At noon, there had been a disagreement, and by the afternoon, a crowd of ghostly youths suddenly appeared at the school gates, inevitably drawing the attention of the onlookers, even the school security guards stood up to see exactly what was going on.
Li Shiqi, who was standing next to Zhou Yuwen, felt even more that she had caused the trouble.
"Isn't Jin Ken College a two-year institution? Where did a junior come from?" Zhou Yuwen didn't shake hands, he just coldly asked.
The young man's hand hung in mid-air for a long time before he awkwardly explained to Zhou Yuwen that Jin Ken College actually had a three-year program, but the last year was spent on internships outside.
"Just tell me directly what you're here for."
Zhou Yuwen really didn't want that group of ghostly youths blocking the school entrance; although the university promoted freedom and brotherhood, their presence was too disruptive, and he guessed that after today, Zhou Yuwen would become famous.
The visitor had already gotten the story from the blond girl earlier, and he had even recognized Li Shiqi. He said, "Brother Zhou, I've signed an agreement with the business office. Handling the campus card for Jin Ken area should fall under my agency. Your girlfriend not only ventured into my territory, but she also sold campus cards at a lower price, which frankly seems a bit unfair to me."
Li Shiqi felt that she had brought trouble to Zhou Yuwen and wanted to say something, but before she could speak, Zhou Yuwen said, "Let me see that contract with the business office."
"?"
"Show me the contract. If it states that only you can handle Jin Ken College's cards and nobody else can, I'll refund the money to you. If it doesn't, then it's every man for himself. You failed to retain new customers, what does that have to do with us?"
After Zhou Yuwen finished speaking, Liu Shuo and the others behind him laughed.
The young man who had come to make trouble was also visibly stunned; this was clearly a challenge.
"If not through words, do you want to resolve this through fists, Brother Zhou?"
"What do you mean by 'through words'? And what 'through fists'?"
Zhao Hao, the agent from Jin Ken College, who was already twenty, had brought a large group of friends to bolster his presence, but it was clearly not possible for him to start a fight with Zhou Yuwen right at the school gates.
He said, tonight at eight, at the Shufu Road barbecue stall.
After saying this, he quickly mounted his motorcycle, looked at Zhou Yuwen, and shouted, "Eight o'clock, I'll be waiting for you at the barbecue stall. Show up if you're a man!"
Then, he revved the engine of his motorcycle loudly, humming as he sped away, surely followed by a gang of ghostly youths on their bikes, among whom was the blond girl from noon who, as she left, gave Zhou Yuwen a long, sympathetic look.
After all, he was one of the few men who had confessed to her.
Once these people had left, Li Shiqi undoubtedly felt very guilty again, saying it was all her fault.
"I really didn't know that the agents had territorial divisions, I'm sorry." Tears shimmered in Li Shiqi's eyes.
Zhou Yuwen nonchalantly patted her shoulder and said, "It's nothing, there's actually no territorial division; these people are just putting on airs."
"Maybe I should just refund them the money? I don't want it," Li Shiqi sincerely offered.
Zhou Yuwen said, "So you handled it for 145, and you'd refund 150 per card. You managed thirty people, which means you'd end up paying them 150 more?"
"I," Li Shiqi couldn't possibly afford an extra 150 yuan.
"So let's not worry about this. I'll handle it. You're my person; how could I let you be bullied?"
"Oh~" Liu Shuo and the others started teasing from the side.
Li Shiqi's face immediately reddened.
Zhou Yuwen told her to keep up the good work and not worry about anything else.
"Go help those sisters with their cards," Zhou Yuwen directed her towards the busy ladies at the business office.
It was not until Li Shiqi had left that Zhou Yuwen's smile finally faded.
"Brother Zhou, what should we do tonight?" Liu Shuo asked from beside him.
Back in high school, he was known as the problematic kid. At the school Zhou Yuwen attended, not many were truly involved in the underworld, but Liu Shuo loved to act tough, calling himself the boss at school, and his favorite films and TV shows were all about gangsters like those on The Bund. To be honest, when a group of rowdy youths came to cause trouble just now, Liu Shuo was not only unafraid, but he was even somewhat excited!
What a lad, had he known college was this much fun, he would've come earlier.
Youth is all about fighting!
Of course, Zhou Yuwen didn't want to fight, but they definitely needed to make a scene. The campus card business was a lucrative deal, and without some notoriety, how could they run the business?
"How many people can you bring tonight?" Zhou Yuwen asked Liu Shuo.
"There are fifty people in my class, forty-nine boys, I can bring them all!" Liu Shuo said eagerly.
"Then call them, I'll treat you guys to barbecue tonight."
"Alright! Brother Zhou, my dad gives me four thousand five hundred for living expenses each month. I've spent a thousand since the start of school, so I still have three thousand five hundred left. Here's three thousand, you can use it first!" Liu Shuo didn't hesitate at all as he handed over a stack of money to Zhou Yuwen.
"?" Zhou Yuwen was puzzled.
"For the meal!" Liu Shuo explained directly. Feeding fifty classmates would definitely cost a lot, and Zhou Yuwen surely didn't have as much money as him; but when all of them are brothers, whose money it is doesn't make a difference, right?
Looking at the earnest expression on Liu Shuo's chubby face, Zhou Yuwen couldn't help but laugh. He gave the money back to Liu Shuo and patted his shoulder, "Keep it, how could I take your money?"
Today, a total of two hundred students had signed up for cards, a number that far exceeded the expectations of both Zhou Yuwen and the sales hall, so later on, Zhou Yuwen spoke with the store manager about something, that he needed to advance his commission from today's sign-ups.
Because he needed urgent money for some issues on his end.
The store manager said the money from the cards would need to go through accounting, but he could lend Zhou Yuwen the commission in advance.
Zhou Yuwen agreed that would be fine.
So, two hundred cards at eighty RMB each amounted to sixteen thousand RMB!
Alright, on the second day of his rebirth, he finally had money in hand.
He was busy with the sales hall lady until after six, and then she was picked up by a van.
Liu Shuo also said goodbye to Zhou Yuwen, telling him he was going back to the school to seek assistance.
Zhou Yuwen gave Liu Shuo three thousand RMB, telling him to bring as many people as he could.
Three thousand RMB, considering an average meal cost of fifty per head, could easily bring in sixty people, especially since it was only 2013, when a normal meal per head cost around thirty.
"Done!" With the money in hand, Liu Shuo worked even harder.
As he was leaving, Liu Shuo earnestly said, "Brother Zhou, we didn't interact much in high school, but from now on, I'm following you! You're my big brother!"
"???"
Zhou Yuwen didn't fully grasp what he meant before Liu Shuo left with his friends.
After sending them all off, Zhou Yuwen turned back.
Looking at the graceful and lovely Li Shiqi standing there, he sighed and said, "Come on, let me take you back to school."