Chapter 1537 Pretending to be a Rich Person is a Complex Art
Li Juan pouted as she went to the counter of the ramen shop to pay the bill, but Qiu Bojun beat her to it: "I'll pay, I'll pay."
Li Juan politely replied, "No need, thank you."
Qiu Bojun smiled and said, "Hey, it's not much money. Our company has entertainment requirements. We're very grateful that Team Leader Li gave us the opportunity to explain today. It would be too inappropriate for you to pay the bill again."
Li Juan counted out twenty-four yuan: "It's okay, we'll each pay our own."
"Oh? I'm so sorry, hehehehe."
Qiu Bojun chuckled and didn't insist, but his gaze fell on the wallet in Li Juan's hand.
The wallet didn't contain much money, just a few large bills, but it did have several bank cards that were rare in this era, and the wallet itself didn't look like it was worth only a few hundred yuan.
Looking at Li Juan's handbag, Qiu Bojun became even more puzzled. Although it was a leather bag without a brand name, both its quality and workmanship exuded an air of "I'm not cheap."
Is she truly honest and frugal, or is she simply vain?
Qiu Bojun comes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and comes from a well-off family. He later moved south to Shenzhen and has met many people who pretend to be rich when they don't have money. However, clothes and bags can be faked, but aura is very difficult to fake.
If you want to project an aura that transcends social classes, you need to have that kind of lifestyle. You can't carry an LV bag on the street and then worry about it getting wet in the rain or getting dirty with mud.
This is similar to people decades later who carry Prada bags filled with cheap lipsticks and face creams, handling them with utmost care and attention. If they didn't have to show their bags to others, they would protect them with their packaging boxes.
Although Li Juan is now very "stingy" with money, even pouting over the cost of a few bowls of ramen, she casually tosses her wallet, which is worth more than a few hundred yuan, into her handbag.
The problem is that Li Juan's handbag contained many electronic components, which were probably samples she got at the exhibition.
And that delicate wallet, mixed with those electronic components, is highly likely to get scratched.
A wealthy person might haggle with you over a few cents' worth of vegetables, but they would never be so heartbroken as to lose sleep over a scratch on their car.
And now, Li Juan has the air of a "tycoon".
On the surface, he may appear to be an ordinary junior cadre, but the composure revealed in his brows and the seemingly shabby yet meticulous details all exude a striking contrast.
Qiu Bojun paid for the two bowls of ramen without making a sound, but in his mind he began to rethink his partner Lei Bus's strategy.
In this era where everything revolves around money and even the smallest things involve "cigarettes and alcohol," it's rare to find public servants who don't love money. If the wrong strategies are applied to them, it could very well have the opposite effect.
When Qiu Bojun and the other noodle shop cashiers returned to their table after giving them change, they saw Lei Busi take out another stack of floppy disks.
"These are some software programs developed by our company, including printing software, accounting software, and Chinese character editing software. We can guarantee that they are the most optimized and suitable in the industry."
In addition, this is one of our company's sales promotions; if you purchase in large quantities, we will offer some rebates.
Qiu Bojun's face immediately turned ugly. He had just been thinking about not mentioning the "rebate" to Li Juan and the others, but his top salesperson had already made the move.
He wasn't blaming Lei Jun for being too impatient; business opportunities are fleeting. Just now at the exhibition, even private companies like theirs couldn't get close to Li Juan.
Those companies with government-affiliated employees are just too powerful. If Lei Jun hadn't cleverly found an opportunity to chat with Li Juan for a few minutes, they wouldn't have been able to arrange to have dinner together.
In this respect, Qiu Bojun admits he is far inferior to Lei Jun, who can capture someone's interest with just a few words—it's definitely a talent.
The two of them had wasted so much breath, and Li Juan hadn't exchanged more than a few words with them. Now that the meal was over, if she didn't use any of her trump cards, she'd miss her chance.
The problem is that Li Juan insists on paying for each bowl of ramen separately. What if she's the kind of person who doesn't take a single needle or thread?
Wouldn't that be counterproductive?
Sure enough, Li Juan's eyes sharpened immediately after hearing the word "rebate".
Before Li Juan started working, Li Ye had warned her, "Our family is not short of money, and we must not get involved in anything dirty because of money."
Now you're actually using "rebates" to test me, a low-level cadre?
Before Li Juan could speak, Fu Yiruo asked with a grin, "How does this rebate work? How many percent?"
"It's hard to say exactly which points, but we definitely want to satisfy users in the end."
Wow! Making users satisfied—that's such an excellent service attitude.
But Qiu Bojun's cheeks started twitching because he felt something was off about the smile on Fu Yiruo's lips, as if she were teasing a child.
However, just when Qiu Bojun didn't know how to salvage the situation, Li Ye said generously, "Do you still have so many types of software? Our company just upgraded its management system, give me five sets of each!"
"Oh, I only have two sets of each item right now. I'll send the rest over later, okay?"
“That works too. I’ll pay you first. You can deliver it to the Haidian Light Vehicle Company’s branch factory and have Xiao Zhiyu sign for it.”
"Okay, okay."
Qiu Bojun was a little unsure again. Just now, seeing Li Ye eating ramen, he thought Li Ye was a fraud, but now he had money, a name, an address, and it was really hard to figure him out!
After everyone had separated, Li Ye handed the floppy disk to Li Juan.
"Find an expert to analyze it and see how good their skills are, whether they are top-notch in the country."
Li Juan reached out and took it, muttering, "You only need to buy one set of this kind of thing, why buy five? And why didn't you bargain with him? It's several thousand yuan!"
Li Ye chuckled and said, "What? You want me to use a cracked version? When dealing with talent, we must respect knowledge."
Li Juan was still somewhat unwilling: "Even if we don't use the cracked version, Ni Gong and Hong Kong Island Whisper's software are our own, why should we spend money?"
Li Ye smiled without saying a word.
But Fu Yiruo grabbed Li Ye's arm and asked, "Brother, you just said we should respect talent, so does that mean these two people are talented?"
"Never underestimate any young person."
Li Ye said calmly, "That software salesman was definitely a sales genius, but geniuses like him are always ambitious."
The other one seemed unremarkable, but that might not be a lack of ability. That's why I had Li Juan assess their capabilities using software. A skilled programmer can change the fate of a company.
"Brother, do you think so highly of them?"
Fu Yiruo was very surprised because Li Ye's judgment had never been wrong.
Li Ye chuckled and said, "Hey, I was just guessing! You only treated me to two bowls of ramen, and you expect me to predict the future?"
Although Lei Jun later became known for his sales, he was actually a very skilled programmer, while Qiu Bojun was a true super coder.
What Hong Kong programmers can't handle, mainland programmers might be able to handle!
Although Li Ye said it was a guess, Fu Yiruo blinked, but she already had a plan in mind.
Fu Yiruo immediately said, "Alright, since Big Brother says they are talented, then these two are mine."
Li Ye asked with a smile, "Are you so confident? Ambitious people are not easy to control."
Fu Yiruo smiled and said, "Jinshan is actually a Hong Kong-funded company. I can acquire it directly. Do I need to be sure of anything?"
“.”
At this moment, Li Juan finally realized something and mustered up her courage to say to Fu Yiruo, "Second sister, you can't do this, they're after me."
"Hmph~, you want to take it from me?"
Fu Yiruo said domineeringly, "You belong to the government, and I belong to the family. Are you trying to betray your own family?"
Li Juan: "."
(End of this chapter)
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