dmims Chapter 7 The Five Supreme Items of Huayu
Chapter 7 The Five Supreme Items of Huayu
Ye Chen wore new leather shoes today, becoming the focus of attention in the store.
These gleaming leather shoes are exactly the same as the new winter styles from international brands last year.
However, as the saying goes, even wearing a dragon robe doesn't make one look like a prince; he's an imposter in three seconds.
Speaking of these leather shoes, we have to go back to the night before. Chen Jiao secretly texted Ye Chen, asking him to wait for her downstairs. Just as he reached the stairwell entrance, a large box bumped into him. The impact left Ye Chen stunned on the spot. When he came to his senses, Chen Jiao was already gone, and the taillights of the BMW disappeared around the corner of the commercial city.
When he returned, Zhong Liang was sitting in his dormitory smoking, and Lao Yang and Lin Yuesheng were also there.
This was the first meeting of the five "top-notch" individuals from Huayu Digital City.
Lin Yuesheng is twenty-eight years old this year. He is refined-looking, wears gold-rimmed glasses, and speaks slowly. According to Zhong Liang, Lin Yuesheng is a gifted after-sales talent. When customers come for after-sales service, there is only one outcome: after listening to him finish speaking, they immediately collapse on the spot.
Old Yang is thirty years old this year. He looks like an ape, with high cheekbones. His shirts look like they're hanging on a clothes rack on him, and he even has a slight overbite. When Zhong Liang introduced him, he said that if Old Yang were a woman, she would definitely be a beauty that could topple kingdoms in ancient times. They say that beauties have a slight overbite.
They are all truly exceptional: the unscrupulous Zhong Liang, the snail Lin Yuesheng, the old ape Yang, the pretty boy Lin Feng, and the black-hearted Ye Chen.
The group immediately started gossiping when they saw the shoebox in Ye Chen's arms.
After opening it, Zhong Liang smiled and said, "What girl is so romantic? She hopes you'll wear these shoes and walk into her heart."
Lin Yuesheng said slowly, "The shoes... are nice."
Old Yang glanced at it, somewhat surprised: "This is a high-end brand. It's worth a lot of money!"
Raymond Lam replied, "This is a shoe capital; it's hard to say if it's real or fake. But who gave it to me?"
Ye Chen didn't hide anything and said it was a gift from Chen Jiao. He added, "It's probably because of the P1i."
Zhong Liang gently stroked the shoe's surface and said with a smile, "If it were Chen Jiao, then it might be true."
Old Yang nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Chen's daughter wouldn't be able to afford counterfeit goods, so this brand of shoes..."
Zhong Liang interrupted him, saying, "I think it's a counterfeit, a high-quality counterfeit."
"What is a counterfeit?" Ye Chen suddenly asked.
Just as Lin Yuesheng was about to speak, four pairs of unfriendly eyes shot at him from the dormitory, so he could only give an awkward smile.
"A-grade products are roughly equivalent to our refurbished machines; they are close to genuine products but not quite genuine," Zhong Liang replied.
"Oh." A thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it. He shook his head, neither grasping it nor forcing it.
The topic of conversation in the dormitory had changed.
Lin Feng went on and on about Ye Chen's memory and mental arithmetic abilities, calling him "abnormal" one thing after another. Ye Chen's face darkened, and he remained silent.
Zhong Liang looked at Ye Chen with some surprise. Did he even have the ability to do mental calculations?
Zhong Liang, who always liked to stir up trouble, came up with a plan. He turned to Lao Yang and boasted that he was a talent scout who had found Ye Chen, this fine horse, from afar. He then said to Lao Yang with a mocking expression, "Don't you also know some mental arithmetic? You're getting on in years, why don't you have a contest? If you can't beat him, you should retire early, hand over the warehouse management position, and make room for a younger person."
Ye Chen looked at the unassuming old Yang with some surprise. Was he a mental arithmetic expert? He couldn't help but feel a little itchy to try his hand at it. In the past, his classmates in the mental arithmetic class also loved to challenge mental arithmetic experts.
Old Yang looked up at the spirited Ye Chen, their eyes met, sparks flew, and Old Yang became interested as well. Zhong Liang and Lin Feng, who were watching the excitement from the sidelines, suggested a contest, with the loser buying a late-night snack.
Lin Yuesheng then slowly added, "Let's...compare...it!"
Zhong Liang looked at Lin Yuesheng with disdain and said, "Don't say anything. By the time you finish speaking, the stage will be dismantled."
And so, Lin Yuesheng borrowed a thick front desk cash flow ledger from Sister Shuang.
Lin Feng was in charge of keeping time, and to his and Ye Chen's surprise, Old Yang actually slowly took out an abacus!
Lin Yuesheng and Zhong Liang didn't react much, which suggests they already knew about Lao Yang's secret weapon.
"Brother Chen, you can use a calculator, it's up to you. I'll use this!" Old Yang said casually, raising his hand and shaking the abacus, which made a crisp "click-clack" sound.
Lin Yuesheng handed a calculator to Ye Chen, but Ye Chen shook his head to indicate that he didn't need it.
With a "beep" from the stopwatch, the competition began.
The ticking of the stopwatch and the clatter of Old Yang's abacus in the dormitory seemed to intertwine to create a melodious tune.
When Lao Yang wrote down the results, Lin Feng stopped the stopwatch. It took him 2 minutes and 58 seconds to calculate the twelve pages of accounts.
When it was Ye Chen's turn, everyone was stunned. In just twenty seconds, Ye Chen finished flipping through the account book and closed his eyes.
However, Ye Chen did not write down the answer, so the question-and-answer session was not considered over.
If Lao Yang's calculations were like a captivating and exhilarating musical performance, then Ye Chen's calculations were nothing but suffocating silence.
By the time Ye Chen opened his eyes and wrote down the answer, the stopwatch had already ticked past 3 minutes and 12 seconds.
When the answer was revealed, all five people in the dormitory held their breath. Zhong Liang's palms were sweaty, and his fingers trembled slightly with excitement.
The result... the two answers were exactly the same. A cheer erupted, drawing all the girls in the dormitory to come and see what had happened.
In terms of time, Ye Chen was completely defeated, gaining fourteen seconds more.
Old Yang waved his hand and said, "Sigh, I lost."
The girls asked all sorts of questions about what had happened, while Ye Chen moved to Zhong Liang's side.
"I was just thinking about it, the counterfeit and refurbished shoes in the shoe capital..." As soon as Ye Chen opened his mouth, Zhong Liang knew what he was going to say.
"It's different. The counterfeit goods business in the shoe capital is a gray area, belonging to wholesale and customization." Zhong Liang sighed. "We are a retail store, and we can't succeed by selling counterfeit goods."
"Hmm? Since shoe factories produce counterfeit goods, and most of our customers are shoe factory workers, even if we clearly tell them, they can't accept refurbished machines, right?" Ye Chen still had questions in his mind.
"It's not that complicated. If DaDi Digital dares to do it, Lao Liao dares to do it too. I've already reported the matter to Lao Liao," Zhong Liang said.
"..." Ye Chen was about to speak when Zhong Liang waved his hand and said, "This is Lao Liao's business. Don't worry about it!"
He then joined the girls' enthusiastic discussion, his face beaming.
Seeing that Ye Chen was in a low mood, Lin Feng walked over from the corner.
"You're oversimplifying things when you talk to Liang Gou," Lin Feng said softly. "Liang Gou is just a shop manager who works there; he can't make the decisions."
Ye Chen remained silent.
"In addition, I learned during my time in Shenzhen that large stores don't sell refurbished phones because the main risk is after-sales service," Lin Feng continued, adding that compared to Ye Chen, he was the one who had "eaten the midnight oil."
Lin Feng patted Ye Chen on the shoulder and said, "That Liang Gou guy has seen more of the world than we have. Don't overthink it; that's something the big shots need to consider."
Ye Chen sighed, "Um, I was thinking, is Chen Jiao better, or Aya better? It's such a difficult choice!"
Lin Feng remained silent.
"Get lost, you shameless bastard, you even got elected."
Aya stood outside the door, glancing at Ye Chen, as if she had heard his inner turmoil.