As he got closer to Rong Xiaozhen, Ding Nan realized that he was a person who had a double standard for others and himself. For example, if he made the same mistake himself, he would just laugh at himself and let it go. If someone else made the same mistake, it would be fine if he was in a good mood, but if he was in a bad mood, he would definitely scold them loudly regardless of the situation or even shout, regardless of whether they were employees or friends. Therefore, two of the four employees were quickly scolded away. Another example was that they were both partners. He asked Ding Nan to rush to his office in the suburbs from the city before nine o'clock every morning and had to be on duty every day. He had to report to work every day, and then he could not show up for a whole day or even a few days. Ding Nan sometimes wondered if his double standards had anything to do with his dual sexual orientation. Sometimes, she even wanted to viciously ask him how he resolved and balanced his dual sexual orientation to satisfy the curiosity of the voyeur in her heart, as well as the pleasure of him reprimanding her for revenge.
As for the business, although it was in a state of half-chaos and half-paralysis due to the lack of manpower, it was still okay and worthy of the effort. For the sake of money, for the sake of the money that she had already invested and the money that she was about to get, she, who was sensitive, could only endure it. She endured his unreasonable behavior and endured the horror and pain of being squeezed into a photo at the subway station every morning.
It was very strange. The two of them had lived together for so long before they went to graduate school. They should have a deep understanding of each other. Why was his words and actions so strange and puzzling now? Ding Nan thought about it and came up with two explanations. Firstly, their previous relationship did not involve any conflict of interest, and there was still a distance between them. She was not close enough. Secondly, the online shopping industry itself was too easy to trigger people's temper. It made people's hearts never calm down. She knew this very well. This was also the reason why she insisted on giving up this industry and even hated and feared this industry for a long time despite knowing that there were huge profits to be made.
The 100,000 yuan that she had invested had also become a sore spot for her. Part of the money was saved from online shopping a few years ago, and part of it was borrowed from relatives. She was already betting everything on this. It wasn't that she didn't understand Zhang's good intentions. Although he had also suffered before, even to the point of being at the end of his rope, until he struggled on the line of death, wasn't eight years of studying a gamble? However, what he might not understand was that those who had once gambled to win would never forget the gambler's mentality of winning by luck, while those who had never gambled would always be unwilling. They would always have the illusion that it was the closest chance to success given by God. Ding Nan, on the other hand, had both types of mentality, so she would gamble. That large sum of money became a bargaining chip for her to stay and endure in order to recoup her losses or turn over a new leaf. Besides, there was no way out. She understood this very well.
In fact, it was only after a long time, after she had experienced more and hit more walls, that she understood: If you keep holding back, you will leave sooner or later. It's the same for work, relationships, and the world. If it wasn't worth it, then leave; if it was worth staying, then change your mindset. There were some things and some people that she didn't persevere to the end and gave up on leaving. In her heart, she naturally felt that it wasn't worth staying. Then, in this world, what kind of people and things were worth staying and changing? She was confused.
Her cooperation with Rong Xiaozhen did not escape the tragic ending of giving up and leaving. At that time, she blamed Rong Xiaozhen's double standards and irrationality. Many years later, when she looked back at the scene at that time, it was already the time when she was laughing and talking about the past. She thought about Rong Xiaozhen and herself, and couldn't help but smile and sigh. It was just the eagerness and nitpicking of two unqualified cultured people.
On that gray and dark afternoon, Rong Xiaozhen was not around as usual. One of the two remaining employees was on leave, and the new employee had not started work yet. Therefore, Ding Nan and his employee Xiao Li were the only ones taking care of the three stores, Jingdong Mall, Taobao Mall, and Taobao Store. It was the peak shopping time near the end of work, and there was a constant stream of customers asking for advice. During the time when the two of them responded, they were already overwhelmed with orders, packages, and deliveries. It was almost time for the express delivery to pick up the goods, but there were still more than half of the orders that had not been packed. In the midst of the chaos, another express delivery came to return the goods. The two of them did not have time to look at it. Ding Nan took the time to sign his name, leave the refund, and let the courier leave.
After packing up all the orders for the day, Ding Nan remembered to open the refund box and take a look. After opening two layers, he realized that there was only a big shoe box inside a small shoe box. There were no shoes! He had met a buyer of the highest quality. He had kept the shoes, but he had sent an empty box to the express delivery to force the seller to give him a full refund! She had heard of such extreme cases from other sellers before, but she had never encountered them before. After all, this was too lucky. If the seller opened it in front of the courier and rejected it, wouldn't the premium buyer pay the courier fee for nothing? However, the problem was that Ding Nan and the others did not look at it at that time and directly signed for it.
If he didn't see it, then he didn't see it. If he lost it, then he lost it, no matter what the reason was. Many years later, after experiencing more hardships in the mortal world, Ding Nan came to a conclusion: This world was so cold. Regardless of whether you encountered good or bad things, you only needed to look at the results. The process, methods, reasons, and reasons could all be ignored, even if you were unscrupulous. Many times, in the eyes of many people, doing good was not much nobler than doing anything unscrupulous. According to Rong Xiaozhen's subsequent outburst, he knew about this before Ding Nan. It was obvious that he was a more rational person who cared about results, even though he lacked grace and magnanimity.
Rong Xiaozhen came the next morning with a smile on her face. She twirled the car keys in her hand and seemed to be in a good mood. Recently, his new girlfriend who lived in Yan Jiao had been complaining that he had too many chores to do and did not spend enough time with her. She had used the excuse of being pregnant to trick him into spending more time with her and loving her more. Later on, although the fake pregnancy was exposed, he experienced the warmth and importance of a family and spent more and more time there.
Ding Nan saw his happy expression and wanted to tell him about the refund yesterday while he was happy. Due to her guilty conscience, it was inevitable that she was still uneasy when she opened her mouth. She tried her best to calm her tone and said,"I was too busy last night when I was shipping the goods, so I just happened to receive a return. I didn't have time to open it at that time, but when I looked later, I found that there were two empty boxes inside without shoes. It was my negligence. It was deducted from my money.”
The smile on Rong Xiaozhen's face immediately disappeared. She threw the keys in her hand on the table and raised her voice."How busy can he be?"
Xiao Li stood up from her seat and said in a trembling voice,"It was quite busy yesterday. There were a lot of people talking, and the express delivery was about to come to pick up the parcel. Sister Ding and I had to do customer service and make orders to package the goods.”
Rong Xiaozhen ignored Xiao Li's explanation and continued to criticize loudly,""How long will it take to open it? How busy could he be? How busy can he be?"
Ding Nan suppressed the grievance and dissatisfaction in his heart and said,"You and Xiao Chen weren't around yesterday. The two of us were looking after three stores, doing customer service, and making orders. How could we not be busy?”
Rong Xiaozhen looked at the two of them and ordered,""Hurry up and call the customer to ask about the situation!”Then, she entered his office.
Ding Nan was furious. It was as if everyone was like this. After doing something wrong, they would feel guilty and want to make up for it. However, if the other party did not appreciate your apology or explanation and instead threw a tantrum mercilessly, the guilt of the person who did something wrong would disappear. She really wanted to retaliate." I'm not your employee. I'm not here to work for you. Even if I'm an employee, why should I let you scold me in public like this?" We've invested the same amount of money. Why should you be away all day while I have to work every day? Why should I be angry with you when I'm a little careless?”But after thinking about it, she didn't want to shout in front of her employees. She sat down and sent him a message on QQ."Let's end our cooperation here. If we continue, it will hurt our friendship!”
After a while, Rong Xiaozhen replied,""I'm just saying. Don't take it to heart. I'm just curious. Why can't you guys even handle such a small matter?”
Ding Nan was speechless. It seemed that he would never understand why he could not keep her here. She sent a message,"You should reflect on why you can't keep people here." He didn't want to say anything else. That was it. Let's calculate the profits for these few months and split them according to the agreement.”
"Think about it again," Rong Xiaozhen said.”
Ding Nan replied again," I won't consider it. I've been squeezing in the subway every morning. It's so horrible and painful. I can accept it. I'm still suffering from your anger here." This is really a double torture for both the body and the mind. I should leave. If they parted peacefully, they could still be friends.”
Rong replied,"Alright, we'll settle the bill today."”
An hour later, he sent a message: "Discard the discounts from Jingdong, deduct the commission from Taobao, and deduct the staff expenses. If you don't make any money, it's good enough to be even.”
Ding Nan sent it over in surprise." It's about 300,000 yuan a month. I've roughly calculated it. It's at least a third of the profit. How dare you say that you're not making any money?" I know that you will deduct the money. Alright, I don't want to say anymore. Return me the 100,000 yuan I invested and give me a basic salary every month. Don't go too far. We'll still be friends in the future.”
"Alright," Rong replied after a while.
After settling all the aftermath, Ding Nan left.
This time, she had never felt so lost, panicked, and hopeless before. She was like an adult graduate who was about to graduate but had yet to find a job. However, it was even worse. Survival was so urgent. He couldn't go back to the art academy. Could he find a new job? What could he do to balance the rent and the huge expenses of the mother and son? If she were an editor or reporter, would she still have the energy to deal with the task of working overtime at any time? At this age and with a child, she was already a little timid. She lacked the confidence, patience, and courage to fight her way out in the workplace. How difficult! Just thinking about it made her afraid and want to retreat.
However, no matter how difficult it was, how afraid, how timid, he still had to face survival head-on.
She frowned and thought about it, but she couldn't think of anything.
When Lu Bo called her every few days as usual, she picked up the call. The moment she pressed the answer button, she burst into tears.
Lu Bo said over the phone,""Don't cry, don't cry. I've already made arrangements for you.”
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