MTL - Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?-Chapter 48

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the central air conditioner continued to blow cold air, and some people were still wiping the sweat from their foreheads with paper towels.

The meeting room echoed with the experts' heated debates. Huo Zhendong sat in the chief seat and listened intently, while the secretary took shorthand notes.

Huo Ran sat on the other side of him, bowing his head to write something in his notebook from time to time.

Like Huo Zhendong, he was wearing a high-end custom suit, with a stern expression, as if he was thinking about a big problem of several hundred million.

And under the dark coffee-colored thick table, he raised his legs calmly, and then suddenly remembered the article "Attention, this sitting posture is not good!" Tao Zhiyue casually forwarded to him last night! ", I had to consciously put down my legs.

Another day of sitting in a conference room until your **** tingles.

Starting from the suggestion he provided to Huo Zhendong last time, after repeated discussions, the development direction of Huo's TOD project has changed a lot.

Therefore, everyone is very busy these days, and Huo Zhendong stays in the office until late at night every day, and he can't find a suitable opportunity to talk about relationship issues with Huo Zhendong.

But Huo Ran, who is in love for the first time, is full of happiness every day and wants to share it. Originally, Fa Xiao, who had the best relationship, can’t be said, and other friends who don’t have a deep relationship are boring to talk about. Huo Sihan, who has been victimized repeatedly, has already threatened to block him.

His father was not poisoned.

Huo Ran sneaked a glance at Huo Zhendong, feeling itchy.

Huo Zhendong, who was observing everyone's expressions, received his gaze, turned slightly sideways, and said in a low voice, "Do you have any thoughts?"

So Huo Ran also quietly approached, and said seriously: "I feel that I have started to go off track again. It is better to determine the first batch of cities to be landed, and then discuss the details."

When many people are discussing one thing at the same time, it is easy to have such a situation. People with different professional backgrounds will grab an undetermined thing and keep discussing possible pros and cons. From this, it will continue to expand, and finally I found that I was lonely after talking for a long time, and this thing might not appear in the plan at all.

Huo Zhendong pondered for a while, and found a gap to insert the topic: "Now there are two main ideas, go all the way up and invest in big cities with high returns, or take down small and medium-sized cities with relatively small influence. Now the data is almost collected, Choose a path first."

Seeing that the two factions were about to start a lengthy disagreement, Huo Ran quickly flipped through the things he had written in the past few days, and spoke first.

"Everyone, since our main consideration in business purposes is brand building and influence, I would like to provide an idea from the perspective of young people."

His expression is very serious: "The basic object of TOD service is the residents of this city, but what really makes it famous and has great influence are tourists from all over the country and even all over the world."

"Now the main force of the tourist group is also the group of tourists who have the right to speak on the Internet. They are young people. I think we should start from their most common interests."

"In addition to the local scenic spots that cannot be simply reproduced, I think the two most important attractions are food and shopping. Among them, the threshold of food is lower. Several tourist cities that have become famous in recent years are basically based on their unique characteristics. Food as a selling point.”

“It is conceivable to imagine such a scene, short-distance trips on weekends and even weekday nights, at the subway station or even the airport station where you arrive, you can directly complete the one-stop food experience and shopping in the TOD complex. The unique style of the city is reflected in this miniature metropolitan area It will also be reflected in it.”

"In this way, they can come and go, and they can enjoy the most attractive scenery of the city in their eyes in just a few hours. It can turn cross-city and cross-provincial travel into a daily behavior, and the repeat visit rate will increase significantly. The resulting topic and influence will increase exponentially.”

"I think if we start from such a vision, we should prioritize whether the city has a sustainable tourist attraction, rather than whether it is large, medium or small."

After his words fell, the meeting room was silent for a while, and soon a heated discussion along this direction arose.

Huo Zhendong gave him a surprised look.

Today's meeting had begun to bear fruit. After the meeting was over, Mr. Huo left behind Mr. Huo who was eager to get off work.

After everyone else had left, Huo Zhendong took a sip of tea, and cut straight to the point: "Tell me, has something happened to you recently?"

Huo Ran removed the standard president expression, loosened his tie, and asked in surprise, "Is it so obvious?"

"You haven't been interested in my business since you were a child, and you didn't want to study business in college. After graduation, you came back on time after playing for a year. It actually surprised me."

Huo Zhendong's tone was very calm: "I thought you were going to wander around for a few years, and you had no choice but to come back under my oppression."

"That's why I didn't ask you to get in touch with specific company affairs right away. Start with dealing with people first, and gradually cultivate your interest, so as to save you from throwing a lot of things over and you just quit."

Huo Ran said with a guilty conscience: "How can there be such an exaggeration... And you can't blame me. If you are not interested, you are not interested. This is nature."

"That strange telescope?" Huo Zhendong rarely joked with him.

"Of course not." Huo Ran immediately denied, "It's really not possible to blame the genetic mutation."

On Huo Ran's fifth birthday, Huo Zhendong, whose career had begun to take shape at that time, originally planned to buy him a set of enlightenment children's books about financial management as a birthday gift, so as to cultivate financial quotient from an early age.

As a result, a large meteor shower fell suddenly that day, and Huo Zhendong, who was sitting in the car heading to the shopping mall and busy making business calls, saw it in a blink of an eye.

The meteor that fell unexpectedly dragged its long tail across the sky, and it was so brilliant that passers-by on the road raised their heads and stopped, staring deeply at the night sky lit by the light.

Huo Zhendong rolled down the car window, forgot to say anything for a while, and let the voice of hello come from the phone.

In the end, he hesitated for a while in front of the book counter in the mall, then walked away silently, and bought a high-precision astronomical telescope for Huo Ran.

Ever since he received the gift that night, Huo Ran has been attracted by the romantic and magnificent starry sky, and pestered the housekeeper to take him to find a good place to watch the stars when he had nothing to do.

When he grows up a bit, he starts clamoring to travel around the world every day, and has no interest in Huo Zhendong's business that is making money every day.

Before Huo Ran returned home after traveling around the world, almost no one knew that he was Huo Zhendong's son except the friends he had known since childhood. Even his college roommates thought he was just from a good family background.

With him, an elder brother who has completely deviated from the road of being a rich second generation, his younger sister Huo Sihan is even more imitative, and she doesn't look like a young lady at all.

"But I'm still curious. If you bought me a book that day as planned, what would I be like now?"

Huo Ran couldn't help feeling a little emotional: "Will I become that kind of business-minded workaholic?"

"There is no if." Huo Zhendong shook his head, "There are countless branching paths on every road, and where you go is both fate and chance."

Speaking of this, Huo Ran felt that this was a good opportunity.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Dad, in fact, I have recently embarked on a path that may appear a bit special to outsiders..."

Huo Zhendong suddenly became a little nervous, his back straightened: "Tell me, I can bear it."

"...Don't show that expression of being ready to kill relatives at any time." Huo Ran said anxiously, "I just made a boyfriend, it's not that serious."

Huo Zhendong was startled, and looked straight at him.

Huo Ran pondered his expression, couldn't help but picked up the cup to drink water again, preparing for the coming storm.

After a moment of silence, Huo Zhendong said: "Is it a serious conversation partner? Or is it like Xiao Jin?"

"It's serious! It's definitely different from him!" Huo Ran rushed to answer, "Speaking of him... why don't you find a chance to talk to Uncle Jin? Advise him to stop messing around, life like that is so boring. "

Huo Zhendong nodded: "Oh, I see."

Huo Ran waited for him to continue talking, but Huo Zhendong stopped just like that, staring down at the leaves floating with the clear tea in the cup, wondering what he was thinking.

"Dad, were you too shocked, so you didn't react for a while?"

Huo Ran's heart was still hanging high, so he had no choice but to find something to say: "You can tell me what you think, don't hold back, just express your temper. I am still very strong and can bear it..."

In his nagging, Huo Zhendong said abruptly: "You have become very attentive in coming to the company recently, is it because of him?"

"Ah? Probably." Huo Ran scratched his head, "I didn't think about it that way, but you said that, it seems that there is a reason..."

As he said that, he analyzed on his own: "Actually, I can't say that I have no interest in your business at all. Maybe it's because I always thought that you have done a good job in this, and I probably can't surpass you, so I subconsciously It doesn't feel like anything to do with me."

"I don't know why now, but I suddenly feel motivated. But he works really hard, and I must have been infected, so you are right, it is for him."

In addition to concluding his speech, Huo Ran didn't forget to give money to the object.

Huo Zhendong looked at his expression, his eyes gradually showed infinite nostalgia.

"You are very similar to me more than 20 years ago, but luckier than me. At that time, life was too hard. Even helping me mend a piece of clothes, your mother had to keep an eye on how much thread was left, let alone live Children, I am afraid of hurting you."

"Later, I quit my job in the factory and went into business. I started as a street stall, and when I counted the money every day, I was just like you now, so excited that my hair almost stood on end."

"It's a pity that I took a path that was said to be a miracle, but I also took a more important path wrong. You have to learn from me."

In Huo Zhendong's low voice, Huo Ran felt as if his heart had been lightly bumped.

"Have you visited your mother recently?" Huo Zhendong asked.

"I went there the night before, and she gained a little weight again. She looked healthy, but she actually said that I was fat."

Huo Ran calmed down, and laughed as he recalled: "I told her about this too, and she was surprised for a long time, saying that she thought I would always be single. I wanted to tell you a few days ago, but you were too busy No chance was found."

"That's good."

Huo Zhendong also showed a little smile, pulling the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

"It's almost time. If you want to get off work, go back quickly."

"I don't interfere in your private affairs, I believe you know what you are doing."

"I should have believed that sooner," he concluded.

It took Huo Ran a long time to realize that this was Huo Zhendong's apology for the old past.

He stood up and was about to leave. Before turning around, he thought for a while and reached out to shake Huo Zhendong's hand.

"Thank you, Dad." His voice was sincere. "See you tomorrow."

Huo Zhendong sat where he was, watched him leave, nodded slightly, and responded: "See you tomorrow."