Chapter 305: Being Rich Is Great
After Lu Yiming made up his mind for her, Su Yunjin finally picked up the phone again and called Chu Tianyu: "Mr. Chu, we do need your help here, but it's hard to explain this over the phone in a short time. I'll send you a fax later."
"Okay, it's a deal."
With Nancy around, Chu Tianyu naturally wouldn't say anything to Su Yunjin.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Tianyu relayed the content of the call to Nancy.
At this moment, the fax machine on the table made a buzzing sound, and then a piece of paper filled with words was printed out.
Chu Tianyu ran over and picked up the fax, only to find that it was actually a list of expenses!
And all the fees are directly tripled compared to the market price!
Chu Tianyu took a look and his face turned dark.
Why should you, Shi Jin Ji, run an advertisement to clarify your position, when we, Ferrero, should pay for it? Can you please have some shame?
This is really too much! This is really too much!
Chu Tianyu handed the list to Nancy and said indignantly, "Ms. Nancy, look, look, this Shi Jin Ji is simply asking for more! They hired a TV station to advertise and do public relations, and they even asked us to pay for it!"
Nancy looked at the list and asked, "Any more specific information?"
Chu Tianyu immediately replied: "I'll go look for it."
The dispute between Xu Fuji and Shi Jin Ji has now caused a lot of discussion throughout the southeastern coastal area. But you have to know that this news was produced by the Baiyun TV team, so there are many reports on this in Baiyun City, and Chu Tianyu quickly found a few of them.
"Miss Nancy, would you like me to translate for you?"
"certainly."
Chu Tianyu had no choice but to patiently translate for Nancy. He not only translated the main text of the report, but also the comments.
After listening carefully to Chu Tianyu's translation, Nancy made a decision on the spot and said, "We will give you the money."
"What? Really?"
Chu Tianyu thought he had misheard and quickly reminded her, "Ms. Nancy, the price they quoted is three times the market price! They are clearly blackmailing you!"
Nancy glanced at Chu Tianyu, shook her head, and said seriously: "Yu, don't you find that Shijinji's response is very clever?"
Chu Tianyu was still thinking about the triple offer, and said angrily: "So what?"
Nancy sighed deeply, "This shows that there is an expert in the PR team of Shijinji. I paid three times the price to give face to this expert. Moreover, for Ferrero, it is worth spending money for the sake of brand and reputation, so this matter has been decided."
Although Chu Tianyu was disdainful of this statement in his heart, Nancy was a member of the Ferrero family after all, and she came all the way from Italy. He, Chu Tianyu, was just an employee of Ferrero. Since Nancy said so, he naturally had no right to object.
"Okay, I'll call them and tell them that Ferrero will pay for this."
Chu Tianyu just picked up the phone, and Nancy continued: "Ask them again, who did this PR? I'm very interested in this person, can you help me arrange a meeting."
"good."
Shijinji, after answering the phone, Su Yunjin could hardly believe her ears.
She turned her head and said to Lu Yiming, "They are actually willing to pay three times the price! And the money will be transferred today to show their support for us."
After hearing this, Lu Yiming did not show any surprise on his face. Instead, he thought it was natural because he knew that as long as the people at Ferrero were not fools, they would understand that the value of news is calculated according to its influence.
Firstly, if Ferrero wants to eliminate the negative impact, it can only find a way to cooperate with Shijin in publicity.
Secondly, the old European aristocrats are all fucking rich, so when would they be blackmailed if not now?
To put it bluntly, they are used to being rich and we are afraid of being poor.
Maybe the old Italian nobles think that our three times offer is too low.
"That's great. I can make twice as much money right away. I hope there will be more of these things in the future. Then why not just turn Shi Jin Ji into a public relations company? It will definitely make more money than selling instant noodles."
Facing Lu Yiming's teasing, Su Yunjin couldn't help but roll her eyes and said angrily, "You are the only one who talks too much!"
Then, she said to Lu Yiming, "By the way, they also made a request. They said that one of the heirs of their Ferrero family has arrived in Baiyun City and specifically wants to see you. I heard that the other party is a woman named Nancy."
This time Lu Yiming was really surprised: "One of the heirs of the Ferrero family? And a woman? I don't know anyone from the Ferrero family. Why do they want to see me?"
"How would I know?" Su Yunjin snorted, and then told Lu Yiming, "They said they'll go to the Liufu Pavilion Cafe in the White Swan Hotel to have afternoon tea with you this afternoon. I'm warning you, don't do anything stupid."
Lu Yiming was very depressed: "What can I do?"
Su Yunjin curled her lips, obviously very nervous about her future son-in-law: "She is the daughter of a wealthy European family. Maybe she will take advantage of your weakness and take you away because you are young and handsome ."
After hearing this, Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then he righteously expressed his loyalty to his mother-in-law Su Yunjin: "Don't worry, Aunt Su, the daughter of a wealthy family is nothing to me. I am a wealthy family myself, and I don't need to rely on such things to maintain my appearance. But if this heir is young and beautiful, I won't lose out by having tea with him."
Su Yunjin glared at him fiercely: "Anyway, be careful. If you dare to have any evil thoughts, I will not let you go."
At 3:30 in the afternoon, a rare Alfa Romeo appeared at the entrance of the White Swan Hotel, and Nancy got out from the driver's seat.
Chu Tianyu came out from the passenger seat with a bad look on his face.
"Hey, Miss Nancy, can we drive slower next time? You know, I'm an only child..."
Nancy looked at Chu Tianyu with disdain, and was even more disgusted with him, saying, "You are a coward who is afraid of death."
Chu Tianyu couldn't help but complain in his heart, driving at 80 miles per hour on this kind of cement road, is that a cowardly thing to do?
Of course, he didn't dare say this, as he might lose his job if he said it.
Glancing at Nancy's towering chest, Chu Tianyu complained in a low voice: "Alas, it's because I'm not as brave as you, Miss Nancy."
As he was speaking, an Audi car approached from afar and stopped next to the Alfa Romeo.
Lu Yiming got out of the car gracefully and looked at Nancy Ferrero: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Miss Nancy who wants to have dinner with me, right? She is really a beauty in the world."
Facing this beautiful girl from Europe, Lu Yiming praised her directly without any beating around the bush. After all, Europeans and Americans like this tone.
Lu Yiming's boldness made Chu Tianyu, who was standing next to Nancy, feel very uncomfortable. After all, he had been coveting Nancy for a long time, and now Lu Yiming actually said that Nancy was a beauty in the world. Chu Tianyu felt that his forbidden fruit was being touched by others.
"Are you Lu Yiming?"
Following the sound of the voice, Lu Yiming looked towards Chu Tianyu. Seeing that he looked arrogant and held his head slightly high, as if he was disdainful of looking anyone in the eye, he lost his good impression of him and simply said, "It's me."
Chu Tianyu stood next to Nancy with a condescending attitude and introduced her to Lu Yiming: "This is one of the heirs of the Ferrero family, Miss Nancy Ferrero, a top talent who graduated from Manchester Business School."
Lu Yiming looked calm, not interested in Chu Tianyu's introduction at all. He looked at Nancy unscrupulously and commented with a smile, "She has a good figure."
Although she didn't understand what Xia Guo said, Nancy saw that Lu Yiming was calm and neither humble nor arrogant in front of her, and she immediately became curious about Lu Yiming.
"You are different from all the Xia people I have met."
Nancy was the proud daughter of the Ferrero family and came from a prominent family. Not many people could stand up straight in front of her, not to mention the Xia country of that era, where the trend of worshipping foreigners and fawning on foreigners was prevalent. The people of Xia seemed to be born shorter than foreigners.
Being poor and weak, one naturally cannot hold his head up high.
On the contrary, people like Lu Yiming who can remain calm in front of foreigners are the outliers.
Lu Yiming responded in fluent English: "You'll get used to it. There will be more and more people like me in the future."
Nancy was surprised and said, "You can speak English?"
Lu Yiming teased, "I am from Xia Country and can speak European, but you are from Europe and can't speak Xia Country. It seems that I won this round."
Seeing that Lu Yiming dared to tease her, Nancy, who was naturally strong-willed, immediately felt a little angry.
As a member of the European elite, her arrogance made her habitually adopt a condescending attitude when facing the Xia people. She always felt that the Xia people should crawl at her feet, just like Chu Tianyu.
However, Lu Yiming's performance was not what she wished.
The young man from the Xia Kingdom in front of her was truly a rare outstanding figure in the world. He exuded such strong self-confidence that even Nancy had to admit that she was still inferior to him in terms of momentum.
This made her feel incomprehensible. She was born into a wealthy family and had an elegant temperament, which was all built up with real money. How could the other party handle it so calmly? How did he rely on?
After taking a deep breath, Nancy finally stabilized her mentality and regained her confidence. Then she looked at Lu Yiming calmly and smiled: "You are very good."
White people in Europe and America have been at the top of the world since the Age of Discovery, and naturally they have developed an arrogance. Just like the Central Plains dynasties of the past, they often look down on other countries and races.
Lu Yiming turned his head and glanced at the White Swan Hotel behind him, and said, "It's so sunny outside, why don't we go in and have a drink and chat? You invited me out today, you can't be so stingy as to buy me even a cup of coffee? Are we just going to stand at the door of someone else's hotel and have an awkward chat?"
Chu Tianyu glanced at Nancy and immediately jumped out to take the lead: "Let's drink and talk."
The three of them entered the seat that Chu Tianyu had reserved earlier, a small square table that could seat four people.
The house is decorated in pure European style, and outside the glass windows is the vast view of the Pearl River.
Although it is an old hotel, the service is not old-fashioned at all. Not only drinks, but also many snacks are available. It is perfect to come here for afternoon tea.
As soon as he sat down, Chu Tianyu directly stated his purpose: "I didn't expect you to be so young. I won't beat around the bush. We came to you today because we want you to join Ferrero. You are a bit underappreciated staying at Shijinji. We at Ferrero can provide you with a bigger stage."
"Recruit me?"
Lu Yiming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, I have no interest in being a wage earner."
In order to take care of Nancy, the two spoke English.
When Nancy heard Lu Yiming's refusal, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and teased him, "Mr. Lu, aren't you a wage earner at Shijinji now? Whatever conditions Shijinji offered you, I can double them on behalf of Ferrero!"
Nancy was full of confidence, but unexpectedly, after listening to it, Lu Yiming couldn't help laughing, and even said jokingly: "Ms. Nancy, are you sure that Ferrero can give me double? You know, the condition offered by President Su of Shijinji is to marry her daughter to me. Are you Ferrero going to marry two daughters to me?"
After hearing this, Nancy was completely dumbfounded.
Marry a daughter?
What kind of condition is this?
It sounds outrageous, okay?
Nancy, who was already a little unhappy, was now even more certain that Lu Yiming was deliberately joking with her, and immediately said with a gloomy expression: "Mr. Lu, we at Ferrero are very sincere. Even if you don't agree, there is no need to tease me by saying this."
As soon as Lu Yiming saw Nancy's expression, he knew that she must have misunderstood. However, he was too lazy to explain and just said casually: "What I said is true. I am not kidding you. I am a billionaire after all. If it weren't for the close relationship between President Su's daughter and me, how could I give advice to Shijinji? You Ferrero still want me to work for you. Can you afford my salary?"
This guy is actually a billionaire?
Nancy and Chu Tianyu were both dumbfounded and found it hard to believe.
Of course, Nancy couldn't know Lu Yiming's background, and Chu Tianyu only knew that Lu Yiming was involved in planning the crisis public relations of Shijinji. He knew very little about Lu Yiming's deeds and thought that Lu Yiming was just an employee of Shijinji, so he suggested to Nancy that Lu Yiming should be recruited to Ferrero.
It turned out that Lu Yiming was not an employee of Shijinji at all, but a billionaire.
If this was true, no matter how high her self-esteem was, she would never think that Ferrero could afford to hire Lu Yiming to work for her.
Which billionaire would abandon his own business and go work for someone else?
Although she still had some doubts in her heart, after seeing the confidence and composure in Lu Yiming's every move, Nancy actually chose to believe in Lu Yiming's identity. After all, the aura of a billionaire is difficult to fake.
Money is the courage of a hero. People who don’t have that much money don’t have that kind of calmness and confidence.
At this moment, Nancy had to look Lu Yiming in the face.
Europeans and Americans are arrogant. After all, the whole world lies at their feet.
But as the stronghold of capitalism, Europeans and Americans are also pragmatic. They never look down on capable people, not to mention that Lu Yiming is not only capable, he is also very rich.
As a member of the Ferrero family, Nancy even wants to develop in Xia Country, so making connections is an unavoidable step.
"Sorry, I thought you were just an employee of Shijinji."
Lu Yiming was very generous about this and waved his hand casually: "It doesn't matter. According to the etiquette of our Xia country, ignorance is not a crime."
Nancy was curious: "Can you tell me how you became a billionaire at such a young age? Is your family rich?"
"My family is quite ordinary, and I earned all my money by myself."
After Nancy lowered her attitude, Lu Yiming naturally stopped being sarcastic and began to communicate with Nancy in a peaceful manner.
After all, Ferrero is an old European brand with extensive connections. They might have dealings in the future, so Lu Yiming would naturally not ruin the relationship.
Seeing Lu Yiming talking and Nancy listening attentively, Chu Tianyu felt so sad. He felt that his ten years of hard study were in vain. Is it great to be rich? He worked so hard and was so respectful, but Nancy never looked at him straight in the eye.
On the contrary, when facing Lu Yiming, Nancy put away her arrogance, and the two of them treated each other as equals, like friends.
Why!
Is it so great to be rich?
Chu Tianyu was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he actually knew very well that being rich is great, especially when your wealth reaches a certain level, it is really very, very great.
