The manager looked distressed, feeling that the discount he had just given was a bit too much. He knew that this would add up to a lot of labor costs. But then he thought, "Oh well, it's worth it for such a big order."
The manager quickly put on a sincere smile and said, "Boss, the total is 13,130,000. How would you like to make the payment?"
Li Ke: "How about we pay a deposit of three million first, and the rest after all the goods are delivered and inspected?"
The manager saw that the delivery address Li Ke mentioned was not far from here, so he agreed.
Li Ke: "Is the deposit in gold, okay?"
Manager: "...What?"
Li Ke took out a bag of gold bars from his backpack and showed it to the manager. The manager was dumbfounded when he saw the pile of gold bars in front of him.
Li Ke's heart tightened, and she pulled the gold bars back: "If it doesn't work out, forget it for now. I'll come back when it's easier for me."
The manager was so frightened that he immediately grabbed Li Ke's gold bag: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, no, it won't do. Boss, please wait a moment. I'll go and report to my superiors. We really have never received a payment like this before. I need to talk to the accountant and the boss."
Upon hearing this, Li Ke was even less inclined to stay. She decided to place the order when she was about to leave.
"Never mind, it's a bit of a hassle. I have other things to do. I'll come back another time."
"No, no, boss, wait a minute!" The manager was almost crying, stopping Li Ke while shouting, "Xiao Zhong, quickly call the boss and Finance Manager Xu! Our customer placed an order for over ten million! Get them here right now!"
Upon hearing this, a girl outside immediately stood up and ran to the other side.
"Mr. Chu, just one minute, just one minute. They'll be here soon. The gold is definitely available, but it needs to be handed over to the finance department. Please wait a little longer," the manager said to Li Ke with a pleading look.
Li Ke: "...Then, I'll wait one more minute."
The manager quickly asked Li Ke to sit down, then picked up his phone and started dialing. He walked out, and as soon as the call connected, he urged, "Hurry up, come as fast as you can! If you're any later, the order will be lost, boss!"
Li Ke checked the time. Three minutes later, a bald, middle-aged man ran in, sweating profusely. He smiled and extended his hand to Li Ke, saying, "Hello, Mr. Chu. I am Shi Feng, the owner of the water tank factory. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Li Ke did not extend her hand in return, but politely said, "It's alright. I just thought if it's inconvenient for you, you can come over when it's convenient for me."
Shi Feng already knew that Li Ke had used gold as a deposit. He wiped the sweat from his brow and laughed, "There's nothing inconvenient about it. As long as the gold is genuine, we accept it. We just don't know why the boss would use gold for the transaction."
Li Ke casually replied, "It's nothing. My family doesn't support me, and my bank card isn't convenient lately, so I just used what I had saved up."
Xu, the finance manager, was a middle-aged woman who had also arrived. Her smile became even more genuine: "I heard that the boss paid the deposit with gold. That's really generous. We accept gold too, so the customer doesn't need to worry."
Seeing that Xu, the finance officer, stood naturally with Shi Feng and spoke with the air of a hostess, Li Ke couldn't help but ask, "And you two are?"
Xu, the finance manager, laughed even more heartily: "We are husband and wife, the young boss is not mistaken."
Li Ke pushed the gold bars in his hand over and said, "Here are 125 gold bars, each weighing 50 grams. You can check them. If there are no problems, they will be the deposit for my order."
Xu, the accountant, sat down to the side and poured out all the gold for weighing and counting. After a while, the girl named Xiao Zhong said, "I've brought the spray gun."
Shi Feng took it and said naturally to Li Ke, "Boss Chu, please sit for a while. We can write the receipt as soon as we finish checking."
Li Ke: Quite professional.
"Please make yourself at home." Li Ke remained seated.
When the four people in the office gathered together, some were working on the gold, some were checking phones, and some were contacting professionals. Li Ke watched from the side, feeling a little uneasy. After all, she didn't know much about gold, but the treasure vault was so mysterious, and she had used so much of it herself, so it shouldn't be fake.
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