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  Chapter 149: What Huge Thighs!

  TL: Etude

  The day brought a beautiful early winter m.

  Jiang Qin arrived at the dormitory building to socialize with the dormitory manager, Auntie Li. He wao subtly gauge her i in taking on a part-time job.

  Auntie Li, upon hearing that she could earn double her ine just by sitting in the dormitory as usual, was overjoyed. She opened up and started chatting nonstop. However, her versation often drifted to trivial neighborhood gossip and mother-in-w and daughter-in-w retionships, which Jiang Qin found a bit too much to handle.

  “Jiang Qin, when you look for a wife, make sure she’s well-behaved. Don’t just go for looks. The prettier they are, the more trouble they bring, and they’ll likely csh with your mom.”

  “And what about someone who’s both well-behaved and pretty?”

  “Heh, where would you find someone like that? Have you been drinking so early in the m?”

  Jiang Qin, without agreeing or disagreeing, stood up and stretched his legs, thinking to himself that Auntie Li could really talk. He wished he had called Guo Zihang over to make the most of his versational skills.

  Love blind a person. Maybe Auntie Li, in her joy, would even fo a ission.

  After saying goodbye to Auntie Li, he po have breakfast in the cafeteria. But as soon as he sat down, he received an angry call from Lu Xuemei.

  “Boss, our promotional materials might not be ready on time.”

  “Why not?” Jiang Qin wondered.

  Lu Xuemei, in a flurry of words, expined, “Shengshi said they have too many orders this month and want to deliver ours two days te. I said that’s uable, but they said there’s nothing they do and told me to get a refund if I !”

  “Sant. Did Mr. Li witery or something?”

  December is a prime time for promotions due to Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and even New Year’s Day. Many stores and shops take advantage of this period for extensive marketing.

  To meet deadlines, Shengshi Advertising Factory had been w overtime every day, keeping their lights on until eleven at night.

  Two-thirds of the materials needed for the group buying unch were ready, but Shengshi was relut to start work on the remaining third.

  Lu Xuemei had made three trips bad forth, only to be deyed each time by various excuses. This time, she couldn’t bear it any longer.

  Jiang Qin wasn’t surprised after hearing this, as it’s a on trick used by many factories.

  They plete a part of the order to give the illusion ress, making it impossible to cel.

  Then they use the saved time to work on another order, creating the same situation, thus managing to take on more work than they handle.

  But at such a critical juncture, such tactics by Shengshi Advertising were nothing short of a hindrahey used to provide good service, so why resort to such low tactiow?

  “We’ve been a long-term t of Shengshi. It shouldn’t be like this. Is there another reason?”

  “Yes, there’s a new faa Shengshi. He’s pletely merary. He dismisses me because I’m a student but grovels to anyone who drives a luxury car.”

  “Is an Audi sidered a luxury car?”

  “He drives an Audi himself.”

  After scarfing down a couple of bites of his meal, Jiang Qin decided to take drastic measures to ehe smooth unch of the group buying campaign. He headed straight to Cuizhu Residential Area to enlist the help of Uncle Gong.

  With a bck sedan, adorned with wings, speeding through the streets, they quickly arrived at the entrance of Shengshi Advertising.

  “Uncle Gong, charge in and park right at their workshop entrance!”

  “No problem!”

  After Uncle Gong’s response, he floored the accelerator and stormed into the Shengshi Advertising factory, parking imposingly right at the workshop’s mairance.

  “Thank you so much, Uncle Gong, for making the effort to e out here so early.”

  “Master Jiang, ever since you bought a car, I’ve been feeling a bit guilty about my sary. It’s great to be able to help you out.”

  As Jiang Qin rolled down the car window and waved Lu Xuemei over, inviting her into the car, she was stuo see that her boss owned a Bentley with a chauffeur, her eyes filled with astonishment.

  “Wow!”

  Lu Xuemei reached out, tempted to touch, but her gesture recisely caught by Uncle Gong in the rearview mirror. His expression ged, and with a couple of coughs, he stopped her from going any further.

  It was just past 8 a.m., and the workers, having fiheir breakfast, rushed to start their shift. They found the workshop entrance blocked by a car and, reizing the emblem but not daring to say anything, resorted to calling the faanager.

  The new faanager, upon hearing that a car was blog the workshop door, rushed over in a fury, ready to scold whoever was responsible. However, as soon as he entered, he paused, immediately switg to a smile aly knog on the car window.

  Jiang Qin ighe first knock, and Lu Xuemei also remaiill.

  He tio feign ignora the sed knock.

  It was only after the third knock that Jiang Qin opehe car door, stepping out with a radiant smile.

  “Manager , right? I heard that student orders don’t matter to you, and that if we’re capable, we should just cel our order. You really don’t care? Quite the fire you’ve started as a new official; scared me quite a bit.”

  “No, no, that must be the workers talking nonsense!”

  “I thought so. Who in their right mind would say such a thing? That would be crazy!”

  Manager , swallowing hard and gng at the Bentley and then at Uncle Gong, didn’t refute, his face full of forced smiles.

  A mere Bentley wasn’t intimidating, but a Bentley with a chauffeur was a different story, especially with an out-of-town lise pte, indig it wasn’t just a rental.

  The situation quickly became easier to hahe new manager ordered the workshop to prioritize the group buying advertisement and tried to find out more about Jiang Qin’s background.

  However, Jiang Qin didn’t give him the satisfa. After firming that the group buying advertisement was in produ, his smile disappeared.

  Some people are like that; they only respond to forot kindness. Being polite only makes them feel more self-important.

  “Manager , where did the previous manager, Mr. Li, go?”

  “Mr. Li is my brother-in-w. I’m his brother-in-w. He had some family matters to attend to a bae, leaving me in charge temporarily. I’m just ag as the manager.”

  After hearing this, Jiang Qin was relieved and didn’t pursue the matter further.

  Frankly, if the advertisement factory really repced its manager with this guy, he would have sidered finding a new partner. But si was only temporary, there was o worry for now.

  Suddenly, Jiang Qin remembered something: “Do you have advertising hats here?”

  “Yes, we have cotton, vas, and acrylies, all baseball caps in various colors and styles.” Manager immediately had someone bring a stack of samples.

  “ you make a batch of yellow ones for me, with the group buying logo printed on them?”

  “How many do you need?”

  “Start with a hundred. Deliver them with the advertising materials tomorrow, so you don’t have to make ara trip.”

  “…”

  Manager wao say it was too rushed and ask for a few more days, but he remembered that they had e precisely because of his habitual deys, and he quickly swallowed his words.

  He was indeed o managing the factory and unfamiliar with the ts. His sarcastic attitude towards Lu Xuemei was simply because she was a student and seemed easy to bully.

  But if he really upset his brother-in-w’s major ts, he knew he would be in big trouble.

  “Boss, what do we he hats for?”

  “The group buying uhe day after tomorrow. Imagine, during the promotio, delivery personnel all over campus wearing these little yellow hats. Doesn’t that sound eic? Even stray cats and dogs will stop to take a sed look.”

  After visualizing Jiang Qin’s description, Lu Xuemei found the idea indeed quite striking: “But… will we have that many orders?”

  Jiang Qin smiled: “If there are no orders, let the delivery personnel make empty runs. Creating a false sense of busyness is also a way to build trust.”

  “I see…”

  “Xuemei, you stay here today and keep an eye on things. Don’t let them stop w after we leave. If you’re thirsty, go drink some tea in Manager ’s office.”

  Manager , with a broad smile, nodded and spoke much more politely to Lu Xuemei.

  After leaving Shengshi Advertising, Jiang Qin had initially po return to the uy. However, sidering he had goo the trouble ing Uncle Gong along, he didn’t want to waste the opportunity. So, he decided to visit Wanzhong Mall.

  He Yijun, the owner of Wanzhong Mall, had always beeical of him, and they had only sighe agreement the previous night. Jiang Qin thought that showing up in a Bentley might bolster He’s trust in him.

  At the very least, he wao show He Yijun that he had a formidable background and wouldn’t recklessly set a trap for his business partners.

  However, Jiang Qin’s timing was unfortunate. He arrived just as He Yijun was scolding his high school-aged daughter. The argument was audible from a distance.

  Jiang Qin pursed his lips, thinking it best to leave, as family matters were not something outsiders should get involved in. But when He Yijun heard of his arrival, he immediately brought his daughter to the meeting room.

  “Do you see?”

  “See what?”

  “This is Jiang Qin from Lin Uy, the ret winner of Lin Uy’s inaugural all-campus academipetition, being the first ‘Star of Learning’ in the uy’s history. ’t you learn from him? Even just getting passing grades would make me proud.”

  “??????”

  Jiang Qin’s mouth twisted awkwardly, thinking how impressively He Yijun remembered the details. He couldn’t eve that speech himself so fluently.

  No wonder Dong Wenhao and Wei Lann looked so awkward when they left Wanzhong Mall the other day. Not just them, even Jiang Qin himself found it geworthy.

  “What? A Star of Learning? I’m the Mother of Ultra, then!”

  He Yijun’s daughter retty with her bangs and long hair, standing about 1.65 meters tall, but she had a defiant personality and didn’t like to look people in the eye, a cssic case of teenage rebellion.

  Hearing about academic awards and passing grades, the girl exploded with frustration, as if being asked to pass her exams was an impossible demand. She kicked open the door and stormed out.

  “Sorry about that, Jiang. I’ve been too busy to discipline her properly, and she’s being more disobedient,” He Yijun said with an awkward smile, sitting down near Jiang Qin.

  Jiang Qin waved his hand nontly, “No worries, I’m not ughing.”

  “Do you have any particur reason for visiting today?”

  “I just wao mention to you, Mr. He, that the trophy for the Star of Learning is quite heavy.”

  He Yijun nodded after hearing this, “Of course, knowledge is the heaviest thing in this world!”

  Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched slightly, thinking if he had known the award held such significe for He Yijun, he would have spared himself this visit.

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