For two consecutive days, Gu Qingdai never saw Zhong Ling come to the Lion Wake Tea House to perform on stage.
She casually asked Team Leader Xiao Zhong once, but what she got was a dissatisfied rebuke from Zhong Xiu.
When she held a special performance for Zhong Ling, she made a clear promise that she would put all her thoughts on singing.
Not long after that, she started fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.
The past two days have been even more extreme, and no one can be found at all.
Gu Qingdai listened silently and said nothing more.
The crash in Osmanthus Tower became another lingering nightmare for her.
She went to Gong's Department Store to invite Gong Xun the next day, but Gong Xun's personal clerk set the appointment time for them three days later on the grounds that Mr. Gong's schedule was too full.
Gu Qingdai did not feel discouraged. On the contrary, she believed that the management model of Gong's Department Store was quite modern.
On the fourth day, she finally met Gong Xun.
Gong Xun rejected all the meeting places she chose and insisted on coming to the Lion Dance Teahouse.
Gu Qingdai failed to fight against him, but she felt a little more relaxed. She would definitely have a good chance of winning in negotiations on her own territory!
After Gu Qingdai placed Gong Xun in the private room, she sat down nonstop, either pouring tea or water for him, or bringing in various cakes and fruits.
"I think the last time I came here was when the teahouse opened." Gong Xun lowered his head to take a sip of tea and nodded with satisfaction.
"You eat and drink first, and then I'll talk to you about things."
"I didn't know it before, but I did my homework in the past two days." Gong Xun picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it, and he thought it tasted good.
Gu Qingdai slowly straightened her waist, "It's not the clerk who is stopping me from seeing you."
“With all due respect, just because Shopkeeper Gu’s restaurant is so good, it doesn’t mean others can do it as well.”
Gong Xun smiled leisurely and leaned on the soft chair. Before Gu Qingdai could speak, he took the lead in rejecting her.
"You don't like my little temple?"
"You can think so."
Gu Qingdai had already prepared a draft: "My advantage is..."
Gong Xun immediately raised his hand to interrupt, "Shopkeeper Gu, you don't have any advantage in this regard."
"Lu Minglan can bring me celebrity effect."
“How do you think our Gong’s Department Store’s reputation has been accumulated?”
Gu Qingdai knew something about it. She raised her head and smiled bitterly, "It was spread through word of mouth through Mrs. Luancheng Kuo's circle."
Gong Xun was a little surprised. He propped an elbow on the armrest of the soft chair and said, "Shopkeeper Gu has really researched this far."
"It's true that Gong's Department Store is a symbol of high-end, but there are thousands of ordinary girls and young women in Luancheng. With such a large market, Mr. Gong is really not tempted?"
"How much money do they have?"
“Isn’t a small profit a profit?”
"But I don't like it." Gong Xun decisively rejected her again.
Gu Qingdai felt unprecedented pressure. She picked up a cup of tea and moistened her throat, "With the monthly salary your clerk earns, how many cosmetics can you buy in your Gong's Department Store?"
When Gong Xun thought about the film carefully, "I'm afraid one month's salary is not enough. I think I will have to save a few more months to buy two decent ones."
"Give me some mid- to low-end products, and she will buy a lot of cosmetics that are affordable in my rouge shop."
The verbal battle between the two lasted for less than half an hour. As Gu Qingdai expected, Gong Xun still had no confidence in her.
She was once again ready to fight a protracted battle. The harder the problem, the more challenging it was for her.
Gu Qingdai didn't want Lu Mingze to know that she was frustrated by Gong Xun.
So these two times when she went to see Lu Minglan, she tried her best to avoid Lu Mingze.
But he escaped from Lu Mingze, but not from Lian Beichuan.
Lian Beichuan had not been to the Awakening Lion Tea House for some time. As soon as he stepped through the threshold, he was surrounded by the waiters and sent into the card room.
Not long after, Shao Shan ran over to her and said, "Shopkeeper, Mr. Lian, please come over."
"What, three are missing and one is missing?"
"He is the only one who can't get into the game today."
Gu Qingdai took the tray from Shao Shan's hand and said, "I understand, go ahead and do your work."
She knocked on the card room door alone, and Lian Beichuan smiled at her with spring in his eyes.
"What have you been busy with recently?" Gu Qingdai lowered her eyes and poured tea for him.
Lian Beichuan was flattered, "Are you concerned about me?"
"Whatever, just ask."
"Rejected by Gong Xun?"
Gu Qingdai immediately cheered up: "How do you know? Aren't you not familiar with Gong Xun?"
"It's not a secret that you go to Gong's Department Store, but his coming to the Lion Dance Tea House attracts even more attention."
Lian Beichuan had so much free time, it was as if he was by Gu Qingdai's side every day and knew everything about her.
"I will not give up."
"I know."
"Don't interfere."
"I won't."
Seeing Lian Beichuan being so docile, Gu Qingdai felt relieved.
But she also found that Lian Beichuan was a little unusual tonight, always staring at her tenderly, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Gong Xun is a filial son, and his widowed eldest sister is his lifeblood. Shopkeeper Gu, you might as well change the direction and defeat him."
Gu Qingdai knew a little about the internal situation of the Gong family. The current head of the family, Mr. Gong, was Gong Xun's uncle.
It is not easy for Gong Xun to gain a place in the Gong family.
"My mother and sister are both women." Gu Qingdai somewhat understood Lian Beichuan's intention.
Lian Beichuan smiled faintly and said, "If I help shopkeeper Gu like this, are you willing to accept it?"
Gu Qingdai nodded with a smile.
"Then I helped you, do you have to help me too?" Lian Beichuan thought for a long time and finally said it.
"you say."
In fact, no matter what help Lian Beichuan asked her to do, she would basically agree.
Those previous favors cannot be offset by money.
"Can you please accompany me to the dock?"
"now?"
Gu Qingdai couldn't understand why Lian Beichuan had such a soft spot for the dock?
She remembered that night on New Year's Eve, the two of them were blown away by the cold wind at the pier and looked like two fools!
Lian Beichuan raised his wrist to check the time on his foreign watch, "The batch of machines I purchased will arrive at the dock tonight."
"Such a big happy event?"
Gu Qingdai suddenly realized that Lian Beichuan had mentioned to her more than once how much he valued those machines.
Moreover, he was shot for those machines and almost died.
It was such an important moment, why would he invite her there?
"Yes, Qingdai, I want you to accompany me to witness it." Lian Beichuan's words were a bit disgusting, and he couldn't help it.
Gu Qingdai flashed her thickly curled eyelashes twice, "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up, it's still such a long way to the pier!"
Lian Beichuan didn't expect Gu Qingdai to agree so happily. He was as happy as anything and took her to Luancheng Pier quickly.
Along the way, he was looking forward to his industrial dream to Gu Qingdai, and he was as triumphant as if he had drank two kilograms of soju.
Huo Jie had already organized everyone in the trading company to wait at the dock. When he saw the young master's family, he showed up and rushed over in a hurry.
"Huo Jie, how's it going?" Lian Beichuan was still immersed in the prospect of meeting Gu Qingdai.
Huo Jie looked so ugly that he had to pour a basin of cold water on Lian Beichuan's head, "Second Master, our machine... was seized by Caobang."