Chapter 10 Diary Acquisition

Three days after I first published my diary on the Internet, when I was leaving the university, a pretty woman came to me and said in a very rhythmic tone and gentle voice: "Can I buy you a drink?" "I do not drink." "I know, and, besides, bars don't open so early. You don't go to chain restaurants, do you? Tea restaurants are fine!" I nodded and smiled at her.Sure enough, a background and preference check was done on me.There have been at least five or six such invitations in the last two weeks.I should only have one date, and that's it. After being turned away many times, they finally behaved and sent a beautiful woman.

I asked myself that it would not be easy to be manipulated by beauty tricks and become dizzy. However, I am only twenty years old, and beauties are more or less effective in insignificant joints, and I am willing to give her a chance.I was also very interested to know what strategy they would adopt, so I agreed. After the beauties got my approval, they probably thought that their beauties had succeeded and were very happy, but they didn't know that I was also testing them, each other. After we sat down, she immediately handed over her business card, and I took a look, only to find that the logo on the card was different.

She is not from a real estate development company, but from a real estate acquisition company. I took a good look at her face. She was indeed a beautiful woman, aged between thirty-five and forty-five.The floating period of ten years in the middle is created by high technologies such as makeup, beauty, skin care, slimming, whitening, sheep placenta, Botox, plastic surgery (including facial grinding, liposuction). The total income of the global beauty industry has already exceeded the sum of the medical industry and the pharmaceutical industry. In such a world, I don't know whether she is a big sister or an aunt, but in the age when mature women are prevalent, this is not important.

Now not only sister-brother love is popular, mother-child love is no longer resisted by the world.Matching companies often say that love transcends age, knows no borders, and the most important thing is spiritual communication. I agree, in this way, the business of matching companies can grow bigger and bigger, and promote global consumption, improve the economy, and at the same time save the airline industry - after falling in love with each other in the online world, always hope to meet, physically communicate Currently unavailable on the web. After the big sister (I assume) and I ordered the food, she didn't start talking, got to the point, didn't beat around the bush, which I like.Net Geners like to be straightforward.

"We approached you instead of your father because we believe that you are a young man who understands the trends and development trends of the world today." "You imply that my father is an antique?" I asked with a smile. "No, that's not what it means. The old man just focused on his job, didn't get distracted by other things, and didn't pay attention to changes in the surrounding environment." "It sounds nice, you are scolding our father and son in your hearts." "No, absolutely not. You might as well listen to my own story. Like you, my family has its own business. Your family sells noodles, while mine sells tea, and it is also difficult to continue to operate in the face of business bottlenecks. After I graduated from university, I could stick to my ancestral business, but I chose to sell the shop. I invested the money and made a lot of money, so that my family can live a better life without having to stay in the small shop. Your father didn't buy insurance, did he?"

"No." I lied, and if they investigate, they will find out. "After so many years of hard work, the body has long been overworked, and there are many problems in old age. The medical expenses in Hong Kong are not cheap at all. He hasn't thought about himself. As a son, you have to think about him." The waiter brought the "regular meal" in good time, and I honestly opened the meal.Sometimes I can't help but wonder, when will regular meals be freed from "prescribed actions" like macaroni and toast? She only ordered a cup of green tea, and she had long been prepared to talk rather than eat, and she was full of big talk.

"You may think that investing like mine sounds like speculation, which is not suitable for your temper. I also thought of another plan for you. After you get the money, you don't close your business from now on, but Just keep a low profile. After you have worked for several years, accumulated life experience, and have your own ideas, you can use the money to re-plan your life. After you find a good store location, you can hire experts to design the storefront and dishes. Ask a public relations company to do marketing, come back out of the rivers and lakes, and put up the signboard again."

I took a sip of milk tea and said, "Impossible." "How can it be impossible? Many restaurants in foreign countries are like this." "You either just read one or two guides to running a restaurant, or you're just bragging. This kind of business calculation doesn't work in Hong Kong. The real estate in this city has long been speculated to an unreasonable level. Once I sell the shop If I sell it, I will never buy it back in my life. If I want to open a store in the future, I must pay expensive rent, which will increase operating costs. When my business improves a little, the owner will ask for a sky-high rent when I renew the lease. As a result, only the chain restaurant group It can be rented and operated, and small businesses can’t afford it. This is the truth that even elementary school students know.”

After hearing the words, she still had a smile on her face and said very calmly: "You probably haven't figured out how much we're willing to pay, so you're saying that." She took out her calculator, pressed a number on it, and then turned the machine around to show me. "I dare not say that it is a large amount of money. Maybe it is just a small number in your mind. However, if you do the math, you may not be able to earn so much money after working for a lifetime." I agree that an eight-figure sum is a lot of money, even if it is not US dollars, Euros, British pounds, or just Hong Kong dollars.

"If you open an investment account in a Swiss bank, even if the annual return is only 5% - which is already very conservative - you can live your life without going to work, and more importantly, you don't have to suffer. These days, being an office worker has a lot to bear. pressure." She said it in a tone of sincerity, which I believe is the most truthful thing she's ever said since she sat down.Her job as a lobbyist must be stressful, too. However, I also know that if she can convince me, the commission she earns will allow her to buy a dozen designer handbags that look like they rest on her lap.

"I understand what you said, very clearly." I nodded. "In addition, I want to tell you that although I have not painstakingly defended my ancestral business, I have seen many foreign cases, and their experience may be worth learning and referring to. Many of these old industries will eventually close their doors. Selling Wonton noodle is certainly not a sunset industry, but the management method must be reformed. The problem is that, out of 100 stores, only less than 10 can be reformed successfully, and the remaining 90 or so stores will eventually close down.” "I just want to do those ten." "Everyone who intends to save an old store has to devote more than ten years of hard work, but success is not inevitable, but also pay attention to the right time, place and people. Many people have devoted their entire lives to the fate of graduating, which is Why? I dare not say for sure, but I dare to advise you, maybe your hard work is just to prolong the life of the noodle family by another ten or eight years, and you don’t want to leave the scene in a slump in the end.” "At least I tried." "Who will prove it? The developer may not be willing to pay such a good price by then. Why don't you deposit this large sum of money in your bank account now as investment money? Besides, why do you insist on inheriting the wonton noodle shop?" No? This is pressure! You can also have your own dreams to practice and your own career to pursue. After you get the money, you don’t have to sell wonton noodles anymore. You can open your own company to do other businesses, like in In the online world, we have to face this nerd generation and nerd economy. In short, with money, your ideas are no longer restricted, absolutely, take a step back, the sea, the vastness, the sky, the sky." Hearing this, I started to shake a little bit. Big sister's words started to be convincing, but it had nothing to do with her beauty. What she said stabbed at the bottom of my heart something that hadn't fully fermented. I took another sip of milk tea and savored her words over and over again. ——This is not just a business decision, but involves some kind of metaphysics. ——People should have their own will. Even if you don't use the existentialist saying that "existence precedes essence", just think about the heroes in martial arts novels who can roam the rivers and lakes freely without restraint. ——You should pursue your own dreams, instead of letting the shackles of the family be imposed on you, and you should bear it silently without knowing it. She also takes a sip of green tea. "If you are also interested, I can fight for a little more money for you, just treat us as friends. Of course, don't tell my company." For a moment, I almost said yes.However, her claim may just be a lobbying tactic. She has her own bottom line for bargaining. However, what she said was absolutely true.After receiving this money, the noodle shop is indeed gone, but the troubles are also gone, and many things have become easier. I don't even have to be distracted from participating in the "Battle to Save the Old Store Love", so I can concentrate on my studies. "You don't have to promise me anything. Anyway, the last one to sign is your father. He won't listen to what we say, but he will definitely listen to your reasoning." I agree, they know their father very well, they know that there is no way to start with him, so they start with my son.If I had other brothers and sisters, they would definitely break down one by one and use us to build a siege against my father. In the workshop of the university’s leadership course, we have practiced this kind of lobbying technique-some students even joked that it is just based on the ancient Chinese diplomatic technique of "using barbarians to control barbarians".I have no problem with that. I didn't expect that it would come in handy so soon - it wasn't me, I was the one receiving the force. Before leaving, she said: "Whenever you have an idea, you can call me on your mobile phone, no matter how late. Sometimes you really have to wait until the end of the night, when you are alone, to think things through clearly. Then I will drive to pick you up. You, find a quiet place and have a good talk." For a moment, I almost thought Big Sister was implying that we could develop an unusual affair beyond takeovers. She asked if I wanted to drive me back to the store and I said no, I didn't want my father to see me with her.I dare to write it into a diary because my father never surfs the Internet.It's not that he won't, but he doesn't like it.The online world is a symbol of the new generation, and like real estate development companies, it is a threat to him.