C36 They Met in the Parking Lot
"Sir, I wasn't ignoring you..."
The female teller with a ponytail quickly interjected, urgency etched across her face.
If she could make the sale, her commission would be over a hundred dollars.
But with the customer gone, how would she earn her money?
The young woman, a worker herself, understood the importance of being warm to customers. Yet, she was taken aback when Lin Dong inadvertently revealed his phone balance—it was astonishingly high.
Plus, Lin Dong was quite handsome.
She found herself involuntarily stealing glances at him.
This, in turn, irked the show-off man, who left in a huff with his companion.
As they departed, the other customers browsing phones began to murmur among themselves.
They were still puzzled as to why everyone in the store seemed to gravitate towards Lin Dong.
Noticing the cashier's demeanor, Lin Dong paused and then said, "I'll take three more phones, the best ones, and add earphones to that."
Ah?
The female clerk was taken aback.
She hadn't anticipated that after just missing a sale, Lin Dong would request to buy three more phones.
The store manager let out a click of his tongue and addressed the clerk, "What are you waiting for? Fetch this gentleman his phones, quickly!"
His eyes sparkled with delight.
Lin Dong was indeed a man of wealth—he hadn't waited on him in vain!
Though he might have alienated Yan Guanglee, who had just walked out due to a perceived slight, Lin Dong was purchasing four phones in one fell swoop.
By any measure, it was a profitable turn of events.
Prompted by the manager's reminder, the ponytailed saleswoman sprang into action to retrieve the phones.
Two times three equals six—that's a six hundred dollar commission!
She could hardly believe such fortune had come her way!
The clerk with the ponytail was beside herself with excitement.
She deftly selected three of the latest model phones in different colors for Lin Dong.
He wasn't trying to play the hero or console the clerk.
Indeed, Lin Dong was wealthy, but he wasn't one to carelessly throw around his generosity.
A thought struck him—he remembered that his friends Tian Chao, Liu Wenming, and Zhou Hengyu were all using outdated phones. He decided to buy each of them a new one, a testament to their deep bond.
Lin Dong, flush with cash at the moment, wasn't concerned about the expense.
The saleswoman carefully packaged the three phones into elegant carry bags and handed them to Lin Dong.
He paid with ease.
As another balance alert popped up on his phone, the onlooking clerks caught a glimpse.
They were inwardly astounded once more.
Such an amount of money was beyond what they could ever hope to earn in a lifetime!
In the end, led by the store manager, the staff lined up at the door to bid Lin Dong a cheerful farewell.
Lin Dong left feeling light-hearted and pleased.
The staff at the cell phone store had been incredibly helpful, making his shopping experience thoroughly enjoyable.
Carrying his phones, Lin Dong decided to take a stroll in the area.
The cell phone mall wasn't just phone stores; there were snack and bubble tea shops too. He treated himself to a cup of herbal jelly and some grilled wheat gluten skewers.
Then, with his new purchases in hand, he sauntered off toward the parking lot.
Yan Guanglee, who had encountered Lin Dong at the cell phone store, was also heading to the parking lot with his companion.
The incident at the Love Madness phone store had left Yan Guanglee quite disgruntled.
He was fuming all the way!
Even after buying a phone elsewhere, he couldn't shake off his irritation.
How could Lin Dong, who looked like a pauper, be more popular than him?
He was the one who deserved that kind of attention!
His companion, on the other hand, was delighted, having received a new Love Madness model, fulfilling her little desire.
She clung to Yan Guanglee's arm and cooed, "Honey, don't be mad. That guy was obviously just a poor student trying to impress with a borrowed phone!"
Yan Guanglee huffed, "I'm not angry, just annoyed! I'm a high-end individual who drives a BMW. When have I ever been slighted like this?"
His companion soothed him, saying, "Right, he's just a nobody. We shouldn't stoop to his level... Oh, isn't that the guy who just bought the phone?"
Yan Guanglee looked over and saw Lin Dong approaching, bag from the phone store in hand, munching on grilled gluten and sipping from a milk tea as he walked.
It was clear that his destination was the parking lot.
A thought suddenly struck Yan Guanglee: "Could it be that this kid actually owns a car?"
