Chapter 25 The Right Way for a Poor Man to Become Rich
Xiao Peng always found it funny every time he thought about how he scared himself in the bank that morning. To put it bluntly, it was because it was the first time he had seen so much money. If he really had assets worth hundreds of millions, he would definitely not be so nervous if he received a few million.
However, when there were more than 2 million euros in his bank account, Xiao Peng completely lost his composure!
Xiao Peng admires the protagonists in those film and television works or online novels from the bottom of his heart. They are poor people who can maintain their original heart after becoming rich, but he can't do that!
What should you do with money in your pocket? Spend it, of course!
Xiao Peng finally understood why those nouveau riche were so generous with their money! It would be hard for anyone to remain calm when so much money suddenly fell from their pockets!
Without saying anything else, let's renew the hotel for one month! The total cost for the month is less than 15,000, wow, that's cheap!
I have to replace my broken cell phone too. If my old cell phone is stuck, I need to replace it with a new one!
What to change? It must be Huawei!
This is not really because Xiao Peng is patriotic, but because there is no Apple store in Marseille at all!
Although Marseille is the largest metropolitan area in France in terms of tourist reception, second in population and third in size, it is at best a county-level city in China.
In fact, just saying this is still praising it!
This place is really small. The entire Marseille city has a population of less than 900,000, and the total population of all satellite cities in the Marseille metropolitan area does not exceed 2 million.
Because of this, this place is not a shopping paradise. Many stores are not complete. Some things are available in Paris and Lyon but not here, such as the Apple store!
But Huawei is really awesome here, with huge ads everywhere! Huawei holds the top spot in the French mobile phone market. More precisely, it's Huawei and Honor.
What’s interesting is that many French people don’t know that Huawei and Honor are the same company. Fans of the two companies fight with each other online every day, which is similar to the war of words between “Huawei pollen” and “Mi fans” in China.
Xiao Peng bought a new Huawei phone for 999.99 Euros, which is about 1,000 yuan more expensive than in China. However, it came with a bunch of free gifts like headphones and a watch, making it significantly cheaper than in China.
These gifts are not official gifts, but local retailers’ own promotions. After all, the ban on GMS has a great impact on Huawei, and this promotion method is to open up the market and let European users accept their HMS.
In fact, Xiao Peng has become accustomed to Google's GMS in France in the past few years, but HMS is also very good, and I support domestic products! By the way, I bought a laptop, which must be a high-performance gaming laptop. It has been a long time since I played online games. . . . .
He also needs to buy clothes and shoes. There is a large shopping mall near Laogang! Xiao Peng is rich now, so he can buy shirts and leather shoes! Although he doesn't have the habit of wearing shirts and leather shoes, women here like this, right?
I went to a hair salon and spent a hundred euros to get a haircut. It was actually just a buzz cut, but maybe because I spent so much money, it feels much better than if I had done it myself with a clipper!
Is it time to get a French driver's license and buy a luxury car? Hey, wait, there are more important things to do now!
What about going to the library to read books, what about going to the Cousteau family archive to look up information, these thoughts had long been thrown away by Xiao Peng to Java!
The most important thing is of course to pick up girls!
Now he just wants to relax and hang out in the bar of C2 Hotel every day. All the people staying here are tourists. Men like Xiao Peng who are generous, well-dressed and have exotic looks are still very popular. He can pick up girls with ease!
Of course, Xiao Peng is very self-aware. The key to success is to be generous!
He'd been in Marseille for over two years, and he'd always looked the same! But he'd never been successful in picking up girls, unlike now where he always had success.
At first, Xiao Peng planned to have fun for three days, but then it became a week-long fun, and it looks like this period will continue forever!
It's fun to be decadent for a while, and it's fun to be decadent all the time! No wonder those second-generation rich people like to spend money so much! They can't control it at all!
Now he has the look of a complete loser who has achieved success.
There's nothing you can do about it, this is human nature!
In the end, it was a phone call that saved Xiao Peng from this decadent life!
Seeing the phone ring, Xiao Peng put on his pajamas and walked to the balcony and whispered, "Mrs. Derrida, what's going on?"
Mrs. Derrida on the other end of the line laughed and said, "Xiao, from the sound of it, you just got up? Am I calling at a bad time?"
Xiao Peng looked back at the bed in the room. There was a girl sleeping on the bed. What was her name?
Well, I really forgot. I only remember that she was traveling from Belgium. She watched "Amazing" last night, but it was just so-so when she watched it today.
You really can't drink too much alcohol!
He coughed dryly twice. "Mrs. Derrida, look at what you're saying. Of course you can call me anytime!"
Mrs. Derrida laughed even more happily after hearing this: "Xiao, you are a good boy! If my daughter was not twenty years older than you, I would really consider letting her marry you."
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines: "Mrs. Derrida, I've heard this sentence at least fifty times!"
"So what if you listen to it again? Can't you just treat it as an old lady's nagging?" Mrs. Derrida said in feigned anger.
Xiao Peng raised his hands in surrender: "Mrs. Derrida, what do you want from me?"
Mrs. Derrida said resentfully, "Xiao, have you forgotten what day tomorrow is?"
Xiao Peng was stunned: "Tomorrow?"
"You forgot!" Mrs. Derrida said. "Tomorrow is Community Aid Day! I told you that!"
Xiao Peng slapped his forehead. Damn, I had completely forgotten! He quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Derrida, I really forgot about this! Thank you for calling to remind me! I'll come see you tomorrow morning!"
Mrs. Derrida smiled and said, "No need to apologize. Your presence is better than anything else. Everyone in Laogang knows that you've become rich and often stay at the C2 Hotel. My stupid old man even said that you won't be as enthusiastic as before and won't come over now that you're rich. After I hang up the phone, I'll scold him for you and vent your anger!"
Xiao Peng blinked. It wasn't surprising that Mrs. Derrida knew he lived in C2, given its proximity to the docks and the lack of secrets in the Old Port of Marseille. But he had a feeling Mrs. Derrida had something to say to him.
"Mrs. Derrida, do you have something to say to me?" Xiao Peng asked uncertainly.
Mrs. Derrida sighed and said, "Maybe it's because I'm old. Seeing you reminds me of my children's nagging. My child, you still have a long way to go in life, and no one has the right to tell you how to move forward. But I want to tell you one thing: you must learn to control your wealth, not let wealth control you. Forget it, I know you don't like to hear this, just treat it as an old man's nagging."
Xiao Peng was silent after hearing this. After a while, he said, "Thank you, Mrs. Derrida! I know what I should do now!"
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