Wei Ruiyuan had some other ideas.

He was quite ordinary when he was in college.

But about half a year ago, he was different.

His family's several old houses were all demolished, and they received a large sum of money. At this point, he could be considered a "second-generation demolition beneficiary."

Now that he saw the campus belle from his university days, Wei Ruiyuan had some other thoughts.

With money comes confidence.

After learning about Ye Chen and Bai Hanyan's identities, Wei Ruiyuan completely ignored Ye Chen and started chatting with Bai Hanyan.

"Bai, what kind of job do you do now?"

"I work at a brokerage firm."

Bai Hanyan answered politely, but there was a clear sense of distance in her voice.

Although Wei Ruiyuan understood, he pretended not to understand and continued to chat and try to get closer to her.

"I work for a talent agency, it's alright."

Wei Ruiyuan nodded.

"And you?"

Bai Hanyan asked a polite question.

"I own a shop, and business is pretty good. I make about 200,000 to 300,000 a month, which is barely enough."

Upon hearing Bai Hanyan's question, Wei Ruiyuan immediately perked up and answered in a seemingly indifferent manner.

He asked Bai Hanyan what kind of work she did just now, which was exactly what he wanted Bai Hanyan to ask.

This gives him the opportunity to show off and flaunt his wealth.

"Two or three hundred thousand? That much?"

Bai Hanyan was somewhat surprised.

This is more than her annual salary. Is opening a shop this profitable now?

"Not much, just a little bit, sometimes it can reach 500,000 if things are good."

Since it was all about showing off, Wei Ruiyuan naturally exaggerated it.

He did take money from his family to open a shop, but his monthly net profit was only a little over ten thousand.

But in order to show off in front of Bai Hanyan and demonstrate his strength, Wei Ruiyuan exaggerated.

It doesn't matter how much he says, since no one can expose his lies.

"My shop is in the city center, which is okay."

Seeing Bai Hanyan's surprised expression, Wei Ruiyuan became smug and continued to boast.

"Well, because there are limited shops in the city center, I've recently taken a liking to Xintai Shopping Center."

Wei Ruiyuan spoke eloquently.

"As one of the shopping centers with the largest foot traffic in Jiangzhou, Xintai Shopping Center is very good and has great development potential."

"I plan to rent eight or nine shops there and try out some other businesses."

Business at his previous store was so-so, so Wei Ruiyuan decided to open another one, and he did set his sights on Xintai Shopping Center.

However, it's not as he said, that he planned to rent eight or nine shops; renting just one would be good enough.

With a large customer flow, the rent for shops in Xintai Shopping Center is naturally very expensive; a single shop might cost tens of thousands of yuan a month.

Eight or nine shops would amount to hundreds of thousands.

That's several million a year, but Wei Ruiyuan doesn't have that kind of financial resources.

Although his house was demolished, the compensation was only a few tens of millions.

He can't afford such an expensive rent.

Xintai Shopping Center?

Ye Chen, who was originally deep in thought, perked up after hearing about Xintai Shopping Center.

This is his shopping mall.

It was obtained from completing a previous task.

To date, Ye Chen has only been there once.

"You want to rent eight or nine shops in Xintai Shopping Center?"

Bai Hanyan was extremely surprised.

She knew about Xintai Shopping Center, of course; she often went there with her best friend to shop.

"The rent for shops in Xintai Shopping Center is very expensive and difficult to rent. Even if you have money, you may not be able to successfully rent a shop there if you don't know someone on the inside. There are too many people eyeing the shops there."

Bai Hanyan sighed.

“One of my best friends comes from a well-off family. She had been planning to rent a shop in Xintai Shopping Center to sell clothes, and she had already prepared the money.”

"But so far, she hasn't been able to rent one."

Bai Hanyan said with great regret.

Renting a single shop is already this difficult, let alone Wei Ruiyuan renting eight or nine; it's simply doubly difficult.

After Bai Hanyan finished speaking, Wei Ruiyuan continued to boast.

“It’s okay. What’s difficult for others is easy for me.”

Wei Ruiyuan figured that since no one could expose his boasting, he became even more unrestrained in his bragging.

"To tell you the truth, I know the owner of Xintai Shopping Center; we're friends."

"I want to rent a shop. It's a simple matter of making one phone call, a piece of cake."

"Really?"

Bai Hanyan was very surprised.

"Of course."

Wei Ruiyuan patted his chest confidently and said, "I have to admit, it feels really good to show off."

Um?

Is he friends with the owner of Xintai Shopping Center?

Upon hearing Wei Ruiyuan's words, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, looking puzzled.

When did I become a friend like this?

How could he not know that himself?

"Could you talk to your friend, who is also the owner of Xintai Shopping Center, about renting a shop for my best friend? We can pay more rent."

Bai Hanyan asked Wei Ruiyuan.

Her best friend has been worried about this for two months, and she's even become quite haggard.

Bai Hanyan felt very sorry for her best friend.

Now that she finally has a chance, she wants to help her best friend.

"ah?"

Wei Ruiyuan was stunned by Bai Hanyan's words. He was just showing off and bragging.

He did have the owner's phone number at Xintai Shopping Center, but that was for contacting him later when he rented a shop there.

He hasn't contacted the owner of Xintai Shopping Center yet.

His claim that the two were friends was pure bragging; he was just showing off in front of Bai Hanyan.

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