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"Here, here!" With a smile that seemed to be ever-present, Li Yue stood up and waved her slender arms at Jiang Yizhou, who had just appeared at the restaurant entrance.
"Why do I feel like you're always smiling?" Now alone with Li Yue, Jiang Yizhou finally asked this question. He sat down across from her, picked up the menu, and began ordering while observing her expression.
"I can't help it! It seems like it's just my nature; people always think I'm smiling at them, and they assume I have feelings for them," Li Yue furrowed her brow, but the smile at the corner of her mouth remained. "It's quite bothersome, don't you think?"
Jiang Yizhou imagined that for someone lacking affection, this could easily be a misunderstanding.
Not wanting to linger on the topic, he called the waiter and ordered a dish and a soup. Despite being short on cash everywhere else, he had never skimped on food.
"By the way, what was that thing you mentioned on the phone?"
While waiting for the food to arrive, Li Yue asked, "Has Tycoon set his sights on becoming a boss?"
"I have no choice," Jiang Yizhou pouted. "A person can fall off a cliff, but I've never heard of anyone flying up from it. You still have to be grounded and take things step by step!"
"That's true," Li Yue took a sip of her tea. "When I was your age, I was worried about whether I could fit into college life! I felt like such a fool back then; thinking about it now makes me feel childish."
She recognized Jiang Yizhou as a hardworking person. From dropping out of school to working and now starting his own business, even if he failed, he was still doing better than many others. You could mock someone for lacking vision or being stubborn, but you couldn't ridicule someone for working hard.
In her eyes, Jiang Yizhou was that kind of person—someone with somewhat naive ideals who would likely face setbacks. The idea of achieving wealth in just a few months or a year was overly ambitious.
So now he's opening a Training Class? At least he's making some moves; that's a good thing.
"Honestly, I acted on impulse. I secured the venue, got the equipment and materials ready; for now, I'm the only teacher. I can hire more later. But once I opened up, I realized I didn't know how to promote or attract students. You know how poor my speaking skills are; among the people I know, you're the best at this..."
Just as Li Yue was about to respond, the waiter brought over a dish and two bowls of rice. She swallowed her words and said, "Let's eat first!"
During the meal, they chatted intermittently and playfully competed for food. Jiang Yizhou enjoyed being with this girl because he never had to worry about feeling uncomfortable; she made their time together lively and pleasant. Even if he ended up losing some money in the process, he couldn't bring himself to be angry.
After finishing their meal, they strolled along the street. Jiang Yizhou asked again, "Have you thought about it?"
"That depends on how much salary you're offering me. I'm doing just fine where I am now, not working for a big company, but staying in your temple. If there's no benefit, why would I go? Don't you think?"
Li Yue did not reveal that she was currently unemployed and looking for work, not because she had any particular reasons or wanted to trick him into giving her more money, but simply because she didn't want to shift from being the one in demand to the one needing something. If she accepted a job from Jiang Yizhou, the nature of their relationship would change.
College does not guarantee job placement, and finding a job can be quite tough. Although she never intended to chase after those secure government jobs.
"How about this? You're in sales, right? Let's go with commission-based pay; we can negotiate the specific ratio!" Jiang Yizhou was really not good at business; he thought sales was just a base salary plus commission. That was most of his understanding of the field.
"..." Li Yue felt he was indeed a bit slow on the uptake. She rolled her eyes at him and started to walk away quickly. Jiang Yizhou followed her, but his vocabulary was limited, and he didn't know what to say.
...
Finally, they arrived at the venue where Li Yue drafted a contract for him. It was essentially a fixed salary arrangement, although it was a relatively high fixed salary. She couldn't openly say that she had been unemployed for quite some time and needed money, so she chose the safer option.
Jiang Yizhou couldn't quite understand it either; he had always been someone who received a salary. In his previous life, he earned 1k with transportation and housing allowances. He didn't care about all the details; he only knew that what he received at the end matched what was on the contract, and he put in enough effort to deserve that salary.
After printing and signing the contract, Li Yue immediately became serious, putting away her playful demeanor and replacing it with a more professional smile. Although it seemed a bit strange, that was how it was. "So, what exactly are we doing here?"
Jiang Yizhou looked puzzled as he sat down at the computer and turned it on. While waiting for it to boot up, he turned his head to ask, "Are you starting work right away? Don't you need to terminate your contract with your old company and spend a week or two handing over your responsibilities?"
Li Yue blinked rapidly a few times and pursed her lips. "I’ve only been employed for a few months; I’m just an inconsequential pawn. At most, I just need to transfer some client information. I might not even receive my remaining salary for this month. BSS, look how proactive I am—shouldn't you compensate me?"
Jiang Yizhou chuckled a few times; it was already almost the 20th of the month, two-thirds of it gone. Did this mean he was expected to pay her an entire month's salary?
"Just kidding! BSS, you keep going!" Li Yue opened her eyes wide and pointed at the screen. "The interface is up!"
"Don't scare me like that! I don't have much money left; I'm counting on you! By the way, can you stop calling me BSS? It makes me feel like I'm some kind of villain!"
Jiang Yizhou skillfully entered his password while waiting for the desktop to appear. This was an IN95 system; he found himself more accustomed to INDS.
"Should I call you Jiang Yizhou, Yi Zhou, or Boss?"
"Just call me Yi Zhou."
Jiang Yizhou opened a PowerPoint file and showed it to Li Yue, explaining to her the direction and scope of their workshop, which only had three people in total.
...
"Ding Zhengnan, are you really okay just staying at home like this?" Looking at her daughter lying on the sofa with a pillow, watching a drama with her, Lu Yan felt that nothing was of any use anymore.
"It's fine. I've done what I needed to do. I don't understand those things anyway. There's no point in hanging around there; it's better to come home."
Ding Zhengnan casually brushed off her mother's concerns, thinking seriously about it; she wasn't that kind of person, after all.
"Don't you want to review for the graduate entrance exam anymore? Don't you want to go abroad? Now you're not even managing the money you've invested?" Lu Yan fired off three questions in a row.
"Mom, are you still worried that he would take my money? He's not that kind of person; I know him. It's fine!" Ding Zhengnan patted her chest confidently.
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