Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 233 We have to treat President Gu like we would a grandfather_1

Chapter 233: 233 We have to treat President Gu like we would a grandfather_1

From the expression on Uncle Guang’s face, he seemed to trust what President Gu said very much.

President Gu smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, treat me to a meal then."

After speaking, he got into the car, stepped on the gas, and left the hospital parking lot, then found a secluded place to enter the space and moved all twenty-something sacks of goji berries from the space to the car.

Only then did he drive unhurriedly towards Old Zhao’s Lucky Dried Goods store.

The Lucky Dried Goods store wasn’t far from the hospital, just three streets over and around the traffic lights.

Right now, Old Zhao was sitting in his office, drinking chrysanthemum tea, with a distressed look on his face, worrying about President Gu not arriving yet.

The first batch of goji berries had already been packaged and was on the market, but the second batch was delayed in being delivered.

It was all because he had stupidly asked Tian Laosì that day if he had seen President Gu’s orchard.

Little did he know, it had made President Gu wary.

If he had known this "grandpa" had such a temper, he would’ve rather died than asked.

Now, even the production line was about to shut down, and both the workers and equipment cost money, with every idle day being a day’s loss.

He wanted to find him but had no address, wanted to call but had no number; Old Zhao was truly about to be driven mad.

So much so, he was getting canker sores from the stress.

He drank another sip of chrysanthemum tea and sighed as he looked downstairs.

At this moment, President Gu’s car had just arrived at the doorstep of Lucky Dried Goods store.

He stopped the car and got out, unhurried.

Xiao Wang, who was counting inventory in the warehouse, saw President Gu arriving and quickly ran over in two strides.

Enthusiastically he said, "Oh, President Gu, you’ve finally arrived. Our boss has been going crazy these past few days! Wait for me, I’ll go inform the boss right away!"

Without waiting for President Gu to reply, he turned and ran up the stairs to the second floor.

From his enthusiastic demeanor, it was clear how anxious Old Zhao had been.

President Gu’s mouth twitched, his expression was a mix of a smile and not a smile.

It seemed he was indeed very anxious.

He had to let him understand that there are some things one should ask about, and some things one shouldn’t.

Old Zhao was just sitting by the window and had seen everything very clearly, and when President Gu’s van arrived, he didn’t even bother with his tea, he put down the cup and ran downstairs.

President Gu was way more helpful than chrysanthemum tea!

But no sooner had he gone out the door, he ran headfirst into Xiao Wang, who was also in a rush.

Being younger and stronger, Xiao Wang’s bump nearly threw Old Zhao’s back out.

He clutched his back, frowning in pain.

"What’s the big hurry?"

Xiao Wang was in pain too as he rubbed his shoulder, "Boss, President Gu, President Gu is here!"

Old Zhao took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed his anger.

After all, meeting President Gu was the main event.

"I’ll deal with you later!"

Having said that, he hurriedly went downstairs.

The weather was getting warmer day by day as spring progressed.

At this moment, President Gu was leisurely leaning against his van, smoking a cigarette. He had only taken a couple of puffs when he saw Old Zhao dash down in a frenzied hurry.

When Old Zhao saw him, his face lit up with enthusiasm like nothing else.

"Ah, my savior, you’ve finally come!"

After speaking, his eyes darted to the back of the van, eager to know how much goji berries President Gu had brought this time.

President Gu flicked off some ash from his cigarette and smiled at Old Zhao.

"Oh, I’ve just been tied up with things these past few days, that’s all."

He didn’t even bring up the last incident with Tian Laosì; some things, truly, are better implied than explained, for they lose their meaning when spoken out loud.

But Old Zhao wasn’t a fool; he had a clear understanding of the situation, and he patted Gu Chen’s shoulder.

"Brother, I was wrong about the last incident. It was my fault for asking too many questions. I swear to heaven, I absolutely didn’t intend to find out about your supplier and then bypass you to make direct contact."

"It really was just a careless comment when I had nothing better to do. I promise, there won’t be a second time! Please don’t hold a grudge for a small mistake."

At this moment, Old Zhao was anxious to get the second batch of goods, fearing that Gu Chen might refuse to supply him and make things difficult for him.

The apologetic attitude was sincerely earnest.

Gu Chen wasn’t entirely unmoved by his sincere demeanor, so he smiled.

"Brother Zhao, look at what you’re saying, you’re making me feel embarrassed. We’re brothers, partners even, it’s not so serious."

When it came to platitudes, Gu Chen had his own complete set.

After all, they still had to do business together, right?

Leaving room for others is leaving room for yourself; some things are best left with just a hint, there’s no need to be ruthless.

Old Zhao chuckled, "As long as you don’t take it to heart, brother. If I ever do something wrong, just tell me straight, don’t keep it bottled up inside."

Gu Chen nodded, "Of course."

After speaking, he opened the car door, "Brother, get some people to move the goods."

With this lesson learned, he was certain Old Zhao wouldn’t dare to make a second mistake.

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao finally let out a sigh of relief and shouted behind him, "Come on, quickly!"

He was eager to get this batch of goji berries to the production line!

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Indeed, there was no shortage of goji berries this time—over forty sacks full.

As he watched sack after sack of goji berries being weighed, Old Zhao’s smile was so wide he could barely close his mouth.

After all, Gu Chen only had a thirty percent share, while he himself held seventy percent.

It was logical for him to be anxious; in the end, business is all about money.

After all the goji berries were weighed, Xiao Wang rushed over to Old Zhao excitedly, "Boss, it’s a total of over fifteen hundred pounds!"

This batch of goji berries was much more than the last two batches!

During the reweighing, Old Zhao was all ears.

He already had an idea of the weight!

With so many goji berries, another batch could be produced. That’s the thing with high-end products—the target consumer base may be small, but the quality must be top-notch.

He turned to Gu Chen with excitement, "Brother, it’s almost noon. Let me treat you to lunch, shall we?"

Gu Chen’s goji berries were of good quality, and the yield was high.

The first batch of goji berries had already achieved decent sales volume after just a few days on the market.

He still wanted to continue making money through Gu Chen!

It was practically a money tree.

For the sake of money, he had to treat him like royalty.

Gu Chen chuckled, "No need, Brother Zhao, you go ahead, I’ve still got things to take care of. Let’s do it another day, next time I’ll treat you!"

He still had to contact Lin Rong.

He also had cherries to deliver!

Curious upon hearing this, Old Zhao couldn’t help but ask, "Do you have some good stuff on hand again?"

Gu Chen was straightforward as he laughed, "A batch of imported cherries, I’ve already found a buyer, ready to deliver."

Hearing about cherries, Old Zhao’s eyes lit up.

That was high-priced fruit, with no small profit.

Although he was in the dried goods business, he also dabbled in the fruit trade.

For a company of his size, not too big nor too small, it still made sense to earn as much as possible.

He slapped his hands together and said excitedly to Gu Chen, "Brother, if you’re doing fruit business, come to me, our company also deals with fruits! And you’re a shareholder, you’d earn more than if you sold it to someone else!"