Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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In fact, both the original owner and Zu Qi had very few works in the industry. The original owner debuted less than two years ago. Even with some soy sauce roles, the total number of movies and TV series he appeared in was no more than five.
As for Zu Qi… there was only one film “Palace Wall”, and it had not even been released yet.
Despite this, the traffic of the original owner and Zu Qi was close to that of the popular niche, and for a period of time they could even compete with the popular Heng Jingchen, just because they both had topical physiques.
In the past, negative news about the original owner appeared on the hot search list again and again, which made his presence felt in front of netizens. Now, Zu Qi’s name had appeared on the hot search list more times than the original owner. In such circumstances, it would be difficult for netizens to forget him.
Coupled with Mr. Wang and Duan Kai’s intentional or unintentional push behind the scenes, many investors and directors had extended an olive branch to Zu Qi. Among them, two investors specified that they wanted Zu Qi to play the male lead because they liked his black and red physique.
There were not many scripts, so Mr. Wang briefly screened them and selected a few that he thought were good and gave them to Zu Qi to peruse.
“Don’t be in a hurry to give me an answer. Just take it back, look it over, discuss it with Duan Kai for a while, and let Duan Kai contact those people.” Mr. Wang said.
Zu Qi thanked him, picked up the scripts and looked them over briefly, then said goodbye to Mr. Wang and prepared to leave.
Originally, Duan Kai and Xiao Dengzi planned to follow Zu Qi, but when they were about to stand up, they were stopped by Mr. Wang, saying that they had other work to handle, so Duan Kai and Xiao Dengzi had to sit back down.
Seeing this, Zu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and declined Mr. Wang’s suggestion to have the driver take him home. After being fully armed from head to toe, he walked along the road for a few blocks before reaching out to stop a taxi.
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Suburbs.
When Zu Qi came to the orchard, Tang Yukuan was dragging a bamboo basket to pick apples in the forest.
They had planted an apple tree, and now it was harvest time. Just looking at the plump and red apples hanging on the branches, Zu Qi always felt that something was wrong.
He walked to the tree, picked an apple, and smelled a refreshing fragrance when he leaned close to it.
“Apples can actually bear fruit in this day.” Zu Qi said inexplicably.
Tang Yukuan had noticed Zu Qi’s arrival long ago. While he was busy cutting apples with scissors, he glanced at Zu Qi from the corner of his eye and said angrily: “Primary school students all know that autumn is the season of harvest, and spring is the time for sowing.”
Zu Qi put the apple into the bamboo basket, held the script in one hand, and put the other hand casually in his pocket, wrapped up like a bear.
“It’s spring now.” Zu Qi said. Logically speaking, it was not the time for apples to bear fruit yet.
“It’s spring now.” Tang Yukuan replied. He seemed to have finished cutting, so he threw the scissors into the bamboo basket, dragged the basket towards the warehouse, and winked at Zu Qi, “You come with me.”
Zu Qi followed Tang Yukuan to the warehouse and was surprised to find that the plastic baskets in the warehouse were full of apples.
But he hadn’t been here for half a month, and the last time he came here was to settle accounts with Tang Yukuan. The apples they transported from the space were sold out within half a month.
After that, Zu Qi and Tang Yukuan had been resting.
Seeing this situation, Zu Qi’s first reaction was that Tang Yukuan could enter the space?
After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. If Tang Yukuan could enter and leave the space freely, he wouldn’t have to work hard picking apples in the orchard alone – the people from the Three Lucky Treasures’ village were not only strong but also very diligent, making them very reliable helpers.
“This is the leftover apple from the earlier sale.” Tang Yukuan took an apple from one of the plastic baskets and handed it to Zu Qi. He also took an apple from the bamboo basket he just dragged in and handed it to Zu Qi. “Look at the differences between the apples I just picked from the fruit tree.”
Zu Qi put the script on the table next to him, holding an apple in each hand.
He lowered his head and smelled it. They all had the same fragrance. He wiped it with a wet tissue and took a bite each. Even the taste was exactly the same.
Zu Qi finally realized something was wrong. He looked at Tang Yukuan who was filled with pride in his eyes and brows, and asked in surprise: “How did you do it?”
Tang Yukuan stopped being shy and said with a smile: “Do you still remember me asking A Tao and A Shu to bring some buckets of river water from their world a few months ago?”
“Could it be…”
“Yes.” Tang Yukuan nodded, “I have been using that river water to water the fruit trees from time to time. I originally wanted to try it with a skeptical attitude to see if it had any effect, but I didn’t expect that after watering, the trees never produced fruit. I thought I was overthinking, but I didn’t expect that three days ago in the morning, I went to the orchard as usual. But when I checked, I found that the fruit trees were full of fruit overnight.”
The river water must have played a role.
So Tang Yukuan immediately called Zu Qi excitedly and asked him to come over in time.
If he only listened to Tang Yukuan’s words, Zu Qi might not completely believe him, but the facts were right in front of him. He saw Tang Yukuan picking apples from the fruit tree with his own eyes and also tasted the apples…
“It’s just that I don’t know if these apples have the same miraculous effects,” Zu Qi said.
“Just find some people to give it a try.” Tang Yukuan’s mind was very flexible and he came up with a good idea in an instant. “I will hold a lottery event on the official blog. The prize is a box of apples. All winners must be give their feedback within a week.”
Zu Qi nodded: “This method is good.”
Then Tang Yukuan led Zu Qi back to the newly built office. Due to limited funds, they did not intend to take the high-end route, so the overall decoration style of the office was all about simplicity.
Except that Tang Yukuan’s personal office was very luxurious…
Zu Qi stood in front of Tang Yukuan’s office and stared at the leopard-print carpet on the floor for a long time. Then he raised his head and looked around and then he was deeply shocked by the strong aura of the nouveau riche exuding from the office.
“Are you sure this is your office?”
“What? Doesn’t it look like my office?” Tang Yukuan sat down on the swivel chair, crossed his legs, took out a cigarette from somewhere, and put it in his mouth casually.
As he spoke, the cigarette twitched.
Zu Qi was silent for a while, then suddenly walked over with a serious look on his face, patted Tang Yukuan’s shoulder with sincerity and said, “Son, we are fruit farmers, and we don’t belong to the underworld.”
Hearing this, Tang Yukuan burst into laughter, and then he actually fumbled out a drawer and took out a pair of sunglasses that could cover half of his face. He then raised the bridge of his nose and exuded the aura of a second-rate person.
“Do you think I look like a gangster?” Tang Yukuan asked with a playful smile.
Zu Qi said speechlessly: “If you go out for a walk looking like this, you can scare the children on the street to tears.”
Coupled with this office full of leopard prints and wealthy gold, Zu Qi thought for a moment that the money owed to Tang Yukuan was not repaid, so he was caught in this trap.
“That’s not right…” Tang Yukuan touched his nose awkwardly, sat up in a hurry, took out his mobile phone and took a picture of his face with the black screen, “Heng Jingchen said I look so handsome like this.”
Zu Qi: “…”
He wanted to say that it was just because Heng Jingchen was afraid of Tang Yukuan’s fierce appearance, but after thinking about it, he still didn’t say this.
As long as the child was happy…
Then the two of them chatted about work in this office that was full of underworld atmosphere and summarized their goals and plans for the new year. Both of them exuded a simple and down-to-earth atmosphere. This smell of fruit farmers was incompatible with this office.
Tang Yukuan was an expressive person, and after a while he started tapping the keyboard frantically, sorting out the discussions between him and Zu Qi clearly.
Although there were many things in the space that could make them rich, Zu Qi and Tang Yukuan agreed that they should first understand the functions of the river.
If they could get fruits that were exactly the same as those in space by just using the river water, then they wouldn’t have to work so hard to carry materials out of space, which was laborious and time-consuming.
As for the newly launched online sales channel, both Zu Qi and Tang Yukuan planned to hand over this route to the three students who worked part-time here and let them find warehouses and packaging personnel on their own. They would receive regular orders from them every month and just send the goods there.
Unfortunately, they didn’t know if those three students were willing or had time. Tang Yukuan still needed to communicate with them.
If they could hand over the online sales part by the way, then they could concentrate on developing offline sales.
Zu Qi had always believed that there were too many customers who bought apples on the official website. Even big customers like Liu Jing, Liu Huishan and Bai Guangjian could only buy twenty boxes at a time. This amount was not small, but far from reaching the standard Zu Qi wanted.
Packing and sending express delivery also required manpower and time. The method of small profits but quick turnover was obviously not suitable for the two polished commanders Zu Qi and Tang Yukuan.
As long as they could find a large-volume buyer, even if they sold all the apples in the warehouse at a lower price, they could still reap considerable profits. After all, the labor and time costs saved were immeasurable.
As soon as Zu Qi told Tang Yukuan his idea, he heard Tang Yukuan say with a smile that he had made an appointment with the owner of a supermarket chain to come over to discuss cooperation.
Hearing this, Zu Qi was stunned: “When?”
Tang Yukuan glanced at the clock on the wall and tapped his fingertips twice on the table: “He should be here soon.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Yukuan’s cell phone next to the computer rang suddenly. He picked up the phone and described the route from the gate to the office in a few words.
Zu Qi listened in silence to Tang Yukuan’s call. Suddenly, he remembered the scene when he and Heng Jingchen were lost in the orchard when they first arrived, and he suddenly felt sympathy for the person on the other side of the phone.
About half an hour later, a fat middle-aged man and two tall and thin assistants went through all the trouble to find their office. When they opened the door, they saw Tang Yukuan sitting behind the desk wearing sunglasses and holding a cigarette.
The three of them were stunned and took a few steps back involuntarily.
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