When Wang Tongguang returned home, he was still feeling heartbroken over the ten thousand yuan he had lost. He would win or lose a few thousand yuan each time when he went out to play cards, but that was a win-lose situation, and his card skills were actually not bad, and he would win more often than not, otherwise he would not have defeated Jiang Zhou who wanted to fight him. So this ten thousand yuan was equivalent to his pocket money saved for a month. If he really asked his father for the money in one go, he would probably be slapped in the face.
When he came back, Wang Tongguang saw his father Wang Jian sitting on the sofa with a stack of banknotes on the marble coffee table in front of him.
Most of them were in denominations of one hundred yuan, and because many of them were old, they looked fluffy when put together. They looked to be about the width of a mobile phone in thickness. Wang Tongguang's heart skipped a beat, because he had seen several of the bills with special imprints that looked familiar. When he gave out the money today, he was not so carefree.
And it seemed like it was the first time Wang Tongguang saw this kind of expression on his father's face, complicated and solemn. At this time, he asked with inner uneasiness and trepidation, "Dad... what's wrong..."
Wang Jian let out a "hmm!" sound, and a cigarette was pinched between the knuckles of his index and middle fingers, with protruding joints. Wang Tongguang felt a little nervous when he saw this hand. Wang Jian's hands were thin but very powerful, and they felt like weights when hitting people. Wang Tongguang had a natural psychological shadow.
"You lost so much money playing cards outside today... Someone brought the money here." Wang Jian paused and said solemnly, "You are quite capable. You usually told me that you played small cards when you gambled outside. Now it seems that you are almost catching up with your father. You have great potential, great potential..."
Wang Tongguang was a little confused, and felt the strong storm in the words. At the same time, he was in doubt. He didn't even have time to resent the other party. He just felt that the other party's move shook his worldview. What kind of person is this... I have never heard of winning so much money, but giving it back to the other party's parents as if it were dirt. In this way, he also wants to teach himself a lesson? This person is too thoughtful!
But Wang Tongguang didn't get the usual beating he'd been expecting. Instead, Wang Jian was unusually calm as he twisted his cigarette butt and asked, "Do you know who the other party is? How dare you fight him?"
This calmness made Wang Tongguang feel a chill that was more frightening than the violent situation. He also keenly caught the meaning in Wang Jian's tone. He raised his head and said, "He was just a high school student, and Jiang Erwa from Huatong Company... Dad, how... "
"I can give you money. As long as you don't take drugs, stay healthy, and don't commit crimes, I won't care about you... But you don't even have basic judgment. That's your own stupidity. High school student, do you know who that high school student is? Mr. Fu Longcheng's son!"
"He's the CEO of Fulong Company who was able to pin Lu Xiaodong to the ground and arrest all the troublemakers when facing a group of people with guns and knives. He's not even afraid of Lei Wei's gang. You're so ambitious. You want to gamble with his son to see who has more money. Did I give you too much money?... I sent the money to you because I don't want to argue with you... I want to teach you a lesson. If I win 10,000 from you today, I'll let you go. But next time if we meet in another situation, I might make you bankrupt!"
Wang Tongguang was stunned. He even thought of the various boasts that his friends had made when they persuaded him. Some of them saw that he was depressed and said that they would come to him some other day to vent his anger. Now that he knew the other party's identity, Wang Tongguang could imagine how ridiculous his friends' words were at that time. If those friends knew the identity of that person, they would probably be unable to say a word now and would keep their mouths shut tighter than anyone else.
If Cheng Feiyang of Fulong captured Dadong when the other party was armed, he could be considered a big boss. Then his son was calm and composed from the moment he showed up to the gambling fight where Wang Tongguang lost all his money... Yes, if it can be described, it was an indifferent attitude.
If both sides were ferocious beasts, it would obviously be impossible for the other side to show such an attitude.
Only when one party thinks that the other party poses no threat to itself at all, it is like a rabbit challenging a lion. No matter how red-eyed and how fiercely it grimaces, the lion may let it jump up and down. In the eyes of the lion, it probably has an attitude of "You have two long ears, such short legs, and you jump so high, how can you be so cute?"
At that time, I was just such a rabbit!
From Fulong's acquisition of Rongcheng Huatong to Fulong's arrest of Lu Xiaodong, the Fulong gang was once widely rumored. They had military management, strict rules and regulations, strong execution and public relations capabilities, efficient systems, and dared to fight and fight. They could tear apart the existing system without fear and rush into the market. All this was because of a military-born CEO with a strong will.
He now realized that the boss's son was not a bastard. In comparison, he was in a miserable state and was asking for trouble.
For the first time in history, today, Wang Tongguang, who had always been convinced by his father's beating, did not receive a beating from his father.
Wang Jian simply collected the money without causing any major storm.
Wang Tongguang was a little surprised.
"Keep it. I believe you have learned a lesson. He didn't argue with you. You should understand and learn more about this kind of tactics... People go through a process of getting to know each other through fighting. I can't take care of you forever. You still have to learn the way forward on your own. Make friends with this person, get close to him, learn from him... Make the good things your own."
Wang Jian was a little emotional, "He's just a high school student... He handles things like this. Mr. Cheng must be very talented to have taught such a child!"
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Tianxingdaoguan is a direction that Cheng Ran wants to try. At this time, such creativity is also ahead of the times in a city like Chengdu. Although Chengdu is not as advanced and developed as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, its positioning as the so-called "Land of Abundance" in a remote corner gives it unique advantages in entertainment and leisure.
Chengdu has never been a city populated by locals. Looking back on its history, although natural disasters are rare, man-made disasters are constant, massacres, internal strife and banditry have never ceased. It has also experienced many large-scale population migrations, the most famous of which in modern times was the "Huguang Filling Sichuan" in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, almost all the people here are from outside, which is euphemistically called "inclusiveness". It also brings together, collides and conflicts of various ideas and living habits, and thus becomes vibrant.
People here are just as keen on pursuing market trends and new things as people in other big cities, and they are even unwilling to lag behind.
There is a saying in later generations that Chengdu is an "Internet celebrity" that attracts people from all over the country to come and watch, and at the same time it is a "green tea bitch" who is very good at marketing. It is very good at using various elements such as "pandas", "Sichuan opera face-changing", and "Zhang Yimou shooting promotional videos" to increase its presence at home and abroad. It learned Internet thinking, storytelling, advertising, and occupying market position early on, but these cannot exist independently without strength.
This also shows that there has always been a keen and considerable aesthetic sense and corresponding soil for the perception and aesthetics of cutting-edge trends here.
Cheng Ran's Tianxing Dojo is a place where he sows a wave of seeds on this piece of soil, hoping that their roots will grow strong, sprout and grow, and thrive in the future.
This is the plan for Tianxing Dojo, but the actual operation is still a detailed and tedious process. Jiang Zhou has worked in various places and made many friends. For example, he knew the raw material channels for the coffee shop and the computer installation for the Internet cafe on the second floor. His friends in the computer city could get internal prices... Of course, the later investment and decoration were still a huge expense. Cheng Ran asked Zhao Qing to help him draw up a budget list, and the entire framework was built in these two months.
All in all, it feels like building a secret base.
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That evening, I received a call.
The call came from Hong Kong, traveling across thousands of kilometers of space.
"Cheng Ran..."
Cheng Ran felt something was wrong when he heard Lao Jiang's depressed tone. Could it be that... he lost the game
"Well, did it go well?"
"It's okay... Cheng Ran, maybe I can't do everything well, right?"
It seems that the speculation has been confirmed.
It's rare for Lao Jiang to have such self-doubt, but her unyielding personality still makes it difficult for her to accept this result.
But actually, it's a good thing to do this. It may not be a bad thing to hit her arrogance. Moreover, for her, this kind of competition is more of an experience. She has not even thought about participating for the purpose of furthering her studies.
Cheng Ran even felt that there was something unspeakably bad about letting Lao Jiang know that there are always people better than him. Just like you, a girl, also suffer a loss sometimes... When you suffer a loss outside, you know to call back...
Well, calling yourself can prove a lot of things. Isn’t it a sign of closer relationship
The corners of his mouth on the other end of the phone were already curved.
But in the conversation with Jiang Hongshao, Cheng Ran kept a low tone, "This is a false proposition in itself. Talents are created in an environment of group competition, but geniuses grow slowly in a lonely atmosphere. Although they may not be as good as their opponents for a while, they will always grow faster than their opponents."
Then Lao Jiang on the other end of the phone said, "Hmm," "Anything else? Tell me more."
Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment and said, "You actually won, right? You are just trying to comfort yourself!"
"Haha, you spoke so neatly just now, were you actually laughing secretly?"
Is this girl a demon? Cheng Ran laughed openly, "Does this count as telepathy?"
"We are so smart... We won! First prize in the engineering technology category." Jiang Hongshao said as if she had finished her report. "The closing ceremony was over in the afternoon, and we had dinner in the evening. We just visited Victoria Harbour at night, and the fireworks were set off at this time. Are you angry that you couldn't come... I'm jealous of you."
Cheng Ran laughed and said, "Childish!"
Jiang Hongshao called from her cell phone. There was a faint rumble of fireworks exploding from the other end of the line. Her exclamation came through the airwaves, "... It's so beautiful!"
In October of 1998, Cheng Ran was standing under the starry sky of Chengdu, while Lao Jiang participated in the national competition and shared the joy of surprise under the fireworks barrage in Hong Kong.
Everything is beautiful.
Even if the wind travels 80,000 miles, it cannot convey the breath between you and me.