“You know him, Sun Kai?”
Next to the salesboy, an employee of the store spoke up curiously.
“Yes, we’re from the same community and the same town.”
Sun Kai explained.
“He looks handsome, but doesn’t seem so successful,” another employee commented.
At this moment, Chu Chen was in a casual outfit and holding a black plastic bag.
Since he was carrying a large bag full of money and had been to more than 20 or 30 stores to collect rent, Chu Chen did look a bit messy.
“Yes, sigh, fortune’s wheel is always turning round and round.”
Sun Kai sneered.
“Years back, all the girls of the community kept cozying up to this guy, ever since he was little! He always had so many girls courting him, but I have been a single man for more than two decades! I was so jealous of him!”
Sun Kai said as he recalled the past.
“But god is fair! Now I am a bit successful, whereas he looked so poor.”
Sun Kai was quite talented in sales. After spending half a year at the store, he had achieved greatness in selling merchandise, and every day, he could get a commission fee of more than 700 apart from his base salary.
And the staff of the headquarters appreciated his ability, so after a short while, he was probably going to become the head of a subordinate store with a monthly salary of over 30,000!
And that was going to be 360,000 a year, a salary much higher than many white-collar workers.
Then, he was going to buy a Mercedes-Benz, marry a pretty lady, and reach the peak of his life.
“He looks just like a beggar with a black plastic bag in hand.”
Sun Kai shook his head as he sized up Chu Chen.
He had once looked up at Chu Chen from the ground, but now, he was going to crush him with his feet, so Chu Chen could look up at him instead.
“Just watch how I mock him!”
He said this to his friend and then approached Chu Chen.
“Long time no see, Chu Chen.”
Chu Chen turned and was a bit confused at the sight of Sun Kai.
“You are…”
Chu Chen’s memory blurred.
“Sun Kai. We lived in the same community.”
Sun Kai reminded him. He had not been a very conspicuous person back then, but now, he was someone very different.
“Oh, I just remembered. So sorry.”
Chu Chen spoke with an apologetic tone.
“What are you up to these days?”
Sun Kai asked in a friendly tone.
“Nothing, really. I am yet to graduate. Damn the university, I can’t possibly find a job after graduation.”
Chu Chen confessed.
Before he got the system, he was truly nobody; only his handsomeness was special. He had average scores and the university he got accepted to was quite ordinary too.
“Oh, is that so…”
Sun Kai’s expression seemed a bit proud.
“You can think about working for me at this store after graduation. I will soon become the head of the store and treat you well.”
“5000 a month as the base salary, quite a lot for a university graduate.”
Sun Kai spoke in a forgiving tone.
“Thanks.”
Chu Chen replied.
“Just work hard! I spent years working hard before coming to this stage. I have not even reached the goal of the day!”
Sun Kai’s tone was pretentiously humble.
“The goal of the day?”
“Yes, my goal of the day is to earn 3,000!”
That was the goal he made the day before yesterday.
Three thousand yuan one day would mean 90,000 yuan a month. That was a far-fetched goal for 99 % of the population, let alone a university graduate.
Hearing these words, Chu Chen suddenly looked motivated.
Look at him! He was working so hard for his goal of 3,000 yuan a day.
But look at himself… he was already a man with properties worth more than 100 million, yet he was lacking a daily goal!
What a depressed and indulgent man he was!
He must set a goal for himself.
One should never get depressed or indulgent in life!
Although he was worth more than 100 million yuan, it was still quite a small amount.
Seeing the look in Chu Chen’s eyes, Sun Kai automatically assumed that Chu Chen was appalled by his salary.
3,000 a day was way too much for him, wasn’t it?
Sun Kai showed a very proud smile and raised his chin at the friend not far away from him.
For one second, Sun Kai felt like he was over the moon—the world was holding him up in the sky.
“What are you thinking?”
Sun Kai asked casually.
“I have just thought of a daily goal.”
“Interesting, what’s the goal?”
He asked this as Sun Kai took up the cup next to him.
“I will earn one billion yuan more tomorrow!”
Chu Chen spoke in a serious tone.
He had just earned 300 million today after gaining the real estate rights to Wutong Street, so tomorrow, he was going to exceed this figure.
Since it was just a daily goal, he should not set it too high; one billion yuan sounded reasonable.
One billion was not a large amount.
“Oh!”
Before Sun Kai was able to swallow his water, he spilled it all over the place.
“Hemp, hemp.”
Sun Kai was indeed startled as he started to cough violently.
Not too faraway, Sun Kai’s colleague was totally dumbfounded too.
One billion yuan more tomorrow? A daily goal?
That was not a small goal, all right?
It was a huge goal!
Something that was never going to be achieved throughout one’s entire lifetime.
Sun Kai looked at Chu Chen disdainfully.
All right then, just brag as much as you want.
That was indeed boastful!
At first, Sun Kai had expected Chu Chen to tell him that he was going to earn 500 yuan a day or something like that. But the result was beyond his expectations!
“Chu Chen, you’re mean. I am having a serious talk with you, but you’re bragging…”
Sun Kai lectured him coldly.
Before Sun Kai was about to finish his words, the store owner walked out from the inner room.
The store owner was holding a stack of money, worth almost tens of thousands of yuan.
“Oh, I went to fetch the money when I saw you were here.”
“That is the rent for the next month, please keep it well.”
The store owner passed the money to Chu Chen as he spoke courteously.
Chu Chen opened the black plastic bag and asked the store owner to put the deck in.
“Hemp, hemp.”
Seeing what was inside the plastic bag, Sun Kai started to cough violently again.
That was money!
A bag full of money!
At least hundreds of thousands of yuan!
For a second, Sun Kai felt extremely annoyed.
How brave must he be to keep money in a plastic bag?
“I’m leaving now.”
Chu Chen turned around and patted Sun Kai’s shoulder.
“Thank you for inspiring me to set a goal for the day.”
Saying these words, Chu Chen walked out of the store with the bag full of money.
“You know Mr. Chu?”
Seeing Chu Chen leaving, the store owner asked curiously.
“Yes, we’re from the same town.”
“Your town-fellow is way too excellent. He has just bought all of Wutong Street. It’s full of expensive stores and the rent from each one could guarantee him millions of yuan a month!
“Why are we so different?”
The store owner questioned himself in an envios tone.
Crack!
Hearing these words, Sun Kai dropped the cup in his hand.
So all of Wutong Street was his?
Wutong Street was worth more than 100 million!
But the store owner just said that Chu Chen bought everything?
If Chu Chen was able to afford Wutong Street, then it meant that Chu Chen had more properties than this.
A goal of earning one billion more yuan tomorrow…
He suddenly thought of what Chu Chen said. He was completely dumbfounded.
So what Chu Chen said was realistic?
Damn, so he himself was trying to show off his wealth in front of a billionaire when he only earned 10,000 yuan a month.
Had he gone crazy?
Where did he get the confidence?
A breeze blew by.
Sun Kai was totally depressed and confused as he stood in the wind.
He just realized that his entire world had turned dark.