I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 68

After getting into the car, Tetsuo has not been idle. He is humming a ditty while fiddling with his phone, presumably he is sending messages with Taozi.It didn't take long for his face to crack with laughter, and he asked Taozi again in a voice, can he get rid of the work in advance and come to Dali earlier.

His every move made me believe that he was moved by his true feelings; Tao Zi was the same, otherwise she would not have the courage to give up such a job that she used to support her family; I think, if love can be calculated, the love she gave , definitely no less than Tetsuo.

But the more this is the case, the more I worry about her, because if she fails to achieve a positive result in this love, then her future life will only be darker and there will be no hope.

……

After driving for half an hour, I arrived at the "Hilton Hotel". Lao Mi had checked out of the room and was waiting for me at the door of the hotel.As soon as Tie Nan, an enthusiastic man, saw Lao Mi, he called his uncle and wanted to carry his luggage for him.

Lao Mi responded, but didn't like him very much, and kept staring at his tattoos and dreadlocks.And although this kind of dress is very common in Dali, if it is placed in our small county, it will be destroyed by heaven and earth.

When Tie Nan put his luggage into the trunk, Lao Mi really asked me: "Is this your friend?"

"Well, a friend who runs an inn together."

"This outfit is so fresh!"

I laughed awkwardly, then led Lao Mi to the car, changed the subject and said to him: "Xiaoye has returned to Shanghai to deal with matters, and I won't be here for two days."

"She is from Shanghai?"

"Didn't I tell you?"

Lao Mi looked at me with unfriendly eyes, obviously thinking that I was an asshole for not telling him such an important situation.He said to me again: "It doesn't matter if she is from Shanghai, it just so happens that you also return to Shanghai to develop... There is a mutual support for each other."

"Can we not mention the matter of going back to Shanghai?"

"Can she stay with you in Dali forever? Or does she agree with you staying in Dali?"

I froze for a moment, it turned out that Lao Mi didn't suspect that Ye Zhi and I were acting, he just felt that there was a huge gap between Ye Zhi and me, that's why he didn't like us.I myself am not, so I have been reminding myself not to get too involved in the drama.

In this life, being a friend is enough.Because I am a man with a lock in my destiny, but she is a woman born with a golden key in her mouth.Don't get me wrong, the golden key she was born with is definitely not for opening my iron lock.This lock of mine is the shackles of my life, and also the ironclad proof that I was born ordinary.

What Yang Sisi said is right, there are classes in this world.

However, what kind of man will a woman like Ye Zhi marry in the end?

I think, at least better than her.

I finally replied to Lao Mi: "She won't stay in Dali for the rest of her life, but she agrees with me staying in Dali...Dad, can you calm down a bit? Those who have left the inn, the situation of the inn is very good now, and it won’t be long before they can resume business... Do you know what it means to resume business? There are only 31 inns in the entire Erhai Lake that can resume business, and we are one of them!"

Lao Mi sighed and said, "Stop standing here, take me to your inn first."

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After a while, the three of us returned to the inn.During this time, Tetsuo received a call from the advertising company, saying that our signboard had already been finished, and that we would send someone to check out the bill, and check the quality by the way.If there is no problem, in the afternoon, they will send workers to install it.

Of course, Tie Nan was going to handle this matter, so when he returned to the inn, he rode his motorcycle and went straight to the advertising company before he had time to rest.

Director Ma was not idle either, he was only wearing a pair of big underpants, and under the scorching sun, he used an electric drill to drill holes in the wall, while Bai Lu was also helping him with white gloves for heavy work, seeing When Lao Mi and I came, the two stopped.

Director Ma handed me and Lao Mi a cigarette each. He is not good at words, so he didn't talk much.Bai Lu, who knew how to do things, smiled and asked Lao Mi: "Uncle, is it tiring to come all the way?"

"I slept all night last night, and I have recovered."

"Then you have to ask Mi Gao to take you around Dali today. There are still many good attractions here, which are worth visiting."

Lao Mi responded, looked at the inn, and then asked: "How much did you spend for this inn?"

"It was less than 100 million, and we also took it from a friend. She invested more than 150 million at that time... Later, the Dali government shut down all the inns by the sea because it wanted to protect the Erhai Lake. It happened that her family was doing business. I lost a lot of money, so I transferred it to us at a low price... However, the inn should be able to reopen in November."

When Bai Lu said this, she put her eyes on me, and said: "It is really thanks to Mi Gao that the inn can resume business ahead of schedule. If he hadn't acted bravely and been noticed by the government, it would be impossible for us to reward him." Got such a precious quota... Uncle, do you know? There are more than 3000 inns that have been shut down in Erhai Lake, but only 11 can resume business in November. Our quota is an additional reward from the government, which is equivalent to a total of There are only 30 companies, you calculate the ratio..."

Lao Mi finally looked at me with a more friendly gaze, but he still seemed to be a little bit unwilling, so he asked Bai Lu again: "Can you make money from running this inn?"

"In the past, it would be really hard to say... But now there are only a few inns that have resumed business, and the market is so big. Uncle, do you think you can make money?... Let me do the math for you, we now have If you can sell all ten rooms, you will have an income of about 6000 yuan a day, and your annual turnover will be about 200 million yuan. After deducting rent costs, labor costs, and depreciation costs, there will be a profit of at least 150 million yuan. Mi Gao still has 40 in his hand, which is not much better than him working in Shanghai... Moreover, if we can have such a successful inn in Dali, we are confident that we can replicate this model to other tourist cities. We can continue to expand the scale... In the future, it will be a company worthy of the name. We are all the bosses of the company and work for ourselves."

"If you really have such high ambitions and can earn so much money, I have nothing to worry about... But, is the money really so easy to earn? Not to mention Dali, even in our small county, I don't care. Seen too many examples of business failures."

Just when Lao Mi raised doubts again, a middle-aged man with a briefcase entered our inn, and he asked a group of us, "Who is Mi Gao?"

"That's me, what's the matter?"

"Hello... I am one of the members of the Erhai Lake rectification working group. I was entrusted by our team leader to come to your side to find out the specific situation."

"Hello, hello... Please sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

"You're welcome, I'm quite busy here too, so I'll just tell you the main points... Have you installed the sewage equipment here?"

Bai Lu replied for me: "It's installed. It was just installed a few days ago. Our sewage equipment is the best in the market. I can guarantee that as long as the water is discharged from our inn, it will never be given to Erhai Lake." The ecological environment is a burden."

The staff member nodded and asked again: "Do you have a pollution discharge certificate issued by the Environmental Protection Bureau?"

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment...

The staff explained: "After discussion and research, our working group thinks that we can give you an extra quota. After all, you have contributed to the improvement of Dali's tourism image. We also hope that through this reward, everyone will be mobilized. Do things that are beneficial to the development of Dali's tourism industry... However, some things have to be done in a business-like manner, at least not contrary to our core idea of ​​rectifying the Erhai Lake... Therefore, you must have a sewage discharge certificate issued by the Environmental Protection Bureau , we can give this extra quota to you."

Because Bai Lu doesn't come to the inn very often, she doesn't know much about the situation, so I hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, this proves that we have... Wait, I'll get it for you."

As I said that, I trotted into my room, and then handed over the certificate to the staff. He took a look at it, and after confirming that it was correct, he said to me: "This certificate is not easy to issue... Originally, I This time, I just want to see if your sewage treatment equipment is in place. If it is in place, I will ask my colleagues from the Environmental Protection Bureau to help you and issue a certificate for you. I didn’t expect that you already have it... This is a proof that ordinary relationships cannot obtain!"

"In other words, even if sewage treatment equipment is installed, it doesn't mean that you can get this certificate?"

The staff smiled and replied: "This is for sure. At least 3000 of the more than 1000 inns by the Erhai Lake have installed sewage treatment equipment, but as far as I know, only 100 of them have obtained this certificate." Do you think it’s difficult to have multiple families?…Your inn has the right time, place, and people…So, people still need to do more good deeds.”

I nodded, deeply convinced!

The staff member added: "You guys take a copy of this certificate, and then send it to the city hall, the office of our working group... Later, just wait for us to announce the list of the first batch of inns to resume business."

I was ecstatic in my heart, and Bai Lu also said gratefully to the staff: "Okay, I'll take care of this matter... Thank you so much!"

"Come on, do it... This is an opportunity that you can't even find through relationships."

The staff encouraged us a few words, then took out the camera, took a few more photos, and left our inn.And the moment he walked out, Bai Lu couldn't control the joy in her heart, and hugged Director Ma, crying with joy...

If we say that yesterday was just a hope, but today, this hope has really become a reality! !

Seeing Bai Lu lose her composure, I had doubts in my heart again: Although it is a great thing that the inn can resume business early, but she has a job, a bar, and a good family background, so she will not be so happy that she will cry.

The only thing that can be explained is: she has seen Director Ma's expectations and efforts for this inn.Now, the dream is finally coming true, so she is happy that Director Ma can be a man again.

Come to think of it, something must have happened between them.

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Director Ma, who had calmed down, asked me with doubts: "Before, Sun Jiwei also had this purpose. Why did you refuse, but you didn't refuse this time?"

I smiled and replied: "Sun Jiwei asked the media to hype me up in order to attract the attention of high-level officials and gain political achievements for himself...the nature and purpose of the two are different..."

I said half of what I said, and I didn't continue... I know that I didn't refuse this time, it was more because of Yang Sisi, I couldn't let her down.Besides, her approach is much more positive. She just let everyone know about this matter through her own efforts, instead of using the media to do deliberate propaganda and deliberately exaggerate the beauty of human nature.

(End of this chapter)