Chapter 1198 During the pursuit, Xie Zhiyao asked for help
In the coffee shop, Nana looked at Xu Hongdou who was helping, very puzzled.
"Hongdou, why did you come to the store with me so early today? Even if you are a volunteer, there is no need to be so early."
Xu Hongdou said with an unnatural expression: "It's nothing, I just couldn't sleep in the morning, so I just got up and came with you."
The reason why she came to the cafe with Nana early in the morning was not to volunteer, but to avoid Zhou Chen.
Ever since Zhou Chen said he wanted to pursue her yesterday, she hadn't had much rest all day long, and she had even suffered from insomnia at night. She saw Zhou Chen meditating there early in the morning, and was afraid that Zhou Chen would go find her after he meditated, so
I quickly followed Nana to the coffee shop to volunteer.
Naturally, there wasn't much business in the coffee shop in the morning, but Nana wasn't idle either. She was busy here for a while, and she was getting dirty there.
Although Xu Hongdou is not as serious as her, she is always helping. If there is something she doesn't like, she will help clean it up.
"Zhou Chen, you're here, do you want me to make you a cup of coffee?"
When Xu Hongdou heard Nana's voice, she looked up and saw Zhou Chen walking into the tavern.
The moment she saw Zhou Chen, her heart skipped a beat and she looked nervous. Especially when Zhou Chen glanced over, she quickly averted her eyes and wiped the table vigorously.
Zhou Chen sat down at the bar and said, "Bring me a cup of hand-ground coffee."
"no problem."
Nana was making hand-ground coffee for Zhou Chen, and saw Zhou Chen turning his head and staring in the direction of Xu Hongdou, with a gossipy face.
"Zhou Chen, I think it's fake that you came to drink coffee, but the red beans are real, right?"
Zhou Chen replied noncommittally: "You can think so."
"ah?"
This time it was Nana's turn to be surprised. She just said it casually and didn't expect to get Zhou Chen's answer.
But Zhou Chen gave such an ambiguous answer, even more inclined to answer in the affirmative, which shocked her.
"Zhou Chen, you and Hongdou, you two?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I have already shown off my cards with her and decided to pursue her."
Nana took a deep breath and then gave Zhou Chen a thumbs up.
"You are a man, I believe you can do it."
She was originally optimistic about Zhou Chen and Xu Hongdou, but now that Zhou Chen has made it clear that he wants to pursue Xu Hongdou, she is naturally happy to see it happen.
"I said something is not right about Hongdou today. It is completely different from the past few days. It turns out that the problem lies with you."
"Really? It seems that what I said still had an effect."
Zhou Chen had a smile on his face. He was not afraid of Xu Hongdou's reaction. A reaction meant that Xu Hongdou cared and took it seriously. If Xu Hongdou didn't react at all, that would be trouble.
Drinking Nana's hand-ground coffee, she quietly watched Xu Hongdou's busy work. In the end, Xu Hongdou couldn't hold back and walked over.
"Do you have nothing else to do?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said, "I was originally here for a trip. I really have nothing to do. It's quite interesting to see you working."
Xu Hongdou looked helpless: "You can go back to painting, or you can go woodcarving, or even go out for a walk, and buy some specialties. It's okay. Can you please stop staring at me like this, making me very uncomfortable, okay?"
"I said I would pursue you, so I will definitely follow you. Otherwise, how can it be called pursuing?"
"you."
Xu Hongdou held it in for a long time before asking in a depressed tone: "Is this how you chase girls?"
Zhou Chen said: "In this world, I have never chased a girl. Girls chase me. But you can rest assured that I have never promised to other girls, so if you agree to be my girlfriend, then you will be mine."
The first girlfriend in this world will also be the last girlfriend."
Xu Hongdou looked unbelieving: "Don't coax me, I'm not one of those little girls in their early twenties. Who believes you when you say you've never been in love? Nana, do you believe it?"
Xu Hongdou was choked and speechless, and glared at the smiling Nana with dissatisfaction.
"Anyway, I just don't believe it. If a rich man in his thirties has never been in love, he either has a physical defect or an orientation problem."
"Ahem."
Now it was Zhou Chen's turn to roll his eyes.
"I have no physical defects and no problem with my orientation. The reason why I have never been in love is because I worked as a programmer after college. I only thought about work and had no energy or time to fall in love. After I resigned, I was busy starting a business. Naturally,
I don’t have time to fall in love either, so what I tell you is the truth. You are the first woman I want to pursue and even marry home.”
"Huh!!!"
Nana let out a strange scream and hovered over Zhou Chen and Xu Hongdou with ambiguous eyes.
Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't seem to be lying, Xu Hongdou was secretly surprised, but on the surface he remained calm.
"Anyway, you have your mouth, so you can say whatever you want. If you want to pursue me, I can't stop you, but can you please stop affecting me when I'm working as a volunteer?"
"Okay, no problem, I won't disturb you next, just sit quietly, that's it."
With that said, Zhou Chen found a seat in the small restaurant and sat down, drinking coffee and playing with his mobile phone.
At the bar, Nana came to Xu Hongdou.
"Hongdou, I see that he doesn't seem to be teasing, but sincerely wants to pursue you. Zhou Chen is really good, but you are not tempted at all?"
Xu Hongdou sighed and said: "I came here just for vacation and rest. I never thought about falling in love. When he came here suddenly, I was really confused."
Nana smiled and said: "It means that you are not attracted to him at all. Since you are attracted to him, why don't you accept his pursuit?"
"well."
Xu Hongdou sighed heavily. Her mood was very complicated, both happy and uneasy, because Zhou Chen's conditions were so good. She knew herself and felt that she was not worthy of Zhou Chen. She was worried that after falling in love with Zhou Chen,
In the end, there was no good result.
She is not young anymore, and she is an emotional person. She really does not dare to invest too much emotion until she is sure that there will be a good result.
Nana persuaded: "Hongdou, I think you should think about it seriously. Zhou Chen is really a very good man. Since he is not joking, you should try to accept his pursuit. A woman wants to find someone who loves her and is herself
It’s really not easy to love a man.”
"As a friend, I think you can try. Anyway, Damai and I both feel that Zhou Chen is a man worth trusting."
Xu Hongdou smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I will seriously consider it."
I don't know if it's because Zhou Chen said he wanted to pursue her, but now she seems to have different senses when looking at Zhou Chen than in the past.
In this way, in the next few days, as long as Xu Hongdou was working as a volunteer at the small restaurant, Zhou Chen would arrive on time, but he would not disturb him and would just sit there by himself, sometimes painting and sometimes making wood carvings.
After a few days, Xu Hongdou had become accustomed to Zhou Chen's existence and no longer avoided it. She would even sit and chat with Zhou Chen when she had free time.
She also wanted to understand, since Zhou Chen has this determination, why can't she give it a try? Maybe as Nana said, Zhou Chen is a suitable partner?
In the past few days, Ma Qiushan has not been idle. He brought his own tea everywhere to find people to taste, and listened to many people's suggestions.
That day, he found Zhou Chen in the tavern.
"Zhou Chen, how much are you going to invest in my teahouse? I have asked Mr. Xie to help me attract investment, but the investment amount is not very high."
Zhou Chen said directly: "Master Ma, we have known each other for so long. If I have anything to say, I will say it directly. I am an investor and have my own ideas. If you want me to invest more, then your teahouse company must
It is controlled by the source, but I think you will definitely not agree with this."
Mr. Ma smiled awkwardly. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was already obvious.
He wants to start a business instead of working for others. Naturally, he wants to be the master of the company and control the direction, so he will definitely not give up the management rights.
Zhou Chen continued: "If you don't want to give up management rights, then I can only invest a small part, up to 10%."
He is not particularly optimistic about the teahouse chain store mentioned by Ma Qiushan. Since he cannot get the decision-making power, he will invest less. Even if it cannot develop in the future, he will not lose much.
"Only ten percent?"
Ma Qiushan looked disappointed when he heard this. He actually wanted to let as many people vote as he wanted, as long as the decision-making power was left to him, but he also knew that this was impossible, so he expected 30%.
As a result, Zhou Chen is only willing to invest 10% now, which is really far away from his goal.
"Master Ma, in business, my money does not come from strong winds. There are still many problems with your plan. I believe you know it yourself. So if you are unwilling to hand over the decision-making power, I can only invest in this way."
many."
Mr. Ma nodded understandingly and said, "I understand, I understand. If you are willing to vote, I would be very grateful. No matter how much it is, it is all from my heart."
If it were Xie Zhiyao, he could continue to beg in vain, but he and Zhou Chen seemed to have only been together for more than two months. Although they got along well, they were far behind compared to Xie Zhiyao.
After Mr. Ma left, Xu Hongdou came over.
"Master Ma is looking for you about his tea room?"
"Well, you asked me to invest."
Xu Hongdou asked curiously: "I heard from Mr. Ma that you were a venture capital investor and opened a company, but you told me before that you opened a charity company. What exactly do you do?"
"There are both venture capital companies and charity companies, including Chenxing Capital and Chenxing Charity. You can find out by searching online."
Zhou Chen naturally wouldn't hide his information from Xu Hongdou, but Xu Hongdou didn't ask before, and he couldn't tell it directly, so it would be no different from pretending.
Xu Hongdou was familiar with Zhou Chen and didn't have to worry about anything, so she immediately took out her phone and started searching for Zhou Chen's company.
After a few minutes, she raised her head in surprise.
She knew that Zhou Chen was rich, but she never expected that Zhou Chen was so rich. According to the size of Zhou Chen's two companies, Zhou Chen's assets would definitely exceed 100 million, or even hundreds of millions.
She originally thought Zhou Chen was excellent, but after learning about Zhou Chen's net worth and company, she became even more aware of Zhou Chen's excellence.
Zhou Chen is not only rich and capable, but also has a lot of kindness. Many companies do charity just for show, but Zhou Chen actually does charity.
While she felt that she was not worthy of Zhou Chen, she also admired Zhou Chen even more. If Zhou Chen can do charity like this, it means that Zhou Chen is sincere. So what he said to her
, which makes it more real and reliable.
"Zhou Chen, why do you think of doing charity?"
Zhou Chen said: "Many people have asked me this question. I can only say that I should do my best to help those children who are suffering from misfortune."
Xu Hongdou was silent. Zhou Chen didn't say so many high-sounding words, but it was these simple words that shocked people even more.
In the evening, Xie Zhiyao brought a lot of flowers to the small courtyard. Today his father went to the countryside to visit the grave. Because their family worked in a flower shop, he brought back a lot of flowers, so he gave a lot to the small courtyard.
Zhou Chen, who has watched the TV series, discovered that Xie Zhiyao's father was an interesting man and Xie Zhiyao returned to his hometown to start a business. The father and son had a lot of battles of wits and courage.
Xu Hongdou continued to do volunteer work in the small restaurant today, and suddenly Xie Zhiyao came to find her with village official Huang Xinxin.
"Want me to shoot a promotional video?"
Xu Hongdou pointed at herself in astonishment, but the next moment she shook her head without hesitation: "I can't do it. I'm just an outsider in your village's promotional video, not to mention I don't have any acting skills at all. I can do this kind of thing."
Not coming."
Huang Xinxin said: "Hongdou, this is just a promotional video. It doesn't require any acting skills at all. We just need you and Mr. Xie to act as a couple. The two of them can lead a horse and walk a certain distance together. It won't take long?"
Xie Zhiyao also nodded with hope: "Yes, Xu Hongdou, I think you are very suitable."
Perhaps when Xu Hongdou heard that he and Xie Zhiyao were going to play couple, she refused even more firmly.
"I really can't do it. You should find someone else. I think Nana is very good. She is younger than me and more beautiful and photogenic than me. You should find Nana."
Huang Xinxin said: "We thought about filming Nana before, but Nana didn't want to appear on the camera. We couldn't find anyone else, so we had to come to you. Hongdou, please help us, we won't delay you."
How long."
Xu Hongdou still shook his head: "It's not a matter of time. I'm not used to pretending to be a couple with others, let alone in front of the camera, so I'm sorry, I can't do it."
She didn't want to explain any more and refused the invitation very firmly.
Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin tried to persuade them a few more times, but Xu Hongdou didn't compromise at all, and in the end they had no choice but to give up.
Huang Xinxin rubbed her head with both hands and lamented: "Zunzi asked us to find the actors as soon as possible. What should we do now? The promotional video has not been finished yet, and there is another problem with the B&B over there. It's so annoying. Mr. Xie, what else do you have?
Is it a good idea?"
Xie Zhiyao also said helplessly: "The actor's matter can only be found again. As for the B&B, I have a good candidate here. He is an investor and is very capable. I am afraid that he will not like us.
Small B&B.”
Huang Xinxin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are you talking about the handsome guy Zhou Chen in the courtyard? I heard you and Xiaochun mention him more than once before. He is really capable and can afford to stay in a B&B.
?"
Xie Zhiyao said: "Let alone such a B&B, even if there are ten, he will have the financial resources to take it. But as I said just now, I'm afraid he won't like it at all."
Huang Xinxin urged: "You didn't even ask, how do you know he doesn't like it? I think we should give it a try."
"Okay, I'll invite him to a barbecue tonight, and you'll come with me. If we cooperate, we might have a chance."
Xie Zhiyao made a decision. He used to be an investor, and his ability to deceive was naturally good. But the problem was that Zhou Chen was more successful than him. He didn't think that he was more capable of deceiving than Zhou Chen. His level was compared to
Zhou Chen, I'm afraid, is really a small witch, so he has no confidence at all.
On the contrary, the young and energetic Huang Xinxin said confidently: "Okay, I will accompany you to find him tonight."
So, the two of them found Zhou Chen in the evening and made an appointment with Zhou Chen to go to Yang Guanjun's barbecue stall to drink and eat barbecue.
“B&B in the village?”
Zhou Chen was surprised when he heard what Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin said. As soon as these two people made an appointment with him, he knew that they must have something to ask for.
Now when I hear them talking about B&B, although I am surprised, I understand what they mean.
The B&B in the village started from scratch, but it required a lot of money. Something happened to the previous owner and had to be transferred at a low price. But even so, it is not a small sum of money to continue, at least for Yunmiao Village.
It was an unbearable price, so Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin were in a state of distress.
If Yunmiao Village wants to develop into a tourist village, B&Bs are indispensable. Now that we are halfway through the process, if nothing happens, it will be very fatal to the development of Yunmiao Village.
It is estimated that they also looked for many people during this period, but there was still no progress, and finally they had to find themselves here.
"Seriously, Mr. Xie, you know me. This B&B is indispensable to me. If I take it over, let alone whether I can make money or not, even time doesn't allow me.
I don’t have the time or energy to run a B&B here.”
Xie Zhiyao hurriedly said: "Zhou Chen, as long as you are willing to take over, everything else is not a problem. Our village can give you the best preferential terms. If you don't have time to run and manage, I can also find someone to look after it for you. Every year
A certain income is guaranteed and you will never suffer a loss."
Zhou Chen naturally would not believe Xie Zhiyao's plan. Although the system task asked him to stay in Yunmiao Village for one year, it did not say it was a consecutive year, so he did not need to stay in Yunmiao Village all the time.
I stayed there for a month or two and quickly reached the system's task requirements.
And to be honest, running a B&B is really troublesome. If he invests the money from a B&B in a stock fund, he may earn more without having to worry about it.
In the plot, the reason why Xu Hongdou decided to take over the B&B was mostly due to emotions. If there were no emotional reasons, she would definitely not take over the B&B.
But he is different from Xu Hongdou in the plot. He has no emotional relationship with Yunmiao Village, so he has little interest in taking over the B&B.
There are countless villages like Yunmiao Village in Yunnan Province, and there are countless villages with better conditions than this one. Therefore, from an investment perspective, investing in Yunmiao Village is not a very wise choice.
"In this case, I will go to the B&B to inspect it tomorrow and then make a decision."
Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin both looked happy and nodded repeatedly. For them, as long as Zhou Chen didn't refuse in person, there was still room for maneuver.