If they were going home, they needed to tie up loose ends.
Gu Ruoyan's earlier suggestion made a lot of sense. Chu Ge called Old Zhu and expressed his interest in setting up an animation studio together.
Old Zhu was quite surprised. "I was just thinking about bringing that up with you. To think you'd actually have that kind of awareness."
Chu Ge stiffened his neck. "What, can't I have a head for business?"
"Lovely weather today, hahaha..." Old Zhu laughed it off, meaning, please have a little self-awareness. "I'd have come to you about this even if you hadn't come to me. I want to find Mengmeng something proper to do, and I figured working with your other half would be perfect."
Chu Ge asked in surprise, "Isn't Mengmeng running a teahouse? How does she have nothing to do?"
"The staff can handle selling tea. She only needs to drop by every few days and keep an eye on things. What's the point of sitting around drinking tea there every day with nothing better to do? Besides, did you know that individual customers buying tea aren't its main source of revenue? They don't account for much of the main business income."
Chu Ge blinked. "Then what does?"
"Bulk purchases by institutions and companies, long-term supplies of tea for the workplace. That's the big earner. And... 'high-end goods' for fleecing certain officials."
"Fuck," said Chu Ge.
"I laid all those connections ages ago. What would I need Mengmeng for? She used to get so bored she'd go out chasing young hunks. Now she doesn't even do that. She's practically growing mold..."
"...All right, I get it," Chu Ge said. "Having Mengmeng work with Qiu Qiu really would be good."
Zhu Mengmeng at least knew something about running and managing a