Chapter 570: Give it a Try
"This..."
"Enough, if I let you accept it, just accept it. If you keep hesitating, I might start to doubt your execution ability. What I need now is a partner with excellent execution abilities. I believe you came here to discuss a partnership with me. Since the first time you met me and asked those detailed questions, I could tell you came with a purpose.
Indeed, I guessed right; you are also a very qualified person. Since you arrived, I’ve observed that you’re indeed suitable for collaboration. It’s just this hesitance that’s not very appealing. We are all men here, so let’s not act indecisively. Once a decision is made, just go for it. It doesn’t matter what you’re going to ask me next.
Or if you lack the courage to ask about my affairs, let me just offer one piece of advice: it’s never too late to do what you want to do. You must believe that you can achieve it; then the task might not necessarily succeed. Like me, I also doubted whether I could accomplish this task, but the people around me were very supportive and helped me get this far.
I’ve finally turned this place into such a wonderful kingdom. Does it move you? If it does, you should try it yourself. I naturally won’t repeat myself too much because you are the first man I’ve felt such a good connection with, and I’m willing to talk more with you. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t bother interacting this way.
You should think it over. This tea is to bring you a bit of luck. Once you accept this tea, I hope everything you do will be successful," Mr. Shen said as he sat in the office chair, tapping the desk powerfully and rhythmically, each sentence laden with profound wisdom, wanting the young man to understand the strength of his, Mr. Shen’s, cooperative spirit and his ability to see through many things.
Zhang Tao truly realized then that Mr. Shen was much more formidable than he had imagined. From the beginning, he had seen through Zhang Tao’s purpose, yet he hadn’t spoken harshly but comforted him softly and kept reminding him that effort would lead to outcomes. Could Zhang Tao himself also let go and just do it then? What hesitations could there possibly be left?
Why not just tell others? By sitting there and gladly accepting the tea, he was clearly signaling that there was no problem in their relations.
Mr. Shen, seeing this, was very pleased; indeed, the young man knew the times, immediately grasping his intentions and rightly saw accepting the tea as marking a promising partnership.
"Then, Mr. Shen, let’s cut to the chase," said Zhang Tao. "After all, we are all intelligent people. There’s no benefit in me being secretive. I have an idea that I want to implement quickly, inspired a bit by Penguin. I think that since the internet isn’t exceedingly widespread now, why couldn’t I be the one to advance it?"