MMB Chapter 227: Someone Wants to Get to Know You
Chapter 227: Someone Wants to Get to Know You
That evening, Huang Xiaochuan returned to school and ran into Jiang Bixing as soon as he got to his dormitory building. It seemed that Jiang had just finished a business deal and had just come out of the boys' dormitory building.
Upon seeing Huang Xiaochuan, he came over and greeted him: "Xiaochuan."
Huang Xiaochuan joked with him, "Senior, it's your last semester, why aren't you focusing on your internship and preparing your thesis? Why are you still busy with your business? Haven't you found a successor yet?"
Jiang Bixing, seizing the opportunity, joked with Huang Xiaochuan, "I was thinking of transferring my business to you, but unfortunately you're not interested!"
"I make over ten dollars a minute, of course I wouldn't even look at your little business," Huang Xiaochuan joked with Jiang Bixing, half-jokingly.
At this moment, Jiang Bixing checked the time and said, "Are you free? I'll treat you to a late-night snack!"
"Let's do it another day! I ate too much tonight and I'm not hungry at all!" Huang Xiaochuan politely declined Jiang Bixing's invitation. He had eaten two large bowls of the hand-pulled noodles that Yu Xiang had made tonight, and he hadn't finished digesting them yet.
Jiang Bixing didn't press the matter and said, "Then let's have dinner together tomorrow night! I can talk to you about something!"
"Okay! Tomorrow night then." Huang Xiaochuan agreed.
After the last class on Monday morning, Dai Xiaoguang came to see me again.
They stopped all the members of group 222.
"What earth-shattering thing have you guys done this time? Deputy Director Lei from the Finance Department wants me to take you to see him."
The others immediately guessed what was going on, but Wu Duo pretended not to know: "We didn't do anything, did we? What would the head of the finance department want with us economics students?"
Dai Xiaoguang didn't know what Deputy Director Lei wanted with those people in 222; he was just a messenger.
"I don't know either, you'll find out when you get there."
The group exchanged glances, and Huang Xiaochuan said, "Why don't we go and see for ourselves? We should at least give Teacher Dai some face and not put him in a difficult position."
The group then decided to follow Dai Xiaoguang to the Finance Department's administrative office.
Upon arriving at the destination, Dai Xiaoguang knocked on the door, and a voice from inside said, "Come in!"
Dai Xiaoguang pushed open the door and said with a smile to the person inside, "Director Lei, I've brought the students you were looking for!"
The person inside immediately became very enthusiastic: "Please invite them in!"
Once inside, the group saw Deputy Director Lei in person; he was a refined-looking middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses.
The group from group 222 greeted Deputy Director Lei: "Hello, Director Lei!"
"Alright, alright, hello everyone! Please have a seat!" Deputy Director Lei greeted them with a smile and invited them to sit down.
After sitting down, Wu Duo took the initiative to ask, "Director Lei, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Here's the thing, a friend of mine wanted to invite you all to dinner, so I asked your teacher, Mr. Dai, to invite you all here."
After hearing this, Wu Duo looked around to see how his roommates reacted. Zhang Gaolei and Chen Zhe didn't make a sound, while Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi shook their heads slightly. Wu Duo understood.
"Director Lei, we don't seem to know your friends, so perhaps we should skip the meal?"
"What's your name, student?"
"Director Lei, my name is Wu Duo."
"Wu Duo! It's like this, my friend came all the way from Zhejiang Province. He wants to chat with you guys. I think it's possible to meet up and have a meal together! Just give me some face, okay?"
Wu Duo looked at the other four people with a troubled expression, knowing that he couldn't speak for them.
At this moment, Dai Xiaoguang advised, "Huang Xiaochuan,"
"It's just going out for a meal, to get to know each other, okay?"
Everyone looked at Huang Xiaochuan. At this moment, Deputy Director Lei also said to Huang Xiaochuan, "Huang Xiaochuan, what do you have to say?"
Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "Director Lei and Teacher Dai have both said so, it's just a meeting, so let's go! It's just a matter of getting to know each other anyway."
Deputy Director Lei laughed: "That's more like it! Let's have a meal and get to know each other!"
In fact, Deputy Director Lei didn't know why his fellow townsman Chang Zhihong wanted to have dinner with these students, and even specifically asked him to help him make arrangements. Why go to such lengths for a few students? He even arranged to host a banquet for them on Huanghe Road.
Could something be wrong? Deputy Director Lei had wondered to himself, but unfortunately the other party didn't reveal any details to him.
After learning the restaurant's address, Huang Xiaochuan went out and made a phone call. Yang Junmin and the other two drove Huang Xiaochuan's car to the school gate, where they waited in the Ford.
When the group arrived at the school gate, Deputy Director Lei said, "There are many of us, should we take two taxis?"
Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "Director Lei, you can just share a car with our teacher Dai. We have our own car."
As he spoke, Huang Xiaochuan unlocked the Lexus with the remote control, a scene that left Deputy Director Lei and Dai Xiaoguang completely bewildered!
Driving to university? This is quite common abroad, but it's the first time I've seen it in China. Who are these students? Could it be that Chang Zhihong wants to get to know them because of this?
Dai Xiaoguang pointed to the car and asked, "Huang Xiaochuan, is this your car?"
Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "Yes!"
Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "Yes!"
Then Huang Xiaochuan said to Ding Yi, "Old Ding, help me flag down a taxi."
Ding Yi made a hand gesture: "No problem!"
He quickly flagged down a taxi.
Huang Xiaochuan said to Dai Xiaoguang, "Teacher Dai, please take Director Lei to the car. We'll meet at the restaurant entrance."
After saying that, the group got into the Lexus and left. Dai Xiaoguang and Deputy Director Lei quickly got into a taxi. Yang Junmin saw that Huang Xiaochuan had left, so he drove after him.
Once in the taxi, Dai Xiaoguang pointed at the Lexus and said, "Driver, follow that black SUV in front."
On the way, Deputy Director Lei asked Dai Xiaoguang, "Xiao Dai! Who are these students of yours? They drive such nice cars to school. What do their families do?"
Dai Xiaoguang had no idea that Huang Xiaochuan owned a car! He also wanted to know how this happened!
However, he still speculated, "It might be Huang Xiaochuan's uncle's car! Huang Xiaochuan is just a kid from an ordinary cadre family, but he has a very wealthy uncle who bought him a mobile phone when he was a freshman. This car was probably bought by his uncle too, right?"
"Uncle?" Deputy Director Lei was full of questions.
Is there really such a thing as an uncle? How come I've never encountered such good fortune?
Inside the Lexus, the people in car 222 were also speculating about the purpose of the person who wanted to get to know them.
Ding Yi said directly, "Is that even a question? They're definitely after the subscription certificates we have. Otherwise, why would they invite us out to dinner for no reason?"
"Damn it! Do you think we're three-year-olds? I'd like to see what this guy's up to!"
While holding the steering wheel, Huang Xiaochuan said to the group, "Old Ding guessed right, they're definitely here for the subscription certificates. But we can at least hear what price they're asking for to get a sense of the market!"
Wu Duo nodded in agreement: "It's good to listen!"
At this moment, Ding Yi said again, "Chi Na! I'll order a few more dishes later. It's been a long time since I've been to Huanghe Road. Let's have a good meal today, since someone's treating."