Chapter 386: What Qualifications Does Song Chu Have?
The cooling electric fans themselves are particularly useful. With their adoption by various universities and many government departments, they have quickly become popular.
Especially for those who have experienced the cool breeze, no one wants to go back to using regular electric fans. They are eagerly seeking connections to buy cooling electric fans.
Song Lao Si and the other two have started the factory, but the production line has not yet arrived. Initially, the daily production quantity is limited. Forget about supplying others; even the orders from major universities and departments are backed up.
Many people are trying to use their connections to buy electric fans from them, but they haven’t agreed to many of these requests.
After all, they are the factory’s managers. If they set this precedent and fulfill every request, they simply can’t produce that many, and they’ll end up offending people.
Song Chu has many people approaching her, mostly acquaintances like Minister Song, Ji Haifeng, Director Wen, and some friends of her two teachers. Naturally, she agrees to help them all.
As for Gu Yue, he has directly entered the laboratory to start research on a new project. Apart from his family and Song Chu, anyone who tries to reach him is blocked by the research institute’s staff. There’s nothing anyone can do.
Niu Yali originally wanted to ask Song Chu for help, but seeing that Song Chu was ignoring her, she could only sulk.
Because she couldn’t accomplish what her father asked, she particularly didn’t want to go home this week and stayed in the dormitory on Friday night.
On Saturday morning, she was just about to make up an excuse to call and say she wouldn’t be going home when her cousin called, saying she was visiting their house and asking her to come back to go shopping together.
She had no choice but to immediately take the bus home, as her family now basically relied on her cousin’s family.
When she got home, she saw her mother warmly sitting in front of her cousin, inquiring after her well-being.
“Mom, Big Sister!” She walked in with a smile, completely different from her arrogant demeanor at school.
Niu’s mother smiled and waved, “Your cousin came especially to see you. After lunch, you two go to the shopping mall together.”
Niu Yali sat down very affectionately next to Lu Wanying, “Okay, I haven’t been to the shopping mall in a long time.”
At lunchtime, Niu’s father came back and first greeted Lu Wanying politely before sitting down.
“Did you ask about the thing I asked you to ask?” He asked.
He was a deputy director at the Agricultural Bureau. Someone in his unit personally experienced the benefits of the cooling electric fans and wanted to buy a batch.
But the appliance factory had too many orders and couldn’t fit them in. He heard the director say with regret that it was a pity they didn’t know anyone, otherwise they could have bought some.
He also heard that the appliance factory owner’s sister was studying at the Agricultural University and happened to be a freshman this year. That’s when he thought of asking his daughter to see if she could help make a connection.
If he could accomplish this, he could also make an impression on the director and gain some recognition. Then, when the director retired, he might think of recommending him as a successor.
In their office, besides him, there was another deputy director with a strong background, so the competition was fierce.
When Niu Yali heard her father’s question, she felt very upset, but she said, “I’m not very familiar with Song Chu. She’s very arrogant at school. We can’t ask her to help us with anything. She’s very unlikeable.”
Niu’s father frowned, “Her social skills are really bad. School is a place to build connections. She’s not doing it right.”
“Don’t be like her. Interact and build relationships with useful classmates. When you graduate, those will be your connections.” He emphasized to Niu Yali.
He had no idea about his daughter’s situation at school, nor did he know that she was lying. She was actually the one who was arrogant and unlikeable.
Niu Yali felt impatient. What good was it to befriend those country bumpkins? But she nodded on the surface, “I know.”
Hearing their conversation, Lu Wanying’s eyes flickered. She asked casually, “The Song Chu you’re talking about, is she the one who got the top score in the national college entrance examination?”
Niu Yali nodded grudgingly, “That’s her.”
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“Being the top scorer in the national college entrance examination, it’s normal to be a little arrogant,” Lu Wanying said, making Niu’s father and daughter dislike Song Chu even more.
After lunch, Niu Yali accompanied Lu Wanying to the shopping mall. They chatted while they shopped.
“Yali, are you in the same major as that Song Chu?” Lu Wanying asked.
Niu Yali was more open with her cousin and complained, “Not only are we in the same major, but we’re also in the same dormitory.”
“She’s so annoying. I really don’t like her.”
Lu Wanying was a little surprised. She didn’t expect her cousin to be in the same dormitory as Song Chu. This was even better.
“I heard she’s both countrified and ugly. Is that true? Set aside your biases and tell me the truth,” she said.
Niu Yali pouted, “Who said that? That’s so unreliable. Although I don’t like Song Chu, I have to admit one thing: that woman is quite good-looking, and her clothes aren’t bad either. She was even voted as the campus belle by our school.”
If her cousin hadn’t asked her to tell the truth, she would have definitely said that Song Chu was countrified and ugly.
Lu Wanying pursed her lips, “Then, in the dormitory, has she ever mentioned anything about her partner?”
Niu Yali shook her head, “I haven’t heard her mention it. Big Sister, why are you so interested in her?”
Lu Wanying sighed and said, “She’s Gu Yue’s partner, so I want to know more about her.”
Niu Yali’s eyes widened in disbelief, “What? That country bumpkin with no background is Second Young Master Gu’s partner? Is that true?”
“I wish it were false, but I heard it from Gu Yue’s mother.”
Lu Wanying paused and said, “His mother said that when Gu Yue was sent down to the countryside to be an educated youth, he happened to be in Song Chu’s village. Then, somehow, he was schemed and entangled by Song Chu. She even deliberately followed him to Kyoto and won’t let go.”
That’s why she wanted to learn more about Song Chu and find an opportunity to take the initiative and make her back off.
She hadn’t spent time with Gu Yue, and although she couldn’t say she liked him a lot, he met all her requirements for a husband.
He was good-looking, had a good temperament, a strong family background, and extensive connections. The key was that he was very capable himself. So, when she heard that Gu Yue’s mother wanted to set her up with Gu Yue, she was very happy to agree.
Of course, her family was also very supportive and wanted to arrange this marriage.
Because of the past movements, her family had offended many people and was now being suppressed by them. They were on a downward trajectory.
If she could marry into the Gu family, not only would she become the envy of women in their circle, but it would also be a great help to her family.
Now, not only her family, but even the once-powerful Yu family was no match for the rising Gu family.
Song Chu’s existence annoyed her. She naturally believed Gu Yue’s mother’s words, thinking that this kind of village girl would definitely cling to such an excellent man like Gu Yue.
“So Song Chu is so shameless. She acts all high and mighty in the dormitory. I knew it, how could Second Young Master Gu possibly like a village girl like her? Is she worthy? It turns out she used tricks to cling to him,” Niu Yali said sourly.
Her family background was better than Song Chu’s, and even she couldn’t marry into the Gu family. What qualifications did Song Chu have?
