urban life

Chapter 570 What a coincidence
After eating, Zhou Liang left the crew without staying long.

On the one hand, he really didn't have much research on filming, and he looked at the awe-inspiring looks of the entire crew, for fear of offending him, so he was restrained in his words and actions, and it was pointless to stay there, so as not to delay other people's work.

On the other hand, his main mission in Chengdu this time was to have fun, not to work. He just wanted to get to know him briefly, and left the rest to his subordinates. Ren Zi had been with Hou Mengting for decades, and Zhou Liang believed in Ren Zi's abilities and methods.

"By the way, Mr. Zhou, the company is going to establish a branch in Chengdu. Now that you have arrived in Chengdu, decide where to build the branch." Before leaving, Ren Zi said to him.

Zhou Liang made an "OK" gesture and immediately drove away in the company car.

"Mr. Zhou is gone?" When everyone present saw Zhou Liang leaving, everyone from the director to the extras couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Especially the director, the big stone in his heart seemed to fall to the ground.

Although Zhou Liang only came to the crew today to inquire about the work situation and exuded goodwill, the director felt an inexplicable majesty. That is the aura of someone who has been in a high position all year round. He looks particularly easy-going, but his actual behavior But it was thunderous.

Therefore, when eating just now, the director made an excuse to go far away to eat, just to avoid the majestic aura.

"Gone." Ren Zi responded.

"I'll always come back that week."

Ren Zi withdrew her gaze, stared at the director, and said, "Whether Mr. Zhou comes back or not is beyond our control as subordinates. Mr. Zhou is a very easy-going person. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, he won't make things difficult for others."

After a pause, he continued: "Of course, if someone thinks Mr. Zhou is easy to bully, they can give it a try."

Ren Zi's understanding of Zhou Liang was limited to the first sentence, and she added the latter sentence on her own initiative.

In Ren Zi's eyes, Zhou Liang is good in everything. He is capable, sociable, talented, and has the appearance of Pan An. He can be said to be quite perfect, but his only shortcoming is that he is too easy-going, so easy-going that he doesn't have the airs of a boss.

This is not good.

As the top manager of the entire company, Zhou Liang controls all affairs of the company. He must establish a majestic image in the minds of his subordinates, otherwise how can he manage his subordinates.

Before Hou Mengting left the company, she hoped that Ren Zi could teach her children well.

"Don't you dare." Hearing this, the director shrank his head, a flattering smile appeared on his face, and then turned around and looked at the actors. He suddenly became energetic and put his hands on his hips. "Stop watching. What's so good about it?" Yes, hurry up and get ready for filming."

The crew is busy again.

Zhou Liang drove to the hotel booked by his company, went through a simple room opening procedure, and swiped his card to enter the room.

Entering the room, he threw his whole body on the bed, stretched out his arms, and let out a comfortable cry. He flew for several hours to reach Chengdu, and listened to the director's boring work report, suddenly losing his energy.

After a while, he fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.

Due to the different geographical location, darkness falls later in Chengdu than in Shanghai, but there is still some light outside at this moment.

Zhou Liang sat up directly and looked at the sky without blinking, as if he was thinking about some profound issues. If you look closely, you will find that his eyes are actually dull and empty, and he is in a daze.

My mind went blank, I didn't think about anything, I was just in a daze.

It wasn't until night fell and the lanterns came on that he came out of the dull world.

"Hiss" Zhou Liang scratched his head, a little surprised, "It was clearly daytime just now, why did it get dark all of a sudden?"

In fact, more than an hour has passed.

He stretched and touched his belly, feeling hungry.

I took a quick shower and then went downstairs to find dinner.

Now that you have come to Chengdu, it is natural to try the local delicacy of Chengdu - hot pot.

Ok.

Hot pot can indeed be found everywhere, so it can't be called special, but he just wants to eat it.

Somewhat irritatingly, Zhou Liang searched for most of the day but didn't find a hot pot that didn't require waiting. There were many customers waiting outside the famous hot pot restaurants.

He couldn't figure out why there were so many people waiting for it if it was just a hot pot restaurant.

“The people in Chengdu are waiting for hot pot with the same enthusiasm as the people in Magic City who queue up for half an hour at an internet celebrity milk tea shop just to get a cup of milk tea.” Zhou Liang thought to himself.

There are a lot of delicate girls aged [-] or [-] lined up outside the slightly famous Internet celebrity shops in Shanghai. They hold a cup of milk tea in their hands, take pictures of themselves, take two or three sips, and then throw it into the trash can. They dislike the fact that the milk tea has too many calories. high.

Why are you queuing up to buy that thing when you know it's high in calories?
Co-authored just for taking pictures.

Boring people always do boring things at boring times.

so boring.

Since everyone was waiting, Zhou Liang also followed the crowd. While waiting for the waiter to call his number, he sat on the road and looked at the city and the pedestrians passing by.

Compared with the people in the Magic City, the people in Chengdu are much more cheerful and outgoing. They chattered as they walked along, as if they had endless things to say.

Facing his gaze, all the passers-by smiled and nodded. Some bolder girls came forward to strike up a conversation with him, but he refused because their mobile phones were out of battery.

What's even more amazing is that, facing his appreciative eyes, there was even a middle-aged man in his thirties with a mustache and strong arms. He walked forward and took out the V-letter QR code: "Handsome guy. ,Getting acquainted."

"." Zhou Liang twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking of some rumors, and kept smiling, "My man."

"I know." The man with the mustache nodded, "I can be a woman."

"."

"Zhou Liang, Zhou Liang from No. 112, please have a meal."

Just when Zhou Liang was embarrassed, he heard shouting from the store. It was the clerk asking him to have a meal. He was relieved and replied with a smile: "Sorry, I have something else to do, let's go first."

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he just left.

Entering the store, Zhou Liang wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead.

Sure enough, stereotypes are still correct even if they are one-sided and arbitrary. Rumors are definitely not false and must be true.

Anyway, he had never been approached by a boy in the city.

When entering the store, Zhou Liang was not arrogant because his hometown is in Sichuan Province. He ordered a medium spicy hotpot. To his surprise, the medium spicy pot was not as spicy as expected. It was so spicy that it set people's hearts on fire. It was even less spicy than The spiciness of the hot pot in Shanghai.

He was quite surprised.

Why is it?
After thinking about it briefly, I seemed to understand something.

First, Chengdu is a tourist-oriented city, with tourists from all over the country coming here. In order to cater to the tastes of tourists, the spiciness is reduced to avoid hurting others.

Second, the stereotype of Chengdu in Shanghai is that it eats very spicy food. In order to create an "authentic Sichuan-style hot pot", it must be spicy. Only spicy food can meet the taste of Sichuan and Chongqing and be an "authentic Sichuan-style hot pot". .

As for what people in the Magic City would think after eating spicy hot pot?
No matter what they think.Anyway, Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot is spicy.

The main thing is to have a spicy one.

When he thought of this, Zhou Liang's interest dropped slightly and he ordered a portion of tripe, a portion of duck intestines, and a few vegetarian dishes for a fresh taste.

After dinner, his stomach was only seventy percent full, but it didn't matter. The night market in Chengdu was quite lively and well-known throughout the country. The street next to the hot pot restaurant was the night market. There were various stalls on both sides of the street, including grilled squid, fried skewers, ice noodles, etc. Sweet duck and fried rice.
He walked down the street with a bunch of squid and looked around.

Suddenly, his brows raised, and a friendly smile appeared on his face.

Opposite him stood a woman he knew well.

The upper body is a blue short-sleeved sweater, paired with a black long skirt. The outfit is refreshing and western-style, showing whiteness and tenderness, and the whole person looks gentle and elegant.

"What a coincidence." Li Lin noticed the unusual gaze, turned around, her hair fluttering, and she took the lead in greeting with a slight arc at the corner of her mouth.

Zhou Liang nodded: "What a coincidence."

He didn't expect that he would meet Li Lin again in Chengdu. It was an incredible fate.

"Why did you come to Chengdu?" Li Lin glanced at her hair behind her ears and asked with a smile, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, I forgot, the crew is filming in Chengdu, it's normal for you, the boss, to come and inspect .”

"Half and half." Zhou Liang said, "What about you?"

"It's also half and half." The two walked side by side. Zhou Liang took the second skewer of squid and gestured to Li Lin. The latter took the squid generously, not caring that it was covered with chili noodles, and took a bite. Open your mouth,
"But my half and half are different from your half and half. You travel half and work half, and I travel half and half home."

Zhou Liang was a little surprised: "Are you from Sichuan Province?"

He never asked Li Lin where she was from, and the latter nodded.

"What a coincidence, I am also from Sichuan Province." He immediately thought of Li Lin's question and answered it, "My grandparents and my father are from Sichuan Province, and I can be considered half a Sichuan Province person."

Li Lin nodded slightly to express her understanding.

Under the bright lights, the two wandered in the night market until late at night.

"Okay, I'm a little tired. I'm going back to the hotel to sleep." Li Lin stretched out her body and said lazily, "Goodbye."

Zhou Liang replied: "Okay."

Immediately, Li Lin hailed two taxis and left, waving to him before leaving.

Zhou Liang also went back to the hotel to sleep.

In the next few days, he did nothing, did no work, and drove around Chengdu alone.

Checking in at Chengdu's Internet celebrity spots, Chunxi Road and Taikoo Li, the most profound impression is the huge crowds of people. The men and women passing by on the street are all trendy people, and their clothes are extremely fashionable.

Zhou Liang's custom-made clothes looked very traditional when walking there.

He also visited the Panda Zoo, Wuhou Temple, and Qingyang Palace. After visiting, he had no other thoughts except one: never go to those Internet celebrity places again.

too crowded.

After playing for a few days, he finally remembered the task given to him by Ren Zi, to choose a location for the Rongcheng branch.

After looking over and over, he still chose to establish the branch in a place with the strongest business atmosphere in Chengdu.

Although the rent is expensive, the working atmosphere is good (other companies work overtime, and subordinate employees have no reason to refuse to work overtime), and they are surrounded by office workers (young, suitable for exploitation, hard working, and good attitude)
"Zhou Liang, you deserve to die." He looked down at a large group of office workers, walking in a hurry, for fear of delaying work, and couldn't help but sigh.

When he was considering the company address, his mind was filled with a series of interests-related things such as costs, expenses, income, etc. He did not consider what kind of working environment his employees needed at all.

The cold-bloodedness of capitalists was fully demonstrated in him.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I work overtime, as long as I'm paid enough overtime, I'm already a conscientious capitalist." He comforted himself secretly.

"Mr. Zhou, are you satisfied with this place?" the real estate agent came over and asked with a smile.

Today the real estate agent took him around the neighborhood to find a location for the branch.

The real estate agent looked at Zhou Liang and felt a sense of inferiority in his heart.

He has lived for more than forty years, working hard outside, staying up countless nights, exhausting his brain cells, and still working as a real estate agent with no direction and no end.

But the Mr. Zhou in front of him has a very different life. He is a few years older than his son, but he has already opened a branch and reached the pinnacle of his life. Well, maybe Mr. Zhou has already reached the pinnacle of his life since he was born, and in the foreseeable future. We must continue to stand on the mountain.

Why is there such a big gap between people?
"Is there any other choice?" Zhou Liang asked.

"Yes." The real estate agent responded.

"Look at it."

"it is good."

The real estate agent took Zhou Liang around various properties to inspect the branch location, location, rent, transportation, and nearby facilities.
Regarding the branch, Zhou Liang is very concerned about it and has no irritability.

In the end, he finalized a few floors and did not rent them directly. He told the real estate agent: "I am more satisfied with those floors. Specialists will contact you in a few days. You can discuss it with them then."

"Okay." The real estate agent smiled attentively, without any dissatisfaction.

Now that Zhou Liang said this, he had already made up his mind, and the follow-up matters were quite simple.

After discussing with Mr. Zhou's employees, giving some benefits, and repeatedly pushing and pulling, the deal will be concluded and the real estate agency will receive a large commission.

Delicious.

"You go slowly." The real estate agent has already regarded Zhou Liang as God. He bowed deeply in the direction of leaving. He turned around and raised his head to the colleague next to him. "Did you see that the order has been completed? This commission will be at least quite large. It takes several days to reach a point."

"Envy." The colleague's eyes lit up.

"Envy is useless, take practical actions." The real estate agent said, "Today Mr. Zhou came to our company, and none of you were willing to receive him. I was the one who went to receive him, with a smile and warm service. Mr. Zhou was moved by his attitude.

How can you make money like this? "

Colleague: "I saw that Mr. Zhou was too young and thought he was of low status."

How can a big boss of a company come to look for real estate in person? This is not in line with their understanding of customers, so they are a little lazy.

"Do you think you think that if the whole world operated according to your idea, you would still be working as an employee now? You wouldn't have become a boss long ago." The real estate agent glanced at his colleagues, "In this day and age, you are still working. Save yourself the trouble of thinking the same way at work."

"Alas!" The colleague sighed helplessly, extremely disappointed to have lost a big customer.

(End of this chapter)