42: God's work

As soon as Zhou Kaitian thought about managing a Hot Pot Restaurant that earned thirty million a month, he felt pressured.

At the same time, he was extremely grateful for Qian Ziyong's trust in him.

"Boss, you're too good to me! Not only do you give me such a high salary, but you also entrust me with such an important task!"

Zhou Kaitian picked up the wine bottle, ready to chug it down for Qian Ziyong on the spot.

"Stop!" Qian Ziyong quickly interjected.

The wine wasn't free; he was paying for it himself!

"To express your gratitude, don't drink wine, eat more meat!"

"The more meat you eat, the happier I'll be," Qian Ziyong said.

Hearing that, Zhou Kaitian paused.

He tentatively asked, "Then, Boss, may I toast you with a piece of meat?"

Qian Ziyong's eyebrows twitched, clearly pleased, and he raised a piece of meat: "Let's all eat together!"

"Cheers!"

The more they ate, the more he earned!

The more they drank, the more he lost.

Eating meat was good, drinking wine was not!

Everyone ate the meat.

Qian Ziyong said, "From now on, try not to drink wine. Drinking wine harms your body. Eat more meat!"

"You should also encourage your employees to eat more meat and drink less wine."

Everyone nodded, filled with emotion.

The wine wasn't free, yet Qian Ziyong told everyone to drink less.

The meat was reimbursed, and Qian Ziyong told the employees to eat more.

This was a case of him rather losing money himself than not treating his employees well!

With such a good boss, how could the employees not be wholeheartedly devoted?

After three rounds of drinks and five courses of food, Zhou Kaitian quietly asked:

"Boss, why did you choose me to be the Hot Pot Restaurant manager?"

Zhou Kaitian actually knew in his heart that Zhu Daqiang and Li Lian didn't think highly of him.

But he could see the deep importance Qian Ziyong placed on him in his eyes.

Qian Ziyong smiled and said, "Because I think very highly of you. Your talent is outstanding, and you are the 'talent' I desperately need!"

Zhou Kaitian was a swindler, a trickster; in short, definitely not a good person.

In the eyes of those he defrauded, he was a beast.

However, Qian Ziyong just needed him!

With his help, wouldn't the Hot Pot Restaurant go downhill?

Zhou Kaitian didn't catch the meaning behind Qian Ziyong's words, thinking Qian Ziyong was genuinely praising him.

"Boss!" Zhou Kaitian looked at Qian Ziyong with deep affection, "It's rare to find a true friend in life. I never thought that I, Zhou Kaitian, would actually meet a boss like you in this lifetime!"

"I won't say anything else. From now on, half of my life belongs to you!"

After speaking, this big man actually started to sob.

Qian Ziyong silently moved his chair aside: "Big brother, I'm not your true friend. I'm just doing what I should do!"

"I don't want your life. Keep it for your wife!"

Hearing the word 'wife,' Zhou Kaitian suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a long wail, crying loudly.

"Boss! My life is so miserable!"

"I'm forty-three this year, but I don't even have a wife!"

"I haven't even held a girl's hand!"

"My life is such a failure! Such a failure!"

"But I'm not reconciled!"

"I don't want to be poor my whole life!"

"I've stolen, I've cheated!"

"Can you understand the feeling of your stomach being devoured by hunger?"

"Can you understand the contemptuous looks from people around you?"

"Money! Only money can save me! Only money can save my family!"

Zhou Kaitian was in tears, leaving everyone stunned.

They never expected that beneath Zhou Kaitian's swindler exterior lay such a tragic life.

Forty-three, and he hadn't even held a girl's hand...

"Sigh..." Qian Ziyong sighed, "I just hope you can put your talents to good use!"

"Work hard. I believe in you. Your monthly salary of one hundred thousand won't be withheld from you!"

As long as Zhou Kaitian displayed his talent for swindling, the Hot Pot Restaurant would surely go out of business.

Once the Hot Pot Restaurant went out of business, he would immediately become a billionaire!

"Mmm!" Zhou Kaitian nodded heavily, "I will definitely work hard!"

Qian Ziyong nodded with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "From tomorrow onwards, the Hot Pot Restaurant will be entirely yours!"

He was afraid that Zhu Daqiang and Li Lian would interfere with Zhou Kaitian, so he instructed: "Zhou Kaitian is the manager of the Hot Pot Restaurant."

"Everything in the Hot Pot Restaurant listens to him. You two are not to interfere with the Hot Pot Restaurant's affairs!"

This way, it was stable.

With the Hot Pot Restaurant in Zhou Kaitian's hands, it wouldn't be long before it started losing money.

Then he could legitimately close down the Hot Pot Restaurant!

Although the two were a thousand times uneasy about the Hot Pot Restaurant being handed over to Zhou Kaitian.

But this was the boss's decision, so they could only nod helplessly.

"Yes!" The two nodded in helpless agreement.

Zhou Kaitian was even more moved.

...

The next morning, Zhou Kaitian arrived at the Hot Pot Restaurant for work, full of vigor.

The employees all gave Zhou Kaitian face.

After all, he was the person arranged by the boss.

Seeing that the employees were all welcoming him, Zhou Kaitian was very happy.

However, he walked around the store and didn't find anything he needed to do.

The Hot Pot Restaurant was very large. He had just finished looking at everything and hadn't yet understood how the Hot Pot Restaurant was operated before it was time to get off work.

"Off work?" Zhou Kaitian was stunned.

Time passed too quickly!

Just six hours, he hadn't even warmed up, and it was already time to get off work?

After work, the employees made hot pot for themselves and invited Zhou Kaitian to eat with them.

Looking at the table full of meat, Zhou Kaitian took a deep breath.

This job was too easy, wasn't it?

He hadn't done anything all day, and his salary of three thousand three hundred was in his pocket!

Moreover, the boss also provided meals, and it was hot pot with a balanced mix of meat and vegetables.

This life was simply what immortals lived!

"Manager, are you coming this afternoon?" an employee asked.

"It's still free this afternoon?" Zhou Kaitian was surprised.

Not working in the afternoon, but he could still come to eat a meal?

The employee nodded: "Not only is it free in the afternoon, but you can come eat anytime!"

"The boss said that even if the Hot Pot Restaurant hasn't started operating yet, even in the middle of the night, if you want to eat, just open the door yourself and make hot pot."

Zhou Kaitian was speechless.

He felt that he had traveled north and south, didn't earn money, but he had gained some experience.

Since coming to this Hot Pot Restaurant, his worldview had been constantly refreshed.

After eating hot pot, these employees left, and a new batch of employees arrived for work, full of energy.

When the employees learned that he had already worked six hours in the store.

They all told him to go back and rest.

Not to violate the Hot Pot Restaurant's taboo.

Zhou Kaitian could only leave silently.

Back at the hotel, Zhou Kaitian lay on the bed, deep in thought.

Where was he?

What was he doing?

It felt like the Hot Pot Restaurant was the same with or without him.

So why did Qian Ziyong recruit him as manager?

"Oh, right, Qian Ziyong said he wanted me to work hard and let me unleash my talents!"

"What talents do I have?"

Zhou Kaitian pondered.

Zhou Kaitian would never have thought that Qian Ziyong hired him to lose money.

So Zhou Kaitian was puzzled as to what talent he possessed that Qian Ziyong valued so much, enough to invite him from so far away.

Unable to figure out what use he was to this Hot Pot Restaurant, Zhou Kaitian kept thinking.

Even when he went to work the next day, he was learning and thinking at the same time.

Just like that, a month passed, and Zhou Kaitian successfully received his salary for the month.