Chapter 20: Ask Her Out!
Song Mingyang suddenly understood. In the end, the reason things worked out was Zhang Yang's decisive touch.
"No problem, absolutely no problem!"
"Good." Tang Leyi nodded with satisfaction. "Then let's leave it at that for today?"
She stood up, and everyone at the table immediately stood as well.
Song Mingyang was filled with emotion and glanced at Zhang Yang with satisfaction. Tonight's beginning hadn't gone smoothly, but after all the twists and turns, everything ended well.
Late at night, after escorting Miss Tang from Grandstone Real Estate and her group back to the hotel, Song Mingyang stood at the hotel entrance and couldn't stop sighing.
"Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang, this time it's all thanks to you. How about this-your salary for this month will be doubled. When the project is completed, I'll calculate an additional bonus for you. Work hard, and you'll have a chance for promotion in the future!"
Zhang Yang simply thanked him and had no other reaction.
Normally, when a boss expresses something like this, a subordinate would at least be deeply grateful and say something like thanks for the boss's guidance.
But… come on.
When you're making six hundred thousand a month, who do you still need to flatter?
Going to work for him now was simply a rare form of entertainment in life. After all, even though he earned twenty thousand a day, it would still take fifty days to save up one million. With such long stretches of time, being a leisurely Old Zhang was actually quite nice.
He politely declined Song Mingyang's offer to drive him back and took a taxi home himself.
After returning to the apartment, before taking a shower, he took a selfie as usual and updated his RedNote:
[Thanks to everyone for teaching me how to fish. This outfit is something I matched myself this time. Please give some suggestions.]
It was too late at night, so he didn't wait for replies from netizens. After showering, he went straight to sleep.
Early the next morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, Zhang Yang grabbed his phone to check. The comments section immediately came into view.
'Damn, damn, this is awesome!'
'No way, how did you come up with this outfit? It suits you so well, it's incredible…'
'Absolutely amazing, bro. Truly inspiring!'
'Ever since the blogger lost weight, he's been changing almost every day.'
'Exciting! A sense of achievement! Watching the blogger change day by day, I have to say, a real-life character development game is just too good!'
'By the way, how tall is the blogger?'
Zhang Yang saw the comment and replied truthfully.
[One meter seventy-eight (~5 ft 10 in).]
Immediately, there were many comments expressing regret.
People often say that men hate it when others say they are 179 cm tall. One can imagine how painful it is to be stuck right before the dividing line of 180 cm.
179 cm and 180 cm are two completely different concepts.
They're simply not the same.
'Don't be discouraged, blogger. There are many ways to make up for it.'
'Yeah, just choose the right pair of shoes and you can easily achieve the effect of being 180 cm!'
'That's right. I recommend canvas shoes. They may look ordinary, but they actually help increase height.'
'Dad sneakers are also great. The height boost is definite! The blogger should try them.'
'When a guy is tall, the whole person looks different!'
'Agreed.'
'Ding!'
[The system has adopted a new suggestion.]
[Task]
Increase height by changing shoes
[Rewards]
3 experience points; +2 cm height
The moment this task appeared, Zhang Yang's heart thumped heavily twice. That instant of excitement was even stronger than leveling up.
Sure enough, 180 cm was the obsession of every man who was close to that height.
He wasn't someone who liked to fake things. 178 cm was 178 cm. He wouldn't claim to be 180 just for the sake of face.
But did that mean he didn't want to become 180 cm tall?
Of course he did.
Very much.
And now, this long-awaited task had appeared. Zhang Yang felt pure ecstasy.
Although he had the strong impulse to complete the task immediately, Zhang Yang still suppressed it.
No rush. It wouldn't be too late to do it after work.
As usual, after going for a morning run at the apartment gym, Zhang Yang headed to work.
At the company, the boss hadn't shown up for a long time that day, and Sales Director Old Shao also hadn't come.
Only Zhang Yang knew that the two of them had probably gone to sign the contract. Since the matter had been preliminarily settled, they definitely needed to strike while the iron was hot and finalize it completely.
Sure enough, shortly after ten in the morning, outside the company entrance, Song Mingyang walked in with Old Shao, his face glowing.
"President Song, did it work out?" The finance lady happened to be heading to the sales department and asked.
"It worked! A big order!" He slapped the contract onto the table, his voice loud and full of energy.
Inside the company, everyone began whispering among themselves.
But Boss Song Mingyang walked straight toward Zhang Yang and spoke in front of everyone.
"Zhang Yang, the reason this deal succeeded is largely thanks to you. Work a bit harder-this time, you'll take the lead on Grandstone's planning proposal!"
Zhang Yang actually didn't want to accept it.
He only wanted to coast around the company and pass time. He had no intention of making himself busy.
But after thinking about it, he still nodded.
Everyone cast envious looks at him. After all, once the boss notices you and entrusts you with important tasks, promotion and a salary increase are usually not far away.
Only the person involved didn't really care.
Song Mingyang gave a few words of encouragement in public before leaving enthusiastically. Zhang Yang had just lowered his head to start working when he received a message from Bei Wei.
"Brother Zhang, congratulations."
Zhang Yang: Congratulations for being busy non-stop?
Bei Wei: But the bonus will be big, and you might get promoted too… okay, maybe Brother Zhang doesn't care about those things.
Zhang Yang: Since it's congratulations, how about having dinner together tonight?
After that message, Bei Wei didn't reply for a long time.
"No way?" Zhang Yang blinked, feeling a bit surprised. Could his first invitation really fail?
Actually, even if it failed, he didn't feel any burden.
After all, his transformation had only begun recently. Deep down, he was still the same Zhang Yang.
Besides, confidence didn't mean arrogance. He had never believed that the current version of himself should be unstoppable.
Putting down his phone, Zhang Yang focused on work again. Occasionally when he looked up, he saw that Bei Wei was still burying her head in something, not sure what she was doing.
'Ding!'
Another message arrived on his phone.
Zhang Yang glanced at it. It was a delayed reply from Bei Wei.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, how about this place? I checked the reviews and they're really good. Also, let's agree in advance-this time I definitely have to treat!"
So all that time, Bei Wei had been thinking about where to eat.
"Alright then, if you insist on treating." Zhang Yang didn't hesitate and readily gave Bei Wei the chance to pay.
Just after finishing chatting with Bei Wei, Xiang Youde across from him gave Zhang Yang a look, signaling him to check the chat software.
Xiang Youde: Let's grab a meal tonight… not at a restaurant though, come to my place.
Zhang Yang: Another day? I've got plans.
Xiang Youde: Hah, didn't you just get rejected? And you say you've got plans? You think I'll believe that?
Zhang Yang: I really do have plans. Believe it or not.
Sitting across from him, Zhang Yang could even hear Xiang Youde let out a long, contemptuous snort.
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