6. Buy-in
At night, Wu Jue was in the room, working overtime conscientiously. Perhaps it was the sweet taste of the sea breeze, and the drowsiness came quickly, and before ten o'clock, she went to bed.
As a result of going to bed too early, I woke up the next morning just after dawn. I wanted to sleep for a while, but when I heard the damp sea breeze gently knocking on the unclosed window lattice of the room, I suddenly felt a desire to embrace the morning.
Dressed and went alone to the beach next to the resort.
It was originally the off-season for tourism, not to mention that it was still this time, and there was nothing else on the entire seaside except for the sound of surging waves. The distant morning light had not yet revealed the clouds, only faintly dyed red.
Wu Jue took off her shoes and threw them on the edge of the beach, barefoot, walking in the sand step by step, a series of footprints left behind her, a wave of waves, but nowhere to be seen.
Although it is a warm zone, the sea is still very cool in February, and this coolness makes her feel a kind of hearty pleasure.
Wu Jue continued to walk into the water, looking up at the sky in the distance, wanting to welcome the approaching sunrise. She had also seen Sunrise and Shen Tong before. On the top of a famous mountain somewhere, two people wrapped themselves in a blanket to expel the cold. The morning sun that day was particularly beautiful, and the red brilliance seemed to be within reach, reflecting directly on them, like a dream.
On that day, Shen Tong said: Wu Jue, we go to see the sunrise together every year, okay?
She leaned over him and said "yes" happily.
But now, why is she alone, aimlessly waiting on this beach?
The water had already flooded Wu Jue's knees, and the waves came one after another, and it hurt a little. For a moment, her mind seemed to be in a trance, and she couldn't help but want to keep walking.
However, at that moment, the morning light in the distance suddenly broke through the clouds and lit up the entire sea, which also made her a lot clearer in an instant.
Wu Jue remembered that Shen Tong also said to her that day: Hope is like a sunrise, it will always break through the clouds.
She shook her head, took a deep breath, and turned to walk back.
Leaving the seawater, Wu Jue put on his shoes and was about to go back to the resort when the phone on his body rang. It's a number I don't recognize, but it's a familiar voice when I pick it up.
"Where are you?"
"By the sea."
"Come to Heilan Pavilion and have breakfast together."
She didn't have time to refuse, Lin Jiahe had already hung up the phone. It's really concise, typical of a businessman's style.
looked at his wet pants, and it seemed that he could only appear in front of the boss in such a disheveled manner.
Wu Jue didn't know anything about Hailan Pavilion, but obviously everyone in the resort knew him, so he asked GO casually and was enthusiastically led to his destination.
It's a restaurant on the resort's waterfront, but, perhaps because it's early, it's empty.
No, there are still people, such as Lin Jiahe who is sitting by the window.
"Mr. Lin." Wu Jue walked over and greeted him respectfully.
"Sit." He looked at her, and after the night, the tiredness on his face was still faint.
"Where's Assistant Li?" She asked, a little curiously.
"I haven't gotten up yet. Anyway, it's not time to go to work yet. He shrugged.
"Mr. Lin, have you been busy lately?" She sat down across from him and asked subconsciously.
"It's not recently, it's been a bit of a busy time. It's just that Wei Hong is always looking for trouble during this time, and he spends a little more energy. He said it lightly, but there was still a little anxiety in his tone.
Wei Hong is Lin Zheng's competitor for many years, the same shipping started, the scale is comparable, the development of business over the years is roughly the same, but a mountain can not be two tigers, the two companies always try to suppress each other, from the city to the province, a bit of a cloud and rain taste, probably only one party annexed the other, this endless business war will come to an end.
However, judging from the situation in the past two years, since Lin Jiahe presided over Lin Zheng's overall situation, the business has improved several points, Wei Hong seems to have fallen behind slightly, and it is only a matter of time before he wants to fight back against the water.
"What are you going to eat?" I don't know when, Lin Jiahe has already recruited a waiter.
"Just eat a little in the morning."
He smiled and picked up the menu: "Breakfast is the most important thing to me. β
"Why?"
"For me, lunch and dinner are either working meals or social meals, and only breakfast is truly my own stomach." He took the menu and pointed, "A seafood porridge, a cage of crab roe buns, well, plus a cup of clear coffee." β
"Drinking coffee in the morning doesn't seem to be very good for the stomach, right? And this combination does not conform to the rules of gastronomy. After that, Wu Jue turned to the waiter again, "I'm the same as Mr. Lin, but I don't need coffee, I want soy milk." β
"Then give me a soy milk, too."
Wu Jue was stunned for a moment, and when she faced him, for some reason, she was a little cramped, so she simply turned her head to look out the window, and at this time, she realized that the sea outside the window seemed to be where she had just stood.
She turned her head to look at him, but she didn't know how to speak.
He probably saw her thoughts, and said very casually: "I just sat here and happened to see you by the sea." After that, he suddenly added lightly, "I thought you were going to jump into the sea." β
It's still that casual tone.
Wu Jue was stunned, and reacted half-loudly: "I just want to see the sunrise." β
"How about watching the sunrise by the sea?"
"Well, it's not good, it's a little cold."
He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Then where do you think it would be better?" β
Wu Jue thought for a while: "For example, in a seaside house like this restaurant, standing in front of the window or on the balcony, you can see the beautiful scenery without wind and sun, how good." β
When I was still young, I had some sour feelings, and when I thought of the poems like the spring flowers blooming facing the sea, I would feel very romantic, of course, at that time, there was always a person who accompanied Wu Jue's whimsy.
"Do you like a house by the sea?" Lin Jiahe took the porridge brought by the waiter, took a sip slowly, and asked.
"Who doesn't like that? It's just that for an office worker like me, it's just a luxury. Wu Jue smiled, but he didn't feel helpless.
"This island has developed a lot of houses in the past two years, if you like it, I can give you one."
His tone was still so nonchalant, as if he was not talking about a house, but about an ordinary breakfast, a cup of soy milk or a bowl of porridge on this table.
But even if Wu Jue is really a person who realizes it later, he can probably understand the meaning behind this sentence. In fact, she didn't know how to pretend to be stupid, so she could only look at him stunned.
"I was going to send flowers to eat or something, but you know, I'm very busy, and I don't have the heart to spend this flower before the moon." He seemed to hesitate for a moment before adding, "Besides, men and women just take what they need. β
Wu Jue looked at the somewhat handsome face opposite, and suddenly felt very funny, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Lin, were you like this before?" β
"What?" He didn't understand Wu Jue's words very well.
"Did all the women you used to buy for money?" Because of his hatred for his rich face, Wu Jue's words unconsciously became a little vicious.
He was stunned for a moment, and then he looked calm again: "Since everyone takes what they need, I don't think there is any problem." β
"So-Mr. Lin has never tried to really love someone?"
"Love? This kind of game is probably only for children in their teens and twenties! He scoffed, "Every day different women clamored to love me, eager to prove with their hearts and lungs how deep and true their love is." But what do they love about me? At the end of the day, it's just my identity and money. If it is the identity of love for me, can it be called true love? If it's my money that I love, then it's even more hypocritical. If this is the so-called love, then love is too ridiculous. β
"Mr. Lin, it seems that you are quite self-aware, knowing that if you lose the halo of President Lin Zheng, you will be no different from passers-by, and those women who keep saying that they love you will not look at you at all." Wu Jue replied to him almost in a vicious tone.
He was not angry, even more disdainful, and his tone was nonchalant: "So what? I am the president of Lin Zheng, and this is a fact that cannot be changed. β
Wu Jue laughed: "Who knows? Maybe one day you'll go bankrupt and become worthless. β
"There won't be that day." His tone was very conceited, and he stared at Wu Jue almost with condescending eyes.
Wu Jue felt that he was about to be stabbed by this kind of lofty eyes, so he stood up suddenly, and said nothing: "Mr. Lin, no matter how rich and powerful you are, you can't hide the insecurity and paleness in your heart, aren't you just afraid of paying, betrayal, and hurt?" Yes, how can a mercenary businessman like you experience the beauty of love! β
Lin Jiahe's face finally gloomy under her words, and even his eyes were full of obvious anger, he dropped the spoon in his hand, looked directly at Wu Jue, and said coldly: "Wu Jue, don't be too self-righteous. β
Wu Jue sneered: "What? Speaking of your sore spots? β
He seemed to secretly adjust his mood and resumed his usual tone: "Wu Jue, I don't have to be you. β
"Of course, there are so many women who love you, how can I have to do it?" Wu Jue didn't know that she could be bitter to this Cheng dΓΉ.
He suddenly laughed, a mocking kind of laugh: "Wu Jue, do you know who you're talking to?" β
"I know, the president of Lin Zheng Group, my boss."
"Believe it or not, I'll fire you right away."
Wu Jue was stunned for a moment, and then said word by word: "I don't believe it." Because you are a very good businessman, you can't be so public-private. β
He seemed to be a little surprised by her answer, and after a long time he whispered, "You can go." β
If she heard her correctly, there was a deep weariness in his voice.
She looked at the unfinished breakfast on the table, and suddenly realized that she seemed to be a little too excited.
I thought that no matter what kind of situation she encountered, she would be able to face it calmly.
Obviously, her cultivation seems to be a little bit behind.