Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Can we speed up as well?”
Ye Feng said, “I can pay more.”
Xu Bin chuckled when he heard the words “pay more”. “Of course. I’ll get my brothers to work overtime.”
With that, he added, “We won’t be slower than Prosperous Flavor next door.”
This was exactly the answer Ye Feng wanted. He immediately nodded. Then, after taking a look at the renovation process, he left Tianda Plaza.
…
The day passed without any incidents. On the next day at noon…
As Ye Feng was feeling nervous, time passed by.
“It’s already noon.”
Ye Feng clenched his fists as he looked at the time. According to the current time, the multiple-choice question should have appeared long ago.
“Is it still not appearing?”
When it was 12.15 pm, Ye Feng’s heart was already filled with anxiety. At 1pm, he finally gave up.
The multiple-choice question did not appear.
“Are there no more multiple-choice questions?”
He was a little terrified. He felt that the situation had developed beyond his expectations.
In just four days, Ye Feng had gotten used to the existence of the multiple-choice questions.
With the multiple-choice questions, although Ye Feng did not say it out loud, he was very confident.
But now, he had no confidence.
What would he be like when there were no multiple-choice questions?
He would be an ordinary university student. He might become an ordinary graduate student in the future and work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. He would marry a wife he didn’t like and have a child.
Then, like all parents, with the dream that their child would succeed in life, he would place his hopes of moving up the social ladder on the next generation.
Alternatively, after working hard and using up his health in the first 30 years of his life, he would become a middle-class man at the age of 30. Then, his body would quickly collapse and he would gradually become an old man before he could enjoy life.
This was the only way. Only then would he become like most of the ordinary people in this world.
The meaning of life was to come to this world and enjoy all the suffering before leaving this world.
Then, they would live on as their children’s memories. After their children became the memories of others, they would be completely forgotten as if they had never existed.
This world would leave no trace of him.
This was the life of an ordinary person.
People tried their best to live, but they could only live.
“Do I have to rely on myself for everything?”
Ye Feng thought to himself.
He understood that he had to be mentally prepared for the multiple-choice questions to never appear again.
“Is it because I’ve overcome the difficulties?”
He had the capital, a gold-standard store manager, the hotpot recipe, and the ready-made seasoning.
The most difficult things to achieve when starting a business had been perfectly resolved.
“Your existence is to help me get on the right track.”
It was impossible for him not to be sad, but Ye Feng knew that being sad was useless.
“Then… I’ll rely on myself!”
At least he had the chance to change his fate now, right?
No one understood better than him how important the word “opportunity” was to a person.
Furthermore, his opportunity had already surpassed that of many others.
At this moment, Ye Feng only felt gratitude in his heart. Perhaps he felt a sense of anticipation as well. However, he absolutely didn’t have any regrets.
The biggest regret of his life would be that he still had something that was uncompleted on the day he left this world.
“Then, let me try!”
…
After one day, two days, three days…
After one week, two weeks, and three weeks…
Ye Feng was already used to not having multiple-choice questions.
Things were gradually getting on track. The employees were already in place, the equipment was prepared, and everything was ready. They were only waiting for the opening day.
Ye Feng was filled with anticipation.
…
Meanwhile, Li Xin was not in a good mood.
“I need an explanation.”
Li Xin was extremely unhappy as he stared coldly as his secretary.
At first, he did not think much of Hedilao. Or rather, he did not think that much of Hedilao.
The only reason he had targeted Hedilao was because of Zhao Zhen.
It wasn’t until Wang Xiang rejected his additional 5% bid that he truly began to face his opponent.
The secretary looked at Li Xin’s expression and was a little flustered.
Even though this face had flashed a lecherous smile at her just an hour ago…
As someone who had been in close contact with Li Xin, she was well aware of his personality. He was a heartless man who would put aside all feelings after leaving the bed.
He was a scumbag. If he posted on Weibo, he would be fiercely attacked for a month.
However, this scumbag was very rich.
The secretary said in a panic, “Boss Li, we have already shortened our working time as much as possible, but Hedilao has also sped up, so…”
“So they are going to open at around the same time as us, right?”
The secretary lowered her head. “Yes…”
“Then ask them to work faster!”
Li Xin took a deep breath and spoke.
“The project team says that this is already the fastest they can go. Any faster… and it’s going to cost more.”
“Money, money, money. It’s all about money again!”
Bang!
“Trash!”
Li Xin pushed the documents on the table to the ground. His eyes were red. “If you can’t even do such a small thing, what’s the use of having you!”
The secretary jumped like a shocked bunny.
Even though she had just been with him…
She did not understand why Li Xin would suddenly be so furious.
In reality, Li Xin was so angry because the bank had just called him.
He had a loan… that was about to expire.
Therefore, when the secretary mentioned that they would have to pay more at this time, her words were no different from a lit firecracker that completely blew up a bag of explosives like Li Xin.
Li Xin was angry, but he understood that his secretary would not lie to him.
Therefore, it was basically impossible for him to increase the speed of renovation unless he paid more for it.
In reality, they couldn’t say that the renovation company was greedy. After all, Li Xin had not paid them a single extra cent other than the amount stated on the contract.
In other words, Li Xin did not spend a single cent to accelerate the renovation process of Prosperous Flavor.
“We have to pay more…”
Li Xin pondered for a moment. It was impossible to pay the renovation company any more money. After all, he was having a headache with the money he had to pay the bank. How could he give the money to the renovation company?
He could only save time through other means.
“How long will it take to manage the pollution from the renovation?”
Li Xin suddenly asked.
“We’re implementing a two-pronged management approach by using ventilation and hiring a professional company to do so. It’ll take about a week.”
The secretary replied to him.
“Four days!”
Li Xin said in a deep voice, “We don’t need a professional management company. We just need to deal with it briefly and ventilate the shop for four days!”
That way, they could save three days and open for business before Hedilao.
Furthermore, he could save on the cost of hiring a professional management company.
As for the harm to the health of the employees… There were no such laws in the country. Besides, most small shops would open right after renovation!
In any case, he could just manage it simply, right?
“Yes.”
The secretary did not dare to object at this time and hurriedly nodded.
Li Xin’s request was quickly carried out.
This was the downside of Zhao Zhen’s absence.
If Zhao Zhen was still around, he would definitely have argued strongly for what is right. At the very least, he would make Zhao Zhen change his mind.
But now, there was no second Zhao Zhen in Prosperous Flavor.