Volume 3 Comprehensive Film and Television Chapter 150 Gu Jia wants to borrow money from Yuan Xudong
After arriving at the destination, Yuan Xudong took the flower basket from Sun Jianhong and walked into Gu Jia's dessert house. The dessert house was not large, with simple and warm decoration. He looked around and did not see Wang Manni and Zhong Xiaoqin. Only Gu Jia was busy preparing various imported mineral waters and her best fruit cakes.
Putting down the flower basket, Yuan Xudong walked over to Gu Jia and said with a smile:
"Gu Jia, where are Nini and Xiaoqin?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's voice, Gu Jia looked up at him and smiled:
"Manni and Xiaoqin don't want to come. They think the water tasting will be too boring, and they don't want to meet the ladies in the ladies' circle!"
After taking a look at the dozen or so imported mineral waters in different cups, Yuan Xudong smiled at the busy Gu Jia and said:
"You wives' circle is so boring. You even have to drink imported water. Aren't you tired?"
“I’m so tired!”
After fiddling with the mineral water, Gu Jia continued to prepare the fruit cake and said:
"Mrs. Wang is hosting today. I helped her come up with the theme for the water tasting party. I want her to teach those wives a lesson. Mrs. Wang, although she is not well educated, is quite nice to me. It was she who helped Zi Yan get into the top kindergarten. She also helped Zi Yan arrange a summer camp jointly organized by the kindergarten and overseas. She wants to stand out among the wives, so I must help her. This is called reciprocity!"
Hearing Gu Jia's words about reciprocity, Yuan Xudong said half-jokingly and half-seriously:
"Gu Jia, you said that Mrs. Wang treated you very well, and you should reciprocate. What about me? Am I not good to you?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's ambiguous words, Gu Jia paused slightly in fiddling with the cake, then returned to normal, with a concealed smile on her face, and said:
"Mr. Yuan, you've been very kind to me, but my abilities are limited, so I really can't help you at all!"
Nodding slightly, Yuan Xudong looked at Gu Jia who was avoiding his gaze and said directly:
"Gu Jia, tell me, what do you want me to do here? Nini and Xiaoqin don't want to participate in such a boring water tasting party. If you hadn't asked them, they would definitely not let me come!"
Hearing Yuan Xudong directly point out her little thoughts, Gu Jia said with a little embarrassment:
"Mr. Yuan, can I borrow three million from you?"
"Borrow three million?"
I didn't expect Gu Jia to borrow money from me. Yuan Xudong looked at her in surprise and said:
"Does your Xu Huanshan have no money? Even if he doesn't, Nini and Xiaoqin have a lot of private money. Didn't you tell them that you wanted to borrow money?"
Shaking her head slightly, Gu Jia looked at Yuan Xudong and explained:
"Our fireworks company needs to add more production lines, and we have to reinvest all the money we earn. Besides, I don't want to ask Xu Huanshan for money. As for Manni and Xiaoqin, you gave them all the money. If I want to borrow money from them, I should still inform you!"
Nodding slightly, Yuan Xudong looked at Gu Jia and said with a smile:
"It's rare that you ask me to borrow money in person. Tell me, what do you want to borrow three million for? Although the amount is not much, I can't just lend it to you without knowing the reason. Don't you think so?"
"Yes, I will definitely explain it to you clearly!"
Seeing that Yuan Xudong was willing to lend her money, Gu Jia was delighted. While recalling the wives' circle gathering yesterday afternoon, she explained to Yuan Xudong why she wanted to borrow three million.
Yesterday afternoon, she attended the afternoon tea event of the wives' circle as usual. Mrs. Li, whose family assets exceed 10 billion, drank black tea and said casually:
"As soon as I drank this tea, I remembered that my family has a tea factory in Xiangxi, but I want to !"
"Yeah?"
Mrs. Zhou glanced at Mrs. Li and said with a smile:
"I haven't heard you say that before?"
Mrs. Li took a sip of black tea and explained intentionally or unintentionally:
"It's not a big business. We just do it here and there. We have a tea garden, a production line, and an organic label. But the output is a little small. Does anyone want to take over?"
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou couldn't wait to say:
"I have a friend who wants to start a tea business. Please keep it for me. I will ask him later. If the price is right, he will definitely be willing to take over your tea garden. By the way, does your tea garden have a name?"
"Of course there's a name!"
After rolling her eyes at Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Li held her cup of tea and said modestly:
"Although it's not a big business, we have everything a company should have, including our own official website. You can search for Xiangxi Li's Tea Garden on the Internet. There is detailed information about our tea garden. Ask your friend to check the official website first to see if it's suitable, so as not to waste each other's time!"
Hearing the conversation between Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou, Gu Jia immediately used her mobile phone to search for Li's Tea Garden in Xiangxi. After the party was over, she found Mrs. Li alone and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Li, I have learned about your tea factory. If you really want to consider transferring it, can you transfer it to me?"
Glancing at Gu Jia, Mrs. Li smiled and said:
"It doesn't matter who it's transferred to. The transfer fee is three million. Can you afford it?"
Shaking her head slightly, Gu Jia looked at Mrs. Li and discussed:
"I may not be able to come up with so much money at once. How about this? I will pay you back in three years, giving you 20% of the company's profit each year as interest. What do you think?"
Shaking her head slightly, Mrs. Li looked at Gu Jia and refused:
"I still think it's troublesome. I want to take the money back. If you don't have money, I will leave it to Mrs. Zhou's friends. Of course, you are also a member of our wives' circle, so it's better to keep the money within the family. I will give you two days to raise the money. Can you raise it?"
"Okay, then thank you, Mrs. Li. I will definitely be able to raise the money!"
“I hope so!”
After listening to Gu Jia's explanation of the whole story, Yuan Xudong's lips curled up into a smile. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou were obviously setting a trap for Gu Jia. Maybe Mrs. Wang left Gu Jia with the idea that rich people follow the rules of the game of equal exchange, or she felt that Mrs. Li, whose family assets exceeded 10 billion, would not deceive her. In short, Gu Jia did not realize that there was anything wrong, and Yuan Xudong would not be so kind as to remind her. How could he get Gu Jia into his pocket unless he was left with no other options?
Thinking of this, he looked at Gu Jia and teased:
"Gu Jia, tell Mrs. Li that you can definitely raise 3 million in transfer fees. If I am unwilling to lend you the money, and do not allow Nini and Xiaoqin to lend you the money, what can you do?"
After that, seeing Gu Jia's slightly stunned expression, Yuan Xudong walked up to her and whispered jokingly in her ear:
"Gu Jia, am I too good to you, and I always agree to your requests, so you take it for granted and never thought that I would reject you?"
Startled by Yuan Xudong's sudden intimacy, Gu Jia quickly took two steps back and said in a panic:
"Mr. Yuan, if you don't want to, forget it. I'll think of other ways!"
"What can you think of? In such a short time, what else can you do besides asking Xu Huanshan for money?"
After a slight pause, Yuan Xudong looked at Gu Jia curiously:
"Gu Jia, why don't you want to ask Xu Huanshan for money?"
"Nothing, even if I asked for it, he doesn't have three million to give me. I'm sorry to bother you today. Mrs. Wang is coming soon. If you have something to do, please leave first!"
Seeing that Gu Jia wanted to leave early, Yuan Xudong smiled and joked:
"Why, are you going to close the door and send you away if you don't want to lend you money?"
Gu Jia rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong and couldn't help but said angrily:
"Mr. Yuan, you know that's not what I mean. If you want to stay, then stay. Those ladies are very bored. I'm just worried that you'll feel uncomfortable!"
"Are you concerned about me?"
Without waiting for Gu Jia to respond, Yuan Xudong glanced at the strawberry cake on the table and said with a smile:
"I want to eat strawberries. How about if you feed me a strawberry, I will lend you one million?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong teasing her, Gu Jia said with an embarrassed look:
"Mr. Yuan, do you think it's fun to humiliate me like this?"
"Humiliate you?"
Yuan Xudong looked at Gu Jia and said with a smile:
"Gu Jia, if you can't stand this little bit of grievance, how can you run a business in the future? I didn't ask you to do anything, I just fed you a few strawberries, how is that humiliating you?"
Seeing Yuan Xudong looking at the strawberry cake on the table, Gu Jia blushed and said:
"You really just ate a few strawberries?"
"What else?"
"All right!"
After hesitating for a while, Gu Jia directly scooped a strawberry with a spoon and handed it to Yuan Xudong's mouth and said:
“Eat it!”
After taking a look at the strawberries covered in cream, Yuan Xudong shook his head slightly and refused:
"Feed me with your hands, and I'll lend you one million for each strawberry, no interest required, otherwise, no deal!"
Without waiting for Gu Jia to refuse or agree, Yuan Xudong started to provoke her:
"Gu Jia, you shouldn't be that squeamish, right? If I borrow one million for a strawberry, even a fool would be willing to feed it to me!"
"You're the fool. One strawberry is worth a million, right?"
Putting down the spoon, Gu Jia picked up a strawberry and put it close to Yuan Xudong's mouth and said:
"One million!"
After Yuan Xudong finished eating properly, Gu Jia felt a little relieved. She picked up the second strawberry and put it to Yuan Xudong's mouth and said:
"Two million!"
After Yuan Xudong finished eating properly again, Gu Jia felt completely relaxed. She picked up the third strawberry and put it close to Yuan Xudong's mouth and said with a smile:
"Three million!"
Seeing Gu Jia's relaxed face, Yuan Xudong smiled. He didn't eat the strawberry directly. He licked the cream off Gu Jia's fingers holding the strawberry. Seeing Gu Jia standing there with a flushed face, Yuan Xudong deliberately ate the last strawberry slowly. Before he finished, a female voice laughed at the door:
"Gu Jia, Mr. Yuan, am I here at the wrong time?"
Hearing Mrs. Wang's teasing, Gu Jia quickly retracted her right hand, holding half a strawberry and explained:
"Mrs. Wang, please don't misunderstand me. I just want Mr. Yuan to try the strawberry cake I made."
Yuan Xudong turned slightly, looked at Mrs. Wang who was walking into the dessert shop and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Wang, the strawberry cake made by Gu Jia is delicious. Would you like to try it?"
"No, I don't like strawberries!"
Walking up to Gu Jia, Mrs. Wang touched her shoulder and whispered teasingly:
"Gu Jia, you can do it. Mr. Yuan is young and strong, so he must be good at playing golf. Have you tried it?"
"Mrs. Wang, what are you talking about?"
Throwing the remaining half of the strawberry into the trash can, Gu Jia pointed to the dozen or so imported mineral waters on the table and changed the subject:
"Mrs. Wang, these are all imported mineral waters from different countries. Have you memorized the information I gave you?"
"Keep your voice down!"
After looking at Yuan Xudong, Mrs. Wang leaned over to Gu Jia's ear and smiled:
"Don't worry, since you are helping me like this, I will definitely keep it a secret for you, Mrs. Yuan!"
Hearing Mrs. Wang say this, Gu Jia quickly explained:
"Mrs. Wang, please don't misunderstand me. There is really nothing between me and Mr. Yuan!"
Mrs. Wang blinked her eyes and smiled:
"I know you guys are fine!"
Knowing that the explanation would not work, Gu Jia walked aside with the mentality of being innocent and began to arrange the water tasting party. As time passed, other wives arrived one after another. After everyone arrived, everyone ranked according to seniority based on family wealth. Yuan Xudong sat in the main seat as the referee, and Gu Jia followed suit and sat on his left. Mrs. Wang, the host, sat on his right and talked freely:
"These waters are all the top-quality imported waters that I have collected from all over the world. They have different TDS and pH levels. How do you like the taste?"
Seeing Mrs. Wang being arrogant, Mrs. Yu on the side said flatteringly:
"Mrs. Wang, I know pH, but what is TDS?"
Hearing Mrs. Yu's question, Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to say:
"TDS stands for dissolved solids in water. These are the best imported waters and are good for your health. You can all try them and give us your opinions!"
After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, Yuan Xudong was the first to pick up the water cup and take a sip, then commented:
"It's a little sweet. Maybe it's because I just ate strawberries, which affects the taste. You all can try it. I won't comment on it!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong being so cunning, Mrs. Yu was the second to pick up the water cup and take a sip, then commented:
"It's a bit bitter. Maybe it's because I just drank coffee, which affects the taste!"
Then Mrs. Li, Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Wu commented in turn:
"It's a bit sour. Maybe it's because I just ate oranges, which affects the taste!"
"It's a bit spicy. Maybe it's because I just had hotpot, which affects the taste!"
"It's a bit salty. Maybe it's because I just ate pickled meat, which affects the taste!"
There were all kinds of flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty. Mrs. Wang glanced at the country bumpkins around her, then picked up the water cup and took two sips, boasting:
"When water flows through different rocks and soils, it tastes different. High-TDS water is saltier, thicker, and rougher. In theory, overly acidic water will appear refreshing, but tooth enamel will degrade after a pH of 5.5, so overly acidic water will appear rough. Low-TDS water..."
Yuan Xudong drank the colorless and tasteless mineral water while watching Mrs. Wang reciting the popular science materials verbatim. He glanced at the wives who seemed to be listening attentively but were actually drowsy, then looked at Gu Jia beside him and whispered in her ear teasingly:
"Gu Jia, you still owe me half a strawberry!"
