??Chapter 44: 44, Nouveau riche temperant_1
Chapter 44: 44, Nouveau riche temperant_1
The female sales manager ignored the person beside her and explained to Ren He, “Hello, my na is Jiang Zhouzi. The thing is, there are no F650s available in Luo City whatsoever. The price ranges from 1.68 to 2.58 million, divided into standard, dium, and high configurations, with different engine displacents as well. Which one would you like? If you really plan to buy, you may still have to wait about 1 day, as we need to transfer it from the provincial capital.”
Ren He didn’t bother with her at first, instead cheerfully saying to the male sales manager, “Enough, in our harmonious society, I’m too lazy to talk so much with you. Otherwise, I’d be haggling over every little thing with you. How could socialism develop, right? We should take pride in unity and mutual assistance, and feel ashad of selfishness…”
Ren He stopped mid-sentence and then silently waited to see if the Divine Punishnt System would react… Ultimately, there was no reaction!
That was close—he was just about to cheekily ntion the “Eight Honors and Eight Shas” when he suddenly rembered the existence of the Divine Punishnt System and hit the brakes! He could confirm that the previous Mao Zedong quotes had definitely been a deliberate act by the Divine Punishnt System since he hadn’t finished speaking that ti either!
What a trap!
The male sales manager was perplexed, wondering why the conversation had suddenly turned to ideological education…?
“The high configuration with the largest engine displacent. Start the paperwork; I’ll co to pick up the car tomorrow afternoon at this ti,” Ren He declared without batting an eye. After being reborn, he had considered whether to just buy a regular off-road vehicle and keep a low profile, not wanting to seem like a nouveau riche.
But then he thought, why worry about being low-key or not? As long as he was happy, why bother with what others think. So what if I’m a nouveau riche?
That so-called detached attitude cos after having everything, right? He was just starting from scratch. He wanted to experience the nouveau riche feeling!
Besides… what’s wrong with being a nouveau riche?
Jiang Zhouzi didn’t say anything but went to get the contract and also brought over the POS machine. She hesitated for a mont, seemingly not quite believing that Ren He could afford such an expensive car.
A car worth over two million—that ranks as a luxury vehicle.
Ren He smiled and said, “I’ll pay by card first, then sign the contract to avoid any worries. Also, the vehicle purchase tax, compulsory insurance, and comprehensive insurance fees—let’s settle those all together.”
He handed his card to Jiang Zhouzi, who bit her lip and began to operate the POS machine. Eventually, she handed it back to Ren He to enter his PIN and explained, “You’re entitled to a discount for purchasing this vehicle, a total of 1.48 million off. The 2.58 million we ntioned earlier was just the recomnded retail price. The fees include comprehensive car insurance of 560,000, a purchase tax of 210,000, a consumption tax of 210,000, as well as so miscellaneous fees like license plate registration. The total cos to 2.84 million, with the modified fuel tank and car rack thrown in as a gift.”
Ren He gasped. Damn, that was close. He had just over 2.84 million in his account after buying the bicycle, plus so change. If they hadn’t given him a discount, his bluff would have indeed hit rock bottom. He had never bought such an expensive car in his past life or this one and didn’t realize the purchase tax would be so steep. He nearly trapped himself, but now he felt a surge of goodwill towards Jiang Zhouzi!
Still, the thought was a bit painful—after buying the car, it was like returning overnight to his old cash-strapped self…
By then, people from the dealership had gathered around to watch, and the male sales manager had briefed them on the earlier situation, smirking as he said, “Imagine if, after he swipes his card, oops, insufficient funds.”
However, as soon as Ren He entered his PIN, the POS machine actually produced a receipt!
Everyone was stunned. If there weren’t enough funds, a receipt would be impossible, which ant that the young man had really transferred 2.84 million to the dealership’s account through the POS!
Now it was their turn to draw a sharp breath. A nondescript youth had walked into the dealership and just bought a luxury car worth over two million? And they had almost shooed him away?!
Everyone involuntarily looked at the male sales manager, whose mind went blank, struggling to believe what had happened…
The one who was most surprised was still Jiang Zhouzi. Actually, at first, she also felt that Ren He was being spoken of too embarrassingly, which is why she stepped in, but who knew she’d end up closing such a big deal? The commission from this car alone was equivalent to her inco for two months!
However, Ren He did not persist in getting even with the male sales manager. In this world, there will always be people who look at others with prejudiced eyes. He wasn’t the first, and he wouldn’t be the last, so there was no point in fussing over it.
The next afternoon, Ren He ca and drove the car away. To be honest, if it hadn’t been for the fact that he’d grown several centiters over the past two months due to his exercise routine, people outside wouldn’t have been able to see him at all in the car; it looked like it was driverless…
Ren He parked the car downstairs at his ho. In fact, he didn’t plan to drive it often for the ti being, since he was running every day. He couldn’t exactly drive this thing to school, could he? But he could certainly ride it around more often once his bike was delivered.
When he locked the car and went upstairs, he didn’t notice that, just as he entered the residential building, Duan Xiaolou was watching him from a not-too-distant place as he got out of the car.
Duan Xiaolou didn’t even know why she was waiting here. At first, she was a bit curious when she saw this behemoth because she had never heard of this car in the courtyard before; it looked like it didn’t even have a license plate, so it must have been newly purchased.
Yet, she never imagined that it would be Ren He who got out of the car. For so reason, she hid in the shadows far from the streetlight, seemingly not wanting Ren He to know she was there, much like the ti she discovered that Zhou Wung had co from the Capital to see Ren He.
It was like her own little secret; no one knew what Ren He was like after school, but she did.
Every day on his way to school, Ren He would admire his own car; that was just his nouveau riche temperant. However, within a couple of days, both Dad and Mom happened to co ho at the sa ti. As Ren He entered the door, he heard Mrs. Ren speaking dismissively to Ren, “Did you see the car downstairs? It’s just too flashy. Who knows which family bought it; it’s really ostentatious.”
Ren responded coolly, “Don’t worry about other people’s business. As long as you don’t buy that kind of car, it’s fine.”
Damn, good thing they didn’t find out the car was his; otherwise, how could a 24-hour thought education session possibly end?!
That was a close call; Ren He decided to keep this to himself. Heck, he couldn’t even blurt it out in his sleep.
Otherwise, it would be a disaster!
Acting nonchalant, Ren He asked, “Why did you both co back at the sa ti, that’s rare.”
“Have you forgotten your own birthday?” Ren calmly looked at Ren He from behind his glasses, “Co on, let’s go out for a nice al to celebrate your birthday. This mom of yours is too negligent, always busy with her work, making her son eat frozen food every day.”
“As if you’ve ever taken care of him,” Mrs. Ren imdiately took offense, “At least I rember to buy him frozen food, what about you?”
Ren He quickly tried to smooth things over, “Cough, cough, cough, let’s go, let’s go eat, you two better not start arguing over this again.”
Ren He hadn’t expected these two busybodies to rember his birthday, and it ward his heart. After all, since becoming an adult in his previous life, he couldn’t rember how long it had been since he celebrated a birthday, which was why he had almost forgotten it.
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The weekend is here, and a bonus update is delivered.
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