Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 45: I just got off the plane. Can the school use Euros?

Xia Wei didn't actually want to go, because she could clearly sense that Uncle Zhou's relatives didn't like her at all.

But she didn't understand why her mother insisted on sticking to her.

Her mother told her that this was basic etiquette.

But what are the rules of etiquette for this?

Xia Wei couldn't resist her mother's insistence and was forcibly dragged over.

At this point, Zhou Guowei's uncles and aunts were clearly a bit drunk. They took Zhou Guowei's hand and said a few heartfelt words under the table.

They said that Ziyang has grown up now and is being raised so well.

You absolutely must get him back.

"No matter what, Ziyang is still your son. How can you let him live with his mother?"

"Exactly, look at the muddleheaded life you've lived these past few years."

These uncles and elders may not have a higher social status than Zhou Guowei, but they are older than him, so Zhou Guowei could only listen. However, Zhou Guowei felt helpless about these words and said: "I want it, but the problem is that I can't get it back."

The uncles slammed their fists on the table, exclaiming, "How come we can't get it back?"

"You're a grown man, what are you afraid of!"

"If a woman doesn't listen to you, just pin her down!"

"that is!"

A group of grown men were sitting here looking quite carefree, Zhou Guowei thought to himself, "You make it sound so easy, but it's not your face that's getting scratched."

"Guowei, let me tell you something from the heart."

The elder lit a cigarette and said, "As the old saying goes, new clothes are worse than old ones, and old friends are worse than new ones. Ziyang's mother is your original wife. You two will be buried together in the future. No matter how good you are to her now, when she gets old, her children will take her to live with her father. If you do this, you'll be lonely for the rest of your life when you get old."

Zhou Guowei hadn't thought of this before. After being reminded by his elders, Zhou Guowei nodded and said, "Yes, you're right."

Then I poured him a glass of wine.

At this moment, Xu Qing arrived uninvited with Xia Wei, smiling and saying, "Everyone's drinking."

When the crowd saw Xu Qing, out of respect for Zhou Guowei, they didn't treat her too badly. Except for a few who were doing well, who might say a few sarcastic things to Xu Qing, Xu Qing was the kind of woman who always accepted whatever came her way. As long as people didn't say it explicitly, she would pretend not to understand, toast them several times, introduce Xia Wei to them, and ask them to take good care of her in the future.

Everyone was drinking with their heads down, and didn't say anything.

Under her mother's direction, Xia Wei did drink a few glasses of wine, but she really couldn't stand the atmosphere.

Taking advantage of a break in her mother's speech, she said she needed to use the restroom and hurriedly left.

"Hey, this child has no manners at all." Xu Qing said unhappily as she watched Xia Wei leave, then turned back to be polite to the group of people again.

Zhou Ziyang didn't actually go to the restroom; he went outside the hotel to make a phone call.

Ask Li Jianhong if he still needs people.

"We're short! We're really short, little brother. Do you have anyone else?" Li Jianhong asked quickly, understanding the implication in Zhou Ziyang's words.

With the start of the new school year, many students are getting new equipment, such as mobile phones and computers, which Li Jianhong's factory manufactures.

However, it's definitely not just one factory that's short-staffed. I heard from the head office that factories in Kunshan and Jinling are also short-staffed.

If Zhou Ziyang has connections, their company is willing to take over the entire operation; however, the factory in Sucheng is not large enough to accommodate everyone. They will have to settle in Jinling.

If Zhou Ziyang agrees, then we'll take as many as we can.

After understanding the situation, Zhou Ziyang said, "Then we'll arrange for three hundred people to go there for now."

"What, brother? Three hundred people? You're a lifesaver!" Li Jianhong was very happy. If everyone were as straightforward in business as Zhou Ziyang, their factories would have already spread all over the place.

Zhou Ziyang hung up the phone and then called Li Dongfeng again.

He said: It can be arranged, but two hundred people need to be assigned to the factory in Jinling.

“I was thinking that since you’re going to study in Nanjing anyway in two months, why don’t you take a few students who are studying in Nanjing with you this time? You don’t need to work in the factory anymore. Find a few reliable people to take care of them. I’ll pay you 6,000 yuan a month, and the others 4,000.”

"Brother, this is too much! You're basically making me take money for nothing!"

"It's not that bad. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to build such a large business. Now that things are going, try to recruit as many people as possible. The pay will remain the same, five hundred yuan per person. Then you can ask your friends to recruit more people. They can develop their own downlines, and you'll give each of them three hundred yuan."

"Okay! Brother, I'll go right now!"

Li Dongfeng was very pleased with himself. He didn't know when he had started calling Zhou Ziyang "brother".

But this "brother" felt particularly reassuring, and he felt a great sense of accomplishment being by Zhou Ziyang's side. He had transformed from a rural boy with poor grades and a poor family background who could only work away from home into a popular figure in the factory who was fawned over by many people.

All of this was given to him by Zhou Ziyang. He had to be Zhou Ziyang's loyal supporter.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ziyang turned around and found Xia Wei standing behind him.

This startled Zhou Ziyang, who asked her when she arrived.

Xia Wei looked at Zhou Ziyang coldly and asked, "Everything has gone as you wished. Aren't you very proud of yourself?"

Zhou Ziyang said, "I don't understand what you're saying."

"Humph."

Xia Wei sneered and said, "You've never liked me from beginning to end."

"You've been using me all along, making me turn against my mother, all to achieve your own goals!"

As Xia Wei spoke, her eyes reddened again.

She said she had thought everything through and that she would help her mother.

She will definitely make Zhou Ziyang regret it.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziyang sighed and said, "It seems you still don't understand me."

"If I truly had no feelings for you, why would I have studied so hard in such a short period of time?"

Before leaving, Zhou Ziyang said this.

"?" Xia Wei was taken aback. Thinking about it, the logic didn't seem to make sense anymore.

"Wait a minute! What do you mean?"

Xia Wei wanted to chase after him to get to the bottom of things, but Zhou Ziyang had already left.

Lively occasions are not suitable for Zhou Ziyang.

The uncles and elders at the table wanted to have a few more drinks with Zhou Ziyang, but Zhou Ziyang came up to Zhou Guowei and whispered that he had something to do and had to leave first.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Guowei looked troubled and asked, "Can't we stay a little longer? We're almost done."

Zhou Guowei was sitting down, while Zhou Ziyang stood beside him, bending down to pat his father's shoulder affectionately, and said, "There really is something."

"Dad, I'm leaving now."

They observed all the proper etiquette, but there was a strange lack of intimacy between them.

This caused Zhou Guowei to feel a sense of loss.

But no matter how disappointed he was, he could never make up for the ten years he hadn't spent with her.

And so began my last summer vacation of high school.

Zhou Ziyang remembers that summer. That year, because he failed the college entrance examination, Zhou Ziyang felt hopeless about his future. He wanted to work hard, but he didn't know how.

And so, every day I thought about working hard, accompanied by the sounds of cicadas and birds, and the camphor tree outside my window.

The fingers on the keyboard never stopped.

He plays video games and reads novels.

To be honest, during the summer vacation before his senior year of high school, Zhou Ziyang played video games all the time, but he wasn't happy.

Playing games feels like a conditioned reflex; my mind is completely numb.

He was wondering what to do next.
And so, his summer vacation after his senior year of high school passed. He spent the entire summer playing games, constantly thinking about this question, but ultimately he had no answer.

Oh right, in my previous life, besides playing games and reading novels, I also joined freshman groups during summer vacation.

It's a group chat for freshmen at an ordinary second-tier university, full of upperclasswomen flirting and upperclassmen showing off.

The younger students, who are about to enter university, were not to be outdone, each displaying their unique talents like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.

In this life, Zhou Ziyang joined the freshman group of Jinling University.

Zhou Ziyang thought to himself, "This is the group of freshmen at this prestigious university."

There are always differences, right?
Indeed, it is different.

As soon as I joined, someone posted a picture of a wallet, which was full of blue banknotes.

And don't forget to add:
"I just returned from Europe. Can I use Euros directly at my school?"

(End of this chapter)