Chapter 4 Car Troubles
After Shui Lihua brought Li Shu to the sales department, she began to introduce him to the sales work.
"The main business of Huacheng Huamei Company is real estate development and sales. Currently, we have three properties on hand, and you will be in charge of the sales for these three properties. Since you are new and not familiar with the work, I will assign a capable assistant to help you."
Shui Lihua called over a very competent woman.
"Her name is Yin Rong, and she has been working in the sales department for seven years. In the future, you can ask her if you have any questions."
The position of sales department manager had been vacant for some time. Originally, Yin Rong was the most likely candidate to get the position, and even Shen Tianlin had agreed to it. But Li Shu's sudden arrival dashed her hopes.
Although she felt unwilling, she dared not express any dissatisfaction in front of Shui Lihua, and greeted Li Shu with a smile as warm as spring.
"Welcome, Manager Li, to the sales department. With your leadership, our sales department will definitely take our work to the next level."
"Oh, I dare not. I will need Sister Yin to take care of me in the future." Li Shu appeared very humble.
As soon as Yin Rong turned away, the smile on her face immediately disappeared, thinking to herself: How dare you steal my position, I will make you pay for it!
Yin Rong also felt that Li Shu was likely to have obtained this manager position through Shui Lihua's connections. Thinking that when Shen Tianlin comes to the company in a few days, he must ask Shen Tianlin how this happened.
After Shui Lihua left, Li Shu began to seek advice from Yin Rong on work matters.
Yin Rong did not want to teach him too much, so he pushed Li Shu back into his chair and said, "Manager Li, you just arrived at the company, so go around and familiarize yourself first. We can talk about work another day. For now, I am here to make sure nothing goes wrong."
Li Shu didn't think too much about it now. Since Yin Rong asked him to relax, he would do just that. After spending some time in the company and getting to know all the employees, he had nothing to do.
"Since there's nothing to do here, I'll go buy a car first. I'm a rich man now, so I can't take the bus to work like before."
After saying goodbye to Yin Rong, he left the company. Yin Rong was happy that he was not interfering with anything, as he was absent all day, which would make it easier for him to complain to Shen Tianlin in the future.
"What kind of car should I buy?" Li Shu began to consider this question after leaving the company.
Now that he was a wealthy man, the car he bought couldn't be too shabby. But it also couldn't be too flashy, or else people would look down on him as a nouveau riche.
After thinking for a while, Li Shu decided, "I'll buy an Audi. The Q5, which costs over two hundred thousand, has a good cost performance ratio. The price is not too high or too low."
Just then, a taxi passed by.
"Driver, to the car dealership!"
Fengqing Car Dealership on Mudan Street in the southwest of Huacheng was the largest vehicle sales location in the entire city. Li Shu arrived there.
In the bustling car market, various cars were on display, and many salesgirls were busy attracting customers.
Li Shu was about to head straight to the Audi store when a voice stopped him in his tracks.
"Hey, Li Shu! What are you doing here?"
A heavily powdered woman, with makeup so thick it looked like it could fall off at any moment, dressed in Mercedes-Benz attire, called out to Li Shu.
"Wang Guihua. Are you selling cars here?"
This woman, also from Xiaoshan Village, had grown up with Dinghe. However, she dropped out of school right after junior high. Li Shu heard that she had been in the south before and now seemed to have returned, selling cars here.
Wang Guihua remarked, "I have limited education, so I can only work as a sales assistant. Unlike you, a college student. But I heard even college students are struggling to find work now. Why are you here? Are you also looking for a job, or do you want to work with me? I can provide food and accommodation, with a guaranteed minimum of 1,700 a month."
Wang Guihua's words dripped with sarcasm and mockery. Li Shu had always been the favored child in his family, and they had often compared others to him. Now, seeing Li Shu in such a pitiful state, she couldn't resist feeling a sense of satisfaction and wanted to kick him while he was down.
Fueled by anger, Li Shu retorted, "I don't need a job, I already have one. I'm here today to buy a car."
"Oh, buying a car! Then feel free to check out the domestic cars in the front, they are more affordable. The Mercedes-Benz cars I sell start at over five hundred thousand," Wang Guihua boasted, emphasizing the words "five hundred thousand" with pride.
Li Shu's anger flared up upon hearing this. Who did she think she was to look down on him! Just a car worth tens of thousands, could it stop him?
Forget about Audi, today he was going to buy a Mercedes! Let him show her what a true wealthy person looks like!
"Wang Guihua, show me your cars," Li Shu demanded.
Wang Guihua cast a disdainful glance at Li Shu and replied, "Forget it. Even if I show you, you can't afford it. You're just wasting my time. Please move along and don't disrupt my work."
At that moment, a Mercedes EQC pulled up. Ignoring Li Shu, Wang Guihua hurried over to the car.
A somewhat timid and inexperienced woman, resembling a new salesperson, approached Li Shu when Wang Guihua ignored him.
"Sir, I'm Xiao Juan, a new employee. Since she doesn't want to assist you, I'll show you the cars."
"Alright, let's proceed," Li Shu glanced at Wang Guihua, sneered inwardly, and followed Xiao Juan into the store.
Xiao Juan handed him a brochure, hesitated, and awkwardly said, "Sir, I'm a bit nervous, I've forgotten all the sales techniques I prepared."
"It's fine, I can browse on my own," Li Shu replied casually.
After browsing for a while, he selected an S-Class car. Fully loaded and priced over a million, although it exceeded his budget, he had the funds now and didn't mind.
Just as he was about to request a test drive from Xiao Juan, he noticed Wang Guihua entering with two individuals.
"Darling, you're so generous, giving me such a luxurious car."
"It's nothing, we're getting married soon. If I don't give you a nice gift now, wouldn't it make me look cheap?"
To their surprise, Shen Tianlin and Wang Hongyu walked in.
Spotting Li Shu seated in the Mercedes-Benz showroom, they appeared somewhat taken aback.
Shen Tianlin gazed disdainfully at Li Shu, "Li Shu, what are you doing here?"
Wang Guihua quickly explained, "Oh, he's from my hometown. He's just here to look around."
Shen Tianlin and Wang Hongyu now understood. He was simply browsing with some connections, and they assumed he couldn't afford a car anyway.
Wang Hongyu linked arms with Shen Tianlin and remarked sarcastically, "See! Some people are hopeless. They could never afford a Mercedes even in their next life. Darling, let's go for the A-Class, it's priced over sixty thousand."
She spoke loudly, ensuring Li Shu heard the words "over sixty thousand."
Wang Hongyu was thrilled at the prospect of selling a car for over sixty thousand and earning a good commission.
She provocatively glanced at Li Shu, then declared, "Alright, Mr. Shen, let's go with this sixty-seven thousand one. I'll arrange for you to test drive it immediately!"