Starting a business was a grueling affair.
Especially if one wanted to grow a business, one needed not only exceptional vision, ten times the passion of one's competitors, but also the courage to devote nearly twenty out of twenty-four hours a day to work...
Although Li Tinghui had long been prepared for the hard days ahead, he had not expected things to become this exaggerated...
After receiving the order from the CEO of the parent company to secure all medium-sized and large malls across Shanghai within a month, his mood could no longer be described by the word despair.
Throughout March, he had not slept peacefully even once. He was either negotiating business with the owner of Yida Plaza or on his way to Walmart.
Even with Starry Sky Technology's connections, and even if General Manager Chen could find a way to put them in contact, whether they could close the deal still depended on themselves.
To put it bluntly, they were merely a chess piece in Starry Sky Technology's high-tech industry expansion in Shanghai. Of course, it would be best if they succeeded, but if they failed...
Perhaps Academician Lu and General Manager Chen would not care all that much.
Fortunately, his plan had been barely successful so far.
The day after Qingming Festival.
Li Tinghui, who had fallen asleep sprawled over his desk, felt that he was only a tiny step away from celebrating downstairs.
All it would take was the last straw that broke the camel's back. In fact, if the telephone had not suddenly rung in the office, he suspected he might have slept like that and never woken up again.
"Hello...?" Rubbing the dark bags beneath his eyes, which were black as coal, Li Tinghui sat upright from his slumped position and cleared his throat