novelraw Chapter 276 : Guo Shuai_s Path
Chapter 276 : Guo Shuai_s Path
Chapter 276: Guo Shuai's Path
The next day, Chen Fan didn't accompany Su Ruochu and put down the company's affairs. He specifically accompanied Guo Shuai for a day.
Guo Shuai himself gave up on the relationship with his girlfriend. He couldn't continue his college career either. Chen Fan thought about finding a suitable path for Guo Shuai.
In the morning, they strolled through the Starry Sky and First Encounter internet cafes, then went to the studio managed by Luo Wenjie and Zhou Honghai.
At the studio, Guo Shuai was quite interested in the game hacks for a few games.
Unfortunately, after being locked up for a year, many games were too unfamiliar for him.
At noon, they called Luo Wenjie and Zhou Honghai and had a casual meal. In the afternoon, Chen Fan took Guo Shuai to the Medal Club.
By then, the Medal Club had already closed down.
Most of the employees no longer worked there either. From a distance, it looked empty and desolate.
A demolition notice had been posted on the main entrance, and all the buildings on the entire street had been marked with a large "demolish" character.
Taking advantage of no one around, they climbed over the wall and led Guo Shuai to explore the club.
Chen Fan introduced the club's facilities, then briefly talked about the recent grievances with the Zhao family and how he had cunningly made Zhao Longqi suffer a huge loss.
Listening to this, Guo Shuai was stunned, and when he heard that the Zhao family had lost over 26 million, he was dumbfounded and applauded Chen Fan's brilliance.
"This club will be demolished soon, but don't worry, I'll choose a new location and open an even better club next."
"It will be bigger than this one, with more facilities. I plan to make the club a high-end members-only establishment, no longer accepting regular customers, only members."
Chen Fan briefly described the outline of the future club to Guo Shuai, then smiled and asked, "How's that? My club has potential, doesn't it?"
Guo Shuai, with a cigarette in his mouth, gave a thumbs up.
"Awesome."
"Brother Chen, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed that in less than two years, you've made such a big splash."
"It's really... how did you manage to do it?"
Chen Fan smiled, "30% ability, 70% luck, I guess."
"Let's go. I'll take you to one more place."
Chen Fan took Guo Shuai to visit Feifan Technology.
By the time they left Feifan Technology, it was almost dark.
The two took a taxi back to the hotel, and after dinner, Chen Fan finally brought up the key point.
"Today you've seen it all. Although I'm not some big shot, I can still help you get set up if you want."
"Tell me, which one are you interested in?"
Guo Shuai had a smile on his face as he put down his glass, seeming to ponder.
To be honest, Chen Fan felt that the two internet cafes were the most suitable for Guo Shuai.
The work wasn't busy, didn't require much technical skill, and he could play games during his spare time, perfect for Guo Shuai.
If Guo Shuai agreed, Chen Fan wouldn't mind handing over the management of both cafes to this brother.
Even if Guo Shuai lacked ability, with Chen Fan's help, he wouldn't live too poorly for the rest of his life.
However, to Chen Fan's surprise, Guo Shuai seemed to have his own ideas.
"Brother Chen, this glass is to thank you first."
Guo Shuai refilled his glass, then raised it.
"To be honest, being able to make a good friend like you in this life, I feel it was worth it."
"You've treated me better than my own family. I'm truly grateful to you. However..."
Guo Shuai looked at Chen Fan, "However, I don't want to work for now."
Seeing Chen Fan dazed, Guo Shuai smiled and explained.
"It's like this, I've just been released, and everything feels so unfamiliar. I need to go back home and see my parents first, then carefully observe this society. After being out of the loop for a year, I feel the changes around me are too big..."
"After that, I'll consider what exactly I want to do. Of course, I still hope to do something on my own."
Although he said that, he was actually refusing Chen Fan's invitation.
Chen Fan looked at Guo Shuai, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
Guo Shuai smiled, "I appreciate your concern for me, I have no doubt that even if I can't do anything, you would absolutely not let me starve. But..."
"Compared to this job, I value our friendship more."
Guo Shuai spoke very sincerely.
"So I'll try to figure out what to do on my own first. If it really doesn't work out, I'll come find you."
"Don't worry. I'm not the kind of person who cares about face. If I really reach a desperate situation, I will definitely shamelessly come to you."
Chen Fan smiled and clinked glasses with Guo Shuai.
After Guo Shuai said all that, Chen Fan understood his thoughts.
Working for Chen Fan would be good, but then Guo Shuai would become his employee.
The two would add the roles of boss and employee to their relationship, and their interactions might not remain as pure in the future.
So Guo Shuai chose to preserve their friendship and declined Chen Fan's invitation.
"Alright, I respect your choice. But... it's best if you stay in Yunhai. I'll be developing here for a very long time, and if you're here too, we can keep in touch."
Guo Shuai smiled.
"You don't need to tell me, I was going to stay in Yunhai anyway. With a big boss like you, I'd have to be an idiot to go back home to develop."
"When are you going back home?"
"Tomorrow, I guess."
"Not going to hang around for a couple more days?"
"Heh, the sooner I go, the sooner I can come back."
"Alright. Then I wish you a smooth journey."
The next day, Guo Shuai set off alone on the road back to his hometown.
Chen Fan then received a call from Ding Dian and hurried to the studio alone.
As soon as they met, Ding Dian handed him a document.
"The specific demolition compensation terms have been released. According to the explanation here, for your plot of land... you'll get a huge, huge sum of money."
Ding Dian seemed excited.
"You've struck it rich."
Chen Fan briefly looked through the document's contents and estimated in his mind.
Based on these terms, for the club's land alone, he could get at least 300 to 400 million yuan in compensation.
And this was 2002, that sum of money was an astronomical figure.
Seeing Chen Fan remain calm, Ding Dian couldn't help but speak up, "You don't seem excited at all."
"I remember you bought this land not even a year ago. In the blink of an eye, it's increased so many times over. This is way better than winning the lottery."
"In just a year, you've pocketed a few hundred million yuan out of nowhere. Aren't you happy?"
"Who says I'm not happy?" Chen Fan glanced at Ding Dian. "I'm very happy."
"Yeah, right. I don't see it."
Although it wasn't her earning that much money, Ding Dian was still quite emotionally stirred.
"Hey, when you bought this land before, did you ever think something like this would happen?"
Chen Fan shook his head decisively, "Of course not."
"If I had known the west city would undergo demolition and reconstruction back then, I would have bought up the entire street."
Ding Dian shook her head, feeling that Chen Fan couldn't have known about this in advance.
Moreover, Chen Fan bought the land a year ago, when there was no news about the west city demolition yet.
Perhaps it was just luck combined with coincidence.
Only this luck... was really too great.
"By the way, this morning the west city demolition team contacted us proactively. They said our plot is the largest in the first batch of demolition projects..."
"The compensation is too huge, so they asked if we're interested in exchanging it for something else."
Chen Fan was stunned, "Exchanging? What do they want to exchange it for?"
"Land."