The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.
Just because it is in the mountains, the surroundings look a little foggy. When the sunlight scatters a golden glow through it, it has a unique flavor.
Dong Wenhao took a group of people who liked hiking to the back of the town to hike. Those who didn’t want to go stayed behind to sleep in and wait for the bus to pick them up at noon.
As a result, before noon, the group of people who went hiking came back, and they were all very angry, saying that they didn’t even see the temple.
The most annoying thing is that although the mountain behind us doesn’t look high, there is really no road there. Everyone was walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and in the end we almost couldn’t find the way back.
"I will never come to this crappy place again!"
Jiang Qin was so happy after hearing this: "Why not even do team building in the future? It's just a waste of work time!"
"Boss, your leg is lame, and you still have the mind to joke?" Dong Wenhao didn't understand.
"Will my foot pain affect my speech? Go away."
Sunai also looked over with a strange expression: "Boss, you didn't even go up the mountain with us, why are you limping?"
Jiang Qin said calmly: "Arthritis, an old problem, all right, stop talking, the bus is here, quickly count the number of people and get on board!"
"There are enough people, boss."
"Okay, let's go home then."
Jiang Qin watched all the members of Team 208 get on the car, then returned to the farmhouse yard to drive the Audi. The small wound on his foot did not affect his braking and accelerator, so he just had to drive slower on the road.
At this time, Feng Nanshu was standing in the yard, looking at his rolled-up trouser legs and the same wound as his own, thoughtfully, his expression cute and confused.
"Jiang Qin, what's wrong with your foot?"
"I fell down while using the toilet and landed on my ankle first."
"I don't quite believe it."
Jiang Qin grinned as he drove, thinking to himself, I don’t care whether you believe it or not, you have no evidence anyway.
After returning to Linda, the excitement of the team building soon passed, and all members of Class 208 threw themselves into the activities to promote science and technology.
In addition to attending classes, Jiang Qin has been traveling back and forth between Linyi University and China University of Science and Technology.
His back seat changed several groups of people. Sometimes it was Wei Lanlan and Tan Qing who went to investigate market information, and sometimes it was Dong Wenhao and Lu Feiyu who were interviewing content creators at the University of Science and Technology.
Of course, most of the time it's himself.
Because they met so often, Guo Zihang even had the illusion that he and Jiang Qin were attending the same university.
He could see him after class and during meals. Even when Jiang Qin was bored, he went to two classes with Guo Zihang, but he fell asleep after less than three minutes.
Perhaps because of his special charm, Jiang Qin was even asked for his QQ number by several girls on Guo Ziqi's flight.
"Godfather, it seems like you have really become a male god." Guo Zihang was a little envious.
Jiang Qin pursed his lips with disdain: "What's the use of being a male god? What I want most is to be a rich man."
"You can buy everyone in our class a cup of milk tea, and someone will definitely call you a rich man, believe it or not?"
"That guy's called the Big Resentful One, no, Qin Ziang!"
Guo Zihang expressed deep affirmation of the second half: "It makes sense!"
Jiang Qin suddenly remembered what happened before the team building: "By the way, how are you and your senior Cui doing?"
"I don't know why, she ignored me."
"Haha, it's just right that I ignore you. Go back to find your aunt. She's older and knows how to care for people."
"… "
After class, Jiang Qin came to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory, sat on a bench and looked at the milk tea shop opposite, looking a little annoyed.
Many people have asked about the price of Xiang Yu Milk Tea Shop, but no one finds the premium of 30% above the market price unacceptable.
Therefore, there are many people who want to take over, but no one really dares to do so.
They were all waiting, trying to wait for Gao Dawei to calm down and think more positively, because everyone could feel that Gao Dawei was asking for an exorbitant price only because he was mentally devastated after the divorce.
But he can't keep this mentality forever, he will regain his composure one day.
However, Jiang Qin didn't want to wait.
With the promotion plan imminent, he cannot limit himself to the location of a milk tea shop.
It doesn’t matter before the team building, but after the team building everyone is ready for promotion and is about to do a big job. If it goes on like this, all the enthusiasm will be exhausted.
So on Wednesday afternoon, Jiang Qin once again came to Linchuan University of Science and Technology and picked up Wei Lanlan who was inspecting the surrounding shops here.
"Boss, I found five shops. I have to say that Xiangyu is the most suitable location for our later promotion. It is not as crowded as the previous one. There is enough space for activities and queues. There are also three milk tea shops around. The advertising effect is very obvious when compared."
Jiang Qin nodded after listening to it, and was also inclined to strive for the encounter milk tea shop: "Have you sorted out the content of the phone call that I asked you to sort out?"
"Well, it's all sorted out. I'm taking it with me."
Jiang Qin reached out and closed the car window: "Read it to me again."
Wei Lanlan took out a table: "Gao Dawei, 43 years old this year, came to Linchuan to work hard at the age of 18, then took out a loan to buy a house, and paid off the loan 5 years ago. When he was 38, he was introduced by a matchmaker and married a woman he met through a blind date. They quarreled constantly for three years and finally divorced. They have no children."
Jiang Qin frowned: "Damn, why does this character look so familiar? Is there any more?"
"He said he didn't want to run the milk tea shop anymore and just wanted to take half of his life's wealth, take his parents and go on a trip. But he didn't dare tell his family about the divorce because he was afraid that his parents would be shocked."
“What about mentality?”
"I feel like a failure and have nightmares every day." Wei Lanlan put down the watch after reading it.
Divorce, mental collapse, despair about life, and huge pressure.
Jiang Qin nodded, stretched out his hand to pull down the sun visor, opened the small mirror and looked into his own eyes: "At the age of thirty-eight, I have accomplished nothing. I dare not face my parents, and I dare not face the future. At the age of thirty-eight, I have accomplished nothing. I dare not face my parents, and I dare not face the future..."
Wei Lanlan was a little confused. Just as she was about to speak, she noticed that her boss's face suddenly became extremely depressed.
Then, Jiang Qin took the transfer contract that he had printed in advance, opened the car door, took out two bottles of wine, a bag of braised pork, and a bag of peanuts from the trunk, put them into a cloth bag, and walked into the milk tea shop.
Gao Dawei now complains to everyone he meets, with a very irritable tone. Few people can talk to him for more than three sentences, but he still grabs people and starts chatting, saying all kinds of things that are not worth living in.
He needs to vent and relieve himself, and he doesn't care whether anyone listens to him or not.
He just needed a living, breathing person to talk to.
However, everyone was staring at his milk tea shop with shining eyes, which made him very angry, so he insisted on setting a price and refused to change it no matter who came.
But this time, he found that the young man in front of him was different.
He recognized Jiang Qin because he had come here once last week and also wanted to buy his milk tea shop, but this time, Gao Dawei found that he was not in a hurry to ask the price, but was listening the whole time.
What surprised Gao Dawei the most was that his face was as depressed as his own, and his expression was almost as vicissitudes as his own.
“When people reach middle age, there are too many things that are beyond their control, so there is no such thing as easy in the adult world.”
Jiang Qin said sullenly when his complaints came to an abrupt end.
Gao Dawei was slightly stunned: "Can you understand?"
"I know what you're thinking. You wonder why the family line has been cut off in your generation. You wonder why your parents have worked so hard all their lives, and why they still worry about you in your forties. You're afraid that people will point fingers at you when you go back to your hometown. You also feel more and more lonely. You want to reminisce about the past, but when you turn around, you realize that you have nothing left in your life. It's all just a mess."
Gao Dawei opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "Fuck, can you really understand?"
"I have an uncle who is the same. He feels that he has too many regrets in his life. As an adult, he dares not cry for fear of embarrassment. He only reports good news to his family but not bad news. He has worked hard for most of his life, but in the end, everything is empty. His heart is also empty. He is so depressed that he can't sleep every night and feels that the whole world has betrayed him."
"What happened next?" Gao Dawei's voice trembled a little.
"Later, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he called his oldest nephew, me, and we talked all night long!"
Jiang Qin pointed to his chest and took out two bottles of wine from his pocket.