Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 100 I'm not here to sabotage you, I'm here to join you.
For some reason, as if they had agreed beforehand, they all called Zhou Ziyang at the same time to ask if he had any spare labor.

Not only some well-known courier companies, but also some factories that urgently need assembly line workers, all spoke with politeness, addressing him as "General Manager Zhou" or "Boss Zhou" at every turn.

They said the factory is really short-staffed right now, and they've all heard from Boss Li that the people here are reliable and easy to manage.

"I need 500 short-term workers. Mr. Zhou, can you arrange that? As long as you can, price is not a problem."

Zhou Ziyang thought to himself, "School's already started, where am I going to find him 500 short-term workers?"

However, he still said, "Let me take a look."

“There is a shortage of people everywhere now, and I can only give priority to my old customers when I have resources.”

"I understand, Mr. Zhou. Would it be convenient for us to add each other on WeChat? I'll send you a red envelope as a way of getting acquainted. Maybe we can meet up for tea sometime."

The person on the other end of the line smiled broadly as they spoke.

Zhou Ziyang said there was no need for a red envelope, as his WeChat ID was his phone number.

"Just add it directly."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ziyang immediately dialed Li Jianhong's number.

At this moment, Li Jianhong was beaming with joy. He had exceeded his target for the quarter, thanks to Zhou Ziyang's seemingly insignificant labor service company.

Last night, while having dinner and taking a bath with some old friends in Nanjing, they were all praising Li Jianhong, saying that he had made a fortune this time and had successfully secured orders from a major factory for the next quarter.

Li Jianhong humbly stated that these were all minor incidents, and expressed his gratitude for everyone's concern.

At this point, someone asked, "Mr. Li, it's so hard to recruit people in the market now. We all entrust our recruitment to intermediaries, but the employees we recruit are of varying quality. Sometimes they even recruit a few people from Xinjiang, making our whole factory miserable. Mr. Li, where do you recruit your people from?"

Li Jianhong was also quite drunk at this point. He said smugly, "Hey, who said I don't cooperate with intermediaries?"
Let me tell you, I met a really good brother in Sucheng this time!

Li Jianhong praised Zhou Ziyang highly, saying that Zhou Ziyang was the son of an official and owned a large labor service company. Most importantly, the people under Zhou Ziyang were mostly high school graduates, making them easy to manage and sensible.

They never need to be rushed when they get to work!

Of course, Mr. Li was also careful. He boasted, but he didn't mention Zhou Ziyang's name or the company name.

Everyone knows that good things should be kept for oneself.

Besides, Zhou Ziyang is such a precious treasure.

He'll need Zhou Ziyang for his orders next quarter.

He simply underestimated how rapidly things can change in the business world. You might be laughing and joking with someone at the dinner table, but once you leave the table, who wouldn't want to cooperate with such a useful labor service company?

Besides, Li Jianhong's factory wasn't completely isolated. He was unwilling to disclose details, but after casually chatting with one of his subordinates over drinks, he suddenly revealed the name of the labor service company, and a quick check led to Zhou Ziyang's phone number.

At this moment, Li Jianhong was completely unaware that Zhou Ziyang was calling to thank him.

"Hey, Brother Zhou, did you receive the money?"

"What money did you receive?" To everyone's surprise, Zhou Ziyang's voice was extremely cold as soon as he came up.

Li Jianhong said, "The final payment!"

Starting in June, Zhou Ziyang arranged for 1,000 short-term workers to work in several of Li Jianhong's factories. Li Jianhong prepaid 6.72 million yuan in wages in advance. The final payment, plus some temporary overtime work, and after deducting miscellaneous expenses, totaled more than 6.9 million yuan.

Logically, the money should have been held for a month until October 8th before being transferred to Zhou Ziyang. However, Zhou Ziyang handled the matter so well that Li Jianhong, who was not stingy, instructed the accountant to transfer the money yesterday and also gave Zhou Ziyang an extra 30,000 yuan as a reward, bringing the total to seven million.

"Seven million, brother, your older brother has treated you well. I was even thinking of having you treat me to a meal!" Li Jianhong said with a chuckle.

Aside from the first delivery call, Zhou Ziyang avoided Li Chumei when making the calls. However, there were so many calls afterward that Zhou Ziyang stopped avoiding Li Chumei.

Fortunately, Li Chumei was understanding and didn't say anything while Zhou Ziyang was on the phone.

While answering the phone calls one by one, Zhou Ziyang complained about how the calls kept coming in.

Li Chumei, however, understandingly said that it was alright, that this was normal in the early stages of starting a business.

"Hurry up and answer it, it's all money."

Li Chumei absentmindedly ate her steak with a fork, waiting for Zhou Ziyang to finish his phone call.

She was eager to know the size of Zhou Ziyang's labor service company.

Li Chumei initially thought Zhou Ziyang was just doing it for fun with a few tens of thousands of yuan, but after receiving one phone call after another, she estimated it must have cost several hundred thousand yuan.

Until Li Jianhong mentioned the seven million order.

Then the phone call brought up the name of Li Jianhong's factory.

Then I learned that Zhou Ziyang was actually in contact with the owner of an electronics factory.

Li Chumei was still fiddling with the steak on her plate, holding a fork.

But at this moment, she couldn't calm her mind no matter what.

But then Zhou Ziyang asked, somewhat displeased, "I'm asking you, did you leak my phone number?"

"Huh? I didn't!" Li Jianhong cried out, accusing himself of wrongdoing.

But after Zhou Ziyang recounted what had happened, Li Jianhong thought about it carefully, then said "oh" and somewhat guiltily recounted what had happened the night before when they were drinking.

Zhou Ziyang was speechless. He said, "Then I must thank Boss Li for promoting me."

"Sigh! It's my fault, it's my fault. I thought it was just drunken nonsense. Anyway, they didn't say their names. Who would have thought they were so powerful?" Li Jianhong slapped his head repeatedly.

That's just nonsense. I got a little carried away and said too much.

Zhou Ziyang wasn't angry. He simply said that thanks to Boss Li's help, someone had already offered him thirty yuan an hour to sign a contract.

Li Jianhong panicked upon hearing this: "Brother, you can't do this! We've been working together for so long!"

"I'm thinking about it."

"do not!"

Li Jianhong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. There were very few labor service companies with such high quality as Zhou Ziyang, but the hourly wage he offered was not low. 28 was already the limit. Who on earth was offering 30 per hour?
Will they still make a profit then?
After hesitating for a moment, Li Jianhong gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, my power is limited right now. I can only get you a maximum of 29!"

Zhou Ziyang ignored him and indicated that he was still outside.

"I'll call you when I'm done with this."

"Okay, okay, little brother, you must think it over carefully. I promise I'll never talk nonsense outside again!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Ziyang hung up the phone.

I've been receiving so many calls from labor service companies, not only from factory owners but also from middlemen.

Zhou Ziyang was so annoyed that he simply put his phone into airplane mode.

He apologized to Li Chumei, saying, "I'm so sorry, Chumei-jie."

"No wonder I was getting so many calls all of a sudden. Turns out my friend leaked my number last night."

Li Chumei smiled and shook her head, saying it was nothing.

"If it weren't for these phone calls, I wouldn't have known that the seemingly harmless junior sitting across from me was actually a millionaire boss?"

"?" Zhou Ziyang was taken aback, then chuckled and said no.

"These are all meant to be distributed to the workers; I don't actually receive much of it."

That's true. It looks like six or seven million, but after deducting all the miscellaneous expenses, Zhou Ziyang only gets a total of 1.2 million. Adding last month's earnings, it's only 2.14 million, which is pitifully little.

Li Chumei said that it is already remarkable for someone your age to earn this much money.

Zhou Ziyang said it was alright.

Just as the two were about to continue their meal, Li Chumei's phone rang again.

When Li Chumei saw the caller ID, she realized it was her cousin calling and answered the call.

As soon as the call connected, I heard my cousin's impatient voice: "Hey, Chumei, yes, it's me. I wanted to ask you, have you guys gone back to school?"

Lee Cho-mi said not yet.

"We'll eat at the Western restaurant downstairs from your company."

"Then wait for me, I'll be right there!"

After saying that, Li Kang hung up the phone.

This left Li Chumei puzzled.

Zhou Ziyang asked what was wrong.
Li Chumei smiled and said it was nothing.

“It’s my cousin. He looks very anxious.”

Zhou Ziyang naturally had no idea why the other person was in such a hurry, and simply said "oh".

About five minutes later.

Li Kang arrived late.

To be honest, this group of people, all in their thirties, were playing with walnuts, wearing Chinese-style cardigans, and acting all nonchalant, but when trouble came up, they were more anxious than anyone else.

He rushed to the Western restaurant, saw Li Chumei and Zhou Ziyang's seats, and ran straight over.

Before she could even greet Li Chumei, she looked directly at Zhou Ziyang.

He waved the USB drive containing the recording in his hand, seemingly very excited. He asked, "Did you write the song you just recorded at my company?"

Zhou Ziyang nodded and said that he wrote it himself.

"Any questions?"

You're amazing!

Li Kang inexplicably said this.

To be honest, in such a quiet place as a Western restaurant, Li Kang was acting like a madman, which had already attracted a lot of attention. However, Li Kang didn't care at all. He said that this was the best song he had ever heard in all his years of making music!

"Name your price, I want to buy this song!" Li Kang said excitedly.

“I’m not selling this song,” Zhou Ziyang said calmly.

"?" In Li Kang's view, everything should be as logical as possible.

But to his utter surprise, just as he was thinking of buying the song...

Zhou Ziyang actually dared to refuse him.

It was only at this point that Li Kang realized he was losing control of his emotions.

Looking around, he saw that everyone was staring at him.

"cough!"

Li Kang realized that he had gone too far. He regained his composure and gestured for Li Chumei to move inside. He then sat down opposite Zhou Ziyang.

"I apologize for my lapse in composure. Let me introduce myself first. I am Li Kang, the founder of Harmony Studio. Our company's main business includes artist services, copyright distribution, event planning, music production and promotion, marketing, and more. This is..."

Actually, Li Chumei had introduced Zhou Ziyang's name to Li Kang before.

However, Li Kang didn't pay any attention at the time.

Right now, Li Kang was a little stuck and looked at Li Chumei.

Li Chumei quickly introduced, "Oh, this is my classmate, Zhou Ziyang, him..."

Hello, Zhou Ziyang!

Li Kang is too impatient. Before Li Chumei had even finished introducing herself, Li Kang insisted on shaking hands with Zhou Ziyang. He said again, "Your creative level is very high. The song 'Starry Sea' is the best song I have ever heard in all my years in the industry."

"Do you have any plans to become a singer in the future?" Li Kang asked.

Zhou Ziyang stated that there are none at present.

Li Kang said, "That's such a pity."

"If you want to be a singer or a songwriter, you can contact me. Our company has some connections in the industry. However, if you don't want to be a singer, it would be a real shame if your song were simply affiliated with our company."

"If you're willing, I can buy the copyright to this song. I can offer 100,000, no, 200,000."

Li Kang originally intended to offer 100,000, but felt that the young man in front of him did not seem friendly to him.

But it's understandable.

I was being impolite to him.

It's fine, as long as the money is enough.

He's just a simple college student.

Two hundred thousand is a lot.

An average songwriter who focuses on writing songs usually sells for around 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per song, while a better song can sell for over 100,000 yuan.

In Li Kang's view, this was enough.

He was waiting for Zhou Ziyang's reply, after all, he still needed to go back and practice with the singer.

However, he did not expect that Zhou Ziyang would say such a thing so calmly.

Zhou Ziyang said that he had never actually thought about affiliating with this song.

The only reason I'm here is because my senior, Hatsumi, is my schoolmate.

As for selling the copyrights to his songs, Zhou Ziyang had never even considered it.

"To be honest, Mr. Li, even if I really wanted to sell this song, I wouldn't sell it to you." "I can tell from what you just said."

"You said this is the best song you've ever heard in your career."

"That just proves you've never seen anything good before."

"What did you say!"

Upon hearing this, Li Kang immediately became anxious.

You can insult him, but you can't insult the art he values ​​most.

Zhou Ziyang simply smiled and said that he was telling the truth.

Buying his own "Starry Sea" for 20 yuan doesn't seem like something an art connoisseur would do.

Zhou Ziyang had no idea how much the song "Starry Sea" actually generated.

However, Zhou Ziyang remembered that the song had already surpassed 10 billion plays in less than a year after it was released in the original timeline. Taking NetEase Cloud Music as an example, if each song was played 10,000 times on NetEase Cloud Music, the singer would earn 5-6 yuan. In total, just from plays, Zhou Ziyang could earn 6 million yuan.

Of course, we are not yet in the era of the great internet of later years, so the returns may not be as high.

But Zhou Ziyang wasn't in a hurry; he wasn't a poor singer who made a living by selling his music.

Moreover, this song is officially recognized and will have the honor of becoming the background music for a 100th anniversary music video.

Zhou Ziyang considered this a very honorable thing.

How could he possibly sell the song for such a paltry sum?

Moreover, Li Kang was so impolite.

Anyway, the song has already been recorded.

However, I am indeed grateful to Li Chumei for helping me find a well-equipped recording studio.

So Zhou Ziyang transferred three thousand yuan to Li Chumei.

Tell Li Chumei, "Chumei, thank you so much for using the recording studio this time."

Consider this three thousand yuan as the rental fee for the recording studio.

"Could you please forward this to your cousin for me? I have something urgent to attend to, so I'll be heading back to school now."

After saying this, Zhou Ziyang got up and left.

When Li Kang saw Zhou Ziyang about to leave, he suddenly became anxious.

He quickly went over and said, "If you feel the price isn't enough, we can discuss it further!"

"Two hundred and fifty thousand?"

"Three hundred thousand?"

Zhou Ziyang had already walked to the front of the Western restaurant.

In his anxiety, Li Kang gritted his teeth and shouted, "One million!"

Zhou Ziyang stopped at the entrance of the Western restaurant.

Li Kang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "One million should be enough! If I didn't need this song, it wouldn't have sold for such a high price!"

Zhou Ziyang chuckled lightly upon hearing this, then turned and left without looking back.

"shit!"

Seeing Zhou Ziyang leave, Li Kang became genuinely angry. He said to Li Chumei, "What's wrong with your classmate?! Does he even know what a million means?! He might not earn a million in his entire life!"

Li Chumei became a little annoyed by these words and said, "Cousin, how do you know they don't have a million?"

Li Kang laughed when he heard this. He said, "Are you kidding me? Isn't he your classmate?"

Li Chumei was speechless and said, "Why couldn't you let me finish what I was saying?"
"It's true that he's my classmate and schoolmate, but he owns his own company. A single deal can bring him seven million in revenue. In addition, he's already a somewhat famous writer online. He's really not short of money."

Upon hearing this, Li Kang was taken aback, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Perhaps before, he lost his temper with Li Chumei because he felt he still had a chance to buy the song from Zhou Ziyang with money.

But now there's absolutely no chance left.

He immediately became anxious: "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I told you this a long time ago, but did you listen?"

At this moment, Li Chumei was somewhat disappointed in her cousin.

I finally managed to introduce my cousin to a very capable person.

I never expected my cousin to be so arrogant.

In the end, they still think it's their own problem?

It's ridiculous.

Li Chumei ignored him and picked up her Hermes handbag, chasing after Zhou Ziyang.

At this moment, Zhou Ziyang was already sitting in the BMW, ready to leave.

Li Chumei hurriedly caught up and sat in the passenger seat of Zhou Ziyang's car.

Zhou Ziyang looked at Li Chumei strangely.

But then Li Chumei swept her hair back and said, "Let's go, I'll go back to school with you."

"Well, I think you'd better explain to your cousin, otherwise it wouldn't be good if I caused discord between you two."

But then Li Chumei turned around, smiled brightly at Zhou Ziyang, and said, "I no longer have a cousin like that."

"."

Whether this was true or not, Zhou Ziyang was indeed speechless.

Since I brought Li Chumei here myself, there's no reason for me to leave her here.

So Zhou Ziyang drove away.

Li Chumei felt apologetic towards Zhou Ziyang for this incident.

I feel like I've wasted Zhou Ziyang's time, and in the end, things still haven't gotten done.

Zhou Ziyang, however, didn't seem to care, saying, "It's not like we gained nothing at all."

"At least the copyright application has been approved."

Life returned to normal afterward. In the afternoon, Zhou Ziyang continued his military training. Li Chumei felt guilty towards Zhou Ziyang, so after the song copyright was obtained, she began to upload the songs recorded in the professional recording studio to the Internet and used her privileges to pin them to the top of the college students' forum.

And so the song was spread.
Of course, it will take time for the effects to materialize.

As for now, the sun is still blazing, but within that blazing heat lies a hint of chill.

The cicadas stopped struggling at some point.

The world seemed to fall silent in an instant.

Autumn has truly arrived.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during the afternoon military training. Zhang Dapeng and Qi Tao kept pestering Zhou Ziyang, asking what Li Chumei had taken Zhou Ziyang to do that morning.
Zhou Ziyang said he went to record a song.

Zhang Dapeng immediately asked, "Wouldn't that mean you'd make a lot of money?"

Zhou Ziyang said he earned 10 billion.

"Really?! Then Brother Zhou, you'll have to treat me to dinner tonight!" Zhang Dapeng said, his big eyes wide open.

Qi Tao was speechless upon hearing this and said, "Idiot! It's obviously a lie!"

"what?"

When the military training ended, a large group of zombies in camouflage uniforms headed out of the training ground in a dense mass.

Zhang Dapeng and Qi Tao kept joking around in front of Zhou Ziyang.

At that moment, someone tapped Zhou Ziyang on the shoulder.

Zhou Ziyang turned around, but saw no one.

But then Jiang Menghan peeked out from the other side, climbed onto Zhou Ziyang's back, and giggled, saying, "Didn't you notice me, did you?"

Zhou Ziyang chuckled softly as he carried her on his back.

The scene before their eyes made those around them envious.

Qi Tao and Zhang Dapeng were quite sensible and left a large open space for the two of them.

"How come they made up again?" Shen Xin, who was not far away, blinked and asked curiously.

Lin Siyao smiled dismissively and said, "Of course we'll make up. Zhou Ziyang is so arrogant at school. I'd make up with him too."

After saying this, Lin Siyao turned to look at Xia Wei.

At this moment, Xia Wei was staring resentfully in Jiang Menghan's direction.

It was practically bursting into flames.

Jiang Menghan pestered Zhou Ziyang to go to the cafeteria for lunch. After what happened yesterday, Jiang Menghan became much more obedient and stopped throwing tantrums at Zhou Ziyang. She even tried to please him.

For example, when Zhou Ziyang went to serve the dishes, Jiang Menghan would even carefully help him wipe the bowls and chopsticks.

She even gave all the meat in her bowl to Zhou Ziyang.

Qi Tao and Zhang Dapeng standing next to him were incredibly envious.

Qi Tao said, "Old Zhou, with a girlfriend like this, what more could you ask for!"
Jiang Menghan was very pleased with Qi Tao's praise.

Seeing Zhou Ziyang and Jiang Menghan's loving relationship, Qi Tao felt an even stronger urge to find a girlfriend.

At that moment, Lin Siyao, who had taken off her camouflage uniform and tied it around her waist, wearing only a black vest and with a tall figure, happened to pass by.

"Siyao!" Qi Tao called out Lin Siyao's name without thinking.

Lin Siyao was still wondering whether to go over and see Xia Wei next to her. Without hesitation, she picked up her tray and sat down in front of Zhou Ziyang.

Upon seeing Xia Wei again, Jiang Menghan was prepared this time and instinctively tightened her grip on Zhou Ziyang's hand.

Facing Xia Wei's gaze, Jiang Menghan's eyes showed a newfound determination.

Xia Wei didn't talk to Jiang Menghan, but stared at Zhou Ziyang and asked, "Why didn't you reply to my message last night?"

Zhou Ziyang said he was too tired last night and fell asleep.

"Where did you go last night?" Xia Wei asked like a wronged woman.

Zhou Ziyang did not reply.

At this moment, Jiang Menghan finally couldn't stand Xia Wei's repeated provocations and said, "Zhou Ziyang was with me last night!"

At this moment, the two women stared at each other, and those around them inexplicably sensed a murderous aura.

Yesterday, Xia Wei had a slight advantage and drove Jiang Menghan away.

Jiang Menghan, on the other hand, was well-prepared today.

She understood it very well.

Regardless of what happened between Xia Wei and Zhou Ziyang in the past.

But Zhou Ziyang is now her boyfriend.

He will stand by my side!
Thinking of this, Jiang Menghan silently took Zhou Ziyang's hand, asserting her ownership.

Xia Wei noticed Jiang Menghan's 'salty hands'.

Her beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

She looked at Zhou Ziyang with a hint of grievance.

Zhou Ziyang didn't seem to notice anything amiss and continued eating as if nothing was wrong.

Just when the two sides were on the verge of exchanging blows.

"Zhou Ziyang!"

Another girl called out to Zhou Ziyang.

Everyone turned around.

But it turned out to be Wang Rouxin, the head of the Arts and Literature Department!
Compared to freshmen, Wang Rouxin, a junior, has a more mature and sophisticated beauty.

In the cafeteria, most people were wearing camouflage uniforms from military training.

Wang Rouxin was only wearing a short suspender dress, revealing her fair shoulders and beautiful thighs. Not only that, she was also wearing a pair of shrill sheepskin high heels.

Honestly, her outfit was quite daring, let alone at school.

He's so bold even outside, no wonder something like that happened yesterday.

Can you blame anyone else for this?

But Wang Rouxin just liked dressing like this. She looked at Zhou Ziyang, her eyes revealing her undisguised joy.

(End of this chapter)