Half an hour later, the four met up at a shopping mall in the city center.
"Lin Chen, where's Sister An Rou? Why didn't she come along?"
"Ha, this newbie has such a low alcohol tolerance and dares to drink baijiu. He passed out right after drinking it. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know, but I don't want to watch the Spring Festival Gala at home."
"Fatty, do you have any suggestions?"
"How about we go play mahjong? I saw a mahjong parlor upstairs in the mall."
"Okay, let's go, there are exactly four of us."
The four of them went upstairs to the mahjong parlor.
Are there any private rooms available?
"Hello, sir, there's just one last private room left."
"Hey, I'll take this private room." Suddenly, a young man rushed over.
The waiter said, "Excuse me, this gentleman arrived first."
"So what if they arrived first? They haven't paid yet. Here, this is a thousand. I'll take the private room."
Lin Chen was speechless when he saw how unreasonable this young man was.
"Hey bro, that's a bit unreasonable of you."
"So what if I'm unreasonable? Do you have any money, you little brat?"
Shen Yue said angrily, "Does having money mean you can do whatever you want?"
The young man laughed and said, "That's right, little sister, money can buy you anything. How about it, if you're so capable, why don't you buy this store?"
Lin Chen was too lazy to waste words with him and said to the waiter, "Give me your boss's phone number."
The waiter looked a little embarrassed: "Ah, this..."
When the young man saw that Lin Chen actually wanted to complain to the store owner, he laughed and said, "Hahaha, little kid, trying to complain? It's useless. Who has time to listen to your nonsense? Come on, waiter, give him your phone number. I don't believe your boss can kick me out."
Lin Chen said to the waiter, "Don't worry, I won't say that you gave me the phone number."
The waiter gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, I'll call our boss and ask. I'll just accept the scolding."
Then, the waiter called the mahjong parlor owner, and sure enough, he could hear the owner cursing over the phone.
Lin Chen walked over, took the phone from the waiter, and said to the mahjong parlor owner, "Hello, I am the owner of Huasuan.com, my name is Lin Chen."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, not because the mahjong parlor owner didn't know about Huasuan.com, but because he was playing mahjong with Wang Long, the owner of Kailong Real Estate, and had just heard Wang Long mention Huasuan.com.
The mahjong parlor owner's name is Zhou Sheng. He is actually in the wine business, and this mahjong parlor is just an investment he made in his spare time.
Zhou Sheng looked up at Wang Long and then asked, "Mr. Wang, this person claims to be the owner of Huasuan.com, named Lin Chen. Do you know him?"
"President Lin? Of course I know him. He's very famous on Weibo. How can you do business with Huasuan.com if you don't follow these people? Why would he call you?"
"It's nothing, it's just a small matter."
Zhou Sheng took out another phone, opened Weibo, and searched for Lin Chen's Weibo. He saw that Lin Chen's profile picture basically matched the description the waiter had given him, so he figured it must be him. He immediately changed his attitude: "Mr. Lin, may I ask what's the matter?"
"I want to buy your mahjong parlor. Name your price."
Zhou Sheng had already heard the waiter recount the events, and when Lin Chen mentioned wanting to buy the mahjong parlor, his mind raced. First, the mahjong parlor was dispensable to him anyway, so whether he sold it or not didn't matter. Second, after hearing Wang Long talk about the benefits of advertising on Huasuan.com, he was already quite tempted, thinking about spending some money after the New Year to advertise his wine business. Since that was the case, why not take advantage of the opportunity to build a good relationship now?
After thinking about all this, Zhou Sheng said, "President Lin, this mahjong parlor would cost 2 million on the market, but I'm thinking of advertising on a website called 'Huasuan.com' after the New Year, so I'll sell it to you for 1 million as a token of my appreciation, and consider it a gift to a friend. How about it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen found the boss to be quite frank and replied, "Okay, no problem. I'll have the marketing department contact you after the New Year."
After finishing their conversation, Lin Chen returned the phone to the waiter. The waiter picked up the phone and looked at Lin Chen in surprise after hearing what the boss had said.
When the young man heard Lin Chen mention the marketing department, he laughed loudly, "Hahaha, young man, stop pretending, it's useless. You're not studying acting, are you? I've never seen you busking on the street."
At this moment, the waiter hung up the phone, walked over, and said to Lin Chen, "Boss, please come in."
The young man paused for a moment, then stopped the waiter: "Hey, I've already paid, why are you letting him in?"
The waiter stood up straight and said sternly, "First of all, this gentleman was here first. Everything should be done in a first-come, first-served manner. Secondly, let me introduce you. This is our mahjong parlor's new owner. Please move aside. If you cause any more trouble, I will call the mall security."
The young man stood there, staring at Lin Chen in disbelief.
Lin Chen walked past him and said, "How was my acting? Not bad, right?"
The four members of the Shanghai gang brushed past the young man one by one. Shen Yue even snorted coldly. The young man knew that he must have offended some big shot, so he didn't dare to cause any more trouble and slunk away.
On the other end of the phone, Zhou Sheng hung up, and Wang Long asked curiously, "Is it really General Manager Lin from Huasuan.com?"
Zhou Sheng nodded: "It should be. I saw that the profile picture on Weibo is exactly the same as the description given to me by the waiter in the store."
“I didn’t expect that President Lin is also from our hometown. I heard before that President Lin was a student at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Maybe he was in the same year as my son. I’ll give my son a call and ask.”
Wang Long took out his phone and dialed Wang Kai's number.
"Son, where are you? I have something to ask you."
"What's up, Lao Wang?"
"Is there anyone named Lin Chen at your school, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University?"
"Yeah, the school heartthrob from my year. How did you know?"
"Really? My goodness! Do you even know where he lives?"
"I think I heard it's at a famous riverside mansion. I'll ask around and see what's going on."
"It's okay, just ask around and let me know if you find out."
"Okay, I understand."
Wang Kai looked completely bewildered. He asked his high school classmate who lived in Riverside Mansion and sent him the address.
Old Wang received the text message and said to Zhou Sheng with a smile, "Don't say I didn't take care of you. Look, here's the address. I'm planning to visit President Lin's house on the third day of the Lunar New Year to pay my respects and build a relationship in advance. Our company did some research beforehand, and this Huasuan.com is amazing. It has good relationships with big companies like Taobao, JD.com, and Amazon. Its market value has now exceeded 6 billion US dollars. Since we're from the same hometown, I'll have to ask him for help in the future."
Zhou Sheng gasped in shock. He hadn't expected this to be such a behemoth company, worth 6 billion US dollars. He couldn't even imagine it; his wine business wasn't even worth 200 million.
"Mr. Wang, please be sure to take me with you."
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