Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 487 Two Oils

As soon as Li Weidong's car stopped, someone from the Skoda showroom opened the door and came out. After seeing Li Weidong and his entourage getting out of the car, they walked faster.

This young waitress was wearing a down vest with a Skoda logo on it. She seemed to not feel the cold. She ran over and greeted her warmly: "Do you want to see the car? Do you have any expectations?"

"Come here for a walk, can I go in?" Li Weidong asked deliberately, and he noticed the name on the girl's nameplate from the corner of his eye, Zhang Yi.

"As you said, it doesn't matter whether you buy or not. Our showroom is not all about selling cars. Brand promotion is also our main purpose. Brother and sister, please come in!" Zhang Yi's mouth was very sweet, and her brother and sister were already called.

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Of course, it is not ruled out that the little girl sees that Li Weidong drives a very good car, a Mercedes-Benz E-class, which costs at least hundreds of thousands. Can there be a difference in money?

Of course, it is also possible that people have recognized Li Weidong and are watching the food being served.

Li Weidong entered the showroom. There were not too many people inside. After all, the Chinese New Year was just over and it was the Lantern Festival. It was a low season for car sales. Who would go out to buy a car at this time? If you wanted to buy a car, you would have bought it years ago.

So after a few of them came in, the popularity in the exhibition hall increased, and all the busy salesmen in the exhibition hall looked at them.

One of them, a slightly older salesman who looked like a small head, narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Li Weidong's face, as if he recognized him.

When no one was paying attention, the little boss returned to his work station and pulled out a newspaper clipping. This was a news report from when the leader inspected Qizhou Skoda last year. There was a photo on it, including a profile of Li Weidong.

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The little boss put down the newspaper clippings and tapped the table with his fingers regularly, confirming again and again that he should not be mistaken. Although Li Weidong's photos did not reveal much, it was not without them. He still had some impressions.

Although he didn't know why the big boss came, he couldn't do nothing. After thinking about it, he took the clip and walked quickly to the second floor, knocking on the office of the general manager who was several levels above him.

Three minutes later, the general manager walked out of the office, walked quickly down the stairs, glanced at Li Weidong who was looking at the prototype car from a distance, and after confirming, quietly walked out of the side door of the showroom.

Not long after he went out, he saw a car parked next to Li Weidong's car. Zheng Yang got out of the car, glanced at the license plate number, and then looked up and around, as if he was looking for something.

"Mr. Zheng, it should be Chairman Li, who is looking at the car inside, but I haven't seen the real person, so I'm not sure!" the general manager said with a flattering smile.

Zheng Yang ignored him and walked towards a car not far away. He had already recognized it as one of the many cars parked in front of Li Weidong's house, and the car not far away was another car.

Before Zheng Yang could reach the car, he saw a young man getting out of the car. He smiled at Zheng Yang. People had noticed him. If he didn't get out of the car, it would be his fault!

"Mr. Zheng!" Xiao Wang said with a smile. He knew Zheng Yang. Although he was not familiar with him, he could still call him by name.

It is necessary for Li Weidong's security team to know these subordinates, and they have to take turns watching the gate at the street entrance and controlling everyone's entry and exit. They basically know Li Weidong's acquaintances, so it is not surprising to recognize Zheng Yang.

"Xiao Wang, the chairman is here, and you didn't say anything to me. It's not interesting!" Zheng Yang came over and said to Xiao Wang with a smile. Zheng Yang is Li Weidong's subordinate, and he treats people around Li Weidong well.

Familiar, this is mainly due to the fact that there are relatively few changes around Li Weidong, and newcomers are more cautious.

"Mr. Zheng, you know we have discipline!" Xiao Wang explained with a smile.

"I know, I know!" Zheng Yang said with a smile, then turned to the store general manager and said, "Mr. Niu, bring some hot drinks to the brothers!" Then he said to Xiao Wang, "Don't worry when you get here.

I’ll go in first!”

"Thank you, Mr. Zheng!" Xiao Wang was not polite either, but he was not enthusiastic either. Maintaining a sense of proportion has always been their job requirement.

As for whether they feel at ease or not, it has nothing to do with where they are. Their hearts are wherever the boss is. Now that the boss is looking at cars inside, there are naturally people following him in the showroom all the time.

Zheng Yang waved his hand to tell Mr. Niu and others to get out of the way, but he glanced at the sales manager wearing a Skoda logo vest who was standing next to him. He pondered for a moment and pointed at him, gesturing for him to follow him in case of emergency.

This made Mr. Niu extremely envious. This was a good opportunity to meet a big shot, but he just missed it. He looked at the little boss with some envy, but Mr. Zheng was his boss, so he didn't dare to refute, and went to prepare a hot drink.

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Zheng Yang tidied up his clothes and walked into the showroom. He saw Li Weidong and Li Weihong commenting on the car. The waiter next to him explained in a timely manner. The situation was quite harmonious.

When Li Weidong saw Zheng Yang coming in, he just glanced at it and didn't take it seriously. Zheng Yang walked over with a smile and first greeted Liu Jinhui: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Xiao Zheng, I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that your wife is giving birth to a son?" Liu Jinhui saw Zheng Yang coming over and said with a smile. A woman's gossip will not increase with her status.

And somewhat alleviated.

They can be considered colleagues. When Li Weidong was working as a machine repairman, Liu Jinhui was the weekend accountant, and Zheng Yang were all shareholders and had worked together for a long time, so they were relatively familiar with each other and had no worries about talking to them.

"Oh, I made you laugh. It should be the first month of pregnancy. It's the third pregnancy, and the due date is uncertain!" Zheng Yang smiled sheepishly.

The bizarre fact that his wife insisted on having a son was well-known in their circle. Now that she was finally going to give birth to a son, word had spread for a long time. In order to raise the baby, she went to the hospital after the Chinese New Year, which even caused more trouble.

Lots of jokes.

"Congratulations, don't forget to inform me to drink the full moon wine when the time comes!" Liu Jinhui congratulated. They had shown their kindness when their two children were born, and now it was their turn to return the favor.

"It's such an honor. When the time comes, I have to invite you and my brother to go together to build a good reputation!" Zheng Yang quickly hit the snake and followed it to the pole to finalize the matter.

Zheng Yang looked at Liu Jinhui with a smile on her face and her children happily surrounding her, and sighed. Brother Li really didn't say anything to his wife and children. He was an absolute model husband.

Of course, he also has some regrets. If he had worked hard to introduce his sister to Li Weidong when they first met, maybe it would be his sister who is standing here now.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yang quickly shook his head and put this unrealistic idea behind him. How could Brother Li fall in love with his sister? Although Zheng Yang thought his sister was very good, there was still a gap between her and Liu Jinhui.

The old people who came out of the machinery factory all knew Liu Jinhui. Now Li Weidong is becoming more and more unpredictable. Sometimes he doesn't like to talk to others when he has a bad temper, but Liu Jinhui has always been nice to them.

Moreover, Liu Jinhui is also responsible for auditing their financial problems, which can be regarded as a sword hanging over their heads. The function of this sword is more to protect and care, rather than to cut it down at any time and perform blood sacrifices.

Zheng Yang quickly greeted Li Weidong again, "Brother, what kind of car do you want? I will send it to you directly. Why bother you to make a trip? How about we go to the import car dealer over there and take a look?"

Based on Zheng Yang's understanding of Li Weidong, he probably came here to check out the condition of his own car. If he were to buy a car, it would definitely have to be an imported car.

And they have almost most imported brands of cars here. Even if there are no existing cars, they can import them from abroad in a very short time. After all, they have a small number of car import and export licenses.

At this time, the waiter who introduced the car model was already a little numb. She must know the general manager of the car city, but when she came here, she was almost groveling. This is a great god!

Of course, after hearing Zheng Yang's words, she also knew that today's order was probably gone. Although Skoda is good, there is still a big gap compared with imported cars. If you have the strength, you will definitely buy imported cars!

"Who said I bought an imported car?" Li Weidong rolled his eyes at Zheng Yang, and then said to Li Weihong: "If you confirm this model, go test drive it and see how it feels?"

After hearing this, the little girl next to her glanced at the big boss and their boss next to her, and bravely said: "Sister, we happen to have a test drive of the model you like here. It's parked outside. Why don't you go?

Give it a try?"

Based on her experience, those who want to buy a car these days, as long as they want to test drive it, there is basically a 70-80% chance of finalizing the car.

Try it before buying it. If it doesn’t taste good, you don’t have to pay. In the end, you will most likely buy some as long as it’s not too bad!

"That's right, let's give it a try and drive it to feel it out. After all, we will drive it more often in the future!" Zheng Yang also said with a smile.

Li Weihong did not hesitate and happily followed the salesman out for a test drive. This was the first car she had bought personally and she had to be satisfied with it.

Li Weidong looked at the people around him looking here intentionally or unintentionally, and felt a little uncomfortable. This was obviously not the place for him to stay.

"There's no rest room?" Li Weidong stood up and walked around. He looked around and didn't find the rest room, so he asked doubtfully.

"Yes, yes, it's on the second floor. I'll take you up!" Zheng Yang said quickly. The tradition of the lounge existed when they were doing machine repairs. Now that they have opened a 4S store, it can only get better and better.

"There's no road sign at all. Who knows where it is when it comes to making noises?" Li Weidong said dissatisfied.

"We will make corrections and find someone to do it soon. We will put up guide signs here and in all the exhibition halls!" Zheng Yang replied awkwardly.

There are more than a dozen 4S stores in their car city. The layout of each store is standardized and marked at the door. However, there are no arrows on the ground to guide you, and there has never been a time when you can't find the place. It's just a little slower.

But Li Weidong brought it up, which means that their work is not up to standard. Even if there is nothing wrong, they still have to do it, which is considered to be excellence.

Zheng Yang saw that there were a few people scattered in the lounge, and it was not suitable for a big shot like Li Weidong to appear, so he led Li Weidong to the conference room next to it, which was a relatively private space.

Li Weidong sat on the main seat in the conference room, crossed his legs, and asked casually: "Where's the sound of rain? Isn't it here?"

"Oh, Mr. He went to talk about the acquisition of the gas station. He just left not long ago, so I guess this meeting hasn't arrived yet!" Zheng Yang replied.

While talking, he poured a glass of water for each of Li Weidong and Liu Jinhui, and asked someone to bring some snacks to the two children. As for tea, coffee and the like, he didn't even dare to bring them out to show their shame.

The tea is ordinary green tea in the province. Although it is not as expensive as the ones sold loosely in the market for more than ten yuan a pound, it is not much better. Li Weidong would probably find it unpleasant to drink even if he gargles it.

The coffee is brewed, not ground. It's okay to fool some people who don't know how to do it. But it's obviously not good to serve the boss and his wife. Even if they don't drink much, they have seen the world.

"Are you going to buy a gas station again?" Li Weidong put down his legs and asked with concern.

"It's not about buying other people's gas stations, but they want to buy ours, but they have to ask us to come to the door. It's too big!" Zheng Yang found a place to sit down and said slightly unhappily.

"Petrochemicals or petroleum?" Li Weidong slowly turned the cup and asked calmly, as if he was talking about an irrelevant matter. It is not difficult to guess. There has been a lot of shuffling at gas stations in the past two years.

"The petrochemical company, since its establishment the year before last, has been frantically acquiring gas stations in prime locations. We have several gas stations on main roads with very good locations. We have been negotiating with us for acquisitions for a long time!"

"It's just that the shelf is too big. I just came to the door and asked how much it would cost to buy it. It was like giving money. The profit of our gas station in a year accounts for almost one-third of the total profit. Who would be willing to buy it!"

"They came a few times in the beginning, and we were rejected. They stopped for a while, and thought everything was fine. But I didn't expect that this time someone came forward directly and asked us to come over and talk!" Zheng Yang said, shaking his head helplessly.

Li Weidong said nothing after hearing this, frowning and thinking. In the past few years, private gas stations have been surging like mushrooms after a rain. Almost 70% to 80% of gas stations on the market are private enterprises.

Mechanical repair shops deal a lot with motor vehicles, so it's a good time to enter this industry. They provide one-stop services including refueling, repairing and maintaining cars. When you come to refuel, they will check the engine oil, inflate the tires, and wash the car for free. In short, service is paramount.

Ordinary large trucks travel a lot and suffer a lot of damage. They often have minor problems. They don't waste time in repairing them when they come to refuel. Naturally, they become accustomed to coming to them for refueling.

Moreover, Auto City sells cars of all ages every year, and most of them fill up their first tank of gas at their gas stations. You can also buy discounted gas coupons when buying a new car. It is easy to form an inertia when refueling, and you will naturally be happy to do so after a long time.

At first, Li Weidong didn't care, but he didn't expect that they would open more and more gas stations. Now there are more than ten gas stations in the city, and there are almost dozens of gas stations in the province relying on three automobile cities.

Although it is nothing compared to the gas stations across the province, it has also formed a scale and has its own transportation and distribution fleet. After several years of development, it is almost like a hen laying eggs, and its income is very stable.

Now is the peak egg-laying period. If someone suddenly wants to buy your hen, you can't tell him how many eggs the hen can lay in the future.

Moreover, in the past two years, Liangyou's waistline has become very large, and various means have been used together, including acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, holdings, and equity participation, so that the number of private gas stations on the market has dropped sharply to less than 30%, and it is becoming increasingly difficult.

If you don't sell it, it's not impossible. At least you have to have something to say. If it is deliberately targeted, given the status of the source of these "two oils", I am afraid that a unique trick will be used to get stuck, and the only way is to wait for death.

But he has a big business, so he still cares about Li Weidong's gas stations. If he doesn't sell them, he won't sell them. Why is it not over yet? Could it be that he is a villain?

"What do other shareholders mean?" Li Weidong thought for a while and had no idea.

(End of chapter)