Chapter 137: Buying a Car (Part 1)

  Wen Yuting took over the conversation and said, "Chu Ge, you don't know that for big families like Xiaolan's, there are too many rules. You can't do this, you can't do that, even finding a partner is very strict. I have a sister who fell in love with a classmate from an ordinary family background, but was forcibly separated by her family."

  "It's a good thing my family is open-minded, otherwise I would have had to elope with Guo Tong."

  At this point, Wen Yuting looked at Li Guodong gently, and Li Guodong also tightly held her hand. Then the two of them showed off their affection in front of Chu Chen and others.

  Looking at the intimacy between the two, Chu Chen couldn't help but slap the table and laugh: "I'm saying, can you two be more subtle? There are still people around."

  "Hehe, you two are so envious, why don't you just pair up and be done with it?"

  Wen Yuting's words made Chu Yulan blush and immediately went forward to scratch Wen Yuting's itch.

  "How dare you! How dare you!"

  "Haha! I was wrong, Yulan, spare me, I won't dare again."

  Although Chu Yulan looks relatively weak now, she has been training her body since childhood and basically every day without interruption. After so many years, her strength is naturally much greater than Wen Yuting's. Before long, Wen Yuting couldn't resist and begged for mercy.

  At this time, the waiter just started serving dishes. Chu Yulan took advantage of the situation and let her go, saying with a smile: "Hmph, dead girl, see if you dare to talk nonsense next time..."

  Everyone laughed and started eating, Wen Yuting arrived at the dishes here, and was immediately surprised by the heavenly food. The chopsticks in her hand didn't stop, while she couldn't help but praise the dishes here.

  The dishes had gone through five flavors, and everyone gradually slowed down the speed of serving dishes. Wen Yuting took a sip of soup and said: "No wonder so many people like to come here to eat, the dishes here are really delicious, but why has it been so long, the waiter hasn't brought the wine yet."

  Chu Chen said with a playful smile: "What, you still want to have a drinking contest with me?"

  Chu Chen's words made Wen Yuting recall some vague memories of that drunken night, her face flushing with embarrassment as she said, "Hmph, last time we were caught off guard, so we lost to you. This time, if you have the guts, let's drink two cups... no, four cups."

  Li Guodong hurriedly advised on the side: "Yuting, let's just forget it this time. Last time Xiaochun drank two boxes of beer by himself and nothing happened. Even if we switch to four cups, we may not be able to drink more than that."

  Last time I got drunk, although something good came out of it, but Wen Yuting always felt that this was her shame. She said: "No way, I don't believe it, if I can lose to Chu Ge like this, then what about me..."

  Chu Chen interrupted her, laughing: "Xiao Wen, it's okay to compare, but we agreed that this is the last time. Don't try to exchange two cups for six again next time, I won't be able to handle it."

  "Hehe, okay, we have a deal then. Don't go back on your word, got it?"

  "Relax, it's fine. But not today, I still want to go buy a car later, let's wait until tomorrow night instead."

  When Chu Chen said he wanted to buy a car, Li Guodong said: "Xiao Chen you want to buy a car? Let's go together then, I also want to buy one."

  "Okay, but Li Ge, how did you also think of buying a car? Are you planning to start your own business?" Chu Chen nodded and asked curiously.

  Li Guodong nodded and said, "Yes, I'm in my last year of university now, and I also need to do an internship. The other day when Yuting and I went to look at houses, I thought the future form of real estate was pretty good, so I decided to get into this line."

  "Brother Li, this real estate investment requires a lot of capital, right?"

  Li Guodong waved his hand and smiled: "Xiao Chuan, I'm not planning to do real estate development, just doing second-hand house brokerage."

  "Oh."

  Chu Chen nodded vaguely and said, "The threshold of this line is not high, but it's still a bit difficult to make a big deal. However, I believe that you, Li Ge, as an economics genius, should be able to achieve something. If you encounter difficulties in the future, feel free to come find me, and I'll definitely help if I can. Come on, let's use tea instead of wine, and toast to your business thriving."

  "Xiao Chen, I won't say much more, thank you..."

  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "What's there to thank for, friends should help each other out. Speaking of helping, do any of you know anyone in the bookstore?"

  Wen Yuting immediately said: "My aunt is the manager of the Beijing Book Building, what's up, Brother Chu, do you want to buy a book?"

  "Yes, I want to build a small library for schools in my hometown."

  Wen Yuting said with some admiration: "Chu Ge, you're really great. I'll definitely ask my aunt to give you a bigger discount. Chu Ge, can I also contribute some money?"

  Chu Chen smiled and said, "Of course, this is fine."

  "That counts as me too." Chu Yulan and Li Guotong said in unison.

  "Alright, I'd like to thank you on behalf of my school's teachers and students." Chu Chen said with a big smile.

  "Chu Ge, since you've built a library, why don't you build a multimedia classroom too?" Chu Yulan asked.

  Chu Chen shook his head and said, "Let's talk about this later when we have a chance. Our side doesn't even have multimedia classrooms in the county town schools yet. If we buy it now, wouldn't that be a bargain for others?"

  "How dare they!" Wen Yuting said indignantly.

  Chu Chen said helplessly: "Some people are really reckless, and besides, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Can't we just watch it happen?"

  Everyone thought about it and could only helplessly shake their heads.

  "Chu Ge, when are you planning to go? If the timing is right, let's go together!" Chu Yulan asked.

  Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "I'm preparing to leave on the 27th. I'll definitely stay for a few more days after I arrive. By the time you get there, school will have already started, and my family's place isn't in good condition, so it's better if you don't go over."

  "Alas, I was thinking of going to your place, Chu Ge, but it seems that's not possible now." Wen Yuting said regretfully.

  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "What's fun about our place, it's all mountains, if you really want to go, let's talk about it when you're on vacation."

  "Alright then, it's settled."

  Looking at Wen Yuting's excited expression, Chu Chen and Li Guodong exchanged a glance, both shaking their heads with wry smiles. Although Li Guodong grew up in the city, his hometown was also in the mountains, so he had experienced the poverty of mountainous areas too. By the time Wen Yuting experiences those days, she'll probably lose her excitement, won't she?

  After finishing dinner, everyone took a taxi to a large car dealership in the western part of the city. The dealership was decorated very luxuriously and looked very impressive, and there were many car brands on offer here, with Wenyuting counting as many as sixteen kinds.

  Although today is not Sunday, the exhibition hall of the car dealership is still very lively. Many people have come to see cars and many salespeople are holding their own promotional materials to attract customers.

  As the saying goes, beautiful cars and beautiful women. Now it's summer, basically in front of every car brand, there is a slender and beautiful car model standing, with bare legs and exposed shoulders, making many men feast their eyes.

  Another group of men who came with their wives or girlfriends were stared at tightly by the opposite sex, looking like they wanted to look but didn't dare, and it was very hard for them to hold back.

  At this time, Wen Yuting casually asked: "Guo Tong, these car models are very sexy, right?"

  Li Guodong was clearly stunned by the question, but he also reacted quickly and said seriously: "What's sexy about this? Besides, no matter how they are, they can't attract me as much as Yuting."

  "Hum! You're quite sensible!"

  Chu Chen and Chu Yulan saw this situation, both secretly laughed uncontrollably.

  After inquiring with the service staff at the front desk, Chu Chen and his group headed towards the manager's office of the car dealership.

  After knocking on the door and entering, there was only a middle-aged man in his 40s in the office. When he heard that Chu Chen and others were introduced by Liu Qingshu, he immediately smiled and asked everyone to sit on the sofa, and personally poured a cup of tea for each person.

  The manager's name was Tao Ming. After introducing himself, he handed out his business cards and smiled: "I don't know how many of you are here today, what do you need?"

  Chu Chen had thought about it before. He wanted to buy a spacious car, and since he often had to go out to dig up old houses for his antique business, an off-road vehicle would be better. So he made some polite remarks and said: "Manager Tao, that's the thing, this time we came over, mainly want to buy a larger SUV and sedan."

  Being able to sell two cars made Tao Ming involuntarily excited, and it was already approaching the end of the month. His sales task had not been completed yet, and with these two added, completing the task would be much easier. So he asked with a smile:

  "I don't know how many of you are looking for what price range of cars? Domestic or imported? If it's convenient, please report the price and I'll recommend a few models to you. Of course, since you were introduced by President Liu, there will definitely be quite flexible discounts on the price."

  "I want a sedan within 200,000 yuan, with a good engine and fuel-efficient. Oh, and it's best if it's available for immediate delivery, I don't want to wait too long to get the car. By the way, no Japanese brand cars."

  Wen Yuting said, originally according to Li Guodong's idea, buying a van and driving it would be enough. After buying a house and decorating it, he also wanted to start a company, so there wasn't much money left.

  However, Wen Yuting was unwilling. She is now physically and mentally Li Guodong's. The first car, of course, did not want to buy a bad one. After persistent persuasion, Li Guodong finally agreed that she would pay the down payment for the car.

  As for not wanting to buy island country brand cars, it's because Wen Yuting's grandfather's father, that is, her great-grandfather, was killed by the island country's military back then, so her family basically doesn't see anything good in products made in the island country.