Yanzi Valley of Jingcheng

Chapter 98 Six Degrees of Separation

At 2:58 in the morning, Ren Tianxing rubbed his sleepy eyes, his mind had stopped turning.

At the end of the day, he held a meeting with Xiao Jie, accompanied Xiao Jie to the project site, and concentrated on perfecting the book market research report. In addition, he also sent messages to all the people he might know around him asking if he knew a famous foreign store designer, but none of them obtained.

The overload of work made Ren Tianxing feel tired and sleepy.

Ren Tianxing thought that as long as he lay down on the three-section brown leather sofa in the reception room, he would be able to fall asleep immediately. He didn't even need a sofa, and the blue and black carpet under his feet was also good. It is comfortable to stand up on the waist again.

And what about Xiao Jie?

Sometimes he makes phone calls abroad, and sometimes he taps in front of the computer keyboard.

Ren Tianxing didn't dare to stare at the leader's computer at first out of politeness, but he couldn't help it later, he took advantage of the gap when he got up to go to the toilet to peek at Xiao Jie's screen, and found that Xiao Jie actually sent those The store designer he could find left a message.

In addition to Facebook, Xiao Jie also opened Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Youtube on the main menu, all of which are well-known foreign social media software and video sites.

Xiao Jie searched the homepages of major designers with keywords, and then tried to get in touch with them directly through the Internet.

Before Ren Tianxing went to the bathroom, his main purpose was not to relieve his hand, but to pour cold water on his face to refresh himself. As a young man who has just joined the job, he must not fall down before the leader.

However, Xiao Jie's action was more effective than any cold water or even ice water. His straight spine and crackling typing sound made Ren Tianxing's eyes a little red with the dozens of windows in front of the screen.

Most people give up after calling for a day without getting any results. The way of leaving messages through the Internet is far less likely to cooperate with the introduction of acquaintances, but Xiao Jie has no intention of slacking off. If acquaintances cannot handle things, he has to rely entirely on himself. .

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the reception room twice, and when Xiao Jie turned around, the door had already been opened.

Standing outside the door were two men in their thirties, one with a round face, wearing a white shirt and glasses, his skin was as white as a bun; the other was tall and tall with dark skin.

"Mr. Xiao, I got in touch. This is my colleague, Bupleurum." The man with the white bun face said.

Xiao Jie was a little surprised to see Jiang Yifan, because he was Jiang Yifan who contacted in the afternoon. He had worked in investment banks for many years and knew many corporate clients. It was reasonable for Xiao Jie to ask him for help.

"Chaihu is my former colleague at Minghe Securities." Jiang Yifan repeated with a smile.

"Hello Mr. Xiao!" Bupleurum stretched out his hand.

"Please come in!" Xiao Jie stepped forward to shake hands with Bupleurum, his tone was a little eager: "Do you know foreign store designers?"

"I don't know each other directly, but I can help with a connection," Chaihu said.

"Go and pour some tea." Xiao Jie told Ren Tianxing while inviting Jiang Yifan and Bupleurum to sit down.

Just as Ren Tianxing was about to go out, he was stopped by Bupleurum, "You're welcome, Mr. Xiao, we'll go back right away. Really, there are still projects to report tomorrow."

Xiao Jie laughed when he heard this, "No wonder you guys are still awake at this hour."

"Hehe, the Science and Technology Innovation Board has been very popular recently, and there are quite a lot of projects." Chaihu sat down while talking, and then gave Xiao Jie the contact information of several people, and explained the relationship between the characters in detail.

Ren Tianxing listened because he didn't have to go out to pour tea, and he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood when he heard it.

Chaihu is an investment bank manager, and his main job is to list domestic companies. None of the clients he served before belonged to the catering industry, so he did not directly know any international or domestic catering restaurant designers.

But coincidentally, this man named Chaihu is also the top big V of a certain public account, a KOL in the investment banking industry. After Chaihu introduced himself as an official account, Ren Tianxing thought that Chaihu came to recommend the design to Xiao Jie this time. The teacher is a fan of his official account, or at least someone recommended by a fan of his official account.

But Ren Tianxing guessed wrong.

Because as a big V on the official account with more than one million fans, the content of the articles he posts is quite cautious, so that he will not create a missing person notice on his official account just because of an inquiry from his former colleague Jiang Yifan.

So what happened was this:

Xiao Jie called Jiang Yifan in the afternoon and asked him if he knew a store designer of a relatively well-known restaurant in the world, preferably a beverage store designer, a coffee shop or a milk tea shop, the bigger the name, the better.

Although Jiang Yifan does not know such designers directly, he has always tried his best to meet the requirements of the leaders. It is Jiang Yifan's work rule to complete the tasks beyond the expectations of the leaders.

For example, this time, Xiao Jie didn't have much hope for Jiang Yifan, but he really brought Xiao Jie a "hope" in the middle of the night. This former colleague named Bupleurum was one of Jiang Yifan's interpersonal resources.

After hearing Jiang Yifan's inquiry, Chaihu carefully recalled his own social circle. He really didn't know any store designers, neither in China nor abroad.

"Brother Yifan, my circle of friends is similar to yours. They are either engaged in finance or working overtime in technology companies like us. If you want to say that the readers of my official account are also in our group, store designers... I really don’t know you.” This was Bupleurum’s reply to Jiang Yifan at the beginning.

The time is late at 12:00 am.

Bupleurum worked overtime frantically in Minghe Building to prepare the company's listing application materials. Probably because the takeaway he ate at night was not clean, he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, so he squatted in the toilet for a long time.

When I was tired of looking at materials on my mobile phone, I switched to Moments to relax. As a result, the Moments were swiped aimlessly, and some useful clues were really swiped.

Chaihu saw 9 part-time job pictures posted by a friend of his who is the author of "The Road to Investment Banking" and is currently living in Silicon Valley in the United States.

Coincidentally, the picture is a milk tea shop. The store is very spacious, with a cartoon theme, and the design is very cute. The line at the door is [-] meters long, and there are people from any country.

Bupleurum couldn't help but sent a message to the writer: "Boss, why did you go to work in a milk tea shop?"

Bupleurum added this writer to WeChat more than 100 times in the first place, in order to ask for advice on writing skills.

Bupleurum didn’t tell anyone that it was the writer’s advice that made his official account popular in the entire investment circle from nobody, just like those bosses who hired consulting firms like McKinsey would not let others know about their companies The strategy is not what they think of themselves, but the elites of those consulting companies plan it for them.

But generally speaking, Bupleurum still has some conscience. He did not write a book or personal biography on success after becoming famous, and blamed himself for all the aura.

The writer sent back a WeChat message to Chaihu at 1:12 in the morning, "Because the protagonist of the next book is working in a milk tea shop."

Bupleurum replied immediately after seeing it: "It's hard work, boss! I think the design of your store is very good, do you know the designer? I have a project now, and there is a shortage of this kind of store designer. I would like to ask if I can cooperate."

"I don't know."

Seeing this reply, Chaihu thought to let it go, anyway, he just asked casually.

But just when he finished his relief and returned to his seat to continue working overtime, he suddenly thought: No!The clerk who works in the milk tea shop does not know the designer, but the owner of the milk tea shop must!Otherwise, who did the boss find to design the storefront? !If the writer knew the boss...

Just as Chaihu thought of this, the writer sent another WeChat message to Chaihu: "The proprietress here knows her, and she said that this designer is the designer of a certain cafe."

When Bupleur saw the name of the cafe, his eyes were straightened, what the hell!World famous coffee chain brand!

Therefore, Chaihu became full of energy, exceeding the leader's expectations. This work rule was very well trained by Jiang Yifan. Work habits have flowed deeply into Bupleurum's blood.

"Can you tell the proprietress that we can cooperate!" So Chaihu directly dialed the writer on WeChat and confessed to him that the store designer is needed by Jinquan Investment Group. Financing will expand the store to the whole of the United States. It is always good to know more people from investment companies. After all, Jinquan also has a branch in the United States, and the scale of funds managed by the branch is also very large. "

So later, the writer persuaded the proprietress, and the exchange was naturally that Chaihu would advertise her book ten times for free on her official account.

At present, the proprietress who has opened seven or eight stores in California only with her own funds also very much hopes to meet people from venture capital institutions and exchange designers for capital resources. Anyone who does business will not refuse, let alone she is not selling The designer is only provided with the contact information of the designer. To put it bluntly, the proprietress is introducing customers to the designer, and it is a win-win situation for all parties.

At the end of the story, Bupleurum asked for the contact information of the designer.

Xiao Jie didn't delay for a second at this time, he quickly contacted the designer, and then bought a plane ticket to the United States at 10:[-] tomorrow morning. Xiao Jie always believed that only the relationship established by meeting in person is relatively reliable.

After everything went well, Chaihu and Jiang Yifan left, Xiao Jie asked Ren Tianxing to go home quickly, and it was at this moment that Xiao Jie realized that this young man named Ren Tianxing, although he didn't do anything to help, he was always with him He didn't have to do it all night by himself.

It is impossible for Ren Tianxing to go to the United States with Xiao Jie, who has not yet applied for a passport, so he had to pack his things and prepare to go home and sleep, even though he was not sleepy at this time.

Before Ren Tianxing left, he couldn't help asking Xiao Jie a question, "Mr. Xiao, if Jiang Yifan and the others don't come, will you still keep looking for..."

"Yes." Xiao Jie also packed his things.

"Then what if... I mean, if... you can't find it in the end?"

"I can't find it." Xiao Jie replied simply, "Have you heard of Six Degrees of Separation?"

"Ah?" Ren Tianxing didn't respond.

"It's the theory of six degrees of separation, which belongs to the category of mathematics." Xiao Jie said, "The theory of six degrees of separation says that there will be no more than six people between you and any stranger. That is to say, You can get to know any stranger through at most 6 intermediaries. Of course, it is not that you have to go through six people to get to know any stranger. This theory just expresses that any two people who have never met before, through a certain way There is always an inevitable connection. So as long as I want, I will definitely be able to meet the people I want to meet, which may have taken a long time before, but now with the Internet, the speed will be much faster."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Jie picked up his bag, "The book market researches and develops my mailbox, and I have to go home and get some things to take a shower before I get on the plane to meet the designer. You have a good rest, you don't have to go to work today."

Before closing the door, Xiao Jie seemed to have thought of something, turned around to look at Ren Tianxing, and said seriously, "Next time we encounter such a thing, I will leave it to you."

Ren Tianxing: "..."

(End of this chapter)