After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: A Tool to Showcase Wealth

TL: YYang

Three o’clock in the afternoon.

Chen Na walked out of the Maserati 4S dealership, arm in arm with Shen Yuan.

Just now, they had paid in full for a white MC20. After discounts, the final price was 2.73 million.

And Shen Yuan had received a rebate of 8.19 million from the system.

This brought his available savings to 25.75 million.

The dealership didn’t have a white MC20 in stock, but the salesperson promised to arrange for a transfer, and it would arrive tomorrow. But tomorrow was Saturday, and they could only get the license plate on Monday, so they planned to come back on Monday to pick it up.

“Shen Yuan, let me drive for you. You drove for over 2 hours today and then accompanied me to buy a car. You must be tired.”

Chen Na said softly from the side.

“Sure, I’ll give you a chance to show off.”

Shen Yuan patted Chen Na’s perky buttocks twice, making her pretty face blush. “People will see here.”

“Let them see. Let them be jealous.”

Shen Yuan glanced at the pretty face next to him. At this moment, her face was filled with sweetness and a hint of shyness. As expected, a woman nourished by love was even more charming than usual.

Chen Na got into the driver’s seat of the Defender and fastened her seatbelt. “Do you want to go back and rest for a while?”

“No, let’s go straight to the Mercedes-Benz 4S dealership.”

Chen Na was slightly stunned. “Huh?”

“Are we going to buy a Mercedes?”

Shen Yuan nodded. “Yeah, I want to change my car.”

He happened to have a 5 million automobile consumption fund now, so he planned to get a new car.

But the main reason was to accumulate Prestige Value.

For the startup incubator, Shen Yuan wasn’t putting all his hopes on Fu Yingzi.

Even if he had the Youth League Committee and the school increase publicity, there might not be that many senior and junior girls willing to start a business. He was a post-00s himself, so he knew very well what contemporary young people were thinking. Most of them were thinking about how to lie flat, not how to make more money.

What’s more, in a school like the Foreign Economics College, everyone was thinking about eating, drinking, and having fun. People like Fu Yingzi were actually a minority.

Since starting a business couldn’t attract them, Shen Yuan thought he would let a top-tier, handsome, and rich guy attract them. In that case, the car naturally had to be as eye-catching as possible.

Showing off by driving a luxury car was not Shen Yuan’s style, but he had no choice; the system wouldn’t let him be low-key.

The Defender was a bit lacking. Many girls didn’t even recognize the Land Rover logo. But Mercedes was different; 99% of people recognized the Mercedes logo.

Shen Yuan’s target this time was the G63.

The G-Wagen, with its tough and classic appearance, was very eye-catching on the road and had a high head-turning rate.

Shen Yuan had also considered buying a supercar, but those cars had too little space and wouldn’t be convenient for taking Coach Liu or the class beauty out for activities in the future.

Maybach and Bentley were too business-like, making him look like a driver.

Of course, when his business and wealth grew even more, he would need a driver, but it wasn’t necessary now.

Besides, Shen Yuan also liked to drive himself.

For the current Shen Yuan, a car was not just a means of transportation, but also a tool to showcase his wealth.

Of course, before driving the G63 into the Foreign Economics College, he needed to create some hype to attract more attention.

As Chen Na drove, she couldn’t help but glance at Shen Yuan a few more times. After all, he had just bought the Defender not long ago, and now he was changing cars again.

Chen Na couldn’t even imagine how much Shen Yuan was worth.

But in the past two days, she had finally and thoroughly experienced the benefits of being rich. Not only could her own material life be greatly improved, but she could also greatly improve the lives of her parents and family.

Chen Na had also thought about it from another perspective. If Shen Yuan were just an ordinary 21-year-old university student who went to her house like that, her mom, Yu Shufen, would probably find a bunch of faults with him.

For example, “too young, immature, doesn’t know how to take care of people,” or “no financial ability, can’t give you the life you want,” and “young people are emotionally volatile, you’ll be wronged,” and other such faults.

But Shen Yuan being a billionaire was completely different.

When her mom, Yu Shufen, looked at Shen Yuan, she had a filter on. Her eyes couldn’t see any flaws like the age difference; she would only focus on and magnify his strengths.

She even told her to hurry up and have his baby.

The tolerance of ordinary people for the poor and the rich is completely different. This is reality.

The Mercedes-Benz 4S dealership was not far from the Maserati 4S dealership. Chen Na quickly drove to the storefront. She had a former colleague who had jumped from Land Rover to Mercedes, so she had called that old colleague in advance.

“Nana!”

As soon as the two got out of the car, a female salesperson in a business suit greeted them with a smile.

“Xiao Mei.”

Chen Na waved at her. The Xiao Mei in front of her used to have a good relationship with her. After Xiao Mei left Land Rover last year, the two still kept in touch occasionally and would refer customers to each other.

Basically, those who buy luxury cars will look at similar brands.

“Let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Shen Yuan.”

Chen Na generously introduced the two. “Shen Yuan, this is my former colleague, now a salesperson at Mercedes, Xiao Mei.”

“Hello, Shen Yuan.”

Xiao Mei nodded slightly, a smile on her face. She had heard from former colleagues at Land Rover that Chen Na’s boyfriend was particularly rich and had even helped her open a coffee shop.

With such a high-quality customer looking at the G63, the chances of closing the deal were high. Besides, she hadn’t made a sale in a week and desperately needed one to stabilize her position.

“Hello.”

Shen Yuan glanced at her briefly. Although her name had the character for “beauty” in it, standing next to Chen Na, she was a notch below in both looks and figure.

Reality is not a novel, after all. It’s not like every woman you meet is a beauty.

“Just take me to see the car. After a quick look, we’ll arrange a test drive.”

Shen Yuan said directly.

“Okay, please follow me.”

Xiao Mei gestured for the two to come to the center of the showroom, where a gleaming black G-Wagen was displayed. Under the soft lights, it shone even more brilliantly.

Shen Yuan really liked the tough appearance of the G-Wagen. The grille was waterfall-style, with geometric multi-beam headlights on both sides, and the entire body had sharp lines and angles, looking retro and classic.

“Mr. Shen, let me briefly introduce the G63’s configuration. It has a 4.0T V8 engine, full-time four-wheel drive, a maximum horsepower of 585, and can accelerate from 0 to 100 in just 4.5 seconds. It’s equipped with 15 Burmester speakers, 64-color ambient lighting…”

Xiao Mei tirelessly introduced it to Shen Yuan.

This kind of customer definitely needed to be served well. After all, Mercedes wasn’t the only luxury car brand; there were many others. The competition was so fierce now that another dealership could easily snatch him away.

She had also won the store’s service star award. Her experience told her that some customers chose to buy from her not entirely because of the car, but also partly because of the salesperson’s enthusiastic service throughout the process.

After all, there was more than one Mercedes-Benz 4S dealership in Star City, and many customers would look at several, so this was also a time to compete on service.

Actually, Shen Yuan was already quite familiar with the configurations Xiao Mei mentioned, but out of politeness, he didn’t interrupt. He listened while doing a static experience.

Shen Yuan tried the car door and found that the “thump” sound when the G63’s door opened was very crisp, and the feel of opening and closing it was very decisive.

After all, it was a car that cost over 3 million. It had to be different from other cars in some ways.

Shen Yuan also remembered that the G63 was the king of markups, often with markups of hundreds of thousands. He just didn’t know how it was now, so Shen Yuan asked, “Are there any discounts on the G63 now?”

Xiao Mei smiled knowingly. “Mr. Shen, there are indeed no discounts, but the G63 doesn’t require a markup now, no bundled options, and no tied sales of accessories. We sell it at a flat price.”

“The store will provide some extra accessories. Also, since you are Nana’s boyfriend, after the deal is closed, I will personally give you a gift. Is that okay?”

“Mmm, okay.”

Shen Yuan nodded.

It seemed the G63 had also fallen on hard times. The glory days of marking it up by seven or eight hundred thousand were gone.

With the rise of domestic cars, the market for these imported luxury cars was squeezed. They had higher configurations, better power, and most importantly, were sold at a cheaper price.

How could you compete?

And you still dare to sell with a markup?

After Shen Yuan was done with the static experience, he said, “Let’s arrange a test drive.”

“Okay, I’ll register for you. Your driver’s license…”

“…”

20 minutes later, Shen Yuan, who had finished the test drive, didn’t feel much. Overall, it was neither good nor bad. Although it was an eight-cylinder, 585-horsepower car, to be honest, when he stepped on the gas, the power response was a bit sluggish.

But it was still acceptable. After all, he was buying this car to be a mobile mascot, somewhat similar to a watch, but the impact of a luxury car on university girls was obviously stronger than that of a watch.

“Do you have silver in stock?”

Shen Yuan asked after getting out of the car.

He had seen the silver exterior online and preferred that color.

Xiao Mei knew the inventory well and immediately replied, “We don’t have silver. Currently, we only have the display car. We also have a black one in the warehouse. But I can go and ask if other dealerships in the group have one. If they do, I’ll help you coordinate and see if we can get it transferred over.”

“Okay, go and ask first.”

Then, Xiao Mei led the two to the VIP negotiation room, arranged for tea to be served, and then went to the sales office to coordinate with the management.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Mei returned to the VIP negotiation room and said, “Mr. Shen, the group has a silver one in stock, but it has optional carbon fiber steering wheel, leather armrests, as well as the AMG Night Package, AMG Sport Package, two-tone nappa multifunction steering wheel…”

“Because of these options, the price will be 200,000 more. Do you need it?”

“If not, I can go and ask for one without options for you, or we can place an order.”

Shen Yuan shook his head. “No need, I’ll take this one.”

The carbon fiber steering wheel and these sport packages were exactly the configurations Shen Yuan wanted.

“You can draw up the contract. I’ll pay a deposit today, and I’ll pay the remaining balance when I pick up the car.”

“Ah…”

“Okay!”

Xiao Mei took a deep breath, trying to calm her excited emotions, then turned to go to the office to get the contract.

My goodness, how long had he been looking? He was placing an order directly!

I’m so jealous of Nana. She’s caught a top-tier golden turtle!

The base price after options was 2.75 million. Adding the purchase tax of 243,000 and the 10% luxury car tax for cars over 1.469 million, which was 275,000, the total was 3,268,000.

In addition, the insurance was settled based on the bill, with the first-year premium being around 40,000-50,000.

After Shen Yuan signed the contract with Xiao Mei, he first paid a deposit of 100,000, with the remaining balance to be paid upon picking up the car.

After all the procedures were completed, it was already past 5 o’clock. Xiao Mei, with a smile on her face, saw the two off from the showroom to their Defender, and then watched the Defender drive out of sight before walking back into the store with a light step.

She had thought today would be another blank day, but she didn’t expect happiness to come so suddenly. A G63 order was closed so quickly!

At the same time, she felt a bit emotional. Nana, who used to fight alongside her, had already flown up to a high branch and found such a rich boyfriend.

This was a 3-million-yuan car!

Tsk, tsk…

Unfortunately, she had no chance, as she was already married.

Sigh~ I got married too early…