Chapter 361: Not Bowing for a Few Pecks of Rice

Chen Juming has been very distressed these days.

Because Cao Yuanmao, who was far away in Pengcheng, suddenly flew to Dongshan and appeared in front of her.

In front of many people, he knelt on one knee, presented her with a bouquet of roses, and took out an engagement ring.

Chen Juming was totally unprepared and almost embarrassed both of them.

Because Chen Juming just replied to Cao Yuanmao a few days ago that she would "consider it", but she has not yet decided to "get married"!

In the early 1980s, "getting married" was one of the best ways for mainland women to get out of the country. Otherwise, overseas relationships would not have suddenly become so popular.

But Chen Juming is not a useless woman. She is capable and she always feels that she can get everything she wants through hard work.

For the first time, Chen Juming realized that the most romantic proposal scene in the movie might not be as touching and pleasant as imagined, but could also be very embarrassing.

In the end, Chen Juming restrained herself and helped Cao Yuanmao up. On the grounds of "according to mainland customs", she proposed to "meet the in-laws" first, let the parents of both sides meet, and then discuss other things.

However, Cao Yuanmao said that he had no parents, so Chen Juming had to let him meet his parents.

After meeting Cao Yuanmao, Chen's father and mother were not very satisfied. However, due to the dual blessings of "world-class company executive" and "lighthouse household registration", they did not break up the couple directly, but gave the decision-making power to Chen Juming.

So Chen Juming has been extremely conflicted these past few days, not knowing how to make this decision that could affect her fate.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen?"

Chen Juming, who was daydreaming, was suddenly poked on the arm. She looked up and saw it was Sister Li from the same office.

Sister Li looked at Chen Juming and smiled, "Xiao Chen, are you distracted again?"

Chen Juming quickly denied it, "No, no, I'm translating this foreign document! Sister Li, what can I do for you?"

"Of course there is something!"

Sister Li pulled a chair and sat down, smiling and saying to Chen Juming: "We have all agreed to go buy Pengcheng Red Bull together. If we win, we will split the prize equally. Do you want to come with us?"

"ah?"

Chen Juming was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Isn't Pengcheng Red Bull a beverage? What prize did you win?"

"Have you not watched TV or read newspapers these days?" Sister Li explained gossipingly, "Pengcheng Red Bull has launched a summer lucky drink event. There is a lottery code in the bottled gift box. If you win, you can return various prizes. The winning rate is 10%."

Chen Juming listened to Sister Li's explanation in a daze, and it took him a long time to understand what was going on.

Pengcheng Red Bull has launched a summer bottled version, with a box of twelve bottles. The price is lower than that of cans, and you can also participate in a lottery. The prizes include another bottle, cans of Pengcheng Red Bull, cash rewards, etc.

Chen Juming instinctively persuaded Sister Li: "The wool comes from the sheep, Sister Li, Pengcheng Red Bull will not give away things for free. This is a fraudulent means. We should not be fooled."

"Hey, Xiao Chen, even if we don't win the prize, we still bought a bottle of Red Bull, right? The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and don't you give gifts to your father-in-law when you visit him?

Your engineer Cao is so rich, why shouldn't he send two boxes to your father?"

In Dongshan Province, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, August 15th, and the second day of the Lunar New Year, sons-in-law have to visit their father-in-law's house and take some gifts with them. The only difference is that the new sons-in-law take more, while the old sons-in-law are more casual.

"That Engineer Cao and I haven't decided yet!"

"You have to give your father a gift even if it's not certain about the Dragon Boat Festival. Buy it first and let him reimburse you."

The bunch of old ladies in the office were not going to listen to her at all. After get off work at noon, they dragged Chen Juming straight to the provincial department store.

Arriving at the department store, Chen Juming saw a large poster of Pengcheng Red Bull and a long queue of people.

Then there were people in front who were happily winning prizes, and there were also people who kept saying "thank you for your patronage" with regret.

“I won, I won a box of cans, hahahaha~”

"You only won a box of cans, why are you so happy? I thought you could win a hundred dollars!"

"You should be content with what you have, otherwise you won't even get another bottle next time."

Chen Juming followed Sister Li and others in the queue, and saw that people in front of her kept winning prizes. The winning rate was actually as high as one in ten.

After waiting in line for half an hour, Chen Juming and others finally bought a box each.

The box is designed very reasonably. You can carry it by grabbing the handles on it. The quality of the packaging and printing is top-notch. It looks very suitable for giving as a gift.

In other words, although Pengcheng Red Bull is also in a glass bottle, it is not the same as the orange juice tied with plastic ropes.

After a group of old ladies bought the prizes, they started to open the prizes on the spot.

Chen Juming couldn't help but said, "Sister Li, if you open the boxes now, how can we give gifts?"

"Hey, you took this drink as a gift, not for luck. The drink belongs to someone else, so of course the prize is ours."

Sister Li demonstrated on the spot by opening the top of the carton, taking out bottles of Pengcheng Red Bull one by one, and then reaching out to scratch the winning area at the bottom of the carton.

After shaving, Sister Li sighed: "I'm unlucky today, thank you for your patronage, eh~"

"My luck is not good either, thank you for your patronage."

“Me too!”

"Hey, Xiao Chen, how about you?"

Chen Juming is holding a bottle of Pengcheng Red Bull and looking at it carefully. I have to say that the bottle is also well designed, although it is a bit "small".

"I told you not to be fooled, but you still didn't believe me. This bottle is only 300 milliliters, which is almost half the volume of orange soda, but the price is half as high."

Chen Juming opened her box of Pengcheng Red Bull while smiling, but after scratching the winning area, she was stunned.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Wow, it's actually one hundred dollars! It turns out that our luck depends on you, Xiao Chen."

"This is everyone's luck, right? We agreed to share the prizes equally."

"Right, right, equal."

Chen Juming watched as Sister Li redeemed the prize for her, and then the people in the queue suddenly became angry.

"Please don't push, we have sufficient supply and we are fair to everyone, but if you don't queue up, we won't sell it today."

The loudspeaker kept warning the people in the queue, and the tone was not polite at all, and there was no attitude of making money through harmony.

But the people in the queue didn't care at all. They just looked forward to their luck with shining eyes.

Chen Juming looked at the booming sales situation at the scene and suddenly felt that Cao Yuanmao was not as awesome as he boasted.

Although Pengcheng Red Bull's canning business was banned, Pengcheng Red Bull was clearly well prepared. It had designed the bottled products in advance, filmed commercials, and even organized promotions with prizes to deal with the emergency.

There are very few can production lines in China, but there is absolutely no shortage of glass bottle production lines.

Moreover, Chen Juming looked at the cans of Pengcheng Red Bull on the podium that served as prizes and felt that its grade was even higher than when it was first launched on the market.

If we wait until Pengcheng Red Bull solves the production line problem, can we still stop its rise?

"Oh, it's simply unrealistic for one person to control a company?"

Chen Juming simply skipped work in the afternoon and returned to her home.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw my father, Cao Yuanmao, and a thick stack of US dollars on the table.

Chen Juming asked in surprise: "Cao Yuanmao, what are you doing?"

Cao Yuanmao smiled faintly and said, "This 10,000 US dollars is the betrothal gift I gave according to the mainland rules, and it is also my sincerity.

I don’t want to dwell on it any longer, and I hope my father and you can give me a definite answer.”

“.”

Chen Juming looked at his father blankly and found that his father was also looking at him.

From a very young age, Chen's father taught Chen Juming not to bow down for a few pieces of silver.

But how much is the ten thousand dollars in front of me now?

But if this 10,000 dollars was placed in front of another woman, would she bow down?

Moreover, the 10,000 dollars is just the beginning. After the profit is paid out, there will be 20,000 dollars, 30,000 dollars, and 50,000 dollars.

(End of this chapter)