Chapter 35: Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger

Ye Chen smiled instead of getting angry and asked him, “If you sell this car, how much commission can you get?”

The other person disdainfully replied, “I can get ten thousand yuan!”

Ye Chen nodded, “Very good, you just lost ten thousand yuan.”

After saying that, Ye Chen turned and walked out.

Just then, he ran into the manager of the store coming in, whose name tag read Sales Manager: Wang Haibo.

So Ye Chen asked him, “Are you the person in charge here?”

“Yes.” Wang Haibo nodded, “What do you need?”

Ye Chen pointed at the sales representative from earlier and said, “You’d better fire that salesperson; having him here will only delay your 4S store’s business.”

Upon hearing this, the salesperson rushed over and said, “Manager Wang, don’t listen to him! This guy is crazy! He’s just here to use the internet and enjoy the air conditioning!”

Ye Chen smiled and said, “Whether I’m crazy or not, you’ll see soon enough.”

After saying that, he immediately walked out and headed straight to the BMW showroom next door.

As soon as he entered the BMW store, Ye Chen spotted one of the most luxurious cars, the BMW 760. This was the top configuration of the BMW 7 Series, the most expensive model BMW had to offer.

The BMW 760 has a 12-cylinder engine, extremely powerful, and the interior is lavish beyond compare.

He was a bit impulsive; weren’t those Audi idiots looking down on him? Fine, I’ll buy a top-spec BMW to show them.

After all, I have plenty of money!

So, he called over a BMW salesperson and asked, “Can I take this 760 right away?”

The young lady was taken aback, “Sir, this car just arrived at the showroom today. Are you sure you want to buy it?”

“Yes.” Ye Chen nodded, “I’m sure. Take me to swipe my card!”

“Ah? This car costs two million six hundred thousand!” The young lady was completely stunned.

She had been selling cars for a while but had never seen a customer come in and ask to swipe their card without saying anything first.

Could this guy be joking with her?

Ye Chen smiled, “I know, I saw the price. Just tell me if you’re selling it or not!”

“Sell, sell, sell, of course, we’re selling…” The young lady said happily, “Please follow me!”

Then, under her guidance, Ye Chen swiped his card, paid, and took the car in one go.

When the BMW 760, worth over two million six hundred thousand, drove out, the people in the Audi store were dumbfounded.

Ye Chen drove the BMW 760 directly to the Audi store’s entrance, opened the trunk, loaded his electric bike inside, and then swaggered away.

The salesperson who looked down on Ye Chen was left speechless, while the manager, Wang Haibo, said coldly, “Go to HR and hand in your resignation; you’re fired!”

“Manager…”

“Get lost!”

The other employees in the Audi store were also stunned. No one expected that the guy riding an electric bike would be so arrogant, buying a car worth over two million six hundred thousand just like that!

The salesperson who had looked down on Ye Chen regretted it immensely. Not only had she missed out on a big client and thousands in commission, but she also lost her job. If she had known this would happen, she would never have looked down on him…

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On the other side, when Ye Chen drove out the BMW 760, he felt a bit impulsive.

It wasn’t that he was worried about the money; it was mainly that the car was too expensive. How would he explain this to Xiao Churan?

Two million six hundred thousand, it couldn’t just fall from the sky, right?

After thinking it over, an excellent idea suddenly popped into his head.

He then drove to a roadside repair shop, spent twenty yuan to have the owner change the BMW 760 emblem to a BMW 520.

The BMW 5 Series looks very similar to the 7 Series; the main difference is internal. Generally, it’s hard for an average person to tell them apart from the outside, mainly relying on the model badge.

The 520 is the lowest configuration in the 5 Series, with average power and handling, and is mediocre in all aspects.

The 760 is the highest configuration in the 7 Series, with extremely strong power and handling, excelling in all areas.

Ye Chen drove the 760 with the 520 badge, thinking to himself that Xiao Churan didn’t know much about cars and wouldn’t be able to recognize it if he told her it was a BMW 520.

The repair shop owner couldn’t help but click his tongue, thinking this guy looked quite honest, but he didn’t expect him to be so cunning, deliberately changing the top-spec 760 to a 520, probably planning to play the fool to catch the tiger!

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After buying the car, Ye Chen remembered that today was the opening of Wang Daokun’s restaurant, and he needed to prepare a gift.

Thinking about how Wang Daokun was one of the few classmates who had treated him well during university, he drove directly to a large art consignment shop and spent 200,000 yuan to buy an early painting by the Qing Dynasty artist Huang Shen.

Huang Shen wasn’t very famous, so most people wouldn’t recognize his paintings.

The reason he bought such an ancient painting was partly because he felt he should give Wang Daokun a substantial gift, but on the other hand, he didn’t want others to know how much the painting was worth.

He thought that if anyone asked, he could casually say it was worth a few thousand yuan to brush it off.

By the time he finished buying the painting, it was almost noon. Ye Chen called his wife, Xiao Churan, to tell her he was going to pick her and Dong Ruolin up from the Dihao Group.

When they met, Xiao Churan was surprised to see that Ye Chen was driving a BMW 5 Series!

She stared at Ye Chen in disbelief and asked, “Where did this car come from?”

Ye Chen smiled and said, “I bought it for you!”

“You bought it?” Xiao Churan was even more astonished, “Where did you get the money?”

“Private savings,” Ye Chen replied, “Look, I’ve been living with the Xiao family for so long, and I didn’t spend a penny when we got married. I’ve been eating, living, and using the Xiao family’s resources all these years; saving a bit of private money isn’t strange, is it?”

Xiao Churan said, “But you could have saved the money for yourself! Why buy such an expensive car? This must be around four hundred thousand, right?”

Ye Chen smiled and said, “You’re my wife. Who else should I spend my private money on? Am I supposed to give it to a mistress outside? Besides, you’re a director now; if you don’t have a decent car, people will laugh at you.”

At this moment, Dong Ruolin also spoke up, “Churan, you really need a more business-like car. This one suits you perfectly. Ye Chen cares about you; you should be happy!”

Xiao Churan nodded, feeling very touched, “Ye Chen, thank you!”

Ye Chen gently squeezed her hand and smiled, “Why be so polite with your husband?”

After that, he called to both of them, “Let’s go directly to Wang Daokun’s restaurant!”

Xiao Churan hurriedly asked, “Did you buy him a gift?”

“I did,” Ye Chen said, “I bought him a painting.”

“A painting?” Xiao Churan asked curiously, “What kind of painting?”

Ye Chen replied, “It’s an ancient painting from the antique street. I saw it was a pomegranate, symbolizing many children, wealth, and blessings. It seemed quite good, so I bought it.”

Xiao Churan asked, “How much did you buy it for?”

“A few thousand yuan.”

Xiao Churan nodded and smiled, “You might have been cheated! You can’t buy any real ancient paintings for just a few thousand.”

Ye Chen laughed and said, “It doesn’t matter; it’s mainly the thought that counts. A small gift carries great sentiment.”

Xiao Churan agreed and nodded, saying, “You’re right; it’s mainly about the sentiment. Let’s go over there right now!”