Chapter 219: Massive Hemorrhage

September 13th, Wednesday.

"Finally over!"

The girls threw their military training uniforms, which had been sprayed with who knows how much perfume, into the trash can, returned to the dormitory, and collapsed onto their beds.

This morning was the grand review to test the results of the half-month military training. The company where Lin Yizhu and the others were located received commendations for their outstanding performance, although for the three of them, it didn't bring much sense of honor.

"We can sleep in peacefully from now on," Zhang Yun said, lying on the bed, feeling blissful.

For the three of them, the life ahead was indeed relaxed. Aside from classes, the rest of the time could be arranged freely. As the class monitor, Luo Quan had to be ready at any time to complete tasks assigned by the counselor.

For example, right now, the counselor had messaged her privately, asking her to go to the playground after lunch to arrange for classmates to collect their books.

Luo Quan did a sit-up and stood up, tagged everyone in the class group, and told everyone to wait for notification to go to the playground to collect books. She didn't know who replied "received," and the people afterward just replied "+1." It was all "received," and she didn't know if they had actually received it.

"Let's go eat, then go to the playground to get the books after eating." Luo Quan changed into pants and rolled off the bed.

In the dormitory, she wore shorts to stay cool, but would change into jeans when going out.

"Just lay down, don't want to move," Lin Yizhu's two legs flicked as if electrocuted, but her body didn't move at all.

Luo Quan smiled helplessly: "Come on, we can sleep after we get the books."

After much persuasion, she finally managed to get the few young ladies who were already feeling sleepy to get up. The four of them went to the cafeteria, grabbed a quick bite, and headed straight to the large playground.

In the morning, Lin Yizhu and the others had held the military parade here, but now it had been occupied by the seniors from the Student Affairs Department. Tables were lined up along the track, categorized by major.

Luo Quan went to the counselor's office to get the book collection list and then started collecting books according to the list.

There were seven subjects in total, twenty-two books for each subject. It wasn't much; the four girls could carry them all at once.

Placing the books under a tree by the roadside, Luo Quan notified the boys in the group to come and collect the books.

Logically speaking, these physical tasks were usually done by boys, but since she was the class monitor, if there were more books, she would have waited for the boys to come before collecting them. However, since there were only this many, the four girls just did it themselves.

"Lu Yao, did you guys chat with that boy yesterday?" While waiting for the boys, the girls started gossiping.

"Chat about what?" Luo Quan looked at Lin Yizhu, who asked the question, curiously.

Zhang Yun smiled and said: "Last night was the last day of training. A boy from the neighboring company ran over to find Lu Yao to ask for her Tencent ID, wanting to make friends."

Lin Yizhu teased: "I vaguely remember he seemed to be a handsome guy. Many girls beside me had their eyes fixed on him."

"It was late at night, I didn't see clearly." Lu Yao didn't feel embarrassed. "We chatted after going back; we can consider ourselves acquainted."

"What about you guys? It's impossible that only Lu Yao had someone chasing her, right?" Luo Quan looked at the other two curiously.

Her roommates were quite beautiful. Without comparing them to Luo Quan, they were definitely big beauties with a score of eight or higher. Wherever they went, they were the focus.

Lin Yizhu shook her head: "There are too few high-quality boys. We might like them, but they might not like us. The ones who like us, we might not necessarily fancy."

After saying a lot, it was actually that the two of them were picky and hadn't found anyone suitable yet.

In fact, with their conditions, being picky was nothing. Stories of rich young ladies falling in love with poor boys generally only happen in novels. In reality, those one can encounter can be described as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Lu Yao looked at Luo Quan curiously: "Speaking of which, monitor, is your standard too high, or do you just not want to find a boyfriend at all?"

This was a good question, and Luo Quan hadn't really thought about it.

Although she didn't have the idea of finding a boyfriend at the beginning, that was a habit. After all, the future was still so long; who knew if she could keep it up forever.

However, it seemed that her standard could indeed be adjusted to the highest, which could help her avoid all emotions.

"Don't want to find one. How comfortable it is to be alone. Is it better to have someone else snatch the quilt from you at night?" Luo Quan's answer was very firm, without any hesitation.

The three girls nodded thoughtfully and didn't continue to ask.

Afterward, the topic returned to the Shangyi socialite group they had joined before. It was said that this group was now famous in the entire social circle of Shanghai. The group members had expanded from the initial two or three hundred to over a thousand, and it had been renamed the "Shangyi Socialite Group." The detection range of "high-quality men's data" in the group had also expanded to the entire Shanghai.

As the most economically developed city in mainland China, the number of rich second-generation kids in Shanghai could be said to be countless. In terms of quality, it was not inferior to Beijing.

Therefore, discussions about various "high-quality boys" in the group had always been the main content, and even Lin Yizhu and Zhang Yun often watched or even participated in the discussions.

Luo Quan had also joined out of curiosity to take a few looks. The men who weren't allowed to chat were just chatting about where to take photos. It was boring and hypocritical, and she blocked the group not long after.

After waiting under the tree for half an hour, the boys arrived at the playground one after another to collect their books. Every boy who received a book would specifically thank the girls.

Usually, they might not be so polite, but this time it was mainly to leave a good impression on the girls. Fortunately, no one mentioned treating everyone to a meal this time.

Just after distributing the books, Luo Quan received another call, this one from a "Shanghai Import Customs Broker."

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Ms. Luo Quan?" The voice was very sweet.

"It is."

"The business and documents you entrusted us to handle last week have come down. We just received a notification that your car can be picked up. They are conducting the final inspection and calculation there. Do you have time now?"

Luo Quan was overjoyed: "The car is here? Then I'll come over right away!"

"Where are you now? We can send a car to pick you up."

"That's fine. Just wait for me at the back gate of the Shanghai Art University. I'll go back to the dormitory to get the license plate immediately." Luo Quan hung up the phone after speaking.

"What's up, what's up!" Lin Yizhu looked at Luo Quan like a curious baby.

Luo Quan smiled proudly: "My car can be picked up."

Zhang Yun was surprised: "Is it that Lamborghini limited to nine units worldwide?"

Luo Quan nodded: "To be precise, it's twelve units—three hardtops and nine convertibles. However, mine underwent some modifications to be able to drive on domestic roads. It can be said to be unique in the world."

"I want to sit in it!" Lin Yizhu raised her hand high. "My brother wanted a Veneno so badly, but he couldn't buy one. If I can sit in it and take a few photos, I'll make him so envious!"

Although the Veneno could only seat two people, Luo Quan certainly couldn't let only one of the three roommates go, so she said: "Everyone come. Although it can only seat one, someone will come to pick us up later, and we can just let them send us back."

Lu Yao nodded: "Let's go take a look. I've only seen it on the internet before; I haven't seen the real car."

To drive the car back, Luo Quan had made a lot of preparations this summer.

First, she signed up for a driving school and got her license in two months. At the same time, she redeemed advanced driving skills in the mall. A while ago, she had Lyon use a black card to get her a Shanghai license plate, the number being Hu. A33333.

Actually, she could have gotten a better number, but Luo Quan liked the number 3, so she chose this one.

The girls hurried back to the dormitory. After Luo Quan rummaged through the cabinet to find the license plate and driver's license, she walked toward the back gate of the school.

Turning right at the entrance of the back gate, there was a large underground parking lot, which was a place for teachers and outsiders to park. Of course, students could also use it usually.

Although it was the back gate, it wasn't quiet at all usually, because if you turned right after going out the back gate and walked straight for a few dozen meters, you would reach one of the largest pedestrian streets in Shanghai. Many students would head straight there after class or on holidays, and they would stroll for a few hours.

"I'm at the back gate. Where are you?" Luo Quan called the driver at a place where she could see the back gate security booth.

"Arrived. The black sedan on the left after going out the door, the license plate is... there are a lot of cars, you have to look carefully."

"Oh, okay, I'll be there soon." Luo Quan hung up and quickened her pace.

Walking out of the school gate, Luo Quan finally understood what "a lot of cars" meant.

There were at least twenty cars parked at the back gate of Shangyi, and none of them had their keys removed; they were in a semi-started state.

Luo Quan looked at the hoods of the cars with a mischievous interest, but didn't find any mineral water, drinks, or the like. Most of the drivers were young men.

Most of them were probably boyfriends of some girl in the school, but she didn't know if this was the norm or a coincidence that so many boyfriends came today.

After searching among so many cars for a while, she finally saw an inconspicuous Tesla.

"So many people." The driver was a middle-aged man in his early forties, wearing a black suit, but half of his hair was already bald. She didn't know why he had developed the occupational disease of a programmer while driving.

"Won't it be overloaded?" Lin Yizhu said with a smile.

"That won't happen." The uncle was not only easygoing but also had long arms. He leaned over slightly and opened the front passenger door, signaling for Luo Quan and the others to get in.

"Yizhu, you sit in the front." Luo Quan opened the back door; she was afraid that sitting next to the driver would affect his driving.

The four of them didn't fuss and got into the car one by one.

Through WeChat communication, Luo Quan learned that the customs broker's staff had already gone to the customs and started the calculation.

Importing a sedan into the country is very troublesome. First, you have to handle various certificates, test the car model, quarantine, pay taxes, and the process takes more than a month.

Luo Quan's car had actually been transported here a long time ago, but the necessary procedures couldn't be skipped, so she had to wait for so long.

Fortunately, she was given so much time to get all the documents ready; otherwise, she really wouldn't have dared to drive it and could only have let a tow truck tow it away.

After driving for twenty minutes, Luo Quan observed the road conditions. It wasn't very congested; it was a good day for driving.

After getting out of the car, the customs broker arranged for someone to pick up Luo Quan. It was a capable woman in an OL outfit. Seeing so many people, she didn't say anything, just shook hands with Luo Quan, and then led everyone toward the warehouse.

After arriving, she saw several customs staff, some taking notes with notebooks, some measuring with instruments.

"Is this the car owner?" A middle-aged man who looked like the person in charge walked over. "Little girl, your car's displacement is not small. The maximum range for domestic import car consumption tax is 4L. Yours is directly 6.5L. The consumption tax alone is 40%!"

Luo Quan didn't know much about this, so she asked carefully: "Is that illegal?"

The middle-aged man laughed: "That won't happen. It's just that the displacement is so large, which is not conducive to environmental protection and does not meet the energy-saving and emission-reduction policy advocated by the government."

"However, if you want to drive it away later, the taxes you have to pay are not small."

Hearing that she could drive it, Luo Quan felt much relieved: "As long as it's not illegal, paying taxes is what should be done... how much do I have to pay?"

The middle-aged man calculated in his head, looked down at the notebook in his hand, and said: "The foreign price of the car given by the customs broker is 25 million US dollars. The car's displacement is so large, and it's a luxury car model. The landing price must be at least 200 million, so the tax you pay must be at least 100 million!"

"100 million! Hiss..." Luo Quan hadn't reacted yet, but Lin Yizhu let out an exclamation, and as a result, she bit her tongue in excitement.

Although Lin Yizhu's family ran a bank, she hadn't been in contact with the family business much since she was a child. The older generation was also relatively frugal. They certainly pampered their daughter, but not to the point of being extravagant.

So Lin Yizhu had a concept of money. Paying 100 million in taxes was truly a bit outrageous to her.

"100 million..." Luo Quan herself was also distressed. This tax was enough to buy another Veneno!

The key was that this was the first time she had spent such a large sum of money since she started saving.

If it were buying a house, it would be fine, but it was truly a bit extravagant for a car.

However, the car had already been transported here, and it was impossible to send it back to Seifert. It was also impossible for her to ask Seifert to make up for the taxes.

Therefore, pain was pain, but she could only grit her teeth and agree:

"You just follow the procedure. I won't miss a single cent of the taxes that should be paid!"

Saying this, Luo Quan directly called her private bank assistant. Using such a huge amount of money required going through many procedures, and there was a daily limit on the amount that could be spent. 100 million wasn't something that could be transferred in one day.

After making the call, the OL from the customs broker saw Luo Quan's bad complexion and came over to whisper: "We also reported this car at the lowest global price, but the value is indeed too high, and it couldn't be pressed down."

Pressing down the price of imported goods is actually a major business of customs brokers. A good customs broker can save a lot of money for the client. If it was really as this OL said, she had already saved a lot of money.

After all, although the lowest price of the Veneno is now 25 million US dollars, such an out-of-print super luxury car might not even be buyable for 50 million US dollars. It can truly be described as having a price but no market.

Thinking that she had already saved more than 100 million, Luo Quan, who had felt chest tightness just now, suddenly felt her breathing much smoother. ===== CHAPTER 220 =====