Chapter 60 [60] Don’t you remember me?
Mr. Shen took off his glasses and wiped them carelessly: "Ms. Lin."
"Have you heard the story about selling a comb to a monk?"
Lin Feier shook her head.
Mr. Shen looked through the car window at Tang Yuanyuan: "It's a story about sales."
"A salesman didn't sell a single comb. He thought, 'Monks don't have hair, so they don't need combs.'"
"The second salesperson pestered the monk for a long time, and the monk felt sympathy and bought one."
"The third salesperson noticed that worshippers' hair tends to get messed up, so he suggested placing a comb in the temple hall to help pilgrims tidy their hair. He sold six."
"The fourth salesperson approached the abbot directly. He devised a plan to promote the temple's reputation. He engraved the temple's name on combs and suggested giving each pilgrim a wooden comb as a gift. This way, the temple's reputation would undoubtedly increase."
"There's nothing wrong with packaging your products or yourself to make money, and it doesn't count as deceiving people."
Lin Feier said, "Mr. Shen, you are just too kind-hearted and don't like to think badly of others."
"People like this, pretending to be pitiful, then going on about their lives after getting their money's worth, I hate them the most."
"Just wait, I'll expose her. Let's see if she'll still act arrogant when she sees me next time."
Mr. Shen: "You are no match for her. You might start crying soon."
Lin Feier: "...No way."
"Mr. Shen, don't think I'm so stupid. You'll see her cry in a moment."
The driver stopped the car on the sidewalk and Lin Feier got out.
She was wearing pure white fur today and a pair of over-the-knee boots. She looked noble and youthful, and very eye-catching.
Qian Tingting swallowed and saw her walking towards them on the stairs, twisting her slender waist and smiling.
He nervously tugged at Tang Yuanyuan's sleeve to signal, it's over!
I wonder if this person still remembers yesterday's grudge and wants to take revenge.
Tang Yuanyuan actually saw it earlier than Qian Tingting. Mr. Shen’s big Mercedes was so eye-catching that it was hard for her not to notice it.
The car window was half-lowered, and you could see part of the man's jawline. His slender bony fingers were resting on the car window, tapping lightly from time to time.
Tang Yuanyuan withdrew her gaze and continued to seal the box.
The tip of Lin Feier's high heels fell into her sight. She stood up from the ground and said, "Ma'am, would you like to buy a gift box? A box is 15, and a fruit basket is 18."
Lin Feier: "I heard everything you said to this gentleman just now. You are really good at pretending."
She pointed at Tang Yuanyuan and the man from the law firm and said, "Don't be fooled by her. She's a liar. Yesterday, she even tried to snatch my Walkman from me at Wing On Department Store."
"Don't let her fool you. Don't buy from her. Go buy from someone else."
Qian Tingting was so flustered that she couldn't even find a hole to tear the tape.
This person really came for revenge.
Are they going to be treated as liars?
At this moment, Tang Yuanyuan's hand was pressing on the back of her hand. It was slightly cold, and there were some rough calluses on the fingertips.
"Sister, I know you're hungry. Once you hand over the fruit, you'll have money to buy sesame cakes."
Qian Tingting: “?”
Li Mu clapped his hands, his pupils dilated, and he was as happy as a fool: "Shaobing, shaobing is delicious."
Qian Tingting swallowed her saliva belatedly: "I can still bear it. Saving money for my brother's medical expenses is more important."
The man from the law firm couldn't bear to see this and took out five dollars from his wallet: "Little girl, if you haven't eaten yet, go eat first. You can move to the office after you're full."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Thank you, but I can't accept it. It's already very good that you can buy a gift box."
"We're used to eating two meals a day."
As he spoke, he sealed the last gift box and put it on the cart.
Lin Feier: "Alas, they are liars, why do you still believe them? They are really pretending. She really bought a Walkman at Yongan Shopping Mall yesterday."
A couple at the next stall were eager to see Tang Yuanyuan exposed, so they came over and said, "What this lady said is true. They are really faking it. He just hit my husband."
Tang Yuanyuan used her knife to cut the apple. "I'll give you the apple. Please don't smash our stall again, okay?"
Taking the opportunity to deliver the apples, she turned her back to the man, her face changing to a fierce and sharp expression. She whispered, "If this order falls through, believe it or not, I will make sure that you can't set up your stall today, tomorrow, or even after the New Year."
The woman suddenly remembered what happened just now. Her family also had to do business here.
My heart skipped a beat.
She had no choice but to pull her husband aside and said, "Forget it, let them put it there. It's quite pitiful."
Tang Yuanyuan stuffed half of the apple into the woman's mouth and the remaining half into Lin Feier's mouth: "It's free for you to eat. Don't make trouble. Okay?"
Lin Feier shook her hand, and half of the apple fell to the ground: "Who wants to eat the apple? I'm not wronging you for your half of the apple."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'm sorry, the boss has already counted the gift boxes, so I can't give you one."
Lin Feier: "What nonsense are you talking about? I can have as many apples as I want. Why would I want to blackmail you?"
When the man from the law firm saw Lin Feier, Tang Yuanyuan looked at her with a provocative look, and when his eyes fell on her face, Tang Yuanyuan used an honest and helpless look.
Lin Feier: "Alas, look, she is not honest at all, she even glared at me."
When the man saw this, he thought the girl had never encountered such a thing before and was scared.
Lin Feier: "You're still pretending!"
"Hey, look, she's glaring at me again!"
After a few rounds, Lin Feier was furious, but she couldn't find any evidence to prove her wrongdoing. The man from the law firm had run out of patience. He had already concluded that this woman was probably a bad-tempered eldest daughter from a wealthy family who wanted the whole world to listen to her.
Said to Tang Yuanyuan: "Let's go to the company to get the money."
Lin Feier was extremely angry and suddenly remembered Mr. Shen. "Wait."
"Mr. Shen, you must have seen clearly how her expression changed just now, right?"
The car window was completely lowered, revealing a delicate profile. "Fei'er, get in the car and stop acting like a spoiled brat."
Lin Feier glanced at Tang Yuanyuan, stamped her feet, and had to get in the car.
Tang Yuanyuan took the sack and successfully entered the company with the man. She got the money for 12 gift boxes from the finance department, a total of 180 yuan.
"Sir, this little cart of yours is very useful for fruit. Can I borrow it?"
"The fruit is heavy, and I can't move too many boxes at once. I'll return them when you need them. If you're worried, I can leave the deposit here."
The man said, "This is for our company's lunch boxes. They will arrive on time at 11:30. I'm going to go to the first floor and get them up."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Okay."
She then asked, “Can I go to the company across the street and sell gift boxes?”
The man noticed that there was an extra box on the cart: "Did you put an extra box on purpose just now? Are you planning to come here to sell it?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded: "Yeah."
"I have to make money, otherwise I won't have money to eat."
The man himself was also from an ordinary family who had been admitted to university. He had only been interning at a law firm for half a year and was currently doing odd jobs. "You should go. Chinese New Year is coming soon and every family will give gifts to their employees. You're right across the street, so it'll be convenient for you to do some shopping."
There was an accounting firm across the street. He knew the receptionist and took Tang Yuanyuan over. He said, "The little girl is quite pitiful. Her brother's brain is not very good and he needs to raise money for surgery. You can go ask them."
The little girl went to ask, and then Tang Yuanyuan received six more gift boxes.
Tang Yuanyuan discovered that sometimes it was just a matter of someone asking. Of course, some people were disgusted by this kind of sales pitch. Some people felt pity for the poor, while others hated the poor and asked her to leave before she even got close.
At this time, it is almost lunch time.
The errand boy at the law firm was just thinking that the cart should be back when Tang Yuanyuan came out of the elevator with the company's lunch boxes on the cart.
"You pushed it up directly, thank you."
"You are a good person and helped me first."
Tang Yuanyuan used the cart blatantly again. She went downstairs to deliver lunch boxes to the company and could easily talk to the marginalized errand boys in the company.
After all, who doesn't like someone offering to help with work?
She used to ask five or six companies, and only one front desk representative would ask for her. Now, she asks the clerks in several offices. In just one lunch break, she has won gift boxes from three companies and sold more than 30 boxes. Including the boxes sold in the morning, she has sold 50 boxes so far, making a net profit of 500 yuan.
Including those sold by Li Mu and Qian Tingting on the roadside, all the gift boxes wholesaled in the morning had been sold out, but it was only 2:30 in the afternoon.
Qian Tingting and Li Mu took a taxi directly to the wholesale market and bought another 300 kilograms.
Tang Yuanyuan continued to push the cart to sell products, and Mr. Shen’s imported crystal company also went there.
"Hello, this is an employee welfare gift box filled with the freshest fruit. Could you please ask your company's HR department?"
Instead, the receptionist smiled and bowed; "Miss Tang, right?"
Tang Yuanyuan was surprised that the receptionist had a good memory. She could still remember something that happened half a year ago. "You still remember me?"
"Come with me."
Tang Yuanyuan thought she was taking her to the Human Resources Department and asked her to ask herself.
Some receptionists were reluctant to get involved, but they were also very nice and would let her go in and ask on her own.
Finally, after passing through a cubicle, the other party knocked on an office door. After a moment, a magnetic and deep voice came from inside: "Come in."
The door opened, and on the large mahogany desk lay a man in a fishbone pattern suit. His half-drooped cheeks were delicate and sexy, and his iconic gold-rimmed glasses cast a small, clear spot of light on the bridge of his nose.
Behind me, the receptionist left the office.
Tang Yuanyuan pulled a small cart over to the desk and placed the sample gift boxes on the table. "Hello, these are the gift boxes I sell. They're 15 yuan a box, and they're filled with the freshest and best fruits. They'd be great as employee benefits."
The man's pen made the final stroke, a stroke of iron and silver.
His eyes lifted from the black and white document, his straight shoulders relaxed against the back of the chair, and fell on Tang Yuanyuan's face: "Don't you remember me?"
"Remember, Mr. Shen."
"Haven't they already received the goods? Shouldn't they be going back home? Why are they buying gift boxes?"
"I can't buy a train ticket back home. All my money has been used up on shopping. I don't have money left for a hotel."
The man pointed to a chair and said, "Sit."
The receptionist came back and brought in two cups of something dark, then left again and closed the door.
Mr. Shen picked up the cup and said, "Try it."
Tang Yuanyuan thought the black stuff looked a bit like pot washing water, but with flowers on it. She took a sip and spat it out again: "What is this? It's so disgusting."
The man didn't smile, but replied expressionlessly: "Coffee."
“People in Shanghai like to drink this.”
Tang Yuanyuan: "Thank you, I'm not used to drinking. How many gift boxes do you want?"
Mr. Shen said, "The Shen family owns more than a dozen companies, including the headquarters, with approximately 4,000 employees."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Do you need 4,000 copies?"
Mr. Shen: "I have a difficult project that needs to be completed before the New Year. If you can help me with it, I will order 4,300 gift boxes from you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "How much would you like to order from me?"
Mr. Shen: “15.”
That means he can earn 67,500 yuan from this order.
Tang Yuanyuan was a little wary, wondering if this was a trap: "Your employees are all college graduates, so is there no one who can do it?"
Mr. Shen: "If you don't want to do it, forget it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'll try."
Mr. Shen: "Go out and find Assistant Fan. He'll tell you the whole story and the details. Then he'll arrange a house for you to live in."
The agent of Crystal Cards in Zhuzhou Province had a bad debt and still owed the final payment of 300,000 yuan from the second half of last year. However, the person who held the agency rights was involved in a car accident, and his son and illegitimate child divided the property, and no one was willing to pay the money.
The other party's agency contract was signed for three years, and now, changing the agency rights is a breach of contract on the company's part.
The son, relying on the three-year contract, just wanted to make some extra money. He neither paid for the goods nor operated the business anymore. If he went to court, it would take more than a year, not to mention the money. The company would also lose the Zhuzhou market that had been blank for more than a year, and the loss was estimated to be more than five million.
The company has gone to several groups of lawyers for sales negotiations, but the other party was a hopeless case. They asked for two million and refused to give up a cent. They were willing to give up the agency rights only after receiving the two million.
There are two options now: either persuade him to run the rhinestone business well, or give up the agency rights and pay back the 400,000.
Tang Yuanyuan: "This is Shanghai. Zhuzhou is far away on the seashore. I went there."
Assistant Fan said, "This second-generation rich man thought Zhuzhou was boring, so he came to Shanghai to play. Mr. Shen said that as long as you need any help, we can provide it."
Tang Yuanyuan really has one. Traffic in Shanghai is too difficult. “Is a car okay?”
Special Assistant Fan: "Mr. Fan has already told you that the car and the money are at your disposal."
"This is an advance from Mr. Shen to you."
Assistant Fan took out an envelope from the drawer. Inside the envelope were 50 brand new 100-yuan notes and a mobile phone.
"Will it work?"
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head, but she pushed the envelope back and only took the mobile phone: "We'll talk about this after we're done. I'll take this first."
Assistant Fan spent another three minutes teaching her and saved her own number.
Assistant Fan: "Now, you can control me. Where to go first? What to do?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Let's sell the gift boxes first."
Assistant Fan: "..." Shouldn't you go to the mall to change your clothes first, or go find some rich second-generation rich kid?
What’s the big deal about selling gift boxes?
Assistant Fan, who had never stood on the street in his life, had his brows twisted into a caterpillar. He made a few calls with his mobile phone, and soon a van arrived and took away the hundreds of gift boxes.
Tang Yuanyuan took the sack off Qian Tingting's shoulders and said, "It's time to get off work. Let's go eat."
Qian Tingting: “…”
Special Assistant Fan: "Ms. Tang, do you want Chinese or Western food? If it's Chinese food, which one would you like to have, Cantonese, Hunan, Huaiyang, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, or Zhejiang? Mr. Shen has instructed us that all of them will be included in the company's expenses."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Wontons."
Assistant Fan: "..."
Tang Yuanyuan watched Assistant Fan's eyes sweep across the greasy table and benches. She stood up, looking around but didn't sit down. "Assistant Fan, if you're not used to the food, don't make it hard on yourself. Let's go to the big restaurant. I'll come find you after I finish eating. I have a cell phone anyway."
Assistant Fan smiled and spread a handkerchief on the stool: "It's okay, Mr. Fan has instructed me to do my bidding these days."
When the wontons came, Assistant Fan reluctantly ate three and put down his spoon.
Qian Tingting was confused: "These wontons are so delicious, why don't you eat them?"
Tang Yuanyuan kicked Qian Tingting: "Why did you kick me?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "..."
Li Mu puffed up his cheeks, his face filled with displeasure as he interrupted, "He's a wealthy man, I'm afraid he's never eaten at a place like this in his life."
Tang Yuanyuan: “…” Why are her two companions so stupid.
"I'm sorry, Assistant Fan, we're all from small towns, so we tend to be straightforward. I'm not saying you're snobbish or overconfident."
Assistant Fan: "...Ms. Tang is really direct. It's my fault. The things are good, but Mr. Shen is a mysophobe. I'm his assistant and I'm used to delicate environments."
Li Mu slammed the bowl on the table, and the soup splashed out. "Boss, another bowl!"
There were a few new oil spots on the sleeves of the black cashmere coat, and Assistant Fan frowned.
Li Mu swung his legs, looking rather rude: "Aren't you a germaphobe? Why don't you take off your clothes?"
Tang Yuanyuan stepped on Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, do you believe I will throw you out?"
Li Mu puffed up his cheeks, stopped talking, and ate wontons in big mouthfuls, finishing three bowls in one breath.
"Why should we help this Mr. Shen?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Sixty thousand yuan, you don't want it? If you don't want me to do it myself."
Li Mu: "Then I don't want to live in his house either."
Tang Yuanyuan shook the mobile phone in his hand and said, "This mobile phone costs 30,000 yuan. If you were the boss, would you be afraid if I took the things and ran away?"
Li Mu was still unhappy: "It's not like I can't afford to stay in a hotel. I just don't want to go anyway."
Tang Yuanyuan kicked him on the butt: "Why do you have so many problems? You don't need to spend money to cause so much nonsense."
"Go pack your things."
Li Mu: "Can't you be gentler?"
Qian Tingting packed her luggage quickly. Actually, they didn't have many clothes, but mainly goods.
The house was a large flat with three bedrooms and two living rooms, leather sofas, Persian carpets, and crystal chandeliers. Tang Yuanyuan had never seen such a beautiful house, and Qian Tingting didn't even dare to step in.
Only Li Mu had puffed up his cheeks and disdain written all over his body.
Qian Tingting put her things into the bedroom, and Tang Yuanyuan said directly to Assistant Fan, "Let's go, let's go check on the person first."
Li Mu put his hands in his pockets and followed him downstairs. He opened the car door, bent down and got in.
The second-generation rich man was named Liu Gang. He was having fun in the largest entertainment venue in Shanghai. When Tang Yuanyuan and his group arrived, he was smoking a cigar, with beauties on both sides, sitting at the card table, betting a lot.
He is indeed the legendary second-generation rich kid, the kind who seems to only know how to eat, drink and have fun.
Assistant Fan ordered a cup of coffee for Tang Yuanyuan, "Here"
Li Mu reached out and took it, took a sip and spit it out: "She doesn't like it, but I do, puff!"
"What is this thing that's so bitter? Pot washing water?"
Assistant Fan: "This is the coffee I ordered for Miss Tang."
Tang Yuanyuan: "There are no coffee shops in Yucheng, and we are not used to drinking this stuff."
Assistant Fan smiled gently, "It's my fault. I should have asked for your opinion first. Is soda okay?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded: "Thank you."
Assistant Fan looked at Li Mu again: "Mr. Li, is beer okay?"
Li Mu: "I drink soda too."
Assistant Fan: "Do you have any ideas to persuade him?"
Li Mu: "Just beat him up, I'll beat him up until he admits his mistake."
Tang Yuanyuan: "And then you went in too. So, are you planning to do business in prison?"
Assistant Fan said, "Brother, Shanghai is a place that values the law. If you can do business with your fists, then the money will be lost in the end. Don't use your fists lightly."
Tang Yuanyuan: "It's a ready-made business that can make money by operating it. Why wouldn't he want to do it?"
Assistant Fan said, "Liu Gang's father has several families outside and six illegitimate sons and daughters. They are now suing to divide the old man's inheritance. This crystal business is the old man's project. If it continues, the seven brothers and sisters will get a share of the income every year. But if it becomes a debt, the seven sisters can also share. If Liu Gang can get 2 million from the company, it will be his own property and he won't have to share it with his brothers and sisters."
Tang Yuanyuan: "If it were me, I would probably choose not to do it. Who would want to be a slave to their illegitimate brothers and sisters?"
Assistant Fan: "This is where the headache comes in."
Li Mu: "Well, what are we doing? Let's stop wasting time. Let's go sell gift boxes tomorrow to save time. It's not like we can't make money."
Tang Yuanyuan glared at him, and Li Mu puffed up his cheeks and shut up.
Tang Yuanyuan walked around the gambling table and asked, "Can your company commit fraud?"
Assistant Fan: "..."
After hearing Tang Yuanyuan's idea, Assistant Fan took his cell phone and went out to ask for instructions. After all, he had never heard of such an outrageous idea.
Li Mu puffed up his cheeks and said, "It's really troublesome to do business in Shanghai. You have to ask a lawyer for everything."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You've fallen into the same old habit again. I think we should learn from them. Fighting is against the law after all. Look at the people here, everyone is used to talking about legal clauses. I think that's a good thing. When we start our own company in the future, we must also pay attention to legal affairs."
Five minutes later, Assistant Fan came back with his cell phone: "Okay."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Then do you gamble?"
Assistant Fan: "A little bit."
Tang Yuanyuan looked at Li Mu and said, "Do you know how to cooperate?"
Li Mu nodded obediently.
Tang Yuanyuan walked towards the gambling table. The men here were dressed in suits and the women were wearing exquisite makeup and beautiful skirts. Tang Yuanyuan was wearing a very rustic cotton-padded jacket with large flowers, like a street sweeper who had accidentally walked in here.
She rested her hands on the gambling table and asked, "Assistant Fan, please tell me the rules of this Golden Flower."
Assistant Fan said: "Okay, there are 52 cards in Golden Flower. The dealer will deal the cards, three per person."
Liu Gang forced a smile and said, "Assistant Fan, what tricks are you using today?"
“Original ecology?”
"Your company wouldn't ask someone like this to discuss business with me, would it?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded slightly: "That's right, Mr. Liu, Tang Yuanyuan."
Assistant Fan said, "Boss Liu, this is someone that Boss Shen personally selected. I'm here to negotiate with you regarding the agency rights for the crystal clip."
"Her? This country girl?" Liu Gang laughed heartily. "I say, is your company broke? The Shen family is a well-known and influential family in Shanghai. Now you can't even afford a salesperson? You want to hire a country girl?"
He took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and said, "Little sister, you should stop making fun of me. Take this money and buy yourself some clothes and some food. Don't delay my gambling."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I don't know how to gamble, and I don't even know the rules. So you don't dare to bet with me?"
Liu Gang: "You, you still want to gamble? You want to follow me? Can you afford the chips?"
Tang Yuanyuan tilted her head, "Assistant Fan, he looks down on your company. Can you help me buy some chips?"
Special Assistant Fan: "Miss Tang, don't worry. Mr. Shen has personally ordered that the entire company will stand behind you. Don't worry, no matter how many chips you use, it will be fine."
Soon, Assistant Fan waved to the casino's thugs and handed over a check. Chips twice as many as Liu Gang's were placed in front of Tang Yuanyuan. Liu Gang swallowed unconsciously.
Tang Yuanyuan also sat down on the chair: "Boss Liu, let's get started."
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