Chapter 31: Arranging them

Shen Hongxing grabbed Aguang’s arm.

“Ouch, ouch, ouch…” Aguang let out a pig like scream.

Shen Hongxing pressed him, “Tell me, did Shen Jiaojiao come here?”

When Shen Jiaojiao showed up at the fashion show with Shen Jianguo yesterday, she found it strange.

Besides Lu Jiaoyang, only the thugs living in the abandoned ship knew about the fashion show.

And most of the thugs had helped out at the fashion show yesterday.

Only Aguang was lazy and didn’t want to work.

She guessed that Shen Jiaojiao had probably come here yesterday, and Aguang happened to be there.

Shen Jiaojiao must have bribed Aguang.

Aguang was greedy, so he told Shen Jiaojiao about her down jacket fashion show.

Shen Jiaojiao wanted to see her fail, deliberately bringing Shen Jianguo to the scene to humiliate her in front of everyone.

Aguang was in severe pain.

He pleaded repeatedly, “Boss, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to tell Shen Jiaojiao about your business. I’m heavily in debt, and Shen Jiaojiao gave me 50 kuai.

“Aguang, you dared to betray the boss?” After hearing Aguang’s words, Xu Shuangshuang slapped him twice.

He glared at Xu Shuangshuang, his eyes filled with hatred, “Boss? What kind of boss is she? Xu Shuangshuang, we chose you as the boss because you said you would lead us all to make a fortune. But how long have you been the boss? You’re going to give up your position to this stranger? Why? Instead of following her, you should follow me. At least I might lead you to get rich overnight!”

“Get rich overnight? You mean take us all to the casino?” Xu Shuangshuang grabbed Aguang’s collar, gritting her teeth, “The boss has already proven her ability. Today, everyone got paid, so you’re nothing!”

“Yes, Sister Shuang is right. We’re now completely convinced by the boss!”

“Exactly, our boss is the boss. From now on, we’ll all follow the boss wholeheartedly. We’ll do anything for the boss!”

The other thugs said in unison.

They had some resentment about Shen Hongxing being the boss.

Now, Shen Hongxing had proven herself, silencing them.

They only had admiration for Shen Hongxing.

Shen Hongxing turned to Aguang, pointing at his nose, “Do you remember the oath you all made when you became sworn brothers?”

Aguang remembered when he and Xu Shuangshuang had become sworn brothers; they had sworn an oath to Guan Yu…

sworn to live and die together, never to betray their brothers and sisters. Anyone who betrayed would be expelled.

Forever estranged.

He panicked, groveling before Shen Hongxing, “Boss, I’m sorry, I know I was wrong. I’ll definitely change. Please, don’t kick me out. You know I have nowhere else to go!”

“Aguang, if you’re a man, you should take responsibility for your actions!”

Shen Hongxing pushed him away in disgust, “You have one day to leave!”

Leaving those words, she turned and went inside.

Aguang begged Xu Shuangshuang, “Sister Shuang, please, for the sake of all these years we’ve lived together, don’t kick me out!”

“We don’t keep traitors here!”

She had known he often bullied the others, but she had overlooked it for the sake of their long-standing friendship.

Unexpectedly, this time, he had betrayed the boss.

Such a person could not be kept.

Xu Shuangshuang also turned and left.

Aguang looked at Chen Jiayi, “Sister Jiayi, you’re close to the boss. Can you plead for me…”

“No!”

Chen Jiayi flatly refused.

She would never forgive him.

Aguang looked at Cao Hongxia, still hoping.

Before he could speak, Cao Hongxia took Chen Jiayi’s hand, “Jiayi, let’s go find the boss!”

“Okay!”

The two walked hand-in-hand towards Shen Hongxing’s room.

Shen Hongxing was writing down how the money would be distributed.

Seeing them enter, she took out 1,500 kuai and handed it to them, “You all worked hard to make the fashion show a success. Here, 500 kuai each. Buy yourselves something you need!”

Xu Shuangshuang quickly returned the money to Shen Hongxing, “Boss, didn’t we agree to save this money to start the company? Why are you giving it to us?”

“Yes, Boss, didn’t we agree?”

Chen Jiayi and Cao Hongxia also returned the money to Shen Hongxing.

Shen Hongxing gave them the money again, “We can earn more money to start the company! This is your living expenses! You’re all girls, and you didn’t have money before to dress yourselves properly. Now that you have money, you can buy clothes, shoes, bags, cosmetics, and things you like!”

Xu Shuangshuang and the others couldn’t bear to refuse her kindness and accepted the money.

Shen Hongxing smiled, “That’s right. When we open the company.

Will give you some living expenses first, and then at the end of the year, we’ll distribute profits according to your investment proportions!”

Xu Shuangshuang admired Shen Hongxing, “Boss, you’re amazing! You know everything!”

Shen Hongxing thought of something and asked them, “I’ve been thinking, if I successfully join the army, before I leave, I want to send you three to school!”

The three major shareholders of a modeling agency can’t be illiterate!

The future is a high-tech, information-based era. If they want to manage a company and go public, they must study hard.

“School?” The three of them said in unison, “We’re so old, how can we go to school?”

Shen Hongxing pulled them to sit down, “Chief Lu asked me how I planned to arrange for you before he left, and I said I wanted you to study! He told me that there’s a literacy school in Haicheng that specifically recruits young people who haven’t been to school. I think when I go to Haicheng, I’ll have you go to that school!”

Chen Jiayi was worried, “But Boss, if we go to school, how can we help you?”

“Don’t worry, the school, to encourage young people to read and write, has set up morning and evening classes. You can go to class in the morning and come back to help me in the afternoon. I’ll rent a big house in Haicheng, and we’ll still be together!”

Cao Hongxia asked, “But Boss, if you join the army, won’t we be able to contact you?”

“That’s why you must go to school. Once you can read and write, you can write me letters!”

Telephones weren’t yet widespread.

People communicated through letters.