Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 335 - 334: The Circle

Gu Xiaoqing is not someone who doesn’t appreciate kindness, but who exactly is Feng Qingyang?

Would someone really stop doing their own important things just for a small thank you? The loss would definitely not be insignificant.

So Gu Xiaoqing is self-aware.

She instructed her secretary, of course leaving a message, that if Feng Qingyang came to Shanghai, she would like to express her gratitude to him properly.

Of course, this was just polite talk. Gu Xiaoqing did not think Feng Qingyang would care much or take such words seriously.

The three of them arrived at the airport feeling relaxed. This trip to Hong Kong was full of twists and turns, but the eventual outcome was wonderful, making it all worthwhile.

Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua sat on the chairs in the airport waiting area, while Zhao Xiangguo went to the smoking area. Gu Xiaoqing flipped through a magazine in her hand, a Hong Kong entertainment version.

Flipping through it out of boredom.

This journey left her mentally exhausted.

Once she relaxed, she felt physically and mentally drained.

Gu Xiaoqing suddenly somewhat understood why businesspeople often aged prematurely. It’s a career unrelated to physical strength, requiring a person’s mental and emotional exhaustion.

Perhaps she had imagined it was too simple, thinking it was something simple that could be managed with ease, but it actually requires a tremendous amount of mental and emotional investment.

This is business.

She’s just starting out, and already she faces countless variables and setbacks. If the changes increase in the future, can she still hold on to the beliefs she has today?

After all, she still has to face countless snobbish people and oppressive situations, and even more suppression and hostile takeovers.

Perhaps she had thought too simply. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Keep going, keep going.

The road ahead is still very long.

This trip to Hong Kong, along with all the encounters in Shanghai afterwards, the people and events she encountered, all showed Gu Xiaoqing a circle she had never been exposed to in her lifetime.

This is a different kind of circle.

The people here are either rich or noble, and any of the things they own are beyond Gu Xiaoqing’s imagination. The luxury here is unmatched by anything Gu Xiaoqing can compare with.

The treatment and respect differ based on status, this is what is called high society.

What Gu Xiaoqing truly realized is how much corruption and darkness lie behind it, and how much discrimination there is when the strong oppress the weak.

If it weren’t for He Zixu stepping in, perhaps she wouldn’t even be at the airport. And if it weren’t for Feng Qingyang stepping in, she might have returned downcast.

All of this revealed to Gu Xiaoqing what high society is.

This is a circle she cannot enter.

Perhaps, in this lifetime, she will never be able to compare with this circle, where the people in it are at the pinnacle of power, able to crush others with just a finger.

Gu Xiaoqing doesn’t even need to think about Guan Meiqi’s fate. Based on He Zixu’s and Feng Qingyang’s relationship, since Guan Meiqi dared to act against "Dingxun," the outcome should be severe.

No one would care what happens to Guan Meiqi.

Perhaps even the Guan Family wishes others wouldn’t pay attention.

Minimizing the damage to the lowest level.

This is the result of completely unequal opponents.

If one day she is the one to be crushed as an opponent, perhaps the result will not be any different.

And she is like a stranger who stumbled into this place unexpectedly, witnessing the prosperity, experiencing the dangers, and passively enduring the drastic changes it brings to her life.

This kind of life and the one she expected are completely different.

But now, it’s too late to say anything.

People are eager to associate with these people, hoping to gain some reliance and benefits, but in Gu Xiaoqing’s mind, she is only awed by these people’s means.

Gu Xiaoqing doesn’t think being an ordinary person is bad. High society has its lifestyle, but her current life is already heaven on earth. People’s desires are endless, constantly overwhelmed by new desires that cause continuous struggle and hesitation, due to this kind of hardship.

She wants a peaceful life, at least not one that’s so turbulent and unsettled. To Gu Xiaoqing, this deceitfulness is a burden.

The plane arrived in Shanghai, and both Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua went directly home.

Zhao Xiangguo took another flight directly to Shenzhen.

Both were tired, and the first thing they did upon returning was fall asleep immediately.

The next morning, the first thing was to wake up and have another meeting for division of labor between Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua.

This time, for the milk tea shop franchise listed, according to the original plan, Gu Xiaoqing felt that several branches could be opened at once, and the advertising effect could be expanded.

Gu Xiaoqing wanted to discuss collaboration on advertising with TV stations.

The sentimental feelings from yesterday had long been dispelled by all the prospects.

Who has the mind to care about unnecessary things?

They are too busy to handle it.

In the coming months, Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua were almost sprinting between major commercial streets and various sections of schools, inspecting store locations.

Gu Xiaoqing even learned to drive and enrolled in a driving school.

Otherwise, relying only on their two legs, taking crowded buses every day, would waste too much time. A lot of time was actually wasted on traveling.

During this process, everything seemed to be going smoothly, except for Gu Xiaoqing’s busy career itself. Fang Shaohan and Han Xiao, including those friends of Fang Shaohan, no longer appeared in Gu Xiaoqing’s life.

Other than Fang Shaohan calling every few days for a few words, mostly small talk about Gu Xiaoqing’s health and studies, Gu Xiaoqing would respond dutifully.

Their relationship seemed to have plummeted from being very good friends to an all-time low.

This is probably the worst outcome after Fang Shaohan made things clear last time.

The renovation and opening of the branch stores were put on the agenda, and by the end of the year, all branches Gu Xiaoqing was managing were completed and opening one by one according to the personnel arrangements.

The tea ingredient agents were smoothly transferred to Gu Xiaoqing’s newly rented warehouse, facilitating the transportation between each store.

Before the winter break, all eighteen branches were operating normally and on track. From the reports and summaries of each store’s managers, Gu Xiaoqing was delighted to find that almost one hundred percent profitability was achieved.

This is vastly different from investments.

Eighteen stores achieving one hundred percent profitability is already an almost mythical sales model.

Of course, people from all over the country flocked in, wanting to join the franchise, nearly bursting Gu Xiaoqing’s store.

Having no choice, Gu Xiaoqing had to rent her own dedicated office in an office building on a commercial street in the new district of Shanghai ahead of schedule.

She also hired office staff and finally wrapped all this up before the winter break.