Chapter 4 Old Friends
The next day, Zhou Liwen was busy in the company for a day. After getting off work, he did not work overtime but took the bus to a hotel in the suburbs. Last night, he told his parents that they could not get through today was just an excuse for him. Because time was tight, there were still some private matters to deal with in Shanghai. Since he had talked with Mr. Chen yesterday, Zhou Liwen began to think about how to take advantage of this opportunity.
When I arrived at the place, I saw that the time was half an hour before the appointment. My friend had not arrived yet. Zhou Liwen asked the waiter to pour a glass of water and lit a cigarette to wait quietly.
As his father Zhou Lin said, going to Huacheng is indeed a rare opportunity. Whether staying in Huacheng to work or returning to Shanghai in the future, it will be of great benefit to Zhou Liwen. However, it is a little different from his father Zhou Lin's idea. Zhou Liwen still has his own little plan in his heart. Now he is not a young boy who didn't know anything back then. Although Southeast Company is just a branch, this position is extremely critical in Zhou Liwen's eyes.
He has worked as a cashier, served as the head of the asset management department, and started his own business for the second time. Zhou Liwen can be said to know the cruelty of society better than most people. It is absolutely impossible to succeed by hard work alone.
The problems that arise in each branch this time are really ridiculous in Zhou Liwen's eyes. With the power of branch management, these branch managers actually do poor methods such as embezzling public funds. In Zhou Liwen's view, the biggest wealth of a large state-owned enterprise like the group is actually the group itself and its huge resources. What can't be done by relying on the group? What money can't be made? But they have to do something that only idiots can do?
Since yesterday, Zhou Liwen has been thinking about this issue carefully. The failure of entrepreneurship in later generations and the hardship of starting a business again have allowed Zhou Liwen to learn an eternal truth in the mall, that is, if you want to succeed, you must have a deep background and resources. Without these two points, no matter how hard you work, you will not be able to achieve real success. These two points are extremely difficult to obtain in the eyes of many entrepreneurs.
The nature of state-owned enterprises is destined to be different from foreign capital and private enterprises. In fact, in some aspects, it is very comfortable to live in state-owned enterprises. The leaders of departments with some small powers privately make invoices and payments to make extra money, which is also common. However, there is one thing that state-owned enterprises must not touch a red line. This red line is like a 300,000-volt high-voltage line, and whoever touches it will die.
The branch manager embezzled public funds and touched this red line. He even took the courage to touch the "high voltage electricity" and asked for death. Who would have ended if they were finished? For Zhou Liwen, in addition to not touching this red line, he could do many things with the company's resources. Moreover, no one could find out his faults by these methods, and at the same time he could get great benefits from it.
A plan gradually emerged in Zhou Liwen's mind. According to his repeated calculations, as long as it is done, he can obtain an extremely generous return without risk in a very short period of time...
"There are too many cars on the road, and it's been a mess. I'm not late, right?" After a long time, a short and fat guy entered the hotel with sweat on his head. He stood at the door and looked around for a few times. Seeing Zhou Liwen sitting in the corner, he quickly waved to him and walked towards him.
"I just came here too, why is it so hot?" Zhou Liwen smiled and called the person to sit down, and waved to the waiter: "First the iced Coke bottle, then bring us the menu."
After a while, the Coke came up. The fat man took it from the waiter without any rush. He unscrewed the bottle and tilted his head and took a few mouthfuls. He burped before touching his stomach and said with a sound of comfort.
"What to eat?" Zhou Liwen couldn't help but smile and put the \u83d in his hand when he saw this.
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"Did you win the lottery and make a fortune? This is the New Year and the festival. I'm treating me to a big meal in a hot day?" The fat man looked at Zhou Liwen in surprise. He didn't order food, but said vigilantly: "No! If you really make a fortune, you still come to this place? Let's make a statement first! Brothers have been poor recently. Don't borrow money from me. If you want money, you should watch the meat and cut it yourself."
As he said that, he patted his stomach, which was 2-foot-eight, and the fatty flesh was rising and falling like a wave of water, which made Zhou Liwen laugh and cry.
"You guy can't spit out ivory in your mouth. Can you never get old classmates together?"
"Hehe..." The fat man smiled happily, and opened the menu in a big way and looked up to ask the waiter standing by: "Do you have any bear's paws? Come on a pair! Have a pair of dry abalones at both ends..."
The waiter was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Not even?" The fat man stared at the waiter seriously. Seeing that the waiter girl blushed and nodded embarrassedly, he sighed and said helplessly: "Oh... I don't have to make something I want to eat. Forget it, I will first have braised pork and eggs, then mapo tofu, and add steamed mandarin fish..."
He ordered six dishes and a soup in one breath, and ordered a few bottles of ice beer. The fat man stuffed the menu into the waiter's arms and waved his hand, "Just that's it, just eat it with sloppy..."
When the waiter girl left, Zhou Liwen couldn't hold back her smile anymore. This guy was still the same and hadn't changed at all.
This fat man is Guo Tao. He is not an outsider. He is a classmate of Zhou Liwen. However, when he graduated from junior high school, Zhou Liwen was admitted to high school, while Guo Tao entered a technical school. After graduating from high school, Zhou Liwen went to university. After graduating from technical school, Guo Tao went to work in a auto repair factory. Don’t think that he is fat, he is a good at car repairs and other things. Not long after he went to work, he was attracted by his master and became a son-in-law. Speaking of which, Guo Tao is the first to get married in Zhou Liwen’s circle. Now his baby son is four years old.
Guo Tao is not tall, only 1.7 meters tall, and has been
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The dishes came soon, and they drank beer while drinking the dishes. Guo Tao chatted with Zhou Liwen casually. After two glasses of wine, Guo Tao took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhou Liwen, and then ordered it himself.
"Tell me, what's going on when I treat me to dinner for no reason? Don't tell me that you really have to borrow money. You, a kid, are much more casual than me. Let me tell you the truth, my father-in-law is just handed over to my wife for my salary. If you borrow 100 or 200 yuan, you have to go home and apply for an application report if you have more."
"Where do you want, don't worry! I won't lend you money!" Zhou Liwen smiled and gave him a reassurance first, but after all, he was still very grateful to Guo Tao's answer. He was very clear about Guo Tao's financial situation, and it was indeed heartbreaking to say such things. It is rare for friends to do this. Zhou Liwen still remembers that after he failed to start a business, he owed a lot of debts and asked people to borrow money and asked all relatives and friends but didn't borrow much. After Guo Tao learned about it, he did not say anything and took out the 100,000 yuan he originally planned to run a private auto repair shop to pay off Zhou Liwen's debt.
As the saying goes, it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to help in time. To measure whether a friend is a real friend, it depends on whether the other party will reach out to pull you when you are in the most difficult situation. Just like Guo Tao, although he is always stingy, he is unambiguous at the critical moment. If Guo Tao hadn't helped him like this, Zhou Liwen would have even planned to sell the house.
Chapter completed!