Lin Yue turned around and saw that it was Zhan Xiang, an old acquaintance.蔨
He said that his smile was uglier than that of a bitter melon, but didn’t you know that his face was not much better than that of a Japanese melon, and since he was not tall, it seemed that anyone could go up and pinch him.
This guy has been out of control ever since he saw Gu Qingyu ten years ago. In order to chase the goddess, he bought a house in this community, just downstairs from Gu Shihong's house. Later, Gu Qingyu moved to Shanghai International Garden Community, and he followed him there. I bought a set in order to catch up with Gu Qingyu. This guy didn't marry for ten years. He was a licker every day and a hot boy every day. But in the end, he didn't catch up with the goddess. Lin Yue really didn't know how to describe this kind of person.
"What? Being kicked out again?"
"Kick him out?" Zhan Xiang glanced behind him. The door was tightly closed: "You mean Guo Qiang? How is it possible? My landlord is his tenant. How could he have the guts to kick me out?"
According to the setting in the TV series, after Zhanxiang followed Gu Qingyu and moved out of Wanziyuan Community, he rented the house here to outsiders Guo Qiang and his wife. The couple opened a fast food restaurant nearby, but the results were not good and they continued to default on payments. Zhan Xiang came to ask for rent many times to no avail. Later, he was even beaten by Guo Qiang for asking for rent.
It's really sad to be able to do this as a rent collector.
"Really? Then let me ask you, is this the first time you have come to collect rent?"
"There is one..." He counted on his hands for a long time: "I forgot."
Lin Yue said: "Guo Qiang owes you almost a year's rent, right?"
Zhanxiang said: "It's not like he won't give it to me. The business of the fast food restaurant is not good. Besides, his wife just gave birth to her third child. It's normal to be tight on money. As a landlord, I'm not short of money. I have to be considerate of others." Isn’t it difficult?”
He still has to speak for the other party when he can't collect the rent. I really don't know whether to call him soft-hearted or desperate to save face.
"Zhanxiang, you should buy me a drink."
"Why?"
"Because we are in the same boat to some extent. As for you, the tenants in your own house are mainly anti-tenants. As for me, I want to marry a wife and lure the wolf into the house."
"Luring the wolf into the house? You mean... Feng Xiaoqin?" Zhan Xiang was shocked.
"That's right. You didn't want her back then, so you turned around and introduced her to me. Isn't it a bad intention for a weasel to pay New Year's greetings to a chicken?"
"How is that possible? It's because I only have your sister in my heart. I think Feng Xiaoqin is a very virtuous person, so I introduced her to you."
There was a reason Zhan Xiang didn't say. Feng Xiaoqin was very interested in him at that time. He greeted him in the name of a friend, cooked food, and was very attentive. He was quite bored. It happened that one time Gu Qingyu told him that his brother's blind date failed, and his mind changed. , and pushed Feng Xiaoqin to Gu Lei. Firstly, he could get out of trouble, and secondly, he could please the goddess, killing two birds with one stone, which was not a good idea.
"When you rented the house to Guo Qiang, did you think they were honest and kind-hearted? That's why you rented the house to them boldly?"
"That's right."
"The same goes for Feng Xiaoqin."
"No..." Zhan Xiang still couldn't accept that he compared Feng Xiaoqin to a wolf: "Didn't you make a lot of noise last night? The neighbors downstairs were all woken up by you. I heard my advice and you are also 37 years old. You are a good person, please take it easy."
"You also know about this? You are very well-informed."
"Of course."
Zhanxiang was very proud. In order to pursue Gu Qingyu, he had bribed many residents in this building over the years. If there was any trouble in the Gu family, he would be the first to know.
"Since you are so good at asking about other people's family affairs, do you know about Feng Xiaoqin's family affairs?"
"Feng Xiaoqin? Her? What kind of family affairs does she have? Isn't her family affairs your family affairs?"
Lin Yue chuckled. Xianyunge was opened by Zhan Xiang and Shi Zhiwei in partnership. If he were to deal with such a person, if he was really a sheep-like figure, he would be eaten to pieces. In the TV series, Feng Xiaoqin persuaded Zhanxiang to open a nursing home. This guy didn't let sex drive him crazy. He was just perfunctory. He secretly found someone to do market research. After getting answers that it was feasible and profitable, he agreed to invest money in it.蔨
Think about it, even though he could make money buying a house with his eyes closed in those years, but he bought one house after another, even pooling money with relatives and friends to pay the down payment, and still had to buy a house with a huge mortgage loan. It can be said that he has no business acumen. No, is it completely gambling?
As the elder sister, Gu Qingyu saw that Feng Xiaoqin was not a good person, and even helped his brother to check her background. Where was Zhan Xiang? When Shi Zhiwei introduced Feng Xiaoqin to him, he didn't say anything about investigating this woman? Is this not difficult for a master who accepts both black and white? In the TV series, Gu Qingyu asked him to help investigate Shi Yuan.
Shi Zhiwei, who was as smart as a monkey, knew that Feng Xiaoqin was not suitable to marry home, so he introduced her to Zhan Xiang. Zhan Xiang couldn't stand her, so he turned around and introduced her to Gu Lei. It's best for friends to cheat their friends.
"Is there any news about the Shi Yuan that sister asked you to check?"
"Hey, how did you know about this?"
"I just asked you if you had any news."
Zhan Xiang hesitated for a moment: "No, it happened so many years ago. How could it be so easy to check?"
"you are lying!"
Lin Yue smiled coldly and hurried downstairs.
Zhan Xiang froze on the spot.
He was indeed lying. He had found out about Shi Yuan, but he didn't want to tell Gu Lei because if he told his brother, his sister would be close to finding out. Gu Qingyu wanted to have a fake marriage with someone he didn't know in order to get a place to buy a house. He could tolerate this, but it was unacceptable to renew his relationship with Qingmei.
…
After leaving Wanziyuan Community, Lin Yue did not go to the bank to confirm that the 1 million had arrived. Instead, he went to the immigration management hall to apply for a passport, because another purpose of accepting the Xinju mission was to open a map abroad so that he could take a rest. Traveling around the world to help him in his great cause of black and evil.
The passport application period takes 7 to 15 days. After submitting the application, he left. Seeing that it was still early and it was very close to Lujiazui, he stood on the street and looked around for a while. He walked into a Starbucks not far away and asked the waiter for a drink. American style.蔨
Fifteen minutes later, a woman walked in from outside. She was quite tall, well-dressed, and had three-dimensional facial features. She was a good candidate for a model.
Her name is Sun Qi, the girlfriend of Gu Lei's cousin Gu Xin.
Oh no, it must be his ex-girlfriend, because Gu Xin just met the daughter of the director of the district land planning bureau.
Lin Yue raised his hand and motioned for her to sit here.
"Did you invite me here?"
Sun Qi pulled the chair back and sat down opposite him.
Lin Yue nodded: "What do you want to drink?"
"No, just tell me what you have to say." It was obvious that she was a little impatient.
There is a big difference in social status between an elite female investment banker and an ordinary man who earns 5,000 yuan a month but still fails to complete the tasks assigned by his boss. If he hadn't said he was Gu Xin's cousin, it would have been because of Gu Xin. Find her, she won't waste time coming downstairs to meet you.
"Yes, investment banking elites have nice names. In fact, what they do is no different from ordinary sales. The main reason is that the customer groups they target are different. Your targets are either banks, institutions, or people with millions in their hands." A boss who has tens of millions of spare money ready to invest in financial management to make a fortune. The best skill in sales is to see what people are doing. For a small and transparent investment bank like you who does not have enough network resources and not enough reputation, the first skill you must master is to learn to screen customers. , there are many rich people who wear big vests and flip-flops, pick their nostrils, pick out earwax and spit everywhere, but the proportion is too low. It would be a waste of time and energy to distinguish them one by one, so the best way is to ignore this part of the high investment The low-return group specializes in developing high-net-worth individuals who buy and sell luxury cars and wear luxury goods. Most people call your behavior a dog-eye look at others, but what’s the point? This approach is the industry experience summed up by many predecessors, and it is also The way most salespeople work, there are occasionally one or two exceptions that are slapped in the face, which does not affect the overall situation, but, you can play like this at work. If you bring your work experience into your daily life, sooner or later you will be able to eat Big loss.”
That's right... Sun Qi couldn't tell whether he was scolding her or giving good advice. All in all, it was quite awkward.
"It's work time and I have work to do."
Lin Yue smiled noncommittally, picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, leaned back, took a look at the interior decoration of the coffee shop, and stared at the fragrant bottom-filter brewing machine for a while, but then he took his time. He said: "Do you know what is the biggest difference between chain coffee shops and independent coffee shops?"
Sun Qi was stunned by this question: "What about the choice of coffee beans? Or the production method?"
Regarding this question, the images that flashed through her mind were of Starbucks staff skillfully picking up coffee from the brewing machine, independent coffee shop owners using various brewing operations, and various eye-catching hand brewing tools.
Lin Yue scraped the outer wall of the coffee cup with his fingertips: "Yes, the biggest difference is the degree of roasting. In fact, when the coffee is in the green bean state, its flavor has been determined, and then gradually appears as the degree of roasting deepens. Fruity floral aroma, nuts, chocolate, and bitterness. Large chain coffee shops such as Starbucks officially claim to use medium roasted coffee beans, but the actual situation is close to dark roasted coffee beans. The purpose is to highlight the richness and make ordinary people feel that I am indeed I am drinking coffee. However, because the professional level of baristas in each store is different, if the production process is slightly improper, there will be a strong burnt feeling, such as this cup. Independent cafes generally use lightly roasted coffee beans. , working hard on the sweetness, sourness, cleanliness and layering of coffee, the extraction and grinding process is just to release the difference in taste to a greater extent, so successful independent cafes have their specialty items.”
Sun Qi was surprised. The person opposite who called himself Gu Xin's cousin didn't look like someone who was very particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation from any angle, but why did he know so much?
"Are you in the coffee industry?"
"No." Lin Yue said: "I just want to tell you that a successful salesman must not only have sharp eyes, but also be able to speak well, and knowledge is also indispensable. The target is the rich, but you don't even know what the rich people's hobbies are. I don’t know, even if I know, I know very little about the secrets involved, so why don’t I, as a rich man, give the same opportunity to you to someone who can chat with me and can brag and communicate with me?”
"..." Sun Qi looked at him no longer with contempt. At least in terms of experience, she admitted that the man opposite her was better than her: "Why are you telling me this?"
"From the moment we meet a stranger, the stepping stone to a relationship is my value to you, isn't it?"
Indeed, compared to the first time, she was listening to him very seriously now.
Lin Yue said: "Okay, now that you have paid enough attention to me, let's get to the point. Is your relationship with Gu Xin... okay?"
"We're fine," she replied decisively.
Lin Yue said: "But according to the information I have, my cousin is dating a girl in their unit."
"What?" Sun Qi was shocked: "It's impossible."
She was qualified and confident to say such things, because she and Gu Xin were college classmates and had been in a relationship for ten years. How could her boyfriend change their relationship without saying a word?
"How is it impossible?" Lin Yue said: "You can ask him for confirmation later. Ask him if the girl's name is Ge Yue. Her father is the deputy director of the District Land Planning Bureau and has several houses in the city. ."
What he said was correct, and Sun Qi believed him 70% of the time. He looked a little uneasy and could not sit still.
This is normal, she is really afraid of losing Gu Xin.
"I know you want to leave immediately and go to Gu Xin to verify this matter, but you need to hear me out first." Lin Yue nodded on the table and motioned for her to calm down: "Do you know where you lost? That's right. , you want money but no money, you want status but no status, you can’t help him in his career, and you can’t give him what he wants in life.”
Gu Xin, Gu Shihai, thinking of the father and son, Lin Yue shook his head.
Father is kind to son... Oh no, it should be said that like father, like son.
"I heard that you spent a lot of effort to get into Imond, but you haven't made a name for yourself in so many years. In the past two years, financial supervision has become more and more strict, and the benefits of Imond are very bad. Last year, my sister was killed Your boss is very worried about Murray Gail Quinn's defeat, is there such a thing?"
Sun Qi looked surprised: "Your sister?"
"Gu Qingyu."
Of course she knew this name. The famous investment banking elite in Lujiazui was brought out by her immediate boss Cindy. Now he is better than his predecessor. When colleagues in her department talk about Gu Qingyu, they will treat him as an important person. The idol you are chasing.
"Sister?"
"That's right." Lin Yue continued: "I can help Aimeng get out of the predicament, and I can also let you replace Jack Liu or even Cindy."
Hearing this, Sun Qi no longer thought about Gu Xin, because she was surprised, how could this person know so much about Aimeng's situation?
"These...are these what your sister told you?"
Lin Yue shook his head no.蔨
Sun Qi didn’t think he could solve Aimeng’s problem, but there was a logic behind it that didn’t make sense: “Okay, even if you can help Aimeng improve his performance, Shanghai’s financial circle is so big and its resources are limited. If Aimeng’s performance goes up, Now, Murray Gail Quinn’s performance is bound to decline, aren’t you digging a hole for your sister?”
"This is none of your business. Anyway, you should deal with Gu Xin's matter first. When you think about it clearly, call me." Lin Yue stood up and walked outside, tapping the table as he passed by her: " Anyway, there’s nothing to lose if you try it, what if it works, right?”
It wasn't until Lin Yue walked out of the door that she realized that the two of them had been sitting here talking for a long time, and she didn't even know what the other person's name was.
Fortunately... I have his number in my phone.
Thinking of this, she turned her attention to Gu Xin again, no longer worrying about the company's affairs, and quickly found a place to call her boyfriend.
…
The next night.蔨
After dinner, Feng Xiaoqin came to the living room with a plate of cut oranges and placed them respectfully in front of Gu Shihong.
"Dad, eat an orange."
"Ah, hey..." Gu Shihong glanced at his son who was sitting on the deck chair on the balcony watching the stars, a little confused about the situation.
The couple has not spoken for a whole day. As for him, he is the one who is lying at gunpoint. Feng Xiaoqin has not given him a good look since yesterday. Tonight, she took the initiative to help him cook and prepare fruits after dinner. …
The two have obviously not reconciled yet, so what does she want to do?
"Dad, I washed and ironed the two shirts you put on the bedside." Feng Xiaoqin pulled the sofa in front of her and sat down, pretending to have something to say.
Gu Shihong was a little timid - not only for her sudden enthusiasm, but also for her as a person.蔨
"Dad, there is actually something I want to talk to you about."
"This...what is it, tell me."
Feng Xiaoqin said: "Isn't this me and Gu Lei discussing buying a house? My sister agreed to us that day, and the money was transferred to Gu Lei's account yesterday. My sister's efficiency is very high..." She smiled flatteringly and continued. : "Dad, I did some calculations with Gu Lei. The selling price of that house is 2.5 million. If you pay this million as a down payment, you will need to get a loan of 1.5 million. According to the loan In thirty years, it would cost more than 7,000 a month, which is quite stressful to repay, so I thought if I could make a larger down payment, the pressure of repaying the monthly payment would be less in the future.”
"..."
Gu Shihong thought to himself, there is no free dinner and fruit in the world, the ancients did not deceive me.
Seeing that he remained silent, Feng Xiaoqin further said: "Dad, you see that sister has agreed, can you also help us and pool some money to buy us a house?"
Gu Shihong: "..."
Sure enough, Feng Xiaoqin had his mind set on his pension.
