vrcanaries Chapter 406: Saved by a fierce and rough boss
Chapter 406: Saved by a fierce and rough boss
The salesperson walked over to the counter where Wen Yang was looking and said with a half-smile, "Excuse me, ma'am. The items you're looking at require a certain spending level in our store. If you want to buy jewelry, I suggest you look at the small shop across from the department store. The jewelry there might be more suitable for you."
These words sounded like polite advice to Wen Yang, but in reality they were denigrating her as a poor person who couldn't afford anything and asking her to stop hanging around the store.
Unexpectedly, Wen Yang smiled and looked up after hearing this. He seemed not to care at all about the salesperson's sarcastic words. Instead, he asked, "How much does it cost? What's the most expensive item in your store? Can you bring out a few of a slightly higher quality ones so I can see?"
Hearing Wen Yang's reply, the snobbish salesperson choked. Any normal person would have understood the sarcasm behind her words, right? But how could this person be so clueless? He even dared to ask about the most expensive item in the store?
"No more. The expensive ones are all here. And you can't just take out the expensive ones. It would be bad if someone damaged them."
The clerk then raised his lips in a sarcastic smile, "If you want something cheaper, I have a recommendation for one hundred and sixty yuan."
When the salesperson was quoting the price, he emphasized the words "one hundred and sixty yuan".
"160 yuan?" Wen Yang repeated with a frown.
It's not that she didn't hear the sarcastic tone in the clerk's words, but she didn't care because she was not the one paying, she was just there to pick things for Cheng Zheng.
"How about it, do you want to buy it or not?" The clerk saw Wen Yang frowning and thought that Wen Yang was scared by the price, so he couldn't help but speak in a more contemptuous tone.
In this era, an ordinary worker only earns more than 200 yuan a year, and 160 yuan is indeed a huge sum of money for a family.
But for someone like Cheng Zheng who can afford to live in a small Western-style house and drive a car, it should just be a few sprinkles of water.
She lowered her eyes to look at the cheapest necklace that the salesperson pointed to. The necklace was just an ordinary silver chain with a small turquoise stone hanging on it. The color of the stone looked uneven, with lines of varying depths on it. The texture did not look high-quality enough, and there was no trace of crystal clear and moist feeling.
The person who can make Brother Cheng take the trouble to give him a gift must be someone that Brother Cheng cherishes very much. Such a "cheap" necklace will definitely not catch Brother Cheng's eye.
Wen Yang's gaze lingered on the necklace for only a moment before he looked away. He raised his eyes, smiled faintly at the clerk, and replied, "No, I'm not satisfied with the quality of that necklace. I think you should recommend products based on the customer's needs, rather than just forcing what you think are 'good things' on customers."
"Hmph! If you can't afford it, just say so. Now you're giving me orders! Who do you think you are? How can a poor person like you appreciate it?" The salesperson rolled his eyes in embarrassment.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the store.
The salesperson looked past Wen Yang and found that her colleagues were now surrounding a tall man, and even the store manager came out in person.
She just took a quick glance and her eyes immediately lit up. She recognized the person as Mr. Cheng, a big customer of their store.
She didn't bother to argue with Wen Yang, and quickly put on a flattering smile and rushed towards the commotion.
"Hello, Mr. Cheng. What kind of jewelry would you like to pick this time?" The store manager stood beside Cheng Zheng, his tone respectful and flattering, his face full of ingratiating smiles.
After all, the last time Mr. Cheng came with his mother, he bought several pieces of jewelry at once. He could be said to be the biggest customer they had ever seen.
At this moment, Cheng Zheng was surrounded by a group of chattering sales clerks, but he seemed to have not heard what they said at all, and was just looking around the store.
It was not until he saw Wen Yang standing in front of the counter and looking at him from afar that a gentle smile appeared on his face.
He raised his hand to wave away the shop assistants who were surrounding him, and strode towards Wen Yang.
After a while, he walked to Wen Yang's side. He lowered his eyes and asked in a gentle voice, "How is it? Have you seen anyone suitable?"
The snobbish salesperson felt as if the sky had fallen when she saw Cheng Zheng speaking so softly to the poor woman who had just taught her how to do things. She was so shocked that her mouth opened into an O shape. She had never expected that the woman whom she had just despised would have such a close relationship with the distinguished guest in front of her.
Wen Yang didn't think it was a big deal when he was facing the clerk's sarcasm alone just now, but when he saw Cheng Zheng at this moment, he suddenly felt a little aggrieved.
She shook her head and replied softly, "I just looked around at the jewelry here, but I didn't see anything I liked. The salesperson told me that expensive jewelry can't be taken out for viewing, as it might get damaged."
When Cheng Zheng heard this, he frowned subconsciously. The last time he brought his mother Ye Shurong here, the salespersons never said such words to Ye Shurong.
"Who received her just now? How come I didn't know that expensive jewelry shouldn't be shown to others?" Thinking that the person he cherished might have been wronged, Cheng Zheng's eyes instantly became sharp, and the tone that was gentle just now instantly became more oppressive.
The store manager saw Cheng Zheng's expression change, and his heart tightened immediately. He hurriedly ran forward, smiling and said, "Mr. Cheng, don't be angry. This must be a misunderstanding. How can you not watch it? You can watch it, you can watch it, you can watch it!"
"Come on, bring up the most expensive items in the store so that this lady can choose carefully." After saying that, the owner quickly turned his face away and winked frantically at the sales clerks under him.
The sales clerks were still in shock, but when they saw the manager's signal, they immediately sprang into action in a panic.
"No need to trouble you. I want to try another one. Is that okay?" Wen Yang raised his eyes and asked Cheng Zheng who was standing beside him.
Cheng Zheng nodded slightly, his eyes full of tenderness and doting, "Okay, whatever you say."
The store manager panicked and quickly stepped forward, smiling broadly and trying to persuade her to stay: "Ma'am, those jewelry items haven't been brought over yet. How about bringing them over and letting me have a look so you can consider it?"
Wen Yang shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "No need. A poor person like me cannot appreciate the high-end goods in your jewelry store." After that, Wen Yang left without looking back.
After hearing Wen Yang's words, Cheng Zheng roughly understood what kind of humiliation Wen Yang had suffered in the store.
He stood in the store, his eyes like ice blades shooting at the store manager, "Who said that to her just now?"
Facing Cheng Zheng's powerful aura, the store manager couldn't help but sweat on her forehead. She turned around and asked a group of salespeople in a stern voice, "Who was it? Who just insulted that lady?!"
After being yelled at by the store manager, the sales clerks looked at each other, and finally everyone turned their eyes to a person huddled in the corner.
"Xu Mei, is that you?" The store manager frowned, seemingly not surprised by the result.
When asked this by the store manager, Xu Mei's face turned pale. She used to like to judge people by their appearance and liked to comment on the customers who came to the store. The store manager once reminded her that she should restrain this behavior and not be too ostentatious.
But obviously, she didn't listen at the time, and she didn't expect that this time she would accidentally offend Mr. Cheng, a big customer of the store...
Regret flooded my heart like a tide, but it was too late to say anything now...
Seeing the person who insulted Wen Yang being caught, Cheng Zheng's face turned even colder. He glanced at Xu Mei condescendingly with his sharp eyes and said lightly: "Fire this person, otherwise I will never come to your place to spend money again."
"Okay, okay! Mr. Cheng, don't worry, I will do as you say! I guarantee you will be fired, I guarantee you will be fired!" The store manager nodded hurriedly in agreement.
After the store manager agreed, Cheng Zheng stopped paying attention to these trivial matters and turned around to go outside the store to find Wen Yang.
However, as soon as he reached the door, he saw Wen Yang talking to someone, and that person actually looked somewhat familiar...