The saleslady displayed incredible patience and attention, even squatting down to explain to Zhou Yuwen how to operate the car. After discussing the driver's seat, she walked around and sat in the passenger seat.
No wonder she's a 4S dealership salesperson—her legs were long, and she was wearing black stockings, which made it hard to look away. As she continued explaining from the passenger seat, Zhou Yuwen smiled and said, "Sis, I'm just a poor student. It’s no use explaining all this to ."
Wang ngna responded with a light smile, "It's fine, I'm just practicing my sales pitch with you anyway."
"Sales pitches aren't practiced this way," Zhou Yuwen said.
"Huh?" Zhou Yuwen's voice was a bit low, so Wang ngna didn’t catch it.
Zhou Yuwen said it was nothing.
The dealership's display cars could be started, and they had a special demo mode that showcased so of the car’s features and system operations, although the engine couldn't start, so there was no engine sound.
While Wang ngna was chatting and laughing with Zhou Yuwen, an older saleswoman nearby overheard and walked over in her high heels. "Nana, co over here for a mont."
"Hmm?" Wang ngna was puzzled but got out of the car and followed. The older saleswoman pulled her aside and whispered, "Why are you wasting ti with this young guy? He clearly doesn’t have the money to buy a car. If the car gets damaged, it’s not worth it."
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Wang ngna replied, "Sister Liu, I’m just practicing my sales skills."
"You shouldn’t practice with soone who obviously can't afford a car. Let’s check out the man over there, the one wearing a gold chain and accompanied by a younger woman in her twenties. Those are the real custors with buying power," the experienced saleswoman generously shared her sales tips.
Wang ngna nodded, "Alright, I’ll go inform him."
"There's no need to waste ti on a college kid who hasn't even graduated yet."
Although she said this, Wang ngna, being new to sales, felt it would be rude to just leave Zhou Yuwen hanging. So she returned to Zhou Yuwen's side and asked, "Mr. Zhou, have you made up your mind?"
Zhou Yuwen nodded and asked, "How much would it cost to get this car on the road?"
Knowing Zhou Yuwen couldn't afford it, Wang ngna still answered, "The base price is 710,000 yuan, and it’ll be around 800,000 yuan to drive it out of the dealership. However, we currently have a promotion that could offer you so discounts and accessories."
Zhou Yuwen nodded.
Seeing that Zhou Yuwen was just staring at the car without saying anything, Wang ngna thought to herself, "Maybe I should let him browse on his own; I have other custors to attend to."
But just then, Zhou Yuwen spoke up, "I’ll take this one. When can I pick it up?"
"Ah?" Wang ngna was montarily stunned.
Zhou Yuwen repeated, "I’ll order this car."
anwhile, the older saleswoman was busy introducing a BMW 1 Series to a middle-aged man with a young girlfriend. These custors typically bought cars like the 1 Series or X1 for their girlfriends to drive around casually. They wouldn’t spend more on a luxury car for them. Although the commission on the 1 Series wasn’t high, custors like this were still more promising than young guys like Zhou Yuwen.
The older saleswoman was diligently explaining the car when suddenly, Wang ngna ca running over in her high heels, her face flushed and breathless with excitent.
"What’s going on?" The older saleswoman was a bit annoyed by Wang ngna's lack of composure.
"He...he said he wants to order the car," Wang ngna pointed towards Zhou Yuwen, still standing not far away.
"?!"
Working in a BMW dealership, there was no shortage of custors, but none of the other salespeople expected Wang ngna, who hadn’t even been there two months and hadn’t morized all the car specs, to sell a BMW M4. The other salespeople couldn’t help but feel a bit envious. At least for the day, the whole 4S dealership would be talking about how the newbie, Wang, got lucky. The general consensus was that the young guy must be so rich kid—after all, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Technically, you can’t drive a car off the lot the sa day you buy it, but Zhou Yuwen paid the full amount upfront, and there happened to be an M4 available in stock. When Zhou Yuwen expressed his desire to take the car right away, Wang ngna was eager to serve him. She quickly arranged for the insurance and even made a special trip to get temporary plates.
Zhou Yuwen waited at the dealership for about an hour, and then a brand-new white BMW M4 was parked at the front entrance. To be honest, Zhou Yuwen wasn’t a big fan of the color, but it was the only one available.
With excitent, Wang ngna handed the keys to Zhou Yuwen and sweetly said, "Mr. Zhou, you can drive the car away now."
"Oh, everything's done?"
By now, it was almost half-past twelve. Zheng Yanyan had texted Zhou Yuwen earlier, saying he could co later because the class eting was likely to run long.
Zhou Yuwen understood, knowing that counselors often held class etings during lunch to free up the afternoon for students to go ho.
He texted back, "No rush, take your ti."
"What are you doing?" Zheng Yanyan was bored during the class eting and texted Zhou Yuwen.
Zhou Yuwen sent a photo from the 4S dealership and replied, "Buying a car."
Zheng Yanyan rolled her eyes, "Oh, a BMW, huh? Let
drive it."
"In your dreams! A car worth 700,000-800,000 yuan, and you think you can just take it for a spin?"
Zheng Yanyan was a bit annoyed, thinking to herself, "I'm just playing along, and you’re taking it seriously? You really think you bought a car?"
"I’ve given you everything, and you won’t even let
drive the car? Especially when you’re just bluffing!" Zheng Yanyan imdiately sent a ssage.
Zhou Yuwen replied, "But you haven’t actually given
anything."
"If you really buy a BMW worth 700,000-800,000 yuan, I'll let you drive
anywhere you want!"
"I’ll screenshot that."
"Go ahead."
"Mr. Zhou, your car is ready," Wang ngna said.
"Oh, great."
In his previous life, Zhou Yuwen had always wanted an M4, but it wasn’t practical, and although he was rich, he wasn’t wealthy enough to buy whatever he wanted. But this ti was different; he was living for fun.
Today, he'd drive the M4, and tonight, he'd have Zheng Yanyan. Zhou Yuwen quickened his pace.
Wang ngna hurriedly followed, saying that the dealership offered six complintary maintenance services, and that he could contact her anyti if he had any issues.
Zhou Yuwen was only interested in testing out his new car and didn’t pay much attention to what Wang ngna was saying.
As he opened the convertible and prepared to drive off, Wang ngna quickly said, "Mr. Zhou."
"Yes? Anything else?"
"May I add you on WeChat? You can contact
anyti if you need help."
"Sure."
Zhou Yuwen finally took a good look at Wang ngna, then asked, "Is that all?"
Wang ngna smiled contentedly and nodded, saying, "Yes, that’s all. Oh, and our cafeteria offers lunch."
She had ntioned this earlier, but Zhou Yuwen had declined. Now, hearing it again, he shook his head and said no, but then suddenly thought of sothing and smiled, "Maybe you could treat
to a al soti?"
"Of course!" This was Wang ngna’s first sale, and Zhou Yuwen was so straightforward about it that she absolutely had to treat him to a al. She had so much more she wanted to talk about with him, but Zhou Yuwen was already speeding away in his new car.
In 2013, the university town's asphalt roads were well-connected, though aside from the busy traffic at the start of the school year, the roads were usually quiet.
Now, at the end of September, the weather was clear and crisp, with bright sunshine that wasn’t too hot. Driving along the newly paved roads with the convertible top down, the wind blew gently, and when Zhou Yuwen hit the gas, the engine roared with a powerful, satisfying sound.
Taking advantage of the empty road, Zhou Yuwen pressed the gas pedal hard.
The feeling was exhilarating.
As he drove into the campus, the plane tree-lined avenue was filled with students. Many turned their heads as they saw a convertible sports car approaching.
This attention felt pretty good.
Zheng Yanyan had already called Zhou Yuwen, asking if he was ready, as her class eting had just ended.
"Almost there. Which building are you in again?"
"Qinxue Building! Qinxue Building! I’ve told you this before."
"Oh, I wasn’t paying attention," Zhou Yuwen grinned, clearly in a good mood.
Zheng Yanyan was getting frustrated. If Zhou Yuwen didn’t hurry, Su Qing and the others would leave, and she wouldn’t get to show off.
The class eting had just ended, and as expected, Su Qing was elected class representative, Shen Yu was elected the study committee mber, and Zheng Yanyan beca the arts committee mber.
Their dorm had experienced a bit of tension in the morning, but it hadn’t escalated to a serious conflict.
After the class eting, Lu Lin ca over and asked, "Yanyan, do you want to have lunch together?"
Besides Lu Lin, Shen Yu and Su Qing remained silent, but they didn’t leave, waiting for Zheng Yanyan’s response.
Zheng Yanyan said, "No need, I’ve already made plans to eat with Zhou Yuwen."
Hearing this, Su Qing and Shen Yu turned and walked away without a word.
Seeing them leave, Zheng Yanyan panicked, "Hey, I wasn’t done talking! We can still have lunch together!"
As she said this, she instinctively followed Su Qing and Shen Yu, complaining, "Why are you walking so fast?"
"Aren’t you having lunch with your boyfriend? Why are you following us?" Shen Yu asked gruffly.
"It won’t interfere. Zhou Yuwen will be here soon. Just wait a bit!" Zheng Yanyan said.
Hearing this, Shen Yu suddenly turned around.
The sudden movent startled Zheng Yanyan.
But then Shen Yu said, "He’s your boyfriend, not ours. Why should we wait?"
"N-no, I just thought we’re all friends!"
Su Qing couldn’t help but roll her eyes at this and said, "You’re just getting what you want and acting like you’re doing us a favor!"
The two continued walking and talking, with Zheng Yanyan following closely behind.
Shen Yu asked, "Weren’t you going to wait for your boyfriend?"
Zheng Yanyan said she had asked him to wait at the cafeteria instead.
"Don’t worry, even though I have a boyfriend now, you guys are still my best friends!" Zheng Yanyan said, as if she had forgotten about the morning's tension or was just ignoring it, still her carefree self.
This left Su Qing and Shen Yu speechless.
The two exchanged glances, and from each other's eyes, they both read the sa word: "Fool."
And so, the four girls made their way to the cafeteria closest to the teaching building.
There was a white convertible parked by the cafeteria, with a well-built man sitting in the driver's seat. The man was wearing sunglasses, and they couldn’t make out his face from a distance.
The man was mostly blocked by a girl wearing jeans and a tank top.
The girl was holding out her phone, seemingly asking for his WeChat.
Zhou Yuwen, noticing the girl was attractive, didn’t refuse.
From a distance, Zheng Yanyan noticed the rear end of the BMW M4 and, knowing cars, exclaid, "Wow, there are so wealthy people at our school. That’s a BMW M4, costs around eight to nine hundred thousand yuan."
Shen Yu scoffed, "Ask your boyfriend to buy you one."
"Haha, Shen Yu, you’re kidding. Where would he get that kind of money?" Zheng Yanyan giggled, clearly catching the sarcasm in Shen Yu’s tone.
The more Shen Yu acted this way, the happier Zheng Yanyan seed. She said, "Hey, you guys know what? This morning, my darling and I were chatting, and he said he was at the BMW dealership, planning to buy
a car."
"Bullshit," Su Qing thought to herself. Zhou Yuwen hadn’t changed a bit; he was still full of empty promises.
When they were married, he used to say that once his novel took off, he’d buy her a convertible sports car.
She waited two years, and his writing never took off.
Right after their divorce, his novel beca a hit.
Even in another world, Zhou Yuwen hadn’t kicked the habit of making grandiose promises.
"It is bullshit, but he’s my boyfriend, after all."
Zheng Yanyan, pleased with herself, turned to Lu Lin and said, "Linlin, you know what? I made a bet with him too."
Without waiting for Lu Lin to respond, she continued, "I told him that the day he buys a BMW for , I’ll let him have his way with !"
After saying this, Zheng Yanyan covered her mouth, laughing out loud.
She spoke quietly, intending only for Lu Lin to hear, but deliberately loud enough for Su Qing and Shen Yu to catch.
She burst into a silly laugh, unable to help herself—she was just that kind of cheeky girl.
But Lu Lin’s expression didn’t change much. She had no intention of getting involved in the little power struggle between Zheng Yanyan, Shen Yu, and Su Qing. The convertible sports car on the side of the road was the only thing that caught her eye.
So while Zheng Yanyan laughed, Lu Lin calmly said, "That looks like Zhou Yuwen."
By this point, they were already quite close to the car, but no one had paid attention until Lu Lin’s remark. They all turned to look at the car.
And there was Zhou Yuwen, scanning another girl’s WeChat...
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