There is no other way. If you don't take risks, you can't know the hostility. Zhang Xiaolong fled to Dali and had an affair with Hou Ying, and he gradually started to have more ideas. If people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy them. Zhang Xiaolong wanted to live an ordinary life, but he
Everything he did and everyone he came into contact with were extraordinary, forcing him into the circle at every turn.
In this case, he no longer thinks too much. There is no point in struggling. He can only move forward bravely and climb up under the pressure coming from all directions. The weak will eat the strong!
"People are forced out!" Zhang Xiaolong understands this sentence deeply. If others can do it, he thinks he can do it too.
On the way back to Spring City, Wang Xiaofei touched the steering wheel, while Zhang Xiaolong sat in the passenger seat and sorted out his thoughts, recalling what happened in the past few months since coming to Spring City, the gains and losses, summing up experience, and at the same time thinking about and deciding what he should do next.
matter.
Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation! However, opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.
It is daytime now, at noon, and the sun is shining brightly. It gives people a feeling like a spring breeze in the huge city of Spring City. The gentle breeze blows, and people's hearts are very cheerful. It is like spring all year round, and this is Spring City. As the old saying goes:
Young people want to go to Sichuan, and old people want to go to Yunnan. It describes the beautiful women in Sichuan as clouds, as smart as water, and young men no longer want to go back after they go there. Similarly, the climate in Chuncheng is mild and suitable for elderly care. After the old people come here, they will linger and never want to go back.
I want to settle down here.
In late autumn, the sunshine in Spring City is extremely warm, neither cold nor hot. Pedestrians on the street wear single clothes with short sleeves, and some wear coats and shawls. It is not unusual to wear two or three pieces of clothing. There are people from all walks of life, but people like Wang Xiaofei
This kind of person who wears a cotton-padded jacket and exposes his chest is extremely rare. In the entire Spring City, he is considered an alternative among the alternative. To describe it in three words, he is: non-human!
Wang Xiaofei relied on his familiar brain map and special sense of smell to quickly find a car beauty shop with relatively high-end decoration and drove the silver Cayenne in. After parking the car, Zhang Xiaolong and he found the owner of the decoration beauty shop and expressed their intention.
The boss was in his fifties, with white temples, a crew cut, a fat belly, and a wealthy look on his face. After looking at the bullet-pierced silver Cayenne body, he couldn't help but look at the visitor carefully, and said with a troubled expression: "
You two, I really can’t do anything in half a day, so why don’t you go to other places and have a look!”
"What do you mean?" Wang Xiaofei was immediately displeased, blew his nose and glared, pointing at a big photo advertisement above his head, accusing: "Can't you do it? Could it be that this advertisement of yours is just to deceive people? Look, 'Give me a day,'
"Give you a new car' sounds nice to say, but now you tell me that you can't get it, are you afraid that I won't have the money to give it to you?"
"That's not what you mean." The owner of the car plastic surgery and decoration shop is obviously a person who has experienced the ups and downs and seen the world. Wang Xiaofei has a bastard look on his face, acting arrogantly and domineering as a big money, but the boss is unmoved and calm and calm.
The companion smiled and said, "You two, this is what the advertisement says, and it is not a lie. If you are not in a hurry to use the car, I can indeed restore it to its original state in one day, but you are talking about half a day. I have limited manpower and there is really nothing I can do."
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The boss looked at the dented Cayenne body and shook his head helplessly. Zhang Xiaolong observed his expression from beginning to end. He could finally tell that people didn't judge people based on their appearance and refused to repair their cars. The scratches on the paint of high-end luxury cars were a little bit...
It takes a lot of effort to restore it to its original state, not to mention the silver Cayenne that was riddled with holes by dozens of guns. Perhaps the owner of the decoration shop took it into consideration when he saw the bullet holes in the car body and could not figure out the details of Zhang Xiaolong and the two.
Don't dare to take over.
However, Zhang Xiaolong wanted to restore the car body to its original state before returning it to Ren Qiong. After all, she had said it was a borrowed car before, and he didn’t want to embarrass her. He had to discuss it kindly: "Boss, do you think this works? I'll pay double the amount."
Qian, please help me restore the car body to its original state before dark. I am really in a hurry, so I have to trouble you."
"This..." Boss Futai hesitated for a moment and said with some reluctance: "Okay, since you must get a car today, I will put other things on hold for a while and transfer some people from friends to come over to take care of it, but...
…This charge is a bit high, it depends on whether you can accept it.”
The rich boss looked at the two of them and held out two fingers, "Two hundred thousand, come and pick up the car at six o'clock."
"What!"
"Two hundred thousand!"
"pit……"
Wang Xiaofei exclaimed when he heard the price, obviously he was pretending. Zhang Xiaolong looked at him, winked, smiled and said to the boss: "Boss, is the price too high? There is no need to fill in the paint on the car body."
Even if we are in a hurry to replace any parts, we don’t need so much money!”
Two hundred thousand is indeed a scary number for Zhang Xiaolong at present. Although the silver Cayenne is a high-end luxury car, and you can easily move hundreds or even thousands of screws, there are only a dozen bullet holes in the body, which need to be repaired with hammers.
What can be done with paint actually costs 200,000 yuan. Even if the rear cover glass is broken, replacing it with the original one will cost no more than 2,000 yuan at most. Restoring the entire car, in Zhang Xiaolong's budget, will only cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan at most.
The double price he mentioned was probably forty or fifty thousand at most, but the owner of the beauty shop actually wanted him for two hundred thousand. This was no ordinary scam.
"Two hundred thousand is not high."
The owner of the car beauty shop, who looked elegant and wealthy, waved his hand, "Your Cayenne is not an ordinary Mercedes-Benz or BMW. There are only about a dozen of them in the entire Spring City, and they are extremely rare even in China. A fully imported car like this,
Materials and spare parts are already expensive. To be honest, I don’t have paint of this quality here. If I want to make it exactly the same as before, I will have to spend a lot of money. Fortunately, you are here. If you go
I dare say that in other stores, even if you spend 200,000 yuan, you may not dare to accept it. It’s not that I want to blackmail you, it’s really because I have difficulty. If you think it’s expensive, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
The boss kept looking at the car when he spoke, and his words were very tough. Zhang Xiaolong was hard to make a decision for a while, and Wang Xiaofei stopped pretending to be cool. He is a person who has traveled all over the world and seen the world, and he knows that he cannot scare the nearly fifty-year-old man in front of him.
The old guy couldn't help but make a quick calculation in his mind. Based on his understanding of cars, the rich boss was telling the truth. The more expensive and rare a famous car is, the more expensive it is to repair. Replacement spare parts have to be imported from abroad, which is reflected in the paint.
It's the appearance, which is more troublesome to clean up. If it's just a simple scratch, just buy some similar paint and repair it, it will only cost a few hundred yuan.
"Boss, please forgive me for the disrespect just now." Wang Xiaofei changed his face very quickly, and said with a smile while passing out cigarettes: "That's right, we borrowed the car, and we had no choice but to do this. Originally, my friend said
I need to use the car tonight, so I'm in a hurry. I didn't expect the maintenance fee to be so high, and we won't be able to get it out for a while. Otherwise, I'll leave the car here first, and you can send someone to repair it slowly. As for the cost, you
Don’t charge so much, it’s scary.”
"If you don't rush to get it, you can save more than half of the money, and it will be a lot easier for me." Boss Furui Mubo said, "Since you have difficulties, I won't force you to make it difficult. I will pick up the car within a week.
I’ll charge you 50,000 yuan.”
"Boss, isn't 50,000 a bit too high? How about 30,000!" Wang Xiaofei looked like a villain and was flattering. He was not a celebrity, so he simply didn't care about face. His facial expressions when he was proud and frustrated had already been perfected in front of the mirror.
He speaks human words when meeting people, makes faces when seeing ghosts, can pretend to be a pine nut, or act like an uncle. Being able to bend and stretch is one of the secrets of his survival to this day.
"It's already the limit, it can't be any less." The boss's words left Wang Xiaofei at a loss.
Zhang Xiaolong was observing the words and expressions, knowing that he couldn't say anything, so he asked: "Can the speed be faster? Can it be done in three days?"
"It will take five days at the latest, and we will have to pay more soon." The boss looked at the two people gently and elegantly, his expression unchanged from the beginning to the end. People who do big business seem to be extremely patient and kind.
From his words and deeds, Zhang Xiaolong saw another face, businessman, and interests. Seeing that the other party's words were unshakable, he finally made a decision.
After the deal was concluded, the two left the car decoration store without stopping. Before leaving, Wang Xiaofei borrowed a cheap van from the boss as a means of transportation. At this moment, they only had a few dollars left and needed help.
Just find a rich man.
"Where can I get 50,000 yuan?" Wang Xiaofei asked while driving.
Zhang Xiaolong remained silent. Apart from the money issue, he was also thinking about how to deliver the goods to Ren Qiong. The car would not be picked up until five days later. It would be difficult to explain to Ren Qiong, but it also meant that he had to stay in Spring City for these five days.
He couldn't go back to Dali. Spring City was in such chaos now. If Liu Xiaodong still kept an eye on him, anything could happen within five days.
At this time, Zhang Xiaolong realized the role of money and power even more.
"Money isn't everything. Without money, you can't do anything. It's hard to move forward!" Zhang Xiaolong looked out the window and estimated the time. There is still nearly a month until the F0 rally, and the finals will be extended for a long time. I don't think that money is too much.
Reality. Not to mention whether we can win the championship is still a question.
Hou Ying said that as long as Zhang Xiaolong wins the championship, he will be given a surprise. I don’t know what the surprise is. Zhang Xiaolong can only guess that he values Hou Ying’s surprise more than the tournament prize money.
The van was driving around the city, and now he finally had time. Zhang Xiaolong asked Wang Xiaofei to drive the van into Bailong Temple. He entered the waiting hall alone and empty-handed, and came to the quiet hall of the main hall where Monk Ma Yun was giving instructions. Unexpectedly
What is surprising is that the old monk Ma Yun is still there, with a white beard and eyebrows, sitting there with nine dots on his head, looking like he is asleep. After not seeing him for several months, Zhang Xiaolong found that he has not changed at all, with the same movements.
, with the same expression, as if he had been sitting there without moving from beginning to end. As soon as Zhang Xiaolong arrived at the inner hall, Monk Ma Yun seemed to have an innate sense that he would come. He opened his eyes and glanced at him, then closed them again and resumed his walking posture.
state.
I don’t know why no one came to sign the certificate today. The hall seemed empty. Zhang Xiaolong raised his head and glanced around. In the ancestral hall, apart from Monk Ma Yun, there was only a gray old man wearing loose Tang clothes, kneeling in front of the Buddha statue. He lowered his head and clasped his hands to face the Buddha statue.