Chapter 71: Employment or Entrepreneurship?

  A group of people in the room burst into laughter, and Pei Na's words suddenly reminded everyone that Ping Shi and Guang Tou were inseparable, both in appearance and in their feelings. The phrase "made in heaven" couldn't be more fitting for this couple.

  They were having so much fun that they forgot about the time, but it was too noisy and other guests complained. The front desk lady walked over and knocked on the door, saying "Sorry everyone, could you please keep your voices down? It's already late at night and you'll disturb the rest of the guests in the neighboring rooms, can we all try to be more considerate?"

  A knock on the door, followed by a few words, and everyone's posture was unique. Some were biting an apple with their eyes rolled back, while others held their phones motionless. At this time, He Zhengdong played his role again, "Alright, sorry about that, let's take a break now!"

  The front desk ladies felt inexplicable, having never seen a group of people squeeze into one room and still be enthusiastic. After sending away the front desk lady, He Zhengdong took the lead in picking up various snacks to eat, and started discussing work-related matters again, "Who among you will have to find a new job when they go back this time?"

  He Zhengdong's opening remarks were over, and everyone began to arrange their positions. The bed and the floor were all filled with people, who sat in a circle and started talking endlessly about trivial matters of life.

  "I'll just continue working in the factory, first as an apprentice to try it out. I feel that what we learn in school is all theory, and our hands-on skills still need a long time to explore and accumulate experience slowly!" Li Zhi is an introverted and capable student with excellent grades, winning top scholarships year after year, currently working as a provisional technician in the factory.

  "Dazhi is right, we only scratched the surface in school and need to learn more. And you, Mr. Chen?" He Zhengdong asked one by one, looking at each of them like a reporter.

  "He also said, why didn't the old family business take over? It's not easy to find a job outside now!" Pumpkin spoke up first.

  "Of course, it's so hard being as useless as you are!" Baldy retorted sarcastically.

  Are those two rascals making trouble somewhere? He Zhengdong started to ask himself, looking at Gu Xi on his left hand side. Actually, he was most concerned about her, but he casually asked everyone so that they wouldn't think he had any special meaning, "Where's Little Xi?"

  His question attracted Chen Shaoze's attention, and it started to get awkward. In everyone's heart, Chen Shaoze was secretly in love with Pei Na, so why would he be so sensitive to Gu Xi's question? He stared at Gu Xi, waiting for her response. Would she agree to go into the company with him, or did she have other ideas?

  "What else can I do besides going online every day?" Gu Xi said calmly.

  She actually didn't know why she said such a strange thing. Is it because Chen Shaoze likes to surf the internet? How did it become that she likes to surf the internet?

  "Surfing the internet? Making money?" Yang Qingqing said thoughtfully, propping up her chin.

  "Xiaoxi, when did you start losing confidence? This doesn't seem like you. For example, the internet and telemarketing industry has a very promising future." Baldy started comforting him.

  "Exactly! Don't we all love online shopping now?" He Zhengdong stared at his own T-shirt, which he had just bought on Taobao a few days ago. It was economical and convenient. Nowadays, people are busy with work, and online shopping has become a fashion trend that saves time and effort.

  "Hey, goddess, sell something, right? It's Durex!" Pumpkin's thoughts are always half a beat ahead of everyone else. Just as he was about to say something, he was caught by the bald man and had his mouth covered.

  Even with his mouth covered, he still managed to finish what he was saying, "Guaranteed that brothers and sisters will come every day, both men and women need it!"

  The pumpkin suddenly shouted, and everyone was embarrassed. The sales industry? These suggestions made her start a business **, originally there was no purpose, nor direction to do something, only then did she discover that she could consider planning in this direction.

  "Hmm, that's a good idea, but it also requires preparation. I still need to work for a while and learn the process of opening a store online." Gu Xi said as he stuffed a slice of watermelon into his mouth.

  Maybe she really needs to live in the reading city for a while to adjust her previous chaotic life. "Don't you plan to go back to F City to work? Why not go to Mr. Chen's company to work, what do you think, Mr. Chen?" The pumpkin finally returned to normal, it seems that the joke just now was too much, looking at Gu Xi's deeply furrowed brow, said and patted Chen Shaoze beside him.

  Isn't this exactly what he wants? Chen Shaoze quickly replied, "I have the same idea, Xiaoxi can consider it too, it's great for everyone to take care of each other!"

  Pena next to her rolled her eyes and muttered in her heart, what's so great about that? She said she liked him, but it turned out he was a man who had lost his sesame seeds while selling watermelon.

  "Thank you for your concern, I think I need to try it out myself first!" Gu Xi replied tactfully.

  An unforgettable night, until the next day they all went to school together, looking for their counselor whom they hadn't seen in a long time, and started taking group photos. Then one by one returned to work at the company. This city has many friends, feeling very secure in my heart.

  Yang Qing came up with an idea, rented a one-bedroom apartment in D City, and started moving out of the factory. She also bought an electric car to save money, so Gu Xi lived with Yang Qing together.

  Within two days, Gu Xi found a front-end consulting job, mainly for adult education and training companies. Every day was a 9-to-5 job, which didn't make her feel at ease, often overtime, and she started to feel overwhelmed, plus Ling Haoyu's daily phone calls urging her to return, her emotions became worse and worse.

  "Have you eaten?" Yang Qingqing finally got off work, holding a small bag of apples, all of which were some discounted fruits. It's not easy to survive, thinking about buying things before calculating whether there is food for the next meal?

  Gu Xi sat in the living room playing with her computer, pondering what was the point of arguing with her supervisor every day at work. She furrowed her brow and opened up the Taobao backend to browse through its contents.

  "I've eaten, I bought a box of rice and put it in the kitchen." It's called a kitchen, but the two have lived together for a month and haven't cooked yet. Every time Chen Shaoze comes over, they go out to eat together, and there are no ingredients at home either.

  "You rest for a while, working on the computer all day and coming home to face the computer again, your skin is not good like this!" Yang Qingqing always had endless complaints every day.

  If it's going to rain today, she would remind her five or six times to bring an umbrella. If there's overtime tomorrow, she would tell her five or six times to remember to bring the key. The more she nagged, the more she missed Ling Haoyu and wondered how he and his family were doing.

  "Don't blame me for speaking out of turn, Xiaoxi your phone rang!" Yang Qingqing had just put down her things and was lying on the sofa when she reached out to grab her mobile phone.

  "Wait!" Gu Xi hastily ran over and said.

  As soon as she saw it was her mother's call, what would be the opening remark? She picked up the phone with a dazed expression, and Yang Qingqing shouted, "Who is it? Why didn't you answer?" It had already rung twice, and Yang Qingqing happened to pick up the boxed lunch and eat it on the side. The food was quite good, with fish and meat, and she ate with relish.

  Yang Qingqing saw her holding the phone in a daze, put down the lunch box, stretched her neck to look at the phone screen, but didn't expect Gu Xi to hastily say, "Nothing, just don't know what to say after answering."

  Gu Xi finished speaking and started walking to the desktop computer to study Taobao's background. She often stared at her phone ringing five or six times without answering, because she didn't know what to say, nor did she know what she wanted to say. Other book friends are reading: "Cross-Border Master of Mechanisms".

  Yang Qingqing picked up her lunchbox and walked to her back, leaning against the chair root and said, "It shouldn't be some man calling you, right?"

  "When eating, don't be afraid of biting your tongue!" Gu Xi raised his head and looked at her with a sarcastic tone, her lips shining with oil.

  "Alright, I was wrong. Distributor? You wouldn't actually want to register an online store, would you? How can you have time to take care of the store when you're working?" Yang Qingqing said with some resentment.

  Yang Qingqing looked at the interface in confusion, which was all about some distributors' knowledge. With what everyone mentioned a few days ago about selling Durex online stores, did Gu Xi really take action today?

  "I've already registered and uploaded the photo verification. I just need to pay the deposit to apply for more suppliers from various factories, and then it's up to me to manage the store." Gu Xi was summoned by her supervisor every day for training, which made her feel uncomfortable. As for traditional supervisors, her innovative ideas were often rejected as impractical, and she wanted Gu Xi to follow her plan, but Gu Xi refused, yet her performance was still above average.

  In this case, the supervisor wants to fire her, but also feels reluctant. The only thing is that every day, she has to give her ideological lessons until she returns to normal people's procedures for doing things.

  Today, Gu Xi finally left a resignation letter. I heard that the supervisor is also ready to approve it. Nowadays, kids give up on themselves, and who would want to retain her? So she only worked for her first job for twenty-something days.

  "Are you going to quit? Why would you want to quit when everything is fine?" Yang Qingqing was so scared that her face turned pale, she changed jobs like changing clothes.

  "It's not enjoyable to do this, and it won't work out if we continue like this. Tomorrow I'll go settle my wages, which will just about cover the deposit." Gu Xi actually felt very uncomfortable in her heart, feeling that she was getting more and more messed up.

  "Alright, anyway I hope you're happy, whatever it is I'll support you!" Yang Qingqing comforted.

  It was late at night and she was thinking about her problems, looking at Yang Qingqing sleeping soundly beside her, but she herself became more awake. Why did she keep staring at her phone tonight, what was she expecting?

  This time it really was a phone call, from Ling Haoyu. He remembered that he would call her every day at noon, and today he hadn't called, so she felt a bit uneasy.

  "Hello." Gu Xi said calmly.

  "Are you ready to rest?" The familiar voice made her feel a little strange, it had been more than a month since she left F city, and the distance had made them less intimate than when they used to live together.

  "Uh-huh, in bed!" She couldn't find the words to respond and simply muttered.

  "Aren't you sleeping yet?" Gu Xi muttered to himself various versions of the conversation, actually he wanted to ask what had been keeping him busy lately, but in the end, he didn't.

  "I'm getting ready for bed now. Just had a dinner gathering earlier to celebrate the groundbreaking of our resort project, and I just thought of calling you!"

  "Hao Yu, come quickly, let's get going!"

  From the phone, Ling Hao Yu was still outside, hearing the sound of car horns, and a familiar voice, "Hao Yu" was called so intimately, it was Guan Ying's voice, she was particularly sensitive to voices, wasn't it this voice last time? It would be better to say that they were on a date rather than just having dinner together.

  "Are you asleep? I'm ready to head home!" Ling Haoyu asked after hearing no response for a long time.

  She casually handed her phone over to Guan Ying, who was getting ready to get on the bus, and replied, "I'll be right there!"

  "Right, I'm sleepy, you hurry up and go!" Gu Xi became more and more awake, but insisted on making an excuse that he was tired, and even pulled out the battery board.

  "Hello? Hello!" Ling Haoyu called out twice in a row, but didn't hear any response. He tried calling back again, but the other end had already hung up. Listening to what was just said, he thought about where he went wrong.