Chapter 258: Sheep Into the Tiger's Mouth
Chen Jianghe was very busy in the next few days. On the one hand, the company had hired a new CFO, Gu Yuming, and he had to help him get familiar with the environment.
On the other hand, the Light Chaser has just opened stations in four major cities, namely Shanghai, Jinling, Luzhou and Hangzhou. The Nuomi Group Buying, which had already laid out its plan for the Yangtze River Delta market, directly used the old tricks, offering merchant subsidies, 0 commissions, member discount days and other means, adding layers of incentives to strongly snipe the Light Chaser.
Not only that, 9527 Company and Capital's Preferred Group Buying have also quietly extended their tentacles into the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration.
Nuomi Group Buying is backed by BD Group, 9527 Company recently successfully obtained financing from Ali Group, and Youxuan Group Buying is supported by Hongyan Capital. In order to seize the market and obtain more cooperative merchants and users, a money-burning war between platforms is on the verge of breaking out.
Light Chaser, which just received a total of 200 million yuan in financing from Penguin Group and two venture capital companies, is naturally not willing to be outdone. Its official website has launched a variety of activities such as 10% off for purchases over 20 yuan, free delivery, and free drinks with meal orders, directly passing on benefits to consumers.
It feels good to spend money, and it feels good to keep spending money.
At present, the total scale of the catering industry in the country is close to one trillion yuan, and the scale of the takeout industry is less than 5 billion yuan, accounting for less than one percent. It can be said that there is unlimited potential.
Although smartphones are not yet popular, the Yangtze River Delta region has a developed economy, a dense population, many universities and industrial clusters. The Internet is widely used and people are very receptive to new things.
The price of ordering food online is much lower than dining in, and the food is delivered to your door and provided at your home, which instantly attracted a large number of young consumers.
"My friends and I used to eat at restaurants near the company, and it cost at least 20 yuan for two people. Now it only costs more than 10 yuan to order takeout online, and there are delivery staff to deliver it to the company. It is convenient and fast, and it's great."
A young white-collar worker said this during a street interview with a Southern Metropolis Daily reporter.
"Young people still know how to fleece the capitalists."
Chen Jianghe sat in his office, browsing the latest news on his computer, and sighed, "If you don't take advantage of a bargain, you're a bastard."
Knock knock knock, there's a knock on the door.
"Come in." Chen Jianghe responded briefly, raised his head and glanced at the person who pushed the door open, with a look of surprise on his face: "Why are you here?"
The person who came in was Yi Caiwei from Xinghai Conservatory of Music.
Chen Jianghe hadn't contacted her much since the last recording of the promotional song for "Light Chasers". He didn't expect that this girl would come to him on her own initiative.
Yi Caiwei's outfit today is slightly different from her usual style. She is wearing a blue denim skirt with a white short-sleeved shirt underneath. Her long, smooth hair is draped over her shoulders. Under her fresh and natural bangs, her eyes are clear and bright, her face is fair and graceful, and her figure is slender and tall. At first glance, she looks a bit like the goddess "Vivian Chow" from the 1990s.
"Our class organized a team building trip to the South China Botanical Garden and came to visit our seniors on the way."
Yi Caiwei walked to Chen Jianghe's desk and handed him two specialties sent from her hometown: "This is the rice wine brewed by my grandmother, and the tea leaves roasted by my grandfather."
When Chen Jianghe heard this, he inexplicably wanted to laugh. In his previous life, those "beauties" who sold tea and wine on WeChat were almost all grandparents who made wine and fried tea. They used the same routines and words to deceive countless kind-hearted male netizens.
"Thank you. Just put it on the table."
Chen Jianghe's expression was polite while maintaining an appropriate distance. After Yi Caiwei put down her things, he shifted his attention back to the computer and concentrated on handling official business.
After being busy for a while, Chen Jianghe looked up and found that Yi Caiwei had not left yet, so he asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"
"I would like to treat you to a meal." Yi Caiwei said.
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "You are quite famous now. I feel quite pressured to have dinner with you."
Hearing Chen Jianghe say that he was under a lot of pressure, Yi Caiwei smiled and said, "It's just an empty name. No one recognizes me when I walk on the street."
Chen Jianghe thought about it and it was true. The main promotion channel for the song "Light Chasers" was on the Internet platform. Although Yi Caiwei was very beautiful in the MV, she was overshadowed by the funny Qin Shaohai. So after the song became popular, Yi Caiwei did not become famous.
It is a very common phenomenon that online singers are not famous even though their songs are popular.
Chen Jianghe glanced at the time, it was already half past eleven. He thought that Yi Caiwei had given him local specialties and invited him to dinner, so she must have something to ask for.
"Have you been in trouble recently?" Chen Jianghe asked.
"No." Yi Caiwei smiled and said, "I seem to have left a bad impression on you, senior. Every time I ask you to help me deal with troubles."
Chen Jianghe also smiled. To be honest, he would never forget the scene of his first meeting with Yi Caiwei.
Yi Caiwei glanced at Chen Jianghe gently, and obviously guessed something from his smile, and her cheeks became hot involuntarily.
She really wanted to tell Chen Jianghe, I keep dreaming about you recently, so I couldn’t help but want to come and see you, but saying such words to your face was obviously too ambiguous, so she couldn’t open her mouth.
"Let's go and have dinner. I'll treat you." Chen Jianghe was very good at defusing awkward atmospheres. He turned off the computer, stood up and said.
Yi Caiwei said nothing and silently followed Chen Jianghe out of the Light Chaser base.
Since we are treating everyone to a dinner, it certainly can't be too shabby.
We had lunch at Taotaoju, a time-honored restaurant in eastern Guangdong. During the meal, Yi Caiwei quietly went to the front desk to pay the bill on the pretext of going to the restroom, only to find out that the bill had already been paid.
After dinner, Chen Jianghe drove Yi Caiwei back to school very gentlemanly.
"Senior, December 6th of this year is the day I turn eighteen years old." Yi Caiwei suddenly said.
"Hmm?" Chen Jianghe turned and looked at her.
"I have practiced a new song and want to sing it to you that day." Yi Caiwei continued.
"Then I'm honored." Chen Jianghe responded with a smile.
"Senior Chen, I..." Yi Caiwei looked at Chen Jianghe, wanting to say something but stopping herself. After hesitating for a long time, she finally told him hesitantly when the car stopped at the school gate, "I like you a little bit."
After saying that, she opened the car door, got out and ran away without waiting for Chen Jianghe's response.
I have a girlfriend.
Chen Jianghe responded on QQ, then turned the car around and left.
"Student Chen Jianghe, are you free this afternoon? Go shopping with me."
On the way back to Tianhe from Panyu, Chen Jianghe received a call from Teacher Xu.
"It's rare. I remember this is the first time my wife took the initiative to ask me out shopping." Chen Jianghe grinned, then pulled the car over to the side of the road, turned around and smelled the scent in the back seat, a faint scent of lavender.
It should be that Yi Caiwei usually uses sachets or something to fumigate her clothes, so the fragrance is left when she rides in the car.
"Don't you like me taking the initiative?" Xu Zhixi asked on the phone.
"I like it, but if you don't take the initiative, how would I have a chance?" Chen Jianghe said without any hesitation, turned around and got out of the car, opened the trunk, chose a lavender scent from a pile of "fragrances", opened it when getting in the car, and put it on the table.
"I'll change my clothes and go out. Come pick me up downstairs of the dormitory." Xu Zhixi said.
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Chen Jianghe responded with a smile. After hanging up the phone, he stepped on the accelerator and the car sped like a low-speed airplane.
When Xu Zhixi changed her clothes and walked out of the staff dormitory building, Chen Jianghe was already waiting for her by the car door with a cigarette lit.
"Smoking all the time is bad for your health."
Xu Zhixi stepped forward and took off the cigarette that Chen Jianghe was holding in his mouth, and said a little embarrassedly, "This is the first time I ask you to go shopping. I wanted to be more refined, so I spent a lot of time choosing clothes and putting on makeup. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
"Give me a kiss and I'll forgive you." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
"No kiss." Xu Zhixi stood on tiptoe and looked at Chen Jianghe at a close distance without kissing him.
In fact, Chen Jianghe is very immune to beautiful women. Especially after his career has grown bigger, beautiful women, a scarce social resource, are almost at his fingertips. Not to mention, there are many beautiful girls among the part-time college students in "Light Chasers".
Even so, he had almost no resistance to Xu Zhixi. Teacher Xu's charm came from the inside out . Whether viewed from afar or up close, she was extremely beautiful. If you were to be a little more narrow-minded and look at her appearance alone, she was definitely the most beautiful girl Chen Jianghe had ever seen.
"I can't stand it."
Chen Jianghe held her cheeks, lowered his head and bit her hard, then separated them at the right time while she closed her eyes, turned around and opened the passenger door.
"Asshole~" Xu Zhixi walked over with red cheeks and puffy cheeks, lowered her head and sat in the car.
After Chen Jianghe got in the car and just closed the door, he saw Xu Zhixi sniffing and asked in confusion: "Did you pick up other girls just now?"
Chen Jianghe didn't say anything. He went over to help her fasten her seat belt, then smelled her fragrance and said, "My wife's body fragrance is still comfortable to smell. Those fragrances sold on the market are rubbish."
"Humph." Xu Zhixi snorted: "I asked one thing and you answered another. I must have been right."
Chen Jianghe didn't explain and raised his hand to point at something on the table.
Xu Zhixi looked in the direction of his finger: "Lavender fragrance."
When Xu Zhixi saw it, Chen Jianghe explained, "I heard that the scent of lavender helps with sleep and relieves stress, so I bought it."
"Oh." Xu Zhixi nodded, and stopped asking questions. She asked with concern, "Are you still under a lot of pressure recently?"
"Better than before." Chen Jianghe said, turning to look at Xu Zhixi: "I feel relaxed when I see you. I feel like I've found my place."
"So I belong to you?" Xu Zhixi asked softly.
"No." Chen Jianghe shook his head. When Xu Zhixi stared at him with wide eyes, he leaned close to her ear and said with a smile, "You are the mother of my twin children."
"You are such a bad person!"
Xu Zhixi was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but raise her hand to hit his chest.
Chen Jianghe let her hit him a few times, then gently held her wrist, which was so white and tender that it seemed like it could squeeze water out of it, and asked her with a smile: "I'm such a bad guy, and you're riding in my car, aren't you just walking into a tiger's mouth?"
"I think so too." Xu Zhixi nodded half-seriously and said, "Open the door and let me go. I want to go home."
"Your home is in Jiangxi, a thousand miles away." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
"Then I'll go back to your house and tell your uncle and aunt that you don't do anything good at school and only do bad things." Xu Zhixi said.
"Then you really have done your job as a counselor to the best of your ability." Chen Jianghe couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing his bright smile, Xu Zhixi said faintly, "You bastard, it seems that you are not afraid of me calling your parents now..."
"I'm scared." Chen Jianghe said seriously, "When I heard you were going to tell my parents about this, I was so scared that my heart trembled. If you don't believe me, try it yourself."
Xu Zhixi stamped her feet lightly. She really had no way to deal with him. He even gently pulled her little hand and placed it on her chest.
Chen Jianghe started the car and planned to take her to Tianhe City.
Xu Zhixi quietly took her hand out, squinted her eyes and leaned back in her seat to take a short nap. When she opened her eyes, she turned to Chen Jianghe and said, "The scent of lavender really helps with sleep. I almost fell asleep just now."
"If you want to sleep, take a nap. I'll call you when we get there." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
"I don't want to sleep anymore. I want to watch you drive." Xu Zhixi said with a wink.
She always liked the way Chen Jianghe worked seriously, especially when she looked at his profile. She felt that he was really handsome, with an intoxicating temperament, steady and profound.
Chen Jianghe raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "You haven't passed the driving test yet? I'll teach you how to drive someday."
Xu Zhixi saw through his thoughts at a glance: "The driving you mentioned is definitely not the same as the driving I mentioned."
"Whether you mean it or not, I will teach you step by step when you learn to drive ," Chen Jianghe replied.
When the car was about to reach Tianhe City, the cell phone in Chen Jianghe's pocket rang. He didn't want to answer it, but after it rang for a long time, he took it out and looked at the caller ID: Yishu.
Chen Jianghe instinctively wanted to avoid Teacher Xu's sight, but Xu Zhixi had already subconsciously glanced at his mobile phone screen, and his heart skipped a beat.
