Father Tong was furious: "You, you are just desperate for money, crazy about making money, daydreaming! How can a top leader suddenly come to our house to give you benefits?"
"Don't you think about it, those businessmen are all up early without profit. Why would they give you an internal price for no reason? Why would they specifically say it when you, a middle-aged woman, are present? Don't be sold by someone and still count money for others!"
Mother Tong thought, that makes sense.
Could these two be trying to scam her out of money?
But then again, they were so young and well-mannered, how could they be scammers?
With a complicated mood, she waited until the next day. She didn't contact Zhang Yang, but Zhang Yang contacted her.
"Auntie, are you ready? I'm driving to pick you up now."
Mother Tong was cautious: "Let's make it clear first, I'm just going to take a look. I don't have a penny on me. Don't expect me to sign on the spot."
"Don't worry, Auntie, I won't make any decisions for you. Whether it's successful or not, whether you like it or not, it's up to you."
Zhang Yang drove to pick up Mother Tong to the settled community and took her to see the shops. Mother Tong was very satisfied.
"Little Zhang, tell me the truth. If Auntie wants this one, how much will it cost?"
Zhang Yang told her truthfully: "At Nan Cheng's current price, it will be at least 11,000 per square meter. Even if it's 70 square meters, it will be 700,000. But who told you to know our leader? He thinks you are kind and likes you, so he is willing to give you a 50% discount, and you only need to prepare 350,000."
Such a good location, 350,000 to buy a shop front?
Mother Tong was immediately tempted again.
"Are you sure you two aren't lying to me? I've told you, this is the life savings of you and your uncle. If you lie to me, you'll be struck by lightning!"
Zhang Yang couldn't help but laugh and cry: "Auntie, if you don't believe me, you can call your husband, son, and daughter to come over together. I can lie to you alone, but I can't lie to your whole family, right?"
"It's not too late to sign after you've discussed it."
Mother Tong thought, Tong An An is in the city, not far away, and her son is also not far away. Such a good opportunity, she couldn't let it slip away, so she called them.
Tong An An received her mother's call, and then received her brother's call. Her brother was driving a taxi to bring her here.
On the way, the two were still angry.
Her mother had been shrewd her whole life, how could she believe such a low-level scam in her old age?
Buying a house with a 50% discount? Ha! Unheard of! How could she not see such obvious fraud?
As a result, when the two arrived and saw Zhang Yang, Tong An An was stunned.
"Assistant Zhang, why are you here too?"
Then she belatedly remembered that it was Zhang Yang and Jiang Jingyu who had gone to their store to eat that day!
So her mother was right, she hadn't met a scammer, she had really met a developer?
"So our town's demolition is done by our company... Was it you and President Jiang who went to eat that day?"
Zhang Yang couldn't help but laugh at her, "Your eyes and reaction ability are truly more than one degree worse than Auntie's. Last night, President Jiang and I went again, and Auntie recognized us at a glance.
We've been colleagues for so long, and you're just realizing it?"
Then he told her about the company undertaking the high-speed rail route project.
Finally, Zhang Yangyang said again.
"Because you are an employee of our company, plus internal benefits, a total of 300,000 is enough. If you are sure you want it, you can sign now."
"Honestly, these shop fronts are quite in demand. Many people in your town want to buy them. The salespeople are not enough to sell them. I managed to get them from them by using special privileges."
Seeing that it was handled by her own company, Tong An An was relieved and decided to let her mother buy it.
But her brother was still uneasy and pulled her aside to say.
"He's just a junior assistant. If he abuses his power for personal gain, or does something under some pretense... this is 300,000."
Tong An An thought about it, it made sense.
It wasn't that he didn't believe in Zhang Yang's character, but such news was not uncommon.
"Do you have President Jiang's phone number? Why don't you call him to confirm?"
Tong An An was unwilling to bother President Jiang with such a small matter.
Her brother said, "If we buy this shop, Mom and Dad won't have to work odd jobs outside anymore. There are houses in the community and shops outside. Our family will be settled from now on. This is something you can do with just one phone call, so why not? Is your face worth that much?"
Tong An An had no choice, so she had to bite the bullet and send Jiang Jingyu a WeChat message.
"President Jiang, are you resting?"
Jiang Jingyu had no habit of napping; he used his lunch break for fitness.
Since he had Tong An An in his heart, he always kept his phone with him, for fear of missing any of her messages. Although he knew she wouldn't proactively send him messages.
He was sweating profusely on the treadmill when his phone screen lit up.
Glancing up, he saw the familiar WeChat name of Tong An An.
His heart filled with joy. He swiped it open and saw that Tong An An had indeed sent him a message.
Jiang Jingyu quickly replied, "Is there something?"
Tong An An then told him about Zhang Yang wanting to give them a discount on the shops.
Jiang Jingyu said it was true.
Tong An An asked why the company would give such a big discount. Jiang Jingyu lied to her.
The internal resettlement housing was exchanged for the villagers' homesteads. The street-front shops were built along with them, so there was no cost. The money earned from sales was all company profit, so the price could be high or low as they wished.
Because Tong An An's mother was particularly pleasing to him, he decided to give her a lower price.
"Besides, you are an internal employee of the group, so it's normal to get a discount, isn't it?"
Tong An An was very embarrassed, feeling like she had gotten tens of thousands for free.
Jiang Jingyu said, "Don't feel burdened. 400,000 might seem like a lot to you, but it's a drop in the bucket for the entire Zhan Group. I'm just doing you a favor."
"If I can spend 400,000 to stabilize your heart and make you work for Zhan's for a lifetime, then my trip will not be in vain. Sign it."
"If you play pride with me, let this great opportunity slip away to others, and make your parents suffer, then it's too meaningless."
Tong An An felt that what he said made sense.
She couldn't put her parents in hardship for a little bit of her own pride.
At most, she would work hard in the future and repay the group.
The contract was signed smoothly, and her mother was overjoyed to have gotten such a great bargain, praising Tong An An for her success repeatedly.
"Originally, I thought your dad and I were destined for hardship, working hard all our lives, and having to be cleaners and endure others' faces in our old age. But now my daughter has succeeded."
"Not only did you get us a good house, but you also got a shop. Your brother will have more status when he goes on blind dates in the future! Oh, you are truly our family's lucky star!"
"When will you have time? Invite Assistant Zhang and President Jiang to our house for dinner! I have to thank them for such a big favor!"