Although Luo Xiangdong looks calm now, I can imagine that when Luo Xiangdong and Luo Zhenye discussed this topic face to face, both father and son must be holding their breath in their hearts. It just depends on who can knock who down first.
Looking sideways at Luo Xiangdong, I said cautiously: "Xiangdong, let me tell you something..."
Luo Xiangdong turned to look at me and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter with you?"
I swallowed hard. He whispered: "I want to tell you. Do I have a room?"
Luo Xiangdong frowned slightly as I expected, and then said: "Do you have a house? Where do you have a house?"
I had to tell the truth: "Xu Yifan and Li Zhuke bought a new house before. They thought the price and location of the new house were good, so they led me to buy a small apartment. I have always wanted to have my own house in Night City. So I paid the down payment. ”
Luo Xiangdong asked: "Why have you never mentioned it to me?"
I said, "I'm afraid you'll pay me the balance secretly. I just want to buy an apartment by myself."
Luo Xiangdong added: "It belongs to you alone, right?"
I heard the implication in his words and hurriedly said: "Oh, you know I'm not this kind of person. I'm just afraid that you won't let me pay the monthly payment." I explained for a long time, for fear that Luo Xiangdong wouldn't believe it. Finally, I simply added: "Wait until all the money is paid back. Can't I change your name on my household registration book?"
My words made Luo Xiangdong laugh. He finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
He said: "Those who don't know better think I'm here to compete with you for a house."
I held my tongue and said, "Stop talking about me, otherwise it will seem like I am saving money secretly behind your back."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Tell me, besides the house, what else are you hiding from me?"
I immediately glared and said, "It's gone. It's really gone this time. In fact, I didn't want to hide the house from you. I just wanted to wait until the final payment was paid off before telling you and giving you a surprise."
Luo Xiangdong asked: "How much is left?"
I was very perceptive and looked at him without answering and asked, "What are you doing? I don't need you to help me pay back the money."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Don't expect me to help you pay it off at once now. Whatever is left, we will pay it together."
Hearing this, I felt warm in my heart, and then said with a smile: "I will pay back 30,000 yuan a month, and I won't be tired at all. If the travel agency is profitable, it can be paid off quickly in one go."
After that, I added: "Since uncle asked us to move out, let's quickly take the time to decorate the house. It is our own home, and no one can kick us out."
Luo Xiangdong held the steering wheel with one hand and had one hand free to hold me. We clasped our fingers together, and he said to me: "I will pay the monthly payment from now on. When you are free, take me to see the house. I will ask someone to install it first. We will stay in a hotel until the house is installed."
Our moods were not affected at all by Luo Zhenye's move. Instead, we happily chatted about the decoration style of our new house.
According to Luo Xiangdong's usual preference, he would have to find a top foreign or domestic interior designer to tailor it. But our current economic strength is superior to many people, but compared with the past, it is in the sky and on the earth.
I said, "It's just the two of us who will discuss the new house. We don't need to find any professional interior designers. At most, we can just find a master to decorate it, and we can save a lot of money."
Luo Xiangdong didn't show any resistance to me and said, "No matter what, it's fine."
We had a meal together at noon. When he drove me back to the travel agency, Luo Xiangdong said to me: "I have a work dinner tonight and I can't pick you up. You should be careful when you go home alone and call me."
I said: "I also have a dinner party in the evening, and I will treat my colleagues in the company to dinner. After all, the future success of the company will depend on them."
When Luo Xiangdong heard this, he joked with me and said, "I forgot, now my wife is also Boss Liang, so it is appropriate to have a dinner party."
I glanced at him, feeling extremely embarrassed.
Luo Xiangdong smiled and said, "Honey, winning over employees is a technical job. Do you need me to teach you a few tricks?"
I said, "Are you still trying to win over others?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "You don't have to win over particularly useful people, just like Li Jingyan. You have to put down your pretensions to invite many people, and you may not be able to invite them."
I asked: "Are you still thinking about Li Jingyan?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "The Luo family has always planned to separate a subsidiary company to specialize in stocks and securities. If someone like Li Jingyan can sit in the company, it will naturally be even more powerful."
I said: "If Mr. Luo really wants to invite anyone but can't, it can only be said that that person is too attached to feelings and commitments."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Yes, so now I am worried that I can't find a suitable candidate."
I have never understood or paid much attention to things like stocks. There are people around me who are playing, but most of them lose everything. Just like the owner of a travel agency, he almost didn’t get a ride in for himself.
I couldn't do anything to help Luo Xiangdong, so I had to advise him not to worry. It's hard to find good talents, so pick them slowly.
The car stopped in front of the travel agency. Before I got off the car, Luo Xiangdong told me: "Don't drink too much at night. If I finish earlier than you, come and pick you up."
"Okay, you should drink less. If I finish earlier than you, I will... go home first." I winked at Luo Xiangdong, and I deliberately provoked him.
Luo Xiangdong smiled, and then said: "You will go home later."
After I separated from Luo Xiangdong, another afternoon of non-stop work awaited me when I returned to the travel agency. When I was a tour guide in the past, I could only lead a group, run errands, and tire myself out. Now that my identity has changed, I am asked about everything in the company. The desk in front of me is filled with folders and reports. Occasionally, for a moment, I hold the phone in my left hand and speak Japanese, and the reports in my right hand are full of files. The list of tourists from South Korea. This scene reminds me of when Luo Xiangdong was at work. He just answered a phone call and spoke in German. The next call may be in English again.
Living in such a society, even if he is entrusted to a wealthy family, it is impossible to be 'Liu Adou' for the rest of his life. What's more, Luo Xiangdong is a well-educated son of a wealthy family. This is why I am obsessed with him.
I remember before the college entrance examination, our class teacher once said something very insightful. She said: "People who are prettier than you, richer, more powerful and smarter than you are still working hard, what the hell do you think?"
At that time, we dismissed it as a joke, but now that we think about it, it really is true.
Life is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.
I can think that at this moment, Luo Xiangdong must be sitting on the top floor of Luo's and working hard, so I don't dare to delay for a moment, I just want to work hard and work harder.
There are benefits in the company, everyone is as if they have been given a shot of chicken blood. Coupled with Xu Yifan and I, the desperate bosses, the company is a bunch of workaholics from top to bottom. One afternoon, I received a phone call. Xu Yifan came to my house every now and then to show off and tell me how much big orders he had taken.
Naturally, I was not to be outdone. It felt like I was back in school when I was fighting for scholarships.
I was very busy all afternoon and finally got off work. The reception girl outside knocked on the door and came in to call me, saying that everyone was ready.
As soon as I put on my coat and prepared to go out, Luo Xiangdong's call came. He said he wanted to go out too, so I asked him where he was eating. I thought it would be a coincidence that we were in the same restaurant, but it turned out that I was overthinking it. After all, Night City is so big, it would not be easy to meet him.
Luo Xiangdong told me on the phone: "If you go home first, take a shower and wait for me."
At this time, I had already left the office, and my colleagues were standing next to me. When Luo Xiangdong finished speaking, my face suddenly turned red. I was afraid that someone would hear me, so I couldn't help but glance left and right. Fortunately, my colleagues were talking about other things and didn't pay attention.
I lowered my voice and said to Luo Xiangdong: "Go and do your business, we are going out, annoying."
Luo Xiangdong smiled and said, "Drink less."
I made a 'cut' sound and said, "Hang up."
Including receptionists and assistants, there were at least forty or fifty people in our agency. A group of people left the travel agency in a mighty manner, driving their own cars and taking taxis, and headed one after another to the hotel Xu Yifan had booked.
I took Xu Yifan's car and chatted with him about work on the way. When we arrived at the hotel, the waiter came to greet us and led a large group of us into a large room with three round tables.
The atmosphere during the meal was particularly good. Everyone took turns toasting to me and Xu Yifan, asking us to show off and fly with them in the future. We used to be colleagues, but now our status has changed, and we need to get along well with them, so I take the lead and accept anyone who comes, not just drinking, so I can't be afraid of getting into trouble.
After I drank seven or eight glasses in a row, Xu Yifan couldn't hold it anymore and started drinking. Fortunately, we drink red wine. The alcohol content of red wine is not as high as that of white wine, so I can resist it.
I went out to the bathroom on the way, and while I was still in the cubicle, I heard someone next door saying, "They are taking advantage of Jingyan so much, can anything happen?"
Another female voice said: "Those guys just can't stand the fact that Li Jingyan is favored by the boss. They always say that he is an airborne trooper and they don't like him. If they have the ability, they can turn stone into gold just like Li Jingyan." Ah, each of them is not very capable at work, but he has a lot of tricks to deal with people behind his back."
"In the past few days since Li Jingyan came to the company, they have been suffering overtly and secretly. Let me tell you, it was Cheng Qing who did the fake data before, which caused Li Jingyan to make a serious mistake in his judgment when he handed it over."
"Huh? Who did you listen to?"
"I heard what Cao Bagua said. Is there anything in the company that he doesn't know about?"
"Are they hurt? It's so pitiful that Li Jingyan is so handsome. I feel bad for him."
The sound of the compartment door being pushed open was heard, followed immediately by the sound of washing hands.
The woman said: "Hey, since ancient times, trees have been attracting attention. Who makes Li Jingyan so good? With him, no boss can look down on others. Do you think others will join forces to punish him?"