Chapter 80: Growing Up
Out of the station, Yang Mucheng took a taxi directly to school. When the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info went home for the New Year, he brought a lot of Pengcheng specialties back to his hometown. Now back to Pengcheng, he also brought some specialties of Lihuagou. Of course, the only regret is that it is not the season to fry tea, and he can't go to the mountains to pick tea leaves to fry in person.
When he returned to school, he was the only one in the entire dormitory. However, everything in the house was clean. I think it was Li Baifei, who had a habit of cleanliness, who came back early and cleaned the room.
As soon as Yang Mucheng put down his things, his mobile phone rang. When I opened it, it was Song Xiaoyu's phone.
"You go back to Pengcheng, why don't you let me pick you up?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Song Xiaoyu questioned on the other end.
"Go home for the New Year, I guess you're tired. So, I don't want to make trouble for you. Where are you? I'll treat you to dinner in the evening. ”
Yang Mucheng replied truthfully.
"I'm downstairs in the boys' dormitory, so it's best not for me to see you with other women."
Song Xiaoyu was very concerned that Yang Mucheng didn't let her pick up people at the station.
"Go down right away, I'll bring you some specialties from Lihuagou."
Yang Mucheng hung up the phone, then picked up a food box and went downstairs.
Inside the red BMW, Song Xiaoyu was still pouting. However, when Yang Mucheng opened the food box and gave her the Lihuagou specialty baked cakes inside, he immediately laughed. This kind of baked cake is a specialty of Lihuagou, thin, crispy, fragrant, crispy, and very delicious.
Song Xiaoyu has seen Yang Mucheng's friends eat this kind of baked cake several times in videos and photos, and they have been clamoring to eat it. Although she also used to order online. However, even if it is also a roasted cake from Lihuagou, this box was given to her by Yang Mucheng after all. It tastes extraordinarily fragrant and crispy.
"What do you want to eat at night? I invite you. ”
Although Yang Mucheng spent a lot of money to visit the elderly in his hometown, he received tens of thousands of yuan in red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. In addition, he originally had a card with 2.8 million in it, so now he is a low-key little rich man.
"For the whole New Year, I was eating and visiting relatives every day, and I was annoyed to death. Are you hungry? If we're not hungry, shall we go for a walk around school? ”
Song Xiaoyu finished eating a baked cake and sucked his finger very happily.
"Okay."
Yang Mucheng smiled and agreed.
At this point, it was almost dusk. Although it is still the first month, after all, the sky is warm. Moreover, Pengcheng is not as cold as Lihuagou. Yang Mucheng is still wearing a thick coat now, and he already looks a little bloated.
With Yang Mucheng by his side, Song Xiaoyu's mood was exceptionally good. Walk and jump along the way, walk through the playground, and step through the gravel paths in the lawn. Until the sun was about to set in the west, a dusk sun shone with a warm and comfortable light, shining on the entire school ground.
Comfortable, serene, calm, beautiful.
Yang Mucheng breathed the air of Pengcheng, which was still a little chilly, and sighed faintly in his heart. Such a calm is only temporary. There is so much to face in the new year. There won't be too many days like this for a whole year.
Just as Yang Mucheng was standing in the sun and thinking, his mobile phone suddenly rang. Look at the caller's name, it is actually Qi Baoguang.
"Brother Yang, have you returned to Pengcheng? I miss my brother. ”
Although it was a voice coming from the phone, Yang Mucheng could still feel that Qi Baoguang on the other end must have a smile on his face at this time.
Yang Mucheng exhaled, the rare comfort that still existed just now was only afraid that it would end from this phone call. Although he was used to having a wooden face, he still replied with a smile as much as possible: "Let Mr. Qi remember, I have already returned to Pengcheng." It's time to give you a good old age. ”
"When you go back to Pengcheng, why don't you say that you will let my brother pick you up? I'm here, but I've got some good food and wine for you. ”
Qi Baoguang on the phone was enthusiastic.
"Okay. I'll definitely come to you when I have time. Coincidentally, I brought you some souvenirs from my hometown Lihuagou, which are not worth much, please try them. ”
Yang Mucheng coped with them one by one.
"What is worth nothing? Brother, what I value is the affection of making friends with you, and it is far away to withdraw money. As long as you bring back something, my brother and I like to eat it. I know that you have just come back, and you must have to take care of your younger siblings. You arrange things first, and when you have time, you must come over, I have to take a good look at you. ”
Qi Baoguang burst into another enthusiastic laugh on the phone.
"Thank you, Mr. Qi, as long as I take the time, I will definitely go."
Yang Mucheng agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Mucheng saw that Song Xiaoyu, who was originally walking in front, stopped, turned his head and looked at him fixedly, the joy in his eyes was reduced a lot, and was replaced by a layer of sadness and loneliness.
"What's wrong with you?"
Yang Mucheng didn't understand how Song Xiaoyu's mood could change so much in an instant, and frowned and asked.
"Seeing that you're talking to them on the phone now, you're getting more and more tactful. Yang Mucheng, I'm really worried that one day you will become like those snobbish businessmen, mercenary and indifferent. ”
Song Xiaoyu expressed the worry in her heart.
Yang Mucheng didn't expect Song Xiaoyu to pay attention to the details of the phone call he had just made, turned his head to look at the sunset that had sunk for a little while, and then sighed again. He opened his mouth, but finally didn't explain anything.
In business, it is necessary to speak business. When people are in the rivers and lakes, they must abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes.
Those unrealistic and brain-dead Korean dramas play which protagonist is so personality and rebellious at every turn, in fact, it's all nonsense. Even in reality, there are often those rich second generations and star second generations who show off their wealth in various ways, and when they really go to the social circle of the shopping mall, they are still smiling and saying things they don't like.
Yang Mucheng understands his identity very well, although he is a person who has practiced internal strength since he was a child, although he is very smart. But in the face of reality, he is just an insignificant little grassroots.
He doesn't like Qi Baoguang's left and right, and he doesn't like his intelligence and snobbery. However, it does not mean that he wants to cut off relations with him because of this, and he must reject people thousands of miles away.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said that there are only eternal interests, and there are no eternal friends.
Yang Mucheng is unwilling to be a self-righteous high-ranking ink man, he is destined to be a businessman in this life. At the very least, you have to do business until you become famous, so that you can completely withdraw.
It's just that, with his current goal, he is really worried that he will spend his whole life and may not be able to complete his goal. Therefore, now he has to work harder and harder.
Although the smell of copper on Qi Baoguang's body is not pleasing to people, he can become the boss of the Dragon Domain Club, and he can be left and right in the Pengcheng business world, and he is exquisite in all directions, which in itself represents his own existence value and immeasurable strength.
Although Yang Mucheng unexpectedly smashed the Dragon Domain Club last time, he finally managed to retire. It has even been appreciated by many people because of this.
However, Yang Mucheng was not so arrogant that he was now qualified to fight hard with Qi Baoguang. If he fights alone, thirty Qi Baoguang is not his opponent. However, this is not the gangster era of the old Shanghai beach, as long as you have courage, brains, and dare to fight, you can get ahead.
This is an era of stressing strength, wisdom, and strategy.
In this era, it is difficult to achieve great things, whether it is only strength, wisdom, or strategy.
Moreover, in such an era, everyone is talking about borrowing and pulling circles.
If Yang Mucheng wants to complete his goal as soon as possible, he must also leverage his strength to manage his own network. And Qi Baoguang, the owner of the Dragon Domain Club, is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.
Therefore, when Yang Mucheng brought the gift, he deliberately prepared Qi Baoguang's share early.
Not only that, when visiting the elders in his hometown during the Chinese New Year, Yang Mucheng would carefully look at the words and deeds of other people who came to visit everywhere he went. Although some of the actions and some words seemed too blunt and polite, Yang Mucheng knew that this was essential in social interaction.
Yang Mucheng has written down all the details of these etiquette and conversations, and even facial expressions in the past few days. In the new year, he plans to apply what he has learned and really start trying to manage his future.
However, he just answered a phone call, and Song Xiaoyu immediately felt the change in him.
Purely in terms of the degree of learning progress, Yang Mucheng is undoubtedly successful. In just a few days, there have been welcome changes.
However, if you look at it from another angle, Yang Mucheng has a faint loss in the depths of his heart. Even after the New Year, he is still not yet twenty years old. And he had to learn to mature himself, and then face a mature world.
"After the New Year, we are both a year older."
Looking at the sunset that was gradually swallowed by darkness, Yang Mucheng spoke softly. It is not only like talking to himself, but also like answering Song Xiaoyu who is not asked.
"That's right. It's a year older again, and it's so annoying! ”
Song Xiaoyu also sighed, and pouted a little depressedly. Just a simple sentence from Yang Mucheng pushed her mind back to the seventh aunt during the New Year, and the eighth aunt asked how she was going to college and whether she had a boyfriend.
"I'm over my early twenties, and in another semester, we're all going to step out of school and face the society on our own. It also means that I am about to become a real adult man. Whether we like it or not, we must face a reality. ”
Yang Mucheng paused for a moment and muttered, "We should all grow up." ”
When he spoke, the corners of Yang Mucheng's mouth rose slightly, as if he was laughing, but not like it.
Song Xiaoyu looked at Yang Mucheng's expression when he spoke, and his brows tightened. Yang Mucheng in front of him can make porcelain and can fight. Although his speech and expression are a little wooden, he is extremely attentive in his work. Moreover, it is also very smart. With Yang Mucheng, although sometimes it makes her angry. However, as long as she stands by Yang Mucheng's side, she will always feel very intimate. Like, don't worry about the sky falling.
In Song Xiaoyu's heart, Yang Mucheng's image has always been tall. Before she knew it, she had come to regard him as a mature and trustworthy man.
It wasn't until Yang Mucheng said the words of growing up just now that her heart ached inexplicably. Yang Mucheng is actually the same age as her, but he is mature, so he subconsciously regards him as a mature person. In fact, he, like her, is still a child.