Meanwhile, Manager Feng watched the Ferrari LaFerrari drive away. Then he silently took out his phone and made a call.
“Hello?”
A deep, rough voice answered from the other end.
“Uncle,” Manager Feng said leisurely, “you’ve got the money to buy that Pagani Zonda now.”
“Huh?” Manager Feng’s maternal uncle asked, completely baffled. “Your grandfather finally agreed to give me the money?”
“Please stop dreaming,” Manager Feng replied lazily.
The man on the other end grew even more confused. “Then where am I supposed to get the money?”
“I sold your LaFerrari.”
Manager Feng dropped a bombshell.
There was a brief silence on the other end before the man finally spoke.
“…The Ferrari LaFerrari?”
“What else?” Manager Feng retorted.
“…Did Wang Zicong come to our dealership?”
After thinking it over, Manager Feng’s maternal uncle could only think of one person who might suddenly show up at their dealership to buy that car.
“Nope,” Manager Feng said. “It was a young woman who had just turned eighteen.”
The voice on the other end suddenly rose in volume.
“Don’t tell me you gave away my car just to pick up a girl!”
Manager Feng rolled his eyes.
“I only spend money on my fictional anime wives, okay? I sold it for 94 million yuan. Every last yuan was paid.”
There was another long silence.
“…Zikang,” the man on the other end suddenly said, his voice taking on an indescribably strange tone. “Your uncle really does want to buy that Pagani Zonda, but I could save enough money for it in two years. You didn’t have to sell yourself to get the money for me…”
“What on earth are you thinking?” Feng Zikang hurriedly interrupted him. “She chose the car herself and paid the full amount on the spot!”
The man on the other end regained his composure, though he still sounded somewhat puzzled.
“She bought it right there and then? Is her surname Ren or Zong?”
“Her surname is Ming. Ming as in bright.”
“Ming?” Feng Zikang’s uncle thought hard, but he couldn’t make sense of it. “Are there any wealthy families with that surname in Shanghai?”
“I don’t know.” Feng Zikang rolled his eyes. “All I know is that I sold the car. The money should already be in your bank account, so check it yourself.”
With that, he hung up.
Feng Zikang’s maternal uncle also ended the call and checked his bank account.
The Ferrari LaFerrari had once been his favorite car.
That was, until he encountered the Pagani Zonda.
He had fallen in love with the new car at first sight, instantly transferring his affections.
Of course, he still had plenty of feelings for the LaFerrari he’d personally gone to great lengths to acquire. It was like his original wife.
However, deep in his heart, there was another car that represented his one true love, his unattainable dream.
That car was the Hennessey Venom.
So he’d gone to considerable trouble to acquire the Ferrari LaFerrari, hoping it would generate enough profit to help him save up for the Hennessey Venom.
But just when he’d finally managed to bring the LaFerrari back from overseas, he happened to learn that a Pagani Zonda was about to become available domestically.
Compared with the Ferrari LaFerrari, the Pagani Zonda could bring him a much greater profit.
Thus, he had no choice but to apologize to the LaFerrari.
Now that the 94 million yuan was in his hands, he could buy the Pagani Zonda!
Wonderful!
Once he took the Pagani Zonda to the auto show, the profits would be enough for him to bring home his beloved Hennessey Venom in the grandest possible fashion.
Double the happiness!
After hanging up, Feng Zikang sighed. Ming Mei’s face kept appearing in his mind.
After thinking for a moment, he called another number.
The phone rang twice before someone answered.
“Hello?” A clear, pleasant voice came through.
It was Feng Zikang’s older brother, Feng Zian.
He was also the future heir to the Feng family.
“What’s up, Zikang?” Feng Zian asked with a faint smile. “What made you find time to call your big brother?”
Feng Zikang ignored his brother’s teasing. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, “Big bro, could I ask you for a favor?”
Hearing the slightly dejected tone in his younger brother’s voice, Feng Zian grew concerned.
“What happened, Zikang? Just tell me. If there’s anything I can do to help, I’ll help you.”
Feng Zikang gathered his thoughts before speaking.
“Bro, I think I might have met my true love.”
Feng Zian fell silent for a moment.
He knew his younger brother very well. Feng Zikang spent every day holed up in his office playing games and interacting with his anime wives. Their family had even arranged plenty of blind dates with beautiful women from the real world, yet he hadn’t taken a liking to a single one of them.
What had gotten into him this time?
“…Have you finally decided to ask me to acquire that predatory mobile-game company for you?”
Feng Zian couldn’t help suspecting that his younger brother had once again failed to pull his favorite character in a gacha game.
“No!” Feng Zikang replied. “It’s a girl! A real girl! She came to our dealership today to buy a car. I fell in love at first sight.”
Feng Zian was overjoyed.
“That’s wonderful! Did you ask for her contact information?”
Feng Zikang fell silent for a moment before answering.
“The young lady is only eighteen.”
Feng Zian fell silent, too.
“But I can wait for her! She should be a freshman this year. I could date her from her first year all the way until she graduates, stay by her side while she prepares for graduate school, and even accompany her through her PhD. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? I’m only seven years older than her. Even if we get married ten years from now, I’ll only be thirty-five, and she’ll only be twenty-eight.”
Feng Zian thought about it. In a few years, their family would probably arrange a marriage for him anyway. Compared with his own situation, when his younger brother got married wasn’t particularly important.
So he said, “If you’re genuinely serious about her, then that’s a good thing. But what exactly did you want my help with? Acquiring a mobile-game company?”
Only then did Feng Zikang remember why he’d called his brother in the first place. The inexplicable enthusiasm behind his declaration that he was willing to wait ten years for her immediately faded.
In a listless voice, Feng Zikang said, “Big bro, I’d like you to investigate her family background for me. Don’t dig too deeply. I just want to know what kind of family she comes from.”
He then explained how Ming Mei had purchased the Ferrari LaFerrari for 94 million yuan in full at the dealership that day.
Feng Zian hesitated before replying.
“Zikang, you need to prepare yourself mentally. This young woman might be someone extraordinary.”
Feng Zikang’s shoulders slumped.
“I know! Just help me look into it. If our family backgrounds are comparable, I’ll pursue her!”
“And what if there’s a huge gap between them?” Feng Zian asked.
“Then I’ll just treat it as a beautiful dream!” Feng Zikang replied.
People in his social class understood better than anyone how important it was for a couple to be well matched in terms of family background and social standing.
Take Wang Zicong, the famous playboy, for example. He’d dated so many women that a few of them had even acted as though they were destined to become his future wife. Yet nobody in their social circle took those claims seriously.
Because everyone knew it was impossible.
If Wang Zicong had an older brother, the situation might have been different. Unfortunately, the chairman of Wanda had only one son, making Wang Zicong the undisputed heir.
Even if Wang Zicong hadn’t been the heir, marrying an internet celebrity would still have been out of the question.
The same principle applied to Ming Mei.
A family capable of giving its newly adult daughter control over 100 million yuan in cash flow would have only one requirement when choosing a marriage partner for her:
An equal family background.
Nothing else mattered.
While Feng Zikang continued to brood over his situation, Sales Manager Li was already driving Ming Mei home.
So this is what it feels like to drive a top-tier supercar? Manager Li thought as she carefully held the steering wheel.
The exquisite interior, the luxurious feel of every surface, and the beautiful woman beside her wearing an amused smile…
No wonder so many men loved showing off luxury cars with beautiful women riding alongside them. It felt incredible!
At that moment, Manager Li really wanted to open the sunroof and let the wind rush in.
One word: Awesome!
Manager Li drove all the way to the entrance of Villa C1 in Huacheng Mingdi.
“A little farther to the left,” Ming Mei instructed. “Our garage is over there.”
“Oh, oh! All right!”
Manager Li obediently drove the car into the underground garage.