The person with the username Butterfly sent me WeChat, it seemed that it was just to provoke my affection, and after I replied to him (her), he (she) had no news, and I wanted to put him (her) on the blacklist, but in the end I still didn't do it, because he (she) really brought me a very important message, but I didn't use the right way to deal with it in the end.

The next morning, I got up before Zhao Mu, I made breakfast, and he got up a moment later, and then he packed his luggage, I knew that he was going to move to the apartment that Jinding Real Estate had allocated for him.

We sat down and ate breakfast, and I told him to take a break after work, after all, the body is the capital of the revolution. Since he joined Jinding Real Estate, he has worked overtime until late at night almost every day before coming back.

While chatting, he asked me about Xiao Ai's news again, and he asked me, "Brother Qiao, has Xiao Ai been in contact with you recently?" What has she been up to lately? ”

"She?" I paused here before I said to Zhao Mu again: "I heard that Yuan Zhen took over the music production of a movie in Japan, and Xiao Ai went over to help, so he should leave today." ”

Zhao Mu's face was like an autumn leaf losing its luster, and he was silent for a long time before he asked again, "Did she say how long she was going to go?" ”

"For more than a month, I shouldn't be back for the New Year!"

Zhao Mu lowered his head, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in a very disappointed tone: "...... Now, I can't even see her face, but she's willing to go to Japan for so long for another man. Come to think of it, this is the gap between people. ”

I didn't know what to respond to, so I chose to be silent, trying to change the topic in silence, and then Zhao Mu asked me again: "Brother Qiao, has she always liked that person named Yuan Zhen?" ”

I shook my head and replied, "I don't know, but the relationship between them is indeed quite special, and Yuan Zhen is worth it for her to do so." ”

Zhao Mu nodded, and didn't say more, he is like this, whether it is for people or things, he will have a very clear judgment in his brain, so he will not ask too many questions like an immature teenager, let alone beat his chest to vent his feelings, this is what I think is the most worry-free thing about him.

……

After leaving my lodging and sitting in a coffee shop for a while, I went to a nearby building materials market and bought two planks to make a case for the guitar that Xiao Ai had left, something I promised her. I'm sure she'll come back from Japan and ask me if I've set up her guitar, and I'll have to make her unable to find fault with me.

On the way back, I passed by the convenience store again, and remembering some of the things that happened here with Xiao Ai last night, I subconsciously stopped and just stood outside the window and watched. I still seem to remember yesterday's mood, but at this moment, Xiao Ai is afraid that he has already taken a plane to Japan, and the distance between us has gradually changed from one city to two cities, and finally completely isolated by the sea on both sides.

I'm a little sad because of this......

The clerk at the convenience store was knitting a sweater, and the TV in front of her was playing the local news, and I saw Jin Qiu on the news. She was interviewed by reporters in high spirits, and she seemed to have participated in the selection of "Nanjing's Most Beautiful Entrepreneurial Woman", which has recently been particularly hot in the local market.

I tilted my head again to look, in order to match the effect of the show, Jin Qiu was driving her Wrangler on the empty road, the wind outside the window stirred her hair, and under the sunglasses was a confident and beautiful face, which made me see her, there was a kind of confidence guarantee, she seemed to never fail.

Hehe, how could she lose? She has an aura of education that is even better than Zhao Mu, is in charge of a thriving wedding company, and she has won a lawsuit with Li Zishan that has no chance of winning at all, so there should be no word failure in her dictionary at all.

I envy her a little and admire her, she has done a lot of things that seem impossible to me, such as that time in the school debate competition, she alone debated the other four people to be speechless, which requires not only aura, but also eloquence and wisdom!

I think she is the champion of "Nanjing's Most Beautiful Entrepreneurial Woman", she is not comparable to those women who open yoga studios or training institutions, she is a woman who can really fight a tough battle.

……

Back at the coffee shop, I started to worry about hiring store managers and baristas again, and I had posted job postings on almost all the major job boards, but because by the end of the year, the turnover of people in the various workplaces had become very small, and there had been no applicants for the past few days, not even those who had called to express interest.

The store manager was about to leave, so I had to raise my salary again, and I hope to solve this difficult problem in the next few days.

At noon, Jin Qiu suddenly came to the coffee shop, and while asking the store manager to mix coffee for her, I asked her, "Why do you have time to come to me for coffee today?" ”

Jin Qiu waved his hand to the store manager, signaling that he would not drink coffee, and then pulled me to the position near the window. She said to me with a stern expression: "Jiang Qiao, about the first round of the entrepreneurship competition, I have asked someone to inquire...... Your business plan was killed by the judges in the first round! ”

I looked at her in some surprise, my heart was full of frustration, and I asked after a while, "You mean, I don't even have the opportunity to speak to investors in the second round?" ”

"Nope."

Jin Qiu looked at me with some hatred, and she said again: "I read your business plan, and it is really poor in the demonstration of the feasibility of the project, there is no reasonable logic at all, and it is also a mess in the expression, and it is impossible for the judges to give it to you!" ”

I was panicked, I felt that I had done my best in that business plan, and for the first time I felt the limitations brought about by the lack of academic qualifications, and this world is so real, how much weight and talent you have, it will be known at a try.

I lit a cigarette and didn't speak......

Jin Qiu seemed to see through my thoughts, and she said: "Don't question yourself because of this, I have seen your wedding planning, logical thinking is very rigorous, although this is different from entrepreneurial planning, but it is still the same in essence...... I think you've had a problem with your mindset lately! …… Just like the last Weibo marketing, my wedding company firmly seized the opportunity and made a qualitative leap, and your coffee shop has almost the same opportunity, but when the customer wants to do a marriage proposal ceremony in your coffee shop, where are you? …… In Lijiang! …… The patience of customers will be lost, and you should be able to feel that after the popularity of Weibo marketing has passed, the business of coffee shops is not as good as before, right? …… Because, it's a shame that you weren't able to strike while the iron was hot! ”

I was silent for a long time before I replied, "I went to Lijiang because of special circumstances. ”

Jin Qiu's expression became more severe: "I'm sure that there will be countless special circumstances in your life in the future, will you still choose this way when the time comes?" …… You are like this, you always value people's favors more than your own career, but you ignore how realistic the mall is and how precious the opportunities are...... Well, now it's giving you a stick head-on! ”

I finally looked up at Jin Qiu and asked, "If I passed the first round of this entrepreneurship competition, would you still count me down like this?" I don't do my job! ”

"Jiang Qiao, I'm not counting you, I just hope you can learn the lesson this time...... Career is not for you to do, you have to distinguish the priorities, I suggest that you can go to the interview with Qiu Zi'an in a financial magazine when you have time, and find out how he started his business in the first place. ”

I was inexplicably irritable, and then lit a cigarette, I didn't want to hear the name Qiu Zi'an again, and I didn't like others to compare him with me. I just don't have his ability, I don't have his motivation, I don't have his means, but who in this world stipulates that every man must be a man like him. If there is such a rule, then the entire human society, isn't it the same?

Jin Qiu sighed, I gasped for breath, and Jin Qiu finally said to me again: "...... I know you'll be disgusted by talking too much, but I really hope you can take this opportunity to reflect on yourself. In my opinion, there are only two kinds of men in this world, one is capable, and the other is incapacitated but still makes all kinds of excuses for himself, because ability is not innate, it just depends on whether you have the courage to change...... Otherwise, you are destined to be just garbage in life, forever living in the spurned eyes of others, because the world does not believe in goodness so much, only believes in value and creation! ”

……

After Jin Qiu said this, he left, and I sat like I had lost my soul, I had a huge sense of crisis, and I lived up to Jin Qiu's trust and expectations before me, I didn't even have the first round of the entrepreneurship competition.

I asked myself over and over again what I had done during this time, and what was the future of my coffee shop in a crisis that was difficult to preserve. Or, my Jiangqiao is not suitable for entrepreneurship at all, and I am destined to have to follow a boss like Lao Jin to do hard work for a lifetime.

Dusk came in my trance, I found that there was no one dear to this city, I knew that Chen Yi also went abroad today, so I fell into the fear of having nowhere to go again, and I especially wanted to find someone to talk to......

I walked down Tulip Road with a cigarette, I passed by the abandoned textile factory, and I thought of my mother, the woman named Yang Jin.

Her ruthlessness has made me accustomed to being alone to bear all the pain and loss silently, so I am not a person who likes to talk to me. I suddenly felt less miserable again, because I had been suffering from the pain of having no one to talk to, which I had been suffering since I was 8 years old.

At the moment, all I need is a cigarette, a couple of drinks, and deep self-reflection, not so-and-so