Qi Muxin and Qi Muqing spent some time choosing and eventually settled on an Audi Q7, which cost just over 600,000 yuan.
Qi Muxin had originally wanted a Porsche 911. She loved itspact and cute design, as well as its looks, performance, and attention-grabbing appeal.
However, her older sister firmly opposed it and even scolded her. Left with no choice, Qi Muxin obediently followed her sister’s decision and picked a mid-range car.
"Chairman, we’ve made our choice," Qi Muqing said, feeling a bit embarrassed as she addressed Jiang Siming.
Jiang Siming nced at the Q7 and smiled. "That car is too big for two young women like you. Switch to the 911 instead. It’s smaller, and it’ll be easier for you girls to park and reverse."@@novelbin@@
"No, no, that’s not necessary…" Qi Muqing quickly waved her hands and shook her head like a rattle drum.
The chairman was already too kind to them, so much so that she felt a growing sense of pressure in her heart.
Even though she knew Jiang Siming’s kindness had no ulterior motives, epting such a significant favor still left her feeling uneasy.
"If you don’t want it, then you can drive the Q7, and Muxin can drive the 911. We’ll buy both," Jiang Siming dered, exuding the aura of a true tycoon."No, no, that’s too much! It’s even more expensive that way. I’ll just follow the chairman’s decision…" Qi Muqing had no way to argue, so she had toply.
"Yay! Chairman, I love you! I’m off to pick my car!"
Qi Muxin, once again able to get the car she loved, was so overjoyed that she could have exploded on the spot. In her excitement, she identally blurted out the "truth" without thinking.
After speaking, she froze. *What did I just say? Did I really say that? Hopefully, the chairman didn’t hear… Emmm...*
With the cars for the seniorpany staff all taken care of, the only thing left was thepany buses.
This dealership also sold buses, and Jiang Siming picked out two 9-meter-long "giant beasts" that could carry 49 passengers each.
With thepany’s staff approaching a headcount of 100, it would be difficult to fit everyone on one bus, so buying two was a practical decision.
Luckily, the dealership had plenty of drivers avable. On the spot, Jiang Siming offered them three times their usual sry to recruit drivers.
Three experienced drivers were immediately hired. All three had both A1 and A2 licenses, with more than ten years of driving experience, ensuring they were steady and reliable.
These three drivers were assigned to operate the two buses and thepany’s business vehicle. On weekdays, they would take turns driving the buses to pick up and drop off employees. At other times, if thepany needed to send small groups of employees on business trips, they could use the business vehicle.
"Actually, hiring two drivers would have been enough. Isn’t three a bit much?" Li Yingzi quietly asked from the side.
"Too much? I don’t think so. Let’s hire them for now. Experienced drivers like these are hard toe by. In the future, if thepany expands or I open a newpany, I can transfer them from Yinghuan whenever I need them," Jiang Siming replied with foresight.
Hearing this, Li Yingzi agreed that it made sense.
"Oh, by the way, our high school reunion is tomorrow night. Do you have time to attend?" Li Yingzi asked.
"We’ll see. If I have time, I’ll drop by," Jiang Siming replied casually.
Jiang Siming casually agreed without taking it seriously.
At this moment, Li Yingzi’s WeChat group chat rang. She opened it curiously and saw someone was sending voice messages.
"ss monitor Yingzi is amazing! Haven’t you heard? Yingzi switched jobs to Winhuan. Thepany has only been open for a month, invested in just two small stocks, and made over a billion!"
"Wow, then the ss monitor must have gotten a bigmission bonus, right?"
"Of course! Look at the photo Yingzi just posted in her Moments — she got herself a Jaguar worth over a million!"
"Awesome, awesome! ss monitor, please let me ride your coattails!"
"Hey, ss monitor, is yourpany hiring? I’m not a finance major, but I can learn! Please get me in!"
"ss monitor, don’t forget us if you get rich. We were high school ssmates, after all. That’s a friendship forged in the same ssroom!"
Hearing these messages, Li Yingzi’s face showed a hint of embarrassment. She awkwardly said to Jiang Siming, "I just posted a photo in my Moments. I didn’t expect them to see it so quickly." ??????Ё?
Jiang Siming chuckled and said, "That’s not the main point. The main point is, can you handle the ss reunion tomorrow? Judging by these guys’ tone, you might be swamped with ’help requests’ tomorrow."
Li Yingzi let out a bitterugh and said, "What else can I do? I’ll just refuse them one by one. I’m just a worker, who can I really support? There have been many requests like this before, and I’ve rejected all I could."
"And which ones couldn’t you reject?"
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"Borrowing money. They always say it’s urgent, and I can’t bring myself to refuse."
"Did they pay you back?" Jiang Siming asked with a smile.
"Only a small portion did. The rest said they were short on cash."
"How much do they still owe you?"
"Not too much, about fifty or sixty thousand."
"Fifty or sixty thousand could have been half a year’s sry for me back then, and you call that ’not much’? Just giving it away to these leeches and parasites? You’re way too generous," Jiang Siming said in an annoyed tone.
"But… it’s really hard to refuse them…" Li Yingzi bit her lip, looking aggrieved as she nced at Jiang Siming.
Jiang Siming crushed the paper cup of red tea in his hand and threw it urately into the nearby trash can. Then he turned to Li Yingzi and said, "Let me ask you, were you close with these people back in high school? Think carefully."
"Not really. Most of them used to talk behind my back, saying I was too strict with them."
"Ha, you see? You already know. This so-called high school ssmate friendship has long since changed. But you still insist on putting yourself in the position of the ss monitor, like back then, helping every ssmate who asks."
"Then think about it. Why did they badmouth you before but are now eagerly contacting and ttering you? Think about me. I used to be a well-connected guy in ss. But now, when they know I’m doing poorly, has a single one of them reached out tofort me or offer help?"
"Back in the year beforest, I was so broke I couldn’t even pay my rent. I asked my best bro from ss for 300 yuan. Do you know what he did? He blocked me immediately."
"Also, I’m clearly still in our WeChat group. Aside from you, has anyone else ever chatted with me or even said a simple hello? Do you know why?"
"It’s because they’re afraid I’ll ask them for help, afraid I’ll be their burden. So they pretend I don’t exist. Now do you understand?"
Jiang Siming’s words left Li Yingzi feeling ashamed and heartbroken for him at the same time.
But Jiang Siming himself seemed rather cheerful.
"You don’t have to think I’m miserable. On the contrary, I’m quite happy."
"Why?" Li Yingzi asked, confused.
Jiang Siming decisively replied, "Because I didn’t have to pay any price to see so many ssmates’ true nature. It made me understand what real friends are and what fake friends are."
"On the contrary, I pity you more. You seem to be adored and pursued by so many ssmates, but none of them are truly sincere toward you. You’re worse off than me."
As Jiang Siming got emotional, he couldn’t help but poke Li Yingzi’s shoulder with his finger. But he missed and ended up poking somewhere... quite soft and springy.
Li Yingzi didn’t notice it, instead lowering her head, deep in reflection.
Finally, she raised her head and said, "Xiao Mingzi, you’re right. I’ve been overthinking it. I always believed that friendship with ssmates was really important. I swear, after this reunion, I’m not going to another high school reunion again."
"d you figured it out. My big speech wasn’t wasted, then."
The two exchanged a nce and burst outughing together.