“Sun Changjie is treating! You came to see me specifically to have a meal!” Xing Baohua asked.
“Okay.” Su Ya nodded and said.
The two talked for a while, and it was almost noon. Xing Baohua got on his bicycle and had Su Ya ride on the back. They went to the address that Sun Changjie had given Su Ya near the city center.
Fortunately, the distance wasn't far. It took about half an hour to get there.
Seeing that he was covered in sweat, Su Ya took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped his sweat.
"Does Sun Changjie have a job? What does he do?" Xing Baohua looked at the restaurant they had chosen. It looked simple, but the signboard looked impressive.
The reception restaurant of a certain government agency.
This is not a place that ordinary people can enter.
Once inside, Su Ya gave Sun Changjie's name and was led to a private room in the backyard.
The outside and inside are definitely different. The interior is decorated in a rustic style, with a very nice environment. There are trees and flowers. It's quite different from the restaurant advertised on the outside sign. It's just a misleading way of describing it.
I was led to a private room with the words "Plum Blossom Hall Elegant Seating" written on the door.
Inside, three people were already sitting at the table, chatting and laughing.
Upon seeing Su Ya enter, Sun Changjie, who was sitting in the middle, pointed at Su Ya and said, "This is the girl I told you about. Oh, what brings you here?"
He only asked the question after seeing Xing Baohua, his eyes darting between the two.
As soon as Su Ya entered, she said, "Didn't I say I brought a friend over?"
Sun Changjie didn't think much of it and genuinely assumed they were friends, especially since he had listened to music at Xing Baohua's shop before. He assumed it was a colleague-friend relationship and didn't pay much attention.
After all, we still have to give face to the people Suya brought.
Without introducing anyone else, he tilted his chin up and said to Xing Baohua, "Find a place to sit."
Xing Baohua pulled over a chair and sat down opposite Sun Changjie, with Su Ya following suit next to him. She then asked Sun Changjie, "Why did you choose this place? I thought we could just find a random restaurant and grab a bite."
To Sun Changjie's left, a slightly chubby young man in his twenties smiled and said, "Girl, this isn't a place you can just come to whenever you want."
Xing Baohua nodded in agreement. This place was not a place for ordinary people to enter. Putting aside the quality of the food, the key factor was one's status.
Of course, the dishes here are not the same as those in other restaurants; some of the ingredients are simply unavailable elsewhere.
Xing Baohua was somewhat embarrassed, as he could only chat with Su Ya for a few minutes and couldn't get a word in edgewise with anyone else.
As the food was being served, a young man to Sun Changjie's right suddenly asked Xing Baohua, "Hey! Where do you work?"
Xing Baohua from the Municipal Machinery Factory readily agreed.
"Oh, I heard there's a guy in your factory who casually made a loudspeaker and ripped off a foreigner. I don't really believe it, though. Are foreigners that easy to rip off? Did you know about this?" The man asked, his tone a bit arrogant.
After hearing this, Xing Baohua touched his nose, unsure how to respond. Instead, he looked at Sun Changjie, as if to say, "Your friend, please explain."
Sun Changjie turned his head and smiled slightly, without introducing himself.
Su Ya lowered her head upon hearing this, her shoulders trembling slightly, and she occasionally tilted her head to look at Xing Baohua.
Seeing that neither of them responded, Xing Baohua had no choice but to reply, "I know about this matter; Sun Changjie knows the specifics."
Seeing that Xing Baohua was being cunning, and not wanting any conflict to arise between the two sides over a meal, Sun Changjie said to the person who had asked earlier, "He made the sound system. You just didn't hear the sound quality! It's really great. Foreigners will definitely buy it after hearing it."
"You really did this, awesome! Buddy, my name is Liu Haibo, I work in the Municipal Government Administration Bureau, I'm a junior section chief who runs errands."
"You're too kind. I just got lucky, it was pure luck. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to sell them." Xing Baohua said, glancing at Sun Changjie.
"Indeed, I also had my eye on that stereo system back then. Do you know how much this kid offered me? Three thousand! You have no idea how angry I was! No matter how good the stuff is, it shouldn't be that expensive! He wouldn't sell it to me for a penny less. I told him that if he sold it for less than three thousand, I'd smash up his shop. And he actually sold it for more than three times that price. That kid's something else." Sun Changjie explained the whole story for Xing Baohua.
"Wow, the sound system is almost as good as a large color TV! Is it really that good? Are there more? Take us to hear it later," said the slightly chubby young man on the left.
Sun Changjie interjected, "I ordered a new set from him. Sigh, you'd better get it done quickly." He said this last to Xing Baohua.
"The chips have arrived, we'll manufacture them for you as soon as possible," Xing Baohua said.
Once the conversation started, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
"At least we can chat for a bit," Xing Baohua said to Sun Changjie. "If you want the sound system to achieve the best effect, you also need a good player and playback source."
“The player knows, but what is the playback source?” Sun Changjie asked.
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