"What does 'not yet' mean? Does that mean she is going to leave too?" Lai Yang's voice suddenly rose.
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say "wait a moment" to someone else. After the sound of footsteps, Aru's voice came.
"Brother Yang, I want to ask, what do you think of the relationship between me and Shengda?"
Lai Yang was a little confused by this question.
"I know that when you were setting up the theater, Shengda gave you 100,000, right? You two were childhood friends, and I can understand that kind of relationship, but we are together now, and I am sincere to her... So, if I quit my job and start my own business, does she support it? Brother Yang, are you overreacting a bit? Or... do you think I am dragging her into a trap?"
Lai Yang looked like someone had slapped him in the face, his mouth opened and closed, and after a long while he spoke.
"Didn't you hear what I just said? There's something wrong with that shop!"
"I know there is a problem. I am not so careless. I have found out all the information you mentioned. I just discussed this issue with the landlord!"
“…How old are you, landlord?”
"An old man, about sixty years old, what's wrong?"
Now Lai Yang was really speechless.
As soon as he was silent, Aru told him the whole story again.
The landlord wanted to take back the shop because the original tenant thought the rent was too expensive, so he persuaded the old man to sign a rent plus profit model. As a result, the tenant deliberately tampered with the accounts, which led to a falling out with the landlord.
The landlord does not agree to a profit sharing now, but if I rent it on an annual basis, the rent can be reduced a bit, but there is no problem with renting it.
"Okay, I won't talk about the house issue for now. What about the money? I heard that the transfer fee and the equipment are more than 200,000 yuan. Your annual rent should be at least more than 50,000 yuan. If you add in other miscellaneous expenses, it's close to 300,000 yuan... Have you ever thought about what to do if you lose money? Or does your family want money?"
Aru was quiet for a long while, and then the sound of a lighter came from the other end.
"Brother Yang, when I left home, I never thought of asking them for a penny. I borrowed from a friend. Shengda also said that they would give some, but they haven't paid yet... I did all this for Shengda, and I hope you can understand this, Brother Yang. Even if I really lose money... I will pay all the debts. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"… "
Lai Yang was speechless. After a moment of silence, the other party hung up first.
Starting a business is indeed a journey full of unknowns, and Lai Yang knows this.
He was not against Aru, he was just worried. This worry came from the bumpy experience he had in the past two years.
But the difference between him and Aru is that before investing in the theater, he already had a preliminary team and had performed in bars for more than half a year, so he had a certain plan and experience in his mind.
What's more, he loves this industry, so when he is repeatedly suppressed, he can still wipe away the dust in his heart and start again.
But Aru does not have these conditions.
He has none of the team, experience, process, marketing methods, original intention... etc.
This kind of entrepreneurship that is full of enthusiasm but without any follow-up support is basically very likely to fail.
Lai Yang felt that he needed to talk to Yuan Shengda, but when he called her, the phone was turned off.
After sitting back in the cafe in disappointment, Xu Mo asked in surprise what had happened again
"It's okay, Master Sheng is missing, and his phone is turned off when I called him."
"She , she went to do makeup for the university group at around 5 in the morning, at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music on Fenyang Road."
"Follow makeup?"
Xu Mo nodded and told him that several art schools in Laiyang were holding campus group competitions and needed some makeup artists. It was originally recommended to her by a friend, but because she had classes in the gallery, she recommended it to Shengda.
"She can still do this job?" Lai Yang opened his mouth slightly.
"Oh, don't think it's too complicated. In fact, some leaders just want to make some money from the process. They just randomly recruit some makeup artists, filming artists, props and costume designers, etc. As long as you can make up a little bit, it's fine. I taught you for half the night last night. It costs 800 yuan per visit."
Lai Yang was very surprised, and then felt a little distressed.
Yuan Shengda is a person who loves to sleep in, but he studied until midnight for 800 yuan and got up at five in the morning.
But how many eight hundred would the money she wanted to give to Aru this time include
After learning the address from Xu Mo, Lai Yang took a taxi and set off immediately. He knew that Aru was an impatient person, and if he could get along well with the landlord, the contract might be signed right away.
The only person who could persuade him was Yuan Shengda.
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Lai Yang looked at the building outside the window. The sunlight shone from the other side, making the pure glass building look particularly golden. After the light was refracted, it made many dizzying black spots appear in Lai Yang's vision.
Among these black spots, Laiyang's thoughts also began to diverge...
Currently, the theater is being boycotted by its peers, and the biggest headache is not the issue of ticket sales, but the problem of the reserve of new actors.
It's already difficult to recruit a few new people, and now that they're being targeted like this, who would dare to hang out with the Boxiao Club
Over time, they completely trapped themselves.
At the very least, there is no way to expand and develop in the short term. If there is no external expansion, there will be more and more internal contradictions.
Laiyang has already sensed this trend.
What is entrepreneurship? This is it!
One question after another, just like the replacement of sun and moon, never stopping.
…
It was the rush hour after get off work, and by the time Lai Yang's car arrived at the school gate, it was already past six in the afternoon. Lai Yang also bought two cups of milk tea before entering this university with a history of nearly a hundred years.
As soon as he entered the campus, Lai Yang felt instantly enveloped by an artistic atmosphere.
Tall sycamore trees were planted on both sides of the wide road, their green branches and leaves covering the sky like feather crowns, with dots of sunlight falling on the ground. From time to time, the sound of musical instruments could be heard from afar, like the sound of Huangzhong Dalu, echoing for a long time...
Coming towards us were the youthful and unrestrained college students, walking in groups of three or four, all looking very artistic.
Lai Yang asked along the way and finally arrived at an art building. Tonight's competition would be held here. The place was packed with people. Lai Yang squeezed among the students and felt like he was a few years younger.
Lai Yang stuck his head out and wandered around the door of the dressing rooms on the west side of the first floor. When he walked to the innermost room, his eyes suddenly fixed.
The dressing room was not big, only about a dozen square meters. In front of rows of makeup mirrors with small light bulbs on, six or seven female students were sitting there. Three makeup artists were helping them draw their eyebrows, while Yuan Shengda was making a phone call in the corner.
Beep beep beep~
Lai Yang's cell phone rang. He answered it with a bit of surprise and heard Yuan Shengda's anxious voice.
"Hey, I'm charging my phone this afternoon, what's up?"
"… Nothing much, I just bought you a cup of milk tea and asked if you wanted some."
"Haha, if you show your kindness for no reason, you are either a traitor or a thief."
Lai Yang saw her laugh, but there was no laughter on the phone. After a short pause, she straightened her face and said, "I can't drink it. I'm outside. Do you want to bring it to me?"
"Sure, tell me the address."
"Tsk, you're just bragging! I'm at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, if you have the guts, give it to me. If not, I'll look down on you."
Lai Yang took a deep breath and smiled, then picked up the milk tea and shouted inside: "Yuan Shengda, your mother asked me to bring you some Wangzai milk!"
"… "