CH 110

Chapter 110 – The curse of being 21 years old (1)

Translator : Moon Lee

Editor : Tea

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“Why should you care about these debts? You just have to focus on selling these out, and it will be alright. Don’t worry about other trivial things!” Tang Yaozu persuaded Gu Ye.

The state-owned enterprises were all like this, if you wanted to do well in business, then you just had to be less meddlesome.

He used to work in a state-owned factory for a few years before as a salesperson who received a fixed salary. Even if he was selling more or less, he would receive the same amount of money, that little amount of money. At most, he would only receive a bonus.

In the first two years, he was quite motivated to get the bonus. But after a long time, he became too lazy to do it. And just like other people, he just went to work, read the newspapers, and gossiped to pass the time.

After trying for a few years, the reformation of China started. Tang Yaozu was aware that it gave him a good opportunity, so he took advantage of the relationship between his wife’s family to start trading, and he earned a lot of money. He was really grateful that he went to the sea1 early and seized the opportunity.

1went to the sea (下海) : to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / to leave a secure job.

He could understand Gu Ye’s intentions. Young people ah, they definitely wanted to make achievements. He thought that he was the same way as him back then, but being active in the state-owned enterprises was useless.

With a family background like Gu Ye, even if he didn’t do it well, he could still be promoted in a few years, so there was really no need to waste this energy.

Tang Yaozu’s words were sincere, and Gu Ye understood what he meant, so he just smiled and said, “I have made an agreement with the factory director that if he wanted to get back these debts, then he had to give me a 5% commission.”

“Five percent? And your factory director agreed to it?”

Tang Yaozu’s eyes widened. 5% was not a small amount of money, with a debt of 1.2 million, he could get 60,000 for the commission, which was more than Gu Ye’s ten-year salary.

“If he doesn’t agree, then I won’t try to get them back. If I don’t go and collect these debts, then the money will never return. So it’s a good deal to give me 60,000 yuan.”

“Okay, you are really good. So what’s the client’s name?” Tang Yaozu patted Gu Ye’s shoulder vigorously, and inquired enthusiastically about the old rogue client.

Gu Ye was about to talk about the client’s situation when Tang Yaozong came over. Seeing Gu Ye, his eyes brightened. He quickly walked a few steps, then he hugged Gu Ye’s shoulder, and said affectionately, “Brother Ye, did you come to see me? Let me tell you, I have found a good wife, I will let you see her later!”

“Don’t listen to his nonsense, that girl is not suitable for him.” Tang Yaozu glared fiercely, he never agreed from the beginning to the end. A girl like Chu Qiao was not something that their family could afford.

From the outside everyone called him ‘President Tang’, but it was only for business purposes. In the inner circles like Gu Ye and the others, Tang Yaozu was nothing, not even a fart.

After all, although his wife was the daughter of the Chang family, she did not grow up in the Chang family since she was a child, so she did not have a deep relationship with her brothers and sisters. Now that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were still alive, there were still some feelings. But after both of them died later, these little feelings would disappear too.

Even if both elders were still alive, he still couldn’t integrate into that circle. On the contrary, his son Weiguo was more capable than him. After all, he was raised by Old Man Chang since he was young, so Weiguo’s prestige was bigger than him. This made Tang Yaozu particularly pleased and grateful for his father-in-law, he knew that his father-in-law was paving the way for his son.

Even he, the prospective son-in-law, didn’t have much status, let alone his younger brother Tang Yaozong. This kind of beauty like Chu Qiao, Yaozong couldn’t afford it. While Gu Ye was barely good enough.

Tang Yaozong looked at his older brother resentfully. He didn’t dare to say anything. Gu Ye smiled and joked, “Which girl is it? Why is it not suitable?”

“She’s too beautiful. So beautiful that it can cause calamity. Marrying this kind of wife is a disaster.” Tang Yaozu told the truth.