Our Rise Era

Chapter 3 Yes! I am his dog!

[In 1882, Mr. Rutherford from France founded a grocery store called [ZY]]

[This is a very small grocery store, but it is full of a wide variety of goods. Toys, magazines, rulers, shuttlecocks... and marbles in glass bottles are placed on the counter. They are sparkling and look like shining stars under the sun...]

[Mr. Rutherford is an extremely meticulous old man. He gets up very early every day and greets the ornaments in the grocery store like an old friend. He then takes a clean handkerchief and carefully and meticulously wipes every inch of their skin...]

[He said that every ornament is a child, and every customer is a relative. He wants to entrust the best, cleanest, and most sincere children to every relative...]

【…】

night.

Gradually it got deeper.

The streets in the distance were empty.

Countless shops have already closed.

In the grocery store, the sound of keyboards is still clacking.

While writing, Zhang Yang looked at the surrounding objects and made up pieces of pseudo-history about [ZY Grocery Store].

After making a general outline, his eyes turned to the [Bamboo Artwork] area.

It was a pile of dusty bamboo artwork.

After thinking for a while, he wrote the following words.

[In addition to running a grocery store, he also makes bamboo artworks. He has an almost neurotic pursuit of his own bamboo artworks. He is almost demanding of his products, proud of his craftsmanship and even conceited. He never gets tired of his work and always pursues perfection...]

After finishing writing, Zhang Yang pushed up his glasses and squinted at the [Parts and Tools Area] next to him.

Immediately afterwards...

In 1906, Mr. Rutherford passed away. Later, his youngest son, Billis, inherited the grocery store. Billis inherited Rutherford's craftsmanship very well. He treated every product with an almost harsh attitude. His spirit infected Mr. Solo, who was making screws next to him. Over the years, Mr. Solo has been struggling with how to make a nut that will never loosen. The small nut kept Mr. Solo awake all night. He tried and tested again and again. After repeated failures, he finally thought of adding a tenon to the nut. He did it as soon as he thought of it, and the result was very successful. He finally made a nut that will never loosen. 】

[Later, Mr. Solo and Mr. [ZY] Bilis reached a cooperation...]

[Later, this collaboration was called the greatest collaboration of the 20th century by countless French people].

【…】

After finishing each story, Zhang Yang carefully checked for typos.

I always feel like something is missing.

After thinking for a moment, he adopted a very rigorous and serious attitude, showing the spirit of craftsmanship.

[Craftsman spirit] is naturally worth reflecting on!
Don’t those public intellectuals all like to reflect?

Okay, let’s reflect on this more deeply!
He smiled and wrote the following words.

【The original intention of the craftsman spirit represented by 【ZY Group】 can be transformed into a spirit that can be passed down from generation to generation and will be remembered by people! 】

After Zhang Yang finished writing, he read it again.

He couldn't help but nodded!

profound!

It's too deep!

Reflect!
Reflection is absolutely in place!
Afterwards, Zhang Yang wrote two articles, "The [ZY] Craftsmanship Spirit from France, Started in 1882" and "The Toilet Water in the French [ZY] Head Office is Drinkable...", all under the pseudonym [Anonymous], and then visited the official websites of "Reader's Digest", "Story Club", "Magic City Story", "Yilin" and other websites, and submitted them one by one.

After doing all this, Zhang Yang stood up, stretched, and looked at the messy grocery store.

Two young men opened a grocery store out of enthusiasm without doing any market research, so they accumulated countless miscellaneous items.

At first it could be sorted out, but later it was piled aside and treated as garbage.

Of course, during the period when the grocery store had just opened, there were some small businesses that gradually came in. Although they didn't make much money, they were enough to make ends meet.

But later, the original owner became jealous of the shopkeepers around him because almost all of them were speculating in stocks, and almost everyone of them was making a fortune. Compared with his own hard-earned income of a few cents or a few dollars, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and dragged Fatty Yuan into the stock market, ready to make a big move!
The temptation of getting rich overnight and becoming successful overnight is so debilitating that both of them became addicted to the ups and downs of the market and couldn't extricate themselves!

At first, the grocery store could be cleaned every day, but gradually it became once every two days, once a week, and later it was not cleaned for even a month, and a strange smell appeared.

Zhang Yang took a brief look, assessed the situation, then picked up the broom and began to clean the grocery store silently.

At present, the grocery store is their [root]. If the [root] is broken, then they will truly have nothing!

anyway!

Do everything step by step!

Falling from a high place is not scary, what is scary is that you lose the confidence to climb up!
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In the early morning of November, it gradually became a little cooler.

After Fatty Yuan came out of the advertising company, he received a call from his father at home.

On the phone, my father scolded Fatty Yuan harshly.

Fatty Yuan listened silently, feeling very uncomfortable, but in the end, he still honestly told the story about his current predicament.

After he finished speaking, the cursing on the other end of the phone became even harsher, with words like "ancestors" and "you're so unlucky" coming out!
A gust of wind blew.

Fatty Yuan felt upset, but he glanced at the advertising company that was operating not far away, finally gritted his teeth, and told his father that he was short of a few hundred yuan, if it was possible...

"what!"

"You want more money?" "Hundreds of thousands!"

"Hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, not just tens of dollars. You've lost so much money in this year! We've even mortgaged our house, what else do you want? You might as well just tear my old bones apart! I have no money, I don't have a penny!"

"Yuan Wang! Don't you understand yet? You are not a businessman at all!"

"Tell Zhang Yang that this store must be sold, and you can take all the money from the store! Don't have any contact with Zhang Yang in the future. You are embarrassed to talk about these things, so I come here to help you. Damn it! If it weren't for that beast Zhang Yang, how could you quit that stable job and start a business! Is starting a business something a family like ours can do? And you are speculating in stocks, do you have the brains to do that!"

"..."

Yuan Wang's eyes turned red at his father's scolding, but he could not refute a word. He just lowered his head and accepted it submissively.

After scolding for more than ten minutes, Yuan Wang's father finally calmed down a little. After a long time, he spoke: "I told you not to play with a fatherless and motherless person like him, but you didn't believe it. I asked you to transfer the property certificate to me, but you insisted on listening to that beast and put it in your name. Okay! Now it's all right! Everything is gone, okay! So, I will come to talk to Zhang Yang tomorrow, and we must not lose a penny of the money we deserve!"

"Dad! I, I...Dad, I want to try again, please don't come over?" After hearing this, Fatty Yuan became anxious.

"What did you try? I gave you hundreds of thousands of dollars to try it, what did you find out?"

"Dad, Brother Zhang also has a share in this store. Brother Zhang has invested money in it. We can't take it all away. This is Brother Zhang's hard work and this store!"

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, you keep calling me Brother Zhang. Haha, I think you are just a dog of Zhang Yang! Zhang Yang told you to eat shit, so you are going to eat shit now?"

"..."

After hearing the scolding on the phone, Yuan Wang's face suddenly turned red.

His arms trembled slightly, but his head lowered lower.

But when he heard his father scolding his grandfather on the phone, he suddenly clenched his fist and roared into the phone: "Yes, I am a dog, I am not worthy of being your son. From childhood to adulthood, every time I was beaten, it was Brother Zhang who came to help me. Where have you been? From childhood to adulthood, have you ever really looked at me straight in the eye? No matter what I do, you scold me. Every time I drink and lose money, you beat me and slap me! Also, that house was left to me by my grandfather. I can mortgage it if I want to, and I can sell it if I want. What's wrong with that? If, if this house is not in my name, I guess you would have used it as collateral to pay off your gambling debts! Don't worry, from now on, I won't ask you for a penny. I used your money before, and I will pay you back by selling blood in the future!"

"Okay, okay! You have backbone! I'll see when you can return it!"

"..."

It's quiet at night.

The phone hangs up.

Fatty Yuan's eyes were already filled with tears, and he was pounding the stone slab with his fists.

Then, he knelt on the ground and suddenly burst into tears.

I don’t know how long she cried before she wiped her tears and walked towards the grocery store.

Looking at Zhang Yang who was working hard to clean the grocery store, Fatty Yuan took a deep breath, forced a smile, and then walked over: "Brother Zhang, the advertising company's matter has been settled, they will be here soon...but, I..."

The fat man's smile gradually froze, and then after looking at Zhang Yang's concerned expression, he suddenly broke down and burst into tears again: "I have no money, I don't have a penny... I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I can't get any money... I have no money, I... I have nothing..."

Zhang Yang was stunned by the scene, then he silently came to Fatty Yuan, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed: "It's okay, you go and have a rest first, I'll figure out the money issue, give me some time..."

"But, Brother Zhang, what can you do? You don't even have a house now, you have nothing, you..."

"It's a small matter. Go and rest first. Everything will be fine tomorrow. Get a good night's sleep and don't be so stressed... We will start over tomorrow. As long as we don't die, we will succeed!"

"But……"

"Go take a rest!"

Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang's almost commanding expression and nodded, but then he glanced at Zhang Yang's grocery store and the broom: "Brother Zhang, I, I can't sleep, I'm stupid, I may not be able to help you with anything, I will help you sweep...we will start again tomorrow..."

After saying that, he went over, picked up the broom and dustpan, and started sweeping with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang looked at Fatty Yuan's obese back, then his eyes became firm, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he lowered his head and silently cleaned the grocery store.

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"Okay, okay, we understand! Mr. Tom..."

"Okay, we will definitely optimize the content of the article to make it more in-depth and educational..."

"Yes, yes, we will definitely promote the good qualities overseas and bring this quality and spirit to China..."

"Mr. Tom, about immigration..."

"Okay, okay, don't worry! I will definitely work hard to run the magazine well..."

"..."

Reader's Digest headquarters.

Three o'clock in the morning.

After Editor-in-Chief Shen Yiming finished the call, he looked out the window excitedly.

After a long time, he calmed down, opened the Reader's Digest website, and started reading online submissions...

Then he saw two articles.

《【ZY】craftsmanship from France, started in 1882! 》

《The toilet water in the French [ZY] head office is drinkable! 》

After reading these two articles, he was stunned at first, and then he pushed his glasses!
These two articles are well written!
It is so educational!
but……

What kind of company is this French [ZY Group]?
Why haven't you heard of it?

(End of this chapter)