Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door-Chapter 116 - 115: You Might as Well Sell Me

The midterm exam results came out quickly: Xu Xu was second, Zhao Meimei was fourth, Wang Jiayue was ninth, and Zhang Zhao was third from the bottom.

Robber Hao stood on the podium with the report card, pulling up all the students from the bottom ten, berating them one by one. Among the students looking up at him, only Zhang Zhao had a downward view.

Zhao Meimei looked back at him, raising one side of her mouth in a disdainful expression, increasingly feeling that whether in the eyebrows or facial contour, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Xin looked worlds apart.

Compared to Zhang Zhao, Zhao Meimei still preferred Zhang Xin a bit more.

A few days after the midterm exams, Robber Hao brought some significant news: starting from sophomore year, there would be a division between arts and science classes. So now, it was necessary to put this matter on the agenda, go home, and figure out whether to study arts or sciences, and prepare to work hard in the chosen direction—time to start thinking about it.

Robber Hao earnestly said, "Regardless of whether you choose arts or sciences, academic performance always comes first. The arts and science classes will be divided according to the final exam results, so you need to weigh up now with your current study methods to see which class you can finally get into."

Zhao Meimei propped her chin, watching Robber Hao’s lips move up and down, studying why the proportion of features on his face looked so strange. Clearly, he had thick brows and big eyes, but his eyebrows were too thick, and his eyes too prominent, making him look quite the bandit.

Under the table, Xu Xu gently nudged her leg.

Zhao Meimei didn’t turn around, kept her lips tight, and asked, "Hmm?"

Xu Xu covered his mouth with his hand and whispered, "Meimei, are you choosing arts or sciences?"

Without even thinking, Zhao Meimei replied, "Sciences."

Xu Xu said nothing more, his gaze settled on Zhao Meimei’s increasingly prominent eyebrows and eyes peeking out from under her neat bangs, pursing his lips.

Shi Yang went to the provincial capital this time to meet Brother Li, whose full name is Li Shuren. In his forties, he has great foresight, and Shi Yang met him back when he was doing freelance work in college.

At the time, Li Shuren had started a small web company, doing software gigs for leftover work from large companies, basically earning some pocket change from secondary processing.

It was also Li Shuren who previously suggested Shi Yang transition his website. Li Shuren appreciated Shi Yang for his courage and insight, and most importantly, his reliability.

The website contracts Shi Yang had taken over were also leftovers Li Shuren couldn’t handle. Although they were small jobs, the profits were enough for Shi Yang to start flipping capital for real gains.

This time, Li Shuren asked Shi Yang to visit the provincial capital because he intended to make him a franchisee. Li Shuren had secured a monopoly in the south and needed regional agents. Since he’s handling the province, he wanted Shi Yang to manage businesses in the city and surrounding counties and towns.

Shi Yang followed Li Shuren around for two days and understood that this business indeed had a considerable market and potential profits. Because it was just starting to be introduced to the provincial capital, small places like the city hadn’t heard of it, and once it was truly promoted, it would be quite easy to grow big and strong.

However, there were two things about this business that made Shi Yang hesitate and unable to make up his mind.

Firstly, if he truly planned to become a franchisee, then the network channels he had worked so hard for would be wasted, as this job was essentially a complete shift.

Secondly, franchising required money. When Li Shuren raised two fingers, Shi Yang realized this was entirely a huge gamble. Although the odds were high, the initial investment could suppress him financially for years.

If he wanted to do it, he would need to raise a large amount of capital.

While Zhao Meimei sat in class listening to Robber Hao prattling on about the importance of learning, Shi Yang was inside a car arguing with Qu Chaozong.

There was no choice; with so many people and gossip in the company, it was inconvenient to talk about such matters.

It was said they were arguing, but it was actually Qu Chaozong shouting hysterically at Shi Yang, who lay reclined in the car seat, eyes half-open, half-closed, listening.

After yelling for a long time, Qu Chaozong calmed down once his brain was almost deprived of oxygen. Glaring at Shi Yang’s leisurely demeanor, he wished he could take off the car roof and smash it over Shi Yang’s head, pounding his brains to mush so he would stop worrying everyone daily. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Shi Yang arrived at the company early in the morning and called him out, and the two sat in the car while Shi Yang, without any preface, announced wanting to change the company’s direction.

Shi Yang had done this once before, and after Qu Chaozong’s protests were futile, he compromised. The reason he didn’t stubbornly resist was partly because Shi Yang was the major shareholder in the company and also because at least working on websites still had some connection to computer software.

But now, it was terrific; Shi Yang had gone to the provincial capital and was brainwashed by that Li Shuren.

Only after two days in the provincial capital did they run into this problem.

The project Li Shuren monopolized was the design and decoration of children’s Naughty Castles. This industry had just started to emerge in the south, and Li Shuren inadvertently captured the opportunity when a southern agent friend started engaging in it.

Li Shuren was acting as the provincial general agent, responsible for importing goods from the south, while Shi Yang was the city agent. All goods would be handled through Li Shuren first, and he would earn the price difference, while Shi Yang would earn installation and design fees from the customers.

This was indeed a budding project; it was because it was so new that Qu Chaozong couldn’t accept it at all. He could never, like Shi Yang, unhesitatingly cut down the results of their hard work and start anew.

Therefore, Qu Chaozong thought Shi Yang had gone insane again. Although he had already been crazy once before, which indeed proved correct in the end, it wasn’t enough to convince Qu Chaozong completely.

With a hoarse voice, Qu Chaozong’s lips trembled with anger: "Bro! Brother Shi! Brother Yang! Brother Shi Yang! Can we just not do this? Let’s just continue with the website project, shall we? We just broke even at the beginning of the year, and we’re just starting formal operations now. Aren’t you planning on buying a house? How much money do you have at hand now? Where are you going to get this money? Do you think I’m worth this much? Why don’t you just sell me off?"

Qu Chaozong waved two fingers in front of Shi Yang’s face: "Dude! That’s money! I’ve hardly ever even heard of that much money in our lives, and now you’re telling me you want to get that money to invest. Level with me, aren’t you joking with me?"

Shi Yang stretched his long legs onto the steering wheel, his sock-clad feet pressed against the windshield, arching in a graceful curve.

He said blandly, "I’ll find a way about the money. The problem now is, once we officially change directions, the company can’t keep so many people. Not a single woman stays, and the men who want to work with me can stay; I think little Liu and Xiao Zhao are good, they should be willing to work with me. As for the others, you handle it."