Xue Chen finished a bowl of rice and was about to ask Jiang Huilan to help him fill another bowl, but when he looked up, he saw Jiang Huilan staring at him, and her face was very red.
"Sister Jiang, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red? Are you feeling unwell?" Xue Chen asked doubtfully.
"Ah, it's not as hot as the cooking just now." Jiang Huilan said hurriedly, took Xue Chen's rice bowl, and went to the kitchen to add another bowl of rice.
Standing in the kitchen with a bowl in hand, Jiang Huilan reached out and touched her hot face, took a sip, secretly feeling ashamed, calmed down, filled a bowl of rice and walked back to the restaurant.
But inadvertently, a seed seemed to be planted in her heart.
After the meal, Xue Chen used his mobile phone to send a message to some people around him. The content was very simple, telling them that he was back and had brought some gifts, which he would leave at the Zhuoyue Antique Shop tomorrow and pick them up when he had time.
He had brought gifts from so many people, so naturally it was impossible to deliver them to each one of them in person and leave them at the Zhuo Zhuo Antique Shop for them to pick up when they passed by. It was convenient and simple.
Within a short time, he received a large number of reply messages, basically expressing gratitude and simply chatting with him.
Early the next morning, Xue Chen drove a Mercedes-Benz cross-country to Zhuoyue Antique Store, and together with Fatty Wang and two clerks, took all the gifts in the trunk to the second floor.
When the two guys were about to go downstairs, Xue Chen found two identical gift boxes and threw them to them.
The two waiters were flattered. Unexpectedly, Xue Chen brought gifts to them both. After thanking them, they went downstairs.
Xue Chen smiled and waved his hand. The two guys had been working together for a long time. Although he didn't have much contact with them on weekdays, he thought of it and took a copy.
The two guys went downstairs and opened the box. They found that their gifts were almost the same. They were both watches, but not from the same brand. They checked online and found that the prices were almost the same, around 30,000 yuan.
The two guys grinned happily and were very excited.
"Old Xue, you really spent a lot of money on this trip." Wang Dong looked at the pile of gift boxes and said with a smile. He was not polite and found the gift box with his name tag on it.
Opening it up, it's a Hermès belt.
Because there were too many gifts to bring and he was in a hurry, Xue Chen didn't choose too carefully. He basically tried to buy from brand stores on that shopping street, and he didn't deliberately remove the price tags. There was no need.
.
"I know this brand, Hermès. Hey, this is 18,000 US dollars? Not bad, not bad, Lao Xue, I like your gift." Wang Dong went to the next door and took out the old belt and replaced it with this one.
new.
When he walked out, he purposely pushed out his already eye-catching belly to make the golden belt buckle more eye-catching, giving him a completely mischievous look.
Everyone who received Xue Chen's message yesterday also came to the door one by one. The first one to come was Xiao Kun, whom he hadn't seen for a while.
"Brother Xue, did you go abroad for vacation some time ago?" Xiao Kun asked after sitting down.
"I mainly attended the wedding and did some other things by the way. Brother Xiao, I brought you a gift." Xue Chen handed over one of the gift boxes.
Xiao Kun took it with a smile. He didn't care what kind of gift he brought. After all, he was also a man worth hundreds of millions. The main thing was that Xue Chen could remember to bring him a gift. He was very happy because of this.
The gift Xue Chen brought to Xiao Kun was a Philips razor, which was the most sophisticated and expensive one in the store, costing more than 30,000 yuan in RMB.
Later, Ning Xuanxuan also drove her Ferrari supercar to Zhuoyue. As soon as she went upstairs, she unceremoniously asked Xue Chen for a gift.
After getting the gift, Ning Xuanxuan took a brief look and put it aside. She didn't lack anything, all she wanted was Xue Chen's heart.
Naturally, the people who came to the antique shop today were not the ones I came to pick up the gifts that Xue Chen brought back.
After a while, Qi Hu came, bringing his girlfriend Zhang Qiao with him.
Xue Chen had already prepared some extra gift boxes just to forget someone, so both Qi Hu and Zhang Qiao got the gifts.
Zhang Qiao was surprised. She didn't expect that there was a gift from her. She opened the gift box and took a look at it quietly. When she saw it was a Gucci handbag, her eyes lit up slightly.
After a while, Yang Guang and Zhao Lili also came, and both received Xue Chen's gifts.
When it was almost noon, half of the gifts in the living room had been taken away. Some people came and some left because of something else. When noon came, there were only Ning Xuanxuan, Qi Hu and Zhang Qiao.
Yang Guang and others stayed behind.
"Brother Xue, you spent a lot of money this time. I'm afraid the gifts you brought back will cost millions." Qi Hu put his hands on his knees and asked with a smile.
"Yes, yes." Xue Chen nodded, "It's getting late, let's go have dinner together."
Ning Xuanxuan stood up, glanced at Xue Chen, and snorted: "If you go abroad a few more times and bring so many gifts each time, won't you go bankrupt?"
Wang Dong stood up and said: "Miss Ning, this is wrong. You don't understand Lao Xue, but I know it very well. The last time he accompanied Boss Shen of Daxing to the capital, oh, he brought a lot of good things with him when he came back.
By the way, I also developed a jade mine with others. This time I went to the United States. I guess those Americans were deceived by old Xue Lian and took away a lot of good things. Maybe not only did they not pay compensation, but they also lost money.
I made a fortune."
"Yes, what Wang Dong said makes sense. Brother Xue will make a fortune wherever he goes." Qi Hu nodded in deep agreement.
Yang Guang also smiled.
"Huh? Is this really true, Xue Chen?" Ning Xuanxuan looked at Xue Chen with a smile.
"Uh...haha, what do you mean by cheating? I'm not a scammer, and what I said is so serious." Xue Chen criticized Wang Dong, then touched his chin, "I made some money, okay.
Come on, let’s go eat, it’s getting late.”
"I won't go. A good friend asked me to go to the SPA together. You go, that's good. I'll treat you tonight and wait for my call." Ning Xuanxuan smiled and said to Xue Chen, and got off first.
Upstairs.
After leaving the Zhuoyue Store, we found a restaurant nearby and five people entered the private room.
After the food was served, Zhang Qiao said with a bright smile: "Xue Chen, Wang Dong, I heard from Qi Hu that you have opened three antique shops, and the business is very good. It's really amazing. It seems that you have just graduated from college.
It won’t be long.”
Wang Dong smiled and said: "I'm not good. I can't compare with old Xue. After graduation, it was my father's support that opened the antique store. And in the follow-up, it was Xue Chen's joining that made Excellent a success.
Otherwise, Joyo would have been closed down long ago."
"Brother Qi is really amazing. When we were in college, we always passed by Jin Jijing Huihuang. At that time, I was thinking about when I would have money to go in and spend money. I was thinking that the boss of Jin Jijing Huihuang must be very amazing. Later I met Brother Qi.
, as expected." Xue Chen replied.
When Qi Hu heard Xue Chen's seemingly simple words, he felt quite satisfied and grinned.
Zhang Qiao glanced at Qi Hu, and she noticed that Qi Hu was able to build such a large family business despite having no background.
Xue Chen looked at Yang Guang and chatted for a few words: "Yang Guang, when are you going to have a baby?"
Wang Dong echoed: "Yes, you have to hurry up."
Yang Guang glanced at the two of them with contempt: "You two should just mind your own business and solve your personal problems quickly."
The private room suddenly burst into laughter.
At this time, Xue Chen's cell phone rang. He took it in his hand and took a look. It was an unfamiliar number, and it didn't seem to be a personal number.
"Hi, hello."
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Xue Chen?" A woman's clear and friendly voice came from the other side.
Everyone else in the private room lowered their voices so as not to disturb Xue Chen from answering the phone.
"It's me, are you?" Xue Chen asked.
"Hello Mr. Xue, I am Ouyang Jing, the manager of the credit card department of ICBC Head Office in Haicheng City."
"Huh?" Xue Chen was a little surprised by the other party's identity, and asked after a moment, "Manager Ouyang, are you okay?"
"Hello, Mr. Xue, the thing is like this. After screening by our head office, we believe that you meet the criteria for applying for the Centurion Black Gold Card. We are willing to apply for it for free. As long as you come to our ICBC headquarters in person to confirm some relevant
Just provide the information and we can handle it." After Ouyang Jing said these words, she waited for Xue Chen's reaction.
"What card? What's the use of it?" Xue Chen asked.
"It's the American Express Centurion Black Gold Card. It's a high-end credit card jointly launched by ICBC and American Express. With this credit card, you will get a lot of conveniences..."
Xue Chen listened to the ICBC department manager on the other side of the phone describing the uses of this black gold card. He heard a lot, but it didn't seem to have much appeal to him, and he was too lazy to apply for it. It felt like it was quite troublesome.
"Manager Ouyang, I understand, but I'm not interested in handling it. Goodbye."
When Xue Chen hung up the phone, a dignified and delicate woman sitting in the ICBC headquarters office building in Haicheng was stunned for a moment, looking at the hung up phone in her hand as if she couldn't believe it.
"Refused?"
Ouyang Jing murmured.
She had only made ** similar calls in the past year, but the others all readily agreed and came to her the next day to confirm the information in order to get the black gold card as soon as possible. This was the first one to reject her.
So neat and tidy.
Ouyang Jing lowered his head and looked at a piece of information on the desk in front of him. It was about Xue Chen. It included Xue Chen's date of birth, the date he graduated from college, and the time he applied for an ICBC savings card.
and location etc.
The piece of information that attracted her most attention was that Xue Chen only had an ICBC bank card in his hand. The data showed that it was a student card jointly launched by Haicheng University and ICBC, and was used to pay tuition.
This card never had more than 10,000 yuan a year ago, but now, a year later, the cash balance in this card is nine figures, reaching as much as 210 million! (To be completed