Pet King - Chapter 177

Chapter 177
600 miles away from Binhai city, there was another city called Hu City .


It was the grand opening of the brand-new headquarters building of Stars Pet Chain Supermarket .
Feeling helpless, Qian Tong sighed, "So many people! I absolutely hate crowded places!"
With a huge professional camera on his shoulder, Yu tried to comfort her . "What else are we going to do? That’s our job . Hey, if you hate crowded places so much, how come you majored in journalism?"
Upon hearing these questions, Qian Tong started complaining, "Well, I majored in journalism because I wanted to be a TV show anchor . I have been through so much to get a job at the TV station, yet all I got is this no-name reporter position!"
Yu was in his forties and had a family to feed, so he was much more tolerant . Wearing a photographer’s vest which had a thousand pockets between the inside and outside, he used one hand to carry the camera and the other hand to reach into the chest pocket for his cigarette . He shook the package until one cigarette stuck out from the opening . He bowed his head and got it in his mouth, pulled out the lighter, lit it and took a deep drag .
"Everyone wants to become an anchor because that is where the fame is . The problem is that you don’t have a great network, nor did you graduate from a broadcasting and hosting arts major . So, it could be difficult to become an anchor . Anyways, getting a paycheck regularly is nice, isn’t it?"
Taking another drag of the cigarette, Yu felt a bit annoyed by the crowd in front of him . There were a lot of cameramen from other TV stations and newspapers . If he wanted to get a good angle for the news, he had to fight for a good spot to place his camera . He had gotten in a fight with others for a good spot before . It wasn’t good . However, he was excited when he thought about the cash gift the organizer was going to distribute .
He fixed his cap, and looked up to the top of the headquarters building .
It was a 25-story building: square, solid and practical . Compared to other new designs, this building looked somewhat plain . Stars Pet Chain Supermarket was such an enormous enterprise . Why didn’t they spend more money on the exterior design?!
Anyways, that’s none of my business . He habitually fixed his cap again and thought to himself .
There was a long red carpet extended from the front door of the building to the outside . The red carpet then went from the middle to both sides .
A few technicians were on the stage testing the microphone .
On both sides of the podium, there was a bunch of stuff mysteriously covered underneath some red clothes . They might reveal it during the ceremony .
Qian Tong took out a mirror and fixed her makeup carefully .
"Let’s go . Their PR person is here . Go get our cash gift," Yu pushed her .
Qian Tong was excited . Yes, she liked to complain about her job, but the side money she was getting was, in fact, not bad .
She was wondering how much there was inside the red envelope . Was it enough for the imported perfume she had been dreaming about?
Other reporters also started to act and rushed towards the PR manager .
"Don’t rush . Please come this way to sign in and get your lucky money . One for each person," the PR manager said with a big smile .
This was an unwritten rule in the news industry . The organizer needed to give the reporters some money as a thank you gift . The reporters then would write a nice article about the organizer after receiving the cash gift .
Qian Tong and Yu waited in line, signed in, and the PR manager gave them each a red envelope .
Coming out from the crowd, Qian Tong couldn’t wait to open hers and counted the cash inside . "2888 Yuan! Stars Pet is generous!"


Yu put the camera down on the ground, opened his red envelope and counted . He only got 1888 Yuan, but it was better than nothing . The production crew always made less than the people standing in front of the camera .
He pulled out 200 Yuan and put the remaining 1688 Yuan back in the envelope .
"What are you doing?" Qian Tong was confused .

Yu put the red envelope in one of the pockets of his vest and laughed, "It’s all my fault . I was drunk one time and told my wife about the organizers giving out cash gifts and my wife remembered it . Ever since then, I have to give her all the cash gifts I receive . I am a grown man . I have to have some money put aside for myself, right?"
He shook the 200 Yuan he took out, "Look, I am giving her 1688 and keeping 200 . "
"F*ck!" Qiang Tong didn’t like it . "Men are tricky! I don’t like it . "
Yu responded immediately, "Well, that’s because you ladies are too harsh on us . I almost cannot afford my cigarettes . Otherwise, I wouldn’t do that to my wife . "
"Well, I am going to tell on you sometime . " She felt bad for his wife .
Yu smiled, "If you tell on me, I won’t teach you any other tricks I know . When you get married, you won’t be able to figure out your husband’s tricks . "
"You…" Qian Tong was speechless .
Raising up the 100 Yuan note to the light, Yu checked if the notes were real – He heard from friends that some companies put fake notes in the cash gifts, so he was cautious .


The notes were real .
He relaxed, put down his hand, and found something interesting .
"Qian Tong, look," he said to her .
"What is it?"
Qian Tong replied without thinking while she was still caught up on Yu’s act of hiding pocket money from his wife . She thought that when she got married, she had to be a generous wife: give a bit more pocket money to her husband . Yet men could not have too much control on money, otherwise who knows whom they were going to spend the money on… How much is a good amount? 300? 500?
"Qian Tong, come!" Yu called her again .
"What is it?" She walked over unwillingly .
"Look at the ratio! Does it look like something you know?" Yu was holding up a 100 Yuan note and had her look up .
"What ratio?" She was confused .
He said, "Look at this note and the building . Look hard!"
He was a photographer who had excellent eyes when it came to observation . Holding up a 100 Yuan note next to the brand new headquarters building, he had Qian Tong come over .
"Look, the length and width ratio of this note is very similar to the building . "
Qian Tong stood next to him, looked at the note and then at the new building .
"Really?" She wasn’t sure .
Yu was affirmative, "I am sure!"
"So?" She was still not interested .
Yu was a bit frustrated, "Don’t you find it interesting? I don’t think this is a coincidence . "
"Why not?" she questioned .
"Well…" Yu couldn’t respond, "If it is a coincidence, then it had to be a rare one!"
"So, what if it isn’t a coincidence? It is their building . They can design it however they want . "
She was not curious as to why the Stars Pet Chain Supermarket designed the building that way at all . Yu was disappointed . It looked like there was in fact a communication gap between men and women .
He looked at the stage . The staff had left . It was almost time for the show .