The Heart of a Smith

Xiao Zhao's words were like a basin of cold water, which instantly drenched Li Sui thoroughly.

"Where are you now? I'll come to you, take me to the port, I can't get in touch with him."

Xiao Zhao heard his panic, and hurriedly said: "Boss Lu is a sensible person, nothing will happen, please calm down first."

Li Sui also knew that he had overreacted, but he just couldn't calm down. Before leaving the house, Lu Shang's every move suddenly reappeared in slow motion in his mind over and over again. , the details will be exceptionally clear, the more he thinks about it, the more anxious he feels, he wishes he could grow a pair of wings immediately and fly to the sea to have a look.

The rain was pouring outside the window, and the whole city was almost plunged into darkness.

Li Sui couldn't sit still any longer, he found a set of raincoats from the closet, dressed neatly and went out the door.

There were no pedestrians on the street anymore, and a few stray dogs passed quickly through the green belt with drooping wet fur. They could not hear anything except the whining of the wind. On his face, within 5 minutes after he came out, Li Sui was completely soaked. He never knew that the torrential rain in the coastal areas could be so terrifying.

Li Sui was walking hard on the road, and finally stopped an empty car. When he heard where he was going, the driver immediately showed a embarrassed expression.

"Little brother, it's not that I won't carry you. The torrential rain is really heavy. The location you mentioned is too close to the sea, so accidents are easy to happen."

Li Sui took out a stack of money and handed it to him: "Is it enough?"

If it wasn't for Lei Feng, life would have been more difficult for a sports car to come out in this kind of weather. The driver was really shaken, and finally let him get in the car.

Don't dare to drive too fast, the wind blows fine sand and gravel from time to time on the car window, making terrible noises, both of them are tense, the driver sees that this is not the way to go, turns on the music, and starts chatting with him, to relax the nerves.

"In this weather, everyone hides in the house. What are you doing at the pier?"

"Find someone."

"Oh, is it family?"

Li Sui paused in his heart, bowed his head and let out a "hmm".

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be fine," the driver comforted.

The heavy rain has not abated. Their car drove near the pier and was stopped by the traffic police.

"You can't pass in front." The traffic policeman said loudly.

"I'll go in and find someone." Li Sui said anxiously.

"There's no one inside, they're all evacuated, let's go back."

"What about the sea?"

"There will be no ships leaving the port after three o'clock this afternoon, and those before three o'clock have already returned to the port. Who are you looking for? There is no one you are looking for here. Go back!"

Li Sui froze for a moment, and the driver also looked blank. At this moment, Li Sui's phone rang, and it was Xiao Zhao.

"Little Li...why are you so noisy over there?"

Li Sui hurriedly closed the car window: "What's the matter?"

"Mr. Liu called me just now and asked me to pick him up at the International Hotel. Boss Lu is also there. Don't worry."

Li Sui felt his limbs go limp for a moment: "He..."

"They didn't go out to sea at all in the afternoon. The weather was not good. They only went to the Golden Sands Coast to do a survey and came back. Where are you? Why did I hear the sound of rain? You don't really go out to find him, do you?"

Li Sui choked up and said, "I see, thank you."

"What's the matter? Has anyone been found?" the driver asked.

Li Sui nodded. When he came here, he thought that the Lu Chamber of Commerce was here, and he was only thinking about running here. Once he found out that he was not in this direction at all, Li Sui instantly felt like a fool. He was obviously angry, but he couldn't help but grow Breathe a sigh of relief.

The driver looked at his expression of crying and laughing, and asked tentatively, "Then I'm driving back now?"

"Go to the International Hotel."

As if against them, when Li Sui arrived at the International Hotel, the rain had already lightened a lot, and the wind was still blowing, but it was obviously not as strong as when he went out. The temperature had cooled down, and when he got out of the car, the wind was still blowing a bit cold.

Li Sui's hair was half-dried by the wind, his clothes were all wet, and his trousers were covered with muddy water. He got out of the car in a state of embarrassment, and happened to catch a glimpse of Lu Shang standing at the gate of the hotel, talking to someone with a wine glass, as if he was see a visitor out.

It was only then that Li Sui remembered that this was a farewell banquet organized by the project team for Lu Shang. It seemed that he regained his sanity at this time, and Li Sui stood there dejectedly and did not go any further.

The people at the door obviously noticed him. Lu Shang turned his head and saw Li Sui with a rare expression of astonishment on his face. He sized him up carefully and said, "Why are you here?"

Li Sui looked at him from a distance, his eyes gradually turned red, as if he was wronged, but also as happy.At that second, Lu Shang felt strongly that the person in front of him really wanted to rush over to hug him, but he didn't act because of the presence of so many people.

The wind was still blowing and lifted a corner of his clothes. Lu Shang walked over, touched his drenched clothes, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Li Sui shook his head, as if there was a ball of cotton in his throat, he was so choked up that he couldn't speak.

Lu Shang didn't ask any more questions, took his hand, passed the crowd, and led him to a private room on the second floor.The administrative staff quickly delivered two sets of dry clothes, Li Sui changed, sat on the stool and let Lu Shang dry his hair.

"Where's your cell phone? Why don't you answer the phone?"

Lu Shang fiddled with his hair and said, "The phone is out of battery. I didn't take it when I went out. Did you forget?"

Li Sui choked, then remembered: "Then you can also take a spare."

The corner of Lu Shang's mouth slightly curved: "I've been with Manager Liu all the time, if you want to find me, just call him."

Finally, he knew why the child was so lost. This was the first time Li Sui acted like a baby to him, maybe it was the only time. Lu Shang felt that it was useful, but he couldn't help being touched. He never knew that Li Sui acted like a baby. Sui takes him so seriously, a missed call can make him lose his mind to this extent.

Lu Shang had a faint premonition that something seemed to be going in a direction that he couldn't control.

"Boss Lu, are you in there?" Someone knocked on the door outside.

Lu Shang turned off the hair dryer: "What's the matter?"

"It's your turn to speak now."

"Just come."

Li Sui sneezed and sniffed.

"Have a cold?" Lu Shang combed his hair neatly.

Li Sui shook his head: "It doesn't matter, it was too cold just now, just go back and sleep, you go quickly."

His voice was already nasal when he spoke, and he was running around outside in a heavy rainstorm, and the wind was blowing for so long, and he was worried all the way, seeing him relax at this moment, naturally all the problems popped up.Lu Shang thought of the pitiful look in his eyes at the hotel entrance just now, like a little wolf dog abandoned by the owner and found by himself, and felt especially unbearable, and he had to bear the main responsibility for not answering the phone.

There was still a group of people waiting outside, Lu Shang took two steps, then stopped suddenly, turned back, and said, "Do you want to learn?"

Li Sui huddled in his coat and was stunned for a moment.

"Managing a company, do you want to learn?" Lu Shang asked again.

Li Sui quickly reacted, realized that he might not have a second chance, and immediately sat up straight: "I want to."

"Okay," Lu Shang said in a deep voice, "Starting tomorrow, I will teach you personally."

What Lu Shang said was not just talk, the two of them went to the bookstore first when they got off the plane the next day, and brought back a stack of new books, both in Chinese and English.

"You already have a certain foundation before, so let's learn the theory first." Lu Shang flipped through the catalog, and made some marks on it with a red pen, "You should focus on the chapters that are circled, and I will teach you after reading them." What does that mean." After finishing speaking, he handed the book to him.

To compress decades of learning content into high-intensity and high-density sophisticated courses, in addition to super high talent, it also requires many times more effort and energy than ordinary people, and the test of perseverance and perseverance is even more severe.

"Although you are very smart, it is impossible to run a company well without learning anything," Lu Shang said with a smile, "Take your time."

Li Sui still had a cold, and turned his head from the sea of ​​books in a dizzy state: "Have you read all these books?"

Lu Shang leaned on the chair, flipping through a book of "Management": "When I was your age, I was already applying for an MBA."

From that day on, Li Sui never slept in. He woke up at 05:30 in the morning to memorize concepts and formulas, read various business cases at night before going to bed, and even practiced English in front of the dishes while eating.Lu Shang still had company affairs to deal with during the day, so in order to teach him personally, he could only find time to run around. Li Sui was always afraid that he would be tired, so he listened very carefully, and occasionally asked some questions.

Lu Shang has his own way of teaching things, more guidance, less indoctrination, always put forward a concept, let Li Sui participate in the reasoning process, and finally draw a conclusion, which is efficient and impressive.Except for teaching, Lu Shang basically wouldn't bother him, and only came to raise a point or two when he saw that he really got stuck in the circle and couldn't get out.

That day, something happened to Lu Shang's company, and he came back late. Li Sui read the book all day, and there were so many problems, Lu Shang jumped on him as soon as he came back.

"I understand the relationship between supply and demand, but how can it be related to the actual situation? Also, the number I calculated the day before yesterday seems to be wrong. Also, I solved the problem in the morning. You can see if it is correct. ?"

After asking, he found Lu Shang sitting on the sofa rubbing his brows, and paused: "Are you tired?"

Lu Shang smiled slightly, the dark circles under his eyes were obvious: "It's okay."

"It's better for us to rest."

Lu Shang shook his head: "Sit." After speaking, he took Li Sui's books and began to explain them to him one by one.

The night was dark, and the light tube in the living room was replaced not long ago. The light was warm, and it shone on Lu Shang, making him look lazy and soft. Li Sui stared at Lu Shang's slightly drooping eyelashes, and saw that he was low and slightly hoarse. For the first time, he lost his mind in his voice.

"...So the formula you mentioned the day before yesterday, now you can use this new method to go back and verify it-what are you looking at?"

"Uh, I..." Li Sui was taken aback for a moment, seeing Lu Shang staring at him gravely, he lowered his head, "I'm sorry."

Lu Shang smiled lightly: "Am I pretty?"

Li Sui stole a glance at Lu Shang, but he didn't know which tendon was cramping, so he said in a strange way: "It looks good..."

Lu Shang didn't expect that he dared to say it for a while, and said, "It's better than a book?"

Li Sui didn't answer, and silently gave a "hmm" in his heart, saying that you don't even know how good-looking you are.

"Okay, let me tell you again, don't let your mind wander."

"Ah."

After finally finishing the speech, it was already past twelve o'clock. The two of them practiced speaking for a while, and Lu Shang seemed to be extremely tired, so he slowly leaned his head on Li Sui's shoulder in a sitting posture.

Li Sui knew that his heart was probably feeling uncomfortable again, so he didn't dare to move immediately, and relaxed his shoulders so that Lu Shang could lean more comfortably.

"Li Sui," Lu Shang closed his eyes and asked calmly, "Is it hard to learn?"

"It's not hard."

"why?"

Li Sui smiled slowly, and supported Lu Shang's chin with the back of his hand: "It's been hard to live, what can be harder and more unbearable than this?"

What Li Sui said was his own experience, but Lu Shang seemed to have a feeling, and said softly: "Yes..."

The two of them leaned together quietly for a while, Lu Shang didn't speak, and his breathing was very quiet, Li Sui thought he was asleep, so he bent down to grab his leg, and just as he picked him up, Lu Shang opened his eyes .

"Sleep?" Seeing that he was awake, Li Sui was about to let him down, but Lu Shang tilted his head and closed his eyes again: "Too lazy to go."

Li Sui was slightly startled, tightened his hands, strode towards the bedroom with big strides, the corner of his mouth raised an arc: "En."

During the day, Lu Shang went to work as usual. After finishing a lot of chores, Uncle Yuan opened the office door and found Lu Shang leaning on his chair to watch the live video. He couldn't help but feel very novel.Lu Shang usually doesn't surf the Internet very much, and he is not interested in TV programs at all. Apart from his work files, he doesn't even have any extra pictures in his computer. For some reason, he suddenly started watching the live broadcast room.

"Secretary Xu has an appointment this afternoon, do you want to go?"

Lu Shang raised his head from behind the screen: "Go."

Uncle Yuan nodded, and when he left, he deliberately slowed down and listened carefully, and found that it turned out to be a parent mutual assistance live broadcast room about teenage psychology.

During this period of intense study, Li Sui's appetite suddenly increased, and he picked up three bowls for dinner, and his mouth was full: "When will I be able to leave the teacher?"

Lu Shang took a chicken leg for him, and smiled: "When you can see the problems in the report last time, you will pass the test."

Before going to bed at night, Li Sui lay on the bed reading a book, and after getting up early for several days, he inevitably felt tired, so he almost fell asleep lying on his stomach.Lu Shang came over and tapped his head lightly: "Tired?"

Li Sui rolled over and sat up, rubbing his eyes.

Lu Shang saw that his eyes could hardly be opened, so he took the book from his hand and urged him to go to bed.

"Let me watch it later." Li Sui refused.

"Don't worry, don't develop a bad habit of inefficiency," Lu Shang comforted, and drove him to bed, "Go up, I'll tell you a story."

"What story?" Li Sui became more energetic.

Lu Shang rummaged through the drawer and took the pills, then sat on the bed, turned off the light and lay down: "If you want a sloppy subordinate to keep his clothes neat and tidy every day, what would you do?"

Li Sui thought for a while: "Give him the rules."

"What if he doesn't listen?"

"Deduct his salary."

Lu Shang was amused.

"Isn't it right?" Li Sui asked.

"Yes, moreover, this is the method that most domestic enterprises will adopt," Lu Shang said, "Apart from this, is there any other way?"

Li Sui thought for a while: "Let him make a girlfriend."

Lu Shang was amused again, this time he laughed outright, the distance was too close, Li Sui could even feel the tremor in his chest, and in the darkness, his heart trembled violently.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Sui controlled his voice and expression, feeling that his acting skills were getting better and better.

"Tell me why."

Li Sui restrained his expression, and said seriously: "No matter how sloppy and unbearable a person is, if he meets someone who makes him want to become better, he will definitely become better."

The clever words were in the middle, and Lu Shang understood what he meant, but chose to ignore them calmly: "So it's an incentive policy?"

Li Sui let out a muffled "hmm".

"You are right, in this world, if you want anyone to do things according to your ideas, there are nothing more than two methods, one is punishment and the other is reward. Any complicated mental tricks are based on these two methods It evolved," Lu Shangdao, "like this sloppy employee, you want him to keep tidy every day, first you can make regulations on him, and if you fail to do so, you will punish him, and second, praise him."

"Praise? Can you still boast like this?"

"No matter how sloppy a person is, there are always a few days in a year when he is clean. Take advantage of that time to praise him until he is ashamed, and he is too embarrassed to appear in front of you in a sloppy image."

Li Sui thought for a while and said, "Then what if he is thick-skinned?"

"Then he might be a sales talent," Lu Shang said with a smile, "This is the second thing I want to tell you, you know, how many newcomers in the workplace are defeated by the word 'face' Well, if you want to become a qualified businessman, the first thing you need to get rid of is shame and affection."

Li Sui came to a sudden: "Just shameless?"

Lu Shang was amused by him, and explained: "What I mean is, don't make decisions you don't want to make because of face, and know how to refuse when you should."

Li Sui nodded, and Lu Shang continued: "Come back to business, you should teach students according to their aptitude in reading, and it's the same with employing people. When to use punishment, when to use incentives, and when to use both, depends on the person you want to use."

"So," Lu Shangdao, "besides what is written in the book, there is one more important thing you must understand."

"What is it?"

"People's hearts."

Li Sui was stunned.

Lu Shang held his hand under the quilt, squeezed it, and seemed to sigh: "Li Sui, I taught you to understand people's hearts in case someone hurts you in the future, and you will not be passive. To harm others. You must understand the human heart, but don’t play with it. You are an upright man, and you should do something higher. Human strength is limited, and you should use it on the right path. I hope you will always remember this sentence.”