Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 406 "Smiley Face" and "Gift"

"Duoduo, eat some more, why don't you eat anymore?"

The family was happily eating dinner. When Yu Duo saw that she had quickly put down her chopsticks, Yu's mother couldn't help but ask with concern, "Is the food not to your liking?"

"No, no, I'm already full... I'm super satisfied!"

Yu Duo quickly waved her hands, indicating that it was not a problem of taste, but that she couldn't eat anymore.

Seeing Yu Duo's exaggerated gestures, Yu Zetao and others smiled knowingly, and there was a hint of sadness in their eyes when they looked at each other... It has been a long time since Yu Duo showed such a lively side.

Although Yu Duo always pretends nothing has happened and is still trying hard to be the happy person at home, she is inexperienced in the ways of the world. Even though she has matured a lot due to various changes in recent times, how can she hide her poor acting skills from the three people who know her best?
Yu Zetao often sighed, but he could do nothing about it, because given the situation at home at the moment, apart from Yu's mother, he and Yu Fei did not have enough time to consider Yu Duo's feelings.

Seeing that Yu Duo's condition had finally improved, Yu Zetao and Yu Fei's mood also improved a lot.

But at this moment, Yu Duo, who had put down her chopsticks, hesitated for a moment, and still whispered: "Dad, I saw the invitation, it looks like a private banquet, is it really reliable?"

"Duoduo, you don't understand this. Many things in the business world, especially in China, are basically negotiated over dinner tables... Most of those serious investment promotion meetings are just formalities."

Without waiting for Yu Zetao to speak, Yu Fei touched Yu Duo's head and explained with a smile.

But even though Yu Fei explained it this way, Yu Duo nodded but still seemed to be hesitant to talk.

"Duoduo, what happened?"

Seeing this, Yu Zetao asked.

"Nothing, it's just... I, I think Uncle Qi is not very reliable."

Yu Duo hesitated for a long time, but still secretly glanced at her father and said in a low voice.

Yu Zetao was startled, then forced a smile and said, "Your Uncle Qi has been Dad's good friend for many years. He has helped our family a lot in the past, including selling our house to him. He also bought you so many gifts when you were a child. How could you think he is unreliable?"

"But, but the money it sold for is less than half of the market price, right?"

"That's because your Uncle Qi promised to help us find sales channels in Shanghai, so the money lost from selling the house is equivalent to paying Uncle Qi in advance. Do you understand?"

Yu Zetao explained.

Perhaps seeing that Yu Zetao didn't blame her, Yu Duo became much bolder and said, "But, Dad and brother have been running around in Shanghai and Hangzhou for so long, and I haven't seen him contact you. He just showed up today out of nowhere. Moreover, the last time Dad called Uncle Qi, he hung up... I, I didn't eavesdrop on you on purpose."

Hearing Yu Duo say this, Yu Zetao and Yu Fei looked at each other and fell silent.

As a veteran in the business world, how could Yu Zetao not understand what Yu Duo said?

But... he had no choice.

When he was really at the end of his rope, Yu Zetao could only try to grasp any life-saving straw... But due to the special nature of the medical device business, not everyone is qualified to be the life-saving straw for his family.

Seeing that her father and brother were silent, it meant that her guesses were correct, and Yu Duo's eyes couldn't help but dim.

The inexplicable hope that had just sprouted in my heart instantly weakened.

Biting her lip, Yu Duo mustered up the courage to speak again, "Dad, Mom, Brother, I actually have a friend who may be able to help us. Why don't I contact him..."

Hearing Yu Duo say this, the three of them were stunned.

"friend?"

"what kind of friends?"

Facing the three people's suspicious eyes, Yu Duo said hesitantly:
"It's just... it's just a good friend. I think he should help me because he is usually very generous... well, he is also very rich."

Yu Duo really didn't know how to describe it, so she could only describe it this way.

This made the three of them laugh. Yu Fei shook his head and said, "How rich is he? Even if he is rich and is willing to help you, how much money can he give you if you are not related to him or have any interests involved?"

"Uh……"

This question stumped Yu Duo. She tilted her head and said, "He should...should at least lend me five million, right? Or, if I beg him again, ten million is possible?"

Yu Duo didn't have much confidence because she really didn't know how much she was worth in Zhou Wang's heart.

He bought a whole B&B for Sister Ran Ran and gave her a hotel, but Yu Duo knew that it was because they were originally boyfriend and girlfriend, and Sister Ran Ran had probably already been with him before...

If it were me, it should be worth barely five million, right?

After all, the bracelet Zhou Wang gave him was worth nearly one million, so if he pooled his money together a little more, he should be able to get ten million.

The girl thought so.

After hearing Yu Duo's answer, Yu Zetao and the other two looked at each other in surprise.

Originally, Yu Fei wanted to tease Yu Duo, but Yu Duo actually asked for a loan of 10 million...

The figure of 10 million was naturally nothing to the Yu family in the past, but it is not a small sum now.

The key point is, does Yu Duo have such a friend?

How come they never knew.

Given Yu Duo's simple character, this made Yu Zetao and Yu Fei somewhat worried. They always felt that this little girl seemed to have been cheated.

"Where did you meet your friend, male or female?"

Mother Yu immediately asked seriously.

"It's a boy. Oh, he's not a liar... at least not in some aspects."

As soon as she saw the expressions of the three people, Yu Duo knew what they were thinking and quickly said, "He... he is my roommate's boyfriend, no, his fiancé, from Mingcheng, and he is really rich. Look, this Chanel bracelet was given to me by him. Well, other people in the dormitory also got gifts, and they were all very expensive."

Yu Duo felt extremely aggrieved at this moment. She didn't expect that the first time she mentioned Zhou Wang to her family, she would be using the name of someone else's boyfriend.

Yu Zetao and Yu's mother looked at the bracelet on Yu Duo's hand in surprise, and asked a few more questions. After ruling out the possibility that Yu Duo was cheated, they felt relieved.

Yu Zetao shook his head and laughed, "Silly child, that's someone else's boyfriend, not yours. How can you ask him to borrow so much money? Even if he is your boyfriend, Daddy would never do such a thing!"

"But……"

"Besides, what we need most now is not cash, but sales!"

Yu Zetao interrupted Yu Duo and sighed, "The two factories have stopped working now, but with the reputation our family has accumulated over the years, the workers can at least be temporarily appeased. However, if we don't find a stable sales channel, no matter how much money we invest, it will just be a waste."

"Yes, Duoduo, I also heard that your friend might be very rich, but Magic City is different from Ming City. He can't provide us with what we need. At present, it seems that only Uncle Qi can help us."

Yu Fei also said something.

"Oh……"

After hearing her father and brother's description, Yu Duo realized that her thoughts were still a little naive.

She didn’t really know Zhou Wang that well, but she knew that what her father and brother said was mostly true. Zhou Wang was very powerful, but probably, he wasn’t omnipotent to this extent…

Yu Duo's sadness was about to overflow.

Those dozens of pairs of beautiful socks and shorts that she bought online, as well as the little skirts to match those socks, may never get the chance to be worn in front of him?
……

"Boss, Young Master Jian and his father have already left, and they have checked out of the room."

In the presidential suite, Xu Wenxi, who had seen off the father and son of the Jian family on behalf of Zhou Wang, returned and reported.

"Is the room checked out? That's good."

Zhou Wang breathed a sigh of relief. He never thought that one day someone would go to such lengths just to see him. It was so uncomfortable.

"See what's in those two bags?"

Zhou Wang pointed with his chin at the gift bags carried by the two young masters Jian in the corner.

"Boss, it's just a few cartons of cigarettes and two boxes of tea. The tea doesn't have a logo, so I can't tell what kind of tea it is... As for the cigarettes, they're Yellow Crane Tower. Oh, there's a '2018' sign on them."

"2018 Yellow Crane Tower?"

Zhou Wang was startled, then motioned Xu Wenxi to bring it over for him to see. When he saw the golden packaging, Zhou Wang couldn't help but shook his head, "Sure enough..."

"Sure enough?"

"This is the big gold brick from the Yellow Crane Tower...it's about 30,000 each."

Zhou Wang took a glance and saw that Young Master Jian had brought him five packs of such cigarettes. This gift was quite significant. Zhou Wang didn't know much about tea, but the prices of cigarettes were listed here, so tea must not be cheap either.

"30,000 a piece?"

Xu Wenxi was also startled, and then asked in surprise, "But boss, isn't it said that the most expensive cigarettes on the market are 100 per pack?"

“You also said it was on the market.”

Zhou Wang stretched lazily, "There are always cigarettes that are not circulated on the market. Custom-made ones are not subject to market supervision. Do you understand?" Seeing that Xu Wenxi still seemed to understand, Zhou Wang did not explain further, but just smiled and said, "Put it away, leave one for me to try, and send the rest back to my dad. The old man is a leader after all, so give him some good cigarettes to keep with him."

"Oh."

Xu Wenxi nodded and left quickly. When she returned a moment later, she was holding a black oval box in her hand.

"What is this?"

Zhou Wang was stunned.

"Boss, I just remembered when I saw the gift sent by Master Jian and the others... This is the watch you asked me to pick up before. I brought it with me that day, but I just forgot to give it to you."

"surface?"

Zhou Wang couldn't remember it at first, until he saw the "Richard Mille" logo on the black watch box, Zhou Wang remembered something.

This can be traced back to a few months ago, when he was taking up his post at Wuyou Media in Hangzhou and was offered the "Job-winning Gift Package".

At that time, because of the blessing of the "Mythical Chessboard", the [Zhazhi Gift Pack] was automatically upgraded by one level. The original two "Vacheron Constantin" watch rewards became a random Patek Philippe and a Richard Miller.

He has already got the Patek Philippe Starry Sky in Beijing, and now it is worn on his wrist. The public price is 400 million, and the secondary market is about 500 million.

The other Richard Miller watch was sent to Shanghai. At that time, Zhou Wang was unable to go to Shanghai, so he asked Xu Wenxi to pick it up for him.

Obviously, this is the watch given in the [Zhazhi Gift Pack].

Speaking of the Richard Miller brand, it is a bit difficult to comment.

In marketing, it is called "the billionaire's ticket", but many people in the circle sneer at it. The most obvious difference is that even though Richard Miller has released many limited editions, it cannot stop the depreciation of some of its watches.

It can't do what Patek Philippe does, where every watch has good value retention properties.

But it is undeniable that no matter how much marketing is involved, Richard Miller is still one of the world's top watch brands, and the premium of popular models in the secondary market is also exaggerated.

Because this brand has no shortage of fanatical collectors, and its cool sports watch designs are also very popular among young people.

Many singers and celebrities such as JJ Lin and Wilber Pan, as well as top second-generation rich people such as Sicong, are its fans.

But Zhou Wang didn't have much feeling, so he opened the watch box with some casualness and low expectations.

But when he saw the watch in the watch box, Zhou Wang couldn't help but sit up straight and exclaimed "Oh shit".

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Seeing Zhou Wang's big reaction, Xu Wenxi, who had become nervous, quickly asked, "Is there something wrong with this watch? I don't really understand, but the sales consultant in the store took me through the watch inspection process step by step, and I thought..."

"The watch is fine."

Zhou Wang waved his hand to interrupt Xu Wenxi, took a deep breath and said, "I just didn't expect it to be this model..."

"Ok?"

Xu Wenxi didn't understand for a moment. After all, in her opinion, wasn't this watch chosen by you, the boss?

Zhou Wang didn't explain, but carefully picked up the watch in the watch box and looked at it carefully.

The bright yellow strap, the pure white dial, the flamingo hidden in the flowers, the rainbow behind the cactus, and the iconic smiley face pattern made of gold...

Yes, this is one of the few Richard Miller watches that Zhou Wang knows.

Richard Miller RM88 mechanical watch, referred to as "Smiley Face".

(Figure)

This popular watch model released in 2022 is limited to 50 pieces worldwide and is priced at RMB 10.

Yes, this is a top luxury watch that costs over 1000 million!

Zhou Wang was also shocked. He never expected that the random watch model opened by Richard Miller in the Zhazhi blind box would be so awesome.

And please note that just over 10 million is just the public price. In fact, the market price of this watch in the secondary market should have exceeded 15 million, reaching a sky-high price of about 18 million.

In other words, the appearance of this "smiley face" instantly replaced the Patek Philippe Starry Sky watch on Zhou Wang's wrist and became the most expensive of his five existing watches.

The key is that the "smiley face" just fits Zhou Wang's aesthetic taste... At least in Zhou Wang's opinion, it is much better than other watches of Richard Miller.

Not bad.

Zhou Wang's mood instantly improved. He asked Xu Wenxi to pour some champagne and clinked glasses with her again.

Xu Wenxi didn't know that the price of this watch was so expensive. After all, she was just the tool person in charge of collecting it. But seeing that Zhou Wang was in such a good mood, Xu Wenxi couldn't help but smile.

After drinking for a while, Xu Wenxi lowered her head and asked a little embarrassedly: "Boss, should I stay here tonight..."

Ok?
Zhou Wang glanced at her sideways, then suddenly reached out and pulled her into his arms, fiercely gripping her plump breasts. When Xu Wenxi's body went limp, he grinned and said, "What do you think?"

Because Xiao Wang and others were on guard outside, Gao Xing went back to his bedroom early. No one knew what he was doing, so Zhou Wang had no worries at this time.

But when he was about to carry Xu Wenxi back to the room, Zhou Wang suddenly thought of something and hesitated.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Xu Wenxi asked in confusion.

"Wait a moment, go do something, find the hotel's butler and ask him to help..."

Zhou Wang whispered in Xu Wenxi's ear.

"what?"

Xu Wenxi was shocked when she heard Zhou Wang's request. She hesitated and said, "Is this possible... Can a hotel housekeeper do this?"

"This is Bulgari in Shanghai. Don't you think about the kind of people they serve every day? Trust me, just tell him. He can handle it."

Zhou Wang said with certainty.

Seeing Zhou Wang say this, Xu Wenxi blushed and could only turn around and leave.

……

A moment later, when Zhou Wang finished taking a shower in the master bedroom, Xu Wenxi also came back.

"How about it?"

Zhou Wang, who was still wiping his hair, saw that Xu Wenxi still had some surprise and shyness on her face. He had already figured out something and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Well, everything is just as you said, boss... After I told the housekeeper, he immediately agreed. Then, he found a pad from somewhere, and on it were pictures of girls."

Xu Wenxi said in a low voice, "I didn't know what kind of girl he would like, so I picked a girl for him according to my own taste. The girl came very quickly and looked similar to the photo, with a good figure and wearing stockings... Then, she went to knock on Brother Gao Xing's door..."

"Did she go in?"

Zhou Wang didn't care about the previous process, he just wanted to know the final result.

"Going in..."

Xu Wenxi nodded. "I followed your request and waited for a few more minutes. I came back when I saw that the girl didn't come out."

"That's fine."

Zhou Wang let out a long sigh, looking a little puzzled.

While Zhou Wang didn't know what he was thinking, Xu Wenxi seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"what happened?"

"Boss, it's nothing, I just didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect Gao Xing to accept this 'gift'?"

"Well... I didn't expect that girl who looked so serious would do such a thing... I also always felt that Brother Gao Xing was not that kind of person... Anyway... it was all a little beyond my expectations."

Xu Wenxi said somewhat embarrassedly.

"We are all human beings, and we all have emotions and desires. What is there to be confused about?"

Zhou Wang chuckled, then his eyes became deep, "And you don't understand, whether he likes it or not, he won't refuse... Now it seems that he is not that kind of fool, I feel more relieved."

Listening to Zhou Wang's last muttering, Xu Wenxi was at a loss for a moment, but the next second she could no longer think, because Zhou Wang had already picked her up by the waist, and amid her screams, he suddenly threw her onto the soft big bed...

"Wait, wait a minute, boss, I haven't taken off my high heels yet..."

"Dress!"

(End of this chapter)