Chapter 413: Pilot Boyfriend and "The Most Painful Thing for Men"
After listening to Atan's story, Li Xiaofan patted Atan's shoulder who was immersed in sadness and said:
"Tan, if you don't mind, how about working with me? I have two positions for you to choose from. One is that we have a Pacific Online Bookstore project. We usually cooperate with the Singapore Post Company for delivery, but for For some urgent customers with special needs, we plan to build our own JIT delivery team to meet the same-day Just In needs of these customers with special needs. Time delivers the demand in time, so we are in need of recruiting experienced delivery people like you. The second position is my driver. Our company has just purchased a new car. If you want to be my full-time driver, you can also. This position will be relatively free..."
Li Xiaofan knows Atan better. He is actually not bad in nature, his foundation is relatively simple, and he is conscientious in his work.
He likes to visit Geylang and became addicted after being taken there by a group of fellow workers and friends from West Malaysia. Besides, he is still in his youth, so there is nothing wrong with going to the legal Geylang alleys to vent his anger.
Of course, Tan was overjoyed when he heard the olive branch offered by Li Xiaofan. He thought for a while and then said:
"Brother Fan, let me be a JIT delivery person! Being your full-time driver is too boring. I am alone anyway, so I can drive for you after work, in my spare time and on weekends, if you need me... …”
Young people from West Malaysia like Tan have already obtained a Malaysian driver's license in their hometown. After coming to Singapore, they only need to pass the BTT (Basic Theory Driving Test) test in Singapore to get a local driving license in Singapore. Official driver's license.
"Okay, that's fine. Tan, this is what we have agreed upon. I will leave you a spot as one of the first batch of JIT delivery team members in our Pacific Online Bookstore."
"Thank you, Brother Fan. I will go to the company to submit my resignation letter tomorrow!"
"By the way, Tan, you just resigned without asking me how much salary I offered you?" Li Xiaofan said with a smile.
"Brother Fan, I trust you. You will definitely not treat me badly. I will follow you in the future!"
"Haha, Tan, thank you for your trust. Work hard after joining our company. If you perform well, I really won't treat you badly..."
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When Li Xiaofan took Atan to have dinner at the NUS Scholars Restaurant at the National University of Singapore, he received a call from Brother Hui from Johor Bahru, saying that he had an urgent matter and came to Singapore in the evening. He made an appointment with Brother Ming to talk and drink at the Lido Palace, and asked Li Xiaofan Do you have time to get together?
Li Xiaofan didn't agree yet, and then Brother Ming also called and invited Li Xiaofan to have a drink at the Lido Palace.
After his career became successful, Li Xiaofan didn't particularly like this kind of romantic place. He didn't really want to go.
But now with the future brother-in-law and the repeated invitations from his Malaysian business partners, Li Xiaofan had to give them a face, so he reluctantly agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Li Xiaofan said to Atan, who was immersed in a delicious meal: "Atan, how about I take you to a good place to open your eyes?"
"Brother Fan, which good place should we go to later? I've been working as a UPS courier for more than half a year, and there seems to be no place in Singapore that I haven't been to..."
Li Xiaofan smiled and said, "Have you been to Lido Palace?"
"Oh, man, go to such a high-end nightclub! I've heard of it, but I've never been in it. I heard those old guys said that it costs thousands of Singapore dollars to spend in one night, which is several months' salary for a wage earner like me. Why!"
"Haha, just follow me. You don't have to pay. Someone will pay for it..."
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At around nine o'clock in the evening, after Atan followed Li Xiaofan into the Lido Palace, he exclaimed "Oh my God" one after another, as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden and was dazzled.
"How are the girls here? Are they on point?" Li Xiaofan said with a smile.
"Very upright, with a very different temperament!"
When Mommy Shirley took them into the box, Brother Ming, Brother Hui and others had already finished talking inside and were drinking.
After Brother Hui saw Li Xiaofan, he stood up happily and said loudly: "Afan, I heard that our Pacific Online Bookstore project will soon be listed on NASDAQ in the United States?"
"Yes, Brother Hui, it is currently expected to be around mid-August. According to the arrangements of the main underwriter Morgan Stanley, starting next month we will start a global road show, mainly in several major cities in the United States..."
"Great! Affan, thank you, thank you, big brother, I'd like to toast you first!"
At present, Malaysia Guanghui Sdn Bhd under the name of Hui Ge currently holds 2% of the shares in the Pacific Online Bookstore project. During the first round of financing, the Pacific Online Bookstore project was valued at US$100 million. According to current calculations by lead underwriter Morgan Stanley, the reasonable valuation of the Pacific Online Bookstore project is around US$400 million. Based on this calculation, Huige's 2% shareholding is valued at around US$8 million.
When the Pacific Online Bookstore project in Johor Bahru, Malaysia was established last year, Hui Ge invested US$200,000, which has now increased 40 times!
Can this not make Brother Hui excited?
Even Ming Ge next to him regretted it. He should have known that he would have participated in the investment. Fortunately, their Minghua Holding Company later participated in the Yifan No. 1 Venture Capital Fund as an LP partner, and then invested in the Pacific Online Bookstore project through the Yifan No. 1 Venture Capital Fund, and was able to indirectly enjoy the dividends after the Pacific Online Bookstore went public.
Mommy Shirley called Tianyu to drink with Li Xiaofan as usual.
Tianyu, who was wearing a sexy high-slit red cheongsam, saw Li Xiaofan and took Li Xiaofan's arm affectionately and said:
"Brother Fan, long time no see! I find that you are getting more energetic, and your temperament is getting different!"
Brother Hui next to him smiled and said: "Of course, Brother Fan is now one of the top bosses in Singapore, so of course his temperament is different!"
"Wow, really, Brother Fan?" Tianyu asked.
"Haha, this is Brother Hui joking, teasing you, I'm just a small worker..."
After everyone sat down and drank a lot of wine, the half-drunk Li Xiaofan asked Tianyu to help him order the most popular Cantonese song "Friendship Years", which is the theme song of this year's popular Hong Kong movie "Young and Dangerous". The film tells the growth story of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji and their experience of feuding with the leader of the Hongxing Society, Liang Kun. After the release of this movie, it was once popular in mainland China, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
When Li Xiaofan sang affectionately:
"The lost time is scattered in the wind
It seems that I can't remember to face it again
You are accompanying me in the days of wandering
We will meet again if we are destined
..."
These lyrics are very appropriate, as if people recall the friendship and past events.
Afterwards, Brother Ming, Brother Hui, Ah Tan and others also took up the microphone to join in, and everyone sang together:
"Let's forget about right and wrong and reminisce about the past.
There is always fun in the days of hardship we have gone through together.
Don't believe in despair.
Don't feel hesitant.
Compete in a beautiful dream.
Strive hard every day to make progress.
..."
After a refreshing song "Friendship Years", everyone sang Xu Zhian's new song "The Most Painful for Men" together.
Later, both songs were selected into the 19th Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs in 1996.
The last song they sang was "Glorious Years" by the Beyond band, "The bells rang the signal of returning home, and in his life, it seemed to be a little sad..."
These old songs of the year were very infectious, and the affectionate chorus of the four baritones brought the atmosphere in the box to a climax!
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After singing the song, Li Xiaofan returned to his seat for a nap. Tianyu thoughtfully stuffed a piece of ice watermelon into his mouth and said angrily:
"'Men's Pain's Most', I think you men are so happy every day, how can you know pain, we women are the ones who are in pain!"
After Li Xiaofan swallowed the watermelon, he smiled and said, "I see you are doing well now, where is the pain?"
Hearing this, Tianyu took a cigarette from the cigarette box in front of Li Xiaofan, lit it, exhaled a long puff of smoke, leaned on Li Xiaofan's shoulder and choked, "I broke up recently, and I'm heartbroken!"
"Oh, you are still in love in Singapore?" Li Xiaofan asked curiously.
Tianyu sighed, "Well, Brother Fan, it's a pity that just like I like you, you don't like me, it's just unrequited love..."
"Haha, what's the connection!" Li Xiaofan laughed.
Then, Tianyu, under the influence of alcohol, began to tell the story:
"Brother Fan, you ignored me later, which made me feel very disappointed. Later, as time went by, I slowly forgot about it. I made a little money here and was planning to return home. Not long ago, a few old customers asked me to accompany them for drinks. When I went in, I saw that there was suddenly a young handsome guy among the old men..."
Li Xiaofan laughed and said, "Then, you fell in love with the handsome guy, right?"
"Haha, accompanying those old men, of course I like to accompany young handsome guys. So, I sat next to him all of a sudden. I took the initiative to ask him, hi, hello, you just came, what's your name? That day, I drank a little too much in the previous show, and since I was about to return home, I let go. I spoke to the handsome guy in a very frivolous tone. I thought, if you want to go crazy, go crazy for once, anyway, you have to go back!"
"Unexpectedly, that A handsome young Singaporean boy stammered and answered me: My name is Felix. So I took advantage of the alcohol and said loudly: Can you please speak Chinese? He said my name is Felix. He was very nervous when he spoke, and his hands were crossed and clenched into fists and placed between his legs. He looked very nervous. I suddenly thought it was fun to tease this boy, so I asked: Felix, are you nervous? Why are you talking like this? He replied: Then how should I talk? I immediately pulled his hand up and put it over my head on my shoulder. Then, I turned around and looked at him: In this kind of place, you should talk to girls like this... At this time, I was basically leaning on his arms, and I actually felt that his whole body was shaking. Oh my god, I thought to myself, what's the situation, is he here for the first time? "
Li Xiaofan laughed: "This boy must be a virgin, right? You play with him like this..."
"Haha, when I found that Felix was trembling with nervousness, I guessed that this was his first time in such a romantic place. Looking at him like that, I was too embarrassed to tease him again, at least he is still a Be an honest man. So I let go of his hand and sat upright. Then I started drinking and chatting with him. I asked him what he was doing. There is a department in the Po army that is responsible for the procurement of equipment and instruments. The reason why I came here today is because the old man who came to the Lido Palace is their supplier and he wanted to sell equipment to them. He came to sing. He thought it was just an ordinary karaoke place, but later he came in and found out that it was a place with a lady accompanying him. He was nervous when he saw me coming in..."
"Oh, no wonder, it's the same all over the world, Party B always wants to flatter Party A! It seems that this boy is a good boy, don't mess with him!" Li Xiaofan said with a smile.
Tianyu laughed loudly: "Haha, no way! Later, I continued chatting with Felix, and I realized that there was an older man in the middle who was his boss. Felix told me that he belonged to In the Air Force, they used to be the kind of pilots who flew fighter jets in the sky. Now I seldom fly. I am mainly studying military management, and I was sent to a national university to study for a part-time MBA. It was a coincidence that I came here to meet me today. I joked: Now I find that you are quite good at talking. It turns out you are. The pilots who fly fighter jets are so awesome!”
"Haha, Tianyu, you are so awesome. If you don't date me, you would date a fighter pilot, a Singaporean boy like Hina. I found that in the end it was you who was the best!" Li Xiaofan also joked.
"Haha, listen to me. Felix replied: What's the point of this? It's just a job. I said: A good boy like you shouldn't come to a place like this, it's not good for you! Felix asked me, "Why is such a beautiful girl here?" I laughed and said, "Because I'm not a good person!"
Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "Well, I also discovered that you are indeed not a good person..."
"Fuck you, you're the one who's evil!" Tian Yu yelled and lightly knocked Li Xiaofan on the shoulder with his fist.
"You continue to tell your story, I love to hear it!" Li Xiaofan said, taking a puff of his cigar.
"Well, later, I found that chatting with Felix was very interesting. He was very different from other guests. I had a very good impression of him. Later, before they left, we also left each other's phone numbers and pagers to keep in touch. Before sending him out of the box, I suddenly and impulsively kissed him and ran away without looking back to see his reaction. I must have been so frightened on the spot, haha..."
"Tianyu, you will scare the little boy out by playing such a prank!"
"Haha. After get off work, I returned to the dormitory. After I sobered up, I felt that I might have been too crazy just now. Later, I didn't understand what I was thinking. Felix and I were not the same people at all. But, I I couldn't help but call him on his mobile phone, but he didn't answer the call after a while..."