Our Rise Era

Chapter 51 Woman, this kind of feeling is very dangerous!
outside the window.

There was a faint glow on the horizon, and the color of dusk left a faint ash on the factory chimneys.

The machines in the factory roared and the lights were bright, like stars at night, emitting warmth in the cold.

Workers shuttled between equipment, beads of sweat on their foreheads reflecting the mottled light. Their figures lengthened in the busyness and disappeared at the next corner in an instant.

Inside the office window.

Zhang Yang looked down at the scene below. His calm expression was completely different from the exaggerated look on TV.

In a trance, Zheng Guodong couldn't even tell which one was the real Zhang Yang.

After watching silently for a while, Zhang Yang sat on a chair and helped Zheng Guodong and Lin Chaoxian make a cup of tea.

The fragrant tea aroma spread in the cup. Lin Chaoxian took a sip of tea. The temperature was just right, neither hot nor cold.

After they took a sip, Zhang Yang's phone vibrated slightly.

Then he took out his cell phone and took a look at the text message news on it.

The news said [On December 2007, 12, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would provide an emergency loan to Bear Stearns to help the institution cope with its liquidity crisis].

After reading it, Zhang Yang's expression suddenly became very serious. After a long while, he looked out the window and said, "A global financial crisis is about to come..."

Heavy curtains partially blocked out the gray sky outside the window.

A gust of wind blew, and Zhang Yang's sudden words suddenly made the atmosphere in the office become extremely solemn.

Zheng Guodong took a sip of tea and looked up at Zhang Yang: "Isn't the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States on the other side of the ocean being resolved?"

“When the bubble reaches its limit, bursting it will cause an explosion, and now, it is just in the stage of bursting the bubble…”

Zhang Yang shook his head.

Lin Chaoxian always pays attention to the international situation. He has a certain premonition about the upcoming financial crisis, so he is not surprised. Instead, he looks at Zhang Yang and asks, "Mr. Zhang, how big do you think the impact of this financial crisis will be?"

"This financial crisis should be the most serious crisis since the Great Depression of 1929! In this crisis, small and medium-sized capitals around the world will suffer a certain degree of heavy losses, while the big capitals behind the scenes will frantically devour corpses to nourish themselves during this crisis..."

Zhang Yang paused briefly when he said this, then looked at Zheng Guodong: "Mr. Zheng, this is a crisis for the world, but it is an opportunity for us! We must take advantage of this wave of momentum to prepare and improve our logistics system. The sooner we control the second- and third-tier counties and consolidate our foundation, the better..."

After listening to this, Zheng Guodong smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, I have seen your operations recently. I think you want to do more than just logistics systems, right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yang nodded: "I want to select our own allies in this wave of traffic, and then form these allies into a platform..."

"Logistics platform, or..." When Zheng Guodong heard this, he suddenly stared at Zhang Yang: "You don't want to do [Baotao Mall]?"

When he heard this, Zhang Yang lowered his head and poured a cup of tea: "It's too exaggerated to create [Baotao Mall], but [Zhang Yang will help you cut the price] I personally think the model is replicable..."

"What do you mean by copy?"

"I can be Zhang Yang in [Zhang Yang Helps You Cut the Price], and he can be Wang Wu in [Wang Wu Helps You Cut the Price]. The model is simple, and anyone can copy the same operation... In the business circle, after a new business model becomes popular, it won't be long before countless followers will rush in. Although I am currently occupying this ecological niche, I know that it won't be long before similar TV shopping programs emerge in an endless stream. Well, there are many examples of various [TV shopping] programs on the provincial TV station..."

"So..." Zheng Guodong looked at Zhang Yang puzzledly.

"I want to set up a company, based on the core of [Zhang Yang Helps You Cut a Knife], and start to replicate similar programs on a large scale, and put them on various TV stations to expand their influence..."

"But the premise is..."

"What is the premise?"

"In the early stage of TV shopping programs, the quality must be well controlled. I may be very strict in selecting the cooperating brands. During this period, some "personal relationships" will inevitably be involved. I will not choose all brands. My phrase "high-quality and low-priced products" on TV is not empty talk. If necessary, I will even do things like standing wood at the gate."

When Zhang Yang said this, he looked at Zheng Guodong and Lin Chaoxian.

The two were silent for a moment and nodded.

Afterwards, feeling the atmosphere was a little heavy, Lin Chaoxian laughed: "Don't worry, I know the people I brought here. I am in the system and I value reputation the most..."

"it is good!"

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Late at night.

There was a light rain in the sky.

In the independent dormitory of the college, Sophie did not rest, but stayed in front of the computer, chatting with some unknown netizens on the social platform.

From time to time, she looked at another account. On that account, Zhang Yang, who used to chat with her every night, had chatted less and less frequently during this period.

【Zhang Yang is just a money-making scammer! 】

[Zhang Yang doesn't care about his face anymore! ]

[Zhang Yang is treating everyone like leeks. He speaks so righteously, but in reality, hehe...]

【…】

Sophie read the comments on the Internet.

"He must be under a lot of pressure during this period, right?"

Sophie kept saying all kinds of good things about Zhang Yang on the Internet in her broken Chinese, but she felt bad: "Maybe it's these pressures that make him rarely go online..."

After turning off the computer and lying on the bed, Sophie tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep for some reason.

In fact, she had been to [ZY Grocery Store] during this period.

From Fatty Yuan, Sophie roughly heard a piece of news, that is, Zhang Yang has been very busy recently and has rarely come to the grocery store.

During this period, she also contacted Zhang Yang via mobile phone.

However, Zhang Yang's calls never got a response and almost never went through.

For some reason, she suddenly started to feel anxious and worried.

"Maybe this Chinese guy is just using your French identity to hype himself up. He has a purpose in approaching you..."

"You feel comfortable with this Chinese guy because he has higher IQ and EQ than you. He has been trying to please you in order to achieve his unknown secret. I know there are many scammers in China, and they are all like this..."

"..."

Sophie's mind echoed with the words her parents had told her on the other side of the ocean.

These words made Sophie feel uncomfortable. She didn't want to believe that this was true, but Zhang Yang's gradually cold attitude recently seemed to verify their statement.

But... Mr. Zhang Yang didn't lie to me...

Apart from asking me to bring some French specialties, they didn’t cheat me of my money or my feelings…

We are just friends.

We should be friends, right?

We're not even friends?

Sophie thought about her meeting with Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang seemed enthusiastic and every smile of his was like a spring breeze, but it seemed that he had never formally said that he was her friend?

Otherwise, why haven't you answered the phone during this period of time?
We agreed to learn Chinese...

but……

After Sophie had been thinking about it for a long time...

Finally, he couldn't help but take out his cell phone and called Zhang Yang again.

This time, the call finally got through.

"Hey!"

"Mr. Zhang Yang, are you...are you doing well lately?"

Sophie originally wanted to question Zhang Yang, but when she heard Zhang Yang's voice, her voice began to soften slightly.

"Ah, Miss Sophie, hello, hello, I'm doing fine recently, but I'm a little busy. Sorry, I haven't contacted you recently..."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhang Yang. I've seen a lot of negative comments online. Don't take them to heart. You're an excellent person and I believe in you... You should take care of your health and don't stay up late. I heard from your Chinese doctors that staying up late is harmful to your health..."

After hearing Zhang Yang's apology on the phone, Sophie became happy again and quickly spoke out her true feelings.

"Well, I will, Miss Sophie. Miss Sophie, when I'm done with this busy period, I'll treat you to a good meal. You've helped me a lot during this period..."

"It's okay, it's okay... I'm not busy... Mr. Zhang Yang, is there anything else you need my help with recently?"

"Not yet. I can handle these. Miss Sophie, what do you want from me this time?"

When Sophie heard this, the smile on her face was a little stiff: "It's okay, I just want to talk to you. No one has returned your call..."

"Ah sorry... sorry... I've been so busy lately."

"Mr. Zhang Yang, are we friends?"

"Yes, we are friends. We are definitely friends."

"Mr. Zhang Yang, I didn't mean to disturb you. I just wanted to call you..."

"Don't bother me, but it's getting late now, let's get some rest."

"Mr. Zhang Yang, I..." Sophie hesitated for a moment: "Well, good night."

"Good night."

"Wait, Mr. Zhang Yang, can I ask you a question?"

"You ask……"

"We met on the forum, and then I felt very comfortable chatting with you. Are you deliberately trying to please me?"

Sophie hesitated, but finally asked the question.

There was silence on the other end of the phone: "Ms. Sophie, do you want to hear the truth?"

"right……"

"I did try very hard to get to know you. In fact, it wasn't just you. At the time, I wanted to get to know more French netizens, and it would be best if I could make an appointment with them so that I could stand up for my [ZY Grocery Store] and increase its authority... If I think about it now, I approached you with a purpose..."

"So you taught me Chinese, told me so many things, made me happy, and so on. You were just trying to please me..."

"Yes." Zhang Yang was very calm on the other end of the phone.

"Why didn't you lie to me this time?"

Sophie felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this.

"Ms. Sophie, we have been chatting until now. Although I have been deliberately trying to get in touch with you, I have never lied to you, and I have never thought of cheating you of anything..."

"But……"

"Ms. Sophie, we are friends, and this will never change. If possible, I hope we can maintain the purest friendship and remain friends forever..."

"Mr. Zhang Yang, I don't understand what you mean..."

"Ms. Sophie, to tell you the truth, I am a very charming man. Girls who stay with me for a long time will easily fall for me. I don't want you to fall for my charm..."

"Mr. Zhang Yang, can you please have some shame? I suddenly feel that the comments about you on the Internet are very true. You have no shame at all..."

When Sophie heard this, she was shocked, blushed and cursed.

"Ms. Sophie, I am just stating a fact. You know, I have always been a very rational and calm person. I have a certain degree of confidence in my charm."

"..."

"When I received your call today, I roughly guessed that you might have developed some kind of "dependence" or other feelings towards me. I also know the root of this feeling. It should be that you feel lonely and uneasy in a foreign country alone, and I happen to speak French so fluently, and in a sense, we have a lot of sympathetic topics. We can't finish talking even if we talk for three days and three nights. Miss Sophie, I tell you the truth, at this stage, our relationship is very dangerous. You should be calm and restrained. We need to re-examine our relationship and not let it become impure. Of course, I like you very much. You are so beautiful, but, you know, I am a very calm person. My attitude towards feelings has always been... Damn it! Who shit this shit? The quality is so low that they shit in the factory area! I..."

"..."

Just when Sophie couldn't bear to listen anymore and wanted to bite Zhang Yang to death...

I heard Zhang Yang, who was feeling good about himself a second ago, suddenly started cursing on the phone without caring about his image...

Then, the phone was hung up instantly.

Sophie was stunned.

that……

Mr. Zhang Yang seems...

Stepped in dog shit?

(End of this chapter)