Chapter 129: Cafe Talk
On the evening of July 8, 2005, an hour after the end of the Great Bell Award, Jang Sung-won and Moon Geun-young sat opposite each other in a private room on the third floor of a café in Seolin-dong, Jongno-gu, downtown.
Wen Genying asked: "Brother Cheng Yuan, didn't you promise me that you would take me to a big meal, why did you bring me to the café?" According to her previous agreement with Zhang Chengyuan, Zhang Chengyuan had to invite her to a big meal, so after the Big Bell Award ended, she asked her grandmother to help her block her often shadowy agent for her, and followed Zhang Chengyuan out.
Zhang Chengyuan said: "It's too late now, eating a big meal is not good for your health, and it's easy to gain weight, just drink coffee and eat some snacks!" Tomorrow at noon or dinnertime, I'll treat you to French cuisine again! ”
Wen Genying said dissatisfiedly: "Who knows if I have time to come out tomorrow?" Alas, forget it, I'll listen to you for the time being this time, and you'll compensate me next time! Now, hurry up and get me something to eat, I'm dying of hunger!" He looked very aggrieved.
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head, smiled again, and said, "Don't worry, I'm ready for you!" He turned to the door and shouted, "President Lin, bring in what you eat!" "It wasn't very loud, but the people outside the door could hear it clearly.
The door opened, and Lin Jixiu walked in pushing a small dining cart, and as soon as he came in, he immediately closed the door, as if he didn't want people outside to see the scene inside. When Lin Zhixiu pushed the dining cart to Zhang Chengyuan and called out to the boss, Wen Genying immediately raised his head and looked at her in surprise, and said in amazement: "Brother Chengyuan, isn't this sister your assistant?" How do you call her President Lin? For Lin Jixiu, a beautiful assistant who often accompanies Zhang Chengyuan, Wen Geunying has no reason not to recognize him.
"Some time ago, I just renovated and reopened this café, which means that I am now the owner of this café. And this is the president I have designated. Zhang Chengyuan pointed at Lin Zhixiu and said.
The specific operation process is handled by Lin Zhixiu, Zhang Chengyuan just sits back and enjoys it, but there is no way, during this time he has been practicing judo, accompanying Li Zhen and Cheng Youli to practice archery, filming, figuring out the script, catching up with other announcements, etc., he is very busy, how can he have time to deal with this kind of time-consuming and energy-consuming thing.
Wen Genying said a little incredulously: "I didn't expect that my brother would become the president so soon!" Well, I just wondered how there were so many of your propaganda portraits here. ”
Zhang Chengyuan said speechlessly: "President? The owner of a small coffee shop, also worthy of the chairman, Gen Young, you look up to my brother and me too much. ”
"Even if it's not yet, in a few years, maybe you'll open a lot of coffee chains, and then you'll be the president of a big company." ”
Zhang Chengyuan said with a smile: "I am so confident, why don't you take out part of the money you make every year for charity and invest in my brother's chain store?" After you make money, you can use it for charity, and my brother will give you half of the shares, what do you think? It's not that Zhang Chengyuan is short of money and wants to get investment from Wen Genying, but he wants to help her develop her career by the way, and when she gets married in the future, she can have more dowry.
Wen Genying shook his head and said, "The money is all with my mother, she won't let me do this." Moreover, I know that my brother wants to send me money, but I am not very interested in spending a lot of money, as long as it is enough, so I will not participate in the shares. If you want to be nice to me, brother, then let me get free every time I spend here! In fact, Wen Genying makes no less money than Zhang Chengyuan, and her life is much simpler than that of most female stars, so naturally there is no need to take Zhang Chengyuan's money.
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Of course it's okay, I welcome you to come here to eat and drink for free at any time in the future!" Okay, let's not talk about that, let's taste my meal here and see what it tastes like. He waved his hand to Lin Jixiu.
Lin Zhixiu immediately put the coffee and a few plates of snacks on the table, although she has been the president for more than half a month, she is a little impressive, but she is still quite obedient in front of Zhang Chengyuan, especially when other people are present, she is even more honest, and she does not dare to disobey Zhang Chengyuan's order at all, because she knows that if she is disobedient, Zhang Chengyuan has a way to make her regret it. However, when the two were alone, Zhang Chengyuan's attitude towards her seemed to have become gentler, perhaps because he was very satisfied with her business results during this time!
Waffles, sandwiches, tiramisu, cheesecake, scones...... Zhang Chengyuan invited Wen Genying to eat, and tasted it the same, feeling that the taste was not bad, but there didn't seem to be anything extremely unique, so he said, "That's all?" I don't think there's a signature confectionery that customers will want to eat again after eating, right? Even if the quality requirements are stricter and the service is more thoughtful, it can't make our store stand out from the encirclement of so many coffee shops around. It seems that you should be more attentive and let the chef make a better meal. ”
Wen Genying muttered: "Brother Cheng Yuan, you are too picky, I think everything is delicious, and the taste of this coffee is even better, and there is a cute bear painted on the coffee, I am almost reluctant to drink it." ”
Zhang Chengyuan brought the cup of coffee in front of him to Wen Genying and said, "If you like it, then drink this cup of kitten too!" ”
Lin Jixiu asked, "Boss, don't you taste the taste of coffee?" ”
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and said: "I don't understand coffee, and I don't know if it's good or bad when I drink it, and I don't like to drink this Western thing, if you have tea, get me some of it." ”
Lin Zhixiu said: "I'm sorry, boss, we don't have tea in the store, but I will definitely prepare it for you before you come next time!" ”
Wen Genying smiled: "Brother Cheng Yuan, you can't even drink coffee, what kind of café do you open?" The way she laughed was quite cute.
Zhang Chengyuan couldn't help pinching her face and said: "To be a boss, it is more important to know how to make good use of people and manage subordinates well, as for whether you will be secondary." ”
Wen Genying's face was flushed, and she said shyly: "Brother, I'm already 19 years old, can you stop pinching my face like this in the future, as if I'm still a child." Also, even if you don't know how to make coffee, you must at least know whether the coffee in your store tastes good or not, otherwise, the barista is sloppy, and you don't know how to do it! ”
Zhang Chengyuan pointed at Lin Zhixiu and said: "All the affairs in the store are controlled by her, and I usually don't interfere, as long as she knows how to distinguish between good and bad coffee and how to make coffee." Lin Jixiu, you shouldn't be sloppy, right? ”
"Of course not, boss!" If this café fails, she may have to be Zhang Chengyuan's maid for the rest of her life, how dare she not do her best?
"Isn't that enough!" Zhang Chengyuan looked back at Wen Genying and said.
Wen Genying said disapprehantly: "Brother Cheng Yuan, you are a big man who doesn't do things by himself, but he will only order Sister Zhixiu to do things for you from a woman's family, and you are not ashamed?" ”
Zhang Chengyuan smiled and said, "Isn't I going to film, and I also have to take care of you and several other sisters, how can I spend more time on managing this, and besides, I can give her this opportunity, and she is still enjoying it?" Lin Jixiu, am I right? ”
"The boss is very right, I am willing to do it!" Under the eaves, she had to bow her head, Lin Zhixiu already had this kind of awareness, so no matter what Zhang Chengyuan said, she would respond.
Moreover, Jang Sung-won is not completely wrong, although she graduated from a prestigious school, but she has no management experience for the time being, and if she looks for a job by herself, she can only be a small staff member or a small leader, and if she wants to be in charge of the daily operation of a store like now, it is really difficult to do it in a society like South Korea that discriminates against women. Of course, she is not very grateful to Zhang Chengyuan, because Zhang Chengyuan has not given her the corresponding remuneration so far, so she often thinks in her heart that after she makes a name for herself in the industry, she will try to get out of Zhang Chengyuan's clutches. However, when she thought of his special methods that were difficult to resist, she felt that she would probably have to work hard under Zhang Chengyuan for the rest of her life.
Wen Genying was a little resentful of Zhang Chengyuan's scoundrel, but after all, Zhang Chengyuan was the best brother for her and her favorite brother, so it was really inconvenient to reprimand him, so he had to glare at him slightly, lowered his head and continued to taste the dessert.
Zhang Chengyuan waved his hand to Lin Zhixiu and said, "You go down first, I will call you again if there is something!" "His words and demeanor are quite like a big boss. Lin Jixiu immediately bowed down and retreated.
After Lin Jixiu completely exited the box and closed the door, Wen Geunying immediately persuaded: "Brother, you are too fierce and domineering to Sister Jisoo, not at all like you usually, you can't treat her like this just because she is your subordinate, aren't you afraid that she will leave you one day if she can't stand it?" I don't know if Jang Sung-won is usually too gentle and kind to Moon Geun-young, so now that she sees Jang Sung-won shouting at Lin Ji-so, she feels that his behavior is very abnormal and unacceptable.
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Gen Yingyi, you are still young, you don't understand that people's hearts are unpredictable, don't look at her beautiful and weak Wenwen, you think she is a good person, in fact, if she is ruthless, she will do anything." My brother treats her like this, and naturally I have a reason. Also, if I find out in the future that she is indeed worthy of my trust, I will be kind to her. ”
Thinking of Lin Zhixiu, in order to repay the loan sharks of the Black Bear Gang, he rushed to his car almost regardless of his life, although he was forced by debts and could hardly survive if he didn't do this, but a woman can do this to this extent, which also shows that she is ruthless and courageous enough. He has always felt that it is quite difficult to really subdue Lin Zhixiu, and the purpose of treating her like this is to try his best to combat her arrogance and make her develop the habit of obeying him in everything, so as to lay the foundation for truly subduing her in the future.
During this time, with the help of Yuanshen's hypnosis in her brain, it has been doing well for the time being, but when the two are alone, Lin Zhixiu will occasionally complain to him, which makes Zhang Chengyuan feel that there is still a long way to go to subdue Lin Zhixiu.
Wen Genying asked ignorantly, "Sister Jixiu, isn't she a good person?" ”
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and said: "My brother didn't say that she was a bad person, but she wanted to get my complete trust, but not for the time being!" I am doing this to her in order to test her character, and if I feel that she is worthy of my trust, I will give her all my fortune and let her manage and invest in me. Well, forget it, let's not talk about it, you can eat it, I'll send you back to your grandma when you're done! ”
Although Wen Genying didn't understand Zhang Chengyuan's approach very well, out of his consistent trust in him, he didn't ask anymore. After eating for a while, she suddenly asked, "Brother Cheng Yuan, do you have many younger sisters?" You said you were going to take care of me and a few other sisters. ”
Zhang Chengyuan nodded slightly and said, "There are several." ”
"Do I know?" Moon Geun-young asked further.
"Yoon Eun-hye and Jun Hye-bin should know, the two sisters, Zheng Xiuyan and Xiao Jing, are not from the entertainment industry, and they haven't met you, so you don't know each other for the time being." Zhang Chengyuan briefly explained.
"Yin Eun-hye and Jun Hye-bin's two sisters are so old, do they want you to take care of them too?" Wen Genying's voice was a little strange.
"No matter how old you are, as long as it is my sister, it will be my sister for the rest of your life, just like you, my brother will take care of you for the rest of your life, even if you get married in the future." Zhang Chengyuan once again pinched Wen Genying's somewhat fleshy face.
After hearing Zhang Chengyuan's words, Wen Genying was a little happier, and she didn't care about Zhang Chengyuan's "crime" of pinching her face again, and asked, "Who is that little crystal?" Listening to my brother's tone, it seems that I love her very much! ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "I am the first little sister I recognized, very beautiful, very cute, and very well-behaved, I have the opportunity to introduce her to you, after seeing her, you will definitely like her." Speaking of Little Crystal, his tone could not hide his joy, and he used three consecutive words of praise to praise her.
Wen Genying said a little gloomily: "Does my brother like her more than me?" It must be, she doesn't even call her name, just call her nickname! ”
Zhang Chengyuan touched Wen Genying's head and said with a smile: "Jealous? Actually, you don't need that, I love you as much as I can, and besides, she's just a 12-year-old, seven years younger than you. ”
Wen Genying said suddenly: "How can I be jealous? He lowered his head and hurriedly drank his coffee, but almost choked.
Zhang Chengyuan hurriedly got up and walked to her side, patted her back, and said: "You're so old, eating is not worry-free, it seems that you are still a child!" ”
Wen Genying relieved her anger and said angrily: "Brother, I've grown up, don't treat me as a child anymore." ”
Zhang Chengyuan glanced at her figure slightly, and said with a smile: "Can't you see where you look like an adult?" You should eat more and grow more meat! ”
Wen Genying glanced at him, looked down at his chest again, and found that there was indeed no curve, so he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Why do you grow meat everywhere, but there is not much meat here?" "No matter how beautiful a girl is, when she grows up, she will also be dissatisfied with her body.
Zhang Chengyuan comforted: "Don't worry, you are still young now, you will have a good figure in the future!" He is not taboo at all to talk about girls' secrets, but it inevitably attracted Wen Genying's "angry eyes".
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After more than half an hour, seeing that it was already very late, Zhang Chengyuan drove Wen Genying back, and then drove home to sleep, as for Lin Zhixiu, he naturally took a taxi back.