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Chapter 48: Liveliness and Decisions

Because the meeting was held for a long time, Du Qiu rushed home after 7:30. When he got home, Du Chunhua and Lin Jinyan had already had dinner and sat on the coffee table to play flying chess. He knew that his mother had taught him to concentrate when doing things since he was a child, so he did not disturb Lin Jinyan, who was shaking dice with a serious face, walked into the kitchen and served the meal.

Du Chunhua only made a few vegetarian dishes such as stir-fried vegetables and home-cooked tofu, but Du Qiu enjoyed it. On the one hand, he ate too much fish and meat during the Spring Festival, which made him feel like greasy meat dishes. On the other hand, most of his cooking skills were taught by his mother. The two tasted similarly and felt that they were salty and light and suitable, which was very suitable.

Just after the wolf finished eating, Lin Jinyan also played a flying chess game over there, happily turned on the TV and prepared to watch the videotape of "Sky War". This is one of Du Qiu's favorite cartoons when he was a child. He watched them no less than 20 times and revisited them several times in college. When the familiar opening song sounded, he clenched his fists as a microphone, posed a classic position of Michael Jackson, took out his voice that he shouted in KTV before traveling through time, and sang a few sentences with the original singer.

The opening song of "Sky War" "Soul of Light" is a classic work in RB animation music in the 1990s. It has a strong rhythm and a catchy lyrics. Although Du Qiu's movements are funny and sings are also ridiculous, he attracted Lin Jinyan after only a few sentences. He climbed down from the sofa, ran to the balcony and took out a plastic toy dumbbell, held it with both hands, and stood as Shura King Yiping's demon-subduing pestle, standing in the middle of the living room, jumping around, and singing around.

"Keep-on-shooting! Shooting! Jieqiu て, Keep-on-shooting-your-soul!"

After the song ended, Du Qiu was still not satisfied, so he walked to the video recorder and pressed the rewind button, saying, "Jinyan, can we sing it again?"

"Okay, but you have to wait." Lin Jinyan stepped aside his legs, ran into the utility room like the wind, carried out the wooden sword hanging on the wall, and ordered: "Uncle, you are my good friend to be the Yasha King, but it became bad later, but don't worry, I will wake you up, and after waking up, you will become a good person."

"You two are really demons dancing!" Du Chunhua stood beside him with a teacup and said with a smile: "My brother, Jinyan can't speak Japanese. You can teach him a few words first, otherwise you will just be yelling."

"Let's learn the English words in the middle first, they are simple and easy to sing."

"It's OK."

I don’t know if it’s because I often read "Sky War" or if it’s really suitable for children to learn languages. Du Qiu only taught for a few minutes, and Lin Jinyan learned the pronunciation of several English words in the lyrics. Although the meaning of the words is not clear, it seems to be singing. The two of them tossed and rewind, sang "Soul of Light" five or six times, and then they were stopped by Du Chunhua and said, “Sing it tomorrow, otherwise you both will have hoarse voices.”

After Lin Jinyan focused on watching the cartoon, Du Qiu talked about the investment in the notepad business. Du Chunhua had no objection to the investment, but had some doubts about resigning and said, "Although being a teacher in the Youth Palace is not high, it is very leisurely. I can take care of Jinyan while working. Your company has just opened now, so there must be a lot of things. It's busy, so what should Jinyan do? He is only 5 years old now, and he can't leave it alone at home and accompany the TV."

No wonder in that time and space before traveling through time, my mother resigned in 2002...

Because I graduated from elementary school that year, I could learn to take care of myself...

"Jinyan is in the kindergarten during the day and is cared for by the teacher. He is only at home at night." Du Qiu returned to the bedroom, took out a Yuncheng City transportation and tourism map from his backpack, and took it back to the living room with the five design drawings, and said, "Sister, if the company wants to grow, we must not continue to stay in the small red building in Yunda. We plan to choose a new office location in the past few days, look..."

He pointed to several red circles on the map and introduced: "This is the office building Wenxiu saw a few days ago. Among them, Huashan Road and Zhujiang Road are very close to home. It only takes four or five stops to take the bus. You can go home within five minutes by driving. It is very convenient to get to and from work. Moreover, I do the design. I don't need to go to work in the company every day, nor do I need to go to and from get off work on time. I can still work at home, and there is no problem in picking up and taking care of Jinyan."

"Didn't you confirm your office location yet? The other side of Taishan Road is quite far away."

"This week is a big weekend, and we won't go to work tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Everyone plans to go out for a group visit in the past two days, and then decide on the final office location." Du Qiu folded the map and said, "I have something else to do. You can go on my behalf and make a decision. Wenxiu and the others admire you very much and will not object to your choice."

"I'm that great?"

"I'm very awesome. You are my sister, of course you're even more awesome."

"Shameless!"

After Du Chunhua laughed and scolded, she picked up the five design drawings and looked at them. She was an expert. Although the first four seal scripts, clerical script, regular script and running script looked exquisite and beautiful, they were full of craftsmanship, without personality, and had no artistic value, so she didn't take them to heart. Until she saw the last one, she asked with some surprise: "Can the computer also type the Kangxi dictionary text?"

The "Kangxi Dictionary" is the dictionary dictionary that collected the most characters, circulated the most widely and influenced in ancient China. It is still a valuable reference book until modern times. It was published in the Qing Dynasty. It was printed in woodcuts and engravings. Because it was a political achievement project chosen by the emperor, it brought together the top carving masters in China at that time. The font was fresh and beautiful, with obvious traces of handmade, and it is very different from the modern industrial printing style, with ancient style and charm, and is highly recognizable. This font was designed in 2010. After its release, it was widely popular and popular all over the country. It can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and even became a negative example of abuse.

"Scan the text on the Kangxi Dictionary, and then use special software to process it and print it." Du Qiu explained vaguely and said, "Sister, computers can do almost any job. In addition to the Kangxi Dictionary, there are Song Dynasty or Ming Dynasty editions, and even the fonts of ancient calligraphers, such as "Lanting Xu" or "Duobao Pagoda Stele", which can also be made and designed into modern industrial products. In addition to notepads, they can also be used in other fields such as clothes, magazines, and print advertising. I have no time to do this in the future. Your calligraphy is better than me and knows more. It is very suitable for this."

Du Chunhuaya loved Chinese classical culture and was very moved when she heard this, but she still did not nod. Instead, she asked: "You don't go to such an important matter of company location selection, what are you busy with?"

"Didn't I write a few articles before the Spring Festival and post them on the Internet? After reading it, foreigners think I am a talent." Du Qiu boasted again, and then smiled and broke the news: "Sister, your brother is a hot item now. Several American companies want me to work. The maximum annual salary is $200,000, which is equivalent to RMB, and you can get a salary of 140,000 a month."

"How many?!"

"140,000 yuan a month, 1.69 million yuan a year, and the equity rewards and bonuses are calculated separately."

Du Chunhua pursed his lips and stared at Du Qiu like he was looking at a monster. Seeing that his expression was normal and not as fake, he patted his forehead a few times with his palm and ordered: "What article did you write? Take it to me and take a look."

There is nothing to hide from the articles I have written. Du Qiu put a printed manuscript directly in the study room, so he took it out. When Du Chunhua read it, he reacted like Su Wenxiu. He knew every word, but he didn't know what it meant. He had to give it back to him and asked, "What kind of company is it all in the United States?"

“Netscape, Red-Hat, PKware…”

Du Chunhua made a pause gesture, patted his forehead with his palm, and said, "It's all in English, I haven't heard of a single one. Which one is giving you $200,000?"

"It's PKware, they do compression software. The last time I posted these articles, I also posted a compression program online. They may think it's well written and want to incorporate me."

"A program will give you such a high salary?"

"The salary level in the United States is much higher than that in China, and 200,000 US dollars is not much more than a year." In order to let his mother understand the salary level of the software industry, Du Qiu mentioned the data before traveling through time and said: "PKware's product is called PKZIP. Each set costs $29. You can sell tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of copies every year, and the money is more."

"How much does that program cost?"

"I don't have money for free." Du Qiu saw his mother's expression and was confused, so he explained with an analogy: "Sister, making software is the same as doing notepads. The competition is fierce. You need to sell everywhere or spend a lot of money to advertise, and then someone buys it. I am in China and cannot sell it at home and have no money to advertise, so it's better to send it out for free and make a shoutout, and charge it when you get famous and write a new program."

This explanation made sense. Du Chunhua smiled and patted his shoulder and praised: "Brother, you are such a business genius! No wonder our dad said that it would be better for someone to kidnap you than to keep you at home."

During the Spring Festival, Du Qiu performed very well. Not only did he not mean to be in a down-and-out manner, but he had a little bit of returning home in glory. There was no barrier between him and his family, and he got along well with his neighbors and relatives, which made Du Cunzhi and Du Chunhua very pleased. Now that he joked like this, he obviously completely wiped out the psychological trauma that lasted more than ten years and no longer avoided sensitive topics. Seeing her like this, Du Qiu's guilt in his heart of pretending to be his uncle and cheating his grandfather and mother also completely disappeared.

The past cannot be advised, but the coming can still be pursued. Don’t think about the old things that cannot be recovered...

As long as the relatives live happily, the truth does not matter...

"Sister, it's just a hobby to design notepads. What I really want to do is a computer business, but notepads have already started now. It's a pity to give up, so I want to do both, grab both hands and be hard on both hands."

"Brother, your official article is more righteous than our director. You may have a lot of prospects when you become an official." Du Chunhua is not an indecisive person. After making a few jokes, he made a decision and said, "Since that's the case, I'll help you manage the notepad business, but when it comes to the ugly words, if I feel that I'm too busy with work and can't take care of Lai Jinyan, I will definitely resign."

"Of course, Jingyan is much more important than business. When signing a work contract, you can add a clause that does not force overtime work." Du Qiu agreed firmly, and then suggested: "Sister, Wen Xiu is smart and serious, and has a very organized work. But she is a little younger and has insufficient experience and cannot convince the public. You can treat her as a successor, so that after the company is on track, you will not have to do it yourself, and you will be much more leisurely."

"Look, look, you just said that you have a promising future as an official, so you immediately started to be an official." Du Chunhua smiled and said, "You started to issue orders before you even have a look of your horoscope? Wenxiu is the same shareholder as me, and she has been working for more than a month, and her business is more familiar than me. What should I train her? It is her that she trains me."

"Sister, don't be modest. Wenxiu is too immature in terms of relationships. No matter how familiar his business is, he is no different from middle school students in front of you."

"Tsk tsk, are you very concerned about Wenxiu? When will you confirm your relationship with her? Wenxiu is gentle and smart. Our dad must be very satisfied when he sees it."

"Sister, when you sign a work contract, you must add another one: Don't make random matches!"

Du Chunhua laughed and continued gossiping: "Do you like that Jiang Danfeng?"

"Sister, why do you have such a shallow vision? You are so anxious to be a matchmaker when you see two girls." Du Qiu stood up, raised his right hand, and put on a heroic look with the future of the stars and sea, announcing: "Your brother, I want to conquer all the beautiful women in the world. How can I hang myself on the two trees in Yuncheng?"
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