KA | Chapter 18

In the morning, as soon as the alarm clock rang, I got smacked on the face.

I touched my beaten face and said in a daze, “Did the alarm clock turn into a spirit?”

“Get lost!”

Shen Yuesheng grabbed the blanket, rolled half a circle on the bed, and exposed me, all alone and naked, in total disarray.

Usually it took at least 10 minutes for me to wake up, and the artificial wake-up service was much more effective than the alarm clock. I turned off the remaining 9 alarms and quietly put on my clothes and pants.

Shen Yuesheng was curled up on the other side of the bed, revealing a large patch of his pale nape, his back stretched outward like butterfly wings.

A lot of steamy scenes involuntarily surfaced in my mind. Although we had not done the final step, this was basically no different from doing it all the way through, right?

My face burned red as I rolled into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror, feeling that after tasting sex, I really did have a bit more mature-man charm. I borrowed Shen Yuesheng’s razor to shave my beard, and my hand wavered between the mouthwash and the toothbrush cup, finally choosing the mouthwash.

Without his permission, it was not very good to indirectly kiss him.

Since I had taken his money, I had to properly fulfill my duty. I took the keys and went downstairs to buy breakfast.

Shen Yuesheng ate Dabaotai, chicken leg noodles, and should have preferred sweets and high-protein foods, so I bought him marinated eggs, milk, and custard buns, and bought myself two corns.

When I returned to the apartment, Shen Yuesheng was already asleep.

The Shen Yuesheng in deep sleep had lost his overbearing aura, like a very obedient and easy-to-bully silkworm baby, very different from usual.

I tucked the blanket around him and mouthed, I’m going to work now.

At Lanhai, we had to shout slogans for work and do morning exercises too. When the music started, the people who had signed contracts had to go to the front desk to receive the exercise lead.

Zhang Yuanji had signed a deal yesterday, and when he passed by my workstation after receiving the exercise lead, his expression was a little strange.

“Brother Zhiyong, want some goji berries?”

I waved my hand and said, “Tea is enough.”

“Chinese medicine has fewer side effects than Western medicine.”

No, why did he keep trying to sell me goji berries?

I followed Zhang Yuanji’s gaze and saw my half-open drawer, and the glaring little blue pills inside.

“I, um…” I panicked for a moment and did not know where to start.

Zhang Yuanji waved his hand and said sympathetically, “Don’t say it, I get it.”

KA had to grasp the core needs of key clients, they were all sharp ones, and as long as there was any sign of something, they could guess the rest.

The relationship between Chen Xi and Lin Yiran had never been brought out into the open, but as long as one person in KA knew, everyone knew.

If Zhang Yuanji misunderstood me now, then tomorrow KA would definitely all know that “I couldn’t perform.”

I explained frantically, “No, Brother Zhang, you don’t understand, this medicine was bought for my friend!”

Zhang Yuanji sighed, “I have a friend who doesn’t really work, he said he bought medicine for another friend who worked even less.”

Back then I bought the little blue pills to fuck men, and now I found out I could fuck without the little blue pills too, so I was not incapable, I was gay… it felt like even telling the truth would be worse than not explaining at all.

I had bitterness I could not speak of, “There was a reason for it, it really is not what you think! Brother Zhang, I can, I’m very capable!”

Zhang Yuanji’s eyes were full of pity, “Usually the ones who drank too much all say they can still drink.”

If you were sent into a madhouse, how would you prove you had not gone mad?

Sigh, I could not wash this clean even if I jumped into the Yellow River.

Small and medium accounts relied on advertising price cuts to sign deals, while KA relied on relationship maintenance to sign deals. Small and medium accounts constantly sold products at a loss, and if they could not find new clients, they would be assessed, with frequent staff turnover. KA relied on relationship maintenance to keep things stable, and key clients would return payments every quarter, solid as a fortress.

Clients who signed deals based on products and prices had no stickiness, while key clients who signed deals based on relationships had very high stickiness. The effective way to improve client stickiness was industry development.

Li Hua developed the real estate industry, and while bringing new clients to the client side, he also had to coordinate the relationship between the client’s planning department and sales department. Chen Xi developed the home decoration materials industry, and not only had to provide client acquisition plans for the client, but also often participated in the client’s marketing activities. Zhang Yuanji developed the fast-moving consumer goods industry, often stayed up late thinking up marketing slogans, and during holidays and festivals he also had to help the client sell products offline… 80% of their output came from industry development.

Only by becoming an industry expert could one pry open more budget from industry leaders. I wanted to use Pinsheng as the anchor point and deeply develop the education industry.

So, signing Pinsheng was imperative!

Lanhai had clear division of labor across its systems. After KA obtained the client’s needs, the planning team would assist in outputting creative content.

After hearing my description, planning was a little puzzled. “Pinsheng Education was established 21 years ago, with 107 schools nationwide and more than 100,000 students… for this case to only have a budget of 300,000, is that too little?”

The more precisely KA controlled the client’s needs, the more likely the creative presented by planning would move the client. In the eyes of most advertisers, Pinsheng was a piece of fat meat, but in my eyes, it was a piece of fox meat that was both lean and hard to chew.

“Pinsheng does have money, but the boss has not much confidence in advertising, so for now he can only give me part of the budget for recruiting students for beauty and hair courses.”

“But even if it is only the beauty industry training project, if we only output online advertising conversion strategies, would that be a bit too one-sided?”

“The boss’s core need is effect conversion. Only by putting all the money online will the result show immediately.”

Planning commissions were tied to KA performance. In order to pry open more budget, planning suggested, “How about this, we separately make proposals for online, offline, and full-case at 300,000, 500,000, and 800,000, and then let the boss choose himself?”

“What if Pinsheng has full-case cooperation needs, and connects with other advertising companies for offline work, then we would lose out instead.”

“You’re so sure the client boss can only talk about online?”

I knew what Shen Yuesheng liked to eat, what he was thinking when he frowned, how many moles he had on his thighs, what expression he had when he felt good… I knew all of it.

Everyone wanted money, but one could not go against the benefactor’s wishes for the sake of money.

I said firmly, “Shen Yuesheng only talks about online, not anything else.”

*

During lunch break, I sent a message to the sugar daddy

“I: Are you up?”

When I got off work in the afternoon, there was still no reply, so I kept sending

“I: Want me to pick you up after work tonight?”

This time the other side replied instantly

“Clingy Freak: No”

“I: Are you coming back to the apartment today?”

“Clingy Freak: No”

“I: Then how about meeting Friday afternoon?”

If we could not talk about private matters, talking about work should be fine, right.

“Clingy Freak: I’m on a business trip this week, we’ll see.”

Huh? A fixed meeting time could be changed just like that?

Other sugar daddies squeezed their kept birds to death, so why was my sugar daddy so Buddhist-like?

Could it be because yesterday he came too fast, and he lost interest?

I grabbed a handful of Zhang Yuanji’s goji berries and steeped them, feeling a little sour inside.

About half an hour later

“Clingy Freak: You can send over the proposal when it’s done”

Regretted keeping me, and wanted to only talk about work?

Only a fool would directly send the proposal!

Once KA reached the proposal stage, there would definitely be an in-person visit, because the client’s on-site reaction could be used to judge his real needs, and the success rate of closing the deal would be much higher than online communication.

Once the money had been paid, it was not up to you anymore, I was going to talk business, and I was also going to get on you!

“I: When you come back, you can find me anytime (*▽*)”

Shen Yuesheng turned back into a cold and aloof CEO.

Near quitting time, I received a text message.

Last night, in a hurry to lose my virginity, I floored the Wuling Hongguang to 140, and got a speeding ticket.

I was very depressed, and took a screenshot to send to Shen Yuesheng

“I: [Image] Can this be reimbursed?”

“I: For meals, I am the one paying, and when I pick you up I still get fined, so what you give me is not keep money, it’s just living expenses o(╥﹏╥)o”

After a while, Shen Yuesheng sent a picture: a Prado, a Range Rover, and a Mercedes G were parked side by side in a parking space, very flashy.

“Clingy Freak: Which one do you want to drive?”

He had just started keeping me and was already sending me a car, this was too domineering!

I very reservedly picked a relatively cheaper one.

“I: The Prado.”

“Clingy Freak: The car is in the Pinsheng garage, ask Xiaoyu for the key, pick me up at the airport next Wednesday afternoon.”

Ah, so he was not trying to give me a car, he just thought riding in a Wuling Hongguang was too low-class.

I flipped through the Pinsheng proposal, very depressed as I clocked out of work, and after leaving Lanhai I suddenly thought again, Shen Yuesheng was willing to let me drive his car, which meant I was very important in his heart!

In the afternoon he still said he did not know when he would be back, and now he had suddenly settled it for next Wednesday, which meant he definitely was working hard to compress his work time, wanting to see me sooner!

This sultry little fox just wanted me but would not admit it.

I happily swayed around in the car, finally having a real sense of being kept.

Having a beautiful, clingy, rich, and domineering sugar daddy actually felt pretty good.

“I: Okay (*^▽^*)”

I hummed a little tune as I drove home, and with 6 days still left until next Wednesday, I had already started looking forward to the next meeting.

Just before going to sleep, I suddenly thought of an important question

“I: What should I call you from now on?”

“I: President Shen, Mr. Shen, Master Shen?”

The other side did not reply for a long time. I rolled over on the bed and muttered softly, “It is only 10 o’clock now, you definitely cannot be sleeping this early. If you do not reply to me, could it be that you want me to call you brother, benefactor, or… dad?”

Dizzy, I had lifted a stone only to smash my own foot, I should not have asked everything.

Now that more than 2 minutes had passed since the message was sent, it could not be withdrawn.

What if he really made me call him dad, and I did not agree, then he made me refund the money?

A chill rushed up my spine, and cold sweat instantly broke out on my forehead.

Shen Yuesheng sent a voice message. I put the phone to my ear and heard his cool voice say, “Call me master.”