BPLW Chapter Thirty-Three

33. Limited Edition Photos and New Goals

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Shen Ran then remembered that last time he asked his eldest brother to help test the wine he brought back from the theater.

He wanted to know if his guess was wrong, although judging from Qiao Qiyun’s reaction, he spiked the wine indeed.

But he still needs a piece of evidence to confirm his suspicion.

So Shen Ran asked for leave with his friends and went to Min Shenjue’s[footnote]Raw 闵申珏( mǐnshēnjué), I guess this might be typo as SR’s brother’s name is Shen Jue, not Min Shenjue..[/footnote] villa.

Shen Jue and Ruan Letian, who had just confirmed their relationship, lived together, but Shen Ran noticed that they were not in the same room. It seemed that both of them were quite restrained.

Shen Jue wore comfortable home clothes and tidied Ruan Letian’s hair.

Shen Ran was accidentally stuffed with a mouthful of dog food, and for a moment he didn’t know whether to envy or send him a blessing.

He stepped forward and covered his teeth, saying, “It’s so sour, very, very sour!”

Ruan Letian was even more embarrassed and said: “RanRan, you are here? I just looked at the test results of the things you gave to your elder brother. It’s not that it’s harmful, but you’ll get drunk after drinking it, because it’s a very high concentration of alcohol, but it won’t do any harm to your health. ”

Shen Ran understood, he nodded and said, “Okay, thank you, sister-in-law[footnote]Raw 哥嫂(gē sǎo). There’s no specifics translation for these combine words but it basically means sister in law… bcoz RL is male, SR added 哥 before 嫂. Moreover, bcoz the setting of this world is male that have physique that can have children, maybe that’s why SR address RL as 哥嫂.[/footnote], I understand.”

Shen Jue asked again: “Last time you said that one of your friends had something spiked in their wine. Which friend was it?”

Seeing the suspicion in Shen Jue’s eyes, Shen Ran knew that he must be worried about him.

Shen Ran pretended to be very relaxed and said: “He is my college roommate. He is from the acting department. He has been auditioning recently! You know, this circle is very dangerous, he almost met a pervert last time. The other party still refused to admit that something had been added to the wine, so he asked me to check it out. Oh, I almost forgot. He said he wanted me to ask you for an autograph. Brother, can you give him a to autograph? ”

Shen Jue was very surprised because Shen Ran had few friends and Ruan Letian was the only one.

As for other people who were close to him, they were either disliked by Shen Ran, or they hated Shen Ran.

Others just want to flatter the Shen family and please Shen Ran, but Shen Ran despises them and doesn’t want to make friends with them.

This was the first time he said he had a friend other than Ruan Letian, and Shen Jue was quite happy.

So Shen Jue said happily: “Of course it’s no problem. I’ll give him a limited edition photo album! It shouldn’t be available on the market now. I still have a few copies here. You can give them to your friends.”

Shen Ran said happily: “That’s great. Yangyang will be very happy if he knows about it.”

Shen Jue said: “Brother will take you two to eat hot pot at noon?”

Shen Ran wanted to go, but when he thought about his newly started business, as well as the relationship between Ruan Letian and his eldest brother that had just begun, he refused.

In the afternoon, he planned going with Xiao Xu to discuss business. This was his first time discussing business, and he felt a little unsure.

Seeing that his little brother was so considerate of his brother, Shen Jue stopped being modest. He put his hand on Ruan Letian’s shoulder and said, “If you don’t go, I’m going to take your sister-in-law with me? Later don’t blame brother for being partial?”

Shen Ran pouted and said, “I don’t want to be a light bulb, and I don’t want to eat your dog food! Brother, hurry up and marry Xiaotian! You are thirty years old now, and if Xiaotian gives me a nephew, you can be considered to have a child in your old age.”

Ruan letian: ……

Shen Jue: ……

Shen Jue touched his stubble, turned to look at Ruan Letian, and asked, “Is brother old already?”

Ruan Letian said sincerely: “Brother is not old at all, you are very young!”

Shen Jue smiled, kissed Ruan Letian on the lips, and said, “Really?”

Shen Ran: ? ? ? Goodbye! ! !

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Shen Jue stopped him and turned to the servant and said, “Go and let the young master to take the remaining wine back.”

Shen Ran raised his head and asked, “Huh? What wine?”

Shen Jue smiled and said, “You gave your brother all Min Xingchuan’s collected wine. Isn’t he angry?”

Shen Ran scratched his head and said sheepishly: “He looks a little unhappy, but he told me not to take it to heart about the marital property.”

Shen Jue looked surprised and said, “Can’t tell ah? Min Xingchuan is such a stingy person, but he is so generous this time?”

Shen Ran was also surprised, but it was reasonable. After all, Min Xingchuan had been extremely kind to Shen Ran except for close contact.

Having said that, Shen Jue still asked Shen Ran to take the remaining unopened wine back.

He also gave him a limited edition photo and signed it ‘to’[footnote]This is in the raw. For your reference, here’s the raw full context: 并塞给他一本限量写真，还很用心的签下了ｔｏ签.[/footnote] with great care.

He really wanted Shen Ran to make more friends worth making, and he also hoped that he wouldn’t just focus on Min Xingchuan.

But in the end, everything will be compromised as long as he was happy. Shen Jue has been accustomed to pampering him unconditionally since childhood, and Shen Jue was reluctant to made him unhappy even a little bit.

Shen Ran waved at his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and said: “You two go and have a nice date! You must be happy ya, brother and sister-in-law!”

Shen Jue waved helplessly and said, “Remember to come to brother’s place often.”

Shen Ran responded and got into the car.

Watching Shen Ran’s car go further and further away, Ruan Letian said thoughtfully: “I think Ran Ran has been a little different recently.”

Shen Jue said: “Oh? What’s different?”

Ruan Letian said: “You are his brother, and you are asking me?”

Shen Jue smiled and said: “Ah Ran was so well-behaved and sensible when he was a child. It was only after he entered puberty and fell in love with Min Xingchuan that he became more and more overbearing and unreasonable.”

Ruan Letian said: “Femme fatale[footnote]Raw 红颜祸水(Hóngyán huòshuǐ); Beauty is a disaster , or a disaster , which refers to treating women as the cause of major disasters such as loss of reputation, money, status, and family for men, or even war, and the destruction of the country. “Beauty is a curse” is always beautiful and talented, but the ending is often tragic; either as a warning to future generations, or just as a sigh. RL means this as a sigh, as MX is not female(though he was described as good looking), maybe that’s why RL said that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[/footnote] ah!”

Shen Jue looked at him and asked, “Oh? Really?”

Ruan Letian was at a loss for words, then Shen Jue hold him, pressing him against the door and kissing him.

In the afternoon, Shen Ran returned to Xin Ran Technology and happened to see the finance senior sister Qi Xiaoyang mentioned coming over for an interview.

The senior sister has a six-point appearance, a nine-point figure, and a ten-point temperament!

As soon as she opened her mouth, Shen Ran could tell that she was a caring elder sister with a very high EQ.

Big sister wore a light purple dress and introduced herself to Shen Ran: “Hello, Mr. Shen. My name is Zou Hui, and I major in financial management.”

Shen Ran immediately shook hands with her and said, “Oh, Yang Yang told me, hello, Senior Sister Zou. Has Yang Yang told you about the situation? Our place is a bit simple and crude, but I promise, it won’t always simple and crude.”

Zou Hui said with a smile: “Yang Yang told me that he started a company with Mr. Shen, however you made the first pot of gold in the first month. He said that your mind and management ability are particularly strong, and he has praised you to the sky[footnote]Raw 天上有地下无(Tiānshàng yǒu dìxià wú) is just an expression that shares the same meaning with 天上少有，地下无双(Tiānshàng shǎo yǒu, dìxià wúshuāng); Rare in heaven, unparalleled in the earth. [/footnote]. I had heard about Mr. Shen’s heroic deeds in school before. I guess you must be a very charismatic person! When I saw you today, it was different from what I imagined. I didn’t expect Mr. Shen to be such a handsome young man.”

Shen Ran was a little embarrassed by the praise and said: “Yang Yang likes to exaggerate, but it is true that I made the first pot of gold. If senior sister has no objections, why don’t you work here first? In terms of salary… They all have a base salary of 3,000 plus commission, but finance does not require overtime work. They have a fixed salary of 3,500 plus a 500 performance bonus. What do you think, senior sister?”

Zou Hui said with some surprise: “So many? Mr. Shen is so generous!”

Shen Ran smiled and said: “It’s almost the same as the salary during the internship outside. After three months, if our performance is a little better, we will also increase the salary for the senior sister.”

Zou Hui happily stayed and began to learn the Su Code system with the help of Qi Xiaoyang.

The Su Code system comes with its own financial software, which was very easy to use and can automatically settle wages. After only two hours of learning, Zou Hui realized that this system was really great and user-friendly.

Such a huge system would probably require a huge development team and would take a long time to complete.

However, she didn’t know that this system was provided by Shen Ran’s system.

In the afternoon, Shen Ran finally had the opportunity to hold a meeting with his friends.

He added Zou Hui’s name to the Finance Department in the Su Code system and gave her the title of Head of Finance department.

The seemingly silly prompt was repeated on each terminal. Shen Ran ignored the feeling of shame and said to everyone: “First of all, let us welcome Senior Sister Zou Hui to join our big family.”

As the applause rang out, Shen Ran said again: “Today is the 1st, let’s do the monthly results first. Last month, the total revenue of our platform was 197,867 yuan and 50 cents, and there are whole numbers and fractions, in short, it is a very gratifying result.”

Everyone had very excited expressions on their faces, and even Zou Hui was a little shocked.

For a small start-up company, it made nearly 200,000 yuan in revenue in the first month, which was truly remarkable.

Yet Shen Ran’s next words shocked everyone: “Then, let’s set our goals for the next three months. Because our first three-month goal was completed in one month, so the new goals for the second quarter were set slightly more. ”

Chi Haoyu pushed up his glasses and asked tentatively: “One…one million?”

Qi Xiaoyang shook his head and said: “Since it is a bit more, it must be more than one million, it must be three million!”

Zou Hui didn’t dare to speak, she just felt that everyone’s tone here was louder than the other.

Shen Ran smiled and stretched out a finger.

Chi Haoyu nodded evidently and said, “One million is a safer bet.”

Qi Xiaoyang also nodded and said: “That’s right, take it step by step, you can’t be impatient for success.”

Zou Hui took a notebook to take notes. The first company looked a bit awesome, at least she’s going to eat this big pie.

But Shen Ran cleared his throat and said to everyone: “Um… is ten million.”

Zou Hui, who was taking notes, snapped the tip of her pen, and the pie she had just drawn fell to the ground.

She raised her head and looked at Shen Ran, she thought, although you are handsome, you can’t be so unrealistic. Who gave you the courage to dream of 10 million after earning 200,000?

Chi Haoyu’s face turned red from holding in, and he didn’t say a word.

Qi Xiaoyang asked tentatively: “Um…Mr. Shen, isn’t the goal of 10 million too much for us at the moment?”

Shen Ran thought, it was not just a little too much, but a lot, a lot, a lot more, okay?

But what can I do?

I am also very helpless ah!

The system is so shameless, so I can only bite the bullet.

Shen Ran cleared his throat and said: “Well…actually, if I’m not sure, I won’t boast about such a success. What I’m going to say next is the plan we want to try. I wonder if you ever heard of live streaming[footnote]In case you don’t know(bcoz I don’t, I thought Live streaming and live broadcast is same) 直播带货(Zhíbò dài huò); Live streaming, means that the live broadcast entertainment industry brings products at the same time as the live broadcast, also known as the good product recommendation officer.[/footnote]?”

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what Shen Ran was talking about.

Shen Ran snapped his fingers and said, “Just use our live broadcast platform to do some promotion and sell things.”

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Zou Hui haven’t even eat the pie yet~lol

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