deltrittennovels #226 - Mr. Lu's Strike While the Iron is Hot (2 in 1 order required)
#226 - Mr. Lu's Strike While the Iron is Hot (2 in 1 order required)
Lu Yu didn't notice Liu Mengyuan's expression and continued:
"In short, it seems that everyone at Taoyuan Light-Year has been working hard recently. Tomorrow, I'll take you all shopping to relax."
The Tangtang sisters were dumbfounded.
Good heavens, another day off.
Wasn't it just recently that they returned from Yunnan?
Lu Yu smiled and waved his hand:
"Strictly speaking, tomorrow is also a workday, but your work content is to go shopping with me and President Liu."
Lu Yu was planning in his heart that the "shock therapy" spark that the Tangtang sisters had finally developed must not be easily extinguished.
Therefore, he decided to strike while the iron was hot and take the project team for the ultimate relaxation.
After experiencing extremely huge pressure and frustration, if there is another ultimate relaxation, it is easy to have the compromising idea of giving up struggling and lying down peacefully.
Lu Yu didn't want to simply take the project team for ordinary eating, drinking, and playing,
Because enjoyment has a threshold, and leisure points have diminishing marginal effects.
So, this time he decided to give the employees of Taoyuan Light-Year something different.
……
The next day, everyone came to the pedestrian street near Jianghai University Town.
"This is a place that Mengyuan and I often visited during our university days, and it is also where Taoyuan Township officially started not long ago."
The project team employees immediately showed gossipy, starry-eyed expressions.
They loved listening to gossip about President Lu and President Liu, and the feeling of shipping them was quite strong.
Dozens of people walked forward in a large group.
Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan walked side by side at the front. After seeing a small stall not far ahead, Lu Yu smiled:
"Do you still remember this pancake stall?"
Liu Mengyuan nodded.
"Yes, of course I remember. You even made me make a pancake myself."
Liu Mengyuan was filled with emotions. It should be said that this pancake stall was the starting point of everything.
It was from here that she got the design inspiration for the cat girl Ilya, and then worked with Lu Yu to create "Neko Paradise Adventure."
At that time, she absolutely couldn't have imagined that after less than a year of development, Taoyuan Township had become a company with more than 100 employees and tens of millions in monthly revenue.
Lu Yu led a group of employees to the cat cafe "Cat's Tea," and then stopped.
"Today, I'm only giving you a simple task - playing with cats!"
The reason why Lu Yu brought everyone to Cat's Tea was because, in this round of the cycle, he got a special buff from the system lottery:
[Cat's Heyday Lv2: In the next 120 days, company employees will receive 20% more leisure points from cats, and it will be easier to trigger combos.]
The main task of this settlement cycle is to find an employee and perform a ten-hit combo of leisure points on her.
Combos are much harder to achieve than critical hits.
After searching, he found that the best candidate for the task was the chuunibyou girl Wan Xiaotong, but he wasn't sure how to get the employees to play with cats in order to maximize the number of combos.
So today, he wanted to test the waters with the girls from Taoyuan Light-Year first.
The Tangtang sisters exclaimed in surprise:
"President Lu, do you also like to come to Cat's Tea? We used to be regulars too."
"Isn't that a coincidence?"
Lu Yu was also very happy. "In that case, the three of you must take everyone out to have fun today."
……
The proprietress of Cat's Tea, Lin Ming, greeted everyone warmly when she saw so many customers coming at once.
When she saw who it was, she was stunned.
It seemed that there were many familiar customers inside.
The young couple who often came here in the spring to develop games,
And the three sisters who had just had an argument here not long ago.
Seeing so many returning customers, Lin Ming was very happy and arranged good seats by the window for everyone.
The warm yellow lights of the cat cafe created a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. Desserts and drinks were placed on the tables,
Many female employees couldn't wait for the cat hosts to come and serve them.
The Tangtang sisters, who were sitting near the aisle, first set their sights on a white Persian cat.
The cat host raised its proud head and walked around her legs.
Mianhua Tang smiled slightly, squatted down, and stroked the cat, feeling the soft touch.
The Persian cat kept rubbing her hand, making coquettish cries. Tang Wanru became even more excited and desperately rubbed the little head with her hands.
[Employee Tang Wanru enjoys playing with cats, is in a good mood, and triggers a combo!]
[1Hit!]
[2Hit!]
[3Hit!]
[Settlement in progress... Leisure points +36]
Lu Yu looked at the system light screen with satisfaction.
Very good, as expected of the eldest sister, she made a good start!
It seems that the combo mechanism, if it can be used well, the point income is not lower than a critical hit.
The second sister also refused to be outdone, choosing a multicolored shorthair cat, placing it on her lap,
While tasting strawberry cake, she gently scratched the cat's chin with her finger, eliciting the cat's cheerful purring.
"This sound is so appetizing."
[Employee Tang Wanqiu enjoys playing with cats, is in a good mood, and triggers a combo!]
[1Hit!]
[2Hit!]
[3Hit!]
[4Hit!]
[Settlement in progress... Leisure points +50]
Lu Yu's eyes lit up.
It seems that his vision was indeed correct. These three are indeed top talents!
……
At this time, Liu Mengyuan, on the other hand, was not in a hurry to find her cat.
She leisurely held a cup of caramel latte in her hand, watching every cat in the store.
"Haven't you chosen yet?" Lu Yu said with a smile.
"Choosing a cat is like choosing a partner. If you want to really enjoy it, you must be cautious."
Lu Yu's face twitched.
This was the first time he had seen a girl compare a man to a cat.
Then what kind of breed am I in her eyes?
In the end, she chose an orange tabby cat. The cat was lying lazily on the table. Liu Mengyuan gently stroked the cat's back.
Emmm... that's okay, I guess.
Lu Yu turned his attention to other employees.
In order to hook up with customers and solicit themselves, the cat hosts were working hard, rolling around and acting cute on the carpet.
The programmer was sitting on the floor, and a gray British shorthair cat was lying on his lap.
The female product manager was sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of fruit tea, looking down at the computer screen, occasionally flicking the ears of the Scottish Fold cat with her fingers.
Liu Mengyuan said to Lu Yu with emotion:
"I don't know why, but I feel that you always have a magical power to make everyone relax, even though you are the one who should be the most nervous and stressed..."
"You seem to take running the company very lightly, and instead focus on these insignificant little things in front of you."
Lu Yu was stunned. Girl, how are you so smart?
This is exactly what I really think. I wish the company would just stay at its current size and never compete with its peers again. Internal competition is endless.
You have just experienced the pain of internal competition with Leopard Tooth. Understand the truth in this.
"Is the current situation really within your expectations?"
What she wanted to ask was, is Lu Yu really in control of the crisis that Taoyuan Light-Year is encountering?
"That's natural."
Lu Yu thought that Liu Mengyuan was talking about the fact that the employees would enjoy the cat cafe, and his tone was quite decisive.
The two people were talking about different things, but they were able to miraculously continue the conversation.
Liu Mengyuan couldn't help but stroke the cat while thinking deeply.
If the operational crisis that Taoyuan Light-Year is encountering was expected by Lu Yu, or even deliberately allowed to happen, then what is his purpose? What kind of tricks are hidden in this layered scheme?
The employees enjoyed an afternoon of playing with cats.
Lu Yu checked the system light screen. This trip to the cat cafe earned him more than 1,000 leisure points.
After playing with cats for an afternoon, 100,000 yuan was in his pocket. Wonderful!
……
As the consumption was coming to an end, Lin Ming also sent a portion of kumquat lemon tea to each table, completely free of charge.
When paying the bill, Lu Yu expressed his gratitude for this.
Lin Ming smiled and shook her head: "You are so considerate of my business, it is only right to give you a small gift."
Lu Yu noticed that when he first opened the door in the afternoon, the store was very deserted. It seemed that Cat's Tea had been reserved by Taoyuan Township.
He remembered that before he graduated, when he often came here with Liu Mengyuan, the traffic here was pretty good.
Why has the traffic decreased so much after not coming for a few months?
"Boss, you have so few people here. Will it be better on the weekends?" he asked casually.
Lin Ming's eyes dimmed, and she forced a smile:
"The traffic on weekends is more than usual, but it is still a drop in the bucket. The nearby shops have been mostly taken over by Liu's Commercial Company, and it looks like it's almost our turn."
After saying that, she handed a flyer to Lu Yu.
It was a commercial and franchise advertisement for the commercial plaza operated by Liu's Group.
Lu Yu nodded, kept this information in his heart, and left with everyone.
……
A gentle breeze blew, and the night enveloped the streets and alleys of Jianghai City.
The employees of Taoyuan Township left Cat's Tea and just turned into the street corner at the end of the street,
Suddenly, the melodious sound of a guitar entered their ears.
At the intersection of the street corner, a young busker came into view.
He sat on the steps of the street, gently stroking the strings of the guitar in his hand, his voice charming.
The young man's appearance was slightly haggard, and his bangs hung casually in front of his forehead, revealing a trace of unique melancholy.
"Like sunshine overflowing in winter"
"Like evening stars suddenly illuminating the earth"
"Warm and unexpected"
"You will appear in my life"
"Like life suddenly pausing"
"Like a good dream that I don't want to wake up from"
Passers-by were attracted by this moving melody and stopped one after another, forming a human wall.
Coins fell into the little brother's hat on the ground like raindrops, making a crisp tinkling sound.
Passers-by commented one after another:
"This seems to be the theme song of the classic childhood animation "Slam Dunk"".
"He's singing Zhang Jie's cover version, right?"
"He sings very well, but I don't know why this little brother is so down and out?"
Seeing that the crowd of onlookers was gathering more and more, the little brother greeted the passers-by:
"Hello everyone, my name is Xia Shuheng, and I am a wandering singer. I hope you like this song."
The employees of Taoyuan Light-Year also stopped following, and everyone's eyes were also focused on the guitar brother, as if his singing had led them to an emotion.
"I want to say it to you loudly"
"But I am silent"
"I have passed you by countless times"
"Are you afraid that there will be results too quickly?"
"What exactly is the result?"
When he sang to the climax, Xia Shuheng couldn't help but look at the cat cafe called "Cat's Tea" in the distance.
Recently, his favorite thing to do every day is to come to the street corner near Cat's Tea.
Watching Lin Ming busy in it from afar.
This is a sister who has helped his life a lot, but now, he is too ashamed to visit her again.
Eight years ago, his childish oath echoed in his ears.
"Sister Lin Ming, wait for me, I will definitely become a household name all over the world."
Thinking of this, he also brought a trace of regret into his singing,
The originally inspirational lyrics had a special charm when sung with a unique smoky voice.
Many passers-by couldn't help but have slightly moist eyes after listening.
There was thunderous applause and cheers on the scene.
"Damn, little brother, you sing so well."
"That's right, it's definitely more than the level of KTV and street busking."
"These are all my pocket money today, I'll give it all to you as a reward!"
……
After the end,
When the crowd had almost left, the employees of Taoyuan Township were also ready to leave,
But everyone found that the Tangtang sisters had not left,
From just now, the eyes of the three sisters were not right, as if they had met an old acquaintance and were hesitating whether to go up and say hello.
Finally, Tang Wanru summoned up her courage and shouted:
"Brother Xia!"
Xia Shuheng was packing his guitar case, and was stunned after seeing the Tangtang sisters.
"Xiao Tang, is that you? Why are you here?
Are these people... your friends?"
"Oh, I am their company leader."
Lu Yu stepped forward and shook hands with Xia Shuheng: "You sing well."
"Thank you." Xia Shuheng showed a shy smile.
Afterwards, Tang Wanru introduced Xia Shuheng to Lu Yu:
"Brother Xia was originally a trainee of the boy group "Eastern Bulletproof" under the Jenny Turtle Agency, and was in the same class as popular traffic stars such as Su Yufan and Chen Zihan.
Later, because Yang Jie of Sweetness Girl 101... oh, I mean Gummy, offended the seniors in Eastern Bulletproof on a variety show,
He was hidden by the Jenny Turtle Agency.
Brother Xia couldn't stand this and spoke out for Gummy on Weibo,
In the end, the Jenny Turtle Agency directly blocked Brother Xia."
Liu Mengyuan then said:
"I saw this news at the time,
At that time, the Jenny Turtle Agency was conducting equity negotiations with Tenghui Music Group,
And the original owner of the Jenny Turtle Agency was also the current president of Tenghui Music Company,
Based on the principle of rather killing a thousand by mistake than letting one go, the agency imposed the maximum penalty on Xia Shuheng."
Lu Yu silently looked at Xia Shuheng's down-and-out appearance. The so-called maximum penalty was probably a collective boycott by the entertainment industry,
Therefore, Xia Shuheng was forced to wander the streets.
After Xia Shuheng packed his guitar, he looked at his watch and said hurriedly:
"Sorry, I have to go to the convenience store for my night shift. Little Tang sisters, let's chat again later. I'll treat you to a meal, okay?"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xia Shuheng ran off with his instrument on his back.
Tang Wanru clenched her small fist:
"Xia-ge was clearly the most musically talented of all the trainees back then. That damned Jenigame agency and the capital behind it have just blacklisted such a talented young man."
Lu Yu looked at Xia Shuheng's departing figure, lost in thought.