Chapter 562: , Good news one after another

After coming out of the bathroom, Li Heng hung his washed clothes on the balcony and secured them with clips, fearing they would be blown away by the wind.

After finishing all this, he returned to the living room.

He first subconsciously peeked into the study, and seeing that Zhou Gu Niang was engrossed in reading, he didn't disturb her, but instead turned to the sofa and habitually flipped through the day's newspapers as usual.

"Li Heng! Li Heng!"

Just as he was reading an economic newspaper, a shout came from the alley outside.

Without even needing to look up from the attic, he had already identified that the caller was Li Wang's little cousin.

Putting down the newspaper, he hurried downstairs as fast as he could and welcomed her into the house.

Pouring her a cup of hot tea, he asked, "Little cousin, why did you come in such heavy rain?"

Li Wang had no heart for tea, set the cup aside, and said, "I'm so happy today that I couldn't wait to bring you the good news."

Li Heng became interested: "What good news? What makes you so happy?"

Li Wang told him: "As of noon today, the sales revenue of Anta Shoes has officially exceeded one hundred million!"

Li Heng stood up with a 'whoosh', asking excitedly, "Is that true?"

Li Wang took a stack of documents out of the bag she was carrying and handed them to him: "Naturally, it's true."

Li Heng took the documents, checked them back and forth seriously and carefully twice, and after confirming there were no errors, his mouth almost split from grinning, "Good! Good! Good!"

One hundred million is a qualitative change!

It will probably be in the big news tomorrow.

He excitedly said "good" three times in a row.

After he took the time to digest this news, Li Wang added: "Following your request some time ago, I reapplied for factory expansion land to the relevant departments, and it has been approved."

Li Heng asked: "How much area?"

Li Wang said: "250 mu of land has been approved."

Li Heng pondered for a while, then nodded: "Adding the original 80 mu, it's enough for now. However, this piece of land in Pudong has good feng shui, so the more land we use, the better. We should take advantage of this trend to apply for more land."

Li Wang knew what he was planning; how could she disagree?

Next, the two had an in-depth conversation about the company's management, operations, dealership system, direct-sale stores, R&D center, and employee benefits, and time passed by in the blink of an eye for an hour and a half.

After discussing the last item, Li Heng asked: "Have you had dinner? Should we have a drink tonight?"

Li Wang put the documents into her bag, looked at her watch, and bluntly refused: "I have to accompany friends from the government for dinner later, I don't have time to accompany you, I'll come find you another day."

Li Heng held an umbrella and sent her to the door: "Alright then, take care on your way."

Li Wang came and went in a rush, walking with full energy, looking high-spirited.

After waiting at the door for a while, Li Heng closed the umbrella and the door, and went back upstairs.

At this time, Zhou Shihe had finished reading chapters 13 to 16 of "Red Dust Settles" and was reading other books.

Hearing the movement at the study door, she turned around and asked: "Li Wang?"

Li Heng nodded: "It was her."

Zhou Shihe said: "She sounded very happy, it seems you've encountered good things again."

Li Heng gave a thumbs up, throwing out compliments as if they were free: "As expected of our Fudan Queen, your intelligence is truly high, nothing can be hidden from you."

Zhou Shihe smiled gracefully, looking at him.

Li Heng briefly explained Li Wang's purpose for coming.

After hearing this, Zhou Shihe sighed: "You are shining like a red star now, you don't need to hide in the pavilion today, even the lightning will avoid you."

Bullshit!

In his previous life, he had received all of Song Yu's love and thought everything would go smoothly, but the result was that their love child died prematurely, and in his old age, he was struck by lightning and died right beside Song Yu.

His fear of lightning from the heavens was instinctive, and it wouldn't decrease in the short term just because of so-called good luck.

On the contrary, the wealthier he became, the more he cherished his life, and the less he wanted to die.

After chatting for a while, Li Heng said: "I have to go to your place to make a phone call."

Zhou Shihe didn't ask for the reason and agreed readily: "Alright."

Li Heng asked: "Do you want to go together? Or are you waiting here for Mai Sui to come back?"

Zhou Shihe stood up, holding her book, and walked out of the study: "Together."

Arriving at the neighboring Building 27, as soon as she entered, she busied herself with her own things, such as bathing and doing laundry, or tidying up the bedroom, etc.

Leaving Li Heng alone to mess around in the living room on the second floor.

He didn't stand on ceremony either, and made the first call to Wang Ye.

"Ding-a-ling..."

"Ding-a-ling..."

The phone rang twice before it was connected. Wang Ye seemed to have been waiting there, "Mr. Li?"

"It's me."

Li Heng replied and asked: "Have you been waiting for my call?"

Wang Ye replied: "I called Yu Laoshi's house earlier, but it didn't go through."

Li Heng nodded: "Sorry to keep you waiting, how was the enrollment situation today?"

Wang Ye didn't beat around the bush, using her finger to flip through the clear data sheet: "The enrollment situation in various places today was better than expected. Beijing collected 3.574 million in tuition fees, Tianjin 2.218 million, Guangzhou 2.98 million, Shanghai 3.102 million, totaling 11.874 million.

At the same time, based on today's pre-registration fee of 100 yuan, it is estimated that there will be about 13 million more in the next week."

11.87 million?

11.87 million!

Before making the call, although Li Heng had guessed it in his heart, when he heard this solid, terrifying amount, his heart still couldn't help but thump!

He was excited beyond measure.

It was even more exciting than learning that Anta Shoes' revenue had exceeded one hundred million.

How could he not be excited?

The New Future School is different from Anta Shoes; it's almost a zero-cost business, and currently, he is the sole shareholder, so the money earned basically goes into his pocket.

Patiently listening to Wang Ye's report, he pondered: After the second phase ends, how many shares should he reward Wang Ye and the management team with?

Having lived two lives, he understood a principle: you have to give to get; don't try to stuff all the good things into your own pocket. Cooperation leads to win-win, and interest binding allows you to go further.

But the second phase has just begun, so there's no rush.

He asked: "Guangzhou and Shanghai both have about 3 million, why is Tianjin so much less? Is it because it's close to Beijing?"

Wang Ye explained: "The reason for being close is one aspect. The main thing is that there are many pre-registrations there, and the proportion of people who completed full payment on the spot today is relatively small. The next week is still very worth looking forward to."

In order to seize the market as quickly as possible, after reporting the current work situation, Wang Ye put forward her own ideas: "Boss, for the third phase, I plan to take advantage of this trend to advertise on CCTV, continue to expand branch schools, seize the opportunity, and thoroughly establish the 'New Future' brand."

Li Heng asked: "Which cities?"

Wang Ye said: "Jinan, Shenyang, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xiamen, and Xi'an, these are the 6 places I am more concerned about next."

Good heavens, they are all important cities.

At this moment, this woman's ambition was fully revealed.

However, Li Heng didn't stop her; instead, he happily instructed: "You can do it, but you must prepare talent in advance so you don't pull a muscle by taking too big a step."

Because he understood that having too many fantasies now is useless; the top priority is to increase New Future's annual profit to 500 million as soon as possible.

Or even 1 billion!

Perhaps by then, he might have a glimmer of hope.

Since seeing Song Yu, he only dared to use the word "glimmer," not daring to hope for too much.

Next, the two discussed the next steps in detail for half an hour.

Among them, Wang Ye told him that starting from the third phase, New Future School would integrate the teaching and research groups of 10 cities, jointly update teaching materials, and output teaching aids to the whole society.

She said: "Boss, I sent someone to do in-depth research. Currently, the teaching aid market is completely blank. As long as we seize the opportunity, the cake won't be smaller than overseas training."

Li Heng asked: "Which aspects of teaching aids do you plan to make?"

Wang Ye said: "High school entrance exams, college entrance exams, and study abroad, mainly these three aspects. I am also conceiving, once the operating mechanism is mature, can we take out a sum of money to hold youth English competitions nationwide? In order to further improve the influence of our New Future..."

Listening to her describe her prospects and ideas for the future one by one on the other end of the phone, Li Heng nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help but sigh: Mr. Jin Yong, Mr. Jin Yong, you've sent me a treasure.

Through more than an hour of in-depth communication, Li Heng had a further understanding and recognition of Wang Ye's ability.

But he wasn't a pushover either. Based on his decades of experience in the education and training market in his previous life, he immediately supplemented and perfected Wang Ye's ideas.

Wang Ye listened at first, then started taking notes with a pen.

Sounds like this appeared from time to time in the receiver: "Boss, speak a little slower; Boss, say that again..."

After spending effort to fill three pages of paper, at this moment, Wang Ye's soul received ten thousand points of damage.

She thought she was very capable, comprehensive, and had talent in business. But compared to Mr. Li's intelligence, she felt her brain wasn't enough.

She held the pen in her right hand and couldn't help but write "Li Heng" more than ten times in the blank space of the paper, suddenly having a stronger desire, a desire to borrow his seed.

Wang Ye felt that having a child with such a person would probably pass on excellence for three to five generations.

This phone call lasted a long time, more than an hour at the beginning, and another half an hour later, totaling 2 hours.

At the moment the call ended, Li Heng instinctively checked the time, 11:09.

Damn, is it that late?

Li Heng looked up and found that the lights in the piano room were on. Through the half-open door, he could see Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe chatting together.

His gaze lingered on the two women a few times, just as he was about to make the second call.

The desk phone in front of him rang abruptly.

Li Heng instinctively picked up the receiver, thinking it was Wang Ye with more questions.

But as soon as he picked it up, he regretted it.

This isn't his house, and there's no caller ID function now. He didn't tell Wang Ye the phone number, so how could she call?

Sure enough, a middle-aged woman's voice came from his ear, "Shihe..."

Li Heng recognized who it was. But he didn't make a sound, and after quietly placing the receiver on the coffee table, he immediately got up and walked toward the piano room.

It's not that he's petty, but it's very late now, and it's not appropriate for him, a married man, to stay in someone else's daughter's room.

Although they might not necessarily misunderstand.

But he has to be tactful and avoid giving people reasons to misunderstand.

As for the question of whether it's impolite to put the receiver on the coffee table without speaking? He believes that with Zhou Gu Niang's intelligence, she has ten thousand ways to smooth it over.

Quickly arriving at Zhou Shihe's side, he whispered: "Comrade Shihe, your mother called."

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe reacted instantly; she hadn't reported her safety to her family yet.

He whispered instructions: "Since it's too late, I picked up the receiver without speaking, use your intelligence."

Zhou Shihe blinked and went out the door.

Once Zhou Gu Niang was gone, Li Heng looked at Mai Sui and asked with concern: "When did you come over?"

Mai Sui replied softly: "Around 9:30."

Then she added: "I saw you were quite engrossed in your call with Wang Ye, so I didn't go to disturb you."

Under the dim light, looking at Mai Sui, who was overflowing with inner charm, Li Heng suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction, and his love for this girl had unknowingly penetrated into his bones.

No wonder even Song Yu, the ceiling of the mortal world, had to guard against her in his previous life; she really changed every day, becoming more enchanting day by day.

It simply made him unable to extricate himself, unable to put her down.

Looking at each other, receiving the lingering affection in his eyes, Mai Sui's heart was thumping like a deer, and a layer of blush quietly rose on her face.

As time went by, she could feel more and more of this man's love and doting on her.

If it were said that before the college entrance exam, she could only have a crush; then now, she could be with him openly and honestly in a small circle.

If it were said that a year ago, she was still extremely uneasy and worried about gains and losses; then now, her hanging heart finally landed, because he had developed real feelings for her.

Although this feeling was separated by a Song Yu, she was already very content.

After all, she was a latecomer, having found a gap to get his love and caress.

She had imagined: if she, Li Heng, and Song Yu were all admitted to Peking University at the same time, then her crush would forever only be a crush. Where Song Yu was, it would be very difficult for him to shift his attention to her.

Li Heng took a step closer and asked coldly: "What are you thinking about?"

Mai Sui's reaction was slow, "No, I'm not thinking about anything."

Li Heng stared into her eyes and spat out five words, one by one: "Lying to me too?"

Mai Sui smiled charmingly, knowing that her distraction had been caught red-handed by him, so she stopped arguing and urged: "It's not early, go home and rest."

Li Heng frowned: "Aren't you coming with me?"

Mai Sui hesitated, looking embarrassed: "Shihe is alone at home tonight, we already agreed, I'll sleep with her."

Li Heng complained: "Why didn't those two female hooligans come?"

The reason he called Sun Manning and Ye Ning female hooligans was because some time ago, he overheard the two women commenting on his shorts, giggling and saying how big, how big.

He had a dark face at the time. He thought to himself, this is nothing; if I stand up, I can scare you until your legs cramp.

Sensing his resentment, Mai Sui glanced at the girlfriend who was on the phone in the living room and said gently: "They often have club activities now, it's hard for them to come over. Why don't I go with you for a while."

When she said "for a while," she felt her body getting extremely hot.

This was no longer a hint, but a clear indication; in order to appease him, she also threw away her self-respect and went all out.

Li Heng was very moved, but he suppressed the restless urge in his heart, took another step closer, hugged her, pressed his forehead against hers, and murmured dotingly: "No need, don't force yourself. I care more about you as a person now, I just want to see you every day."

Mai Sui smiled tenderly, kissed his corner of the mouth affectionately, and then remembered something, so she looked toward the living room in a panic.

Damn it! At this moment, Zhou Shihe also happened to see the scene of her being intimate with Li Heng.

Facing each other across the air, Zhou Shihe, who was talking, paused, glanced at the man who was enjoying it, and then turned around without changing her expression, with her back to the piano room, continuing to talk to her mother on the phone.

Taking in the girlfriend's expression, Mai Sui felt ashamed, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.

Li Heng asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Mai Sui came out of his arms and said uncomfortably: "Be more subtle in the future."

Li Heng glanced at the Zhou girl in the living room and muttered deliberately: "You were the one who kissed me just now, I'm innocent."

"You're getting the benefit and still acting innocent!" Mai Sui rolled her eyes, imitating his usual manner.

This action was adorable, making him laugh out loud, teasing: "You can roll your eyes at me whenever you want in the future, I like it."

Mai Sui also laughed along.

As for being in front of Shihe, she slowly began to think it through.

Back at Building 26, the scene of him bombarding her on the sofa had already been seen by Shihe, so what scene could be more embarrassing than that?

A few minutes later, Zhou Shihe finished her call, went to the bathroom, and then entered the master bedroom next door.

Li Heng immediately proposed to leave: "I'm going over, rest early."

"Alright." Mai Sui sent him downstairs in person and locked the courtyard gate and the first-floor doors and windows tightly.

Coming out of Building 27, Li Heng suddenly found that the courtyard gate of Building 25 was ajar.

He paused and looked up.

Huh?

The lights weren't on in the house, did a thief get in?

Or did that "ghost pressing the bed" thing run inside?

Thinking that Yu Laoshi wasn't home, he instantly couldn't stay calm, quickly took out his key to enter his house, grabbed a kitchen knife, and started heading toward Building 25.

At this moment, if you ask him if he's afraid of ghosts?

Fear is definitely instinctive.

But he is a reborn person, even a ghost has to lie down for him.

The courtyard gate wasn't locked, and the first-floor door wasn't locked either.

Li Heng turned on all the lights on the first floor as soon as he entered, but found nothing?

Could it be on the second floor?

Thinking this, he tightened his grip on the kitchen knife and quietly walked up the stairs.

Just as he reached the second-floor landing, a very intellectual voice came from the darkness: "It's me."

Judging by the voice, it should be from the sofa direction.

"Yu Laoshi?" Li Heng was dumbfounded.

"Hmm." Yu Shuheng hummed.

Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief, hid the kitchen knife behind his back, and fumbled to turn on the light.

The moment the light turned on, Yu Shuheng, holding a cup of coffee, turned her head and looked at him with a smile.

Li Heng was speechless: "It's so late, why didn't you lock the courtyard gate? And why didn't you turn on the lights?"

Yu Shuheng took a small sip of coffee, "Wasn't the effect quite good?"

Li Heng's brain turned rapidly, and a few seconds later he finally understood: it turns out Yu Laoshi did this on purpose, setting off a smoke bomb.

He put the kitchen knife on the dining table and sat down on the sofa.

Yu Shuheng said softly: "Teacher didn't mean any harm, just wanted to see you."

Li Heng glanced sideways: "You could have come to find me, no need for this, I was terrified all the way just now."

Yu Shuheng sent him an apologetic look.

Actually, he also knew that this was a waste of words. If it weren't necessary, Yu Laoshi wouldn't rashly go to the Zhou girl's house.

The two women are now in a state of superficial harmony but inner discord. Usually, they wouldn't have major conflicts and would maintain a superficial relationship with their upbringing; but if they ever made a big scene, even he might not be able to control it.

She stood up: "Do you want a cup of coffee?"

Li Heng shook his head: "It's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep if I drink it." Hearing this, she didn't force him, but walked over and sat beside him, turning her back to him.

Lingering on her back for a while, Li Heng knowingly stretched out his hands and stuck to her intimately, hugging her tightly from behind as he had in the past.

The moment his hands crossed her waist, Yu Shuheng slowly closed her eyes, leaning against his arms, saying nothing, but expressing everything.

She missed him, so she had to see him tonight.

Surprisingly, smelling the faint scent of a woman, Li Heng felt calm in his heart and didn't act up.

Yu Shuheng didn't speak either, her bookish face lazily pressed against his face, and at this moment, silence was better than sound.

After about sixteen or seventeen minutes, Yu Laoshi slowly opened her eyes, turned around with a satisfied look, and pecked his lips like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Later, she broke free from his embrace and sat back on the opposite sofa.

After she took two sips of coffee, Li Heng asked: "Teacher, why have you been out for so long this time?"

Yu Shuheng asked with a smile: "Are you concerned about me? Or do you miss me?"

Li Heng stared straight at her.

Yu Shuheng turned the coffee cup in her hand and explained simply: "A very good friend passed away in an accident in Singapore, so I went to attend the funeral.

At the same time, there were some waves in the business, and it took time to deal with them before I came back."

These were extremely private matters, so Li Heng didn't ask much, but worried for her: "The school's classes, aren't you behind on a lot?"

Yu Shuheng said: "I've communicated with the school, and I will make up the classes for them in the coming days."

Then she said with burning eyes: "Little boy, congratulations! Your pure music album has finally topped the US Billboard chart. Your fame is very impressive abroad now. I went out this trip, and many people were asking about you."

Li Heng was also a little happy: "Thank you, Teacher, these are all the credit of the three of us."

Yu Shuheng said: "There will be a sum of money settled on New Year's Day."

Li Heng asked: "Pure music album?"

Yu Shuheng nodded: "Settling for these 3 months."

Li Heng leaned forward slightly: "Last time it was 850,000 pounds, how much is this time?"

Yu Shuheng pondered and said: "The final result will take another week. But according to the current financial report, it is about 3.1 million pounds."

Li Heng was shocked: "So much? So much more than last time?"

Yu Shuheng said: "It has been dominating the Billboard chart for 3 and a half weeks. Don't underestimate the power of this global number one music chart; the influence it brings is huge.

Because of topping the Billboard chart, many tracks have risen rapidly in the music charts of more than 30 countries and regions including Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. Almost every time it rises a rank, it earns more money."

Li Heng understood and asked excitedly: "Is the pound exchange rate still 14?"

Seeing his greedy look, Yu Shuheng smiled: "About the same. There are fluctuations, but not big."

3.1 million times 14 equals 43.4 million yuan.

After calculating, he was stunned.

This!

This is nearly half a hundred million.

This is a sky-high fortune!

Damn, in his previous life, his bank savings were only 40 million, and now it's almost catching up in one go. Who can stand this!

Who wouldn't be confused?

Li Heng sat still, taking a long time to calm the entanglement and excitement in his heart.

But later he felt that this was the style this album should have.

After all, an album that intercepted half a century of classic tracks is unique, with no possibility of replication in the world, and it is unparalleled.

After talking about the album, Yu Shuheng asked about something she had always cared about: "Have you started writing the new book?"

Li Heng nodded: "Started, I've written to the 16th chapter."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng put down the coffee cup, stood up, and couldn't hold back her thoughts: "Go to your house."

Li Heng stood up as well.

When going down the stairs, he remembered something and asked: "Teacher, are you free tomorrow?"

Yu Shuheng looked back: "What's the matter?"

Li Heng told her the whole story of the letter entrusted by Zhao Ran, "Tomorrow is exactly 3 months, I have to go to Senior Brother's house."

Yu Shuheng agreed: "Alright. It just so happens that I haven't seen Suyun for a while, I'll go meet her and have a meal."

Li Heng was surprised: "Is Sister Xu still in Shanghai?"

Yu Shuheng shook her head: "I've been busy and haven't been in touch with her. But based on her personality, I don't think the probability of her returning to Beijing is high."

Li Heng asked: "Didn't you say her family didn't agree, so why not take her back?"

Yu Shuheng said strangely: "The Chen family didn't agree with you and Chen Zijin either, didn't Chen Zijin still sleep with you?"

Li Heng's eyelids jumped, and he blurted out: "Are you investigating me?"

Yu Shuheng was silent, gazing at him with deep eyes.

Li Heng felt his scalp tingle from being watched.

For a long time, she turned around and continued walking, a small voice drifting over: "Teacher has changed a lot for you, you shouldn't doubt me."

Li Heng opened his mouth, wanting to speak but stopping.

Entering Building 26, Yu Shuheng explained: "Actually, it's easy to guess about you and Chen Zijin.

If there hadn't been a problem between your two families, you probably wouldn't have submitted "To Live" to "Harvest" magazine, but to "People's Literature" where Chen Xiaomi is.

Chen Zijin wouldn't have suddenly transferred to Beijing in her second year of high school, letting other women take advantage of the situation.

Of course, Runwen once mentioned you and Chen Zijin to me. All in all, the relationship between your Chen and Li families is almost on the surface."

At this point, before he could reply, she sighed with emotion: "The Chen family played a good hand of cards into a mess. If Chen Zijin's mother could be as broad-minded as Xiao Han's mother, perhaps there wouldn't be Song Yu, Xiao Han, and Mai Sui, and you and I might not have had any intersection in this life, and you would have gone to Beijing to study."

If it were like this in his previous life, he couldn't guarantee it, maybe he really would have been with Zijin for a lifetime.

But in this life, that's impossible.

Even if the Chen family quickly changed their stance, he wouldn't give up Song Yu and Xiao Han. The reason is very simple, they are his women for a lifetime.

Going upstairs, Li Heng busied himself, washing up, washing clothes, and writing letters to Song Yu.

He and Song Yu exchanged letters every half month, and every time he received a letter from her, he would be happy for a long time.

Yu Shuheng walked straight into the study to read the new book.

She looked at the four characters "Red Dust Settles" on the title page for a long time, before finally opening the first chapter and reading it with a calm mind.