Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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By the time Zu Qi and Qiao Yang walked back after playing to their heart’s content, the three people under the window had already disappeared without a trace.
Zu Qi glanced over there subconsciously and saw many messy footprints on the ground covered with a thin layer of snow. It was obvious that more than two people had been squatting there.
Seeing this, Zu Qi couldn’t help but pause and frown slightly.
After taking a few steps, Qiao Yang realized that Zu Qi behind him had not followed him. He turned around and followed Zu Qi’s gaze, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. He said, “Maybe it’s the paparazzi.”
Very few fans would stay outside the windows in the cold weather, and when the stars were not accompanied by assistants or bodyguards, most fans would choose to come up to chat and take photos.
Only paparazzi could be so sneaky…
Zu Qi also guessed the identities of those people, but he thought it was nothing shameful for him and Qiao Yang to go out to eat, not to mention that Qiao Yang often mentioned it on Weibo recently, so that his fans and passers-by knew they were on good terms.
So they didn’t take it to heart and went back to the hotel together talking and laughing.
Zu Qi ate happily, and after returning to his room, he took a shower and started busily working on the new website, leaving the unpleasant experience between him and Xue Ju behind.
In the blink of an eye, half a month later, while Zu Qi was busy filming, he took time to open the orchard with Tang Yukuan. After a period of transformation and renovation, the original dilapidated and old farm looked completely new, and the farm was planted neatly and orderly. It was filled with the saplings of eighty apple and cherry trees.
After all the sheds built before were demolished, the view of the entire orchard became much wider and brighter. Looking around, there were green saplings, and it seemed that even the air became much fresher.
If more than ten trees were planted in the garden, a business license must be obtained. Zu Qi didn’t know much about this, so he could only leave it to Tang Yukuan.
At the same time, A Tao and A Shu in the space also led the tribesmen to pack the picked apples into the woven bags Zu Qi gave them and stack the bags at the location where Zu Qi entered and exited the space.
When Zu Qi saw the bulging woven bags that almost filled the grassland, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
He originally planned to carry only 500 kilograms, but now it seemed that so many apples should weigh at least 5,000 kilograms…
Fortunately, the carrying process was relatively simple. Zu Qi chose an open place to enter the space, and from the Three Lucky Treasures’ tribe, he selected five middle-aged men who looked younger and stronger from the tribe and asked them to stand in the middle of the pile of apples with the A Tao and A Shu couple. Then Zu Qi took the seven men together with the woven bags filled with apples all over the ground and returned to the real world.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Tang Yukuan standing beside him with his arms folded, calm and composed. In front of him were three little guys with their mouths wide open in surprise.
“You’re back.” Tang Yukuan raised his eyebrows and cast a meaningful look. He clicked his tongue and said, “You are much better than I was before.”
Zu Qi smiled helplessly: “I just tried, and it worked.”
Thinking that he could really bring these things out at once, Zu Qi felt helpless when he thought that he would have to do it himself in the future when carrying supplies and taking A Tao and A Shu and others in and out of the space.
Since it was necessary to communicate with A Tao and A Shu when rebuilding the orchard, so that they could understand the structure of the orchard, Zu Qi could not avoid Tang Yukuan when entering and exiting every time, so he gradually became less evasive.
But Zu Qi did not dare to tell him about the existence of the jade.
He even considered making the jade into a bracelet, so as to avoid having to quietly take out the jade every time he entered and exited the space.
It was just that this issue would have to be considered in the future. At present, Zu Qi needed to focus all his energy on the maintenance and promotion of the new website.
Speaking of this, Xiao Dengzi introduced a few students who were good at programming. Zu Qi looked at the resumes of those people and found that they met the requirements in all aspects. However, whether they could be hired would depend on the interview results. Zu Qi still handed over the interview task to Tang Yukuan.
At this moment, while Zu Qi was busy moving, Tang Yukuan had already finished interviewing the few students who came over.
Zu Qi then asked Tang Yukuan to help tell A Tao and A Shu and their tribe to put the packed apples into the warehouse. The warehouse was next to the small building where Tang Yukuan usually lived. It was just built last week and was neatly arranged inside. It was filled with makeshift two-meter-high cabinets.
Each cabinet was divided into four layers, and empty plastic boxes were placed on each layer. Each plastic box was piled with a thick layer of cotton wool. A Tao and A Shu led the tribe to put the apples in the woven bags into the plastic boxes next to each other.
Tang Yukuan picked up the apples and weighed them in his hands, then looked at the plastic box and estimated, “One box should be able to hold three hundred apples.”
After saying that, Tang Yukuan turned around and spoke in another language to A Shu, who was working, said a few words, and A Shu responded with a red face. Not long after, he used his weak-looking arms to lift a plastic box containing three hundred apples and stood on tiptoes to place the plastic box on the third level of the cabinet.
Zu Qi was stunned.
“They are indeed different from us.” Tang Yukuan sighed, “Although they are small, in fact, A Shu alone can beat ten of us.”
“…” Zu Qi suddenly felt that when he had visited the Three Lucky Treasures’ home alone, he was simply a punching bag sending himself to the door. Fortunately, these people had good tempers and were all honest and responsible.
“By the way.” Zu Qi said, “How were the interviews?”
“Three people were retained, but the other two were too arrogant. Maybe their abilities were good, but overall they were not suitable for us.” Tang Yukuan said. After leaving the scene to A Tao and A Shu to watch, he led Zu Qi back to the temporary office and handed Zu Qi the resumes of the three people who had successfully interviewed.
Zu Qi glanced at it and put it on the table, then asked: “Did you tell them the general situation of our place and what we will do in the future?”
“Yes.” Tang Yukuan put away the resumes and replied, “I said everything that should be said, and I didn’t say a word that shouldn’t be said.”
Zu Qi nodded.
Then the two people sat at the table to discuss the pricing of the products. Now the only product they were prepared to sell was apples. After discussion, they finally decided to sell them in units, with an apple costing fifty yuan.
As for the efficacy of those apples, Zu Qi explained it to Tang Yukuan when he agreed to join the team. Perhaps because he had lived in space before, Tang Yukuan believed Zu Qi’s words without saying a word.
Then they discussed other things.
For example, the daily maintenance of the website and the operation of the Weibo and WeChat public accounts were left to Tang Yukuan and the three students who were successfully interviewed, while the later publicity was left to Zu Qi, who was working in the entertainment industry.
There were also accounting issues after the transaction on the official website. Zu Qi originally wanted to hire a financial person to come over and settle the accounts but considering that they did not have a formal office here and the source of the products was somewhat shady, he had to give up.
This temporary office was originally a utility room used by Tang Yukuan to pile up waste. After tidying it up, it looked like an office. Unfortunately, it was still far from a regular office.
After much thought, Zu Qi spent money and asked Tang Yukuan to find someone to build a small building next to his with an area of about 200 square meters. It was to be divided into two large offices, two single offices, a bathroom and a tea room would also be added by the way, they could then just renovate this small building that looked dilapidated.
They continued chatting until seven o’clock in the evening, when Zu Qi sent A Tao and A Shu’s group back to the space, and had dinner cooked by Tang Yukuan himself before using the mobile app to book a car and prepare to return to the set.
Before leaving, Zu Qi suddenly remembered something. He sent the home addresses of Liu Jing and Liu Huishan to Tang Yukuan on WeChat.
“Send them a box of apples respectively and remember to put two mushrooms in each box.” Zu Qi said, “Don’t write our address when sending the express. I’m worried that they will come looking for it.”
With the characters of Liu Jing and Liu Huishan, it was very likely that they would do such a thing.
Zu Qi had promised them to send them apples before, and now he just needed the two of them to act as live signboards. As for the gift of mushrooms, it was purely to promote the next product.
A month ago, Zu Qi asked A Tao, A Shu and the Three Lucky Treasures to pick mushrooms in the forest. Picking mushrooms in a huge forest was not easy. As long as Zu Qi had time, he would also go into the space to work. Unfortunately, it took two or three hours to get there, but he only picked a basket of mushrooms.
Unexpectedly, A Tao, A Shu and others only used three days in reality to fill up the grassland with an area of 14 to 5 square meters.
He still had to find time to move all those mushrooms out.
Zu Qi had a headache and felt extremely tired. He took a taxi back to the hotel, took a quick shower and dried his hair before lying on the bed and falling asleep.
At noon the next day, Zu Qi received a WeChat message from Tang Yukuan, saying that Liu Jing and Liu Huishan’s express delivery had been sent out, so Zu Qi conveyed the news to Liu Jing.
As soon as the message was sent, Liu Jing called directly and thanked Zu Qi profusely.
Zu Qi was flattered but couldn’t get in the conversation, so he had to listen quietly to Liu Jing’s words.
After noticing Zu Qi’s silence, Liu Jing belatedly realized that her behavior seemed to be excessive. She apologized and asked Zu Qi how his friend’s business preparations were going.
Zu Qi replied truthfully: “A lot of things are ready. Only the relevant documents are still being processed, which will take time.”
“That’s OK!” Liu Jing said cheerfully, “When everything is ready, just tell me, I will I’ll help you arrange an interview time.”
Zu Qi said with a smile: “No trouble, no trouble.”
Liu Jing knew that she had bothered Zu Qi a lot about those apples before, and she felt a little embarrassed at this time. “I’m sorry for those facts. If there is anything you need help from me and Huishan in the future, please don’t be polite anymore.”
After the greetings, Zu Qi hung up the phone and put this matter behind him for the time being.
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