After briefly introducing themselves, Li Zhun sat directly on the sofa opposite Gu Bai.
"Dude, are you interested in my Night Shadow?"
"Night Shadow?"
Gu Bai looked a bit puzzled.
Zhang Yumeng's boss, Kong Lixiang, a potbellied middle-aged man, hurried to explain: "As the owner of a custom car, you have the right to name your customized model. It will be recorded at our headquarters and published on Lamborghini's official website. Night Shadow is the name of the Aventador you were looking at earlier."
Gu Bai smirked, "The name is quite a bit too edgy, isn't it?"
Li Zhun was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Don't like it? No worries. Once the car's in your name, you can apply to Lamborghini Headquarters to change it."
After a little small talk, Li Zhun cut to the chase: "The dealership must have told you, right? You need to pay me the 6 million deposit first before you can take the car."
Gu Bai nodded, indicating he understood.
"It's actually not that complicated. This deposit is like an advance I paid for you and can be included in the car purchase price. You won't lose out, as long as you continue to cover the remaining cost.
But I have to thank you. I've been looking for someone to take over this car recently, and if no one did in a few months, Lamborghini Headquarters would have had to reclaim it. My 6 million would have gone down the drain."
Gu Bai shook his head with a smile.
"Even if I don't buy it today, you'd find someone eventually. After all, true supercar enthusiasts won't be able to resist the allure of this car."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhun's eyes lit up as if he had found a kindred spirit.
"You're right; those who truly love supercars can't resist this Night Shadow. But, as you know, while it's a great car, the price is indeed too high.
15.8 million could properly buy a Reventon. Overall, most people see it as having too low a cost-performance ratio, so even those interested in taking over find the price hard to accept.
If no one takes over soon, it'll be stuck with me for sure."
"Shall we handle the paperwork first?"
Li Zhun also realized Gu Bai wasn't in the mood for chit-chat and stood up: "Okay, let's get the paperwork done. It'll also settle a concern of mine."
Seeing the two finally planning to get down to business, Kong Lixiang quickly said: "We've prepared all the necessary paperwork for Mr. Li beforehand; you just need to pay the remaining balance here to complete the purchase and transfer. As for the 6 million deposit, that's a private transaction between the two of you. You just need to find a notary and complete the wire transfer under their supervision."
Hearing this, Gu Bai cast a discreet glance at Li Zhun.
"Name: Li Zhun
Appearance: 79
Physique: 75
Affinity: 60"
Gu Bai truly hadn't expected that the person with the highest affinity towards him was actually a guy.
But from Li Zhun's actions and his affinity rating, he seemed like a generous and cheerful second-generation rich. Since Gu Bai himself was also too lazy to deal with complications, he directly said: "No need to make it so complicated. Li Zhun, just sign the authorization letter, and I'll transfer the money directly to you."
Hearing this, both Li Zhun and those present, Zhang Yumeng and Kong Lixiang, were taken aback.
That's 6 million!
An ordinary family might not earn that much in thirty years, and it's decided so casually?
Li Zhun gave Gu Bai a deep look, gave him a thumbs-up, and said: "Dude, you're a big deal. No matter what, Li Zhun considers you a friend now."
Gu Bai smiled faintly.
He just found it bothersome, and thanks to the system panel, he could roughly understand what kind of person Li Zhun was. Without the system panel, he would follow the normal procedure. After all, while his money might as well have been a windfall, it was still his, and he wouldn't do something foolish with it.
As it turns out, Li Zhun indeed was a laid-back person. Before the money was even transferred, he had already signed the letter of authorization that Kong Lixiang handed over.
Gu Bai also called Construction Bank for the wire transfer. 6 million is not a small amount, it's not a sum you can just casually transfer.
With the most troublesome part over, the rest of the procedure was quite simple. After paying the 9.8 million balance and signing a heap of documents, the customized Night Shadow was officially transferred to Gu Bai's name.
"Congratulations, Mr. Gu, on your successful car purchase. We will upload your reserved information to the company headquarters. Starting now, you are our most valued Lamborghini member. Whenever we have a new car release, we will promptly notify and invite you."
Kong Lixiang, along with Zhang Yumeng, gave a deep bow to Gu Bai and said respectfully.
As for Zhang Yumeng, now relieved, she cast an unusual glance at Gu Bai.
Looking at the black and red bull in front of him, Gu Bai felt very excited, his heartbeat even a bit faster, but on the surface, he maintained a composed appearance.
People tend to overthink, and seeing Gu Bai's calm demeanor, everyone's assessment of him rose a few notches.
How many people can remain unfazed when faced with over ten million?
In contrast, Li Zhun could somewhat see through Gu Bai's facade and, smiling, whispered in his ear: "I heard this is your first car? Pretty exciting, huh? Stop pretending. I've been there, the first time I picked up a supercar, I pretended more than you."
Gu Bai turned his head and rolled his eyes at him.
It must be said, Li Zhun's carefree personality is seen as two extremes: those who like it are willing to become close friends, and those who don't probably find it very annoying.
Gu Bai belonged to the former; he really liked these kinds of people, as they were easy to get along with.
Li Zhun's good-natured sarcasm brought the two people's relationship closer.
As he walked to the car, Li Zhun gently touched the hood and sighed, "Actually, I really like this car, but there's nothing I can do, don't have that much money in my pocket, so it's a bargain for you.
But Gu Bai, you haven't driven this type of supercar before, right? Let me take you for a spin, teach you how to drive, and let me enjoy it too?"
"Sure."
"Generous!"
After speaking, he jumped into the driver's seat, afraid that Gu Bai might change his mind.
Gu Bai chuckled and shook his head.
Although he already had a driver's license, he hadn't experienced this kind of supercar in both lifetimes. Having someone to guide him is definitely a good thing.
With this in mind, Gu Bai directly sat in the passenger seat.
Zhang Yumeng saw Gu Bai walking away quickly and didn't even glance at her, feeling a bit anxious, but her so-called bottom line and self-esteem still didn't allow her to do anything.
Already seated in the passenger seat, Gu Bai smiled as he looked at Zhang Yumeng staring at him intently but didn't show any reaction.
Although Gu Bai was quite interested in Zhang Yumeng, it was impossible for him to take the initiative. Girls like Zhang Yumeng, who can hold their ground in the high-end sales industry for Lamborghini, are not fools, typical high-level players. At this time, if Gu Bai couldn't keep his cool because of lust, the ball would be in Zhang Yumeng's court.
"Hold on tight!"
Li Zhun called out, stepped on the gas, and the bull started to roar, driving right out of the 4S shop.
Only leaving Zhang Yumeng looking at the car shadow, feeling lost.
"Yu Meng, you did a great job this time, satisfying two high-level clients at once. I will quickly apply for commissions and bonuses from above."
Kong Lixiang praised her with a look of comfort.
Although this time the commissions and bonuses were sure to be substantial, Zhang Yumeng always felt she missed something, her interest slightly diminished, she nodded listlessly.
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Li Zhun drove the Night Shadow around with Gu Bai for a while, laughing as he asked, "Gu Bai, you're not a Shanghainese, are you? I've never heard of you before."
"What you mean is, if I were Shanghainese, you would definitely know me?"
Hearing this, Li Zhun laughed, his tone was calm, but there was a full sense of arrogance in his words.
"If we're talking about ordinary people, I certainly wouldn't know.
But with your financial power, you can't be an ordinary person. If you'd been playing in Shanghai's circles, I wouldn't possibly not know you."
"That may not be true, maybe I'm some sort of nouveau riche?"
Li Zhun turned his head and scrutinized Gu Bai.
"Impossible. In Shanghai, there are quite a few nouveau riche, and just demolishing a piece of land can produce a batch of nouveau riche. But generally, the nouveau riche have two contradictory tags.
One is not taking money seriously.
The second is treating money as life.
You fit the first tag quite well, but the second, I haven't seen at all."
After Li Zhun spoke, Gu Bai was stunned.
Although he had just a total of 30 million, and after buying the car only 14.2 million left, under the subtle influence of the system, he really hadn't taken money seriously.
After all, the system was like his personal bank, just the Level 1 System alone could provide him with the funds for 10 small goals, not to mention the system would upgrade later.
To be serious, saying Gu Bai was a nouveau riche was completely accurate.
After all, over two lifetimes combined, he never had more than six figures in assets he could control on his own, and suddenly being a multimillionaire, what isn't nouveau riche?
But Gu Bai didn't have the mindset of being nouveau riche.
Ultimately, it's the word 'foundation'.
Why do the nouveau riche have these two contradictory tags? It's merely the lack of foundation; suddenly getting rich, having tens of millions or billions in hand, most will choose revenge consumption, which is not taking money seriously.
The second is, knowing their money is limited, once used up, it's gone, when it touches their interests they treat money as life, which is treating money as life.
What is foundation?
For example, you have 100 dollars, using one dollar, the remaining 99 dollars is your foundation.
Having 100 dollars, being able to earn 100 dollars every day is a deep foundation.
The system is Gu Bai's foundation; as long as he has the system, he possesses unimaginable wealth.
Even if Gu Bai is considered nouveau riche, he is advanced nouveau riche.
And all self-made millionaires in the world can be considered advanced nouveau riche.