novelcrest Chapter 11 The Stagnation Has Not Yet Cleared
Chapter 11 The Stagnation Has Not Yet Cleared
This time, no matter what Liu Gan said, Lü Mo refused to go out to eat at a high-end restaurant.
Several times when I was about to park in the parking lot, this girl threatened to jump out of the car.
After several attempts, the two of them still ended up at the hot pot chicken restaurant next to the art academy.
After ordering the food, Lü Mo paid the bill directly.
"What are you doing? I'm rich now, can't I even treat an old friend to a meal?"
"No, I can't stand you treating me to meals every day."
"I'm a paid person too, can't I even treat you to a hot pot chicken?"
The chicken was prepared in advance, and the surrounding area was full of students who would go out to play after their meal.
Liu Gan picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, but it didn't taste the same as it used to. After a few bites, he put the chopsticks down.
"What's wrong? Now that you're used to fancy food, you don't like our simple, everyday meals anymore?"
"without."
Liu Gan took a sip of soda, turned to the side, tilted his head, and asked:
"I'm planning to start my own business. The design institute isn't very interesting anymore. Why don't you come and work with me?"
"No, my parents were overjoyed for days when they found out I got a permanent position. Who knows how long I'll last if I go out and work independently with you?"
Liu Gan suddenly bought a car, not only paying the full amount of over six million yuan without batting an eye, but also had nine-figure savings found at a high-end restaurant. Perhaps it's just a simple pastime for a rich second-generation.
Lu Mo didn't dare to gamble, and besides, they were only former colleagues now, which was all within Liu Gan's expectations.
"Okay, I'll contact you after I've finalized the venue."
"Okay, but don't try things without even knowing what you want to do. You can't let all that money your family has saved for you go to waste."
This time, Liu Gan didn't let Lü Mo get out of the car alone. After driving to her building, he took the initiative to open the car door for the girl.
It was time for an evening stroll after dinner, and many neighbors were looking over. Lu Mo, who was already quite nervous, blushed deeply.
"What are you doing?!"
"It's just basic gentlemanly etiquette. Once I've settled on an office location, don't refuse me again."
"We'll see!"
Lu Mo went to work as usual the next day. The absence of one person in the office did not have much of an impact.
However, Ma Ye was still spreading gossip, saying that a mysterious buyer was preparing to buy the entire building.
Actually, the security guard initially just said that someone had come to contact the landlords of several floors, but the story got distorted as it spread.
"Xiao Chen, busy?"
"Sister Zhu, you're here! I paid last month's rent on time."
A woman dressed in luxurious clothes strolled slowly into the design institute, her smile almost impossible to hide.
"I'm not the landlord anymore, so what does it matter to me whether you pay rent or not?"
"I'm here to introduce you to my new landlord. I'm going to travel the world soon!"
"The new landlord? Sister Zhu, tell me, what's this new landlord like? Is he easy to talk to?"
Sister Zhu didn't even look at the Liqun cigarettes offered to her; she just glanced around.
"He's quite generous, but I don't know if he's easy to talk to. If you keep delaying rent payments like before, he might not tolerate you anymore."
"Oh, Mr. Liu, you've come over! This is Xiao Chen, who rents a room with me. He'll be in your care from now on!"
Hearing that the new landlord had arrived, Chen Xi realized that the Liqun cigarettes he had were not high-end enough, so he quickly took out an unopened box of Hetianxia cigarettes from the cabinet.
Before coming over, he changed into a suit jacket and even smeared his hair with saliva.
"Xiao Chen, come out quickly, don't keep Mr. Liu waiting!"
"Hey, here it comes!"
Holding the cigarette, Chen Xi jogged to the door. Just as she was about to look up at Mr. Liu, she almost dropped the cigarette.
"Mr. Liu...Mr. Liu, it's you..."
"Mr. Chen, I still prefer the way you used to call me Xiao Liu, that rebellious and unruly way."
The colleagues sitting at their workstations thought that Liu Gan had come back this time to ask the landlord to find Chen Xi in an attempt to salvage his job, so they all stopped working.
The whispers were so sharp that they reached Chen Xi's ears, and his entire face turned bright red with embarrassment.
But Liu Gan in front of him seemed completely unconcerned, his gaze meeting that of Lü Mo, who had just turned around.
"Mr. Liu, shall we go inside and talk?"
"Fine, that room's become your bedroom now. From now on, we're still boss and subordinate, so don't forget to pay your rent on time."
"Alright, alright, then take care..."
Liu Gan's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the office heard it clearly.
Before he even stepped out the door, his former colleagues shouted out their pride for Liu Gan.
Of all the designers in the institute, only the boss, Chen Xi, felt relieved.
"Miss Lü, what's your decision?"
Lu Mo, who had just come out to use the restroom, was startled. He raised his hand as if to slap Liu Gan, but hesitated for a moment.
"There's no need to retaliate against Chen Xi, so why not just buy the whole floor?"
What are your plans? To drive the design institute out and start your own company here?
"Why kick him out? This whole building belongs to me. I'm not so petty as to not tolerate a Chen Xi."
Three days later, an investment company called "Gammer Capital" opened on the eighth floor, right above the design institute.
On the opening day, apart from flower baskets sent by the property management company and other companies in the office building, the entire eighth floor was somewhat empty.
Besides Ma Ye, who came from the design institute, the office staff included Liu Gan, Lü Mo, and Zhu Jin, a cleaner who applied for a job at the coffee shop downstairs.
There wasn't much to tidy up inside; the four of them had been sitting in the meeting room staring at each other all morning.
The projection screen listed various companies from B-shares to the Growth Enterprise Market, but none of the four had business degrees, and they were already dizzy just looking at those reports.
"Boss, how about we go to a finance and economics university and find some students majoring in this? I'm just a sophomore, I've never been exposed to this before!"
"It's alright, you can choose whatever you like!"
During the first week of business, apart from Lü Mo who was in charge of handling various business and tax procedures, the other two, led by Liu Gan, went on a buying spree in the stock market.
Liu Gan didn't know which area he wanted to invest in. Apart from real estate, all the companies he was familiar with from his previous life were on his trading list on the trading software.
Over the course of a few days, his personal account balance increased instead of decreasing, and the consumer rebate system had already given him a net worth of over 100 million.
"Let's go home now, there's nothing much to do."
Liu Gan, who was sitting in the conference room, closed his laptop, grabbed Lü Mo, and ran out, leaving Ma Ye and Zhu Jin sitting in their original seats.
The two looked at each other and then touched their temples.
Everything around us froze in a flash, and then the light faded away in the blink of an eye.
Ma Ye felt a tightness in his chest. When he opened his eyes again, he found Jin Zi San Shi lying on top of him.
He crumpled the dream-entering talisman above his head into a ball and threw it into the trash can. Just as he was about to get up, he saw Zhu Jin trembling and rubbing her hands together.
"Stop rubbing, drink the ginger tea."
A large bowl was poured full, and before it could even be picked up, Zhu Jin snatched it away and drank it down in one gulp.
"Brother, is that enough? Liu Gan is dating someone in private now. He has a house, a car, and money. It's acceptable to Boss Qiao."
Taking a sip of ginger tea, Ma Ye recalled Liu Gan's appearance in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
"It's not enough. The upper corpse Peng Ju has faded, and the lower corpse Peng Qiao has been almost completely influenced. It's just that the middle corpse Peng Zhi is still too stubborn."
I'll give you a day off, and we'll continue tonight.
After drinking a large bowl of ginger tea, Zhu Jin finally recovered.
But I wasn't mentally exhausted; it felt like I'd just had a deep sleep.
On the other hand, Ma Ye was extremely sleepy.
"That's all the plot I can think of. Are you suggesting I give him a 'wife-chasing-after-the-cremation' scenario, or a real and fake 'white moonlight' story?"
"There's no need for all that. Letting him live out his life will probably be enough."
If you're not going to sleep, carve another eyepiece; you should be able to use it the day after tomorrow.
Inside the box, the locust wood plaque that Ma Ye had placed there trembled slightly.