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That one

Shen Kang drove off towards the school, ready to return. The box of electric toothbrushes he had brought was placed in the trunk.

Wu Jiahao still sat in the back row.

This time, however, he changed again. He didn't sit on the right side anymore; instead, he sat back on the left side.

As Shen Kang drove, he thought to himself, "This Senior Wu is really interesting. He's like a child, sitting here for a while and then sitting there for a while."

Sitting in the back row, Wu Jiahao was also thinking to himself: In terms of business insights, he was on par with Shen Kang and they admired each other, which could be seen from the "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" that Shen Kang had mentioned when praising him.

How come I'm still a failure, while Shen Kang has already completed one business project after another, chatting and laughing with Canon executives, and is even going to attack Philips?

How come there are slight differences between two people who are basically the same in real life?

Wu Jiahao thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out.

Finally, he stopped thinking about it and just asked directly.

"Shen..."

The word had just been uttered when it abruptly stopped.

Damn it, why did I almost call him President Shen again?

Wu Jiahao cleared his throat and switched to addressing him again: "Old Shen, I have something I'm a bit confused about. Could you give me some advice?"

"sure."

So Wu Jiahao voiced his doubts.

"Hey, this is easy," Shen Kang said casually, his eyes fixed on the road ahead and his hands on the steering wheel.

Wu Jiahao's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward slightly, listening attentively.

Shen Kang's answer also arrived.

"Because I'm a rich kid, and you're not."

"..."

Wu Jiahao remained silent for a long time.

After a long silence, Wu Jiahao emphasized again, "I'm asking you this question seriously."

Shen Kang said, "I'm serious."

After saying that, he gave an example: "For instance, the first problem you face when starting a business is how to earn your first pot of gold. If it were you, how would you earn that first pot of gold?"

Wu Jiahao was reluctant to speak, but the question truly puzzled him, so he finally blurted out, "I don't know."

He was determined to start his own business, so naturally he had thought about the issue of earning his first pot of gold. However, the result of his thinking was the same as the answer he gave now.

do not know.

"Do you know how I made my first fortune?"

Shen Kang's voice came from ahead.

Wu Jiahao immediately perked up and quickly asked, "How did you get it?" He wanted to learn. Once he had that first pot of gold, wouldn't he be like a tiger with wings, soaring to new heights?

Then Shen Kang's answer came from the front.

"My mom gave it to me, 300,000 yuan."

"..."

Wu Jiahao fell silent again.

This seems like something I really can't learn...

Wu Jiahao finally understood what Shen Kang meant when he said the difference between him and himself was that one was a rich second-generation and the other wasn't. It seemed that was indeed true.

After a long pause, Wu Jiahao spoke.

"I can't learn it, I really can't learn it, haha..."

Just now, Wu Jiahao was feeling a bit conflicted, wondering why there were slight differences between him and Shen Kang in reality, even though they were practically the same. Now he realized the reason was innate, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Wu Jiahao felt a sudden sense of relief.

Actually, despite his arrogant demeanor, he sometimes experiences inner turmoil when faced with situations where he says he wants to start a business but hasn't achieved anything after several years.

But now, Shen Kang's answer suddenly gave him an external cause to blame: it turns out everything was decided from the moment of birth, so it really wasn't his fault, haha, haha...

Wu Jiahao smiled inwardly, then suddenly felt a pang of sadness: So, since he wasn't born into wealth, was he destined to never succeed? ...

Shen Kang stared at the road ahead, and heard something strange in Wu Jiahao's laughter.

Oh no! I was just joking casually out of habit. Could he have taken it seriously and started having strange thoughts? Judging from our previous interactions, it seems quite possible. Could it be that I unintentionally misled Wu Jiahao's life in a bad direction? Or maybe it's not that serious? ...

The car fell silent.

After driving for a while, Shen Kang suddenly spoke up: "Actually, I was just joking. You should have realized that, right?"

Wu Jiahao shook his head. "No, I think what you said makes a lot of sense." His tone was very dejected.

Shen Kang thought to himself, "This seems really bad." So he continued, "If only rich kids can succeed, then what about all the self-made people? Like that Ma Yun you admire, wasn't she from an ordinary family, worked as an English teacher, and started from scratch?"

Wu Jiahao, however, had something to say. He had long studied successful people and had collected a great deal of information.

"Ma Yun's family is by no means an ordinary family. His father is already at the deputy director level. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had the money to support him in starting several businesses."

"..."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "You think you know this very well? Then why did you keep mentioning that Ma Yun was an English teacher? Just like your flexible way of referring to things, you're very selective about what you bring up that's useful to you, aren't you?"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Kang thought of another one: "Liu Qiangdong from Jindong came from an absolutely ordinary family and started from scratch. When he went to university, he had to bring 500 yuan and 76 eggs collected by his fellow villagers to go to university."

This story was widely circulated in later generations, and Shen Kang even remembered the specific numbers.

Wu Jiahao's voice came from the back seat again.

"Liu Qiangdong's family was in the shipping business. Back then, they could afford to buy a boat for hundreds of thousands of yuan, even though they were in debt at the time. The money and eggs were just a token of respect. In fact, when Liu Qiangdong started his business later, his family had already paid off their debts and even gave him hundreds of thousands of yuan to start his business."

"..."

After a brief silence, Shen Kang couldn't help but say, "You really know a lot."

He discovered that while Wu Jiahao's other skills were questionable, he was indeed adept at understanding the experiences of successful people.

These days, Jin Dong isn't very big, and it's not well-known either, yet Wu Jiahao knows so much about their boss's background.

I collect quite a lot of things in this area.

Afterwards, Shen Kang gave a few more examples.

However, in this area of ​​knowledge, he was actually inferior to Wu Jiahao, and his arguments were refuted one by one.

This made Shen Kang want to curse inwardly: "Guys, can't we all have a truly ordinary family? How come they're all rich kids starting businesses?! I'm running out of examples!"