Golden Years - C108

Originally, I didn’t have much hope for this matter. One day, when I was asleep, a phone call woke me up. Didn’t I call Ah Qin and the others who should have been calling last night? Could it be that there was something urgent?

The phone was a foreign number. I didn’t even know where it came from.

It was a man’s voice. It was gentle, magnetic, and full of smiles.

Hao Zi, are you in Beijing?

When I heard his tone, I knew him for sure! But who?

He then asked in a testing manner, “Who are you?”

The other person laughed and said, “You can guess.”

The heck, guessing whose program it was by phone was really too darned.

Fortunately, I was sensitive to voices and immediately knew who it was! You’re an old man, aren’t you?

The other party said yes, Hao Zi, you’re really good. I used my current account to call our classmate, and only Lao Jin would be able to hear it from the first sentence.

This Lao Jin and this old one can be considered my classmate from when we were in university. They shared the same dorm, and they were even more intimate than brothers! Although they and I were not in the same class, we were close to each other, and since we often skipped classes, we would always get together to smoke and drink.

Furthermore, Lao Jin also liked to sing a few songs and play the guitar. The three of us would often gather in the corridor and sing.

After graduation, the two of them could be considered to have started a business. Together, they opened a shop in Beijing to sell handicrafts. I’ve also been to their store a few times and joked that after I get some money, I’ll invest in you two and we’ll open a branch.

Later on, it was because the business in the store wasn’t good, and most of the time, it was like this for the first time.

After that, Lao Jin and Old Y went back to their respective hometowns to develop. Old Y was from Shaanxi province and had found a professional job at a research institute in Xi’an. It had been a long time since they’d left Beijing, at least two years.

His old classmate’s phone call must have been especially cordial. They exchanged a few words about whoever it was. Then he said to me, “I’m in Beijing right now. Come to work. Let’s have dinner together in the evening.”

I say yes, you’re here on business?

No, it’s a private matter for the leader.” The leader had a car, a Beijing license plate bought in the first few years, and wanted to change it. I took my car from Xi’an to Beijing Huayun Market to trade, and then I got the target out and bought a new car!

I said, that’s perfect. Is there anything I can help you with?

We just don’t know the way. We’re at the Du Family Causeway right now, so how are we going to get on the Five Ring High Tower?

I told him the details, and about an hour later, he called me and told me. Then he would find someone to handle the formalities. In the afternoon, he called again, saying that Hao Zi had met with some trouble!

What’s wrong? I asked.

He said that the owner of the car already had it, but that it would take another three or five working days to get it done. I was able to pick up my gear from the DMV and buy a new car or something (which was probably what it meant, that I hadn’t done it before and didn’t really understand how it worked).

Simply put, I can’t wait. He had to return to Xi’an at the latest the next day to report back to his boss.

Then he called me to say that he didn’t know anyone and that he couldn’t find someone to take care of the formalities directly from the garage.

I said I’d ask you.

After hanging up, I thought for a few minutes. The only person who could do this would be the Young Master Lei.

So he called Young Master Lei. He did not expect the Young Master Lei to actually agree, and said that he would ask for you, since it had been done in the past, I wonder if it could still be done now.

In less than half an hour, Young Master Lei called me again. He said that he had already contacted me and told me that he wanted five thousand yuan. Ask your buddy if this money is acceptable.

I quickly called Old Y, who also reported it to the leader. I said yes!

It was around four in the afternoon. The Young Master Lei came to pick me up, then picked up Old Y and met the middleman together.

It was a young man. He opened up a silver Jetta. The transfer only took a minute or two, so he didn’t say much. After the other party took the cash, he said that he would settle the deal with him tomorrow. Just like that.

Afterwards, he was extremely grateful to the Young Master Lei. Young Master Lei laughed and said that Old Zhang’s friend is my friend, if you have anything to say in Beijing in the future. Anyway, Little Lei really gave me face on the car, people like them can only do things in this way.

After that, Little Lei gave me a call, saying that if your bro’s leader were to switch cars, he should ask me if I want to import cars! Don’t forget about this!

That’s how I thought of it, isn’t that just the right thing to do?

After dinner with Lao Yi and some of my university classmates, I asked him in private, “What kind of car does your boss want to switch to?”

He said with great difficulty that he still hadn’t decided how to get a large SUV. He wanted to buy Q7, but he was afraid that it would be too obvious. After all, this was a private car.

Anyway, it’s confirmed, my boss definitely wants to buy a car, and the car he’s buying is an imported SUV!

I turned around and called Little Lei again, asking him what kind of car he could get, and how long it would be.

Little Lei thought about it for a while. If he wanted to keep a low profile, he would buy Lou Lan. This car had good quality and quality. It had a full-size engine, so it was cheap. The key was that there were very few people in the country who recognized this car. At first glance, he couldn’t tell what kind of car it was.

This car’s domestic price was $490 thousand, and then Little Lei said that he could give a starting price of $400 thousand here. Let me see. The heck, it’s worth 90 thousand!

Ninety thousand dollars is equivalent to a discount, I thought at the time this price was very convincing. He then ventilated Old Y, who also reported to his boss. In the end, the boss must have checked a lot of related data and parameters in the car home. He also called quite a few 4s in Beijing and asked about the price.

When I get a reply, it’s to make sure you want it and then ask me the price directly.

I reported 420 thousand, but I didn’t say much because I checked that the Loulan car was basically 4 to 60 thousand in Beijing at the time.

All in all, in the end, the other side agreed, to leave my side, 420 thousand is a deal. What happened after that was none of my business, it was all done by Little Lei himself. It seemed like he was the one who picked up the car from the 4S, the only difference was the way it worked.

After that, there were two more numbers on my card. F * ck, I wanted to say that I could find no place to take care of my shoes, but it didn’t take a lot of effort for the good guys to repay me for my money!

This person was arrogant as soon as he had money. It was his nature and the law of nature.

When I received the money, I immediately called Little Lei and asked him to treat me to a meal. He smiled and said that he would send me a message after a while.

Then, I got cocky, so I called Ah Qin and boasted to her that I’m rich!

She thought I was crazy, so I simply told her about getting off the car. She also thought it was quite a coincidence. She even joked that if she could contact someone with a car every month, her annual salary would be two hundred thousand! How about I sell the car for you too…

Ah Qin was always very happy. The phone did not forget to tell me to find a job, between the time to sell cars, both hands to grasp both hands to be hard.

I promised on the inside, but I didn’t really care about looking for a job, I just wanted to help Little Lei sell a few more cars! Now that I think about it, what Ah Qin said was very true, it was just that my self-confidence back then was too inflated, so I couldn’t listen at all.

That night, Ah Qin and I chatted for a long time. I feel that I did not mix well in the past period of time, a little self-abasement, when the phone calls many topics are sensitive I am not too willing to bring it up. But at this point, I just want to say that people with the ability to earn money, especially men, are in a different state.

After hanging up, it was already 11 P.M. I was about to go to bed when another call came in. I looked: Brother Hui!

He thought to himself, this isn’t right. Tomorrow is a normal working day. At this late hour, it can’t be a card game. There must be something else!

I answered the phone. The Brother Hui’s business was very low, as if it was afraid of being overheard.

He said Hao Zi, are you sleeping or not? If you haven’t slept, come out and have a drink …

I subconsciously asked why it was so late.

Brother Hui said, what’s wrong, he was in a bad mood today, he said his heart was stuffed with anxiety, it’s too late now, was he the one who pulled me out for a drink? What can I do, it’s my own brother who can only accompany me now … I thought, you’re not going to work anyway, we’re already here, so you should come over and keep us company, talk or something, maybe he’ll be in a better mood.

Hearing that, I frowned and asked, what happened to Da Gang?

Brother Hui said in a low voice, don’t ask anymore. If he comes, he’s drinking, if he wants to say it then say it, if he doesn’t want to say don’t ask randomly, when there’s a chance I’ll explain it to you.

I drove over without a word, at a Xinjiang restaurant near the chess room where we always went, where the eggs and sesame meat tasted so good!

When they went there, they saw the sturdy figure of Brother Hui and Da Gang, who weighed more than two hundred kilograms. The two of them were drinking and chatting. After the car was parked, they went over to take a look, only to see a bitter smile on their faces.

Da Gang turned his head and said: Waiter, give me three beers! Hurry up!

I said drive …

Da Gang said angrily. Hao Zi, do you mean anything? You don’t drink when I’m like this? You think I didn’t drive? And then point me across the street! It’s fine if you drink. Who would investigate so late? If not, I’ll spend money to find a substitute for you …

Since the conversation had come to this, I had no choice but to drink.

Thus, he simply began to eat and drink.

I concluded that when several of these old men drank together, they said it was not awkward at all. There must be people complaining about it, people boasting about it, people who don’t want to talk about it. The important value of the third kind of people lies in the contrast and the liveliness of the scene.

At this moment, I was actively playing this role. When you need me to speak, help you say something. Then, we can drink together.

After eating for a while, as expected, Da Gang could not hold back and opened his mouth. Speaking of Hao Zi, do you know why we are doing this tonight?

I say, I don’t know. Even if you didn’t, I wouldn’t dare to ask.