Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

You bastards looked down on the Jia family, now look how far you can climb up to us!

Chapter 182 Lou Xiao'e Seeks Advice from Liu Aiguo

"Aunt Lou!"

After Xiao Dang finished criticizing his neighbors, he turned his attention to Lou Xiao'e!

"Your restaurant may be high-end, but you don't know how to do business. If you're in the business, you should go out and promote it... If you don't promote it, where will your business come from? Don't you think so?"

"Besides, my silly uncle used to be a chef at a steel mill, and his ancestors were imperial chefs. The Huaiyang and Sichuan cuisine he makes is absolutely authentic!"

"Your cook is no good!"

Xiao Dang chattered on and on, making Lou Xiao'e's face turn dark.

"Jingle Bell……"

Just then, Liu Aiguo also rode his bicycle out.

It's still that same old bicycle.

He listened to Xiao Dang bragging in the Intermediate People's Court, chuckled, and stopped his car right next to Lou Xiao'e's Mercedes-Benz.

Lou Xiao'e opened the window and spoke to him.

Liu Aiguo asked Xiao Dang, "I didn't hear you clearly just now, how much money did you make yesterday?"

Liu Aiguo had a big smile on his face.

Xiao Dang miraculously straightened up, ready to work, and arrogantly declared, "Eighty!"

After saying that, he emphasized it again to Liu Aiguo: "One day!"

"Not bad!" Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "Not bad!"

"Tch!" Xiao Dang protested, "Uncle Aiguo, what do you mean by 'not bad'? We've made quite a bit... Brother Jiecheng's restaurant has been open for a year and he hasn't even earned eighty yuan!"

Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "Eighty a day, ten days is eight hundred, one hundred days is eight thousand!" 377

"If you calculate it that way, one thousand days would be eighty thousand!"

"Ten thousand days equals eight hundred thousand!"

“There are many!” Liu Aiguo smiled and pointed to the Mercedes-Benz with a tiger head logo that Lou Xiao’e was driving, and asked Xiao Dang, “Do you know how much your Aunt Lou’s Mercedes-Benz costs?”

Swish!

Not just Xiao Dang!

All eyes were on Lou Xiao'e's car.

A Mercedes-Benz?

car?

Everyone knows that cars are very valuable, a lot of money.

But nobody knows exactly how much this thing costs.

After Liu Aiguo said that, everyone turned their attention to him, looking eager to learn.

Xiao Dang was no exception; she asked somewhat hesitantly, "How much?"

Liu Aiguo smiled slightly: "One hundred and eighty!"

"Huh?" Xiao Dang said, "It's only twenty yuan more expensive than a bicycle, then let's go buy one later!"

Liu Aiguo then said, "Ten thousand!"

sizzle...

Everyone in the courtyard felt their skin stand on end.

One million eight hundred thousand.

What is this concept?

"Third Uncle..." someone asked Yan Bugui, "You're a math teacher, can you calculate for us how much one million eight hundred thousand is?"

Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "That's a lot of money. Just look at their restaurant, they make eighty a day, don't they?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Dang nodded.

Yan Bugui said, "In other words, if your family didn't eat or drink, and this shop earned sixty-one years' worth of profit, you could buy a car like this!"

sizzle...

A chill ran through the crowd once again.

Xiao Dang looked at Lou Xiao'e's car, then looked at himself.

In an instant, the pride and arrogance that had just surged within him crumbled into dust.

Do you think a family could afford a car like that if they didn't eat or drink for 61 years?

"Jingle Bell……"

Liu Aiguo chuckled and picked up his bicycle, then rode it out the door.

"Buzzing..."

The Mercedes-Benz S500, equipped with a 5.0 V8 engine, roared as it slowly drove out of the courtyard under Lou Xiao'e's feet.

Xiao Dang and Huaihua Petrochemical.

……

The Mercedes-Benz with its tiger head slowly drove out of the compound and quickly caught up with Liu Aiguo's bicycle.

"Aiguo... thank you just now!" Lou Xiao'e looked at Liu Aiguo with gratitude.

Liu Aiguo said, "It's alright, what I said is just the truth."

"Let me take you to work!" Lou Xiao'e said, looking at Liu Aiguo's bicycle.

Liu Aiguo said, "No need!"

Lou Xiao'e said, "Honestly, can't you just get a car to drive? It's not like you can't afford one."

Liu Aiguo chuckled and rode away on his bicycle.

car?

Of course, no problem. They have several luxury cars.

He likes it too.

However, as someone who is already forty years old, one must be mindful of the occasion in everything.

Everyone in Beijing's upper echelons knows that he is the leader's man, and the leader's junior.

I'll get myself a Mercedes and drive it.

Isn't this just causing trouble for our elders?

It's better not to do things that tarnish the reputation of your own people.

Besides, his need for a car is very limited.

The distance from the TV factory to the courtyard house was not far at all.

It only takes about ten minutes by bicycle.

Liu Aiguo rode his bicycle to the factory, but unexpectedly, Lou Xiao'e followed him there in a Mercedes-Benz.

"what?"

Liu Aiguo asked, "You want to buy a television?"

"No!" Lou Xiao'e got out of the car, tossed her neat short hair, and said, "Can't I come to your factory to take a look if I don't want to buy a TV?"

"Hehe..." Liu Aiguo said, "Let's get down to business. I don't feel at ease with you talking like this!"

Lou Xiao'e said, "I want to do business with you!"

"Row!"

Liu Aiguo took Lou Xiao'e to his office and then had his secretary pour her water and tea.

"Tell me, what kind of business do you want with me, a restaurant owner like you?"

Lou Xiao'e said, "Your two factories have tens of thousands of employees. If they could come to my place for a meal, that would be great!"

"Stop it!" Liu Aiguo said, "I have my own cafeteria, and it's free. The key is that the food is pretty good. Your idea is simply impossible!"

"What about accommodation?"

“Everyone has a home, why would they pay to stay at your place? Is that a problem?” Liu Aiguo rolled his eyes at Lou Xiao’e.

Lou Xiao'e's face immediately fell: "Brother Aiguo... I'm in trouble now. I've invested so much money, but my restaurant has absolutely no customers!"

"I'm feeling anxious every day, and I don't know what to do!"

"How about I do an advertisement?"

Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "Your thing is marketed as high-end, so it's acceptable in Hong Kong."

"But this is Beijing, how many high-end customers can we possibly have here?"