Chapter 273 The Attitude (1/2)
As the saying went, a whole year’s work depended on good planning in spring and a whole day’s work depended on good planning in the early morning. However, to the young, rising late could ruin the whole morning and rising early could ruin the whole day. As a result, most people ended up leading an ordinary life and only a few people rose to fame swiftly. During this process, the result lay in one’s attitude concerning time.
Most young people just sat idly and killed time every day. However, many geniuses considered time too precious. Qin Sheng read a passage from a piece of document. This document was related to an interview about personnel that specialized in scientific research due to his meritorious service in the Navy. Every day, he slept for only three to four hours. During the rest of his time, excluding the time he spent eating and going to the restroom, he researched and conducted experiments. He practically lived every day of his life to the fullest, utilizing all 24 hours as if there was a total of 72 hours. Consequently, it took his team three years to successfully postulate everything, while other teams in other countries had spent 10 years doing the same. According to him, he lacked time the most and could not wait to borrow a period of five hundred more years from God.
As a result, Qin Sheng was extremely punctual. He slept early and got up early routinely, except for when he was occupied. In the morning, after getting up, he would go running, drink tea, and read books. He would usually keep several books in his car. Whenever he was free, he liked to study further. Only by enriching himself on a continuous basis would he be able to deal with any difficulties.
He had to keep both his body and brain in an optimum state. However, recently, the only thing that had been holding him up was that he did not have time to go to the gym, which was not a good thing at all.
However, before he could read the whole chapter, he received a call from Xue Qingyan. It was just eight o’clock in the morning. Qin Sheng planned to go outside to visit the company at nine o’clock.
“Sister, you were heavily drunk last night, weren’t you? Why did you get up so early today?” Qin Sheng asked half-jokingly.
Xue Qingyan shook her head as she said, “I am destined to work hard. There is a meeting at the company this morning. I have to arrive there early. Speaking of the thing you mentioned last night, I called Master Liu. He asked you to make time to visit him today. Whatever your requirements are, you can speak to him in person then. I will not get involved in this.”
“Sister, you probably were my biological sister in a previous lifetime. That is why you take care of me so well in this life,” Qin Sheng said, flattering Xue Qingyan.
Xue Qingyan replied with extreme reluctance, “Stop bewitching me by using flattery. You’ve made a clean breast of everything you have gone through. The way I see it, this situation is not as simple as you’ve said. To get such a simple thing done, you do not necessarily have to formally acknowledge Master Liu as your teacher.”
Qin Sheng replied hurriedly in a playful manner, “Sister, I’m being honest. There are no issues at all. I am just too shy to voice my intention. After all, I am not that familiar with Master Liu yet. Master Liu’s paintings are not readily available to everyone.”
Xue Qingyan did not overthink. She snorted as she said, “Alright. As long as you are fine, it’s okay. I can’t talk with you further because I need to go to the company and I’m in a hurry.”
After hanging up, Qin Sheng put away Records of the Three Kingdoms and reflected on the sentence related to Guo Jia’s appraisal, which was as follows: ‘As an outstanding adviser in the world, Guo Jia is intelligent, smart, and resourceful.’ Qin Sheng wondered when he would get a trusted subordinate like Guo Jia. Though Chang Baji was capable enough to deal with many things with his combat power, when it came to strategy, Qin Sheng had not come across any geniuses yet.
Qin Sheng called Gu Xiaobo and asked him to drive to the entrance. He was under Gu Xiaobo’s protection today.
“Brother Qin, Senior Uncle asked us to protect you. What happened exactly? Yuan Ke and Qian Buping picked on you again, right? Should I go deal with them?” Gu Xiaobo said pretty indignantly.
Qin Sheng shook his head as he said, “The situation is not that simple. You will figure it out in the future. Speaking of the opponent we are going to face this time, he is pretty powerful.”
Since Qin Sheng was not willing to speak further, of course, Gu Xiaobo did not question him.
By the time Qin Sheng went out, he had informed the person in charge of the villa visitors in Meijiawu, who was the eldest housekeeper of Master Liu. His name was Sun Yu. Since he took care of some of Master Liu’s outside properties, he could be considered Master Liu’s middleman, nothing more or less. At first, Qin Sheng had not been aware of this fact. It was not until Xue Qingyan had told him about Sun Yu’s identity last time that he had been finally enlightened.
Soon, he arrived at the villa in Meijiawu. Sun Yu awaited his arrival in person at the entrance, which had been an order from Master Liu. Since Qin Sheng was already a distinguished guest of this villa in Meijiawu, of course, Sun Yu should be the one to receive him.
Sun Yu, who was dressed in a gray robe, smiled as he said, “Little Qin, Master Liu is waiting for you in the backyard.” Master Liu thought pretty highly of Qin Sheng, which could not be solely attributed to the relationship between Qin Sheng’s grandfather and Xue Qingyan. Besides, Qin Sheng’s calligraphy was so good that it could be presented in Master Liu’s hall blatantly. Consequently, Master Liu and Qin Sheng appreciated each other.
Qin Sheng chuckled as he said, “Brother Sun. I am so sorry for bothering you all the time.”
By the time Sun Yu led Qin Sheng to the backyard, the visitors had started brewing tea. There were several plates of fruit and dessert on the table. Master Liu was practicing Tai Chi boxing. Tai Chi Boxing for health preservation was good for prolonging one’s life. However, most people considered this authentic Tai Chi Boxing. Even though the movements of Tai Chi Boxing and Tai Chi Boxing for health preservation were almost the same, they differed greatly when it came to force exertion, and so on.
Instead of interfering with Master Liu’s practice, a group of people, including Qin Sheng and Sun Yu, just stood by, appreciating Master Liu’s boxing movements. It was not until Master Liu completed the whole set of movements that he regained his posture, exhaled, stared at Qin Sheng and said, “Little Qin, what do you think of my Tai Chi Boxing? According to Qing Yan, you are an authentic master of boxing arts. You can offer me some advice.”
Qin Sheng dared not offer Master Liu any advice. The movements of this kind of health-preserving Tai Chi Boxing were almost the same, yet they were different from the trump cards used to get people killed during a fight. As a result, Qin Sheng chuckled and said, “Master Liu, I am not good at Tai Chi Boxing. When it comes to Eight-Pole Boxing or the Eight-Diagram Palm, I can make some comments.”
Master Liu smiled happily as he said, “Little Qin, you are still as polite as always. The way you talk is flawless.”
Qin Sheng smiled awkwardly. If Master Liu had asked him to compete with him, he would definitely have not flinched.
As Master Liu was walking down toward the pavilion, he said, “Qing Yan told me about your request. In the future, when it comes to such petty issues, you can just call me instead of bothering Qing Yan. You are just too polite. I often send paintings to others as gifts, so I will certainly consent to your request without any hesitation. However, you need to return my favor with a piece of calligraphy. That way, we will be more or less even. What do you think?”
Obviously, Master Liu was indicating that Qin Sheng should not consider his help this time a favor. Though Qin Sheng’s calligraphy was good, how could its value be comparable to that of Master Liu’s paintings?