later. You put your things down, rest and we will have dinner together."
Arya waved her hand hurriedly and said: "Mr. Li, you don't have to be so polite. I'm used to staying in youth hostels, so I don't need to stay in a hotel so wastefully..."
Li Mu said without any doubt: "What you like when you are a backpacker is your choice, but since you have come to Yanjing, you are my guest, and I can't let my guests stay in youth hotels, not to mention, If you want to work, you also need a quiet and comfortable environment.”
Arya still wanted to refuse, but remembering what Du Fei told her about Chinese hospitality and the chauvinistic characteristics of Chinese men, she stopped refuting.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while. Li Mu learned from Arya that she was 24 years old and had been traveling around the world since graduation. It had been more than a year now. Over the past year, she had traveled to six places. More than a dozen different countries traveled all the way from North America to South America, from Argentina to the Antarctic with scientific research ships that docked for supplies, and then from the Antarctic to Africa, then all the way north along Africa to Europe, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, and then from Moscow. From the Black Sea to Turkey, and then to Asia, she experienced countless customs and customs along the way. Whenever she ran out of money, she would stop and look for odd jobs or take on a design job. After saving enough money, she could continue her journey.
While Li Mu admired the other party's courage and perseverance, he was also secretly grateful, saying that he was lucky to have learned English fairly well in his previous life, so there was no obstacle to communication.
Li Mu asked her why she did not choose to work after graduation, but first chose to travel around the world in such a hard way.
She replied: "I don't think it's very hard. On the contrary, I think it's very fulfilling. Once I've traveled to the places I want to go, I'll go back to my hometown in the UK and write down my travel experiences in a book." This book.”
Li Mu said: "Then you must give me a copy."
Arya stuck out her tongue and said, "I don't even know if I can publish it once I write it."
Li Mu smiled and said: "If it can't be published, just send me the electronic version."
Arya chuckled and agreed, "Okay then, I will definitely send you a copy then..."
The hotel Li Mu booked for Aaliyah was a five-star hotel on Chang'an Street. Li Mu booked a business suite in advance and paid a sufficient deposit in advance to ensure Aaliyah's accommodation in the hotel and daily billing.
Since Li Mu started his business, his attitude towards talents has always been to pay a high premium. It's not that he has money but no place to spend it. The most important thing is to consider the future. In the future, the scale of his business will become larger and larger, and so will his money. The more you earn, the prerequisite is a strong team support. As long as you are talented, Li Mu is willing to give you higher prices and higher courtesy than others. Real talents will always make you earn more than you spend. The more you spend, the more you earn. , often the more you earn.
Arya has been out for so long, and this is the first time she has met someone as considerate and considerate as Li Mu. Although the other person has work that needs to be completed by herself, what he has done is beyond the scope of work remuneration, which makes her a little flattered. Uneasy, but more moved.
Li Mu sent her to the door of the room, but had no intention of entering. Instead, he took out a large brown paper envelope from his pocket, which contained 10,000 yuan in cash, a brand new Nokia mobile phone, and a Debit card with a deposit of 50,000.
Li Mu said: "This cash can save you the trouble of exchanging RMB. If you need to spend anything, you can choose to pay in cash or swipe a card. The card password is 123456. You can also withdraw cash from ATM machines. ATM machines have English operating modes. , very simple. A Huaxia mobile phone card has been installed in the phone, and international phone service has been activated. You can use it to contact family and friends at any time. I have saved my number in it. If you need to contact me for anything, , just call me directly."
Arya waved her hands quickly and said, "Mr. Li, thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept the money..."
Li Mu said: "You can regard it as your reward for the time being. If it hasn't been spent by the time you leave, I will convert it into US dollars and give you the rest. Is that okay?"
After Li Mu said this, Arya thought about it for a moment. She spent some money on her illness and a lot of money on her transfer to Yanjing. Now her entire possessions should be less than a thousand US dollars. At this time, it seems that she really doesn't have a lot of money. It was time to show off again, so she took the envelope from Li Mu with both hands, put it on her heart, and said with gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Li, you are so kind!"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "You go in first and put your things away. You can take a shower and have a rest. It's now five o'clock in the afternoon, Yanjing time. We plan to have dinner at seven o'clock in the evening. I'll be waiting for you in the hotel lobby at seven o'clock." , I ordered the most famous Yanjing roast duck in Yanjing today, and we will try it together in the evening."
Arya almost burst into tears after hearing this. Although she has always been a very independent and strong woman, this is the first time that she has been taken care of so thoughtfully by someone other than her parents, so she suddenly found that being taken care of It feels so special, this is a very special kind of beauty.
After Li Mu finished speaking, he didn't stay long. He waved his hand and turned around and went to the elevator. He took the elevator downstairs. He felt that Arya had spent more than 20 hours in transit to Yanjing. She should be very tired at this time. She needed to Take a break first.
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