Chapter 081: A Pitiable Sight
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Women understand women best.
The intelligent Zhou Mengyao, seeing the sparkle in Li Moli's eyes when she looked at Lin Lang, could tell that this girl-next-door's feelings for Lin Lang were not as simple as childhood sweethearts.
Yes.
Zhou Mengyao could see that Li Moli liked her childhood sweetheart, Lin Lang.
At this moment, Zhou Mengyao sat elegantly on the reception sofa, sipping tea gracefully, observing the delicate and lovely Li Moli, who was indeed a beauty in the making.
For a moment, Zhou Mengyao even felt a touch of envy that Li Moli had grown up with Lin Lang since childhood, able to chase after him every day, calling out “Brother, Brother” non-stop, growing up as childhood sweethearts.
At this time, Zhou Mengyao didn't know whether her three years of high school companionship with Lin Lang as deskmates, or Lin Lang and Li Moli's innocent childhood sweetheart relationship, held a higher place in Lin Lang's heart.
A strange wave of jealousy surged into Zhou Mengyao's heart.
Clearly, this was a sense of crisis Zhou Mengyao had never experienced before; she even feared she might lose Lin Lang to Li Moli.
Why?
Because the pitiable, impoverished girl-next-door, with her tragic background, could easily ignite Lin Lang's protective instincts.
After all, Zhou Mengyao was the young miss of a prestigious family; she could live well even without Lin Lang, while Li Moli would live in dire straits without him.
This was an unsolvable, damned protective urge.
Feeling a sense of loss, Zhou Mengyao maintained her elegance and composure, absently sipping her tea, secretly startled, “How could I possibly consider the pitiful Li Moli as an imaginary rival in love?”
“Lin Lang must only see Li Moli as a younger sister. After all, if I were Lin Lang, I would also extend a helping hand, wouldn't I?”
“So, I must be overthinking it…”
AI-Generated Beautiful Image of Li Moli
Meanwhile.
Seeing all three building purchase contracts signed by Lin Lang, Sales Manager Ma Qiang finally felt his suspended heart ease.
After all, with the purchase contracts signed in black and white, it was too late for Lin Lang to back out.
After signing the purchase contracts, Lin Lang needed to go to the bank to make a full payment for the dozens of apartments in the three buildings.
Before leaving, Lin Lang looked at Zhou Mengyao and asked, “Mengyao, aren't you going to invest in some real estate?”
Zhou Mengyao smiled charmingly and replied gently, “Then I'll also support Xiao Li's business a bit and just buy one building for investment!”
“Uh…” Li Moli was once again shocked.
Yes.
Poverty limited Li Moli's imagination.
Li Moli never expected that Zhou Mengyao, who accompanied Lin Lang, was a young miss from high society. With one move, she spent 18.9 million chinese yuan to buy an entire building, leaving Li Moli dumbfounded with shock.
With another entire building sold, Sales Manager Ma Qiang's mouth was practically stretched to his ears, grinning from ear to ear.
Sales Manager Ma Qiang excitedly reminded, “Xiao Li, why are you still standing there smiling blankly?”
Li Moli's face lit up with a smile, and she quickly bowed in gratitude, “Thank you, Zhou Mengyao, for supporting my business!”
“Zhou Mengyao is beautiful and kind-hearted; she will surely be blessed, hehe…”
“Yay~”
Another 198,000 yuan in sales commission was in hand, and Li Moli was jumping for joy, seemingly having the happiest day of her life.
Even New Year's wasn't as happy as today.
Zhou Mengyao merely smiled faintly.
As the fourth-generation heiress of a prominent old Shanghai family, Zhou Mengyao wouldn't even blink an eye spending 18.9 million chinese yuan to invest in a building.
Lin Lang looked at the beautiful Zhou Mengyao, his gaze gentle and doting.
Although Lin Lang just smiled and said nothing, Zhou Mengyao understood perfectly, knowing that he was expressing his heartfelt gratitude for her buying a building as an investment, which allowed his girl-next-door to earn a substantial sales commission.
Zhou Mengyao returned Lin Lang's smile, her eyes sparkling.
Li Moli saw her childhood sweetheart, Lin Lang, and the rich young miss, Zhou Mengyao, gazing at each other, and a pang of bitterness welled up in her heart.
Regardless, Li Moli was happy today.
After all, as a summer intern saleswoman, Li Moli sold four buildings in one day, totaling 76.8 million chinese yuan in sales, earning her 768,000 yuan in sales commission, which gave her hope for her life.
768,000 chinese yuan in the year 2000 was no small sum.
Lin Lang's reappearance brought a ray of light to Li Moli, who had been living in dire straits.
Sales Manager Ma Qiang quickly instructed, “Xiao Li, stop grinning foolishly. Go quickly and choose a well-located building to prepare the purchase contract for Ms. Zhou Mengyao.”
“Yes, Mr. Ma.” Li Moli playfully stuck out her tongue and smiled.
Sales Manager Ma Qiang continued, “Ms. Zhou Mengyao, please wait a moment. I will accompany Mr. Lin to the bank to make the payment for the purchase, and I'll be right back.”
Zhou Mengyao replied, “Okay!”
Sales Manager Ma Qiang accompanied Lin Lang, hastily leaving the sales office, smiling obsequiously all the way, treating Lin Lang with utmost respect, and drove to the nearby Shanghai Bank.
The part-time saleswoman Li Moli miraculously sold another building—thirty apartments—and received a large sales commission, making her full-time female colleagues incredibly envious.
“Oh my goodness!”
“Xiao Li, what kind of luck did you stumble upon?”
“You actually sold another building; I'm so incredibly envious!”
“Yes, indeed!”
“Buying an entire building at once, Xiao Li, what kind of divine clients do you have?”
Li Moli, while preparing the purchase contract, replied with unconcealed happiness, “Perhaps even Heaven felt that my mother and I were living too hard, so it granted me this lucky day.”
“You're making us green with envy!”
“Having friends from high society really is different!”
“Selling four buildings, one hundred and twenty apartments, in one day, Xiao Li's sales commission must be over 760,000, right?”
“That's right!”
“Xiao Li, you've struck it rich!”
“Xiao Li, you earned so much money in one day, shouldn't you treat us to a big meal?”
Li Moli playfully replied, “How about I treat you all to breakfast, crab roe buns?”
“Tsk~ Xiao Li, you're so stingy!”
“You just earned over 700,000 in sales commission, and you're only treating us to breakfast?”
“Who treats people to breakfast, anyway?”
“Hehe…”
“This money is for my mother's kidney transplant surgery. Treating you to breakfast is already very good; if you don't eat it, then fine, I'll save it!”
“Everyone, stop teasing!”
“You all know Xiao Li; to save money for her mother's dialysis for uremia, she doesn't even buy a new piece of clothing. How can you have the heart to tease Xiao Li into treating you?”
“Alright! Alright!”
“We were just teasing and joking around. Isn't it okay if Xiao Li doesn't treat us?”
“Hehe…” Li Moli smiled playfully.
Meanwhile.
At Shanghai Bank, Lin Lang paid the full purchase price of 57 million chinese yuan for the three buildings and ninety apartments through the counter, receiving the bank receipt.
Sales Manager Ma Qiang grinned from ear to ear and complimented, “Spending over 50 million to invest in three buildings at once, Mr. Lin is truly a god of wealth!”
“Mr. Ma, you flatter me!”
“Li Moli is my childhood playmate; we grew up together as childhood sweethearts. I hope Mr. Ma will take good care of Li Moli in the future.”
“Mr. Lin, please rest assured. Xiao Li is now our sales office's top sales champion; I can't pamper her enough!”
“In the future, when our real estate company has new developments opening, we will have Xiao Li inform Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin is a VIP client, not only eligible for preferential rates but also for pre-assigned premium properties.”
Lin Lang replied, “Good.”
Sales Manager Ma Qiang nodded and bowed, smiling obsequiously.
Lin Lang continued, “Tomorrow is Li Moli's birthday. I hope your sales office can give her a day off; Lin Lang would like to celebrate a memorable birthday with her.”
Sales Manager Ma Qiang quickly replied, “No problem.”
“Xiao Li sold four buildings, one hundred and twenty apartments, in a single day today, completing our sales office's sales target for one and a half months.”
“Let alone taking a day off for her birthday, how about paid leave for the latter half of the month, Mr. Lin?”
Lin Lang smiled and said, “That would be excellent.”
“Mr. Ma's emotional intelligence is very high, he has good foresight, is proactive, and his work ability is also very strong. Serving as merely a small sales office manager is clearly a bit of a waste of his talent.”
“Mr. Lin, you flatter me!”
“A grassroots person like me, without any social connections, to rise from a real estate salesperson to a sales office manager, I am already very content.”
Lin Lang took out a business card and handed it to Sales Manager Ma Qiang.
“Lin Lang is currently planning to establish a financial investment company. In the initial stages of the venture, all executive positions are vacant. There's an opportunity to get rich together with you.”
Sales Manager Ma Qiang took the business card, overjoyed, and replied, “Thank you for your high regard, Mr. Lin. I can switch to your company at any time to serve you wholeheartedly.”
Lin Lang instructed, “You are in the Shanghai real estate circle. Find an intermediary to select an office building on Jingan Financial Street; I will buy it to serve as the company's office building.”
“Understood, Mr. Lin!”
“I will certainly prioritize the selection of an office building for the new company and ensure it is handled promptly in the coming days.” Ma Qiang was respectful.
Lin Lang, painting a promising picture, said, “As a founding member of the company, I will not mistreat Mr. Ma.”
Ma Qiang chuckled, “As the saying goes, choice outweighs effort. It's hard not to win when you've chosen the right side.”
“Mr. Lin is distinguished and blessed with wealth; he is clearly a heaven-blessed lucky star, a person deeply favored by the heavens. It is my good fortune, Ma Qiang, to be able to follow Mr. Lin in achieving great things and building a great enterprise.”
Lin Lang continued to instruct, “Mortgage all ninety apartments in these three buildings that I bought today. I want to use the bank's money to generate more money for larger, more profitable investments.”
“Yes, Mr. Lin.” Sales Manager Ma Qiang bowed.