Chapter 744: A Single Man and a Single Woman, a Beautiful Living Room
Facing Lu Yiming's meaningful smile, Adolphus Locke did not dare to neglect him. After all, the man in front of him was a super rich man who bought airplanes just like he bought goods. If he was not careful and pushed all the orders to Airbus, his thighs would be broken.
"Well, I'll give you a 10% discount on top of the price we sell it at, okay? Is that good enough?"
Airplanes can easily cost hundreds of millions of dollars, so even if it's just a 10% discount, you can still save tens of millions in a matter of minutes.
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Mr. Locke is still honest. Since you have shown your sincerity, I must also show my sincerity. I buy six Boeing 747s, is this okay?"
"Of course!"
For individual buyers, purchasing six large passenger aircraft such as 747s at one time is already a very large order volume, and Adolphus Rock certainly would not feel dissatisfied.
The news that Lu Yiming purchased six Boeing aircraft soon spread to Airbus. After all, they are each other's only competitors in the world, and any movement cannot be hidden from each other's eyes.
What’s more, airplanes are a super-large commodity.
Lu Yiming's purchase of a business jet caused a stir in the country, so how could the order for six Boeing aircraft be hidden from Airbus?
During a phone call, after finishing the business, Dai Leman said to Lu Yiming in an unhappy tone: "Mr. Lu, is my cooperation not sincere enough? If you don't have enough planes, you can tell me and we can sign a few more contracts. There is no doubt that our AX380 is much better than the 747."
In order to compete with the AX380, Boeing finally launched the 747-8 in 2013. So at this stage, there is nothing wrong with what Dai Leman said.
Lu Yiming sighed heavily and said, "Hey, sir, you don't know that Boeing is really a piece of shit. Relying on its background, it asked the United States to put pressure on me and force me to buy and sell. I'm just a businessman, what can I do?"
Dai Leman was skeptical: "There is such a thing? It doesn't make sense."
Lu Yiming said angrily: "When has the United States ever talked about reason with others? I have no choice, after all, I still have a company in the United States. What if I don't do what they say and they confiscate my company's property? You know, they are capable of doing such things."
Dai Leman knew in his heart that the style of the United States was just as Lu Yiming said. Although he was very dissatisfied, he had no choice but to curse the shameless United States.
Lu Yiming said, "How about this. To show my sincerity, I will place an additional order for ten aircraft for you, which will be delivered in batches over the next few years. I will go to Paris in a few days after I finish the things I have on hand."
When he heard about the extra money, Dai Leman's little emotion disappeared immediately, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Lu is a true gentleman!"
Lu Yiming saw through his pretense early in the morning. Europeans and Americans are all the same. They say they are angry, but they are just looking for an excuse to ask for benefits. This little trick can be found in abundance in the Records of the Warring States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
In fact, Lu Yiming also had a plan in mind. In the next 20 years, large aircraft would be in great demand and would become increasingly expensive.
I placed the order in advance and can pay later, so it's a good deal no matter how you look at it. The French guy came to me to be ripped off, and Lu Yiming would be unworthy of his nickname, Lu Paopi, if he didn't take action.
Europa.
Performances of the Civilization stage play continue to be a hit.
With Lu Yiming's additional order, Airbus became the crew's personal bodyguard, and Dai Leman specially formed a service team to serve the entire crew.
With the Airbus platform, all major opera houses in Europe gave the crew the green light, and all operations went very smoothly.
In Europe, people have very good social welfare, they are particularly free, and they also have a very strong demand for so-called art.
Coupled with the curiosity about the mysterious East, every show of "Civilization" was sold out.
In the rented villa, Lin Yuzhen, who had just finished her morning exercise, waved the newspapers and magazines in her hands and said loudly: "Recently, the newspapers have been full of reports about our stage play, and many of them are specifically praising me."
Seeing her smug look, Lu Yiming, who was sitting at the dining table and eating breakfast slowly, couldn't help but criticize her and said, "This kind of thing is just for fun, there's no need to take it seriously. The media is like that, whoever gives you milk is your mother."
Lin Yuzhen was very unconvinced. After all, she felt it was an honor to be praised by foreigners. She said angrily: "I think you are just jealous of my beauty and talent."
Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm a capitalist, why should I be jealous of you? Your performance is indeed very good, but different countries have different ideologies and cultural aesthetics. What we think is good may not be good to foreigners, not to mention that this kind of praise is fake in the first place."
Lin Yuzhen curled her lips and said, "Then why are they flattering and trying to please us?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "It's not to please us, it's to please me."
Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes and said, "Will you die if you don't pretend?"
Lu Yiming said shamelessly: "I just signed a big order with Airbus. I am their financial sponsor. Isn't it natural for them to please me?"
Lin Yuzhen was a little disappointed and said, "I thought it was my performance that moved them, but it turned out that they were bought with money."
Lu Yiming said with disdain: "Without money, who will recognize you for your culture? Just like the Hollywood culture that has become popular recently in the United States, do you really think that hamburgers, fried chicken, and French fries are cultural products? Isn't it because everyone likes the US dollar? Otherwise, with more than 200 years of history, there is no culture at all."
Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming and said, "You are really obsessed with money. I won't talk to you anymore. I am sweating all over. I'm going to take a good shower first."
Just as Lin Yuzhen left, Zhao Tiezhu came in with someone. Lu Yiming looked closely and found that it was Chen Qianhui from Liren Clothing. He immediately smiled and said, "Oh, Mr. Chen, it's so early. Have you had breakfast? Do you want to eat something together?"
Chen Qianhui smiled and said, "No, I've already eaten. Mr. Lu, I really want to thank you this time."
Lu Yiming felt strange and said, "Why are you thanking me? I am also a shareholder of Liren Clothing now, and I also have a share of the profits."
Chen Qianhui said excitedly: "I brought a lot of people here, many of whom are my relatives, and they are all engaged in garment processing. This time, everyone has received a lot of orders here. Although the profit is not high, they can be exposed to a lot of advanced management concepts and cutting-edge production technologies, and they can also earn foreign exchange. Many domestic colleagues are drooling with envy."
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's make money together. When we make money, we can upgrade our own technology. We all have a bright future."
Chen Qianhui chatted with Lu Yiming for a while and then left.
Lu Yiming continued to eat his breakfast slowly.
After a while, Lin Yuzhen came out of the shower, her beautiful face wet and slightly flushed, as tempting as a ripe apple.
She was wearing a thin nightgown, and some parts of her body were clearly visible. But she didn't seem to notice it at all, and sat directly opposite Lu Yiming and started to eat breakfast.
"Today is a day off. Why don't you go shopping with me? I haven't been out shopping in Paris for such a long time."
Of course Lu Yiming would not refuse such a small request.
After breakfast, Lin Yuzhen, with her makeup removed and wearing a turquoise dress, went out with Lu Yiming.
After walking around the Champs Elysees, Lin Yuzhen said with emotion: "No wonder so many people say this is Europe's shopping paradise. I wonder when Xiaguo will be able to develop like this."
Lu Yiming said without hesitation: "There will be such a day, and it will be soon."
Lin Yuzhen asked curiously, "Lu Yiming, I've discovered a problem. Why is it that after many people go abroad, they praise foreign countries and criticize China, but you are always full of confidence in China and nitpick about foreign countries?"
Lu Yiming said solemnly, "If the motherland is good, then praise it. If the motherland has some shortcomings, then build it and use your own strength to make it better. Because that is the place where I was born and raised. She doesn't despise me for being trash, so what right do I have to despise her for anything?"
"Those who devalue themselves are undoubtedly fools. They enjoy the convenience and dignity brought by the country without knowing it, and they insist on being dogs. Little do they know that only when the country is prosperous can the common people have dignity. Besides, do you really think that everything abroad is good? Take Paris for example, the beauty you see is piled up with money. If you have no money and go to places like slums, you will not feel the beauty here."
"In foreign countries, if you don't bring a few awesome bodyguards with you, you're like a mobile ATM machine when you go out on the street, and you don't even need to enter a password."
After a few hours of shopping, the two returned to their rented villa with their bags. When passing the gravel road in the garden, Lin Yuzhen's foot suddenly slipped and she fell to the ground, with the gift bags scattered all over the floor.
"Ouch……"
Lin Yuzhen fell to the ground, a painful expression on her face, holding her ankles with both hands.
Lu Yiming put down his things, squatted down, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Yuzhen was in so much pain that tears came out. She said aggrievedly, "My ankle was sprained."
"Let me see."
Lu Yiming took off Lin Yuzhen's high heels without saying anything, and lifted up Lin Yuzhen's feet, which were wearing ultra-thin flesh-colored stockings. Seeing that her ankles were swollen, he frowned and asked, "Why is it so swollen?"
Lin Yuzhen looked at Lu Yiming holding her feet, feeling the warmth of his palms through the thin stockings, and her heart suddenly felt fluttering.
"Can you still walk?"
Lin Yuzhen looked at him aggrievedly and shook her head slightly.
Without saying a word, Lu Yiming squatted down and picked up Lin Yuzhen by the waist .
Lin Yuzhen suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.
She naturally reached out and put her arms around Lu Yiming's neck.
Lu Yiming carried Lin Yuzhen to the sofa in the living room, and quickly went to find some medicine for herbal remedies, saying, "Come on, take off your socks, and I'll give you a massage."
Lin Yuzhen said: "Then help me to the room."
Lu Yiming frowned and said, "What room are we going to? I'm going to carry you there? Do you want to tire me to death? Hurry up and take off your clothes here."
Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "I'm wearing pantyhose, how can I take them off here?"
Lu Yiming: “…”
Lin Yuzhen said helplessly: "Just wipe it through the stockings. The stockings are thin anyway."
"All right."
Lu Yiming was also helpless, so he had to pour some healing wine into his hand and rub it on Lin Yuzhen's ankles through her stockings.
The friction between the stockings and the palms had a delicate touch, and the slight heat caused by the gradual friction made Lin Yuzhen blush all the way to her neck.
She lay on the sofa, clenching her teeth and breathing heavily.
Seeing that Lin Yuzhen's ankle was abnormally swollen, Lu Yiming couldn't help but ask, "Why is it so swollen? It's just a sprained ankle, it shouldn't be that serious."
Lin Yuzhen said aggrievedly: "The performances have been quite dense these days. In order to maintain my condition, I have to do high-intensity exercise. Do you understand that one minute on stage is ten years of hard work off stage? What's more, I have only practiced for two or three years. How can I not work harder?"
Lu Yiming blamed her and said, "Can't you change your strong character? Look at your feet, they are almost swollen like pig's trotters. And if your feet are uncomfortable, just lie down. Why do you have to go shopping? It's a waste of precious rest time."
Lin Yuzhen turned her head away and did not answer.
In fact, she was also complaining in her heart. After all, this time she came to Paris, she had Lu Yiming by her side. If she missed it, how could she have another good opportunity to go shopping together like today in the future?
But she is the proud white swan after all, and there are some things she would rather bury deep in her heart than speak out.
Seeing Lu Yiming holding her feet and massaging them earnestly, Lin Yuzhen couldn't help laughing even though she still felt pain.
Seeing Lin Yuzhen laughing while still in pain, Lu Yiming's eyes suddenly became strange: "You can still laugh when it hurts so much? Could it be that you have awakened some strange habit?"
Lin Yuzhen casually picked up the pillow beside her and threw it over, snorting, "You just woke up to a strange habit. Can't I be happy?"
"You're a weirdo. Okay, the medicine has been applied, go stay in your room."
Lu Yiming picked up Lin Yuzhen by the waist again and asked, "How much do you weigh?"
"I won't tell you."
“It’s time to lose weight.”
"You are not strong enough."
Arriving at Lin Yuzhen's room, Lu Yiming put Lin Yuzhen on the bed and said, "I'll get you some ice to apply, don't move. Stop performing for a while, and eat something light..."
"Okay, okay, I get it. You're so long-winded."
Watching Lu Yiming leave the room, Lin Yuzhen rolled around in the quilt, hugging her pillow. Thinking of the close contact between the two of them just now, her face turned red as if it was on fire.
In the next few days, the performances were indeed stopped, and Lu Yiming had nothing to do, so he planned to return home.
"I'll go back tomorrow." Lu Yiming said to Lin Yuzhen.
The crew still had to continue performing in Europe, so Lin Yuzhen couldn't go back yet. Thinking that she wouldn't be able to see Lu Yiming for a long time, Lin Yuzhen felt a little reluctant to leave. However, she didn't show it, but said, "Why do you want to go back? Anyway, you don't have anything to do if you go back."
Lu Yiming said with a bitter face: "I have to go back to make money. I've been spending money like water recently and bought so many planes. If I don't go back to make money, I'll be broke."
Seeing Lu Yiming showing off in front of her again, Lin Yuzhen couldn't stand it anymore and said, "You are the richest man in Xia Country, and you are still crying poor?"
Lu Yiming said confidently: "Poverty is relative. Have you heard of Einstein's theory of relativity?"
Lin Yuzhen looked disgusted and said, "Get lost. Is this how the theory of relativity is used? You just like to show off all day long. You deserve to be punished."
Lu Yiming sighed, "Alas, those who know my heart say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say that I am asking for nothing. Don't think that rich people don't have worries. I also have a lot of worries, okay?"
Lin Yuzhen obviously didn't believe this nonsense: "You are so rich, what else can you worry about?"
Lu Yiming said very seriously: "I am very troubled every day after getting up. After all, there is too much cash in the account. Such asset allocation is obviously very unreasonable. So in order to spend all this money, I always need to rack my brains to maximize the benefits. This is very tiring, do you understand?"
Lin Yuzhen didn't reply, but just rolled her eyes at him.
Just at this moment, Shi Qingxue called. Yesterday, when Lu Yiming called Shi Qingxue, he said that he would go back tomorrow.
"Lu Yiming, what time is your flight tomorrow?"
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, we should arrive at Baiyun Airport at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon."
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, there will definitely be no accidents, you can't talk! Then I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon..."
Lin Yuzhen, who was sitting next to them and listened to the conversation between the two, felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
As happy as she was before about this trip to Paris, she now feels disappointed. She can't help but recall every detail of this trip and wants to keep this beautiful memory in her heart forever.
After finishing the call, Lu Yiming stood up and said, "I'm going to pack my things. Take care of your foot injury. Don't do difficult movements until it's completely healed, or find someone to replace you, so as not to cause a root of injury."
Lin Yuzhen snorted, curled her lips, and said, "I know, I know, how come you are more nagging than my mother."
She said that she disliked him, but when she saw him off at the airport the next day, when Lu Yiming turned to leave, she stared at his back for a long time and refused to look away.
After a long flight, Lu Yiming finally set foot on the land of Baiyun City again. When he walked out of the airport, Shi Qingxue ran towards Lu Yiming like a fluttering butterfly and immediately got into his arms.
The person he had been thinking about day and night appeared in front of him, and Lu Yiming walked forward and hugged her.
The two of them stayed together for a long time before they separated. Shi Qingxue said excitedly, "Let me tell you, you have become famous again recently."
