Chapter 625: One Degree Above Zero
When the times are about to abandon you, they won’t even say hello to you.
Only by lifelong learning can we keep up with the pace of the times.
Huang Dayong cannot make money because he cannot keep up with the times in terms of thinking and cognition.
Lu Yiming called Chen Xiaoqing and said, "It's done, let's continue filming."
Chen Xiaoqing did not doubt him and praised: "Mr. Lu really got it done quickly. Okay, we'll go there this afternoon."
In the afternoon, Chen Xiaoqing brought personnel and equipment to Huangting Hotel again.
However, they were once again obstructed by Huang Wenyang.
"Who asked you to come?"
"Isn't that cheap? I can't chase you away!"
Although Lu Yiming, the richest man, was standing in front of Huang Wenyang, Huang Wenyang was not afraid, but became even more proud.
After all, this is his family's hotel and their private property. It is said in the book that the wind can come in, the rain can come in, but the king cannot come in. Huang Wenyang would feel more proud if he personally drove Lu Yiming out of here.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "It's you who should leave. Didn't your father tell you? From today on, the Huangting Hotel will be named Lu."
"What? From today on, the Huangting Hotel will be named Lu?"
Huang Wenyang thought Lu Yiming was joking and screamed, "You're talking nonsense, how come I don't know? Do you know how much the Huangting Hotel is worth?"
Before Lu Yiming could speak, Wang Ke, who had received the news, rushed over, hurriedly grabbed Huang Wenyang's hand, and said, "What he said is true. We just signed the contract this morning!"
Huang Wenyang believed Wang Ke's words without a doubt. He was a little dumbfounded and said, "How is it possible? This hotel must cost tens of millions, how can you just buy it?"
Wang Ke snorted and said, "The buyer is the richest man in Xia Country. Do you know what the richest man is? Not to mention tens of millions, even if it's hundreds of millions or billions, he won't blink an eye when spending it. We are not living on the same level as the richest man, do you understand?"
At this moment, Huang Wenyang truly felt the weight of Lu Yiming, the richest man, and the power of money.
After Wang Ke finished explaining to Huang Wenyang, he immediately looked flattering and said to Lu Yiming: "Mr. Lu, I'm so sorry, I'm late."
He was just working here, so of course he had to listen to whoever was the boss. He was not as stupid as Huang Wenyang. Now that Lu Yiming had become the boss here, he had to show his loyalty to Lu Yiming so that he would have a chance to stay and continue working.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Not bad. You have good business skills, so you will be the manager in the future. However, Huangting Hotel will be changed to Home Inn soon, and the management model will also change. I will introduce a new company management system and management model. At that time, Home Inn headquarters will send people to train all employees, and you must cooperate with them."
Wang Ke readily agreed: "No problem at all, I will definitely cooperate."
Huang Wenyang was stunned when he saw this scene. The change was so fast that he couldn't react at all.
"Huang Dayong, I'm going to fuck you..."
He roared, rushed out of the hotel, returned home, grabbed Huang Dayong by the collar, and asked loudly: "Did you sell Huang Ting?"
When Huang Dayong thought about his son who was two years older than Lu Yiming, but didn't even get into college, and after graduating from high school he spent all day hanging out with a bunch of bad friends, and now he even dared to grab him by the collar, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He kicked Huang Wenyang to the floor, unbuckled his belt, and whipped Huang Wenyang twice.
"You're still rebelling! You dare to question me? I'll beat you to death, you rotten thing!"
Huang Wenyang was instantly brought back to his senses by the two belts. He screamed and held his head to apologize: "Dad, I was wrong. I'm sorry."
Huang Dayong became more and more angry when he saw Huang Wenyang's cowardly look, so he whipped him twice.
Huang Wenyang immediately became dissatisfied and said with a sad face: "I have already apologized, why did you hit me?"
Huang Dayong was furious and said, "How dare you ask? Mr. Lu is the richest man in Xia Country at a young age, and you are already 22 years old, and you spend my money and stir up trouble everywhere all day long. If the hotel is not sold, will our family starve to death in the future?"
Huang Wenyang said with a sad face: "Even so, there is no need to sell the hotel to Lu Yiming."
He had already been humiliated by Lu Yiming, and now Lu Yiming had bought the Huangting Hotel. Wasn't that Lu Yiming taking advantage of him?
Huang Dayong got even angrier when he heard this, and swung the belt even harder: "If not to him, who else can I sell it to? The hotel industry is in a slump across the country, who would be a fool to take over at this time?"
At this time, Huang Wenyang's mother Zhong Xianshu came back from playing mahjong and saw Huang Wenyang lying on the ground howling. She was immediately scared to death. She dropped her handbag and rushed over. She squatted on the ground, hugged Huang Wenyang's head, and whispered to comfort him: "Baby, be good, baby, don't cry."
Then, she turned her head and stared at Huang Dayong , gnashing her teeth and asking, "Huang Dayong, what are you crazy about?"
Seeing Zhong Xianshu coming back, Huang Dayong knew that the lesson was over. He threw the belt down angrily and said helplessly: "Just continue to spoil him."
When Zhong Xianshu heard this, she was immediately furious and ran over to ask loudly, "Huang, you actually said that to me? You actually said that to me? Tell me the truth, do you have someone else outside? You want to find a reason to kick us out and make room for the vixen, right? It turns out that men become bad when they have money."
Huang Dayong: “???”
For a moment he couldn't figure out how the topic turned to this.
In the past, if things had developed to this point, Huang Dayong would definitely leave and go to a quiet corner to smoke and drink dejectedly.
But people are afraid of comparison. After seeing Lu Yiming's excellence, Huang Dayong felt aggrieved. This kind of aggrieved feeling of a middle-aged man made him not choose to retreat today. Instead, he said in a tough attitude: "Money? You still have the nerve to ask me for money? I tell you, I will give you a thousand yuan pocket money every month. Apart from this, I will not give you a penny. If you want money, then go to college for me."
Take the college entrance examination?
Hearing this, Huang Wenyang immediately became anxious: "Dad, I'm already 22 years old this year, how can I go to college? You can't make me start from high school again, right?"
Huang Dayong cursed, "Then go to night school. I've asked someone and they said you can go there for money. I'm not afraid of spending more money, but I, Huang Dayong's son, can't possibly not even go to college, right?"
During the day, Huang Dayong was terribly stimulated by Lu Yiming. With only an elementary school education, he couldn't even recognize many words, let alone the ABCs that were like a spell.
He didn't want his son to be an illiterate in the new era.
When Zhong Xianshu heard that Huang Dayong wanted Huang Wenyang to go to school, she could not find any reason to refute. Instead, she persuaded Huang Wenyang, "My dear son, listen to your father. Your father is doing this for your own good."
Huang Wenyang was in tears.
What the hell did I do to offend anyone? It was so comfortable to idle away my time every day, and now I have to go to school?
For an uneducated man like him, going to college is more painful than killing him.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
At the entrance of Home Inn, Lu Yiming boarded the car leaving Taohuayuan.
Lin Yuzhen came to see her off, and Lu Yiming told her, "Hey, don't forget what we said before. You have to work hard. I'm counting on you to work like a cow and a horse to make money for me in the future."
Lin Yuzhen glared at him and cursed, "Get lost now, you bastard, you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."
After returning to Zhonghai, Lu Yiming took a deep bath in the Lu Family Garden, and then went out for a big meal with Zhao Tiezhu. Only then did he adapt to the pace of life in Zhonghai.
In the evening, Lu Yiming was organizing the materials needed for tomorrow's class, but suddenly he received a call from Duan Hongxin.
"Cousin, are you in Zhonghai now?"
Lu Yiming was surprised and said, "Yeah, what? Do you want to come over to play?"
Duan Hongxin said, "No, it's the book signing event for Han Han's new book "One Degree Above Zero". I want Han Han's autograph. I'm his fan! I've read his book "Three Doors" dozens of times."
Of course, Lu Yiming would not refuse such a small request, and he immediately said, "Okay, I'll ask Tiezhu to buy you a copy when the time comes."
Duan Hongxin was very happy and said, "Then don't forget it. It will start at 10 am tomorrow in the East Hall on the first floor of the China World Trade Center. Go early. It's a limited edition."
"Okay, got it."
After finishing the call, Lu Yiming called Zhao Tiezhu in.
"Tiezhu, go to the East Hall on the first floor of the China World Trade Center tomorrow morning and buy a signed copy of One Degree Above Zero. Go early because it will be signed on the spot. If you are late, you may not be able to buy it."
"OK."
The next day, at around seven in the morning, Zhao Tiezhu drove to the China World Trade Center.
As it turned out, he was not even the first one to arrive. There were already dozens of people waiting in line at the signing event.
Han Han, who just dropped out of school half a year ago, has exerted a great influence in the literary and educational circles through his book "Three Doors" and several essays. Some of his ideas are very much in line with the tastes of young people and are quite popular.
As time went by, more and more fans of Han Han arrived, and the signing area, which was originally planned to be 100 square meters, seemed a bit crowded.
As a pioneer, Han Han's book signing event naturally attracted the attention of the media. Many media came to report.
Zhao Tiezhu, who was queuing up to buy books in the crowd, was also noticed.
Those who often pay attention to the news, especially those who work in economic news, know that Zhao Tiezhu is Lu Yiming's personal bodyguard, who is always by Lu Yiming's side.
Zhao Tiezhu's appearance here means Lu Yiming is also nearby.
This made the reporters excited and they began to look for Lu Yiming.
A reporter walked over with a microphone and asked politely, "Hello, I'm Wen Mang, a reporter from Education Newspaper. Are you Mr. Zhao, the bodyguard of Mr. Lu?"
Zhao Tiezhu, who was waiting in line, was caught off guard by the sudden attack by the reporters. He looked around and found nothing unusual before whispering, "Yes."
The reporter asked excitedly, "Are you also a fan of Han Han?"
Zhao Tiezhu didn’t know any Han Hanleng at all, so he immediately said, “No, I’m here to buy books for Mr. Lu.”
The reporter suddenly felt as if he had discovered some huge secret, and exclaimed, "President Lu is actually a fan of Han Han?"
This is big news!
As we all know, Han Han is labeled as "rebellious" in people's eyes, and Lu Yiming is a fan of Han Han, what does this mean?
The content of Zhao Tiezhu's interview quickly attracted the attention of everyone present. Even Han Han, who was busy signing autographs, raised his head and looked at Zhao Tiezhu.
Afterwards, Han Han signed three books in succession without saying anything, brought a full set of gifts, walked around the table and the crowd, handed them to Zhao Tiezhu, and said excitedly: "Hey, if Mr. Lu wants my autographed books, just give me a call. I will sign as many as he wants. Why should I bother you to queue up? Here are three brand new autographed copies of "One Degree Above Zero", and some peripherals. These are autographed copies of "Three Doors", just written."
"Thank you."
Since he didn't have to queue up, Zhao Tiezhu certainly didn't say anything and immediately left with the gift bag.
However, the excitement at the scene did not stop there, but everyone became even crazier.
“The richest people are all Han Han’s fans!”
“It seems that Han Han’s opinion is right, otherwise why would the richest man stand on his side?”
“Education reform cannot be delayed!”
Han Han couldn't help but smile as he listened to these discussions.
His arguments were certainly inspired by his feelings, but he was a nobody and his words were not taken seriously. The only thing he could show off was the first prize in the New Concept Essay Competition. But now, Lu Yiming, the youngest richest man in Xia Country, was his fan. Wasn't this like finding a huge backer?
The richest man is on the platform, can you still say Han Han is wrong? Is the richest man also wrong? If the richest man can also make mistakes, then why is he the richest man and not you?
For a while, all media outlets used this incident as a starting point and made a big news story. Han Han's originally ordinary book signing event suddenly became a big deal.
Zhao Tiezhu put the gift bag on the coffee table and said to Lu Yiming, who was eating fruit and watching TV, "Mr. Lu, the book is back ."
Mr. Lu nodded slightly and said, "Well, thank you for your hard work. Have some fruit."
Lu Yiming had heard of Han Han before his rebirth. Lu Yiming felt that this was a young man with good writing skills, at least his vocabulary was very rich, and the content he wrote was accurate and vivid.
You know, it takes real skill to write something that is originally ordinary into something wonderful.
However, in Lu Yiming's opinion, some of this person's views are just "talking without any pain", which seem to make sense, but are not practical at all. After all, Han Han is a native of Zhonghai and a child of a dual-income family. This starting point has already surpassed 99% of his peers in China, and there is no universality at all.
It is undeniable that the times need such people, but it is obvious that the system does not need such people.
Therefore, his fame only lasted for a few years.
Of course, these are all later stories, so let’s leave them aside for now.
Lu Yiming had no idea that just buying a book for his cousin would cause such a stir. It was not until a few days later when he was caught by reporters at an event and asked about this matter that he realized that things were not that simple.
The reporter said: "I really didn't expect that the richest man is actually a fan of Han Han. It seems that the richest man agrees with Han Han's views."
Lu Yiming was speechless for a moment, and asked back: "Who told you that I am a fan of Han Han? This preset answer is a bit too much."
The reporter said, "You're not a fan of Han Han? Then you asked your bodyguard to buy signed books for the press conference of "One Degree Above Zero"."
Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and explained, "I bought this book for my cousin. I am not interested in this kind of idle books."
"Idle books?"
The reporter's eyes lit up and he said, "It seems there is some misunderstanding here. You actually said that Han Han's book is idle. Don't you agree with his views? Then what do you think of quality education?"
Lu Yiming immediately said with a look of disdain: "You can't see it, how else can I see it?"
The reporter became even more excited and said, "Now many people think that Xiaguo's college entrance examination system is unreasonable and that we should focus on quality education instead of grades. Don't you agree with this view, Mr. Lu?"
Lu Yiming said clearly: "Of course I don't agree. In my opinion, people who put forward and support this view are either stupid or bad, or both."
As soon as these words were spoken, the reporters exploded and there was an uproar at the scene.
"Only Mr. Lu would dare to say that."
A reporter who supports the implementation of quality-oriented education even questioned Lu Yiming sharply: "Is it because you have good grades that you say that? Because the theory of only focusing on scores is beneficial to students like you."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "No, I think this is the most beneficial for students in remote and backward areas who don't have many educational resources. Believe it or not, once the so-called quality education you mentioned is implemented, I have ten thousand ways to make sure my future children can get into Peking University or Tsinghua University even if their academic performance is not good."
The reporter said decisively: "I don't believe it."
Lu Yiming sneered, "What do you mean by quality education? Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or songs and dances? Have you ever thought that those who can afford these are from ordinary families? Do you know that there are still 100 million poor people in Xia country who have trouble even eating? What hobbies do you want them to develop? Appreciate the difference in the taste of northwest wind from different places? Aren't you too saintly? How do you become a reporter? Do you know what it means to have no right to speak without investigation?"
Lu Yiming's words to the female reporter were very blunt, even calling her a saint. The reporter herself came from a wealthy family and had never touched a woman's home. When Lu Yiming said that, she burst into tears.
However, Lu Yiming did not intend to pity her.
If we pity her, who will pity those students from poor families who are excluded from the so-called quality education?
In front of a group of media reporters, Lu Yiming clearly stated his position and attitude: "Although I am a rich man, I am willing to speak for the people of Xia Country. The current college entrance examination system may not be absolutely fair, but for children from poor families, this is the greatest fairness. Because other screening methods are even more unfair to the poor!"
