When tallying the accounts in the evening, the number exceeded Li Haochen's expectations, reaching over 700, with the branches contributing around 300. In truth, this result was not bad at all.
Of course, it was still a far cry from the more than one thousand or two thousand from the previous few days.
"Today was decent enough. Everyone head back and rest early."
Li Haochen was driving Murong Yanran back to the entrance of Dalong Village when she called out to him to stop.
"What's wrong?"
"Carry me back!" Murong Yanran said, looking at Li Haochen with a cheerful grin.
"Alright."
Murong Yanran, like a mischievous little girl, leaped onto his back, her arms wrapping around Li Haochen's neck and nearly choking him.
"Am I too heavy?"
"Not at all."
"You're lying. I weighed myself this morning, and I gained a pound."
"..."
The distance was very short. Even though Li Haochen deliberately slowed his pace, it only took a few minutes.
"We're here."
"Mmm... go to the village entrance and get the car. Remember to give me a massage later..." she said, walking inside with her hands clasped behind her back.
"I..."
On the other side, Mai Jiaqi, who was still diligently tallying accounts by lamplight, was beaming with pride and flushed with joy, unable to stop smiling.
"Over 1800. In just one day. Hahaha... this is fantastic."
Mai Jiaqi calculated her earnings for the day, which exceeded 2000 yuan, and a strong thought arose in her mind.
"Tomorrow, I'll open my own shop in the neighboring city." She was a highly driven individual. Once she made a decision, she would act on it as quickly as possible. She dared not open it in Binhai, fearing she wouldn't know how she died if Mu Shaoyang found out.
After transferring today's earnings to Mu Shaoyang, she fell asleep contentedly.
Meanwhile, Mu Shaoyang lay on the hotel bed, feeling dejected. He had just arranged to meet a minor celebrity, only to discover he had spent all his money. He could only stare at the ceiling and count sheep.
"Ding~"
Mu Shaoyang clicked on WeChat and saw the earnings transferred by Mai Jiaqi, his excitement surging.
"5000 yuan? That's a lot!" Mu Shaoyang's eyes darted around, and a new idea immediately formed. "I gave her a million yuan a few days ago to open a shop. She should still have a few hundred thousand left. I'll tell her to open two more."
The next morning, as dawn broke, Mai Jiaqi was still dreaming of being a big boss when a frantic phone call abruptly woke her.
Disrupting someone's dreams was like harboring a mortal enemy. She grabbed her phone without looking and blurted out, "Who is so inconsiderate? Don't they know it's morning? I, xxxooo..."
Mu Shaoyang, on the other end of the line, had a dark expression. He cursed into the phone, "Damn it, Mai Jiaqi, say one more word and I'll find people to gang up on you. Get over here now."
Upon hearing this, Mai Jiaqi's sleepiness vanished. Her palms and forehead were covered in a cold sweat. Trembling, she said, "Young Master Yang... I misspoke just now because I was half asleep. Please don't..."
"Stop babbling or I'll beat you. Hurry up and get here."
After hanging up, Mu Shaoyang sneered, "She walked right into my line of fire. I'll deal with her later. I couldn't have fun yesterday, so I'll use her to vent my frustration, and it'll save me some money too."
Mu Shaoyang was usually not stingy with his bed partners, generally paying them. However, he was now penniless and had no other choice. Of course, being cursed at early in the morning also put him in a foul mood. If Mai Jiaqi didn't have some ability to help him make money and could potentially extract some information from Li Yandai, he would have sold her to Japan long ago.
Half an hour later, Mai Jiaqi quickly put on light makeup and rushed to the hotel.
Arriving at the door, she nervously knocked and entered, "Young... Young Master Yang!"
Mu Shaoyang snorted, "Take it off and come here."
Mai Jiaqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly stripped, instantly adopting a seductive and alluring demeanor, and began performing extremely provocative actions.
Mu Shaoyang had been holding back all night. Faced with such temptation, he could no longer resist. He pushed Mai Jiaqi onto the bed and pounced.
A few minutes later, Mu Shaoyang, satisfied, pinched her before lighting a post-coital cigarette.
Mai Jiaqi lay on the bed, looking at Mu Shaoyang's back with utter contempt.
After taking the last puff, Mu Shaoyang turned his head and looked at Mai Jiaqi on the bed, "How much money is left for opening your shop?"
Mai Jiaqi's heart skipped a beat. She cautiously probed, "There's... there's still 500,000."
Mu Shaoyang narrowed his eyes. "Good. You go to Binhai today and see which locations are suitable. Find two places to open two more shops."
"Uh... Okay... Okay!"
Mai Jiaqi got dressed and left the hotel, driving her Beetle towards the city center. "Damn it, this Mu Shaoyang, calling himself the number one young master of Binhai, is so petty about a few hundred thousand. Pfft, my hundreds of thousands..."
It had to be said that Mai Jiaqi had a good business acumen. The two shop locations she had her eye on were not in the bustling commercial centers, but they had very high foot traffic. Within a few kilometers, there were several vocational schools and a college.
Mai Jiaqi, wearing sunglasses and exuding the air of a domineering CEO's secretary, leveraged Mu Shaoyang's reputation to assert her authority. And surprisingly, it worked. She secured the first shop for 180,000 yuan.
This time, she didn't try to haggle. In fact, she even added an extra 20,000 yuan. In her opinion, since Mu Shaoyang was keeping an eye on her meager funds, and she wasn't getting any benefit herself, she might as well do him a favor. Perhaps it would be beneficial later.
After completing the paperwork, she headed straight to another shop about a kilometer away. This time, things weren't so smooth; the shop owner was a difficult character.
"I don't know any 'Young Master Mu' or 'Young Master Yang.' What does it have to do with me? If you don't leave, I'll hit you with a broom."
Mai Jiaqi was so startled that her face turned ashen. She quickly fled. As she left, she couldn't resist saying, "If you have the guts, just wait."
"Damn it, do I have the guts? Come and try me."
Mai Jiaqi was startled by the shop owner who rushed out. She stumbled, nearly landing in a face-first sprawl.
"Hahaha, walk slower, or I'll whip you!" He chuckled lewdly as he watched Mai Jiaqi retreat in disarray. "Not bad, this little lady is quite spirited, hehe!"
Mai Jiaqi ran all the way back to her car and locked the doors before letting out a sigh of relief. "Damn perverted man, I'll make you kneel and sing 'Conquer.'"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Mai Jiaqi immediately switched to a pitiful tone and recounted what had happened to Mu Shaoyang. And indeed, Mu Shaoyang's efficiency was impressive. Less than half an hour later, he replied to her call, "It's done. You go and receive it. I've already notified the renovation company. You'll just need to handle the renovation payments and purchase equipment, hire staff, and try to open as soon as possible."
After hanging up, Mai Jiaqi once again looked down on Mu Shaoyang. "Damn, you stingy beggar. You wanted to get some small benefit, but you got nothing."
When she returned to the previous shop, things were different. She immediately started yelling at the shop owner, scolding him for a full ten minutes without a pause, like a machine gun firing rapidly.
After completing the handover procedures, she still wasn't satisfied and continued to curse for a while before leaving triumphantly.