What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 2 Materialized Rose

Yu Xing had no answer for a moment and could only sit in the laboratory and think silently.

When Zhong Zhiling came back from the cafeteria after dinner, he was startled by his senior brother who was sitting quietly when he turned on the light. He couldn't help but complain: "Senior brother, what are you doing? Why don't you turn on the light?"

"Thinking." Yu Xing answered seriously.

Zhong Zhiling asked: "What are you thinking about? What new tasks does Teacher Liu have?"

"I am thinking about the me of tomorrow, the me of today and the me of the past. Which one is the real me?" Yu Xing thought thoughtfully. "I thought of the ship of Theseus and Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly."

One is a question from the 1st century AD: If the wood on Theseus' ship was gradually replaced until all the wood was not the original wood, would the ship still be the same ship?

One is from Zhuangzi's "On the Equality of Things". I wonder if Zhou dreamed that he was a butterfly, or if the butterfly dreamed that it was Zhou?
It was difficult for Yu Xing not to think about the problems in his dreams, and it was also difficult for him not to notice his own mentality and changes. If he were still a first-year graduate student, he would probably panic even if he knew about the financial crisis in advance.

Zhong Zhiling, however, had no interest in discussing philosophy with his senior. He just sat in his chair with a depressed look on his face. His mood was completely different from before dinner. He muttered, "No matter what I am, what boat, what butterfly, alas, a good boat and a good butterfly are the ones that can solve the problem between me and my girlfriend."

Yu Xing turned his head and glanced at the unlucky guy next to him. He suddenly felt better. Who cares about me, the boat, or the butterfly? My dad is my dad, I am my dad’s son, my mom is my mom, and I am my mom’s son…

He exhaled, looked at Zhong Zhiling who was still clueless about the bigger problem, and asked, "What happened to your girlfriend?"

"Alas, I want to study for a master's degree. She didn't pass the entrance exam. We had agreed to take the second exam. Now her family wants her to go back to her hometown to find a job. We clearly agreed on that!" Zhong Zhiling sighed, "We had a big fight while having dinner just now. She can take the exam. What's the point of going back now? How can we have a long-distance relationship? If she listens to her family and goes back now, will she be forced to go on blind dates in the future? What am I?"

The unlucky guy kept on talking, but he didn't expect to suddenly encounter the sadness of breakup season.

Yu Xing was thinking about his own things while listening to the story in a disjointed way. Suddenly, his mind wandered to Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly. Did Zhou dream of being a butterfly, or did the butterfly dream of being Zhou? There must be a difference between Zhou and the butterfly. This is called objectification.

But this time it was not philosophical thinking, but a consideration superimposed on the sorrow in the ears - materialization.

There is no hope for the United States for the time being, and the hole in front of him still needs to be filled. He does not want to see the past repeat itself at all, even if he has to endure for a few years before he can turn things around.

I endured for five years, worked like a slave for ten years, and suffered for fifteen years...

A spark suddenly appeared in Yu Xing's heart, and it quickly grew into a raging fire. Now he really didn't want to endure it at all!
He interrupted the unlucky guy and said tentatively: "All she wants is an attitude."

Zhong Zhiling said blankly: "What attitude? We agreed to fight together!"

"You've been admitted to graduate school, and you're still in school. What if she fails the second try? There are so many opportunities on campus, will you change your mind?" Yu Xing sighed, "You keep saying you love her, but how can you prove it?"

"I, I..." Zhong Zhiling was thinking about how to answer.

Yu Xing continued to ask: "You said you love her, you said you would go to the end, but no matter if she comes back or not, no matter if you are in different places or not, I don't think you will end up together."

"Impossible!" This is Zhong Zhiling's first love, and he has been in love for 3 years. He is particularly confident in the future, "I said I would marry her and I will definitely marry her!"

Yu Xing shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. Not many people get married after dating in college."

Zhong Zhiling said firmly: "We are different!"

Yu Xing still shook his head and said calmly: "I don't believe it."

Zhong Zhiling almost jumped up, not caring about his fellow senior brother, and glared at him: "Is it your turn to believe it?!"

"I've seen a lot of people like you." Yu Xing said with some disdain, "Do you know how many college students break up after graduation? Do you know how many can't make it two years? Do you know how many practical problems you have to face after graduation? You don't know!"

He spoke faster, not giving the unlucky guy time to think carefully, and said a scenario he was considering: "Do you dare to bet with me? Not betting on anything else, just betting on whether you can get married in three years!"

"What are you betting on?" Zhong Zhiling asked with the determination of first love, almost in anger.

"It's simple. You pay 500 yuan now. If you break up within three years, the money will be mine!" Yu Xing stared at the junior in front of him and stated the conditions.

Zhong Zhiling agreed without hesitation: "Okay! If we hadn't broken up, you would have doubled the money as a gift!!"

"If you can get married in three years, I will give you 999 roses!" Yu Xing took out three A4 papers from the drawer and quickly drafted a contract.

In just five minutes, Zhong Zhiling took over three contracts that had already been signed by Yu Xing, and was instructed to sign at "Party A". Then, he was asked to pay money in a confused manner.

He held two contracts in his hands and looked at his senior brother who put away the other one, feeling a little confused.

what happened?

Why am I gambling my feelings with my senior brother?

Zhong Zhiling felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words. After thinking for a while, he finally found a problem: "If we get married, what if you cheat and don't give me roses?"

If one rose costs 5 yuan, 999 roses would cost almost 5000 yuan, and I only have to pay 500 yuan, which is exactly one tenth of the money.

"The contract is in triplicate, with my signature. We are all fellow disciples. If I can't even fulfill this small bet, you can discredit me in the eyes of Southern Medical University." Yu Xing promised, "Besides, it's only a few thousand dollars. If my junior brother can really get married, what's wrong with me paying a few thousand dollars for my happiness?"

When Zhong Zhiling heard this, it seemed to be the same.

Seeing that he was still hesitant, Yu Xing added, "I'm going to lie to you about this too. I won't be able to finish my graduate studies and I won't even be able to be a doctor! I swear on the lamp!"

Zhong Zhiling nodded in the end.

Seeing that the most critical step had not been completed, Yu Xing stretched out his hand and said, "Take out the money!"

Zhong Zhiling took out his wallet, took out half of his living expenses, and handed it over, still feeling something was not right.

"Junior brother, it seems that you are really confident in your love and are really determined about your future." Yu Xing put away the money and praised, "I can't wait to give you roses."

After hearing this, Zhong Zhiling calmed down a little. He looked at the contract in his hand again, thought for a moment and said, "I'll go show her my attitude and let her see my confidence in our future!"

"Uh." Yu Xing looked at his junior who was leaving the laboratory excitedly, reached out to keep him but then stopped. Forget it, love always has to go through ups and downs.

Junior brother is a little experiment of inspiration.

Recently it is graduation season and breakup season, and many student couples are facing severe practical problems. Perhaps, we can start from this aspect and write an article.

It's 500 for one couple, and if we find 100 couples willing to pay, it's 5.

It would be difficult for Nanjing Medical University alone to find so many target customers, but if the scope is expanded to the entire Jinling, 1000 couples? 10000 couples?
What if the region is expanded to East China and even the whole country?

What if we expand the customer attributes from campus to society?

Yu Xing’s mind started to work. Maybe he could try a small bite. Young people always have to endure the pain of love. It would be better to use this pain to help himself solve some real difficulties.

The total amount of funds invested by the whole family in financial management this time is nearly 500 million, which means that 10000 pairs of target customers are needed.

It seems difficult, and it is indeed...

Not that easy, right?

We also have to consider a host of issues such as operating costs and corporate taxes, and customer goals actually require more.

Yu Xing was in trouble one after another. He only wanted to work hard and make money, and never started a business. But since he woke up from the dream in the afternoon until now, he still couldn't think of any way to make money quickly.

How about... Try it?
"Think about what Accountant Jia would do."

Yu Xing muttered to himself, calling for a real person who was good at drawing ecological pie. He felt that if it was this former boss, he would probably be able to talk eloquently, organize special events for tens of thousands of couples, and draw a round pie without changing his expression. He remembered the ridicule he heard from his senior on the phone before, and he still needed to practice.

Yu Xing sat in the laboratory and thought silently. If it was in the form of commercial services or gift packages, he might be able to rely on ordinary commercial contract law or relevant regulations to at least ensure compliance of operations for a period of time.

If it can be run, there is no need to find so many customers in three months. When the financial crisis hits, as long as there is some money in hand, the situation can be eased, instead of being helpless like before.

Having 50 yuan in hand is like a rain after a long drought.

Having 100 million in hand is like a rain after a long drought or a wedding night.

Having 150 million in hand is like a long-awaited rain, a wedding night, a wedding night and a wedding night.

Yu Xing did not expect to solve the problem all at once. As long as the situation could be alleviated at this stage and his relatives could have some hope, he could persist for a few more years at most and it would eventually be solved once and for all.

However, he had never started a business before. Even though he had experience in leading people in a company, they were ultimately two different ways.

Yu Xing pulled out his notebook and started drafting ideas for his startup project, wondering if there were any potential resources that could help him. If he wanted to start a business and make money, he couldn't do it alone...

The laboratory was very quiet, and the pen slid across the paper, leaving lines of thoughts.

But this silence was soon broken by the return of Zhong Zhiling.

He rushed into the laboratory holding two contracts and shouted, "Yu Xing, Yu Xing! We're breaking up! We're breaking up!"

Yu Xing was interrupted and put down his pen. He carefully looked at his junior, oh no, carefully looked at the potential human resources, and asked with concern: "What's the matter? Didn't you give her a stance?"

"She said, she said I provided a guarantee for no reason with some bullshit contract, and that I had a problem with my brain!" Zhong Zhiling said excitedly, "She said I was unreliable! She broke up with me!"

Yu Xing said curiously, "How can it be unreliable? It's written in black and white, in triplicate, and everyone has signed it."

Zhong Zhiling glanced at his senior brother angrily: "No, it's not that! It's you who can't prove it at all, can't prove it..."

He couldn't find the right words for a moment.

Yu Xing helped to word it: "This thing now can't prove that you can go on smoothly, right? It can't solve the practical problem of whether she can return to her hometown, right?"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhong Zhiling affirmed.

Yu Xing nodded, indeed, that made sense.

Zhong Zhiling looked at his senior brother and helplessly sought help: "What should I do? Senior brother, how do we solve this?"

"No need to solve it." Yu Xing groaned, "Didn't you break up? The problem no longer exists."

Zhong Zhiling: “…”

He was almost in tears.

I was originally excited to share my confidence and attitude with my girlfriend, but it instead sparked a bigger argument, and finally the issue of long-distance relationship came up, and then we broke up.

It could have been different... We could have calmed down and communicated...

He said painfully: "I don't want to break up!!"

"I think she was just angry. You can talk about it tomorrow when you meet again." Yu Xing consoled her, then changed the subject, "But the main problem is not the signed contract, nor the quarrel you just had. It's about your work, school, and being in different places. These are the problems."

Zhong Zhiling thought about the quarrels, breakups, and future with his first love, and tears really flowed.

He sat in his seat and cried silently, feeling extremely sad, miserable and depressed.

"Ah." Yu Xing sighed upon seeing this, "Junior brother, this situation..."

Zhong Zhiling raised his head hopefully: "Brother, do you have any ideas? Any suggestions?"

"Your question... I broke up around this time last year." Yu Xing had gone through this phase before and shook his head. "After all, relationships are a matter between two people. I can't give you a good solution."

Zhong Zhiling wiped his tears sadly again, and after a while he stood up and said, "Brother, let's go and have a drink!"

"Wait." Yu Xing considered, "You are so sad, I have a solution."

Zhong Zhiling felt a glimmer of hope, hoping that his seniors would give him some guidance. The question suddenly raised by his first love today made him completely panic, and the breakup just now made his heart toss and turn.

Yu Xing looked at his junior brother in front of him, confirmed that he was ready to listen, and announced quietly: "The money you invested in Yu Xuhui is gone."

Zhong Zhiling:?

He looked at the senior brother in front of him in confusion. He didn't react for a moment, but understood what he meant the next moment. The bewilderment that had not yet faded away on his face and the sudden fear that arose were intertwined, and his expression was particularly wonderful.

The sadness brought by love receded all of a sudden, but what followed was a more exciting panic.

Zhong Zhiling stood up at once and said in a lost voice: "What? Brother, what money is gone? Wait, how do you know I invested money? Yu Xing, explain it clearly!"

Yu Xing motioned to his junior to sit down, but seeing that he didn't want to sit down, he didn't force him. He opened the previous recording on his phone and played the conversation between himself and the senior.

The content of the call was very clear and the meaning behind it by both parties was extremely obvious.

Zhong Zhiling couldn't believe it when he heard it for the first time. He grabbed the phone and listened to it for the second, third, and fourth time...

Restless!

Sweat profusely!

Really scared to death!
Zhong Zhiling didn't have time to ask his senior brother. After listening to the recording several times, he realized what was going on and used his own mobile phone to call Yu Xuhui in the United States. However, the phone was turned off every time he called once, twice, and three times.

He was stunned for a long time before turning around to ask his senior brother, his face blue and lips trembling: "Senior brother, is this true?"

Yu Xing sighed and asked, "How much did you invest?"

"43!!" Zhong Zhiling's voice also began to tremble.

"That's good." Yu Xing nodded and said, "I have 500 million."

The glimmer of hope that Zhong Zhiling had because of the first half of the sentence was completely shattered. He laughed miserably with all hopelessness: "This is nothing, it's okay... My money, my money..."

This is the money my parents have saved for half their lives.

I originally wanted to wait until I graduated and started working in a hospital before looking into how to buy a house.

It’s all gone, I can’t explain it anywhere!

There is no need to consider whether it is remote or not, there is no guarantee at all...

Now I really don’t feel sad about love anymore, now I am…

Zhong Zhiling just feels like life is meaningless!
(End of this chapter)