manynovel Chapter 5: First Signs of Success, Wild Grass Grows Wild
Chapter 5: First Signs of Success, Wild Grass Grows Wild
Life is full of unexpected events, but awkward situations are everywhere.
Just as Ye Chen strode confidently into the store, the unscrupulous Zhong Liang grabbed him and casually draped a bright red welcome sash over his shoulder.
Zhong Liang circled Ye Chen, increasingly satisfied with his masterpiece. He then adjusted Ye Chen's sash and nodded, saying, "The look is perfect! Go on, go hand out flyers and greet customers outside."
Ye Chen remained silent, took a stack of flyers from the front desk, and turned to leave.
Before Ye Chen left the store, Zhong Liang's mutterings made him stumble and almost fall. Zhong Liang said, "The brilliant and powerful me has taken a differentiated approach. I've really broken new ground... Tsk tsk, Huayu's exclusive, black-faced male etiquette."
The crowds in the commercial city were rushing by, and no one paid any attention to Ye Chen on the street. It was his first time handing out flyers, and he held his hand in the air for a long time without handing out a single one, looking somewhat dejected.
Then Aya's voice came from behind him: "Brother Chen, you can't hand out flyers like that. Your face is as dark as if someone owes you a million dollars. Who wants to take your flyers?"
Ye Chen turned around and saw Aya, who was also wearing a ceremonial sash and holding a handful of flyers. Through Aya's side, he saw Zhong Liang leaning against the doorpost smoking in front of the door.
Chen Jiao stood beside Zhong Liang, giving him an encouraging look and secretly making a cheering gesture.
Aya didn't lecture anyone. She simply walked calmly to the center of the road, a smile slowly spreading across her face. Her smile was natural and unpretentious, like a gentle breeze, as she casually handed out a flyer.
Passersby instinctively took it.
Without pausing, she turned and headed towards her next target.
Ye Chen was still standing there, looking as if he had just realized something. He raised his hand, pinched his lips, and forced a "gentle breeze" smile, but then he noticed that Zhong Liang was covering his eyes in the distance. Chen Jiao couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned back to the store.
Aya was both amused and exasperated. She walked up to Ye Chen and said softly, "You'd better stop laughing. I used to just not take your flyers, but now I have to walk faster when I see you."
As she spoke, Aya stretched out her slender fingers and gently smoothed out the wrinkles in the sash on his shoulder.
Seeing Ye Chen's somewhat confused expression, her smile became stiff.
She said softly, "Brother Chen, laughter comes from genuine joy, and handing out flyers is something that makes me happy. Think about it, those passersby who take my flyers might come back to me at some free time to buy a phone. If a customer can buy the phone they want, I can close a deal, and I get a commission. Wouldn't that make everyone happy?"
At this moment, Ye Chen saw Aya's smile bloom like a flower; she must have placed another order in her mind.
Ye Chen looked back at the busy figures in the store, imagining that one day a passerby would come back with his flyer and buy a phone, and a smile would unconsciously appear on his face.
Ye Chen looked at Zhong Liang again, whose face held a half-smile. Seeing Ye Chen looking at him, Zhong Liang composed himself, stubbed out his cigarette, and turned back into the store.
Aya also walked back to the store with light steps. Ye Chen took a deep breath and raised the flyer in his hand again.
A man carrying a snakeskin bag was walking by with a boy of about ten years old. Ye Chen greeted him with a shy smile, but the middle-aged man politely shook his head.
The child beside him reached out and happily took the flyer, and Ye Chen's smile gradually brightened...
When he returned to the store, business was proceeding at a lukewarm pace, and it didn't immediately improve because of the flyers. However, Ye Chen's smile became more and more natural, and everyone in the store made him feel warm and happy.
Around 6 PM.
Zhong Liang hurriedly pulled Ye Chen, who was on his way to change shifts, out of the commercial city.
Crossing the road through the commercial city and passing through a residential area, you'll find yourself on a bustling old street.
The old street was bustling with people. Some were migrant workers carrying snakeskin bags and looking exhausted, while others were young men and women strolling around hand in hand.
Zhong Liang stopped at the street corner and said to Ye Chen, "Brother Chen, I'll take you to Dadi Digital later. I'm going to buy a cell phone, and you can just browse around in the store."
"Huh?" Ye Chen was completely baffled and was about to speak.
Zhong Liang then whispered mysteriously, "Shh! We're undercover agents today. I can only stall for half an hour. This is the golden time to close the deal. Try to write down as many mobile phone models and prices as possible that DaDi Digital is selling."
After a moment's pause, Zhong Liang said, "When you have the chance, write down their transaction prices as well."
"DaDi has one here too? Isn't this a food street?" Ye Chen was even more confused now.
Zhong Liang patiently explained, "Da Di Digital has two stores in Kuala Lumpur, one across from us and the other in this old street. We also have a store in the old street."
"Oh, well..." Ye Chen was about to speak when Zhong Liang interrupted him, "DaDi Digital's pricing is all the same. If we check this place out, we can find out what the situation is like in the trade city. Let's go!"
Zhong Liang, who was "rich and powerful," said no more and led Ye Chen into the store with an air of "overwhelming power."
Dadi Digital in the old street has three stores, about 100 square meters in total, with 15 counters. Zhong Liang stopped at the Sony Ericsson counter with Ye Chen. Zhong Liang's goal was to look at the Sony Ericsson P1i, the phone he could spend the most time on.
While Zhong Liang was talking to the salesperson at Dadi, Ye Chen pretended to be bored and wandered around the store.
Seeing that the main buyer was being attended to, Dadi's other salespeople ignored Ye Chen.
Ye Chen selectively memorized the models and prices at Huayu Digital Store. He could skip the counterfeit models with the same price, and the Chinese brands at the counter were basically officially priced, so there was no need to go to great lengths.
Before long, he completed this part of the memory work.
He set his sights on Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola. He spent about five minutes scanning the three major brands, and already had a clear understanding of them.
After circling around, he returned to Zhong Liang's side, looked up at Ye Chen, and asked, "How about this one?"
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Okay, the price is acceptable."
Zhong Liang glanced down at his watch, a look of shock flashing across his face, before quickly putting it away.
Less than ten minutes had passed.
Ye Chen then pretended to be calm and said, "Take another look. If it's suitable, then buy it. I'm not in a hurry, take your time looking."
The salesperson at Dadi was overjoyed to hear Ye Chen's words.
Ye Chen went around again to check on DaDi's customer sales. In just twenty minutes, DaDi Digital had closed twelve deals, almost the same number as HuaYu Digital, but DaDi was much smaller than HuaYu. Clearly, DaDi was the clear winner.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Chen shifted his focus from the transaction price to the salesperson's sales pitch.
Suddenly, a loud shout rang out from inside the store: "Zhong Liang!"
Zhong Liang was startled by the shout and replied with a forced smile, "Hello, Manager Huang."
Then he called out, "Let's go, Brother Chen!"
After saying that, Zhong Liang turned and ran away, leaving Ye Chen bewildered in the wind. When he saw the salesperson who had greeted Zhong Liang pointing at him and whispering to the middle-aged man in front of the office, Ye Chen snapped out of his daze and rushed out the door.
Before leaving, Ye Chen glanced at the beautiful saleswoman who had served Zhong Liang; she wore a wry smile. Meeting a heartless store manager like Zhong Liang during prime time—someone who only looked and didn't buy—was truly the worst luck imaginable.
Huayu Digital in the Trade City.
Ye Chen was entering information at the computer when Zhong Liang was about to speak, but Ye Chen interrupted him: "Manager, don't chat with me yet, or I'll forget."
Zhong Liang immediately stood to the side like a model student.
As Zhong Liang watched the computer screen slowly display the machine's model and price data, the number of brands, models, and prices increased until it became densely packed, and his expression grew increasingly shocked.
Before he could recover from his shock, Ye Chen opened a new document and began typing in the sales pitch for Dadi Digital.
At this moment, Lin Feng boasted to the salespeople around him: "Brother Shen is a freak. If he continued his studies, he could definitely get into the top universities in the country."
Chen Jiao was a little confused and asked, "I didn't go because I couldn't concentrate on my studies! Why...why isn't Brother Chen going to school anymore?"
"Haha, he got dumped by his girlfriend and ran away to another place in a fit of anger." That's how bad friends are. Lin Feng couldn't keep his mouth shut and dug up all of Ye Chen's dark history.
What kind of rich kid stole Chen Ge's love and made him eat dirt on the playground? What kind of ex-girlfriend came to humiliate him? The story gets more and more absurd.
Ye Chen's face darkened as he sat in front of the computer, his fingers pausing. He couldn't help but think of his older brother studying at South China University of Technology in the provincial capital, and his elderly mother sitting at the craft table... He lowered his head and continued typing.