Ch117.1 â Busy
The chauffeur first sent Zhou Laichun back to his residence before sending Zhou Sheng back. By the time he got home, it was already 11pm, and both Yu Hao and Fu Liqun were asleep. Zhou Sheng groped around in the dark for a cup of water, then drank it down with some hangover medicine before the feeling of an ocean overturning in his stomach finally settled down a little. He looked down at the text messages he had exchanged with Yu Hao at 6pm.
Yu Hao:ăYouâll probably be asked out for dinner tonight. I cooked something up myself and ate with Gege.ă
Zhou Sheng:ăIâll go back right after eating, it wonât be any later than 8pm.ă
Yu Hao:ăNo need to be so anxious, itâll always feel a bit more foreign and busy on the first day of work. Jiayou.ă
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Zhou Sheng went to take a bath, then sorted out the minutes of todayâs meeting and sent it to the departmentâs manager. He worked until 2am before setting an alarm for 6.50am for a morning run, then made his way quietly to the bed and hugged Yu Hao to sleep.
âGet up, Zhou Sheng.â Yu Hao nudged Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng woke up with a start; it was 8:10am.
âWhy didnât you wake me up?â Zhou Sheng complained angrily.
Yu Hao said, âYou looked a little tired, so I wanted you to sleep a bit moreâŚâŚâ
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Zhou Sheng wanted to get up in the morning for a run, but he had drunk too much yesterday night, and he still had a headache today after his hangover. Yu Hao quickly said, âYou wonât be late, breakfast is readyâŚâŚâ
Zhou Sheng changed his clothes then went out quickly to grab his breakfast. He thought of something and returned to kiss Yu Hao.
âGood night.â Zhou Sheng said, âLetâs talk after I come back tonight, Iâll definitely come home early today.â
Yu Hao hadnât told him about his plans to report for work early. He chased after Zhou Sheng to tidy up his necktie and also took a picture of him, then said, âBye, all the best for today.â
After he sent Zhou Sheng off, Yu Hao locked the door and went to the library. He borrowed a lot of books on social work, interviews, and local cultural materials by reporters, as well as news articles and other such materials to study. If he was going to profess devotion to Buddha at the last minute then so be it ba, itâs better than not professing any devotion at all anyway.
Zhou Sheng was busy with work at the company for the whole day. On Tuesday morning, the Major Business Department had their own internal meeting, then the departmentâs manager sent him a project report to organise. The minutes he took for yesterdayâs meeting werenât detailed enough, so another assistant came over to teach him step by step, including what shouldnât be recorded just in case it could be used against themâŚâŚin the afternoon, Zhou Sheng had just started on it before he had to go down for lunch. He didnât have time to sleep during lunch break either. When he rummaged through his bag, there was a bottle of coffee and a pack of hangover medication that Yu Hao had stuffed inside for him.
Zhou Sheng sent Yu Hao a WeChat message to ask if he had eaten. Yu Hao ate a sandwich in the library and chatted idly with him for awhile. In the afternoon, another round of powerpoint presentations for projects were brought around for feedback, and the feedback received was to redo the entire PPT. And next Tuesday, Zhou Sheng would be in charge of introducing the project.
Zhou Sheng, ââŚâŚâ
Zhou Sheng thought you guys are really treating me as Ironman right now, youâre not even considering if I can really do it or not.
ăI feel like theyâre all loafing off.ăZhou Sheng sent Yu Hao a message,ăAnd fucking Laozi is the only one working.ă
Yu Hao:ăOf course theyâd slack if they have the chance to; everyoneâs still getting their salary, so itâll be okay for them as long as they donât make any mistakes. This is your own business, you canât afford to be lazy.ă
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Yu Hao:ăIâll do it ba, youâll be very tired after working the whole day and certainly wonât even want to move when you get back.ă
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Zhou Sheng, ââŚâŚâ
The manager of this department is usually very crafty, and all the employees hated him a lot. But he treated Zhou Sheng very well, and of course it was because Zhou Sheng was the crown prince. He taught Zhou Sheng all the ropes bit by bit and would even specifically bring him out to recruit others now.
Zhou Sheng, âWhat place are we reserving?â
Manager said, âHavenât thought of it yet, what do you say?â
âJapanese ba.â Zhou Sheng answered, âI know a Japanese place that has a good atmosphere.â
âOkay.â The manager agreed readily, âWhen it comes to eating, drinking, and making merry, Iâll listen to you.â
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Zhou Sheng faced the projectâs PPT. He was about to get an assistant to book the restaurant when he suddenly recalled that he was the assistant, so he had to go and make the reservation. Hopefully there would still be an available roomâŚâŚhe couldnât finish all his work before closing hours again, which made him really want to throw his computer into Zhou Laichunâs office.
At 12am, Zhou Sheng went home with the scent of alcohol lingering on his body. Yu Hao was still awake.
Yu Hao stretched out three fingers, âHow many is this?â
âI didnât drink much.â Zhou Sheng didnât know if he should cry or laugh, âA little less than yesterday, each drop went into my soul. I wanted to puke every time I drank sake. Iâve gone fucking dumb, why did I choose a Japanese restaurant?â
The supplier didnât know that he was Zhou Laichunâs son, but he did like Zhou Sheng a lot. The departmentâs manager just got him to accompany him for a few drinks to get to know the supplier, but the dinner had a much better effect than he had expected.
Yu Hao gave Zhou Sheng a glass of hot milk. Zhou Sheng leaned on the sofa and gasped for breath. Yu Hao placed a hot towel on his face, tidied up his bag, and packed what he might need to use tomorrow, along with two bottles of and a Snickers bar. Zhou Sheng panted for awhile and fell asleep on the sofa.
Yu Hao thought that it really was tiring for him. He used his fingerprint to unlock Zhou Shengâs phone and saw the message his departmentâs manager sent him; his manager had sent him a Word document, said that their partner today had a very good impression of him, and praised him for being a talent. He even took a screenshot of his conversation with the partner for Zhou Sheng to see. Then, he specifically instructed him to redo the PPT according to requirements, and a few of his colleagues would go through it with him in a small meeting tomorrow morning.
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At 7:30, Yu Hao kept kissing Zhou Sheng, who lay beside him. As Zhou Sheng was kissed over and over again, he opened his eyes and sprang up. âWhat time is it?â
Yu Hao specifically woke him up a little earlier today. He kissed him and said, âYou have a lot of time, go take a bath ba?â
Zhou Sheng became frantic in the car as he flipped over his laptop. He thought that it would require at least 5 to 6 hours for him to redo the PPT, but then he found out that Yu Hao had already finished it for him. Thank God.
âTonight weâll be going out to visit a supplier.â After a meeting that lasted throughout the morning, the departmentâs manager said, âWe wonât be drinking tonight, that old CEO canât drink. But he likes to drink tea. I donât know much about tea; Zhou Sheng can you accompany him for a chat?â
Zhou Sheng could only say, âokayâ, what else could he say? He thought, I donât know much about tea either you know, and took the chance during his lunch break to complain a whole bunch to Yu Hao while he quickly surfed the net for some relevant information. Yu Hao sent him a tea culture introduction that he got from somewhere. Zhou Sheng started dozing off while he read through it, so he laid down to take a short nap.
He had just fallen asleep when his colleague called him up again and asked him to go to the general managerâs floor for a meeting. Every month there would always be a meeting with the shareholder representatives and CEO that lasts for a day and a half. It started at 1pm in the afternoon, and Zhou Sheng had to sit in on the meeting beside his old man. He couldnât sleep in the late afternoon either. The general assistant kindly prepared an extra strong cup of coffee for him.
After they visited the supplier, he actually managed to return home at around 9pm that day. Fu Liqun was unexpectedly at home too, and he was using his phone while lying on the sofa. They exchanged gazes; Zhou Sheng pointed inside to ask, âis Yu Hao asleep?â Fu Liqun nodded and said, âI saw him write some manuscript all the way till daybreak, he really was busy enough.â
âMy projectâs PPT.â Zhou Sheng said helplessly. He loosened his tie and sat down heavily on the sofa.
âIs it that tough?â Fu Liqun asked.
Zhou Sheng nodded, âItâs okay. Actually itâs not much, saying that itâs tough would just be faking it. What about you?â
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Fu Liqun shook his head wearily. Zhou Sheng said, âIs the gym open?â
Fu Liqun said, âThe ribbon-cutting ceremony was today, Young Madam went in your stead.â
Zhou Sheng nodded. He had sent Yu Hao a message in the afternoon today during a break in the midst of the shareholdersâ meeting, so Yu Hao must have known that he couldnât leave.
âCongratulations on the opening.â Zhou Sheng laughed.
âAi, tired.â Fu Liqun said.
Zhou Sheng said, âItâs fine as long as thereâs money to earn.â
Fu Liqun held up his palm, âAfter hustling about for most of the month, five members, 17,000 in revenue.â
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Zhou Sheng said, âYo, thatâs not bad ma. How much is the commission?â
Fu Liqun said, âThree of them were acquaintances pulled in by the others, while the other two are newly employed salesman who are supposed to act as a bluff. From tomorrow onwards weâll have to start calling them one by one to urge them to come for their work-outs, and quickly start selling classes.â
Zhou Sheng said, âNot bad, not bad. Iâve been crawling around like a dog for the past three days, but the old man hasnât even told me how much heâll be paying me yet.â
âIs there a difference?â Fu Liqun laughed, âThe company belongs to your family.â
Zhou Sheng didnât speak anymore, then he asked again after a while, âHow many members do you need to earn your capital back?â
Fu Liqun said, âThe first month will be the hardest, weâll need to at least get 20. As long as we can maintain about 5 to 10 per month afterwards, the company will be financially independent.â
âYou can do it.â Zhou Sheng said, âItâs a little easier than I had imagined.â
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Fu Liqun said, âIâll have to sell classes and pull in more people at the same time, otherwise I think that after they distribute the leaflets thatâll be it, and there wonât be anymore follow-up.â
Zhou Sheng said, âYouâre already two shades darker now.â
Fu Liqun said, âNow I really envy you people who get to sit in offices, itâs cool there.â
Zhou Sheng said, âDonât mention that anymore. We had a shareholdersâ meeting today, do you know how I felt? Quarterly financial targets, gross profits and net profits, regional strategies, risk assessmentsâŚâŚit was like listening to a fucking book written in hieroglyphics. Couldnât even understand half of it. I could only try to guess what was going on, and I even had to check things on Baidu while listening to them. The fucking old man came down afterwards and asked me not to play with my phone.â
Fu Liqun instantly burst into laughter. Zhou Sheng said, âItâs just like owing a debt for 10 years that you now have to repay in just a month, get it? I just felt like a mentally retarded child as I sat there. The old man didnât say anything, but even I felt like I was an embarrassment. Fortunately no one asked me for my opinion.â
Fu Liqun said, âItâs always like that at the start, youâll gradually come to understand more as you go along.â
Zhou Sheng said, âIâll have to buy some management textbooks to study next time.â
Fu Liqun said, âDo you like this job?â
âI donât.â Zhou Sheng said without even thinking about it, âBut I donât know what I want to do either, so Iâll just have to do this for now.â
Fu Liqun said, âAi, money is hard to earn, and shit is hard to eat.â
Zhou Sheng said, âUn, donât just give me 3,000 at the end of this month, otherwise IâdâŚâŚIâdâŚâŚjust go to the shareholdersâ meeting, and all of us can perish together.â
Fu Liqun bowled over from laughing too hard. Yu Hao opened the door and came out, saying groggily, âYouâre back?â
Zhou Sheng hurriedly got up and smiled, âKeep sleeping, Iâll sleep with you.â
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In the room, Yu Hao sobered up a little and asked, âWas the PPT okay?â
Zhou Sheng said, âIt was okay, everyone praised me for doing it well.â
Yu Hao was still a little uneasy, âIs it going well?â
Zhou Sheng answered, âA lot better than I had expected, there isnât much of a problem.â
This was the first time the two of them talked in earnest after Zhou Sheng started work. Yu Hao asked again, âIs it tiring?â
âNo.â Zhou Sheng whistled as he went to take a bath, and after he took his bath, he came over to hug Yu Hao, âFrom next week onwards, Iâll come home everyday for dinner.â
Zhou Sheng turned off the lights, and the room turned dark. He hugged Yu Hao, and both of them got intimate for awhile in the dark. Zhou Sheng kept kissing him, as if he wanted to make up for all the kisses during their separation for the past few days. Yu Hao hugged him and kissed him back for awhile too.
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âI want to report for work earlier.â Yu Hao said, âThereâs a shortage of staff on Ah Zeâs side.â
Zhou Sheng didnât hear him, he had already fallen asleep.
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