Lin Weidong pondered that the New Year was coming soon, but there was not much savings left, I was afraid that this year would not be easy, so he discussed with William Zhu to advance next month's salary in advance, so that he could go home for a good year, William Zhu loved it very much, and without saying a word, he let the company's finance transfer 20,000 yuan to Lin Weidong's bank account.

In fact, William Zhu was also very happy to be able to successfully sign Lin Weidong, a popular online writer, and the two chatted in the office while it was still early.

Compared with William Zhu, who has a lot of experience, Lin Weidong is simply an otaku who has not departed from low-level interests, so in the process of chatting between the two, almost all of them are William Zhu talking, reminiscing about how he fought back then, while Lin Weidong listened quietly on the side.

From the process of chatting, Lin Weidong learned that William Zhu is a rich second generation, who grew up in a small town in California, USA, and was once an English teacher and an accountant mother in Shanghai, and was an early generation of Chinese immigrants to the United States.

When William Chu was about 12 years old, he began to work for his father, who ran seven restaurants, and he washed dishes in the restaurant every Friday and Saturday.

To Lin Weidong's surprise, William Zhu's innovative spirit has begun to show itself in the process of working in his father's restaurant.

It was in 1986, 15-year-old William Zhu liked computers very much, at that time he thought that if all the data of his father's restaurant was entered into the computer, and then the computers of seven restaurants were networked, customers could call to order meals and immediately know whether the customer had visited the restaurant, what dishes they usually liked, where they lived, their usual consumption level, and so on.

So, William Chu persuaded his father to spend $100,000 to hire a few software engineers from Taiwan, and according to his ideas, he made a software system, which was not so modern in a small American town at that time.

William Zhu can be regarded as the first person to informatize Chinese restaurants, many customers are very strange, asking them how to know the address, how to know the meals he likes to eat, William Zhu said proudly: "In fact, as long as one of the seven restaurants in our house has ordered or eaten, their information will be entered into the computer, so that according to the order, let the nearest restaurant to the customer make a meal, and the delivery time will naturally be very fast." ”

That year, the profits of his family's Chinese restaurant increased by 200 percent, and he earned more than $1 million a year for his father.

William Chu was still a high school student at the time, "I worked for my father, and my job was to collect the daily income of seven restaurants at 10 o'clock every day. ”

"At that time, my classmates used to call me 10 o'clock, and if I had a party, I always arrived after 10 o'clock. ”

So at that time, William Zhu had already lived a nourishing life with a monthly salary of $10,000.

Hearing William Zhu say this, Lin Weidong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he is really more popular than a person, he lived until 2019 in his last life, and his salary was only a few thousand yuan, however, people already had a monthly salary of tens of thousands in the 80s of the last century, and he was paid back with a beautiful knife.

However, the days of nourishment and leisure, for William Zhu, were the most wasted days when he looked back.

From the age of 15 to 18, he drove a sports car, played bowling, and went to Mexico with friends on weekends.

"The principal of the high school was a regular in my dad's cafeteria, and he once told my dad, your son likes long weekends, and he hasn't been in class on Mondays for three weeks. ”

"At that time, my parents were very worried about me, afraid that I would not study well, and it was not until I graduated from college that I began to seriously think about my future. ”

"As the eldest son in the family, I am the successor in my father's mind, but I don't want to live in my father's shadow, so I came to China to develop. ”

"My father, mother, and sister-in-law always advised me that until now, they want me to go back to the United States. ”

In fact, Lin Weidong felt strange, so he asked him: "Why do you want to return to China if you don't enjoy the superior life in the United States?"

William Chu said: "I am full of excitement for my choice to start a business in China. ”

"I don't use Chinese in the United States, but when I go to China, I can use English. I firmly believe that I have an advantage in the Congress, and I will definitely have better development. ”

William Zhu said so and did the same, so in 1994, his first business after returning to China was to open Luen Mei Advertising Company, and he said that he was the first person to introduce the business model of DM advertising direct investment to China.

Two years later, William Chu sold the advertising company to the international media company OmniCom, and in the process of founding the advertising agency, he made his own personal homepage - Under the Banyan Tree, and since then, the advocacy of pure literature has been out of control.

Since he chose to take the road under the banyan tree, William Zhu must have wanted to make some achievements, otherwise he would not have signed Ning Caishen, Li Xunhuan and others with a high salary, let alone cooperate with Lin Weidong.

Unknowingly, it was time for dinner, at noon, William Zhu invited Lin Weidong to eat Chinese food this time, and Chen Cun, Annie, Ning Caishen and other backbone personnel all went, which was regarded as welcoming Lin Weidong to join the big family under the banyan tree.

"Uncle, thank you for your help all the time, I won't say polite words, I toast you, I'll do you at will!"

After three rounds of drinking, Lin Weidong deliberately walked in front of Chen Cun, clinked glasses with him, and then drank all the red wine in the cup.

Chen Cun nodded with satisfaction and took a sip of wine, however, Chen Cun was very satisfied with Lin Weidong's attitude, and also appreciated his cheerfulness.

In fact, Lin Weidong's glass of wine is secondary, people with the status of Chen Cun, the most important thing is face after all, Lin Weidong, a junior, knows how to be grateful, and it can be regarded as not in vain his hard work.

For Lin Weidong, Chen Cun is the noble person in his life, not only helped him get the publishing house, but also lent him 3,000 yuan for emergency.

Seeing Lin Weidong drink the red wine in the cup in one gulp, William Zhu couldn't help but joke: "Lonely City, red wine is not drunk like this, you have to taste it slowly to feel good." As he spoke, he shook the wine glass in his hand.

Chen Cun smiled and said: "William, you don't understand this, we Chinese people have always been like this when we drink, we have deep feelings, a sip of stuffiness, what we want is bold, it doesn't matter if it's good or not." ”

After drinking and eating, Lin Weidong chatted with Chen Cun while walking.

When he was about to arrive at the door of the restaurant, Lin Weidong suddenly said, "Uncle, please bring me your bank account number, so that I can return the money I borrowed from you." ”

Hearing that Lin Weidong was going to repay the money, Chen Cun was surprised and asked, "The royalties for the novel are coming so soon?"

Lin Weidong shook his head with a smile: "It's not royalties, it's wages, I asked Mr. Zhu to give me a month's salary advance." ”

Chen Cun smiled and nodded: "That's okay, I'll send the account on your phone when I go back." ”

Because she drank a lot of wine, after saying goodbye to Chen Cun and the others, Anne was not worried that Lin Weidong was hanging out alone, so she accompanied him to the hotel.

Neither of them is a celebrity, Anne and Lin Weidong are not afraid of shadows, nor are they worried about someone secretly filming or anything, they just get along with each other as sisters and brothers.

Seeing Lin Weidong's drunken appearance, Anne frowned and said, "Lonely City, why do you want to drink so much wine?"

"Not much, just two more drinks, no problem. When Lin Weidong said this, he was already a little top-heavy, but his thinking was very clear.

However, the red wine has a lot of stamina, and Lin Weidong also knows it, and after arriving at the hotel room, he consciously took off his coat and lay on the bed in a proper manner.

After Anne came out of the toilet in the bathroom, she saw that Lin Weidong was already lying on the bed, and said helplessly: "Your amount of alcohol is only like that." ”

"I wonder if no one forces you, why do you have to drink so much?"

Lin Weidong looked at the ceiling with his eyes and said with a smile: "Because I'm happy." ”

Lin Weidong is indeed very happy to be able to join under the banyan tree, the people under the banyan tree are also easy to get along with, talented, speak well, and get a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan.