Chapter 99 Crazy Once

  "Is that Zhou Weichang's fruit supermarket?" Wu Tian asked Zhao Wenjie beside him, his eyes falling on the entrance of a residential area.

  "Yes!" Zhao Wenjie nodded and said, "His girlfriend works during the day and helps out here at night. I heard business is good. You know, Zhou Ge is a honest person, has good relationships with others, never calculates every little thing, so many residents from nearby neighborhoods are willing to come over and buy things, making tens of thousands of yuan in income each month. A few days ago, I met Zhou Ge, he said that once they save up enough for the down payment, they'll buy a house and get married."

  Wu Tian nodded after hearing this and looked at the fruit shop not far away. The first floor of the store was about 80 or 90 square meters in size, with various types of fruits arranged inside. It wasn't even noon yet, but there were already quite a few people in the fruit shop, doing brisk business. After several nearby residents bought their fruits and left, the number of people in the fruit shop decreased somewhat, and Wu Tian finally caught sight of Zhou Weizhong. Two months had passed without them meeting, and Zhou Weizhong, who had originally been somewhat thin, now looked much more robust, with fairer skin and thicker hair. Spending all day smelling fragrances and eating fresh fruits was naturally far better than spending all day cooped up in a lab filled with chemical drugs.

  Wu Tian knew that Zhou Wei Chang had been with his current girlfriend for several years, but they hadn't gotten married yet due to housing issues. In the past when he was at Sheng Tian, he made around 10,000 yuan per month, but in Beijing, this amount of money wasn't enough for daily expenses, let alone buying a house. Now that he's opened a fruit shop, he makes several tens of thousands of yuan per month, and it won't take long to save up for the down payment, so he can finally marry his girlfriend.

  "Let's go find Ye Shanshan!" Wu Tian said.

  "Are you not looking for Brother Zhou anymore?" Zhao Wenjie asked Wu Tian with a dazed expression.

  "Isn't this ordinary and easy life what he has always wanted?" Wu Tian said lightly, "He's doing very well now, we don't need to disturb him."

  "Wu Tian is right, let's go." Luo Hong, who was sitting in the back, echoed after hearing Wu Tian's words. "When he worked in the R&D department before, his girlfriend didn't want him to do this job, and the two of them had a lot of quarrels because of it. They finally made up, and now they're getting married, so let's not disturb them."

  Zhao Wenjie couldn't turn the corner for a while, because in his opinion, following Lao Da to work was the most pleasant thing. Now hearing Luo Hong say so, Zhao Wenjie hesitated for a moment and finally listened to Wu Tian's words and drove away.

  Ten minutes later, the car stopped by the side of the road. Zhao Wenjie lowered the window and shouted at a girl with a backpack who looked like a student, "Shan Shan, here!"

  The girl walked over after hearing Zhao Wenjie's words, saying as she walked, "Zhao Wenjie, aren't you also taking the civil service exam? Not studying is one thing, but why are you running around everywhere all day?" Ye Shanshan was petite with a doll-like face and wore a backpack, looking just like a high school student. However, when speaking, she had an air of superiority and even lectured Zhao Wenjie.

  "Haha, that's because I'm not taking the exam!" Zhao Wenjie said with a smile.

  "Give up?" Ye Shanshan was slightly stunned, then asked, "What's wrong, know you can't pass the exam, so you're giving up and being reckless?"

  "Ye Shanshan, why do you always bully me? Do I have a grudge against you?" Zhao Wenjie said loudly, then stepped aside and pointed inside, "Look who's here!"

  "A new girlfriend? Not interested!" Ye Shanshan said with a pout.

  "Xanxan, aren't you interested in me either?" Wu Tian said loudly to Ye Xanxan who was about to leave.

  "Big Brother Wu?" Ye Shanshan saw him and immediately ran over, excitedly saying, "Are you here to see Shanshan?" When she got closer to the car, she only then noticed that there were people sitting in the back. "Luo Hong Jie, Xiao Yu Jie, you're all here! What's going on...?"

  "Lao Da has become the boss and wants to restart Project A, we all quit and decided to follow Lao Da," said Guan Xiaoyu sitting in the back row. "Xiao Xiao, what about you?"

  "Me? Of course I'll follow Big Brother Wu too." Ye Shanshan said with a matter-of-fact expression.

  "Aren't you going to take the civil service exam?"

  "I'm not going to take the exam, I'm not going to take it. Being a civil servant is so boring! I'm still so young, I don't want to spend my days sitting in an office drinking tea and reading newspapers with nothing to do!" As she spoke, Ye Shanshan opened the car door and pulled Zhao Wenjie out of the driver's seat. "You get out, I'll drive. I want to talk to Wu Da Ge for a bit."

  Zhao Wenjie couldn't overtake Ye Shanshan, so he had to go and sit in the car behind, driven by Feng Dali.

  Feng Dali drove in the front to lead the way, Ye Shanshan drove behind him, and soon they arrived at today's final destination, Liu Xiaofeng's seafood restaurant.

  They parked the car and Wu Tian and his group walked in.

  "Hello sir, how many people?"

  "Ah... many people, need a big suite." Wu Tian said.

  "Alright. Sir, what would you like to eat? These are all the seafood we just transported in this morning, extremely fresh. Lobster, abalone, sea urchin..."

  "Don't be polite, order whatever you want to eat." Wu Tian turned around and said with a smile to the people behind him, "Anyway, we don't have to pay for it. It's a free meal, so let's not waste it. Right?"

  When Wu Tian's words were heard, the other six people all burst out laughing, frightening the waitress so much that she trembled with fear, as if she had encountered a group of robbers.

  Zhao Wenjie and others didn't stand on ceremony, what's expensive, what's not, don't ask for good taste, but ask for the most expensive. Although Zhao Wenjie and Ye Shanshan were just quarreling earlier, as soon as they started eating, they immediately became in the same camp, without mentioning names, stretching out their hands to point at the fish tank, "These, these, and these...!" The waiter was stunned, even forgetting to take notes.

  Wu Tian and others arrived at the private room. When the first dish of steamed hairy crabs was served, Wu Tian pulled a long hair from Ye Shanshan's head next to him, put it on the plate in front of the waiter, and said, "Ah, there is hair, call your deputy manager over. Remember, it's the deputy manager."

  The waiter was stunned when he saw it. Is there still such a tyrannical meal? Thinking of what the people at this table said before, the waiter turned around and left in a hurry.

  After the waiter left, everyone at the table burst out laughing and started eating the hairy crabs.

  "Who's there? Who wants to eat the tyrant's meal?" Not long after, a loud voice came over, and then a young man in his thirties walked in from outside.

  "It's me!" Wu Tian said after hearing it.

  "No, it's us!" Ye Shanshan said with a smile, holding a large hairy crab in her hand.

  Looking at the crowd of people, Liu Xiaofeng was immediately stunned. After a long while, he finally came back to his senses. His face, which had just been fierce and menacing, was now filled with surprise and delight. "Boss, Shanshan, ah, you're all here!" He exclaimed, turning his head to shout at the waitress, "Quickly, let the chef do a good job! These are my brothers and sisters, if it's not done well, I'll deduct their wages."

  "Yes, Mr. Liu!" The waiter quickly left the private room.

  "Did you all hear that?" Guan Xiaoyu looked at everyone at the table and then imitated the waiter's voice, saying "Yes, Manager Liu!"

  "Haha! Liu Xiaofeng, what's swollen on you?" Ye Shanshan asked with a smile.

  "Go, go, go! So many days without seeing each other, and now you're teasing me as soon as we meet." Liu Xiao Feng moved a chair over and sat down beside Wu Tian, asking, "Boss, how did you all come here? Is there something going on?"

  "Guess?" Ye Shan said with a smile. "If you guess correctly, you pay the bill. If not, we'll pack up and you can pay again."

  "You're ruthless!" Liu Xiao Feng said, gritting his teeth. Then, looking at the crowd around the table, he thought for a moment and asked, "Is it true that the big boss is being transferred back to the R&D department, so we can all work together again?"

  "Smart, but you only got half of it right." Wu Tian said, sitting up straight and looking at everyone in the room with a serious expression. "I've gathered all of you here today because I have something very important that requires your help. Perhaps some of you are still unclear, so let me explain again. My friends and I acquired the original Wanqing Pharmaceutical Company, which has now been officially renamed Tianzheng Pharmaceutical Company, and I am the boss. In fact, my goal in buying this pharmaceutical company was not to become its boss. What I really want to do is restart Project A!"

  As soon as Wu Tian mentioned Project A, everyone present became serious, including Zhao Wenjie who usually talks a lot, Liu Xiaofeng who looks laid-back, and Ye Shanshan who is lively and lovely.

  Wu Tian looked around and continued, "I believe everyone here knows the importance of Project A. Once the project is successfully developed, it will not only be a new type of anti-cancer drug, but may even trigger a revolution in the field of cancer treatment. Others may not believe it, but we should know ourselves. Because we have worked together for two years and made some progress, even saw a glimmer of light, found a direction. As long as we continue to move forward, I believe we will definitely succeed."

  "Shengtian didn't value this project, but I do. Shengtian wasn't willing to invest, so all the money, I'll put in myself." Wu Tian said emotionally, "For this project, I'm willing to stake everything I have. In one's lifetime, there must be a time of madness, whether it's for a person, a love, an event, or a dream. Otherwise, when you're old, you'll definitely regret it. Now that the company is established and the equipment is ready, what I lack is all of you. So, I hope you can come back to help me continue our unfinished Project A, let's start anew together and create new history." Wu Tian was generous and passionate, his expression firm, moving every single person present.

  "Boss, I'm in!"

  "I'm in too!"

  "This project is of great significance, and once it succeeds, it will surely shake the whole world. I, Feng, have lived a mediocre life for most of my years, I cannot continue to live in such a muddled way anymore. Alright, if we're going to do this, let's do it big! Consider me one!"

  "Brother Wu, we'll all listen to you, whatever you say, we'll do."

  Everyone decided to join in.

  "But we signed a non-compete agreement, and the ownership of Project A..." Luo Hong looked at Wu Tian with concern.

  A non-compete agreement, also known as a covenant not to compete or a restrictive covenant, is an agreement under which a person agrees not to pursue a similar profession or trade in competition against another party.

  Like Wu Tian and others, they now belong to the latter. After leaving their original unit, they work for a unit that has business competition with their original unit, including creating an enterprise with the same business scope as their original unit. This will lead to lawsuits, with very serious consequences. If it weren't for this agreement, everyone present would not have gone on to engage in other industries.

  Project A was set up by Wu Tian and others during the Shengtian period. According to the agreement, the ownership of this project belongs to Shengtian.

  As soon as Luo Hong's words were heard, the room fell silent instantly.

  "Don't worry about it, I can handle this matter for you." Wu Tian said confidently to everyone present, "If I didn't have the ability, I wouldn't have called you all out here."

  "Is what you're saying true?" asked Luo Hong.

  "Yes!" Wu Tian nodded seriously with a hint of thoughtfulness.

  "Count me in too."

  Everyone present expressed their own opinions, Wu Tian was very excited in his heart. With these people, Project A will not worry about not being able to get it down.

  "For Project A, for us to reunite again, for the future we are about to create, and for this crazy time, cheers!"

  "Cheers!"

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  Thanks for all the brothers and sisters' cooling tips~~! Little Li... is still hot...