The Era of Hard Work

Just after six o'clock in the morning, the quiet university town suddenly came alive. There were more vehicles going back and forth on the road, and various breakfast shops opened their doors one after another. The bus from Quannan and Qingzhao arrived at the stop. There were footsteps of morning exercises, and many junior high and high school students rode bicycles and rushed to school early, preparing for the morning reading that started at 6:30.

In Xuefu Wenyuan Community, many people went out to make a living for the whole day.

This new residential area is almost indistinguishable from the busy urban area in Quannan.

In a household on the first floor of Building No. 2, Lu Dong changed into his sneakers after washing, and came to the bedroom door and knocked lightly.

Song Na covered herself with the quilt, buried her head in the soft pillow, and said in a low voice, "Go on your own, I won't run in the morning today, I'm just being lazy."

Lu Dong came over and touched her forehead: "Uncomfortable?"

Song Na turned her head, gave him a blank look, and only uttered one word: "Tired!"

Lu Dong understood, smiled embarrassedly, and was about to go out, and asked, "What do you want to eat, I'll buy it by the way."

"The buns from the Peace Hotel." Song Na didn't want to move a finger: "It's stuffed with carrots and vermicelli, and I'll ask Lao Zhou for a stick of batter."

"Understood." Lu Dong responded and walked out.

Song Na reminded: "Don't forget to bring money."

Lu Dong stuffed 20 yuan into his pocket, and went out to start his daily morning run. Since Song Na completed the formal internship procedures and didn't have to go to school for the time being, the two of them would live here at least two days a week. We will also run in the morning together.

Proper exercise is good. In addition to morning jogging, the two also have fitness classes every week.

Lu Dong continued to practice Sanda with Yuan Baoshan, and Song Na had regular yoga classes.

Run out of the community, go east from the east side of the Academy of Arts to an east-west road, go forward to the north of Xuefu Wenyuan, turn to the south of Wenhua Road, turn from the central intersection to the shop side, and walk along the first Lu's Malatang Shop to the north, buy breakfast at the Peace Hotel.

When approaching the intersection of the center, the second bus from Quannan arrived, and a lot of people got off, mainly divided into two parts, one part walked eastward, and the other part crossed the road to the north.

Many people living in Quannan have gradually become accustomed to commuting to work in the university city by bus, and the distance between the two places is not too far.

Of course, this refers to the east of Quannan City. If you come from Daxi, it will take more than an hour to cross the old city by bus.

Lu Dong ran to the intersection of the center, just passing the people who came across the road while the green light was on.

There were quite a lot of people, so Lu Dong slowed down, preparing to walk directly through the small square to the front door on the east side.

Someone suddenly said hello: "Lu Dong, where are you running in the morning?"

Lu Dong took a look, and saw Old Liu wearing a thick black jacket, coming from the crowd, stopped and responded: "Uncle Liu, where are you going so early?"

From his side, Old Liu had beard stubble on his face, his eye sockets were blue and dark, and the bags under his eyes were almost drooping, as if he had just stayed up all night without sleep.

Lao Liu rubbed his face, as if trying to refresh himself: "I went to Quannan yesterday, and I rushed back this morning. I changed places, so I can't sleep."

Lu Dong didn't think too much about it. It's normal for Lao Liu to run around in business.

At this time, Lao Liu said again: "Lu Dong, in a few days, I may have something to trouble you..."

"Just call me if you have anything to do." Lu Dong didn't mean to push it out: "Even if I'm not here, Song Na will usually be there."

Now I just have an idea, but I haven't really confirmed it yet. Lao Liu thought that he can be sure. If Lu Dong helps, it will save a lot of trouble, and said: "Okay, I will call you when the time comes."

He pointed to the north side: "Nothing else, I'll go back first."

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "Go back and have a good rest."

It was not until Lao Liu went north that Lu Dong walked through the small square and went to the Peace Hotel to buy steamed buns, marinated eggs and corn paste, carried them back to the community, opened the door and put them on the tea table. Song Na had already woken up and was sitting at the dressing table Comb your hair before.

When Lu Dong went to get the bowls and chopsticks, Song Na said in the bedroom, "Wait for me for five minutes."

By the time she packed up and came out, ten minutes had passed.

The two sat at the tea table and had breakfast together. Song Na ate the steamed stuffed bun and said, "The older Zhou's steamed stuffed bun, the better it tastes."

Lu Dong echoed: "Other families imitate Lao Zhou and make fan buns a lot, and they don't taste like the Peace Hotel."

Song Na laughed suddenly: "I feel that Lao Zhou can also make a chain."

"Lao Zhou is not interested in chain stores." Lu Dong asked Lao Zhou before: "Lao Zhou's goal is to open a big restaurant, not a high-end one, but one that focuses on large-scale banquets such as weddings for ordinary people."

After eating, I cleaned up the house and went to work together. When I went out, I met the neighbor across the door and said a few words.

It is close to the Innovation Port of the Provincial University, and walks directly there.

Lu Dong remembered something: "When you passed the driver's license test, I promised to give you a car. When you are free, let's go and see the car?"

Song Na deliberately blinked at Lu Dong: "Didn't you agree to give it to me as an engagement gift? What, you want to go back on your word?"

Lu Dong smiled: "That's fine, you hold your breath."

Near the Innovation Port of the Provincial University, there are many fans wearing national football uniforms engaging in activities. The national football is now a super hot spot.

After the first four games of the top ten match, the national football team has three wins and one tie, ranking first in the standings, and it is very hopeful to qualify early.

As the popularity of the national football team soars, the first World Cup is just around the corner, and merchants who cooperate with the national football team have also gained a lot.

For example, Lu's Malatang, since the national football team won the first top ten game, the daily turnover of each store has skyrocketed. The enthusiasm brought about by football can cause big troubles, but it can also turn into economic power and promote consumption. .

The profitability of large-scale events, the World Cup beat the Olympic Games.

It may not be right to say that. After all, most of the World Cup is profitable, and most of the Olympic Games are losing money.

Song Na said: "I don't know which game will be sure to qualify. Then we can go to Wulihe to watch the game."

Lu Dong said directly: "The company has too many things to do recently, so I probably won't be able to go." He thought for a while, and then said: "When the national football team qualify, invite two Taidong international players to come over for activities."

Song Na nodded: "That Milu really has skills, and Li Xiaopeng just used him as a strange soldier."

Lu Dong smiled: "The one who has the first hand will still be divided into groups to draw lots."

Song Na thought of what Lu Dong said about the Korea-Japan World Cup considering the market, and asked in a low voice, "Is there any inside story?"

Lu Dong shook his head: "We are so far apart, how would we know?"

Because Bangzi and Guizi are the hosts, they will automatically enter the finals. The strongest opponent in Asia is Iran. The Chinese vice-chairman of the AFC made the national football team avoid Iran in the draw.

The national football team in this era is not very afraid of the West Asian team, but they are often beaten by Iran, such as the last Golden State tragedy.

Well, football, with such a high degree of commercialization, if there is no conflict of interests or black box operations, no one would believe it.

For example, Italy in two years, red and blue in a few years and so on.

Chinese football, it seems that this is the last glory, in the future all kinds of unbearable, black calls and match-fixing and so on, don't mention it.

Anyway, after next year's World Cup, Lu Dong will not let the company renew the contract with the national football team.

As for saving Chinese football, neither Boss Wang nor Boss Xu can handle this kind of hell-level difficulty. For a small man like him, it's better to stay away from it in the future.

Lu's Catering is in Building 2, and Warm Business is in Building 3. Before they parted, Song Na said, "Today I'm going to Quannan to see some restaurants in Ginza. Don't wait for me to eat at noon."

"Understood." Lu Dong went upstairs to enter the company.

It took ten minutes to hold a brief morning meeting, and then made a phone call with Du Xiaobing who was going to Shanghai, and Lu Dong started to deal with the work at hand.

The approval of several new stores requires signatures, and the establishment of distribution centers in southern Henan and northern Hebei provinces requires recruitment of manpower. Lu Dong is going to let Su Xiaoshan and Xue Tian go there together.

Iron Rooster is responsible for the supply of semi-finished chicken products in surrounding provinces, and plans to establish branch factories in nearby distribution centers. It wants Lu's Catering to provide some help.

Lu Dong called Uncle Tie again to discuss the matter, and then asked Xu Man to go to Lu's Village for an interview.

Busy until ten o'clock, the front desk knocked on the door and came in: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Bai from Shuntai Investment is here to visit."

Lu Dong frowned slightly, this person came again? But when someone came over, he couldn't avoid it and said, "President Bai, please come over."

Lu Dong will not use this kind of investment company that attracts private savings with high interest rates, nor will it be included in the source of backup funds. However, after actual understanding and relevant feedback from Qiansheng, Lu Dong has to admit that Shuntai Investment has considerable influence in the investment circle of Quannan private enterprises.

It may not be easy for Suntech Investment to accomplish one thing, but it is not too difficult to destroy one thing.

Lu's Catering is not short of funds now, but it doesn't mean that in case of accidents, there is no need for emergency funds. If this happens, the nearby Quannan investment circle is an option.

Due to various considerations, Lu Dong and Bai Sheng, invested by Shuntai, have always been decent in terms of face.

"President Bai, welcome." Lu Dong shook hands with Bai Sheng, invited him to a seat, asked the front desk to make tea, and said, "President Bai is free to come over today."

Bai Sheng said with a smile: "The last time I talked to Mr. Lu about going public, Mr. Lu said he would consider it. I know that going public is not easy, and the review process is difficult. I have a few connections here. Lu Dong will take a look and think about it. I won’t talk about the benefits of going public…”

From the beginning to the end, Bai Sheng didn't believe that young people like Lu Dong were really not interested in going public. That meant raising a huge amount of funds, which meant that the value of Lu's catering had skyrocketed...

Bai Sheng's information was handed over to Lu Dong. Lu Dong opened it and looked at it casually. Although he didn't know much about listing, he learned a little in the past two years, and he could always see that it was nothing more than a backdoor listing.

If you really want to operate it, what are the risks?

Bai Sheng didn't come alone this time, the driver also went upstairs, sat in the reception room near the reception for a while, watched for a while, and found Lu Kun, the driver of Lu Dong whom we had talked with last time, and went to find him.

"Lu Kun, are you busy?"

Seeing the person coming, Lu Kun smiled and said, "Zhou Rui, you are here."