Boss Feng's meeting was held for a long time, and Zhou Ziran went in and out several times, sometimes holding a pile of paper, sometimes holding a kettle, sometimes answering the phone, busy with his feet off the ground, sweating profusely.

I sat on the sofa bored, and occasionally heard the noise in the conference room, Boss Feng's mood today seems to be very bad, which may be related to the sales performance during the Spring Festival, his voice is very loud, and from time to time you can hear reprimands, abuse, low roars, ridicule and so on.

I huddled in the corner of the sofa, wondering if it would be effective to come here today, but if I came, I would be at ease, and my timidity would inevitably become the laughing stock of others.

The meeting lasted for more than three hours, and Boss Feng and the others walked out slowly, they talked in a low voice as they walked, these people should be the backbone veterans of the company, and in the blink of an eye, most of them were gray-haired and old.

Boss Feng walked in front, his pace was very steady, his face was cold, he coughed a few times from time to time, he looked very haggard, Zhou Ziran followed him respectfully, and after a while, Feng Buzhi turned around and said: "Everyone has worked hard, this year's import and export trade and sales performance will be hard for everyone, cough cough..."

After saying that, he leaned over and shivered violently.

Everyone was a little flustered, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and an old man with flowery hair said with tears in his eyes: "Old Feng, at this age, it's time to go back to care for the elderly." ”

Feng Buzhi waved his hand, pretending to be relaxed and said, "I'm not old yet, I'm scattered." ”

Everyone looked at each other and reluctantly got into the elevator.

People went to the empty building, and the silence was a lot free, Zhou Ziran supported Feng Buzhi and slowly walked towards the sofa.

I hurriedly stood up, and after seeing Feng Buzhi's weak, tired and tired expression, I was a little overwhelmed.

He glanced at me, didn't speak, just nestled in a corner of the couch, his eyes slightly closed, panting unevenly.

Zhou Ziran said with a worried face: "Chairman, I haven't taken today's medicine yet." ”

"It's a medicine that is seven points poisonous, the kind of medicine that is not well known, just don't take it."

Feng Buyi still closed his eyes and muttered.

Zhou Ziran glanced at me and said unusually humbly: "Uh, chairman, this is..."

"I know."

Feng Buyi rubbed the corners of his wrinkled eyes, and said lightly: "You came to me today because of the supply problem." ”

Zhou Ziran pursed his lips and motioned me to explain his intentions, I cleared my throat and said: "Boss Feng, don't hide it, the batch of clothes you sold to me last time was particularly hot in China, and recently a large part of it has been put on the shelves of your company, and I heard that the sales are also very good, I am now in short stock, and the supply is also broken, so I..."

The more I spoke, the quieter it became, like mosquitoes flying by, and the more I lacked confidence, and finally it became a soft snort.

Feng Buyi sighed, and after thinking for a while, he squinted his eyes and said, "Xiao Wang, I have heard how you are from other people's mouths, but how much can you set off?" ”

He pointed to the sofa again, motioned for me to sit down and talk, I was stunned, Zhou Ziran pushed me, and I crept on the sofa.

Zhou Ziran brought a teapot, filled the cups on the coffee table, handed it to Feng Buzhi and said, "Chairman, drink some hot tea." ”

Feng Buzhi nodded lightly, and then, looked at me and said: "I appreciate the courage of your young people, as the saying goes, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the test flight of the phoenix chick dares to laugh at Peng, the future is terrifying, the road is long, your road is still very long, the future is bright, and it is bright, so you have the courage not to break Loulan and never return it." ”

I looked at him blankly, and I couldn't understand these so-called poetic truths.

Feng Buzhi picked up the water cup on the coffee table, took a sip lightly, and said lightly: "Listen to Xiao Zhou, you are now limited in funds and in short supply, but you must know that the clothing operated by our company is imported from abroad, so it is very popular with the current people, if you also want to take this road, the first thing is to establish a clothing trading company as soon as possible, you can develop the offline line, you can also contact foreign manufacturers, whether you are big or small, you can't do without the support of money, understand?" ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand, Zhou Ziran was a little indignant, he glared at me and said, "Hey, you have a snack, the chairman is teaching you the truth of doing business, don't just nod your head, tell me your own thoughts." ”

I scolded in my heart, Lao Tzu listened, what can I think, such a big boss, I just nod my head, is it difficult to kneel down and ask for rewards?

I said with a bitter face: "Listening to Boss Feng's words, it is more than enough to read for twenty years, in fact, I came today to think..."

I wanted to say that I wanted to come to Tian shamelessly to ask for supplies, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed them back raw.

After a moment of silence, I said unhurriedly: "I want to ask Boss Feng more about business, I am a shallow learner, I have no ink, I just want to make a little money to support my family, although I have no ambition, but after seeing Boss Feng's momentum of strategizing and winning thousands of miles, I feel ashamed, and I must learn some practical know-how here, so as to need it from time to time." ”

After hearing this, Boss Feng laughed to himself, he put the water cup on the coffee table and said, "Xiao Wang, where did you learn this set of flattering words?" ”

I scratched my hair in embarrassment and said, "It's just a slippery tone, and it can't be moved to the table." ”

Feng Buzhi lit a cigar, took a puff lightly, and showed an intoxicated expression on his face: "If you apply this set of doctrines to the most business, it will be difficult to make money or not." ”

The cigar in his mouth was as thick as a sausage, and the smell of smoke wafted in, and there was a faint aroma, I sniffled and said, "Boss Feng, I am a small business, one has no connections, two has no sales, and three has no supply, you are my teacher, and you should ask you for advice." ”

The witty Feng Buzhi had already guessed my purpose here, and talked a lot, but he didn't break the film, but he didn't talk to me quickly, he knew that the Tao was too shallow, and he was tired of hiding it, so he sat down and said lightly: "Boss Feng, I have cut off the supply now, and I want to order a batch of clothes from you." ”

After Feng Buzhi listened, the corners of his mouth rose, his face softened a lot, he put the cigar on the ashtray, crossed his hands, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, how much do you want to order?" ”

I glanced up at Zhou Ziran and saw him looking at me expressionlessly, as if to say, how much you order has something to do with me.

I retracted my gaze and muttered, "That's it, that's what it was last time." ”

Feng Buzhi raised his eyebrows, sighed and said, "What was the amount of the last order?" ”

"700,000."

"Have you ever wondered, how much do I earn for the 700,000 yuan?"

I bit my lower lip and shook my head in confusion.

Feng leaned forward without knowing anything, and said with a smile: "Those clothes are just unsalable goods in the supplier's inventory, but when they are shipped to China, there is a lot of profit margin, and I only get a small profit from the gross head, which is not enough to distribute year-end bonuses to employees, if I keep doing business with you like this, then my company will not be able to make ends meet and be on the verge of bankruptcy?" ”

Zhou Ziran saw that I looked depressed, and kept licking my dry lips with his tongue, so he poured me a glass of water and said, "Don't you understand what the chairman meant?" ”

I shook my head as if I nodded, which made Zhou Ziran almost laugh, he patted me on the shoulder and said: "The chairman values high profits, not small profits, if you want to cooperate with our company, you must first improve your own level, you might as well think about it, if you are the chairman of the group company, will you cooperate with a small vendor who sets up a stall?" ”

I was like a fish in my throat, picked up the disposable water cup on the coffee table, raised my head and drank it all, Feng Buzhi saw my anxiety, so he said calmly: "I know what you think, do business, you have to be steady and steady, step by step, you are now short of funds, the supply of goods is interrupted, it is indeed a very tricky problem, but have you ever thought that as long as the stall is bigger, there are more active funds, and the horizons and thinking are also relaxed, how can a small trader imagine?" Different patterns will have different ways of looking at problems. ”

Feng Buzhi's words suddenly reminded me of many people, Wang Ling, Sun Kai, Brother Scum, Qin Li, Du Chenyu, including the noble lady, almost everyone told me that I had bound myself in a small closed space, isolated from the world, and I couldn't live in fear, and that imprisoned thinking would eventually be liberated, but I never seriously thought about how much space I could have for liberation.

"Boss Feng, your words are really more important than reading, after I go back, I will definitely abandon my ignorant thoughts in the past and apply your philosophy of doing things to life."

I stood up again and said, "I have benefited a lot from being able to talk and do business face-to-face with Boss Feng today. ”

Feng Buzhi looked at me with a smile on his face, he moved his fingers, and didn't say much.

Zhou Ziran sent me downstairs and said angrily: "What did I tell you before, you forgot everything?" ”

"It's too late to say anything, you know that I can't afford to run a company, and Boss Feng still doesn't deal with vendors like me, don't you have to do everything step by step, how can you become fat in one bite?"

I walked out of the hall and handed him a cigarette.

"Then you will set up a clothing trading company, what's so difficult about this, site selection, registration, listing business, you have qualifications, of course Boss Feng will look at it differently."

Zhou Ziran said angrily, he took a puff of cigarette and choked and coughed.

I patted him on the back and said, "Even if I set up a company, I don't have much capital, so don't I still do small business?" What's the point of doing that? ”

After hearing this, he pushed me hard, and said angrily, "Do you really not understand or fake you don't understand?" You can take out a loan if you have qualifications, the chairman here gives you a guarantee, and there is a company over there to support you on the table, are you still afraid that there will be no circulating funds? ”

I was stunned for a moment, then I threw away my cigarette butt and said, "I'll go back and sum it up." ”

"Get out, get out of here."

He was cursing behind me, and I glared back at him, but he scolded even harder.

When I returned to the basement, before I entered the courtyard, I saw a dense crowd surrounding the entire courtyard gate, much like the situation when the government distributed rations during the famine years.

I pushed aside the crowd and walked back to the courtyard with difficulty, and saw Brother Scum, Qin Li, and Zhang Xueyao, who were busy sweating profusely, Qin Li also moved his bedroom out and used it as a fitting room, and the crowd was crowded and boiling.

When Qin Yan saw me walking back to the courtyard, he sighed and said, "Why did you come back?" ”

Brother Scumbag also looked at me and said, "How are you talking?" ”

"Tell me later."

I handed the car keys to Qin Li, and instructed: "Remember, the location must be good, if the rent can be lowered, it will be lowered, and if the money is not enough, call me in time." ”

Qin Yan nodded, and hurriedly squeezed out of the courtyard.

Zhang Xueyao squatted on the side of the shed, choosing clothes for customers, she glanced at me and said, "Boss Wang's business has been very hot recently, do you have to improve your food tonight?" ”

I laughed and said, "Whatever you want, just order." ”

"Yo, I haven't seen you for a few days, I am really impressed, tsk, if you want me to say, people still have to be rich, and the poor baredevils don't even have the confidence to speak."

She said in a weird way, holding a stack of clothes and walking to the long table for customers to choose from.

I wiped my sweat, looked at Brother Scumbag and said, "Brother Scum, how is the preparation of the propaganda vehicle?" ”

"Well, the cost is not low, I hired seven advertising trucks to promote around the downtown area."

"It's good, the propaganda work can't be too calculated, and the flowers still have to be spent."

At sunset, the crowd dispersed, and the courtyard suddenly quieted down, I bought two catties of beef, and some seafood, and built another one next to the original stove, I knew that the scumbag brother was busy all day and tired, so I shared two dishes with him.

One is beef stewed radish, the other is stir-fried clams, these two things are still good at it, and the dishes made by Brother Slag are very rich, steamed lobster, scallop steamed vermicelli, garlic abalone, boiled flying crab, onion stir-fried squid.

Zhang Xueyao mixed a dish of fern root powder, cold vegetable stew and stir-fried vegetables, and put them together just eight ways, symbolizing the auspicious meaning of wealth.

Qin Yan came back very late, and when almost all the dishes were out of the pot, he saw him park the car and walk into the yard with a tired face.

He handed me the car keys, and when he saw the delicacies on the table, his eyes lit up, and he pouted, "Ah, is it a treat for me?" ”

Zhang Xueyao glared at him and said, "You're really embarrassed, this is a reward for everyone, no one is idle." ”

Qin Yan ignored Xue Yao's sarcasm, he picked up his chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of beef and threw it into his mouth, chewing it with relish.

I brought the last dish to the table, looked at him and said, "How's that?" Have you found the venue? ”

"I found it, but the cost is very high, can you accept it?"

He said in a tricky way, which made me a little angry.

"Isn't there a lot to be paid for?"

He chirped and said: "There are two venues, the first is a big shopping mall, there is no need to say much about the flow of people, there is a considerable space for rent in the hall on the first floor, and it just so happens that they are also attracting investment, and the cost is 2000000 yuan a day." ”

I nodded thoughtfully and asked him again, "What about the second venue?" ”

"The second place is more remote, it stands to reason that the environment is still good, that is, it is located in the new city, where there is very little flow of people, and there are not many customers, but the rent is cheap, only 8,000 yuan a day."

He took another piece of beef and threw it into his mouth, chewing it, seeing that I was a little stunned, he added: "Brother, if you want me to see it, forget it, wouldn't it be good for us to sell it like this now." ”

"No, I have to sell it as soon as possible, I need funds."

I went to the sink and washed my hands, and when I saw the scum brother pouring wine at the table, I said hoarsely, "There's something I want to sum up with you." ”

Brother Scumbag turned around and said, "What's the matter?" ”

I dried my hands, walked to the table and sat down, and said, "Today I went to see Boss Feng, he is interested in cooperating with us." ”

"That's a good thing, isn't there a supply?"

Brother Scumbag handed me the wine glass, I sighed and said: "But we have limited funds, and we have been hovering among small traders and hawkers, the profits are not high, and we don't even have a business plan, Boss Feng is a far-sighted businessman, he disdains to cooperate with small traders like us, understand?" ”

Zhang Xueyao said: "Isn't doing business just accumulating little by little, how can there be a step to the sky." ”

"That's it, anyway, I think it's good now, that is, full and stable."

Qin Yan also agreed.

Only Brother Scumbag listened in obscurity, I took a sip of wine, and said lightly: "I don't blame people, last time that batch of clothes, Boss Feng said that he didn't make much money, this time I shamelessly begged him, he is more or less taboo." ”

Brother Scumbag took a bite of food, frowned and said: "In such a big city, it is not difficult to find a source of goods, but the clothes purchased by Boss Feng from abroad are indeed very popular, and for this alone, we must reach out to others." ”

"So what you mean?"

Qin Yan looked at me expectantly.

"I think..."

The phone rang at an inopportune time, I took it out to check, it was Zhou Ziran calling, it's so late, is there something important?

"Hey, Brother Zhou."

I answered the phone.

"How can you thank me?"

Zhou Ziran's smug laughter came from there, and I was a little surprised, and asked him, "What, what?" ”

He pondered for a while, and said with a wry smile: "The chairman promised to provide you with a batch of clothes, I heard that it is even better than the last time, so let's have fun." ”

"Really."

I exclaimed, so frightened that Qin Yan's hands trembled, and the chopsticks fell to the ground.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xueyao glared at me and said, "What the hell are you yelling about?" ”

My left eyelid twitched a few times, and I smiled and said, "We have a supply..."

Years later, I can't remember how much I drank that night, but I only know that people are in good spirits when they are happy, and in this social form full of temptation, cruelty, and distortion, we are all chess pieces in the vast red dust.

As Lin Xi wrote in "Once": I found that the original regret that I had written had already prepaid the answer, the same scenery, different views, and different interpretations, just because we are all in the forgetfulness, singing while walking, singing and growing.