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On Yongcheng University's pedestrian street, Gu Qingqing, standing at the street corner and looking around, felt a bit irritated.
"How annoying, this man has no manners at all, he's already more than 10 minutes late."
If this were the first time, she definitely wouldn't be willing to cooperate.
Making someone wait this long on such a cold day, isn't that just messing with people?
Gu Qingqing is a freshman at Yongcheng University's School of Foreign Languages, from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, the Yiwu famous worldwide for its small commodities market.
She usually performs averagely at school and is quite low-key.
However, her family background is actually quite affluent, due to their land being expropriated during the construction of the small commodities market.
A tremendous fortune thus fell upon the Gu family.
Perhaps due to the Yiwu people's genes, the Gu family members, who suddenly became rich, were not swayed by the unexpected wealth.
Instead, they focused more on cultivating the next generation, and their demands on Gu Qingqing were even stricter.
As is well known, Zhejiang Province has only two universities: Zhejiang University and all other universities.
However, this is mostly a jest.
Students who can get into Yongcheng University, especially those from provinces and cities outside of Yongcheng, generally have excellent academic records.
Yongcheng University may not be widely known nationwide, but its strength is considerable, with its biggest strength being its financial power.
With the blessing of financial power, the faculty is naturally excellent, and most enterprises in Yongcheng highly recognize degrees from Yongcheng University, making the employment environment favorable.
In short, Yongcheng University, like the city itself, is low-key yet respectable, a university with extremely high cost-effectiveness.
As a freshman, Gu Qingqing's family usually managed her quite strictly, but university students also have spending needs.
On one occasion, a senior student from her hometown introduced Gu Qingqing to a part-time job.
It was a clothing model job for a women's clothing Taobao store, the kind that doesn't require showing her face.
The senior student was responsible for doing part-time graphic design for the same Taobao store.
The women's clothing store was very legitimate, and the clothes were proper foreign trade apparel.
Gu Qingqing, at 168 cm tall and weighing 106 pounds, also fit the image of a model, so they hit it off immediately.
What made Gu Qingqing even more reassured was that the store owner paid promptly: 200 yuan per day of shooting, settled on the same day.
Today was already the third shoot.
After waiting for about another five minutes, the boss finally arrived.
"Sorry, I was delayed by something,"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile.
"It's fine, I didn't wait long,"
Gu Qingqing said with a forced smile.
For the 200 yuan salary, she endured it.
The other person was the financier, so being a little late was nothing.
"I'm really sorry to delay your New Year's Day, but these winter items need to be put on sale quickly, which is why we're rushing."
"It's alright. Since you're in a hurry, let's quickly get in the car to avoid delaying the shoot,"
Gu Qingqing said softly.
"Alright, let's go. But no need to squeeze onto the bus today, let's head to the parking lot."
Gu Qingqing looked at Tan Jincheng in surprise and said,
"Oh? Boss Tan drove here? You can drive?"
According to the senior student, Boss Tan was only less than two years older than herself.
She didn't expect him to already have a driver's license; that's quite impressive.
"Let's go,"
Tan Jincheng said without explaining.
"Oh, okay."
Gu Qingqing followed Boss Tan to the parking lot, and saw Boss Tan walking towards a brand new Volkswagen car.
"Is opening a Taobao store that profitable?"
Gu Qingqing's large eyes were filled with doubt.
Yiwu people, who could exchange chicken feathers for sugar, have an innate gene for doing business.
This car was clearly brand new.
Although she didn't know the model, a Volkswagen would surely cost over 100,000 yuan.
Upon seeing the Volkswagen, Gu Qingqing's first reaction was not envy, but business opportunity.
According to the senior student, the store hadn't been open for more than a few months, yet the boss had bought a car so quickly.
Either the Taobao store was very profitable, or Boss Tan's family was wealthy.
If he earned it himself, she'd have to find a way to inquire about it, then trick some money out of her parents to open her own store.
That way, she wouldn't have to secretly work to earn pocket money.
"Get in the car, what are you waiting for?"
"Oh, okay."
Immediately after, Gu Qingqing hesitated and said,
"Um, Boss Tan, should I sit in the front or the back?"
She had heard her parents discuss that sitting in the back when riding in the boss's car was a bit impolite, but sitting in the front passenger seat might be too presumptuous.
"Wherever you like, sit wherever you want,"
Tan Jincheng said indifferently.
It's a company car, where do all these rules come from?
After a moment of hesitation, Gu Qingqing decided to sit in the front passenger seat.
This young boss was cool; he said it didn't matter, but if she really sat in the back, who knew what he would think?
What's more, she also wanted to sound him out.
Tan Jincheng glanced at Gu Qingqing in the passenger seat, said nothing, and started the car.
What he was thinking internally was that this girl had some knowledge, knowing the difference between the front and back seats.
Today's shoot was for two styles of down jackets.
The shooting content wasn't actually complicated.
The location was a photo studio about a 15-minute drive from Yongcheng University.
During the 15-minute drive, although Gu Qingqing was keen to inquire, she never found an opportunity.
After arriving at the studio, Gu Qingqing went to change clothes, while Tan Jincheng communicated the desired effects to the photographer.
After several shoots, Tan Jincheng had basically mastered these procedures and could clearly articulate the specific effects he wanted to achieve.
In the past three months, from import-export business to his Taobao store, Tan Jincheng had encountered many niche industries, such as customs brokers, merchandisers, designers, graphic artists, photographers, and models.
And also the machine operators in the OEM factories.
Different professions presented entirely different work aspects, which greatly opened Tan Jincheng's eyes.
In summary, professions with unique advantages or skills are quite popular these days, and earning money is often easier and less strenuous.
For example, sewing machine operators, though they seemingly earn a fair amount, their work is extremely monotonous and quite arduous, with little room for career advancement.
In the future, with changes in the foreign trade industry and declining profits in the apparel sector, these people will often be the first to be eliminated.
In comparison, other professions, whether through initial capital accumulation or career transition, are superior to the lowest-tier machine operators.
Yet, ironically, the industry's most important carrier, "clothing," is produced by these lowest-tier workers.
Just as during a clothing shoot, models who need to cooperate with the photographer to strike various poses and actions only receive 200 yuan a day, while Tan Jincheng has to pay the photographer 300 yuan a day, and this doesn't even include venue fees.
Those adorned in fine silks are not the silkworm breeders.
However, today's shoot content was simple, with only two outfits, which could be finished in one day.
Tan Jincheng sat beside the photo studio, casually crossing his legs, watching Gu Qingqing being directed by the photographer to strike various poses.
Gu Qingqing, 168 cm tall, with beautiful black hair tied in a small ponytail, wore a white long down jacket paired with sky-blue jeans, perfectly showcasing her figure.
Her youthful and radiant face, coupled with her graceful figure, made her exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
(End of chapter)
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