Nowadays, some hotels in certain cities have gradually reduced the provision of disposable products. However, it cannot be denied that as long as you find the right market and supply, this is still a profitable industry.
How many rooms does a budget hotel have? Basically, each room will have two sets of disposable products. If it happens to be a holiday, how many will be consumed in a day?
Luxury hotels certainly cannot be won over, but budget hotels generally provide disposable products such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, razors, disposable cups, and of course, towels, shampoo, and shower gel. Zhou Jianguo knows that if he can obtain the right to supply of disposable products from several budget hotels, it will undoubtedly be a considerable income. In the future, if a professional process is established, the profits will not be less than those of adult products.
Luo Bei also knows that as long as they operate properly, the profits in this industry can be huge.
Both of them were immersed in their own thoughts and did not speak in the car.
Zhou Jianguo was considering the details, while Luo Bei was considering how to build good relationships with these managers and obtain this business.
After all, Luo Bei is the assistant of a female boss. She is different from before. She used to just do what the female boss told her to do, like an ordinary clerk. Now she will try to remember the details of the conversations between the female boss and others, and learn the skills of talking about business.
Giving gifts is necessary, but they cannot be too heavy or too light, and they must be tailored to the recipient’s taste.
Due to the plan about disposable products, the two of them didn’t have time to sell fruits after work, so they had to temporarily postpone it.
Almost every few days, they would invite those managers to dinner. Although Zhou Jianguo was good at sales, he had a principle of not drinking alcohol. Fortunately, he was smooth in character and had his own way of dealing with those managers. In addition, when they had free time, Zhou Jianguo and Luo Bei would also go to check out the sources of goods and negotiate prices with people.
At first, Luo Bei was worried about not being able to find sources of goods, but Zhou Jianguo educated her again, “Let me give you an example. You know there are many people in the construction industry who have no one and no money at the beginning, but as long as you win a project, you will naturally have everything. Where there are chickens, there will be eggs.”
First comes the chicken, then comes the egg.
Is there anyone who doesn’t want to make money these days?
After having dinner with Manager Zhu, Luo Bei did her best to accompany him all the way to the entrance of the community. Of course, Zhou Jianguo was in the car. Now, when they go out to do business, he almost never lets Luo Bei out of his sight. Even when he can’t hold it and needs to use the restroom, he would give Luo Bei a hint to go out first before he follows.
Luo Bei was still a little moved. Zhou Jianguo was a person who kept his promises. He said he wouldn’t let her encounter such incidents again, and she really didn’t.
In fact, these managers also privately thought that Zhou Jianguo and Luo Bei were a couple. Zhou Jianguo was tall and had eight-pack abs. He recently even deliberately pasted those scary-looking tattoos on his arms to show off in front of people like Manager Zhao. At least, Manager Zhao wouldn’t use that greasy and creepy look to stare at Luo Bei anymore.
At first, Luo Bei didn’t know what Zhou Jianguo was buying the temporary tattoo for. Later, when she realized it, she even wanted to put one on her own arm, but Zhou Jianguo stopped her.
He said, “With my big tattooed arm, do you still need to bother yourself?”
After Manager Zhu entered the community, Zhou Jianguo was also a bit tired. He pinched his nose and said to Luo Bei, “Let’s go to the riverbank and enjoy the breeze.”
It’s now November, not too cold, and quite comfortable.
Luo Bei had no objections either. She also wanted to take a walk and digest the food. Otherwise, eating out all the time, her stomach didn’t feel as comfortable as before.
They drove to the riverbank, and small light bulbs were hanging on the corridor, blinking and very beautiful. It wasn’t too late, and the weather wasn’t too cold either. There were quite a few people taking walks in this area.
Luo Bei was wearing a thin windbreaker, paired with tight pants and high heels. Walking next to Zhou Jianguo, she took off her high heels and walked barefoot on the clean road.
Although she was one meter and sixty-eight centimeters tall, she looked a bit petite, perhaps because of her small frame and thinness.
Zhou Jianguo lowered his head and stared at her feet.
He swore he didn’t have a foot fetish.
But for some reason, he couldn’t take his eyes off her small, white and tender feet.
Ugh.
He’s going mad.
He felt like a person standing by the water’s edge, watching as the water slowly rose and covered his feet, inching closer and closer to his calves. He couldn’t escape, he could only wait helplessly for the feeling of drowning.
To be honest, it was no different from being tortured to death. He, who despised this feeling of being out of control, was able to stay in control of everything else, except for this one thing. He was powerless.
As for Xiao Jiang, he was more optimistic and naive. Even though the water was about to reach his chest, he still didn’t realize it and continued to play in the water foolishly.
Fools are lucky.
Zhou Jianguo was envious of him.
Seeing Zhou Jianguo sigh repeatedly, Luo Bei asked, “What’s wrong? Isn’t everything moving in a good direction now? Maybe we’ll be able to secure this supply soon. Why do you keep sighing every day?”
Zhou Jianguo glanced at her and said, “I’m going to die.”
This was a serious issue, so Luo Bei quickly asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Luo Bei, I regret doing business with you.” After saying this, Zhou Jianguo felt like he was done for because his first reaction was to worry that Luo Bei would overthink and be upset. He quickly explained, “If I didn’t do business with you, I wouldn’t have so many troubles now. I wanted to make you rich and help you succeed. I didn’t want you to lose money. If I were working alone, I wouldn’t care about anything and could do whatever I wanted. Even if I was poor, I could still sleep in the park.”
“Why are you so conflicted lately?” Luo Bei sounded a little dissatisfied. “You don’t seem like yourself at all.”
“You noticed?” Zhou Jianguo gave Luo Bei a thumbs-up. “I am indeed conflicted. To be honest, if I used the time I spent on being conflicted to think about business, maybe you could buy a house next year.”
“Okay, then tell me what you’re conflicted about?”
Zhou Jianguo shook his head, “Men’s conflicts are pointless to talk about.”
“Bah!” Luo Bei rolled her eyes. “I don’t even have to guess. I know why you’re conflicted. You’re only interested in making money, and you wouldn’t be conflicted about money. So there’s only one thing left. Are you—”
In an instant, Zhou Jianguo’s heart was in his throat. He had always known that Luo Bei was a very smart person, with a keen and sensitive mind, able to see through many things. Had he not concealed his feelings well during this time and been found out by her?
What should he do now?
Should he confess to her? No, it’s not a good idea. He knows he doesn’t completely like Luo Bei, at most he can say it’s a crush, and there’s still a long way to go before he actually likes her. He needs to wait until he’s totally sure, maybe until the water covers his abs.
At present, it’s just a crush. It’s not a good idea to confess to someone without being serious about it. Moreover, the most important thing is, what about their business?
If they were really together, how would he go about asking for that money?
It sounded good to have a couple’s business, but it could easily lead to conflicts. Otherwise, why would companies ban office romances? It could have a big impact on the company.
Luo Bei didn’t know that he was thinking so much. She was also conflicted during this time. She had originally made up her mind to temporarily set aside Zhou Jianguo’s false identity because he was her good friend. She had spent a long time with him and knew he wasn’t a bad person. But…how should she put it? People were inevitably curious.
She didn’t know if she should ask or not.
Well, she might as well ask. As a good friend, if he didn’t want to say or had something difficult to say, she wouldn’t ask again. But she still felt it was necessary to let him know that she already knew about this matter.
In the end, it’s better to let him handle it himself.
With this in mind, Luo Bei stopped in her tracks and turned her head to look at Zhou Jianguo, slowly saying, “Do you remember before we went to find Jingzhou, I called you but you didn’t answer, and later said you were talking to the foreman about quitting your job? Actually, at that time, I didn’t dial the wrong number. I called you to ask for your ID number because I wanted to try my luck and see if I could snatch a high-speed rail or train ticket…”
Zhou Jianguo suddenly looked at her, his expression too surprised.
“You didn’t answer the phone, so I found a copy of your ID card. I tried entering your ID number, but the website said it was invalid. At first, I didn’t understand what was going on, but then I remembered some things you did that I didn’t understand. When we did business together, we weren’t even familiar, but you registered the unmanned store under my name and even gave me one more share of the profit. You said that since I was a local, it would be easier for me to handle some things. At the time, although I didn’t understand, I didn’t ask. Later, you also registered the car under my name…” Luo Bei smiled at Zhou Jianguo, “What’s not clear about this? Your identity is fake, right?”
After saying it, she felt a bit relieved.
Perhaps she shouldn’t have said it so clearly, but she had thought it through. They were going to do business together in the future, and other partners might have conflicts between their words and hearts, but she didn’t want that to be the case with Zhou Jianguo.
Zhou Jianguo was very important in her heart, and she wanted to work with him without any barriers.