Since placing a recruitment advertisement in the newspaper, Shiweitian has recruited two more trial clerks, both of whom are local laid-off female workers. They do not need to arrange accommodation, which temporarily alleviates the pressure of shortage of manpower caused by the increase in customer flow.
Liu Gen saw that although there were many students coming to the store for late-night snacks at night, the clerks were not in a hurry and everything was going on in an orderly manner. He thought that there was nothing wrong anyway, and it was rare that there was a competition that Ouyang Xue liked, so he was about to agree to her stay.
, but the cell phone rang at an unexpected time.
Liu Gen looked at the caller ID and saw that the call was from Wen Hanmei. Seeing that the football match broadcast on TV had begun, he said to Ouyang Xue, "I'll answer the phone." It was too crowded here, and to avoid Ouyang Xue, Liu Gen walked away to answer the call.
Telephone.
"Sister Hanmei..."
"Liu Gen, where are you? You haven't returned to the apartment yet?" Wen Hanmei asked.
"I'm in the store." Liu Gen replied, wondering how she knew she didn't go back to the apartment.
"Is it the snack shop that you and Xiangzi opened?" Wen Hanmei sent a flower basket, and of course she knew that it was a joint venture between Yanagi Gen and Xiangzi.
"There are more students eating late night snacks on weekends..."
Wen Hanmei interrupted Liu Gen before he could finish his words: "Liu Gen, I'm in the apartment now and I have something to talk to you about."
Only then did Liu Gen understand why Wen Hanmei knew that she was no longer in the apartment. It turned out that she had arrived at the apartment first.
"Okay, I'll be there in about half an hour." Since the boss was looking for him, Liu Gen didn't have any suitable reason to refuse.
After Liu Gen hung up the phone, he walked back to the door of the store. When he saw Ouyang Xue getting beer for the customer, he felt a little sorry. He walked forward and reached out to hold her arm: "Ouyang, I'm a little tired and want to go back to sleep. I can't watch with you."
It’s a competition.”
Although Ouyang Xue felt disappointed in her heart, she smiled understandingly: "Then go back quickly and have a good sleep. Aren't there football games every week?"
"This is your favorite Red Army-Liverpool game. You watch your game, what's going on in the store, Xiangzi and the others are there." Liu Gen let go of his hand holding Ouyang Xue's arm: "I'm leaving." He turned to walk away.
Xiangzi happened to come out of the store and stopped him.
"Brother Gen, wait a minute." Xiangzi came over and said, "Chen Hao didn't come tonight. Has he called you?"
Ouyang Xue sat on a stool. She didn't want to listen to the conversation between Xiangzi and Liu Gen. She was trying to avoid it.
"Hasn't he been here yet?" Liu Gen knew that Chen Hao would go to Shiweitian every day after school to complete yesterday's store's income and expenditure account.
"I usually arrive at the store no later than six o'clock, but tonight and till now, I haven't seen anyone there." Xiangzi said, "I'm still waiting for him to do the accounting."
"Call his dormitory and ask if he is sick."
"Are you..." Xiangzi lowered his voice and said, "Are you drunk again?"
Since Chen Hao joined Shiweitian's management, he has not drank a drop of wine. Liu Gen does not believe that Chen Hao is the kind of person without self-discipline.
"No, I believe he has stopped drinking. You should call me first and ask. If there is anything else, you can call me later." Liu Genchao sat on a stool and stared at the game on TV.
Ouyang Xue took a look and said in a low voice: "Sister Hanmei comes to see me for something, so she has to leave. After Ouyang Xue finishes the game, you can send her back for me."
Xiangzi also lowered his voice and asked: "You have worked for him for more than a month, doesn't Mr. Wen want to give you some money?"
"Even if there is money, I have to repay her debt to me first. Maybe she will keep it." After Liu Gen finished speaking, he got on the bike and said, "Let's go."
Wen Hanmei was sitting on the sofa in the living room of the apartment watching the Liverpool game. She would take time to watch whenever there was a football game on weekends. While waiting for Liu Gen, she had nothing to do to watch the game.
Liu Gen returned to the dormitory twenty minutes later, opened the door and saw Wen Hanmei sitting on the sofa smoking. He did not smoke, was not used to the smell of smoke, and did not like to see the ugly look of a woman puffing away a cigarette with a cigarette between her slender fingers.
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"I'm sorry, Sister Hanmei, I kept you waiting for so long?" Liu Gen said hello, walked to the window, and opened a small window that could be opened for ventilation. The cool spring breeze immediately whirred through the window.
of gaps.
Wen Hanmei put out her half-smoked cigarette on the ashtray on the coffee table, and picked up a bank paper bag with money beside her: "Liu Gen, this is the payment you should have received last month, including the apartment rent and
Telephone and Internet charges.”
Liu Gen was stunned and glanced at the bulging paper bag in Wen Hanmei's hand. There must be a lot of it: "Sister Hanmei, didn't I receive this money from you in advance? Why..."
"Originally, Manager Sun said that I would transfer the money to your bank card, but I thought that was not good. If someone checks the company's accounts in the future, it will be on you, so I asked the finance department to take out the money and deliver it to you personally.
Come." Wen Hanmei put the paper bag on the coffee table, looked up at Liu Gen who stood up in front of her, and said jokingly: "You standing and talking to me like this makes my neck uncomfortable. Sit down and talk."
"I'm going to make you tea." Liu Gen didn't want to sit next to Wen Hanmei, so he made an excuse and went into the kitchen to boil water. There was no water dispenser, so he had to boil water with a kettle.
Wen Hanmei stood up and followed in. She stood at the door and said, "Liu Gen, I know you need sufficient cash flow to open a store now. I lent you the two hundred thousand. When will you make enough money?
Give it back to me, I don't lack that little money. Our company pays wages and bonuses on the 15th of every month. Last month, we didn't make a lot from the wine, gambling and football project. As agreed with you in advance, this
It's the part that should be given to you. From now on, on the 15th and 16th of every month, I will personally hand over the money you deserve to you."
"Sister Hanmei, at the beginning, I really wanted to use the two hundred thousand for my father's surgery, but I didn't expect..." Liu Gen felt that it was necessary to explain to Wen Hanmei, otherwise, now that he has money to open a restaurant, but
It is unjustifiable not to return money to others: "There happened to be a store on Daxue Road that was transferred, so I..."
"You don't have to explain it deliberately, I know everything." Wen Hanmei didn't let Liu Gen explain: "If you still need more funds, you can come to me. But...Liu Gen, I hope you don't focus on making money. At the moment,
You are still a student, and doing this for me is enough to complete your studies and help your family live a good life. You should now focus on your future ideals and become a famous and good doctor in the future."
"Thank you, Sister Hanmei, for reminding me, haha... Actually, Xiangzi is mainly taking care of things in the store. I occasionally go to check on him, but I can't help much. Xiangzi doesn't let me interfere." Liu Gen could follow this.
From Wen Hanmei's words, I could hear that she was really thinking about herself, and I was very grateful.
"Actually, it was Xia Yang who called me and asked me to advise you not to do any business..."
"Xia Yang called you?" Liu Gen didn't know why Xia Yang didn't support his business.
"Yes, Xia Yang is worried that you will neglect your studies because of business, get obsessed with money and forget your ideals."
"My ideal... haha..." Liu Gen smiled bitterly: "My ideal is that in the future, my family and I will no longer have to worry about money, and my mother will no longer have no money for medical treatment like my father.
And leave me! Isn’t the purpose of going to college just for this ideal?” Liu Gen suddenly thought of what Mei Yingchun wrote in the letter: “Money is a basic guarantee for people to live in this society. I pursue this kind of personal
Is it wrong to provide basic protection?”
"Well said!" Wen Hanmei praised and glanced at the boiling kettle: "The water is boiling." Then he continued: "The pursuit of wealth is an instinctive desire of human beings. How many people in this world,
For basic protection, she is working hard day after day. However, Liu Gen, don’t blame Xia Yang. She is deeply influenced by her father, and it is understandable that she has such thoughts. Of course, I personally think,
You really shouldn’t be busy worrying about wealth now. You must know that once you embark on the road of business, you will not be able to help yourself and will make you lose a lot of things... Haha... Look at me, I start preaching again
Yes, you will gradually realize it in the future."
Liu Gen made two cups of tea, served it on a plate, walked out of the kitchen, put the tea cup on the coffee table, and glanced at the TV screen. Liverpool was leading 1-0 in the away game. The first half was almost over: "Sister Hanmei, this game
How do you like the score of the ball?"
Wen Hanmei came over, glanced at the TV screen, and blurted out: "Two to zero! Liverpool will score in the second half!"
"I'm optimistic about a draw, either one to one or two to two," Liu Gen said.
"A draw?" Wen Hanmei sat on the sofa, looked sideways at Liu Gen and asked, "What are the odds of a draw?"
"I remember it was 3.5 points per payout." Liu Gen replied.
"Should we lower the odds?" Wen Hanmei asked.
Liu Gen nodded: "Reduced to 1.5, and at the same time, increase Liverpool's odds of winning by three times, and increase the odds of the opponent's winning by ten times."
Wen Hanmei was so shocked that she couldn't close her red lips, and it took her a while to say, "Isn't this too risky?"
"Gambling, isn't it just a gamble? If you are afraid of losing money, it will be difficult to make more money." Liu Gen said lightly: "This is just my personal idea, you don't have to do what I say.
"
Wen Hanmei looked at Liu Gen blankly, a mysterious smile gradually appeared on her face, and snorted: "You are cruel enough! Fortunately you are not a gambler!"
Liu Gen laughed and said: "I am a madman!"
They both burst out laughing.
At the end of the first half, Wen Hanmei took out her phone and called the company's mainframe technician. According to Liu Gen's instructions, the odds were greatly adjusted. After the call, she picked up the teacup and said, "Liu Gen,
I want to watch the game with you tonight to verify whether your prediction of the score is accurate. Should we both take a gamble? Watching the game that way is exciting!"
"A gamble...how to bet? What to bet on?" Liu Gen asked puzzledly.
"Yeah, what are you betting on?" Wen Hanmei thought for a while, and an ambiguous smile appeared on her face again: "I bet on myself!"