He absolutely doesn’t want to waste time managing those two boring companies; he’d rather spend it with Sophie.
Boring things shouldn’t invade his time spent with Sophie.
"Look at any successful person; they spend more effort and more time learning and working than ordinary people. For successful people, overtime is routine." Charles Seymour’s words inspired Julian Campbell, and he nodded repeatedly and said, "Uncle, I will definitely work hard. I’ll go and memorize things properly now."
Julian energetically finished speaking and then saw Charles Seymour tidying up the things on the table. He asked puzzledly, "Uncle, where are you going?"
Is there still business to discuss?
Uncle is so hardworking; he used to think Uncle was quite leisurely, but turns out he’s actually so tired.
"Getting off work." The two words Charles Seymour said made Julian instinctively scratch his ear; did he mishear just now?
Julian looked again; his uncle had already packed up his bag. This confirmed that his uncle definitely wasn’t messing with him. He quickly asked, "Uncle, it’s only four-thirty now, and you’re leaving work? Isn’t the company’s off-time five-thirty?"
Moreover, didn’t his uncle just tell him to take work seriously, and that overtime is routine?
Why is Uncle skipping work?
"Mm." Charles Seymour nodded and said, "Let me teach you another thing. Do you consider me a successful person?"
Julian heard this and quickly nodded: "Absolutely!"
If his uncle isn’t a successful person, then who is?
"That’s it." Charles Seymour said, "Someone like me, a successful person, can choose to go to work if I want, or not go to work if I don’t want to. That’s the real success."
"Huh?" Julian was dumbstruck.
"The stage of hard work, whether for me or your aunt, is already past tense. We’ve finished working hard; now it’s time to enjoy life." Charles Seymour said, "Neither of us particularly likes working, so the skills we developed in the early stage were all for the later stage, where we can stop striving."
"Study hard." Charles Seymour said, patting Julian on the shoulder, then walked away, leaving Julian in a state of confusion.
Julian stood in Charles Seymour’s office, already plunged into chaos, doubting life.
Which words from his uncle should he actually listen to?
"The boss... has left?" Jim Perry knocked as he came in, and not seeing Charles Seymour in the office, he remarked with a helpless sigh.
"President Perry." Julian finally saw a living person, a seasoned successful person who might resolve some of his confusion.
"What’s the matter?" Jim Perry smiled gracefully at Julian, asking with good humor.
"My uncle just told me that many successful people work harder than others, and overtime is routine, but then he just..." Julian’s mouth moved, unsure how best to say it.
It’s not good to talk poorly of Uncle in front of his subordinate, is it?
"Skipping work?" Fortunately, Jim Perry understood what Julian meant, smoothly finished the sentence for him, sparing Julian the embarrassment.
Julian nodded stiffly, his expression a bit strange.
Jim Perry laughed and said, "It’s normal; the boss often skips work."
"Often?" Julian’s voice changed tone—this doesn’t match the diligent image he had of his uncle.