Chapter 52: Reborn 1987 Chapter Fifty-Two: Opportunities Yet to Be Unearthed

·

·

·

Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

Wang Tao's expression stiffened slightly; Jiang Wenyu had waited for a while and now continued, "Boss Wang."

Wang Tao only then snapped back to his senses, took out a prepared account book, wrote a few characters on it, held it up for Jiang Wenyu to see — it was the rent ledger, the rents of all shops and stalls in the Mall; the two thousand yuan rent for Li Chen Electrical Shop had been changed back to the original figure, and only upon seeing this did Jiang Wenyu finally let out a slight breath of relief inside.

Finally he said, "Since there's nothing else, I'll head back first."

"Mr. Jiang, please wait!"

Wang Tao called out to him again; he stood up very seriously and said, "Mr. Jiang, I'll say it again — are you truly unwilling to cooperate with me?"

Jiang Wenyu frowned tightly; he hadn't expected Wang Tao to bring up cooperation again. This time, before Jiang Wenyu could say anything, Wang Tao spoke first: "Although I failed this time, you should have seen my strength. The foot traffic in my Mall is huge; as long as I want, as long as you, Mr. Jiang, are willing to cooperate, your income will absolutely increase by several times at least."

Jiang Wenyu didn't speak. He had indeed seen it, and truly recognized the importance of a good location, but this place ultimately didn't belong to him, and Wang Tao was indeed someone not worth cooperating with or trusting — he had long since made up his mind.

Turning back, he also said seriously, "Boss Wang, I have my own goals; I don't want to stay in this Mall for a lifetime. To tell the truth, entering the repair trade was first because of livelihood, second… a small personal interest of mine, but what I'm truly interested in isn't these — can Boss Wang guess?"

Wang Tao was full of doubt. The repair trade is just his personal interest? Is he joking? Could this guy have some other ability?

Wang Tao couldn't figure it out; Jiang Wenyu didn't say another word and simply left the Office.

After he left, Wang Tao sat back down in his chair, his expression turning much colder as he muttered to himself, "Jiang Wenyu, this is the last chance I'm giving you; after this, don't blame me!"

……

"You're back."

Jiang Wenyu returned and nodded; Li Chen asked, "Did Wang Tao talk about cooperation again?"

Looking at Jiang Wenyu's helpless look, he could guess the gist. Li Chen said, "This guy — he can't make it himself, so he starts eyeing you again."

Jiang Wenyu also sat down to rest a moment and said, "I'm not worried about that, but Wang Tao is very greedy; I still worry he might find ways to trip us up later."

Li Chen knew this well too and asked, "Why not… find a chance to leave the Mall?"

Jiang Wenyu sighed and said, "If we could, we really should leave, but not now. The whole Chema City has only this one big Mall, with the most foot traffic; once we leave, income will drop a lot, so temporarily it's impossible."

Li Chen also sighed and said, "Blame this place for being too small — besides this big Mall there's nowhere else, really."

Jiang Wenyu shook his head with a bitter smile: "No choice. Chema City has just started; it needs time to develop. Just recently, for instance, I've already seen some places starting construction sites — clearly big moves are coming."

Li Chen leaned in a bit and said, "Hehe, I know your goal definitely isn't just Chema City, right?"

Jiang Wenyu nodded: "Indeed, Chema City is merely my starting point."

Li Chen immediately said seriously: "Anyway, I don't care — whatever you do from now on, just take me along."

Jiang Wenyu also laughed heartily: "That's no problem, but everyone has their own aspirations; if you have something you want to do yourself, you should start early too. This is an era of mass development; to tell the truth, as long as you catch even a shred of business opportunity, you can strike it rich."

Li Chen waved his hand at once: "I, Li Chen, have no thoughts of striking it rich or anything; as long as I have something to do, I'm content."

That carefree attitude of his might just be the best way to face life, yet in this year of '87, such people are rare.

……

A day later, the Mall was full of people again — clearly the time Wang Tao had promised had arrived; most were there to pick up those repaired appliances.

Li Chen happened to be passing by on one side and couldn't help pausing to watch the scene.

"I say, there won't be problems this time, right? Guaranteed to work!"

Some people began asking uneasily; although they said that, the selling price of these things was indeed cheap, and some still didn't want to return them just like that.