Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Spending Money Day 59
On Wednesday, Liu Yue took a bus to a nearby city to look at shops.
Ren Zhen took her to Jianglan Mansion, a new property that was about to go on sale in Huizhou.
There is a first-line river view here, with school district housing, a good community environment and a high overall livability.
After Liu Yue got off the car, she saw a particularly conspicuous shop at the corner.
The salesperson introduced her: "There are five storefronts here. The space is very spacious, totaling over 250 square meters."
"Such a large area is perfect for a supermarket. Customer traffic is absolutely essential, making it a must-have facility for the community. If you want to run it yourself, you can easily make money. If you rent it out, the annual rent is also substantial."
As for the price, the unit price per square meter of this large corner unit is 20,140 yuan, and the total price is more than 5 million yuan.
After getting used to the housing prices in Shenzhen, Liu Yue's first reaction when she heard the offer was that it was very cheap.
“When I was little, I really wanted to open a supermarket.”
While touring the shop, Liu Yue said, "It's fully automatic. I don't have to do anything. I'm just responsible for collecting the money."
When she was in elementary school, mobile payment had not yet been introduced and all purchases on the street were made with cash.
In the past, Liu Yue’s wish was to count money until her hands cramped. After the rise of WeChat and Alipay, her wish became for the payment code to ring all day long without stopping.
Ren Zhen said beside him: "Of course you can really open one."
Liu Yue shook her head and said, forget it.
She always remembers her original aspirations: food, entertainment, and fun come first, and she eschews venture capital. Even if it meant opening a supermarket, as long as it was running, she would be constantly worried and unable to focus on enjoying life.
So, she decided to buy a shop and collect rent. Why take the risk of running a business when she can just sit back and earn money?
Liu Yue also looked at other shops on this street. The first shop was just an exception, and the areas of the following shops were all between 60 and 70 square meters.
The smallest shop here is over 30 square meters. The salesperson said that this place can be used as a milk tea shop, a bakery, or a stationery store because there are schools and residential areas nearby.
Liu Yue doesn't care what kind of store she can open, since she doesn't plan to run it herself anyway.
The sales were exaggerated, but Liu Yue ignored them. She trusted Ren Zhen's judgment and the fact that Clo was one of the shareholders of this real estate group.
Although the relationships among his nesting doll holdings are rather complicated, his company does have investments.
Therefore, Liu Yue was able to buy these shops because of her internal connections. These truly popular shops with great investment value are not available to ordinary people.
Money only flows to those who are richer. This is a true saying.
It takes more than an hour to drive from Huizhou to Shenzhen.
Although the Lamborghini was very comfortable to sit in, Liu Yue still felt a little stuffy after sitting there for such a long time.
She was watching short videos in the car and saw the Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
To be honest, the Urus's rear space is spacious enough, but the Cullinan is known as the ceiling of SUVs. Unlike Lamborghini, it also has to take into account the performance of a supercar. Its positioning is to provide comfortable and leisurely business travel.
"I want to buy this." Liu Yue became interested. "I feel like the roof of this car is higher."
It just so happened that the task amount she drew today was one million.
One million certainly wasn't enough to buy a Cullinan, but it would be enough for a down payment. Liu Yue also felt that her glittery pink Lamborghini was too flashy, and sometimes she wanted to travel in a more low-key car.
Zhang Cheng: ...When did Rolls-Royce become low-key?
Well, in the eyes of people who don’t know the car logo, it may be quite low-key.
Since Liu Yue wanted to buy it, Zhang Cheng set up a new navigation and took her to the Rolls-Royce 4S store.
Liu Yue is no longer worried about the license plate. If she can pass the driving test successfully, she will go to the auction.
If she didn't get approved, she could buy a company with a license plate, which would give her a nice license plate. With her savings, she wouldn't be restricted by the system's "no investment" policy.
Ren Zhen helped her fill out the appointment form online, and as soon as she parked her car, a salesperson came forward to greet her.
Coincidentally, the shop had two Cullinans in stock. Although they weren't the colors Liu Yue wanted, she could sit in one and feel the ride.
Both Cullinans are new models of the year, one is the regular version and the other is the bb version, which is the abbreviation of "black badge".
Black Badge? Interesting.
According to Liu Yue's actual experience, there is no difference in the seats of the two cars, and the difference in power is not big, but the bb version has more colors and interior details to choose from!
She also asked Zhang Cheng to take her for a test drive. Compared with Urus, Cullinan's sports performance is slightly worse, but its comfort and high quality are slightly better, which is more in line with Liu Yue's needs for SUV use.
After entering the selection room, Liu Yue found that there were really a lot of things to choose from.
First of all, the body color - black, white and gray are free. If you want to choose other colors, you need to add 200,000 to 600,000 yuan.
More special colors can also be adjusted. As long as customers have needs, luxury car brands can meet them. It’s just a matter of adding money.
Liu Yue was buying a car for the first time, so she had no idea about the price. She didn't realize that just by choosing the paint color of a Rolls-Royce, she could buy a Mercedes-Benz or BMW.
According to Liu Yue's original intention of wanting to be low-key, she should have chosen black, white and gray, but after seeing the color cards and renderings, she immediately forgot her original intention. She felt that these colors were too boring and that colorful colors were more individual.
No one would remind her of this. Isn't buying a car all about having fun? She can do whatever she wants, and no one will spoil her fun.
Liu Yue chose the bb version. She hesitated for a while between Mist Blue and Paradise Blue, and finally chose the former.
Paradise Blue is brighter, while Mist Blue is gentler and more stable. Considering that her Lamborghini is already very shiny, she decided to choose a fresher color for the new car.
As for the color of the interior, Liu Yue chose Charles Blue and Elegant White.
The renderings are already very nice, and there is also a physical model in the configuration room. It feels good to touch, which makes Liu Yue have more expectations for the car.
There are many optional details for the Cullinan, such as the waistline, air intake grille, petal wheels, and the Spirit of Ecstasy on the front...
Liu Yue was very excited at first, but she felt a little sleepy towards the end.
"Skip these," Liu Yue said decisively. "Let's choose the interior first, and the functions of the car. Sang Yu will help me choose these later."
OK, sales will switch to the next page immediately.
Liu Yue chose the four-seater version, and functions such as seat ventilation and heating, and electric adjustment are must-haves.
There is a small refrigerator in the middle of the back seat, which contains two whiskey glasses. This also costs money, 400,000 yuan.
Sitting in the back of the Cullinan, a small table pops out from the front seat, along with an adjustable flat-screen display. The Rolls-Royce Bespoke premium audio system is also an optional extra, adding up to another $400,000.
Customized steering wheel color, 80,000 yuan; personalized headrest embroidery, 60,000 yuan; rear comfort headrest, 40,000 yuan; dynamic meteor roof, 200,000 yuan; the famous Rolls-Royce umbrella, customized umbrella color and handle material, 40,000 yuan;
The personalized welcome pedal you see when you get in the car, with her name engraved on it, costs 140,000 yuan; the chassis number plate costs 20,000 yuan; the rear privacy glass costs 60,000 yuan; and the privacy curtains cost 110,000 yuan...
What Liu Yue finds particularly interesting as an option is the panoramic seats in the trunk of the Cullinan.
Just press a switch and two folding chairs pop out from the trunk. Just as the name suggests, you can sit in the open trunk and enjoy the scenery.
The optional price of two chairs and a small table is 460,000 yuan. Liu Yue didn't even blink and wanted it too. It's fun.
Sang Yu was in charge of the subsequent selection, with Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng providing some suggestions.
After spending some time together, they had a better understanding of Liu Yue's aesthetic preferences. They would skip over any content they didn't want, and would ask for Liu Yue's opinion on any selections they did need, and she would generally nod in agreement.
After more than an hour, the options list for the car customized for her was finally completed.
The base price of Cullinan is over 6 million, but with her optional extras, the price soared to 12.36 million, excluding taxes and insurance.
For an ordinary car, a deposit of a few thousand yuan is enough, while for a luxury car, you can order one for tens of thousands of yuan. However, Liu Yue's car has very advanced options, including several options with her name engraved on them. If she doesn't want it, the 4S shop really doesn't know who else to sell it to.
Therefore, the salesperson hoped that she could pay a 20% deposit. Liu Yue said that this proportion was too high and she did not have that much pocket money recently.
Of course the deposit could be negotiated. Following Liu Yue's suggestion, Sang Yu helped her negotiate a deposit of one million, which just completed today's spending task.
The salesperson told Liu Yue that it might take a year to pick up the car because there was a long queue at the production line.
Liu Yue frowned: "This has taken too long, don't you have any way to let me pick up the car quickly?"
The salesperson could only explain to her that there were many customers ahead of her in line, and that there was a quota for the production of luxury cars in each country or region.
If she chose a ready-made car, she could pick it up quickly, but she selected a lot of options, so it had to be custom-made for her.
"But a year is too long..."
Liu Yue muttered, but there was nothing she could do but wait.
She signed the contract, paid the deposit, and didn't notice that Ren Zhen had sent out several messages.
At night, Liu Yue was lying comfortably on the bed playing with her mobile phone when Clo suddenly sent her a greeting, saying that he had already contacted Rolls-Royce and her order would be put into production immediately.
Her Cullinan will be shipped to the country by the end of next month at the latest.
Huh? Is there such a good thing?
Liu Yue raised the corners of her mouth and expressed her gratitude to Clo, but she felt a little embarrassed. It seemed that she had troubled him too many times recently.
From Ren Zhen's perspective, asking Kro for help in any matter was perfectly natural. After all, Liu Yue was Kro's only daughter, and he had no idea he had any other children. But Liu Yue herself certainly couldn't be so confident.
Chloe: "Don't be so polite. Your happiness is my greatest wish. You can come to me for help with any problems you have."
"It's faster to find me, no need to look for He Xi."
Liu Yue: ...
Although she knew that he and He Xi didn't have a good relationship, she didn't expect that they would even argue about such a thing.
She couldn't help but ask the system: "Will my happiness or unhappiness also affect Kro and He Xi's mission?"
System: "Sorry, host, you have no right to inquire about other hosts' private information."
Well, the system’s answer is still the same.
Fortunately, Liu Yue is not the type to get to the bottom of everything. Anyway, judging from the results, she is the one who benefited, and that is enough.
I spent one million today, bought a new car, and received a cashback of 800,000!
It was another peaceful and beautiful day, and Liu Yue fell asleep peacefully.
**
The next day, He Xi learned that Liu Yue had bought a car, and Clo had already greeted Rolls-Royce first.
She was very upset and called Zhang Cheng to inform him that if there was a similar situation in the future, he should be more careful and notify her immediately.
There is a time difference between Shenzhen and New York. When Liu Yue bought the car, it was late at night in the Western Hemisphere, while Hong Kong and Shenzhen are synchronized. With such an innate advantage, she is still behind Clo. Is this reasonable?
Zhang Cheng: …
It's not that he didn't notice Ren Zhen's actions yesterday, he just thought that it would be enough for one person to do it. He didn't expect that He Xi and Ke Luo were also in a competitive relationship when it came to doting on their daughter...
He could only say okay, and after hanging up the phone, he and Ren Zhen met eyes.
The two of them avoided each other tacitly, and Sang Yu, who was watching, seemed to be thinking about something.
Liu Yue's schedule today is to go to Dongguan to look at houses. Sang Yu reminded her that Qiao Yi's birthday party is next week and will be held in Beijing.
Zhou Tianxin fulfilled her promise and came to her to register her information.
"Beijing..."
Liu Yue hesitated, mainly because she had to take her driver's license test at the end of the month. This week was a break, and she still had to practice driving before the test. She really wanted to pass it on her first try.
"Forget it, I'm not going."
Liu Yue swallowed the bread in her mouth and said, "There should be more than one spot for Zhou Tianxin. Let's give them all to Fei Ran and let her bring her fan-chasing friends."
Sang Yu nodded. This was not an important matter in the first place, so it was not surprising that Liu Yue's thoughts changed from time to time.
Even if she suddenly wanted to go on the day, someone would find a way to help her get a spot.
Lin Feiran was extremely happy to have been given the spot, and he felt that he must have done a lot of good things in his previous life, so that he had the chance to get close to a rich woman in this life; Zhou Tianxin was indifferent, she just promised to give the spot, and whoever Liu Yue wanted to go would go.
The only one who felt regretful was Qiao Yi.
The agent was disappointed: "Look, what's the point of being so noble?"
"Don't worry."
Qiao Yi quickly calmed down: "Her life doesn't revolve around me. It's normal for her not to come if something happens."
"Then why don't you take the initiative to chat with others, send a greeting or something like that?"
"That's not the character I belong to in her heart," Qiao Yi said. "Once Bai Yueguang falls to the ground, she's no longer Bai Yueguang. That's not what she wants."
What? You're talking nonsense...
The agent didn't understand, but since things had come to this, there was nothing he could do for now.
Liu Yue's house-hunting process in Dongguan went smoothly. Thinking about taking the driver's license test, she became intermittently diligent and went to the driving school to practice driving in the afternoon.
At dinner time, she even went to check in at the restaurant she had seen on the short video, Dawu BBQ.
That's right, Liu Yue's current source of inspiration for food, drink, and entertainment is short videos. Whether it's expensive or cheap, as long as it looks interesting, she wants to try it.
This restaurant seems to be famous for being "expensive", so Liu Yue wants to come and see how expensive it is.
She hasn't spent the ten thousand yuan she got today yet, so let's see if the four of them can finish it.
After taking her seat, Liu Yue started ordering food.
The most famous dish is the chilled beef tongue, which is 1688 yuan per piece. Let's try it first. The square cut sirloin is also a popular dish online, 488 yuan per piece. We are all here for barbecue, so it's easy to order dishes for four people, so let's order a variety of parts...
We ordered a Wagyu sandwich, sea urchin and Wagyu sushi rice, and appetizers such as snow crab vinegar jelly and plum-soaked tomatoes. Since Liu Yue was curious about what the 58 yuan cheese sweet potato tasted like, she also ordered one.
A blue lobster tail costs 468 yuan. After Liu Yue learned about the portion size of this dish, she ordered four servings.
Seafood shrinks when grilled, and if the shrimp tails are cut into four pieces, there is not enough for each person to have a bite. What's the point?
After the chilled beef tongue was served, the chef first showed her the dish.
It was the first time that Liu Yue saw a cow tongue in this state - it was really a whole piece, and the outside was still gray, looking like the original state of the cow tongue.
This beef tongue is quite big. Liu Yue suddenly felt a little worried that she might have ordered too much food today.
But such worries were immediately dispelled as the chef quickly started cutting.
What he was cutting off now were the leftovers from the ox tongue. Although judging by the volume of the two, the remaining part was more in line with Liu Yue's impression of "leftovers"...
The entire beef tongue only serves as a display, and the actual edible part may be less than one-tenth of it.
Liu Yue asked curiously, "What are you going to do with the leftovers? Will you help me make other dishes?"
Chef: "...I'm sorry, but I can't offer you this service at the moment. These parts are not tasty and we usually throw them away."
Ah, is this true?
Liu Yue felt that this was a bit of a waste, so she asked Sang Yu, "Are these really inedible?"
Sang Yu: "It doesn't taste good when grilled, but it's not inedible."
She thought about it and offered, "How about I pack some food and take it home? I have a friend who has a dog, and I can feed it to the dog, so it won't be wasted."
Although, she also didn't believe that the restaurant would really be lost.
This is a good suggestion, Liu Yue nodded.
Sang Yu then said to the chef, "Please vacuum pack it for me, thank you."
"There is such a high-end packaging service?" Liu Yue was very surprised.
But on second thought, the dishes here are so expensive and the service fee is very high, so it is only right to meet any requests made by customers.
But I have to say that the carefully selected and cut high-quality beef tongue is indeed delicious.
It was the first time for Liu Yue to eat such thick-cut beef tongue. The edges were a little burnt, but the cross-section was still pink and tender. The texture of the meat was very soft, and it tasted like walking on clouds.
"It's delicious." Liu Yue commented.
As for whether it’s expensive or not, it doesn’t make any difference to her whether it’s worth a few hundred or a few thousand. As long as she can enjoy it, that’s enough.
Delicious, another one!
Liu Yue immediately added to the order. There were four people eating this beef tongue, and each person still got a little too little.
At this time, she didn't need anyone to ask her to add another one. If it was still not enough, she would add another one until everyone was satisfied.
It’s just over a thousand yuan, she won’t treat anyone in the team unfairly.
Because the food at this restaurant is relatively stable and its reputation is not bad, Liu Yue enjoyed the meal very much.
The final bill was 13,314.7 yuan, which included a 15% service fee for the private room.
Liu Yue ordered two beef tongues and opened a bottle of wine. The price was in line with her expectations.
However, Liu Yue felt that she was still late. If she had come here to check in when she had just linked the system, she would be a hundred times happier and more excited than she is now.
That's not right. If she had only won 10,000 yuan at that time, she would definitely not be willing to spend the extra money. When ordering food, she would always pay attention to the price. She would also take a lot of photos, form a nine-square grid and post it on WeChat Moments, and describe in detail the taste of the 58-yuan cheese sweet potato.
Now... Liu Yue did eat the sweet potato, but she didn't pay much attention to the taste. She only remembered that it was very sweet and soft.
Liu Yue walked out of the restaurant and seemed to see Liu Hui out of the corner of her eye.
She was surprised and looked over there again. Because it was from the side, she was not sure if it was Liu Hui. She only saw him, a woman, and a little boy at the table.
Seeing her suddenly stop, Sang Yu asked her what was wrong.
“…Nothing.”
Liu Yue came to her senses and walked straight to the door.
Whether it was Liu Hui or who was next to him, it had nothing to do with her.
He occasionally sent her messages, but she rarely replied, let alone took the initiative to care about his affairs.
After returning home, Liu Yue took a shower and lay on the beauty bed, letting Aunt Cai wash her hair.
Because someone helps her blow dry her hair, Liu Yue now loves washing her hair. Every time Aunt Cai massages her hair, she feels very comfortable.
Today I used ginger juice to wash my hair. The feeling of freshly squeezed ginger juice on my head was a bit spicy, but it also gave me a very refreshing and comfortable feeling.
After drying her hair, Liu Yue could still smell the scent of ginger on her head.
Perhaps because of this, Lucas, who usually loved to hang out with her, stopped coming. Liu Yue suddenly remembered a joke she'd seen before, where a blogger said that after getting a hair perm, her cat stayed away from her when she got home.
The comment below is that the kitten thought you were so angry that your fur stood on end and didn’t dare to mess with you.
Liu Yue was tickled by the funny thing as she replayed this sentence in her mind. She looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly wanted to try a new hairstyle.
The junior high school and high school she attended did not allow her to have long hair. When the inspection was particularly strict, Liu Yue was directly pointed out by the head teacher, who asked her to stop attending classes and go get her hair cut first.
At the time, she desperately wanted to resist, but as a student, she couldn't outmaneuver her teacher. She had no choice but to cut her hair. After entering university, for reasons unknown, she kept her hair long.
Well... maybe because she is lazy and wants to save money, she rarely goes to the barber shop.
She used to have bangs, but they gradually grew longer and then disappeared.
Actually, it's quite troublesome to keep your hair so long, you can cut it shorter.
The regret, grievance and unwillingness she felt back then were not because she really liked long hair, but because she was an independent individual, with hair growing on her head, and she didn't even have the freedom to choose whether to have long hair or short hair.
Liu Yue suddenly realized and smiled at herself in the mirror.
She sent a message to Sang Yu: "I want to perm my hair and dye it."
Just think of it as delayed gratification. She now wants to do everything that others didn't allow her to do back then.
Sang Yu quickly replied: "What color do you want to dye it?"
Well...
Liu Yue said that she had not made up her mind yet, so she asked Sang Yu to help her make an appointment with the hairdresser first and then she would go to the store tomorrow to discuss it.
Sang Yu sent back an OK expression, and Liu Yue put down the phone with satisfaction.
The new hair color and other things will be decided by rolling the dice tomorrow. It’s so fun just thinking about it.
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