Chapter 39 - 34: Forced to Be the Bad Guy

Liu Shuo said he wanted to help, but he was always known for being all brawn and no brains, and only now did he think of Zhou Yuwen, the leading big brother of his "Xu Huai Club." He explained the situation to Zhou Yuwen. Zhou Yuwen was totally confused at the time, saying, "Since when have I become the boss of the Xu Huai Club? And what the hell is the Xu Huai Club?" "Hey! Brother Zhou, you forgot! That night at the barbecue stand, it was the Xu Huai Club’s claim to fame!" "???" Okay, Zhou Yuwen was completely out of the loop, but Liu Shuo did have a knack for bluffing and swaggering around their school, and now there were already quite a few sturdy young men from Xu Huai and Lu Dong claiming they had joined the Xu Huai Club and thinking it was some really awesome place. Actually, none of this was important. What mattered was that the Minister of External Relations at Liu Shuo’s school was a real piece of work, skimming kickbacks off students working part-time jobs. The students were worked to death, getting up at five o’clock every morning, only getting home at ten at night, and in the end, they only made a hundred yuan while he did nothing and earned fifty. "Brother Zhou, you’re smarter than me, think of a solution!" Liu Shuo said. Zhou Yuwen had come into contact with Liu Shuo and his schoolmates and felt that they were just a group of simple and honest young men. Although they were not good at studying, their hearts were in the right place. In his past life, some student council or department seniors would take advantage of their positions to exploit this bunch of free labor. At that time, Zhou Yuwen was powerless to change things and thus let it be, but now that he had the ability to make a change, why not give it a try? So, Zhou Yuwen told Liu Shuo, now that your classmates all listen to you, why not bypass that Minister of External Relations and do it yourself? "Do it myself?" "Yeah, there’s a pretty high demand for labor in the wedding service market right now. Since your classmates all need part-time work, you could totally run the channel yourself. This way, not only is there no middleman making a profit, but you could even negotiate prices directly with the buyers." "Yeah! How come I never thought of that!" Liu Shuo’s eyes lit up. Zhou Yuwen told him that for this kind of solid demand, there really wasn’t any need for negotiating skills, but there was one condition: if you’re going to do it, you definitely can’t take a cut like that Minister of External Relations, just purely help out among fellow countrymen. "Of course, we in the Xu Huai Club are all like brothers. How could we possibly take a cut? And besides, I’m not short on cash." Zhou Yuwen also told him that part-time jobs aren’t limited to working at weddings. He could also find other part-time gigs, like handing out flyers, or working during winter and summer breaks. "Oh right, you could even start a part-time job group." Zhou Yuwen poured out everything he experienced and encountered during his college years in his previous life to Liu Shuo, who was very attentive and kept nodding in agreement. Zhou Yuwen never expected that because of his careless act, the nonexistent Xu Huai Club would gradually take shape, and for a long time afterwards, the Xu Huai Club controlled all the part-time job resources in the university town. "I’m Zhou Yuwen." "Alright, alright, deleting it right now!" "????" Zhou Yuwen was completely baffled. What was this all about? "Old Zhou, you’re on fire now!" "Don’t fucking talk nonsense, I’ve told you guys it’s a misunderstanding," Zhou Yuwen hadn’t kept it a secret from them. He really didn’t want to be associated with the evil forces, and besides, it was the 21st century—where did these evil forces even come from? After hearing all this from Zhou Yuwen, Li Qiang felt it was unbelievable and somewhat wistful. He thought Zhou Yuwen was incredibly lucky. How great it would have been if it had been him leading over seventy people into a fight that night. Just like it was written in the forum post—Zhao Hao kneeling in front of Zhou Yuwen and calling him ’Dad’. He thought it felt even better than the most thrilling novel! If it had been him, he would have wished for the situation to blow up even more, but Zhou Yuwen insisted on suppressing the news. At that moment, the phone rang. Zhou Yuwen had already changed the contact name; it was Su Qing calling. "Why is she calling so late?" Zhou Yuwen was curious. "Uh," Chang Hao felt a bit awkward upon seeing it was Su Qing calling. He cleared his throat twice, "Old Zhou, you don’t want Su Qing to know about this, do you?" "No shit! I’m not a gangster," Zhou Yuwen retorted. "She might already know..." "?" Chang Hao was embarrassed as he admitted that he had sent the post to Zheng Yanyan the moment he saw it. "Are you out of your mind?" "Please! You know I tell Yanyan everything!" Chang Hao still thought his reasoning was perfectly justifiable.