Being Reborn And Starting Off By Not Being A Simp - Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Imagination Limited by Poverty

The Tianyuan Media company was registered in Pengcheng. Liu Qing still had to go back to Pengcheng with the person from Tianyuan Group helping him with the takeover, so that they could settle the procedures such as the change in shareholder.

Earlier, he had expected to bid farewell to Pengcheng to live in Yangcheng. He did not expect to have to make one round and still return to Pengcheng.

Ding Yun’s main reason for sending him to that company in Pengcheng was genuinely because he had lived in Pengcheng all these years and was more familiar with that city.

The secondary reason was that he would be located away from the Tianyuan headquarters and would get much less interference from the parent company.

However, he did not immediately go back that day.

Since he was already here, he had to make a trip to Ding Yun’s house.

At noon, Ding Yun invited the company’s senior management to a high-end restaurant. The reason she gave was that she wanted to thank them for their support of the company during this period of time, but her main purpose was to introduce Liu Qing to them.

There were 30 to 40 people who made the list for this lunch. These were the people in charge of important departments in the company’s headquarters, as well as the heads of a few branch offices.

But Su Qi was not there.

Su Qi did receive an invitation, but she found a random reason to decline and did not attend.

Ding Yun had no real intention of inviting her as well.

That luncheon cost more than 100,000 dollars. Most of the dishes on the table were foodstuffs that Liu Qing had never eaten, or even seen, before.

When he saw those beautifully plated dishes which looked delicious, he instinctively wanted to take photos and post them on his WeChat Moments so that he could show off.

However, there were too many people around, and they were all senior executives of the company. These people were not just white-collar workers, they were more like gold-collar workers.

Taking out his phone to take photos in front of them seemed to be behavior that was too low-class for a prince.

Liu Qing tried his best to control his impulses

He was still a loser, but he could not remain a loser forever. He had to work hard to learn how to become a person from the upper class..

This luncheon was also a place for him to learn things.

He could observe how people behave at such events.

For this meal, he not only exercised his mouth, but also his eyes.

He used his mouth for eating and his eyes for observing.

Although Ding Yun had very limited experience in the business world, she was very much at ease at such events.

On many occasions, she had accompanied Su Yi to various high-end places, as the wife of the chairman of Tianyuan Group, and had met many bigwigs before.

This time, the attendees were just a few of the company’s senior executives. To most people, they were bigwigs. To her, they were just her employees and there was nothing special about them.

If not for the sake of marketing Liu Qing to them, she would not even bother looking at those executives.

Those senior executives showed due respect for the occasion and they all treated Liu Qing courteously without any hint of disdain, whether or not they looked down on this cheap-looking young man in their hearts. During the meal, he mingled with them so that they could get to know him.

Liu Qing did not remember all their faces but they all definitely remembered what Liu Qing looked like.

They could look down on a young man who did not finish middle school, but they could not look down on the chairwoman’s son.

Liu Qing’s identity was enough for them to take him seriously.

Secretary Feng, who did not take him seriously, had already handed in her resignation form and was packing up to leave.

After that meal, Ding Yun did not go back to work in the afternoon. She brought Liu Qing to her home.

It was located in a villa district. When the area was first built, it was still considered the suburbs. Now, it was part of the city area.

More than 10 years ago, Su Yi bought a piece of land in the area and had a villa reconstructed on the site. At that time, he spent more than 10 million dollars.

Ding Yun did not even know how much it was worth now. In any case, she had no intention of selling it.

It was a three-story villa. The floor area of the house was not particularly big, but there was a large courtyard. There were some flowers and trees inside, and it was decorated beautifully.

Liu Qing looked at the villa and suddenly regretted his choice. Why did he choose to work hard? Wouldn’t it be nice to lie flat in the villa and enjoy life?

In the end, his imagination had been limited by poverty.

The villa had its own garage with four parking spaces.

They had arrived in a Rolls-Royce. In addition, there were another three luxury cars parked in the other three spaces.

Liu Qing did not know much about cars. He only knew that one was a sports car and another one was a Mercedes. The last one was either a Land Rover or Hummer, that kind of tall car.

His father was a victim of a car accident, so he had always been resistant about driving a car. He did not even think of buying a car now that he was rich, having absolutely no interest in this at all.

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The only thing he was interested in was how much those cars would fetch if he sold them.

Seeing his gaze fixed on the cars for a long while, Ding Yun said, “Is there a car that you like? If so, you can have it.”

Liu Qing quickly waved his hand. “There’s no need for that. I don’t know how to drive, and I don’t want to learn how to drive. I have a phobia.”

Ding Yun froze, then suddenly sighed.

There was a reason why he had a phobia.

She said, “It’s just as well if you don’t drive. There are so many traffic accidents every year these days. I’ll feel very worried if you drive.”

She brought Liu Qing into the villa and up to the second floor. There, she made arrangements for him to have a room to take a rest.

That bedroom was more than twice the size of the one-bedroom house that Liu Qing had rented in Pengcheng.

This was the first time Liu Qing had been in such a large bedroom.

Even in the countryside where the land was almost worthless, it was rare to see such a large bedroom.

Although the land was almost worthless, building a house would still cost money. Most families would not bear to build a big house.

He had set off early in the morning and felt a little tired by now. After Ding Yun left, he did not continue to force himself to stay awake and went straight to bed.

Although it was quite hot outside, the room was air-conditioned, so it felt nice to go to sleep under the blanket.

He did not know what kind of mattress and quilt he was lying on but he felt especially comfortable on the bed.

He fell asleep within minutes.

It was already past 5:00 p.m. when he woke up.

He had a really good sleep.

When he opened his eyes, he happened to touch the phone beside his pillow, so he took a look and saw a few unread WeChat messages.

He opened the messages and saw that they were all from Xiao Wen. “Brother Qing, how’s your family reunion session?”

“Brother Qing, why didn’t you reply to my message? Have you already forgotten about that cute Xiao Wen from the Jiayi apartment complex?”

“Dogs don’t bark at one another after they have a better life. You’ve changed, you dog.”

“You still haven’t replied to my messages. I’m getting angry!”

The messages were sent at different times.

When he saw these messages, Liu Qing felt touched for some reason.

After being in Yangcheng for more than half a day, what he had seen and heard made him feel that this was a world full of schemes. Moreover, these schemes may even cost him his life.

For a moment, he thought that his whole Moreover, these schemes may even cost him his life.

For a moment, he thought that his whole world was like that.

Receiving these messages now and feeling the concern from afar, he suddenly felt that this world could also be very simple and happy. He sent a reply.

“I had an early start so I took a nap in the afternoon and just woke up. I’ll be back in Pengcheng tomorrow. Don’t go to the canteen for dinner. I’ll buy you dinner.”