Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 99 - 90. October is the harvest season_2

Chapter 99: 90. October is the harvest season_2

"Who doesn’t go home for winter break?"

"Alright, I’m going to sleep."

She hung up the phone, huffing angrily.

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The freshman welcome party had ended, and time quickly stepped into October.

It was the first leisurely holiday for the freshmen, but not for entrepreneurs.

Golden Stone Studio was bustling, with elegantly dressed girls moving in and out of the inner rooms.

Luo Lang and Luo Shaoqin were busy in front of the computer in the lobby; they were accustomed to this scene and busied themselves with their respective tasks.

One was writing a report, while the other was doing the initial screening of resumes.

"How am I supposed to write such important material..."

Luo Shaoqin sat despondently in front of the screen, having refilled his cup of tea three times, bitter to the point of being astringent.

I’m a tech guy, and yet I have to write some report for the leadership? Isn’t this making things difficult for me?

Moreover, hearing that it was to be used for a report to the university leaders made Luo Shaoqin feel like he was shouldering a weight heavier than a thousand catties.

"Why don’t we switch? You want to try mine?"

Luo Lang was just as furrow-browed, feeling like his eyes were about to blur.

"Fine, I’m even worse at that, my eyes would go crooked, and it would ruin my chances of finding a girlfriend."

Luo Shaoqin sighed deeply, feeling a bond of sympathy with Luo Lang.

Originally, Luo Lang thought that the initial screening of resumes for the newbies at the studio was a fun thing.

Isn’t it just like selecting beauties in a sea of contestants?

As long as they’re good-looking, I’ll pass them all!

But reality wasn’t like that; girls he often thought were okay would be outright rejected at Lu Jincheng’s round.

Not only that, but Mr. Lu would scold him bloody.

"Do you even have eyes? Wasting my time!"

Before long, he was called into Lu Jincheng’s office, who taught him a thing or two.

From then on, Luo Lang gradually established a set of standards, and his judgment of people evolved beyond low-level tastes.

Although it’s good to have fun, don’t get too carried away.

The standards he learned from Mr. Lu eventually became the ISO standard for Golden Stone Studio’s talent scouting.

It consisted of appearance, talent, EQ, motivation, and character.

Usually, if a "seedling" met three of these criteria, they had a chance to be discovered and developed by the studio’s recruitment and operations team.

The talent identification standards of Golden Stone Studio were a set of quantified metrics that had been refined over time.

But the unquantifiable dimension was "feeling."

Therefore, the final step required Mr. Lu to personally have a face-to-face chat with the talents.

To taste the spontaneously generated atmosphere, movements, expressions, and other subtle elements of one’s spirit.

Lu Jincheng, a veteran in reading people, could often tell whether someone had potential after a short face-to-face conversation.

The driving force and desire for success, also known as one’s spirit, was hidden in a person’s eyes.

Any talent that wanted to progress to a career and then reap the rewards of material and spiritual gains needed an unrelenting force, like a rocket booster.

A great physical condition was the foundation, a strong philosophy of life was key, but at the core was a craving to change oneself or the world.

Whether it was dissatisfaction, a desire to escape pain, a need to prove oneself, or an aspiration to contribute to the world...

In summary, you needed a force stronger than that of the average person, persistent, pushing you forward.

Only with this could the venture be said to possess a portion of the "cause" needed for success.

Thoughts like "content with a little wealth," "I have limited talents," "people with a good family background succeed more easily," and other self-limiting beliefs would undoubtedly fail to reach the top, being obstructed by various difficulties.

This was the art of reading people that Mr. Lu had summarized after many years of experience in the business world.

Inside the studio, in Mr. Lu’s private office.

"Your talent is dancing?"

Lu Jincheng toyed with a cigar in his hand, and as he spread out a resume on his desk, he addressed the girl not far away.

Fairy Miao’s wages from last month’s live broadcast had just been settled, and Mr. Lu immediately replaced his old cigar with a new one.

Crown Tea Horse Ancient Road, products around a thousand yuan, just right.

"Yes, I major in dance~"

The girl named Jiang Yu in the resume, with her delicate makeup, nodded with a smile.

"I’ve watched the video you sent, your foundational skills are not bad."

Mr. Lu, in a state of work, was decisive and to the point.

"Dance a bit for me."

"Okay."

The girl rolled up her sleeves, took off her shoes, played music on her phone, and confidently danced barefoot on the office floor for Mr. Lu, performing a folk dance.

Lu Jincheng nodded, "It’s not bad."

"However, the studio currently isn’t short of dance talents. What do you think is your core competitive strength?"

Jiang Yu thought for a few seconds, squeezing out a few words.

"I have a strong resilience, ambitions, and a fairly clear self-awareness."

Damn, that sounds familiar!

Strong resilience = high tolerance for unreasonable demands.

Ambitions = Willing to do anything for money.

Mr. Lu pursed his lips as if he heard some joke.

"Alright."

"Go get a contract from Luo Lang, and we’ll arrange for you to try out at Panda Live next door."

...

Since October, the studio’s influence in the school area had reached an all-time high.

Of course, it wasn’t just because Mr. Lu had sponsored the welcome party, making all the teachers and students recognize his wealth and good looks.

There was also...

Some busybody had posted Mou Keyan’s daily photos on Nanhu University’s forum.

In the photos, her glittering Cartier necklace and ring were clearly visible.

Nothing packs a punch like these shiny luxury goods.

Young people harboring a dream of internet fame swarmed towards Golden Stone Studio.

Under Luo Lang’s screening, Mr. Lu had to personally interview several newcomers every day, some with unique talents, some with delicate thoughts.

Out of the large number screened, he actually signed a few with potential.

This October, no member of the studio took leave to go home, nor did anyone go out to travel.

That’s right, October was the harvest season.

Aside from the income brought by their leading live streamers,

the landlord’s cats officially released their new song "Autumn Brew" at the end of September.

Following the excellent sales of their previous song "Next Stop, Tea Mountain Liu," the new song’s sales made another breakthrough.

Many people believed that the landlord’s cats, whose musical journey began in college, represented the new generation of "campus folk music."

Indeed, that was the case.

A lot of people were influenced by their first song "Next Stop, Tea Mountain Liu" for a while after its release.

Among them were teenagers who had not yet entered university, college students who had never visited Jiang City, and middle-aged people who had been working in society for years.

Even now, they still receive lots of private messages.

"This song is really great."

"Some people who also studied in Jiang City mentioned that Nanhu Avenue at number 538 is very congested; and a lot of fans wanted to apply to our school because of this song. The power of music is really unimaginable, often your starting point may be very narrow, but once it reaches everyone’s ears, it becomes something much bigger."

"Can you continue to write songs for us in the future?"

In October, when the landlord’s cats were settling accounts with the studio, Pei Pei was thrilled to see the income and said to Lu Jincheng,

"Hopefully we can provide you with some inspiration, throwing a sprat to catch a mackerel."

He Ying’s marketing team also switched tracks, starting to push their new song.

Everyone was doing their own part, busy with their respective tasks. Climbing uphill during a time of growth, taking a second’s rest was a luxury.

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Beiyuan, Golden Stone Coffee Shop.

[Image]

Zhou Sinin, sitting by the glass window, opened her WeChat on her phone and couldn’t help curving her lips into a smile.

She responded immediately.

[When did you sneak a shot of me!]

The photo Lu Jincheng sent was taken through a window with a smartphone, capturing the beauty engrossed in her work.

The picture showed Zhou Sinin with her head down over the accounts, her straight shoulders, and her brown hair smooth and draped over her neck, pulled aside to reveal her fair ear.

The angle of her bowed head was gentle, her profile was breathtakingly beautiful.

Though the smartphone’s quality couldn’t compare to a DSLR and the lighting depended on the natural light of the coffee shop, the composition was artistic, and the play of light and shadow was skillful; the side profile of the beauty was like a figure in a painting.

Gorgeous!

Zhou Sinin gazed at the screen for a long time, her peach-blossom eyes curved like new moons, feeling very satisfied.

"Just took it, not bad, huh?"

Lu Jincheng pushed open the shop door, waving the phone in his hand.

"Not bad, you’ve got some skill."

"Come here, come here~"

Zhou Sinin waved him over to look at her computer screen, where the bold font made the figures stand out.

"Look! After deducting the principal, we earned this much last month!"

On the screen was a spreadsheet of Golden Stone Coffee Shop’s income and expenses.

The six-figure number in the spreadsheet’s last line was magnified by Zhou Sinin.

213,500.