Chapter 736 — The Clever Tang Zhi
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"Forget it, I am not short of that bit of money! I will spend it to buy myself something I like!" Bald Boss Wu ground his teeth and consoled himself.
"That is right! For the same money, we get a bigger one!" Mother Tang was delighted this time, and she asked Lai Pangzi, "So, can this apartment still come with a discount?"
"It can, of course it can!" Lai Pangzi thought for a moment and said, "How about this: that apartment just now sold for two hundred and fifty thousand more only because you were competing for it, Auntie. So for this apartment of yours, we will take two hundred and fifty thousand off! That makes it nine hundred and fifty thousand as well, and all the other benefits stay the same! What do you say? Manager Wang, will that work?"
Now that Boss Lai had spoken, how would Manager Wang dare say it would not? The whole estate belonged to Boss Lai; he himself was nothing but a hired hand. So he answered hurriedly, "It works, if Boss Lai says it works, then it certainly works!"
Privately, though, Manager Wang was astonished. Just what was the relationship between these people and Lai Changshan? To slash two hundred and fifty thousand off just like that, and still let them enjoy all the other purchase benefits afterward—a concession of this magnitude was simply unprecedented!
Bald Boss Wu had already been miserable enough. He had squandered two hundred and fifty thousand for nothing and bought himself a tiny apartment, when that money could have bought a big one! But to show off his wealth, he had swallowed it down.
And now this fellow called Boss Lai was actually using his own money to give Mother Tang a discount. Was that not fleecing him outright? He nearly rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot! What a botched attempt at putting on airs!
He felt like a perfect fool. Not only had he failed to sting Tang Zhi's family, he had stung himself for two hundred and fifty thousand! They had not only bought an apartment they liked, they had gotten it two hundred and fifty thousand cheaper!
Just as he was stewing in his misery, Xiaoli came back from the draw, carrying a rice cooker, a microwave, and an electric kettle, and said happily, "Hubby, look how many prizes I won! We have saved the money for home appliances!"
"What use are these bits of junk? You and your craving for petty bargains!" Bald Boss Wu had lost two hundred and fifty thousand for nothing and was in a foul mood already. Seeing Xiaoli so pleased over a few worthless prizes, he flew into a rage at once. "If it were the grand prize or the first prize, fine, but these scraps and you have to show them off? Get moving, will you, and stop making a spectacle of yourself here!"
Bald Boss Wu simply could not stay a moment longer. It was too stifling here. He felt he had taken a huge loss today—a bigger loss than he had ever taken in his life!
Xiaoli was instantly flustered by his scolding, and Bald Boss Wu dragged her out of the sales office.
Mother Tang pursed her lips and watched the two of them go with a mocking look, then could not resist saying, "What a piece of work. Bet that shut him up?"
Mother Tang had been quite depressed before, when she failed to buy the apartment. To have finally found one she liked and then have it snatched away—how could she have been comfortable with that? But now she was so happy she could have jumped for joy. Wei Zhao's standing was truly great. Casually, effortlessly, two hundred and fifty thousand had been knocked off. With a discount like this, she would be smiling in her dreams tonight!