Chapter 492 - 492: Liu Yuan's Brother-in-Law
This sales guide has been selling cars here for some time and has seen many wealthy customers. It's pretty normal for them to come in and buy cars that cost one or two million.
But those transactions were always made with card payments; he had never seen such large cash transactions before.
With 750,000 in cash lying on the ground, although it can't buy half a Phaeton, the visual impact definitely surpasses that of the Phaeton!
Da Fei, while fanning himself with a stack of bills, looked at the sales guide with interest and said, "Shall we count?"
"Ah... this... this..." The sales guide didn't know what to say for a moment, this much money definitely needed to be counted. But with this amount of money, counting would probably take a while.
The commotion here had also attracted the attention of the other sales guides and customers in the store. Seeing the money laid out on the floor, they were all surprised, both the rich and the not-so-rich. Even though Ye Qing was buying ten Santanas, the shock was hardly less than buying a Phaeton.
Just as the sales guide was hesitating about how to count the money, two men happened to walk over. One of them saw the crowd gathered and frowned, asking, "What's going on? Why are you all gathered here? No need to work?"
This person was the manager of the store, and the one next to him was the owner. The owner didn't usually come in, but he just happened to visit today and saw this scene, naturally making the manager feel disgraced.
Seeing the manager, the sales guides hurriedly dispersed. The manager glanced at everyone, intending to speak but then saw the pile of money on the floor and was momentarily stunned.
"What... what's going on here?" the manager asked in amazement.
"It's this gentleman..." the sales guide had just begun to speak when suddenly the owner beside the manager exclaimed in surprise, "Boss Ye, how come it's you?"
Ye Qing turned his head to look, and although he found the owner's face somewhat familiar, he really couldn't remember who he was.
"Director Chen, you know him?" the manager carefully asked, because he could tell from the owner's tone towards Ye Qing that it was filled with respect.
The sales guide didn't say anything more, knowing that the situation had escalated beyond his opportunity to speak.
Director Chen didn't pay any mind to the manager, hastily running up to Ye Qing, bowing and scraping with a smile, "Boss Ye, I'm Chen Zizhong, Liu Yuan's brother-in-law!"
"Oh, it's you!" Ye Qing finally remembered; when he had first arrived in Shenchuan City, he had met this man once while dining with Liu Yuan. Unexpectantly, the man opened a car dealership here, no wonder he seemed somewhat arrogant back then.
Seeing that Ye Qing remembered him, Chen Zizhong was very excited and hastily said, "Hahaha, Boss Ye, you are so busy every day, yet you still remember me, I'm truly touched. I have always heard from my brother-in-law about your legendary stories. Honestly, there aren't many people I've respected in my life, but towards you, it's both heartfelt admiration and outward respect."
Ye Qing exchanged pleasantries with a faint smile. As Liu Yuan's brother-in-law, Ye Qing still had to give him some face.
Chen Zizhong also knew his relationship with Ye Qing wasn't as close as his brother-in-law's was with Ye Qing, so he didn't dare to talk too much. Hearing that Ye Qing wanted to buy the ten Santanas, he offered them without hesitation for 650,000.
The manager and sales guide's eyes widened; a discount of ten thousand per car was basically at cost, Director Chen had never even offered such a discount to his own friends. They both began to wonder who Boss Ye really was to deserve such investment on Chen Zizhong's part.
Ye Qing didn't know how much profit there was in selling cars, but he was certainly grateful that Chen Zizhong reduced the price by so much. Chen Zizhong was generous, telling Ye Qing directly that if he needed cars in the future, he could call him at any time and the dealership would be at Ye Qing's disposal. Of course, it was also during this interaction that they exchanged numbers, coming to know each other.
After completing the paperwork, Ye Qing and his people directly drove off. Chen Zizhong stood at the entrance, watching Ye Qing's convoy turn the corner before he returned to the hall with a smile.
The manager carefully approached, looking out at the street and whispered, "Director Chen, selling a car for only 65,000, we're not making any profit, and that's just enough to cover the shipping costs!"
"You know nothing!" Chen Zizhong laughed proudly, "Let me tell you, some connections are not something you can buy with just a hundred thousand or two. These ten cars, I'm telling you, even if I gave them away at a loss, I would willingly do it. But the key point is, he won't even accept them!"
"What?" The manager was stunned for a moment, looking at Chen Zizhong in astonishment. Giving them away for free would be like throwing away six hundred and fifty thousand yuan, equivalent to one and a half months of Chen Zizhong's income. Was Chen Zizhong really willing to do this? Moreover, the crucial point was that they weren't accepting a gift, how could that be possible?
Seeing the manager's dumbfounded look, Chen Zizhong couldn't help but laugh, patted his shoulder, and said, "You're still young and don't understand the importance of business networks. Let me tell you, this Mr. Ye, although young, is now the most successful young person in Shenchuan City. He doesn't care about the Tianqing Gang Fubang or any of that. In less than two months since he came to Shenchuan City, he started from scratch and built a fortune worth hundreds of millions, is there a second person in the world who can do this? I'm telling you, if it wasn't for the fact that my brother-in-law has a good relationship with him, it would have been impossible to make this connection. Today I gave up a hundred thousand yuan in profit for him, tomorrow, if he just gives me one opportunity, it won't merely translate into a million!"
Realization dawned on the manager who then looked at Chen Zizhong in amazement and said, "This... this person is too incredible, isn't he? To make a fortune of hundreds of millions in two months, how is that possible?"
"For those who achieve great things, both opportunity and strength are indispensable. He has absolute strength and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, what's impossible!" Chen Zizhong said, standing with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the sky, "I dare to assert, before long, he will become the number one person in Shenchuan City."
Saying that, Chen Zizhong chuckled, but inside he was pondering another matter. With Liu Yuan's relationship with Ye Qing, if he could curry some favor, perhaps Ye Qing might start considering him a friend. Then, leveraging Ye Qing's strength, without aiming for anything else, if he could take full control over the North Ring Auto City, he could very well become one of the top tycoons in Shenchuan City!
Of course, Ye Qing had no idea Chen Zizhong was planning so far ahead; as far as he was concerned, saving money where he could was the priority. Any extra money would first go to the orphanage, and if there was any left, it would be used to repay the debt to Li Lianshan. Based on Ye Qing's current income, it would take about one or two months to completely settle these accounts.
In fact, the most profitable venture was the Southern Suburbs Dogfight Arena, but the Dog Field wasn't open every day. It was only operational once or twice a week, which kept people interested in coming. If it were open every day, it would lose its novelty and gradually become less attractive. Therefore, for Ye Qing right now, the ten venues that provided a fixed daily income were what mattered most.
Da Fei and the others drove back to Tian Sheng, while Qin Jing and the rest were still eating at the small restaurant by the door. Seeing so many cars arrive, everyone immediately ran out, asking in surprise where all these cars had come from. When they heard that these were cars bought by Ye Qing, Qin Jing directly dashed into one of them, hugging the steering wheel and clamoring, "Ye Zi, assign this car to me for future use. I carry so much money every day; I need a car for protection!"
Da Fei looked at Qin Jing with disdain and asked, "Do you even know how to drive?"
Qin Jing replied, "What a joke, when I was in the village, I even drove a tractor!"
Everyone burst into laughter. Ye Qing's purchase of so many cars all at once indeed gave everyone a fresh feeling of excitement.
Lin Mengjie stood on the steps, watching the noisy crowd jostling for the cars with an amused smile. Seeing Ye coming over, she laughed and said, "Ye, actually, these cars aren't very practical. If you want convenience for getting things done, a van would be the best choice!"
Ye responded, "We'll make do for now, we don't have many people, so these cars are enough. When we have more people later on, we'll buy a van."
After saying this, Ye motioned with his hand and said to Da Fei, "Da Fei, you guys take two of the cars to the orphanage later. Assign one for Principal Wu and one for Fang Tingyun, Huo Pingping, Mo Xiang, and the others, to make their travel more convenient."
"Got it!" Da Fei immediately took a few people to get this done, so excited he didn't even want to finish his meal.
After eating lunch with Lin Mengjie, Ye Qing rested a bit at Tian Sheng in the afternoon and then practiced boxing with Black Bear for a while. Around three o'clock, he drove to the Xingyi Martial Arts School as Tie Yongwen had asked him to come the day before.
Upon arriving at the Xingyi Martial Arts School, Tie Yongwen had just come in. He was about to enjoy a cup of tea in the living room when he saw Ye Qing enter and called him over to sit beside him.
In the heat of the afternoon, Ye Qing took off his coat, about to hang it up when suddenly something fell out of the pocket.
Looking down, Ye Qing recognized the small blue-and-white porcelain vial that looked quite delicate, sealed at the top. It was the same medicine bottle Shen Qingyi had brought out that evening, supposed to contain the Shen Family's Healing Medicine which was very effective for treating injuries. But how did it end up in his coat pocket? Could it be that Shen Qingyi, when she had used the coat, accidentally left it there?
Tie Yongwen noted the blue-and-white porcelain vial in Ye Qing's hand and his expression changed slightly, "Nephew Ye, what is that you have in your hand?"
Ye was about to put the vial back in his pocket, but upon hearing the question, he didn't put it back and instead brought it closer to Tie Yongwen, saying, "I don't know what it is either. Miss Shen mentioned that it's probably some kind of healing medicine refined by the Shen family."
"Is that so?" Tie Yongwen's face clearly turned excited, and he stretched out a trembling hand, asking, "Could... could I take a look at it?"