My minimum living allowance is credited to my account every day with 1000 million yuan

Chapter 449 Xiangjun's Spending Power

Luffy and Ma Jian were sitting in the office, accompanied by General Manager Yang of Jiexun Sports Hanjiang Region and Deputy General Manager Huang Ju.

Huang Ju looked at Ma Jian with a resentful expression. After taking her out for a few nights in the first few days after they met, this guy never brought up the topic of going to a hotel again. Even when she hinted at it a few times, he pretended not to know.

Men are indeed unreliable; once the novelty wears off, they become familiar strangers.

But she didn't dare to show it. You know, she was able to get her current position at Jiexun Sports entirely because of Ma Jian. Lu Fei always called him "boss," which allowed Huang Ju to thrive at Jiexun Sports. Although she was the vice president, President Yang almost always did what she wanted, and she would even grant Lu Fei's every request.

This life is so much better than before, and she knows why, so she complains about Ma Jian, saying she wouldn't dare to do it even if she had a hundred lives.

After the group finished discussing their work at Hanjiang, Luffy gestured for General Manager Yang and Huang Ju to leave first.

After the two left, Ma Jian stood up and pointed to the corner of the office, "Damn, Lao Lu, you freak, you really made Wei Ming a golden statue."

Luffy laughed heartily, "I make sure to pay my respects to him every morning. My good fortune in this life is all thanks to him."

Ma Jian knew the whole story and wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "You're absolutely right. If it weren't for Wei Ming, you old man would probably be bankrupt by the end of this year at the latest."

Luffy stood up. "Boss, I'll take you somewhere."

"So mysterious, what kind of wonderful place is it?"

Despite her curiosity, she couldn't resist following Luffy out of the office.

Luffy led the way to the staff restroom. Ma Jian, smelling the odor, pinched his nose and asked, "What are you doing? Why did you bring me here?"

"Come, come, look."

Despite his discomfort from the strange smell inside, Ma Jianqiang went in and, following the direction Luffy was pointing, exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

Surprisingly, there were clay statues of Wei Ming placed in several urinals.

"Aren't you afraid your employees will film you, make it into a short video, and put it online? That's so perverted."

Luffy didn't care at all. As he walked back, he said, "So what? It's helped my company become famous."

Ma Jian shook his head. "It's a good thing your company isn't under the Junxiao Group, otherwise it would damage the Junxiao Group's reputation. You're too wicked. If Wei Ming knew, he'd probably be furious."

“Why would I care about him? I’m now on par with their chairman. Wei Ming is just an ant. I still have to play him.”

Ma Jian said, "You're right. He thinks he's safe now that he's hiding in Shanghai. Let's go after him."

Luffy laughed heartily: "That's exactly what I was thinking. Shanghai is now under General Manager Zhao's jurisdiction. I heard that the branch office in Shanghai has been established, and there are already several properties under discussion. We can go expand the new store and visit Wei Ming while we're at it."
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Xu Jia led the Yinuo Group on this trip, ostensibly to reward the company's top sales performers. The top ten sales employees were selected, including Zhao Xiangjun, for a multi-day trip to Dubai.

These employees had never even left Hanjiang Province before, let alone traveled abroad.

This trip was like a debut at the peak.

It wasn't until they boarded the plane that they learned there were first class, business class, and economy class, and they didn't even consider whether Mr. Xu's decision to fly first class exceeded the permitted limit.

What they didn't know was that, let alone Xu Jia, even Zhang Shijie used to travel in business class for business trips, and occasionally in first class. Vice presidents could only travel in business class unless they were accompanying VIPs, in which case they were allowed to upgrade.

Xu Jia, a regional general manager, should only be able to fly economy class according to company standards, but she was upgraded because she was accompanying Zhao Xiangjun.

Upon arriving in Dubai, as they boarded the Rolls-Royce Phantom convoy that had come to pick them up from the hotel, the group of young girls were still discussing: "So the rumors are true! You can just wander around Dubai and find Ferraris that people don't want anymore. You guys are using Rolls-Royce Phantoms as taxis."

They had nowhere to ask, and naturally no one would explain it to them.

To prevent them from finding it too unbelievable and overthinking things, the Junxiao Pan-Ship Hotel specially arranged for them to stay in the lowest-tier suite. Even so, it is still a 7-star hotel.

Their phones are filled with photos they've taken at various locations, completely filling up the phone's memory.

During their stay in Dubai, they visited the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. The 124th-floor observation deck offers panoramic views of the city, and they climbed the tower at dusk to admire the changing scenery between day and night.

We also visited the world's largest artificial island group, Palm Jumeirah, and let loose and enjoy our youth at the water park.

We visited the Dubai Museum to learn about Dubai's transformation from a fishing village to a modern metropolis.

A visit to the Dubai Aquarium is also a must, as it houses 3.3 marine creatures and features an immersive underwater tunnel.

These past few days, my colleagues have been genuinely happy. If it weren't for this publicly funded trip, with their income, they would never have had the chance to enjoy such a journey in their lifetime.

After leaving the aquarium, they arrived at the Dubai Mall, the last stop of their trip. They hadn't had enough fun yet, but Xu Jia had already sensed that Zhao Xiangjun had been acting strangely these past few days.

She had almost no interest in sightseeing. Xu Jia, her best friend who knew her best, quietly asked her, "Xiangjun, do you miss Chen Xiao?"

Zhao Xiangjun nodded emphatically without any attempt to hide her feelings: "If I wasn't worried that they wouldn't have enough fun, I would have wanted to go back the next day."

Xu Jia rolled her eyes. "You two have been together for so long, why are you still so clingy? You practically want to stick each other together with super glue every day."

Despite her words, she had already made arrangements: today she would take her friends to experience the world's largest shopping mall, and then they would head back.

We're all in the retail business, so since we're here, let's experience the business atmosphere.

The Dubai Mall is the pinnacle of global commerce, hailed as a "dream palace of luxury shopping."

With a total area of ​​120 million square meters (equivalent to 170 standard football fields), it boasts over 1200 international brand stores.
The group of friends did the math on their fingers and were astonished to find that it was equivalent to 10 times the size of Jiangzhou Junxiao Square.

Xu Jia and her colleagues were somewhat timid when they entered. One of the top saleswomen, who was a little bolder, whispered, "President Xu, this really isn't a place for us. I feel like any piece of clothing these people are wearing costs me a year's salary."

Xu Jia laughed and said, "You're really overestimating yourself. Your salary probably isn't enough."

"How much revenue do you think this shopping mall has in a year?"

After thinking for a moment, one of the sales assistants said, "The annual revenue of Junxiao Plaza Store 1 should be 25 billion yuan. This store is 10 times the size of Junxiao Plaza. Plus, the brands here are all international luxury brands, so the annual sales are probably over 40 billion yuan, right?"

400 billion? Just for a shopping mall? Everyone else fell silent.

Xu Jia shook her head. "You underestimate this place. The average annual sales of a single store here is $680 million, and the entire shopping mall's annual revenue is over $85 billion."

When the news broke that "the Dubai Mall has annual sales of $85 billion," the air seemed to freeze for a second, before erupting in waves of astonishment.

"85 billion US dollars?! My goodness, that's equivalent to half of our prefecture-level city's GDP!"

"With such good business... is the year-end bonus of the cleaning lady here more expensive than a house in my hometown?"

Xu Jia smiled as she listened to their incoherent conversation and quietly asked Zhao Xiangjun, "Do you want to bring Chen Xiao back some gifts?"

Zhao Xiangjun stood quietly to one side, her 178cm height making her stand out like a lone crane in the snow. Her black high-waisted jeans accentuated her stunning waist and hip lines, while her white "Starry Night" shirt was lifted by the wind, revealing glimpses of her abs.

Her black hair cascaded down to her waist, and her beauty possessed a sharp, aggressive quality.

Men of all skin colors around them would be instantly captivated if they glanced in their direction. Several men who tried to strike up a conversation were stopped by the bodyguards disguised as passersby.

He nodded. He rarely goes shopping. Jiangzhou is a small place, and even if some big brands have stores, they don't have many limited edition items. But the Dubai Mall has all the top-of-the-line products from all brands.

Since she rarely gets to go out, she definitely wants to bring him a gift.

They happened to be on the G floor fashion avenue, not far from the Patek Philippe/Jacob boutique.

She recalled the first gift she gave Chen Xiao, which was an Omega Seamaster watch, which cost her half of her savings.

I remember Chen Xiao jokingly saying that even if I drew one for him, it would be the best gift for him. So now he's worth trillions, but he's still wearing that same Omega Seamaster watch.

She suddenly thought mischievously that if she never upgraded his watch, would he have to wear the Omega Seamaster for the rest of his life?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but chuckle. Several men ahead of her were walking and looking in her direction. Her laughter stunned the foreign friends, and in their absent-mindedness, they bumped into the pillar in front of them.

"Ouch~"

The companions around rushed over to see what was going on and complained about why he wasn't watching where he was going. What was even stranger was that several men were experiencing the same thing at the same time. Could there be some kind of evil spirit here?

The man who bumped into the pillar was naturally too embarrassed to admit that he was distracted by the beautiful woman; he could only explain that he was thinking about something and hadn't noticed.

Zhao Xiangjun led Xu Jia into the Patek Philippe store. Xu Jia secretly stuck out her tongue. She had originally planned to bring Zhang Jie a gift, but this was Patek Philippe. Was this a place where she could afford to spend money?

The top salespeople from the Ino Group were trembling when they entered. "My God, this is a Patek Philippe! What are we doing here? I feel guilty just looking at it. We're not worthy!"

"Yes, is my annual salary enough for even one maintenance service?"

"President Xu brought us in to broaden our horizons, what's there to be nervous about?"

"I'm not nervous, I'm afraid I'll get greedy and won't be able to resist, and I'll just grab it directly."

Once inside the Patek Philippe store, they split up to browse. Xu Jia and Sister Yan accompanied Zhao Xiangjun, while the other sales assistants dispersed in twos and threes.

"Hey, look, those watches are so beautiful," several top sales performers were pointing at one and discussing it.

"Which one would you like to see?" The sales director, dressed in a three-piece suit, glanced at their attire, the curve of his lips as precise as the moon phase display window on a watch face.

"Can I touch this?" Sales assistant Xiao Li asked nervously. The sales director's eyelashes trembled in sync with the second hand: "Of course you can, but you need to wear gloves first." The moment Xiao Chen took the silk white gloves, she heard a customer in a white robe behind her inquiring in Arabic about the 600 million dirhams of nautilus stock.

She was immediately terrified and exclaimed, "I'm not watching anymore! I'm not watching anymore!"

The others also gasped in shock. 600 million dirhams, more than 1000 million Chinese yuan! Just looking at that felt like it would shorten their lifespan.

The group hurriedly fled, saying with lingering fear as they went, "Luckily we didn't look. If we had accidentally bumped or hurt ourselves, we wouldn't be able to pay it back even if we worked here our whole lives."

"Hey, look, Mr. Xu and Zhao Xiangjun went to that counter too. They were probably attracted by that Nautilus."

"I learned something today, Nautilus, what a beautiful name."

"Oh, what a pity. The prices are really tempting. Dubai is a money pit. Even the richest people have to keep their eyes open here and carefully look at the zeros on the price tags."

Zhao Xiangjun and Xu Jia both took a liking to the exhibits at this counter. Xu Jia shrank her shoulders and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but then she realized that the person next to her was a super rich woman, and she immediately felt more confident.

The cool air conditioning in the store carried the scent of sandalwood. Her gaze fell directly on the central display case—where a wristwatch lay bathed in spotlight, the light refracted by the diamonds dancing on the wall like a miniature galaxy projection.

"Let me see this one." Her voice was soft, yet it made the sales director pause for a moment. He looked up, meeting her deep, unfathomable eyes, and immediately turned to enter the safe's combination. The moment the metal door slid open, the dazzling brilliance of the diamonds on the watch box's velvet lining made him squint.

The sales director put on white gloves and carefully lifted the fully diamond-encrusted Nautilus. The 182 baguette-cut diamonds on the 18K white gold bracelet were arranged like icicles, and the 255 small diamonds on the dial laid out star trails on a deep blue background.

Zhao Xiangjun took it, put it on her wrist, and asked Xu Jia, "Does it look good on him?"

Xu Jia rolled her eyes. "Of course it looks good, but compared to that, he might think your wrist looks better."

Ignoring her teasing, he twirled his wrist, the hum of the movement's gears emanating from the sapphire crystal case back. The sales director's Adam's apple bobbed: "This is the 19th piece in the world, and the platinum version is even better than the gold version..."

"How much error is there?" she suddenly interrupted.

"The daily deviation is ±2 seconds, but a collector like you should know that—"

A collector? Xu Jia looked at Zhao Xiangjun. How could she be a collector? She just had the means to be one.

"Wrap it up." She took off her watch and pushed it over.

I didn't even ask the price; that's how casual I am.

When the POS machine dispensed a receipt for 4150 million yuan, Xu Jia was stunned. How much was that? She took the receipt and counted it several times. It was easy to miscount with so many zeros. When she finally confirmed that the unit was "tens of millions", she exclaimed, "I always thought I was living a life of luxury, but compared to you, I feel like I don't even deserve to be called human."

Zhao Xiangjun casually stuffed the watch into her bag, like tossing in a car key.

Several sales associates from the Yinuo Group were so astonished when they saw Zhao Xiangjun swiping her card to pay that they couldn't close their mouths.

"My goodness, Xiangjun is really something else! She actually made a purchase."

"The watches at that counter just now, I doubt any of them were worth less than 100 million. Xiangjun is that wealthy."

"Hehe, didn't you guys notice? Mr. Xu has been so protective of her all the way here. He doesn't even treat royal princesses like this. Besides, with her looks, she's obviously not from an ordinary family. Let alone buying a watch, I would think it's reasonable for her to buy this shopping mall."

"You're really flattering me. This is a project with annual sales of 85 billion US dollars, the world's No. 1 shopping plaza. You really dare to say that."

Just then, a few foreigners walked by and said in English, "That super beautiful Chinese woman just now bought a Nautilus shell worth 4150."

Several sales assistants were simultaneously petrified.
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Before the morning mist had dissipated, He Qing's Glory 009 convoy rolled along the muddy country road and stopped in front of a gray-white school building. The red paint on the faded iron sign for "Yucheng Chenxi Primary School" at the school gate was peeling away into tiny fragments. She stepped off the convoy, her high heels sinking into the soft, rain-soaked mud, startling a few sparrows pecking at the ground.

The mountain road here is winding and the rural roads are difficult to navigate. The chassis of the Rolls-Royce Phantom cannot get through, so only the Glorious 009 was brought down. The Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked in Chongqing.

Under the crooked basketball hoop by the playground, three children were playing bowling with mineral water bottles. He Qing's fingertips brushed across the classroom windowsill—a clump of dandelions sprouted from the crack, and faded paper cutouts with the crooked words "Welcome" were pasted on the glass.

Suddenly, a child's voice burst out from behind: "Auntie, are you from the TV station?" A little girl in a faded school uniform held up half a piece of chalk, her eyes bright and clear.

The former principal explained that this was a child who had received a hematopoietic stem cell donation.

He Qing squatted down, took out a wet wipe, and wiped the chalk dust off her cheek. "Tell Auntie, why did you contact the TV station?"

The little girl whispered, "The principal said that the TV station can let more people know about our difficulties, and then kind people will lend a helping hand."

She gently patted her little head and said, "Auntie isn't from the TV station, but Auntie can guarantee that kind people will lend a helping hand."

The little girl clutched the hem of her faded school uniform, tears still clinging to her eyelashes. The rusty flagpole by the playground creaked in the wind, as if repeating her words: "The principal said the TV station is coming, so we'll have new desks and chairs." She suddenly looked up, her pupils reflecting the glittering diamonds on He Qing's watch, then quickly looked down again.

He Qing turned around, and Wang Ping immediately understood. She arranged for the security team to unload the stationery and snacks they had brought from the car, which were gifts for the children during this hasty trip.

As she walked further in, she suddenly heard piano notes drifting through the air. She followed the sound and said, "Mr. He, the piano in our music class was donated by a Hong Kong businessman 30 years ago." He pointed to the piano that the little girl was playing, the keys of which resembled the broken teeth of an old man.

“The foundation is prepared to invest 500 million yuan.” He Qing suddenly spoke up, startling the principal so much that his hand trembled. “It’s not renovation, it’s reconstruction—including smart classrooms, barrier-free facilities, and teachers’ apartments.”

The old principal's Adam's apple bobbed twice: "But we only have 87 students..."

“That’s why—” He Qing took the tablet from Wang Ping and zoomed in on the details of the design drawings. The glass curtain wall of the restaurant reflected the thin figures running on the playground. “What we are building is not a charity showroom, but an educational ecosystem that can incubate the future.”

Once the high-end Hope Primary School is built, there will be more students. Currently, most students are unable to leave their hometowns, and even those from relatively well-off families have already sent their children away.

As the principal's eyes reddened, He Qing walked towards the playground. The little girl who had once asked her if she was from the TV station was drawing piano keys on the cement ground with chalk. She squatted down, her skirt stained with mud: "The new school will have a real grand piano, but we need your help."

“Teach the other children to sing the song you just sang.” He Qing pointed to the music classroom on the blueprint. “On the first day of school, I want to hear you all play ‘Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon’ together.”

On the way back, He Qing said to Wang Ping, "Go back and hurry up with the procedures. It requires the cooperation of various departments. If there are any problems, tell me immediately."

Yucheng Junxiao Plaza
He Jie and Gu Zhang stood at the entrance of their grilled fish restaurant.

Has your cousin's return date been confirmed?

Gu Zhang watched as another wave of customers entered the crab hotpot shop next door and clicked his tongue a few times. "This is really enviable. My cousin's shop is going to make a killing. I did a rough calculation, and after so many days of operation, it's now in a stable period. On weekdays, it can achieve a daily turnover of 3 yuan, and on weekends it can break 5 yuan. It's insane."

The key issue is that her business terms are so low, yet this store's monthly net profit is almost 50 yuan. My goodness, that's more than we earn in a year!

He Jie also looked envious, saying, "The seafood buffet next door is pretty impressive too. They sell no less than 20 yuan every day, and I heard it can reach 50 yuan on weekends. This isn't doing business, it's printing money!"

hum~
The phone rang, and He Jie quickly picked it up. The next second, she excitedly exclaimed, "My cousin is here! She said she'll be in Chongqing in an hour!"

"Let's hurry to the hotel first. Should we go pick up Uncle?" Gu Zhang is different now than when he first met He Jie.

He was He Jie's pride back then, and wherever she went, she would say, "My Gu Zhang is so great."
Recently, Gu Zhang has been feeling like he's been married into the family. Even though his parents have never met He Qing, they keep telling him to maintain a good relationship with this cousin.

In fact, the Gu family has already benefited from this. The mall was originally going to raise the rent for their grilled fish restaurant's renewal this year, but because Gu Zhang had participated in the negotiations for the crab hot pot restaurant, the general manager knew about his relationship with He Qing. Therefore, they offered a flat business policy for the renewal this year.

Over the course of a year, at least 5 yuan was saved.

He Jie chuckled, "Uncle is obsessed with that Maybach S680 now. He wants to drive it even when he goes out to buy groceries. Why would he ask you to pick him up?"

[Jianghai Banquet]

Gu Zhang and He Jie stood at the hotel entrance waiting. After a while, a black Maybach S680 slowly drove up. It was obvious that it was He Jie's father's car, the only one of its kind in Chongqing.

Gu Zhang said to He Jie, "I don't know what kind of business my cousin does. She drives a Porsche 911 and even bought my uncle a Maybach. She's worth less than 100 million. I feel like she wouldn't dare to be so extravagant."

He Jie nodded. Indeed, she would ask her cousin when she came this time.

(End of this chapter)