Chapter 87: Fake watch?
To outsiders, the salary of a gourmet is a mystery.
In the eyes of outsiders, a gourmet with unlimited glory and freedom lives a life of traveling and eating delicious food.
This is simply the most ideal career.
However, if you really understand gourmets, you will know that their salary is actually only a few thousand yuan.
There is actually no difference between them and ordinary workers.
However, although the salary of a gourmet is not high, he can still earn extra money.
For example, Gao Moqi's appearance fee as a guest at the H City Food Festival this time was hundreds of thousands.
It is no exaggeration to say that this price is enough to invite many big-name stars.
However, in this kind of food festival, the title of so-called star is not as useful as that of gourmet.
Especially a state-banquet-level gourmet like Gao Moqi.
However, except for Mo Qingyan and Lin Cong, no one present, including Guo Ying, knew what Gao Moqi's real monthly salary was.
Gao Moqi saw that Lin Cong had ill intentions towards him.
However, Gao Moqi didn't care at all because he was confident about his monthly salary and had no intention of hiding anything.
So, I said directly: "It's not hundreds of thousands. My current salary is only about 8,000 yuan."
The salary each month is actually different.
Because the salary of a gourmet is composed of a base salary plus various subsidies.
Like last month, including various base salaries and subsidies, Gao Moqi's total salary was only about 8,000 yuan.
"8,000 yuan?" Lin Cong pretended to be surprised and said, "Gao Moqi, are you kidding me? I heard that you are a gourmet at the state banquet level. How can you only have a salary of 8,000 yuan? With the current prices, 8,000 yuan is not enough to buy a mobile phone, right?"
Others were also surprised to hear that Gao Moqi's salary was only around 8,000 yuan.
But they were genuinely surprised.
"Captain Gao, are the salaries of you gourmets so low?"
"Only 8,000 yuan? This is really too low."
"I've always thought that the salary of a state-level gourmet chef would be at least 100,000 or 200,000 yuan!"
"Yeah, forget about this ordinary gourmet. Gao Moqi, you are a gourmet of state banquet level. Why is your salary so low?"
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"Is it low? I think it's okay." Gao Moqi felt that this salary was already high.
Because there are really not many gourmets among them who can live on this salary.
"What's good about that?" Lin Cong looked concerned for Gao Moqi and said, "The salary of the cleaning lady in our company is already over ten thousand. Gao Moqi, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but we're not young anymore. You're going to marry your boyfriend in the future. How are you going to support your family with this salary? Otherwise, why don't you come to work in our company? I'll give you a salary of twenty thousand."
Lin Cong deliberately added the word "boyfriend".
It was to remind Guo Ying that Gao Moqi already had a boyfriend.
And this boyfriend was sitting next to Gao Moqi.
At the same time, he deliberately belittled Gao Moqi and told everyone present that Gao Moqi's salary was not even as good as the cleaning lady in his company.
Guo Ying couldn't bear it any longer and pursed her lips and said, "Lin Cong, I see you've been abroad for too long, so you may not understand. The salary of a gourmet is low, but gourmets rely on extra income. It's not their main salary. And the appearance fee of a gourmet is also very expensive. For someone like Gao Moqi, it would cost at least hundreds of thousands."
Although Guo Ying didn't know that gourmets had low salaries before, it was well known. Gourmets don’t rely on salary from their regular jobs.
When one reaches Gao Moqi's level, any casual appearance would cost at least three or four hundred thousand.
"Also, Mr. Mo is not Gao Moqi's boyfriend, he's just his friend."
Guo Ying has always been paying attention to Gao Moqi.
Today Gao Moqi came to Mo Qingyan's rescue, and she also knew about Mo Qingyan's blind date.
However, that is only limited to saving the situation.
Although many people think that Gao Moqi and Mo Qingyan are a good match.
However, the two of them did not have any relationship.
Lin Cong's face froze, "Really? I thought this Mr. Mo was Gao Moqi's boyfriend! After all, at noon, I saw them holding hands and shopping together."
This thing about holding hands is completely false.
At that time, Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi were just standing together and chatting.
However, Lin Cong deliberately made the relationship between them sound particularly ambiguous.
He just wanted to tie them up to death so that Guo Ying would give up.
"Who told you that going shopping together means you are your boyfriend? Then you are having dinner with us now, so do we also mean we are your boyfriends?"
Gao Moqi didn't indulge him and directly said, "Lin Cong, you are almost thirty years old. I hope you will not grow in age but in brains.
Gao Moqi is not a man without temper, most of the time he is just too lazy to pay attention.
Just like Lin Cong, if he was only targeting Gao Moqi himself, Gao Moqi might not even want to pay attention to him.
But now, Lin Cong has dragged Mo Qingyan into this, and that won’t work.
Gao Moqi would never let Mo Qingyan be slandered like this.
Lin Cong didn't expect Gao Moqi to be so rude to him.
Suddenly it was awkward and embarrassing.
If it had happened before, Lin Cong would have exploded long ago.
However, his identity is different now. This time he returned to China, he came with a mission.
He couldn't be as impulsive as he was in college, and besides, Guo Ying was still here.
He couldn't get angry anymore.
Therefore, Lin Cong could only suppress the anger in his heart.
Then he forced a smile and explained, "Gao Moqi, I'm sorry, I misunderstood. You know, when you were in school, except for Xu Yi and the other roommates, you hardly interacted with us. Even when you talked to us, you always had a blank expression on your face. I suddenly saw you talking and laughing with Mr. Mo, so I misunderstood."
What he meant was that it was because Gao Moqi and Mo Qingyan looked too ambiguous at the time, so he misunderstood.
No wonder he misunderstood.
Lin Cong didn't want to continue this embarrassing topic, so he immediately wanted to change the subject.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the watch on Gao Moqi's left wrist and was slightly stunned.
Then he looked at the watch on his hand.
I found that the two watches are very similar, but also quite different.
His watch is a Huayi watch, worth two million!
What's more, when he looked over, he found that the watch on Gao Moqi's hand was very similar to his.
However, it is obvious that the watch cover and strap are different from his.
When did Huayi launch this watch?
Think about it, although Gao Moqi can earn extra money, this extra money is not available often.
I can only make about two million a year at most, and that’s the limit.
With such an income, can Gao Moqi afford a Huayi watch?
Any watch from Huayi costs six figures.
Even if it was a six-figure watch, Gao Moqi probably wouldn't be willing to buy it.
What's more, his Starry Series is worth seven figures and is worth more than two million.
Then it would be even more impossible for Gao Moqi to afford it.
Besides, he had never seen that watch before.
Therefore, Lin Cong guessed that Gao Moqi's watch was most likely a fake.
In China, many counterfeit products are so well made that they look indistinguishable from the real ones.
However, Lin Cong’s position was a bit far from Gao Moqi’s.
Lin Cong couldn't see it carefully.
However, soon after, Lin Cong saw the same watch in a different color on Mo Qingyan's wrist.
It’s not enough that only one person is wearing a Huayi watch, but both of them are wearing the same watch.
At first glance, it looks like a couple's watch!
What are you talking about ordinary friends? Would these ordinary friends wear couple watches?
Lin Cong sneered in his heart.
It was obvious that the relationship between Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi was just as he had guessed.
The two of them are having an affair.
It’s just that it might be broadcast live, so they can’t admit it in public.
Now that he has caught them, how could Lin Cong be willing to let them go?
Gao Moqi is protected by Guo Ying.
Lin Cong couldn't target him again.
Therefore, Lin Cong directly turned his gaze to Mo Qingyan.
"Mr. Mo, right? I see the watch you're wearing is the same model as the one Gao Moqi is wearing!"
Mo Qingyan was originally watching the show quietly from the side.
Unexpectedly, Lin Cong suddenly brought the topic to him.
Mo Qingyan didn't know what he wanted to do, so she just followed his words and answered: "Yes, the watch on my hand is the same as the one on Judge Gao's hand."
Lin Cong said jokingly: "This looks like a couple's watch. But your watch is somewhat similar to mine!"
As he spoke, Lin Cong stretched out his hand, revealing the Huayi watch worth more than two million yuan.
"My watch is from Huayi's Starry Series. I spent more than two million yuan on it. Your watch looks very similar to mine. Is it also from Huayi?"
The Huayi watch on his hand represents Lin Cong's wealth at that time.
Just look at the envious looks on the faces of the second generation present when he showed the watch just now.
Although this watch is only worth over 2 million, many second-generation owners, if they really have over 2 million, would use it to buy sports cars. Instead of buying a watch.
After all, sports cars are a great way to show off, and you can easily buy one for a million or two.
However, Huayi watches are not something you can buy for just one or two million.
That requires a Huayi senior membership card.
Moreover, in order to apply for Huayi’s membership card, one must accumulate a certain amount of spending before one can apply.
Moreover, Huayi’s membership card is based on real name and can only be used by the person himself.
Therefore, if someone can afford a million-level watch from Huayi, it proves that he has a membership card of Huayi, at least a mid-level member.
However, to become an intermediate member of Huayi, one must have an annual consumption of 10 million.
Therefore, the real value of the watch on Lin Cong's hand is actually more than 12 million.
When Lin Cong mentioned the price of the watch on his hand, of course he didn't just want to show off in front of Mo Qingyan.
He wanted to test the price of the watch that Mo Qingyan and the others had.
He also specifically mentioned that the watches on Mo Qingyan and the others were very similar to his.
In other words, he was specifically pointing out that Mo Qingyan and the others’ watches were most likely from the same series as his.
If Mo Qingyan and the others admitted that the watch on their hands was Huayi's watch.
This means that they also have Huayi’s intermediate membership card.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to afford a million-level watch from Huayi.
However, with Gao Moqi's income, can he afford a Huayi intermediate membership card?
Li Cong doesn't take the internet celebrity Mo Qingyan seriously at all.
In his opinion, even if they are internet celebrities, so what? Many internet celebrities look glamorous, but in fact they are just internet beggars.
There is not much money at all.
"Yes, this watch of ours is also from Huayi." Mo Qingyan heard a hint of boasting in Lin Cong's words.
"Can I see your watch?" Lin Cong asked.
"Can."
Mo Qingyan was also very straightforward. She took off the watch on her hand, put it on the revolving dining table, and turned her watch in front of Lin Cong.
Lin Cong picked up Mo Qingyan's watch.
As soon as he picked it up, Lin Cong felt that Mo Qingyan's watch was heavier than his.
Looking more closely at the watch on his hand, the style is indeed similar to his.
However, there are still some discrepancies in the details.
Mo Qingyan's watch is more exquisitely crafted than the one on Lin Cong's hand.
Although they are both star maps, the star map on the dial of Mo Qingyan's watch is in color.
The star map on Lin Cong's watch only has two colors.
When Lin Cong saw that the dial of Mo Qingyan's watch was colorful, he was immediately delighted.
Haha, it’s indeed a fake.
As far as he knew, since its establishment, Huayi has released so many series of watches, but none of them had a dial with more than three colors.
Basically, it's either single color or two-color.
All three colors are very rare.
Not to mention, in full color.
At a glance at Mo Qingyan's watch, one can see that there are at least five colors on the dial.
Therefore, even if Mo Qingyan's watch was more exquisitely made than his. Lin Cong also determined that this was a fake.
China's counterfeiting technology is also world-class.
Many fakes are indeed better than the real ones.
That’s because the real thing is often hand-made.
There will be shortcomings to some extent.
Fakes are mass-produced.
Naturally, it is made more finely than the real thing.
However, what is false will always be false and can never become true.
Therefore, Lin Cong confidently threw Mo Qingyan's watch casually on the dining table.
The watch collided with the dining table, making a crisp "bang" sound.
Seeing Lin Cong throwing his newly bought watch around, Mo Qingyan suddenly felt a little displeased.
This guy is crazy. I borrowed his watch, how could he just throw it away?
Qingnianjie, who was sitting next to Lin Cong, immediately picked up Mo Qingyan's watch with a distressed look on his face and gently wiped it, "Be careful. This watch is expensive. It would be a pity if it gets bumped or scratched."
"What do you mean?" Gao Moqi questioned Lin Cong with a slightly cold look in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Lin Cong said innocently, "I don't mean anything! I just feel that it's not worth it for Mr. Mo."
"Isn't it worth it for me?" Mo Qingyan was confused.
What's not worth it for him?
"Yeah." Lin Cong sighed, and then said to Gao Moqi in a teaching tone: "Gao Moqi, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You've earned at least hundreds of thousands this year. Even if you can't afford a Huayi watch, you can buy another brand! How can you give someone a fake watch? Aren't you deliberately embarrassing them?"
"Fake watch?" Mo Qingyan asked, "Are you saying that my watch is fake?"
"Yes!" Others may not know, but I am quite knowledgeable about Huayi watches. After all, I am also a loyal fan of Huayi. Your watch is not a high-quality product at all. It's obviously fake at first glance. ”
Lin Cong sighed again and continued to preach to Gao Moqi: "Gao Moqi, you gave someone a fake watch and told them it was real. Isn't this not good? Fortunately, I saw it. The people present were all classmates. They are all family. If others saw it, Mr. Mo would be embarrassed. If others knew that Mr. Mo wore such a fake watch, how would they look at him?"
"How can you be sure that this watch is fake?" Gao Moqi finally understood that Lin Cong was not going to let him go today.
He said one thing after another, just to embarrass him.
"Yeah, how can you be sure that this watch is fake? Are you an appraiser? It can't be that you say it is fake, so it is fake, right?"
Mo Qingyan wanted to know how Lin Cong could tell that his watch was fake.
Lin Cong said confidently: "Although I am not an appraiser, anyone familiar with Huayi watches will know that your watch is fake. Because Huayi watches do not have colored dials. Although the rest of your watch is very authentic, even the logo is very authentic, but the colored dial is fake at first glance."
"Is that why you say my watch is fake?"
Mo Qingyan was really amused by his reason.
Lin Cong said: "This reason alone is enough. Mr. Mo, judging from your appearance, you have never come into contact with Huayi watches before, right?"
"Well, there really isn't one." This was indeed the first Huayi watch that Mo Qingyan had come into contact with.
"So, you are not familiar with Huayi watches. It's no wonder that you can't tell that this watch is fake. For fake watches like this, I suggest you just throw it away. Don't keep it, or you will be laughed at."
After Lin Cong finished speaking, he thought that others would despise Gao Moqi.
After all, giving fake goods as gifts is something that is extremely despicable in their circle.
Besides, even if Gao Moqi gave the fake one to Mo Qingyan, he still had one on his hand.
That would be even more despised and disdainful.
However, the scenes that Lin Cong imagined, of various criticisms and condemnations of Gao Moqi, did not appear.
Instead, everyone looked at him. And she looked at him with a very strange look.
Even Guo Ying frowned and didn't look at him.
This made Lin Cong feel extremely weird.
What? Are people blaming him for exposing Gao Moqi's act of sending a fake watch in such an occasion?
That shouldn’t be the case, right?
What does this matter have to do with him? He is just telling the truth.
The one who should be despised and criticized is Gao Moqi.
At this moment, Mo Qingyan smiled.
He said to Lin Cong, "Mr. Lin, I think you misunderstood. This watch was not given to me by Judge Gao. On the contrary, his watch was given to him by me."
Hearing that this fake watch was actually given to Gao Moqi by Mo Qingyan, Lin Cong was slightly stunned, then reacted.
He immediately said, "Mr. Mo, then I have to criticize you. It's not good for you to give a fake watch to a friend. I know that you may like Huayi watches very much. If you can't afford a real one, it's okay to buy a fake one and wear it for fun. But it's wrong to give it to others. If others see Gao Moqi wearing a fake watch, how will they look at him?"
Although I was disappointed, the person who sent the fake watch was not Gao Moqi.
But it doesn’t matter, isn’t Gao Moqi wearing a fake watch?
As long as he wore the fake watch, he was also wrong.
"Gao Moqi, you too, you can't even tell the difference between a real watch and a fake one, and you just wear it casually. What if you go out to the opening ceremony of a food festival and people see you, your identity as a gourmet might be exposed."
"That's enough, Lin Cong. Stop talking." Guo Ying couldn't bear to listen any more.
Lin Cong thought that Guo Ying told him to shut up because he criticized Gao Moqi, and he immediately became unhappy.
"Princess Guo, I know it's not nice of me to expose them in front of them. But I'm doing this for their own good!"
"No, Lin Cong, you misunderstood." The young man sitting next to Lin Cong said with embarrassment: "Brother Mo's watch can't be fake."
Others echoed.
"Yes, Lin Cong, you really misunderstood. Whether it is Brother Mo's watch or Squad Leader Gao's watch, they are both real."
"Okay, okay, this is just a misunderstanding. Brother Mo, Lin Cong just came back from abroad. So he doesn't know much about what's happening in our country. Please forgive me."
"Yes, yes. He probably has never seen this watch before. That's why he thought it was fake."
All of them watched Mo Qingyan’s live broadcast at noon.
I know that this watch was bought from a specialty store.
But Lin Cong probably just returned to China, so he didn’t watch Mo Qingyan’s live broadcast.
Therefore, people mistakenly think that the watch is fake.
Seeing that everyone was on the side of Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi, Lin Cong immediately became unhappy.
I thought that they just didn't want to embarrass Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi, so they made the fake things true.
After all, they have been trying to please Mo Qingyan.
He would do this to please Mo Qingyan.
However, Lin Cong was not prepared to let Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi go.
His purpose this time is to step on Gao Moqi to get to the top.
Therefore, Mo Qingyan, who came with Gao Moqi, will also be used as a stepping stone by him.
Therefore, Lin Cong insisted, "How can it not be fake? If you don't believe me, you can check it online. Huayi has never produced a dial with more than three colors. This is obviously fake at first glance."
"I know you don't want to embarrass them. But you're only indulging them. You're not helping them, you're harming them, don't you understand?"
Lin Cong instantly seemed to have transformed into a messenger of justice.
We must hold high the banner of justice and give Mo Qingyan and Gao Moqi a good slap in the face.
Of course Mo Qingyan would not give him this opportunity.
Mo Qingyan clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, it's a pity that you don't become a screenwriter with your imagination. Do you know why they say my watch is real? Because I just bought it from the counter at noon. Oh, it's not expensive, only 4.8 million. It's only about 2 million more than yours!"
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