Chapter 644 - 287: This Tea Is Too Expensive, 2 Billion a Sip

Lin Wanzhou’s comrade must have been very cautious, because he gave the plane an extremely thorough inspection.

It took him a full three hours to go over the entire aircraft.

In the salesperson’s words—

"Man, you inspected everything short of taking our engine apart."

But he was a true professional and found quite a few problems.

The salesperson was completely stunned.

If the buyer were to back out of the sale, he’d be in hot water with his superiors.

But thankfully, he added that while a price reduction was advisable, the plane’s underlying quality was sound and wouldn’t affect its normal, safe operation.

The salesperson, Xu Yun, and the intermediary, Jian Shiwai, all breathed a collective sigh of relief upon hearing this.

The salesperson was worried about his sales quota, while Jian Shiwai was afraid Xu Yun would think he had handled things poorly.

As for Xu Yun, he just hated hassles.

He had finally gotten a plane, and having to find a new one would be too time-consuming.

"It’s fine. As long as there are no fundamental quality issues with the plane itself."

Xu Yun’s words settled the matter.

As for haggling, how much could they even knock off?

It wasn’t worth wasting his time over such a paltry sum.

On the contrary, seeing how magnanimous the buyer was, the salesperson took the initiative to communicate with his company. After reporting the issues they had found, he applied for and received a one-million-yuan reduction in the total price.

For a deal worth hundreds of millions, of course the haggling would be in units of millions. Who would bother with discounts of a few tens of thousands?

That would just be embarrassing.

Once the plane was inspected and Xu Yun gave the nod, Jian Shiwai would handle settling the final payment through the bank.

Xu Yun didn’t have to worry about it.

Xu Yun didn’t even take the extra million for himself.

He split it into two parts.

He gave one part to Jian Shiwai as a fee for his hard work.

After all, there was still a series of procedures for the plane to get through, including recruiting a flight crew.

He gave the other part to Lin Wanzhou.

He told him to split it with his comrade; they had spent hours diligently inspecting the plane for him, so he considered it a fee for their trouble.

Lin Wanzhou knew how generous Xu Yun was, so he didn’t refuse.

He gave his comrade 300,000 of the 500,000 but returned his own share of 200,000 to Xu Yun.

He felt that since he and Xu Yun were friends, taking money would taint their friendship.

Xu Yun didn’t argue. If he didn’t want it, that was fine.

Afterward, Xu Yun played host and treated everyone to an early dinner at Crane Garden.

The bill came to 37,000.

During the meal, Yan Can called to tell him that the job had been arranged. It was for an assistant manager position at the supermarket in Jiangcheng’s Guotai Square.

The main duties were also quite easy: just assisting the manager with the daily operations of the supermarket.

The salary was 15,000 a month, with full benefits—the five social insurances and one housing fund.

It was a typical premium "three-highs" position: a high starting point, a high salary, and high authority.

After dinner, Xu Yun told Lin Wanzhou about it. Lin Wanzhou was thrilled and looked like he couldn’t wait to get home and tell Wang Yurou.

At the same time, Xu Yun also mentioned the pilot situation, asking him to make an introduction if he knew any suitable retired military fighter pilots.

When it came to his personal safety, Xu Yun trusted military-trained fighter pilots more.

Putting technical skill aside, their mental fortitude and ability to handle emergencies were definitely far superior to that of commercial airline captains.

Lin Wanzhou agreed, saying he would keep an eye out.

After Lin Wanzhou and his comrade left, Xu Yun had originally planned to go see Su Mu, but after receiving a call from Xino, he drove directly to her house instead.

It seemed Xi Huai’an had specifically asked her to call; he had something important to discuss with him.

He drove to Xino’s house, where the driver, Uncle He, was already waiting for him at the entrance.

Upon seeing him, the man immediately came forward to help open the car door, saying, "Young Master Xu, the boss is waiting for you in the study."

"Alright."

Xu Yun walked beside Uncle He and asked tentatively, "Do you know why Uncle Xi is looking for me?"

"I don’t know, but..."

Uncle He hesitated for a moment before saying, "It seems an important guest has arrived. The young miss and the madam have been forbidden from going to the second floor."

...

Xu Yun frowned. ’This isn’t so simple.’

Entering the house, Xu Yun first greeted Xino and Cheng Yuelan.

"We’re all family, no need to be so formal."

Cheng Yuelan said with a smile, "Go on up. Old Xi is waiting for you."

"Okay, Auntie."

At this point, Uncle He stopped and followed no further, exiting the house.

Full of questions, Xu Yun went up to the second floor alone. He stopped in front of the study door, knocked, and after waiting a few seconds, pushed the door open and walked in.

Inside the study, besides Xi Huai’an, there was a middle-aged man wearing a standard official’s jacket.

One look at his demeanor and you could tell he was no ordinary person; he had the distinct air of a government official.

The middle-aged man sized Xu Yun up and gave him an approachable nod and a smile.

Xu Yun returned a polite smile, sat down near them, and asked, "Uncle Xi, what did you want to see me about?"

"It’s nothing urgent."

Xi Huai’an looked at the middle-aged man opposite him and said with a smile, "I’d like you to meet a friend. This is a leader from our Jiangcheng City, in charge of construction. You can call him Uncle Zhang."

"Hello, sir," Xu Yun said naturally, showing his respect.

He didn’t follow Xi Huai’an’s suggestion to immediately call the man "Uncle" to build rapport.

’As a common citizen, I’m well aware of one principle: serving a ruler is like accompanying a tiger.’

’I don’t want to get too close to an official before I fully understand the situation.’