What makes you think I will always like you?

Chen Lu sighed softly and stood up slowly.

"I'm going."

Liang Zhirou also stood up, gently held his hand, and said as softly as a mosquito: "Plant a strawberry before we go."

"Okay." Chen Lu couldn't help but think that there is such a good thing?

Seeing the girl taking the initiative to raise her snow-white neck, he was a little surprised and said: "I thought you were going to plant it for me."

"It's okay." The girl pursed her lips and tapped the bottom of her collarbone with her index finger. "I just think this way I won't miss you so much."

After a while, Chen Lu looked at his masterpiece, smiled slightly and held the girl's hand back, "I try to come back before it disappears."

Liang Zhirou felt very happy after hearing this, "Okay."

"You just keep painting, and when you become a big boss in the future, I will go to book signings and raise the flag for you."

"it is good."

"On your birthday, I'll give Chen Mo a day off so that she and Lin Miaomiao can spend it with you."

Liang Zhirou nodded invisibly and asked tentatively: "Shall I accompany you to the airport?"

It takes four and ten minutes to drive to the airport from here, and she wanted to stay with Chen Lu for a while.

"Forget it, how long does it take you to get back and forth, and you will definitely be reluctant to take a taxi back, so you will waste even more time."

"Ok."

Liang Zhirou didn't say anything more. After thinking about it, she didn't say anything like you would come back early.

She was afraid that Chen Lu would misunderstand that she was urging him.

"gone."

After Chen Lu finished speaking, he closed the door as if running away, covering up the girl's voice.

He was afraid that he would stay any longer, so he cursed and said, "Go to his company and drive whoever wants to drive. I want to spend my birthday with my girlfriend first!"

That's trouble.

......

It's just a few days, it doesn't matter. Chen Lu said he would come back early.

I have never been able to survive alone for such a long time before.

Liang Zhirou comforted herself a few words in her heart, and refrained from chasing Chen Lu out to see Chen Lu's back. She just leaned sideways against the door.

The sound of the door closing just now still echoed in her mind, and the surrounding was so quiet that her heart felt as if it had sunk into the lake, feeling a little depressed for no reason.

Obviously the rental house was not too big, and the arrangement of things was a bit crowded, but she always felt that everything was empty, as if there was an empty space in her heart.

As if he had a telepathic connection, Chen Lu did not leave immediately. He leaned against the door, his thoughts unable to calm down for a long time.

The farewell just now seemed to be just a prelude, and there was still no difference between the two people.

If it was just a business trip, Chen Lu wouldn't care at all, but Liang Zhirou hadn't celebrated many birthdays in the past, and he was going to miss it again. Thinking of how Liang Zhirou pretended not to care just now, his heart hurt like a needle.

Two minutes later, Chen Lu sat on the passenger seat.

"As long as our company is still alive, I will not let that studio make even a penny comfortably."

These were his first words after meeting Jiang Chao.

The car was driving on the viaduct leading to the airport. Because the road was not very crowded, the car drove very quickly.

Jiang Chao held a cigarette in his mouth, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and touched this pocket and that pocket with the other hand, but still couldn't find the lighter.

"Fuck! Those bums from the programming team, why are you lighting me up every day?" Jiang Chao couldn't help but curse.

Chen Lu, who was still looking at the blue sky outside the window, turned to look at him and said teasingly: "What's wrong? Why are you still not in a high mood even though we've already gone to solve the problem?"

"It's a conflict. Liu Yan suggested that I go on a business trip abroad and don't come back."

Chen Lu suddenly felt that he felt even more sorry for Liang Zhirou.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Chao asked, turning his head.

"It's okay. If you had taken the time to accompany Liu Yan before, she would definitely not be angry with you." Chen Lu was speechless. "She has a bad temper, but she is quite reasonable. You know better than me."

After Jiang Chao heard this, his molars were almost broken. He unclenched his fist and moved closer to Chen Lu, "Brother, no, dad! You start the class, I will kneel down and listen."

"climb."

"What do you think is the probability of success?" Jiang Chao looked at the license plate of the car in front and asked curiously, "Hey, sb, that's really interesting."

I had to take a photo with my phone right away.

"There's no point in thinking about this." Chen Lu leaned on his seat and closed his eyes to rest. "If you want to negotiate, you can definitely make it happen. The question is how much price you can accept."

......

Hangzhou is not particularly far from Shenchuan. The plane that took off at [-] p.m. arrived at [-]:[-].

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the two people walked into the Penguin Company building.

Following the receptionist, several people stepped on the smooth warm yellow floor tiles, and the crisp footsteps echoed in the empty hall.

Chen Lu took Jiang Chao's arm, stepped on the ground with his foot, and whispered: "This floor tile was probably bought with the money I charged."

"Then I paid for this." Jiang Chao was led by him and childishly stepped on another floor tile.

He really spends a lot of money. When he was in college, every time he went out to surf the Internet, his account with almost full skin would be watched by people around him.

"The decoration is really nice." Chen Luchao raised his chin toward the door, "The fountain outside is also nice. It makes me feel good just looking at it."

"It would be great if our company could develop like this." Unlike Chen Lu, Jiang Chao focused on the scale of the company.

"Stop dreaming, there is still such a big trend now. This level cannot be achieved if you operate well. When the opportunity comes, you have to seize it."

After sitting in the reception room for two minutes, the person responsible for interviewing them knocked on the door and came in.

Coming so fast...

Chen Lu smiled and shook hands while mentally reassessing the importance of this project to Penguin.

This kind of negotiation is inherently a psychological game, just like bargaining with souvenir vendors in scenic spots.

You know that the price of those 61 units must be inflated, higher than the 31 units that you can accept. You also know that the merchant must have a lowest acceptable price, so not only do you want to cut the price to 31, you even want to get the price as close to the merchant's bottom line as possible.

The merchant, on the other hand, is just the opposite. He will want the price to be as close as possible to the highest price you are willing to pay.

During the bargaining process, both of you will continue to raise false bottom lines until you say that if the price doesn't sell, you won't buy it.

This is threatening a breakdown in negotiations, which would be a lose-lose outcome.

If you say [-], buy it, forget it if you don’t sell it, and then turn around and leave.

When saying this, you may also feel that the price of 31 units just cut out is actually acceptable.

The merchant may also be hesitant, thinking that selling for twenty is fine, and wondering whether to keep you.

In this case, both parties will inevitably want to compromise, and they will expect the other party to compromise first.

This is the simplest game.

"Mr. Chen Jiang is young and promising, and I have admired him for a long time." The slightly fat man said as he took out his business card and handed it to the two of them in turn, "My name is Li Wen, and I have been responsible for the company's external cooperation matters since the beginning of the year. .”

"Hello." Chen Lu responded with a smile. He was a little lucky that he and "Tower of Killing" still had popular names, otherwise he might not have been able to meet this character.

After all, when Penguin sent people to inspect, those people were just employees with some reputation.

......

After that, Chen Lu and Jiang Chao were politely shown around, took a few photos together, and then started discussing serious matters.

The conversation in the reception room sounded soft, but Jiang Chao's face was already full of impatience.

He always felt that Chen Lu and this man named Li Wen were bickering the whole time, and only talked about serious matters from time to time.

"You can try it together with the studios under our company. Then you will have me among you, and you among me, and everyone will use their strengths. What a great thing." Li Wen gave a seemingly sincere answer in a soft voice. suggestion.

"Most of our company's employees are still in the stage of accumulating experience, and their cooperation abilities and desires are limited." Chen Lu responded softly with a slight smile.

Li Wen flicked his fingers twice and couldn't help but laugh: "How can a young man like you be too modest? You have accumulated experience and made such a hit. If your words spread, will other colleagues survive?" Already?"

The smile on Chen Lu's face faded a lot when he heard this, as if he had caught the other party's tentacles, he stared at the man in front of him, "So we have the ability to do it independently, we just want the skills."

The other party was stunned, raised his left hand to look at the time, then stood up and patted the two of them on the shoulders, "Are you tired from the long journey? I have booked a hotel, let's go to dinner first, and then you two can rest early. Let’s talk tomorrow.”

"it is good."

After several friendly conversations, Chen Lu also made a preliminary judgment on the progress of this negotiation——

Today's negotiations were not very smooth.

Talking loudly and angrily doesn't mean anything. When talking about this kind of thing, you can't depend on the other person's attitude.

If you think the conversation went smoothly just by looking at the attitude, you won't even know how the blood was sucked dry.

The specifics still depend on what conditions the other party has given, but it turns out that the other party still wants to swallow it all in one gulp. No matter what, they want to throw in people and money together to gain some control.

This is actually a good thing. You are not afraid that people will not be greedy, but you are afraid that people actually look down on you and don’t want anything from you.

Then his bottom line can be made very clear. He can be threatened with technical support to accept capital injections and take away a small part of the shares. In other words, he is eager for Penguin to get involved, but control rights are not discussed.

He doesn't care if more people come to share the money, he will always make more money anyway, but he and Jiang Chao must have the right to make the final decision.

......

at night.

Jiang Chao ran into Chen Lu's room and listened to him talk about the details of the negotiation like a fool.

He is actually very talented in business and has made rapid progress in this area. The main reason why he can't keep up is that his heart is not as dark as Chen Lu and Li Wen.

"Damn it, I have money. I have never stayed in such a nice hotel. Do you want to go swimming? There is a swimming pool and a sauna."

Seeing that Chen Lu didn't respond, Jiang Chao lay down on the bed again, "I went to buy cigarettes just now, and the aunt on the roadside called me handsome."

Chen Lu was obviously not interested and said expressionlessly: "Hurry up and crawl when you're done."

"Why are you driving your father away? You can be with Liang Zhirou, and I am not doing great service by being a wingman? Is this how you fucking treat a hero?"

"I'm going to video chat with my girlfriend."

After driving away those who were in the way, Chen Lu felt that the world had finally become quiet. He stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, stopped and looked out.

Even though it is already ten o'clock in the evening, the lights are still bright outside. The high-rise buildings everywhere are shining with colorful lights. The roads are full of vehicles. From here, it looks like a group of glowing ants.

His eyes were empty and no longer focused, leaving only lights of various colors hanging in his eyes, floating around like flying insects.

The lights are bright, very prosperous and lively.

But he only felt lonely.

After a while of silence, he picked up his mobile phone and made a video call to Liang Zhirou.

I secretly lament the power of technology.

The call was connected within two seconds of making the call.

"What are you doing?" Chen Lu asked. The girl in the picture looked like she had just been fished out of the river, which made him frown and feel funny at the same time.

He suspected that Liang Zhirou stopped washing her hair after hearing the call. Her hair was still wet and dripping with water, and a few drops of water slowly slid down her delicate cheeks to her neck.

The pajamas were also tightly stuck to her body due to the water, and the buttons were not fastened, exposing a very small part of the eye-catching curve. She didn't seem to have time to notice this, and just looked at her phone steadily.

This fool is obviously so easily shy.

When Chen Lu's thoughts were still complicated, the girl looked into his eyes and spoke slowly:

"thinking of you."